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He aha ka E. coli? Nā hōʻailona, nā kumu, a me ka mālama

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ʻO ka E. coli kahi ʻano o ka bacteria e noho maoli ana i loko o kou ʻōpū a kōkua i ka ʻai ʻana. ʻAʻohe pilikia o ka hapa nui o nā ʻano, a he pono maoli nō hoʻi ia no kou olakino.

Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke hoʻomaʻi iā ʻoe ke haumia lākou i ka ʻai a i ʻole ka wai. Hiki i kēia mau ʻano ʻino ke hoʻokumu i nā mea mai ka ʻeha iki o ka ʻōpū a hiki i ka maʻi nui, akā me ka mālama pono, e ola hou ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o hoʻokahi pule.

He aha ka E. coli?

ʻO ka Escherichia coli, a i ʻole E. coli no ka pōkole, he ʻohana nui o ka bacteria me nā haneli o nā ʻano like ʻole. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka ʻohana nui kahi i aloha ai ka hapa nui o nā lālā, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻopilikia.

Noho maluhia nā ʻano kōkua i loko o kou ʻōpū nui a kākoʻo maoli i kou ʻōnaehana pale. Ua noho pū lākou me nā kānaka no nā tausani o nā makahiki ma ke ʻano he mau hoa maoli i kā mākou kaʻina hana ʻai ʻana.

ʻO nā ʻano pilikia ka mea ʻaʻole pono i loko o kou kino. Ke komo kēia mau mea ma o ka ʻai a i ʻole ka wai haumia, e ʻike kou ʻōnaehana pale iā lākou he mau mea komo a hakakā, ka mea e hoʻokumu ai i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole.

He aha nā hōʻailona o ka E. coli?

Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā maʻi E. coli me nā ʻeha ʻōpū a me ka luaʻi e hiki ke emi iki a nui loa. Hōʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona ma hope o 1 a 10 mau lā ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana, me ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻeha ana i loko o 3 a 4 mau lā.

Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:

  • Nā ʻeha ʻōpū e hiki ke ʻeha loa
  • Ka luaʻi wai e hiki ke lilo i koko
  • Ka ʻōpū a me ka luaʻi manawa
  • Ka mahana haʻahaʻa (ma lalo o 101°F)
  • Ka nalowale o ka makemakeʻai
  • Ka luhi a me ka nāwaliwali maʻamau

Hiki i ka luaʻi koko ke kani hopohopo, akā ʻo ia maoli nō ka ala o kou kino e holoi ai i nā bacteria ʻino. Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke ʻoluʻolu i loko o 5 a 7 mau lā i ka lanakila ʻana o ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale i ke kaua.

He aha nā ʻano o ka E. coli?

He nui nā ʻano o ka E. coli e hiki ke hoʻokumu i ka maʻi, ʻokoʻa iki nā hōʻailona a me nā pae koʻikoʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai.

ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:

  • STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli): ʻO ka ʻano koʻikoʻi loa, e komo pū ana ka ʻano kaulana ʻo O157:H7 e hiki ke hoʻokumu i ka luaʻi koko
  • ETEC (Enterotoxigenic E. coli): I kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ka "luaʻi huakaʻi" no ka mea he mea maʻamau ia ma nā ʻāina hoʻomohala
  • EPEC (Enteropathogenic E. coli): ʻOi aku ka maʻamau i nā pēpē a me nā keiki liʻiliʻi
  • EIEC (Enteroinvasive E. coli): Hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻai ʻino

ʻO nā ʻano STEC nā mea e hana i nā poʻomanaʻo no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻoiai me kēia mau ʻano, hoʻōla ka hapa nui o nā mākua olakino me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi.

He aha ka mea e hoʻokumu ai i ka maʻi E. coli?

Hana ʻia nā maʻi E. coli i ka wā e komo ai nā ʻano ʻino i kāu ʻōnaehana ʻai ma o ka meaʻai haumia, ka wai, a i ʻole ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā kānaka a i ʻole nā ​​holoholona i maʻi. Hoʻonui koke nā bacteria i nā wahi mahana, ʻo ia ke kumu e koʻikoʻi ai ka palekana o ka meaʻai.

