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He maʻi ʻili maʻamau a palekana ʻole ka ʻili pala, e hana ai i nā ʻāpana mānoanoa a ʻiliʻili ma luna o ke poʻo o kāu pēpē. E like ia me nā unahi melemele a ʻeleʻele paha i hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he hopohopo, akā he mea maʻamau loa ia a pili i nā pēpē hou a me nā pēpē liʻiliʻi.
E ʻike pinepine ʻia kēia maʻi i loko o nā mahina mua o ke ola a maʻamau e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma kona iho ma mua o ka lā hānau mua o kāu pēpē. ʻOiai paha e ʻike ʻia he ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻaʻole pinepine ka ʻili pala e hoʻopilikia i nā pēpē a ʻaʻole e hana i ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻiliʻili.
ʻO ka ʻili pala ka inoa maʻamau no ka maʻi ʻili seborrheic i ka wā e loaʻa ai ma ke poʻo o kahi pēpē. He ʻano o ka mumū ʻili ia e hana ai i nā ʻāpana mānoanoa, momona, a ʻiliʻili, hiki ke ʻokoʻa mai ka melemele māmā a i ka ʻeleʻele pouli.
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo lapaʻau "seborrheic dermatitis" he mea maʻalahi wale nō ia i ka mumū ʻana o ka ʻili ma nā wahi kahi e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā gland aila. He nui nā gland aila ma ke poʻo o kāu pēpē, ʻo ia ke kumu e ulu pinepine ai ka ʻili pala ma laila ma mua.
He mea maʻamau loa kēia maʻi, e pili ana i ka 70% o nā pēpē i loko o kā lākou mau mahina ʻekolu mua o ke ola. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻopilikia, ʻaʻole i hana ʻia e ka maʻemaʻe ʻole, a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i kekahi pilikia olakino.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui o ka ʻili pala, ʻo ia nā ʻāpana mānoanoa a ʻiliʻili ma ke poʻo o kāu pēpē e like paha me ka ʻiliʻili a i ʻole ka ʻiliʻili. ʻO kēia mau ʻāpana he melemele, ʻeleʻele, a keʻokeʻo paha i ke kala.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai:
I kekahi manawa, hiki i ka ʻili pala ke pālahalaha ma mua o ke poʻo i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino o kāu pēpē. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāpana like ma nā kuʻemaka, ma hope o nā pepeiao, a i ʻole ma ka wahi diaper.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine ka ʻili pala e hana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole no kāu pēpē. ʻAʻole like me nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole pinepine ia e hana i ka ʻiliʻili a i ʻole ka ʻeha, no laila hiki i kāu keiki liʻiliʻi ke moe a pāʻani me ka ʻoluʻolu.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka ʻili pala, akā pili paha ia i nā gland aila i hana nui ma ka ʻili o kāu pēpē. E hana hou kēia mau gland i ka aila ma mua o ka maʻamau, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā unahi a me nā ʻiliʻili.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻopili i kēia maʻi:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ka ʻili pala e ka maʻemaʻe ʻole a i ʻole kekahi mea āu i hana hewa ai ma ke ʻano he mākua. Hiki i nā pēpē i ʻauʻau mau ʻia ke loaʻa kēia maʻi.
ʻAʻole pili pū ke ʻano me nā allergies a i ʻole nā mea ʻai. He ʻāpana maʻamau wale nō ia o ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻili o kekahi mau pēpē i loko o kā lākou mau mahina mua o ke ola.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻili pala he māmā a ʻaʻole pono i ka mālama lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu pediatrician inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hōʻailona hōʻailona e hōʻike paha i kahi maʻi ʻoi aku ka nui.
Eia ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā ʻo ka mea āu e ʻike nei he ʻili pala maʻamau a i ʻole kekahi maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka mālama ʻokoʻa. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ma nā ʻano hoʻoneʻe palekana inā mānoanoa loa nā unahi.
ʻO ka ʻili pala he maʻi maikaʻi loa ia me ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā pilikia. ʻAʻole pinepine nā pēpē e ʻike i nā pilikia ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia o nā unahi ma ko lākou poʻo.
Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau pilikia kakaikahi e makaʻala ai:
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka mea kakaikahi o kēia mau pilikia i ka wā e waiho ʻia ai ka ʻili pala a mālama ʻia paha me ka mālie. E pale i ka koho ʻana a i ʻole ka wehe ʻana i nā unahi me ka ikaika, ʻoiai hiki kēia ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili palupalu o kāu pēpē.
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, ʻo ka mea e like me ka ʻili pala paha, he maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe paha ia e pono ai ka nānā lapaʻau. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea kōkua ia e nānā kāu pediatrician inā hopohopo ʻoe.
ʻOiai pili ka ʻili pala i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻili maoli o kāu pēpē a me nā pae hormones, ʻaʻohe ala i hōʻoia ʻia e pale aku ai iā ia loa. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā hana mālama ʻili mālie ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kona koʻikoʻi.
Eia kekahi mau hoʻolālā palekana kōkua:
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻoiai me ka mālama maikaʻi, e loaʻa nō kekahi mau pēpē i ka ʻili pala. He mea maʻamau loa kēia a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i kou mālama ʻana i kāu keiki.
ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka mālama mālie a kūpaʻa ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e holoi i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana āu e ʻike ai. Ke hoʻomohala nei ka ʻili o kāu pēpē i kona kaulike maoli.
Maʻamau ka poʻe kauka e hōʻoia i ka ʻili pala ma ka nānā wale ʻana i ke poʻo o kāu pēpē a e nānā ana i nā unahi a me nā ʻāpana hiʻohiʻona. ʻAʻole pono nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā no kēia maʻi maʻamau.
I ka wā o ka nānā ʻana, e nānā kāu pediatrician i ka ʻano, kahi, a me ka ʻano o nā wahi i pilikia. E ʻimi lākou i nā unahi melemele a ʻeleʻele paha e like me ka momona a i ʻole ka waxy.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke nīnau e pili ana i ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai i nā hōʻailona a inā paha e hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu pēpē e ke ʻano. E nānā pū lākou i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino o kāu pēpē e ʻike inā ua pālahalaha ka maʻi.
I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi ʻaʻole maopopo ka hōʻoia, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e like me ka eczema a i ʻole ka psoriasis. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻano kūikawā a me ka makahiki o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻili pala.
ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻili pala i kekahi mālama kūikawā a e hoʻonā ʻia ma kona iho i loko o kekahi mau mahina. I ka wā e pono ai ka mālama, e kau i ka manaʻo ma nā ʻano mālie e hoʻomāmā a wehe i nā unahi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia mau ʻano mālama:
No nā hihia paʻakikī hou aku, hiki i kāu pediatrician ke kuhikuhi i kahi shampoo a i ʻole ka ʻaila antifungal māmā. He palekana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā pēpē i ka wā e hoʻohana ʻia ai e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia.
He mea nui e pale i ka koho ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻoki ʻana i nā unahi, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili o kāu pēpē a hiki ke hana i ka maʻi. E waiho i nā unahi e hoʻomāmā a hele mai me ka mālama mālie.
ʻO ka mālama home mālie ka mea e pono ai e hoʻokele pono i ka ʻili pala. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ke ahonui a me ke kūpaʻa me kou ala, ʻoiai hiki i ka wikiwiki ʻana i ke kaʻina ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili palupalu o kāu pēpē.
Eia kahi ala palekana, kaʻina hana e hiki iā ʻoe ke ho'āʻo ma ka home:
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana hou i kēia kaʻina hana 2-3 mau manawa i ka hebedoma, akā mai hana i kēlā me kēia lā ʻoiai hiki i ka holoi nui ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili. E mālie mau a e hoʻōki inā ʻoluʻolu ʻole kāu pēpē.
ʻIke kekahi mau mākua he hana maikaʻi ka aila niu ma ke ʻano he koho kūlohelohe i ka aila mineral. ʻO ka aila āu e koho ai, e hōʻoia e holoi pono ʻoe e pale i ka pani ʻana i nā pores.
Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e ʻike i kāu pediatrician e pili ana i ka ʻili pala o kāu pēpē, hiki i kahi hoʻomākaukau liʻiliʻi ke kōkua i ka hana hou ʻana o ka kipa. ʻIke nui ka hapa nui o nā kauka i kēia maʻi a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu wikiwiki.
Eia ka mea e hoʻomākaukau ai ma mua o kāu hālāwai:
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā unahi a pau ma mua o ka hālāwai. Makemake kāu kauka e ʻike i ke ʻano ma kona ʻano maoli e hana i ka loiloi maikaʻi loa.
E noʻonoʻo e nīnau e pili ana i ka mea maʻamau, pehea ka lōʻihi e mau ai, a me nā hōʻailona hōʻailona e nānā ai. Aia kāu pediatrician e kākoʻo iā ʻoe a e hoʻomaha i nā hopohopo.
He maʻi maʻamau loa a palekana ʻole ka ʻili pala e pili ana i nā pēpē he nui i loko o kā lākou makahiki mua o ke ola. ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻia he hopohopo, ʻaʻole pinepine ia e hoʻopilikia i nā pēpē a maʻamau e hoʻonā ʻia ma kona iho me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i kou mālama ʻana i kāu keiki a i ʻole ke olakino o kāu pēpē. He ʻāpana maʻamau wale nō ia o ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻili o kekahi mau pēpē i loko o kā lākou mau mahina mua.
ʻO ka mālama mālie a me ke ahonui kou mau mea hana maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia maʻi. E pale i ka hoʻowalewale e koho a i ʻole e holoi i nā unahi, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hana i ka hoʻonāukiuki ma mua o ka pōmaikaʻi.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i nā loli i ka ʻano a i ʻoluʻolu ʻole paha kāu pēpē, mai kānalua e nānā i kāu pediatrician. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo pilikino a me ka maluhia o ka manaʻo.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole e waiho ka ʻili pala i nā māka mau loa a i ʻole nā ʻeha ma ke poʻo o kāu pēpē. ʻOiai paha e nalowale manawa ka lauoho ma nā wahi i pilikia, e ulu hou ka lauoho maʻamau ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ke ʻano. E hoʻi ka ʻili ma lalo i kona ʻano maoli me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau.
ʻAe, hiki i ka aila niu ke lilo i koho kūlohelohe mālie i ka aila mineral a i ʻole ka aila pēpē no ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i nā unahi ʻili pala. ʻIke nui nā mākua i ka hana maikaʻi a loaʻa iā ia nā waiwai antimicrobial kūlohelohe. E like me kekahi aila, e hōʻoia e holoi pono ʻoe me ka shampoo pēpē māmā ma hope o ka waiho ʻana iā ia e hoʻomāmā i nā unahi.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻopilikia ka ʻili pala. ʻAʻole i hana ʻia e nā bacteria a i ʻole nā virus e hiki ke pālahalaha mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka. He maʻi ʻili ia e pili ana i ka hana aila pilikino o kāu pēpē a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻili, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka pālahalaha ʻana i nā kaikuaʻana a i ʻole nā ʻohana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻili pala e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma kona iho i ka wā e 6-12 mau mahina kāu pēpē. Hiki i kekahi mau pēpē ke ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o kekahi mau pule o ka mālama mālie, ʻoiai paha kekahi e loaʻa i ka ʻili pala māmā e mau ana no kekahi mau mahina. ʻOkoʻa kēlā me kēia pēpē, akā ua hoʻonā ʻia ia ma mua o ka lā hānau mua.
ʻAʻole, pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka holoi ʻana i ka lauoho o kāu pēpē me ka maʻamau, ʻoiai me ka ʻili pala. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka holoi mālie a maʻamau me ka shampoo pēpē māmā ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke ʻano. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ke mālie a ʻaʻole e holoi ikaika. ʻO ka holoi ʻana i 2-3 mau manawa i ka hebedoma ka mea lawa maʻamau no ka hapa nui o nā pēpē me ka ʻili pala.
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