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ʻO ka hoʻouluʻana o ka maʻi wela he mea hoʻouluʻulu ia e hana ana i ka piʻi koke ʻana o ka mahana o ke kino o ke keiki, maʻamau i ka wā o ka maʻi wela. He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau hoʻouluʻulu a pili i kahi 1 i 25 mau keiki ma waena o 6 mau mahina a 5 mau makahiki. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kāu keiki e hoʻouluʻulu ana he mea weliweli loa ia, ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka hapanui o nā hoʻouluʻulu maʻi wela a ʻaʻohe pilikia mau loa.
Hana ʻia ka hoʻouluʻana o ka maʻi wela i ka wā e hemahema ai ka lolo o kāu keiki no ka manawa pōkole ma muli o ka piʻi koke ʻana o ka mahana o ke kino. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka mea uila e hoʻopau ʻia ana i ka wā nui loa ka hana uila. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka lolo e ulu ana i nā keiki ʻōpio i nā loli mahana, ʻo ia ke kumu e hana ai kēia mau hoʻouluʻulu ma mua o 6 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka manawa maʻamau o kēia mau hoʻouluʻulu mai 30 kekona a 2 mau minuke, ʻoiai paha e lōʻihi loa ka manaʻo i ka wā e nānā ana ʻoe. Hiki i kāu keiki ke paʻa, e hoʻoluliluli i kona mau lima a me nā wāwae, e ʻōwili i kona mau maka, a i ʻole e nalowale koke i ka ʻike. Hoʻōla piha ka hapanui o nā keiki i loko o nā minuke a hana maʻamau ma hope.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻokoʻa ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hoʻouluʻana o ka maʻi wela a kāu keiki e ʻike ai. ʻŌlelo ka hapanui o nā mākua i ka manaʻo ʻole a me ka makaʻu i ka wā mua e ʻike ai lākou i kēia mau hōʻailona, he mea maopopo loa kēlā.
Nā hoʻouluʻulu maʻi wela maʻalahi (ʻo ke ʻano maʻamau loa) e hōʻike maʻamau i kēia mau hōʻailona:
Nā hoʻouluʻulu maʻi wela paʻakikī he mea maʻamau ʻole akā ʻoi aku ka hopohopo:
Ma hope o kekahi hoʻopilikia wela, hiki i kāu keiki ke manaʻo luhi, huikau, a i ʻole huhū no kahi 30 mau minuke. He mea maʻamau kēia a ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo he hewa kekahi mea me ko lākou lolo.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i nā hoʻopilikia wela i ʻelua ʻano nui ma muli o ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻano a me ka lōʻihi o ko lākou lōʻihi. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻokoʻa ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai a me ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama koke.
Nā hoʻopilikia wela maʻalahi e hana ana ma kahi o 85% o nā hihia a pau. Ua kapa ʻia lākou ʻo
I loko o nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i nā maʻi ʻoi aku ka nui e like me ka meningitis a i ʻole ka encephalitis ke kumu i nā hopena wela. Eia naʻe, ʻo kēia mau kūlana e hele mai maʻamau me nā hōʻailona ʻōlelo mua ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻeha poʻo nui, ka ʻāʻī paʻakikī, a i ʻole ka luhi nui.
Kāhea i ka 911 koke inā ke loaʻa nei kāu keiki i kā lākou hopena mua, inā lōʻihi ia ma mua o 5 mau minuke, a i ʻole inā pilikia lākou i ka hanu. ʻOiai he palekana ka hapa nui o nā hopena wela, pono ʻoe i ka loiloi lapaʻau e kāpae i nā kumu koʻikoʻi.
E ʻimi i ka mālama pilikia koke inā hōʻike kāu keiki i kēia mau hōʻailona:
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu pediatrician i loko o 24 mau hola no kekahi hopena wela, ʻoiai inā ʻike ʻia kāu keiki maikaʻi ma hope. Makemake lākou e nānā i kāu keiki a hoʻoholo i ke kumu o ka wela.
No nā hopena wela e hiki mai ana i nā keiki i loaʻa mua iā lākou, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i ka mālama pilikia ke lōʻihi ka hopena ma mua o ka maʻamau a i ʻole ʻoi aku ka maʻi o kāu keiki ma mua o nā manawa ma mua.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i ka hiki ke loaʻa i kāu keiki nā hopena wela. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mākaukau, ʻoiai e hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā keiki me nā pilikia pilikia ʻaʻole loaʻa nā hopena.