ʻO nā ala maʻamau loa e maʻi ai nā kānaka e komo pū ana:

  • ʻAi ʻana i ka pipi ʻāina ʻole i kuke ʻia a i ʻole nā ​​hamburger
  • Hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana waiū a i ʻole nā ​​wai ʻole i pasteurized
  • ʻAi ʻana i nā huahana hou i holoi ʻole ʻia (ʻoi aku ka letus, spinach, a me nā hua)
  • ʻInu ʻana i ka wai haumia mai nā lua, nā loko, a i ʻole nā ​​pōhaku
  • Hoʻopā ʻana i nā holoholona mahiʻai a i ʻole nā ​​zoo petting me ka ʻole o ka holoi lima pono
  • Hoʻolaha kanaka-a-kanaka ma o nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole

He mea pilikia loa ka pipi ʻāina no ka mea hiki i ke kaʻina hana wili ke hoʻolaha i nā bacteria mai ka ʻili a puni ka ʻiʻo. ʻO ia ke kumu e koʻikoʻi ai ka kuke ʻana i nā hamburger a hiki i 160°F no kou palekana.

I ka wā e ʻike ai i ke kauka no ka maʻi E. coli?

Hoʻoponopono pinepine ʻia ka nui o nā maʻi E. coli ma o ka hoʻomaha a me ka inu wai nui. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻoi aku ka ʻino o kou mau hōʻailona a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka nele wai.

E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:

  • Ka luaʻi mau e pale aku ai i ka wai inu
  • Nā hōʻailona o ka nele wai e like me ke poʻo wili, ka waha maloʻo, a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe urination
  • Wela kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 101.5°F
  • ʻEha ʻōpū nui
  • Ke koko i loko o kou pepeiao
  • Nā hōʻailona lōʻihi ma mua o hoʻokahi pule

E kāhea i ka 911 a i ʻole e hele i ka lumi pilikia koke inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hanu, nāwaliwali nui, a i ʻole nā ​​hōʻailona o nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa e like me ka emi nui ʻana o ka urination a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole nā ​​wāwae.

He aha nā kumu pilikia no ka maʻi E. coli?

Hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka maʻi E. coli, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e maʻi ai a i ʻole e loaʻa nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka ʻino. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā palekana hou aku i ka wā e pono ai.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke pilikia nui inā ʻoe:

  • He ʻōpio loa (ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki) a i ʻole ka elemakule (ma luna o 65)
  • Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻōnaehana pale ʻole ma muli o ka maʻi a i ʻole nā ​​lāʻau lapaʻau
  • Lawe ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻemi ana i ka waikawa o ka ʻōpū
  • Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻupaʻa maʻi a i ʻole nā ​​kūlana olakino e hoʻomau nei
  • Noho a kipa i nā wahi me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole
  • Hana me nā holoholona a i ʻole i ka hana ʻai

Ke kūʻē nei nā keiki ʻōpio a me nā ʻelemakule i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe no ka mea ʻaʻole paha e hakakā kā lākou ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi me ka maikaʻi. Inā hāʻule ʻoe i loko o kahi māhele pilikia kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mālama pono ʻana i ka palekana o ka ʻai.

He aha nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi E. coli?

ʻOiai ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ka nui o nā maʻi E. coli me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi, hiki i kekahi mau hihia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia ʻoi aku ka nui. He mea maʻamau kēia, akā he mea kōkua ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona e nānā ai.

ʻO ka pilikia koʻikoʻi loa ka hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), ka mea e pili ana i nā puʻupaʻa a me ke koko. Hana kēia ma kahi o 5-10% o nā kānaka i maʻi ʻia me nā ʻano STEC, ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā keiki ma lalo o 5 a me nā mākua ma luna o 65.

ʻO nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e hiki mai ana:

  • Ka maloʻo nui: Mai ka luaʻi mau a me ka luaʻi
  • Ka hōʻino ʻana o nā puʻupaʻa: Maʻamau wale nō, akā hiki ke pono i ka dialysis
  • Nā pilikia o ke kūkulu koko: ʻO kahi hapa o ka HUS e pili ana i ka holo koko
  • Nā pilikia neurological: Nā pilikia maʻamau ʻole e pili ana i ka lolo
  • Ka maʻi puʻupaʻa lōʻihi: Hopena lōʻihi loa maʻamau ʻole

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia kēia mau pilikia. Hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hopena no nā kānaka i loaʻa nā pilikia.

Pehea e pale aku ai i ka maʻi E. coli?

ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi E. coli e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā hana palekana meaʻai a me nā maʻamau hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi. Hiki i kēia mau ʻanuʻu maʻalahi ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka maʻi.

