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ʻO ka Ehrlichiosis kahi maʻi bacteria e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe mai ka nahu ʻana o nā ʻīlio, ʻo ia hoʻi mai nā ʻīlio hōʻeha ʻia o ka Lone Star a me nā ʻīlio Blacklegged. E hana kēia maʻi i ka wā e komo ai nā bacteria i kapa ʻia ʻo Ehrlichia i loko o kou koko a hoʻouka i kou mau keʻena koko keʻokeʻo, ʻo ia kekahi hapa o kou ʻōnaehana pale.
ʻOiai paha e lohe ʻia ana ka Ehrlichiosis he mea weliweli, hiki ke mālama ʻia me nā lāʻau antibiotic i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai. E ola hou ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o kekahi mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, a he mea maʻamau ʻole nā pilikia nui ke ʻike ʻia a mālama koke ʻia ka maʻi.
E ʻike pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona o ka Ehrlichiosis ma hope o 1 a 2 mau pule ma hope o ka nahu ʻana o ka ʻīlio, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke ʻike ʻia mai kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope. ʻO nā hōʻailona mua e like pinepine me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi flu, kahi e paʻakikī ai ke ʻike koke i kēia maʻi.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e ʻike paha ʻoe:
E loaʻa i kekahi poʻe kahi ʻili ʻili, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine kēia ma mua o nā maʻi ʻīlio ʻē aʻe e like me ka maʻi Rocky Mountain spotted fever. ʻO ka ʻili ʻili, ke ʻike ʻia, e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau kiko liʻiliʻi, pālahalaha, poni a ʻulaʻula paha.
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi hou aku inā holomua ka maʻi me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana. ʻO kēia mau mea paha e komo pū me ka hōʻuluʻulu koʻikoʻi, ka pilikia o ka hanu, nā pilikia koko, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka hana ʻole o nā ʻōnaehana. Eia naʻe, he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi ke mālama ʻia ka Ehrlichiosis me nā lāʻau antibiotic.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Ehrlichiosis e nā bacteria mai ka ʻohana Ehrlichia e noho ana i loko o nā ʻīlio. Ke nahu mai kahi ʻīlio maʻi iā ʻoe a hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kekahi mau hola, hiki i kēia mau bacteria ke komo i loko o kou koko a hoʻokumu i ka maʻi.
ʻO nā ʻano nui o nā bacteria e hoʻokumu ai i ka Ehrlichiosis e komo pū me:
E koho kēia mau ʻīlio i nā bacteria ke hānai lākou i nā holoholona maʻi e like me nā deer, nā ʻīlio, a i ʻole nā rodents. A laila e noho nā bacteria i loko o ke kino o ka ʻīlio a hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia i nā kānaka i nā manawa hānai koko hou aku.
He mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole hiki i ka Ehrlichiosis ke hoʻolaha mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o ka pilina maʻamau, ka ʻōhū, a i ʻole ka pā.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka maʻi flu i loko o hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa i nā wahi kahi i maʻamau ai nā ʻīlio, ʻoiai inā e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe i ka nahu ʻia e kahi ʻīlio.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mahana, poʻo ʻeha, ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo, a me ka luhi ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻīlio. Mai kali i nā hōʻailona e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ka Ehrlichiosis e pane maikaʻi i ka mālama ʻana ke hoʻomaka koke ʻia i ka maʻi.
E kiʻi i ka mālama lapaʻau pilikia koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka mahana kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 103°F, hōʻuluʻulu koʻikoʻi, pilikia o ka hanu, luaʻi mau, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ke koko. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi, pono lākou i ka mālama lapaʻau koke.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kali a hiki i kou ʻike ʻana i kahi ʻīlio ma kou kino e ʻimi i ka mālama. He nui nā kānaka me ka Ehrlichiosis ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike ʻana a i ʻole ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻīlio, ʻoiai hiki i kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi ke liʻiliʻi e like me ka hua poppy.
E ola hou ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka Ehrlichiosis me ka mālama antibiotic kūpono, akā hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia inā hele ʻole ka maʻi a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hopu koke ʻia. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau pilikia i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa e komo pū me:
I nā hihia maʻamau loa, hiki i ka Ehrlichiosis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā poʻe ʻelemakule a i ʻole nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. Eia naʻe, me ka ʻike koke ʻana a me ka mālama antibiotic kūpono, e ola hou ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi ke mālama ʻia ka Ehrlichiosis me ka mālama kūpono. ʻO ia ke kumu e ʻimi koke ai i ka mālama lapaʻau ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻīlio.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka Ehrlichiosis e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā nahu ʻīlio a me ka wehe koke ʻana i nā ʻīlio e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kou kino. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe lāʻau pale no ka Ehrlichiosis, ʻo kēia mau hana pale kāu pale maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i ka maʻi.
