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ʻO nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau he mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, ʻāhihihi e kū mai ana ma kou ʻili ke komo ka maʻi ʻili i kapa ʻia ʻo ka human papillomavirus (HPV) i ka papa kiʻekiʻe o kou ʻili. He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau ulu ʻino ʻole, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio, a ʻaʻohe mea e hopohopo ai mai kahi olakino.
ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻia he hilahila a pilikia paha, he maikaʻi loa nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau a pinepine e nalowale iho lākou ma luna o ka manawa. E noʻonoʻo iā lākou e like me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana o kou ʻōnaehana pale i kahi maʻi maʻamau loa i loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kekahi manawa o ko lākou ola.
ʻO nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau he mau ulu ʻili maikaʻi ʻole i hana ʻia e kekahi mau ʻano o ka human papillomavirus, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻano HPV 2 a me 4. Hōʻike lākou i nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, kiʻekiʻe me ka ʻili ʻāhihihi, ʻāpala e like me ka pepa ʻili ke pā aku ʻoe.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia mau maʻi ʻili ma nā wahi o kou kino e ʻike pinepine ʻia ai ka haʻalulu a i ʻole nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi, e like me kou mau lima, nā manamana lima, nā kuli, a me nā kuʻekuʻe. Komi ka maʻi ma o nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā hakina i kou ʻili, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻike pinepine ʻia ai lākou ma kahi āu i loaʻa ai nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā hangnails.
ʻAʻole like me nā ʻano maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe, loaʻa pinepine i nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau kahi hiʻohiʻona kūikawā me nā kiko ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi i waenakonu. ʻO kēia mau kiko he mau kīʻaha koko liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole lepo a maʻi paha, no laila ʻaʻohe pono e hopohopo e pili ana iā lākou.
Loaʻa i nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau kekahi mau hōʻailona hōʻike e maʻalahi ai ka ʻike ʻana. ʻO ka hōʻailona maopopo loa ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, kiʻekiʻe ma kou ʻili e ʻāhihihi ke pā aku.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai:
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻeha me nā warts maʻamau, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi ʻoluʻolu inā aia ka wart ma kahi e kuʻi pinepine ʻia ai a i ʻole e hamo ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻūlū nā warts iho, akā hiki i ka ʻili a puni ke huhū iki inā ʻoe e koho iā lākou.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā warts maʻamau e ka maʻi me ka human papillomavirus, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻano HPV 2 a me 4. He maʻamau loa kēia virus a hoʻolaha ʻia ma o ka hoʻopā pololei ʻana o ka ʻili i ka ʻili a i ʻole ma ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā ʻili i hoʻohaumia ʻia me ka virus.
Pono ka virus i kahi ala e komo ai i kou ʻili, kahi e hana pinepine ʻia ai ma o nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi, nā ʻili, a i ʻole nā wahi i hōʻino ʻia kou ʻili. Ke komo i loko, hoʻopili ka HPV i ka papa kiʻekiʻe o nā sela ʻili a hoʻokumu iā lākou e ulu wikiwiki, e hana ana i ka puʻu ʻiliʻili i hāpai ʻia a mākou e ʻike ai he wart.
Eia pehea ʻoe e hiki ai ke hoʻopā aku i ka virus:
He mea nui ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole nā kānaka a pau e pili ana i ka HPV e loaʻa i nā warts. He kuleana nui kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lawe ʻana o ka maʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻike ai kekahi poʻe i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā warts ma mua o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā warts maʻamau i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka a e nalowale maoli iā lākou iho i ka wā e aʻo ai kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka maʻi. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau kūlana e kūpono ai ke kūkākūkā me ka mea lawelawe olakino.
Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona:
Eia kekahi, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā he wart maoli ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻili a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, he mea naʻauao mau ia e nānā ʻia e kahi loea olakino. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kahi ʻike kūpono a kūkākūkā i nā koho mālama inā pono.
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i nā warts maʻamau, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e pale aku ai iā ʻoe iho, ʻoiai he mea nui ke hoʻomanaʻo he mea maʻamau loa nā warts a ʻaʻohe mea e hilahila ai.
ʻO nā mea nui e hoʻonui paha i kou pilikia e komo pū ana:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā warts he nui a i ʻole ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana i nā poʻe me kekahi mau kūlana olakino a i ʻole nā mea lapaʻau immunosuppressive. Inā pili kēia iā ʻoe, hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma nā koho pale a me ka mālama.