E hahai i kēia mau hana pale nui:

  • E kuke i ka pipi ʻāina a hiki i 160°F a hoʻohana i ka thermometer mī ke nānā
  • E holoi pono i kou mau lima me ka kopa no ka liʻiliʻi o 20 kekona, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumipaku a ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana
  • E holoi i nā hua a me nā huaʻai a pau ma lalo o ka wai e holo ana ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana
  • E pale i nā huahana waiū ʻole i pāʻani ʻia, nā wai, a me nā cider
  • Mai ʻai i ka wai i ka wā e ʻauʻau ana i nā loko, nā wai, a i ʻole nā ​​pūnāwai
  • E mālama i nā ʻiʻo maka kaʻawale mai nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i ka wā e mālama a hoʻomākaukau ai
  • E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā papa ʻoki a me nā mea hana me ka wai wela, kopa ma hope o ke kāʻei ʻana me ka ʻiʻo maka

Ke kipa aku i nā mahiʻai a i ʻole nā ​​zoo petting, e holoi koke i kou mau lima ma hope o ke pāʻani ʻana i nā holoholona. Hāʻawi nā wahi he nui i kēia manawa i ka sanitizer lima, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka kopa a me ka wai ke loaʻa.

Pehea e ʻike ʻia ai ka maʻi E. coli?

E komo maʻamau kāu kauka i ka maʻi E. coli ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona a me kahi hāpana wai ʻōpala. He pololei ke kaʻina hana a kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka bacteria e hoʻoulu ana i kou maʻi.

ʻO ka hana hoʻomaopopo maʻamau e komo pū me:

  1. Kūkākūkā moʻolelo lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka manawa koke
  2. Hoʻokolokolo kino e nānā i ka nele o ka wai a me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū
  3. ʻOhi ʻana i ka hāpana wai ʻōpala no ka hoʻokolohua hale hana
  4. Nā hoʻokolohua koko inā manaʻo ʻia nā pilikia

ʻO ka hopena o ka hale hana maʻamau he 1-3 mau lā e hoʻi mai ai. Hiki i ka moʻomeheu wai ʻōpala ke ʻike i ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka E. coli, kahi e kōkua ai i kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa a inā pono ʻoe i ka nānā pono ʻana.

He aha ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi E. coli?

ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi E. coli e kaumaha ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou kino ʻoiai e hakakā ana ia i ka bacteria ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe. Hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka hoʻomaha, nā wai, a me ka manawa.

Hiki i kāu mea lawelawe olakino ke ʻōlelo aku:

  • Hoʻololi wai: inu nui o ka wai, nā wai ʻōpala maopopo, a i ʻole nā ​​wai electrolyte
  • Hoʻomaha: Hāʻawi i kou kino i ka ikehu e hakakā i ka maʻi
  • Hoʻololi ʻai mālie: Hoʻomaka me nā meaʻai palupalu i kou manaʻo maikaʻi
  • Nānā hōʻailona: Nānā i nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia

He mea nui, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic no nā maʻi E. coli. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā pilikia ma ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka bacteria i nā mea ʻawaʻawa hou aʻe i ko lākou make.

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia hoʻi nā lāʻau anti-diarrheal ma muli o ka hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolohi i ke kaʻina hana kūlohelohe o kou kino e kāpae i ka bacteria pōʻino. E alakaʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe i ka wā e kūpono ai kēia mau mea.

Pehea e hoʻokele ai i ka maʻi E. coli ma ka home?

ʻO ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho ma ka home i ka wā o ka maʻi E. coli, ʻo ia ka noho wai, hoʻomaha, a me ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai kūpono i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o kou makemake. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻokele pono i ko lākou mau hōʻailona me kēia mau hana maʻalahi.

E nānā i kēia mau ala mālama home:

  • E inu i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi pinepine o ka wai, nā wai momona maopopo, a i ʻole nā mea inu electrolyte
  • E hoʻomaha i ka hiki ke kōkua i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hana
  • E ʻai i nā meaʻai palupalu e like me ka berena palaoa, laiki, a i ʻole nā panana ke mākaukau ʻoe
  • E pale i ka waiū, caffeine, waiʻona, a me nā meaʻai momona a hiki i kou ola hou ʻana
  • E hoʻohana i kahi papa hoʻomehana ma ka haʻahaʻa no nā ʻeha ʻōpū
  • E mālama i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka lawe wai

E nānā i nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e like me ka luaʻi mau, ka maloʻo nui, a i ʻole ka ʻino o nā hōʻailona. E hilinaʻi i kou manaʻo - inā manaʻo ʻoe he mea hewa nui, mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola.

Pehea ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu kūkā kauka?

Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa a loaʻa nā pane i kāu mau nīnau a pau. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono e mālama i ka manawa a kōkua i kāu kauka e hana i kahi ʻike pololei.

Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e ʻohi i kēia ʻike:

  • Ka lālani manawa o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻailona a pehea lākou i loli ai
  • Papa inoa o nā meaʻai āu i ʻai ai i ka hebedoma ma mua o kou maʻi
  • Nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka huakaʻi hou a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻana i nā holoholona
  • Nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa a me nā mea ʻala
  • Nā nīnau e pili ana i ka manawa hoʻōla a me ka wā e hoʻi ai i ka hana a i ʻole ke kula
  • Kekahi mau lālā ʻohana a i ʻole nā pilina me nā hōʻailona like

E lawe mai i kahi hāpana ʻōpala inā noi kāu kauka i hoʻokahi, a mai ʻai a lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻokolohua ke ʻole kāu kauka e ʻōlelo he maikaʻi.

He aha ka mea nui e pili ana i ka maʻi E. coli?

ʻO ka maʻi E. coli he mau kūlana maʻamau e hiki ke mālama ʻia, a e hoʻōla maoli iā ia iho me ka mālama pono a me ka nānā pono. ʻOiai hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole nā ​​hōʻailona, ​​e ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka olakino i loko o hoʻokahi pule.

ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i ka palekana o ka ʻai, ka wai inu nui i ka wā o ka maʻi, a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua lapaʻau. Hiki i nā hana pale maʻalahi e like me ka kuke ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a hiki i ka palaualelo a me ka holoi ʻana i kou mau lima i kēlā me kēia lā ke pale aku i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi.

Inā maʻi ʻoe, e hoʻomanawanui i kou ola hou ʻana a mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola inā pilikia ʻoe i kāu mau hōʻailona. Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā pono, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e like me ʻoe iho i ka wā koke.

Nā nīnau pinepine e pili ana i ka maʻi E. coli

Hiki i ka maʻi E. coli ke pālahalaha mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka?

ʻAe, hiki i ka E. coli ke pālahalaha ma waena o nā kānaka, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma o nā hana maʻemaʻe ʻole. Hiki i ka bacteria ke hele mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o nā lima haumia, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumipaku. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka holoi ʻana i nā lima me ka wai a me ke kopa no ka liʻiliʻi loa o 20 kekona he mea nui loa. Pono nā lālā o ka ʻohana a me nā mea mālama e makaʻala nui i ka maʻemaʻe ke maʻi kekahi i loko o ka hale.

Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka maʻi E. coli?

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi E. coli e mau ana mai 5 a 7 mau lā mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻailona. E hoʻomaka maʻamau ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka lā 3 a 4 paha, me ka hoʻomaikaʻi mālie ʻana o nā hōʻailona i kēlā me kēia lā. Eia naʻe, hiki ke lōʻihi a hiki i 10 mau lā e ʻike hou ai i ka maʻamau. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka luhi no kekahi mau lā hou aʻe ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana o nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau loa i ka wā e hoʻōla ai kou kino.

Ua palekana anei ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pākaukau no nā hōʻailona E. coli?

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ke pale aku i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pale ʻana i ka maʻi ʻōpū e like me ka loperamide (Imodium) i ka wā o ka maʻi E. coli, no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomāmā i ke kaʻina hana kūlohelohe o kou kino e kāpae aku ai i nā bacteria ʻino. No ka wela a me ka ʻeha o ke kino, ʻo ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen paha he palekana maʻamau no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. Eia naʻe, e nīnau mau i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana olakino ma lalo a lawe paha i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuhikuhi.

Pehea ka lōʻihi e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻi i ka hana a i ʻole ke kula ma hope o ka maʻi E. coli?

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi maʻamau i ka hana a i ʻole ke kula ke noho ʻoe me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona no ka liʻiliʻi o 24 mau hola a manaʻo ʻoe ikaika lawa no nā hana maʻamau. Inā hana ʻoe i ka lawelawe ʻai, mālama ola, a i ʻole mālama keiki paha, hiki i kāu haku hana ke koi i kahi hoʻokolohua stool maikaʻi ʻole ma mua o kou hoʻi ʻana. Pono nā keiki e noho ma ka home a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka diarrhea no 24 mau hola e pale aku ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi i nā hoa papa.

Hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa hou i ka maʻi E. coli?

ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā maʻi E. coli he nui no ka nui o nā ʻano like ʻole o nā bacteria. ʻAʻole pale iā ʻoe ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi maʻi mai ka maʻi ʻana me kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ia ke kumu e noho mau ai ka hana ʻana i nā hana palekana meaʻai a me nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi i kou ola holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai ma hope o ka hoʻōla ʻana mai ka maʻi E. coli.

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