ʻO nā pilikia pilikia nui loa:
He mea nui loa ka mōʻaukala ʻohana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe a i ʻole kāu hoa kāne nā hopena wela i ka wā kamaliʻi, aia kahi manawa o 25% e loaʻa ai i kāu keiki. Inā loaʻa i nā mākua ʻelua nā hopena wela, piʻi ka pilikia i kahi 50%.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā keiki i loaʻa ko lākou hopena wela mua ma mua o 1 makahiki a i ʻole nā hopena wela paʻakikī e loaʻa hou nā hopena ma ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine nā hopena wela e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia lōʻihi a i ʻole ka hōʻino ʻana i ka lolo. ulu nui nā keiki i loaʻa nā hopena wela me ka ʻole o ka hopena i kā lākou aʻo ʻana, ʻano, a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana.
Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau manaʻo e pono ai ke makaʻala:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka epilepsy inā loaʻa i kāu keiki nā hopena wela paʻakikī, ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka epilepsy, a i ʻole nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu. ʻOiai pēlā, ʻaʻole loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā keiki i nā pilikia hopena mau.
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, hiki i nā hopena wela lōʻihi loa (ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau minuke) ke hoʻokumu i kekahi mau loli lolo, akā he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku loa i nā hopena wela, ʻoiai ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻia lākou e ka pane kūlohelohe o kāu keiki i ka maʻi. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻemi i ka wela a hoʻemi paha i ka pilikia.
Ke loaʻa i kāu keiki ka wela, hiki i kēia mau ʻano hana ke kōkua:
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ke hōʻoia ʻana o ka pale ʻana i ka wela i ka pale ʻana i nā hopena, ʻoiai e hana pinepine ka hopena i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela, i kekahi manawa ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana ua maʻi kāu keiki.
Hiki i kekahi mau kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka lāʻau pale ʻana i ka hopena no nā keiki me nā hopena wela paʻakikī pinepine, akā he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia a hele mai me kāna mau pilikia a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻomaka ka hōʻoia ʻana me ka wehewehe pololei ʻana i nā mea i hana ʻia i ka wā o ka hopena. E makemake kāu kauka e ʻike i ka lōʻihi o kona lōʻihi, pehea ke ʻano o kāu keiki, a pehea lākou i hana ai ma hope.
Hoʻokumu ka nānā kino i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kumu o ka wela a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi koʻikoʻi. E ʻimi kāu kauka i nā maʻi pepeiao, nā maʻi ʻāʻī, a i ʻole nā kumu maʻamau ʻē aʻe o ka wela i nā keiki.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū:
No nā hopena wela maʻalahi i nā keiki ma mua o 18 mahina, ʻaʻole pono pinepine ka hoʻokolohua ākea. ʻO ka mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kumu e hoʻoulu ai i ka wela.
ʻAʻole pono pinepine ka EEG (hoʻokolohua nalu lolo) a me ka kiʻi lolo ke loaʻa i kāu keiki nā hopena wela paʻakikī a i ʻole nā hōʻailona pilikia ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā loaʻa wela e pau iho lākou i loko o kekahi mau minuke a ʻaʻole pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau loaʻa kūikawā. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kumu a me ka mālama ʻana i kou keiki i ʻoluʻolu.
I ka wā o ka loaʻa, ʻo ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i kou keiki i palekana. E hoʻohuli iā ia ma kona ʻaoʻao, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wahi mai nā mea paʻakikī, a mai hoʻokomo i kekahi mea i loko o kona waha. E helu i ka manawa o ka loaʻa a e mālie, ʻoiai he mea weliweli.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa, ʻo ka mālama maʻamau e komo pū me:
No nā keiki me nā loaʻa wela paʻakikī pinepine, hiki i nā kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau pale, akā pono e noʻonoʻo pono ʻia kēia hoʻoholo i nā pono a me nā pilikia.
Hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau pōpilikia e like me ka rectal diazepam no nā keiki me nā loaʻa lōʻihi, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia.
ʻO ka ʻike pehea e pane ai i ka wā a ma hope o ka loaʻa wela e kōkua iā ʻoe e mālie a mālama i kou keiki i palekana. ʻO ka hapa nui o kāu mālama e kau nui ʻia ma ka mālama ʻana i ka wela a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi kumu.