ʻAʻole pilikia nā warts maʻamau a maʻamau ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau pilikia hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea hiki ke pale ʻia me ka mālama pono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali loa ke loaʻa nā warts he nui e paʻakikī ke mālama. ʻAʻole maʻamau kēia i nā poʻe olakino a maʻamau wale nō ka loaʻa ʻana i nā poʻe me nā kūlana olakino kūikawā.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki ke pale aku i ka hapa nui o kēia mau pilikia ma ka pale ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻana i nā warts a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama kūpono i ka wā e pono ai. E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ke ahonui pinepine ka ʻano maikaʻi loa, ʻoiai he nui nā warts e hoʻonā maoli i ka manawa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae loa i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā warts maʻamau, aia kekahi mau hana maikaʻi e hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hōʻemi nui i kou manawa o ka maʻi. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka maʻi a me ka lawe ʻana i nā palekana maʻalahi i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
Eia nā ʻano palekana maikaʻi loa:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā warts, hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku iā lākou mai ka pālahalaha ʻana ma ka uhi ʻana iā lākou me nā bandages, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā hana kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke pā i nā ʻili ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā kanaka. Eia kekahi, e pale i ka ʻoki ʻana ma luna o nā warts, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke pālahalaha i ka maʻi i nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
He maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā warts maʻamau ma ka nānā wale ʻana iā lākou, a hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike maʻamau iā lākou i ka wā o ka nānā ʻana i ka maka. ʻO ka ʻano ʻili ʻili, ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe, a me nā kiko ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi e hana iā lākou he mea maopopo loa.
I loko o kāu manawa hālāwai, e nānā ke kauka olakino i ka ulu a e nīnau e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala olakino. E ʻimi lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā o nā maʻi warts maʻamau, me ka ʻili ʻili, nā palena i hoʻomaopopo ʻia, a me nā kīʻaha koko liʻiliʻi e ʻike ʻia e like me nā kiko ʻeleʻele.
I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻaʻohe pono o nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā no ka ʻike ʻana. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi aniani hoʻonui a i ʻole dermatoscope e nānā pono i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka wart, ʻoiai inā he kānalua e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana.
ʻAʻole pinepine, inā he kānalua e pili ana inā he wart maoli ka ulu a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi biopsy liʻiliʻi. Hoʻopili kēia i ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope, akā hana wale ʻia kēia ke maopopo ʻole ka ʻike ʻana.
ʻO ka mea mua e hoʻomaopopo ai e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā warts maʻamau, ʻo ia ka nui o lākou e nalowale ma o lākou iho me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma kahi o 65% o nā warts e hoʻonā maoli i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki i ka wā e aʻo ai kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka maʻi.
Eia naʻe, inā pilikia kāu warts, e pālahalaha ana, a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ana i kou ola, aia kekahi mau koho mālama. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e koho i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o ka nui, kahi, a me ka nui o nā warts āu e loaʻa nei.
ʻO nā koho mālama maʻamau e komo pū me:
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua loa ka mea maʻamau loa, ʻo ia ka waikawa salicylic, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku ma luna o ka papa kūʻai a i ʻole e loaʻa i nā ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka wehe mālie ʻana i nā papa o ka wart ma luna o kekahi mau pule a mahina paha.
ʻO ka cryotherapy kekahi koho kaulana e hiki i kāu kauka ke hana ma ke keʻena. ʻOiai he pono ia, hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a pono paha i nā hālāwai hou aku. E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i nā pono a me nā hemahema o kēlā me kēia koho lāʻau lapaʻau me ʻoe.
Inā koho ʻoe e mālama i kāu warts ma ka home, aia kekahi mau koho palekana a maikaʻi hoʻi. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻomanawanui a me ka kūpaʻa, ʻoiai nā lāʻau lapaʻau home e lawe pinepine i kekahi mau pule a mahina paha e hōʻike ai i nā hopena.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau salicylic acid ma luna o ka papa kūʻai ka koho home maikaʻi loa. Loaʻa kēia i nā ʻano like ʻole e like me nā gels, nā wai, nā pads, a me nā bandages. Eia pehea e hoʻohana ai iā lākou me ka palekana:
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka occlusion duct tape kōkua, ʻoiai ua hui ʻia ka hōʻike ʻepekema. Hoʻopili kēia i ka uhi ʻana i ka wart me ka duct tape no ʻeono mau lā, a laila e hoʻomoʻa a kāwili mālie ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lipine hou.
ʻO nā mea āu e pale aku ai ma ka home, ʻo ia ka ho'āʻo ʻana e ʻoki, puhi, a i ʻole e kāwili ikaika i nā warts, ʻoiai hiki kēia ke alakaʻi i ka maʻi a i ʻole ka ʻeha. Eia kekahi, mai hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia no nā ʻano warts ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino no nā warts maʻamau.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kou hele ʻana i ke kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pono loa mai kāu ʻaha kūkā a loaʻa ka mālama maikaʻi loa no kāu mau maʻi ʻili. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ma mua ke hana i ka kūkā ʻana i mea ʻoi aku ka hua a me ka ʻike.