Ke hoʻolilo nei i ka manawa i nā wahi kahi e loaʻa ai nā ʻīlio, hiki iā ʻoe ke pale iā ʻoe iho ma ke:
Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa ma waho, e nānā i kou kino holoʻokoʻa no nā ʻīlio, e hoʻolohe nui i nā wahi e like me kou poʻo, ma hope o kou mau pepeiao, ma lalo o nā lima, a me ka ʻūhā. Mai poina e nānā i kou mau lole a me nā holoholona e hele pū ana me ʻoe.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻīlio i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kou ʻili, e wehe koke iā ia me nā tweezers lahilahi. E hopu i ka ʻīlio kokoke loa i kou ʻili a huki i luna me ka mana paʻa. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wahi nahu me ka sopa a me ka wai a i ʻole ka wai ʻona ma hope.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka Ehrlichiosis no ka mea he like loa kona mau hōʻailona mua me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, e komo pū ana me ka maʻi flu. E hoʻomaka paha kāu kauka ma ke noi ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hana hou, ʻoiai kekahi manawa i hoʻolilo ʻia ma waho i nā wahi kahi i maʻamau ai nā ʻīlio.
E hana kāu mea mālama ola i kahi nānā kino a kauoha paha i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua koko e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ʻike. ʻO kēia mau hoʻokolohua paha e komo pū me ka helu koko piha, kahi e hōʻike pinepine ai i nā helu keʻena koko keʻokeʻo haʻahaʻa, nā helu platelet haʻahaʻa, a me nā enzyme ate kiʻekiʻe i nā kānaka me ka Ehrlichiosis.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua kikoʻī ke ʻike i nā bacteria Ehrlichiosis a i ʻole ka pane o kou kino iā lākou. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana me nā hoʻokolohua PCR e ʻimi ana i ka DNA bacteria a me nā hoʻokolohua antibody e nānā ana i ka pane o kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike nā hoʻokolohua antibody i nā hopena maikaʻi i ka hebedoma mua o ka maʻi.
I kekahi manawa e hoʻomaka paha kāu kauka i ka mālama antibiotic ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā mea pilikia, ʻoiai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena hoʻokolohua. He mea kūpono kēia ala no ka mea he mea nui ka mālama koke, a hiki i ka kali ʻana no nā hopena hoʻokolohua ke hoʻopaneʻe i ka mālama koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka mālama nui no ka Ehrlichiosis nā lāʻau antibiotic, ʻo ia hoʻi ka doxycycline, kahi mea maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i nā bacteria e hoʻokumu ai i kēia maʻi. E ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maikaʻi i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama antibiotic.
E kuhikuhi pinepine kāu kauka i ka doxycycline no 7 a 14 mau lā, ma muli o ka nui o kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka wikiwiki o kou pane i ka mālama ʻana. He mea nui ke lawe i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o nā lāʻau antibiotic, ʻoiai inā e hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike i ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā papa āpau.
No nā kānaka ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe i ka doxycycline, e like me nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole nā mea me kekahi mau allergies, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lāʻau antibiotic ʻē aʻe e like me ka rifampin. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka doxycycline ke koho mua no ka mālama ʻana no ka mea he mea maikaʻi loa ia e kūʻē i nā bacteria Ehrlichiosis.
Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka Ehrlichiosis ma ka home me nā lāʻau antibiotic waha. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia, pono paha ʻoe e komo i ka haukapila no nā lāʻau antibiotic intravenous a me ka mālama kākoʻo e like me nā wai IV a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana i ka hana o nā ʻōnaehana.
ʻOiai ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau antibiotic i kuhikuhi ʻia ʻo ia ka hapa nui o ka mālama ʻana, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a kākoʻo i kou ola hou ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻomaha a me ka wai maikaʻi he mea nui loa ia i ka wā e hakakā ai kou kino i ka maʻi.
No ka mahana a me nā ʻeha o ke kino, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā lāʻau ma luna o ka counter e like me ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen, e hahai ana i nā kuhikuhi o ka pūʻolo. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou aʻe i ka wā e hana ai nā lāʻau antibiotic e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi.
E hōʻoia e inu i ka wai nui, ʻo ka wai ʻoi aku, e pale aku i ka maloʻo ʻana mai ka mahana a kōkua i kou kino e kāpae i ka maʻi. Hiki i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai māmā, maʻalahi ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ke kōkua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nausea a i ʻole ka nalowale o ka makemakeʻai.
He mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻomaha kūpono no kou ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā pono i ka maʻi. Mai hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe iho e hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau koke loa - e hāʻawi i kou kino i ka manawa e ola hou ai.
E mālama i kāu mau hōʻailona a hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lāʻau antibiotic. E ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui i loko o 48 mau hola ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona āpau a me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, ʻoiai inā he mea liʻiliʻi lākou. E komo pū me nā kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hana waho hou, huakaʻi, a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻīlio, no ka mea, e kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e loiloi i kāu pilikia no ka Ehrlichiosis.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, e komo pū ana me nā lāʻau ma luna o ka counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. E hoʻomaopopo pū i nā allergies āu i loaʻa ai i nā lāʻau, no ka mea, e hoʻopili kēia i nā lāʻau antibiotic hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi me ka palekana.
Inā ʻike a wehe ʻoe i kahi ʻīlio, e ho'āʻo e hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā a me kahi i hana ai kēia. Inā mālama ʻoe i ka ʻīlio, e lawe mai me ʻoe i loko o kahi pahu i pani ʻia - hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono ia no ka mālama ʻana.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka, e like me ka lōʻihi o kou manaʻo e maʻi, i ka wā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i ka hana a i ʻole nā hana maʻamau, a he aha nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama koke.
ʻO ka Ehrlichiosis kahi maʻi bacteria hiki ke mālama ʻia i hoʻolaha ʻia e nā nahu ʻīlio e pane maikaʻi loa i ka mālama antibiotic ke hopu koke ʻia. ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana ma o ka pale ʻana i nā ʻīlio ʻo ia kāu pale maikaʻi loa, a hiki i ka mālama lapaʻau koke ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻīlio ke pale aku i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka maʻi flu ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa i nā wahi kahi i maʻamau ai nā ʻīlio, mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomanaʻo i ka nahu ʻia. ʻO ka ʻike koke ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana me ka doxycycline e alakaʻi pinepine i ka ola hou piha i loko o kekahi mau pule.
Ma ke lawe ʻana i nā hana pale kūpono i ka wā ma waho a me ka ʻimi koke ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona, hiki iā ʻoe ke pale iā ʻoe iho a me kou ʻohana mai kēia maʻi ʻīlio. E hoʻomanaʻo he mea hiki ke pale aku a hiki ke mālama ʻia loa ka Ehrlichiosis me ke ala kūpono.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka Ehrlichiosis i nā manawa he nui no ka mea ʻaʻole e hāʻawi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi i ka pale lōʻihi. ʻO kēlā me kēia nahu ʻīlio e hoʻokomo ai i nā bacteria Ehrlichia he pilikia hou ia no ka maʻi, no laila he mea nui ke hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i nā hana pale ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka Ehrlichiosis ma mua.
Pono pinepine nā ʻīlio e hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kekahi mau hola e hoʻolaha ai i nā bacteria Ehrlichiosis, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa ka manawa pololei. ʻO ia ke kumu e nānā ai i nā ʻīlio i kēlā me kēia lā a wehe koke iā lākou he mea maikaʻi loa ia e pale aku ai i ka maʻi. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻīlio, ʻoi aku ka nui o kāu pilikia.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻohe lāʻau pale i loaʻa i kēia manawa no ka Ehrlichiosis. E hilinaʻi loa ka pale ʻana i ka pale ʻana i nā nahu ʻīlio ma o nā lole pale, nā mea pale, a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke kaiapuni. Ke hoʻomau nei nā mea noiʻi e aʻo i nā lāʻau pale hiki, akā ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa no ka hoʻohana kanaka i kēia manawa.
Hiki i nā holoholona, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā ʻīlio, ke loaʻa i ka Ehrlichiosis mai nā nahu ʻīlio, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolaha pololei i ka maʻi i nā kānaka. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā holoholona ke lawe mai i nā ʻīlio maʻi i loko o kou home, a laila hiki ke nahu i nā lālā o ka ʻohana. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona ma nā lāʻau pale ʻīlio e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou mau holoholona a me kou ʻohana.
ʻO nā mea ʻelua he mau maʻi bacteria i hoʻolaha ʻia e nā ʻīlio, akā hoʻokumu ʻia lākou e nā bacteria ʻokoʻa a loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau hōʻailona ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole pinepine ka Ehrlichiosis e hoʻokumu i ka ʻili ʻili bull's-eye maʻamau me ka maʻi Lyme, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona Ehrlichiosis e like me ka maʻi flu. E pane maikaʻi nā mea ʻelua i ka mālama antibiotic ke hopu koke ʻia.