I ka wā o ka loaʻa, e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia mau ʻanuʻu:
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka loaʻa, e kau nui i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wela. E hāʻawi i ka lāʻau e hoʻoemi ai i ka wela e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, e hāʻawi i nā ʻūpiki liʻiliʻi o ka wai, a e hoʻomaha i kāu keiki. E mālama i ka lumi i anuanu a ʻoluʻolu.
Kiai i nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka mālama ola kino koke, e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka hiamoe nui loa, a i ʻole ka luaʻi pinepine. E hoʻi ka nui o nā keiki i ko lākou ʻano maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi hola.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa i ke kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike a me ka mālama e pono ai kāu keiki. E kākau i kāu mau nānā ʻana i ka wā e hou ana i loko o kou hoʻomanaʻo.
Ma mua o kāu kau ʻana, e ʻohi i kēia ʻike:
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka mea e manaʻo ai inā loaʻa hou ka maʻi ʻeha, i ka wā e kāhea ai i ke kauka, a i ʻole pehea e hoʻokele maikaʻi ai i nā wela e hiki mai ana.
Inā hiki, e lawe mai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau a kāu keiki e inu nei a me kā lākou moʻolelo hoʻokani. E kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hana i nā hoʻoholo mālama maikaʻi loa.
He mea weliweli ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi ʻeha wela akā he mea ʻuʻuku wale nō ka pōʻino i ke olakino lōʻihi a me ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki. He ʻike maʻamau ia o ka wā kamaliʻi e ulu nui ai ka nui o nā keiki ma mua o ka makahiki 6.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā maʻi ʻeha wela a pau, ʻo ka hoʻokele koke ʻana i ka wela a me ka ʻike pehea e pane ai i ka wā o ka maʻi ʻeha e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka palekana o kāu keiki. ʻO ka nui o nā keiki i loaʻa nā maʻi ʻeha wela e ulu me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ʻeha wela ʻo ia hoʻi he maʻi epilepsy kāu keiki a i ʻole e loaʻa nā pilikia aʻo. Me ka mālama ola kino kūpono a me kāu kākoʻo aloha, hiki i kāu keiki ke hoʻomau i ka ulu a me ka ulu maʻamau.
Hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo makuakane. Inā he mea ʻokoʻa a i ʻole he mea hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena a kāu keiki a i ʻole ka hoʻōla ʻana, mai kānalua e kelepona aku i kāu mea mālama ola no ke alakaʻi a me ka hōʻoia.
ʻAʻole hana nā hopena wela maʻalahi i ka pōʻino o ka lolo a i ʻole ka hopena i ka naʻauao, ka hiki ke aʻo, a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki. ʻAʻohe pinepine o nā hopena wela paʻakikī e hana i nā pilikia lōʻihi. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka lolo o kāu keiki e mālama i kēia mau manawa pōkole me ka ʻole o ka pōʻino mau loa.
Ma kahi o 30-40% o nā keiki i loaʻa iā lākou hoʻokahi hopena wela e loaʻa hou iā lākou me ka wela hou. Eia naʻe, pau ka nui o nā keiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena wela ma ka makahiki 6 ke ulu aʻe ko lākou lolo. ʻAʻole hoʻonui ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena wela he nui i ka pilikia o ka pōʻino o ka lolo.
ʻOiai hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻoemi wela ke ʻoluʻolu hou i kāu keiki, ʻaʻole lākou e pale pono i nā hopena wela. Hana pinepine nā hopena i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wela, i kekahi manawa ma mua o kou ʻike ua maʻi kāu keiki. E nānā i ka mālama ʻana i ka wela no ka ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka pale ʻana i nā hopena.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki me nā hopena wela ʻaʻole loa e ulu i ka maʻi epilepsy. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia ma mua o ka awelika (ma kahi o 2-5% vs 1% i ka lehulehu), akā he haʻahaʻa loa ia. ʻAʻohe kokoke i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka pilikia o ka epilepsy i ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā hopena wela maʻalahi.
Hiki i kāu keiki ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau, me ke kula a i ʻole ka hale mālama keiki, ke pau ka wela no 24 mau hola a me ka manaʻo maikaʻi. E hōʻoia e haʻi aku i nā mea mālama a me nā kumu e pili ana i ka hopena i ʻike lākou i ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau o kāu keiki a hiki ke pane pono inā pono.
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