Ma mua o kāu ʻaha kūkā, e hoʻolilo i ka manawa e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka ʻike pili:
I ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā, mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau e pili ana i kāu mau koho mālama, ka manawa e manaʻo ʻia ai ka hoʻomaikaʻi, a me nā ala e pale aku ai i nā maʻi ʻili i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Makemake kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i kāu mālama.
Inā ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe i ka mālama ʻana, e nīnau e pili ana i nā pono a me nā hemahema o nā koho like ʻole, nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki, a me nā mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hoʻōla. E kōkua ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau koho iā ʻoe e koho i ke ala kūpono no kāu kūlana.
He ʻāpana maʻamau o ke ola nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau no nā kānaka he nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. Hana ʻia lākou e kahi maʻi maʻamau loa i loaʻa i ka hapa nui o kākou i kekahi manawa, a he palekana loa lākou mai kahi ʻano olakino.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka hoʻomanawanui pinepine kāu hoaaloha maikaʻi loa i ka hana ʻana me nā maʻi ʻili. E nalowale nā mea he nui ma o lākou iho i ka wā e aʻo ai kāu ʻōnaehana pale kino e hakakā i ka maʻi, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke lawe i nā mahina a i ʻole ʻelua mau makahiki.
Inā ke hoʻopilikia nei kāu mau maʻi ʻili a i ʻole ke keakea nei i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā, aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono. ʻOiai ʻoe e koho ai i nā koho kūʻai ʻole a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana e nā poʻe loea, ʻo ka kūpaʻa a me ke ahonui nā kī i ka holomua.
ʻO ka mea nui loa, mai hoʻokuʻu i nā maʻi ʻili e hoʻonāukiuki a hoʻohilahila iā ʻoe. He mea maʻamau loa lākou, hiki ke mālama ʻia loa, a ʻaʻohe mea e hilahila ai. Me ke ala kūpono a me kahi manawa iki, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele pono i nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau a hoʻi hou i ka manaʻo hilinaʻi i kou ʻili.
ʻAe, he mea hoʻopilikia nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau no ka mea, ua hana ʻia lākou e kahi maʻi (HPV). Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole nā kānaka a pau e pili ana i ka maʻi e loaʻa ai nā maʻi ʻili. Hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi ma o ka hoʻopili pololei a i ʻole nā ili i haumia, akā he kuleana nui kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ʻili. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma o ka uhi ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili, ʻaʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino, a me ka holoi pinepine ʻana i nā lima.
Hiki i nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau ke lōʻihi mai kekahi mau mahina a i kekahi mau makahiki inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. Ma kahi o 65% o nā maʻi ʻili e nalowale iā lākou iho i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki i ka wā e aʻo ai kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka maʻi. Hoʻonā pinepine ʻia nā maʻi ʻili o nā keiki ma mua o nā maʻi ʻili o nā mākua. Me ka mālama ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka holomua i loko o nā hebedoma a i nā mahina paha, ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana a me kāu pane pilikino.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ho'āʻo e ʻoki i kahi maʻi ʻili iā ʻoe iho. Hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia nui e komo pū ana me ka maʻi, ka ʻeha, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Loaʻa i nā maʻi ʻili nā aʻa e hele ana i ka hohonu ma mua o ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma ka ʻili, no laila ʻaʻole hana pinepine ka ʻoki ʻana iā lākou a hana pinepine i nā mea ʻino. Ma kahi o kēlā, e hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūʻai ʻole palekana a i ʻole e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola no ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻoihana.
Hiki i nā maʻi ʻili maʻamau ke hoʻi hou mai ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole i hoʻopau loa ʻia ka maʻi mai kou kino. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa nā helu hoʻi hou ʻana ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i hoʻohana ʻia a me kou pane pale kino ponoʻī. ʻOi aku ka emi o ka nui o ka hoʻi hou ʻana o nā mālama ʻoihana e like me ka cryotherapy ma mua o kekahi mau mālama home. Inā hoʻi hou mai nā maʻi ʻili, hiki ke mālama hou ʻia me ka holomua.
ʻOiai ua hoʻolaha ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūlohelohe he nui ma ka pūnaewele, ʻaʻohe hōʻike ʻepekema ikaika no ka pono o ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili. Ua hōʻike kekahi poʻe i ka holomua me ka wai ʻāpala cider, ka aila lāʻau ti, a i ʻole ke kālika, akā hiki i kēia mau mea ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili a ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mālama i hoʻokumu ʻia. ʻO ke ala palekana a me ka maikaʻi loa ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mālama i hōʻoia ʻia e like me ka salicylic acid a i ʻole e kūkā me ka mea lawelawe olakino no nā koho ʻoihana.
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