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ʻO ka herpes genital kahi maʻi maʻamau i hoʻolaha ʻia ma o ka moekolohe, i hana ʻia e ka herpes simplex virus (HSV). ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻoe he mea kaumaha ke aʻo e pili ana i kēia maʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō—miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e noho nei me ka herpes genital a ke hoʻokele pono nei. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻo hilinaʻi hou aku e pili ana i kou olakino a me kou mau pilina.
ʻO ka herpes genital kahi maʻi e pili ana i nā wahi genital a me anal, i hana ʻia e ʻelua ʻano o ka herpes simplex virus. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia i hana ʻia e ka HSV-2, ʻoiai hiki i ka HSV-1 (ka mea maʻamau e hana ai i nā ʻōpū anu) ke hoʻopili pū i ka wahi genital ma o ka moekolohe waha.
E noho ana ka virus i loko o kou kino ma hope o kou maʻi ʻana, akā pinepine e noho mālie ana. He nui nā kānaka me ka herpes genital e loaʻa iki a ʻaʻohe hōʻailona i ko lākou ola. I ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona, maʻamau lākou e pili ana i nā ʻōpū ʻeha a i ʻole nā ʻeha ma ka wahi genital.
He mea nui ia e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomaopopo ʻia e ka loaʻa ʻana o ka herpes genital a i ʻole e kaupalena ʻia kou hiki ke loaʻa nā pilina olakino. Me ka hoʻokele pono, nui nā kānaka e ola ana i kahi ola maʻamau a piha.
Nui nā kānaka me ka herpes genital ʻaʻole loaʻa nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia, ʻoiai paha e loaʻa i kekahi mau hōʻailona maopopo i ka wā o nā puka ʻana. ʻO ka puka ʻana mua ka mea ʻoi loa, maʻamau e puka mai ana i nā lā 2-12 ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻia.
I ka wā o ka puka ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
ʻO ka puka ʻana mua maʻamau e mau ana i nā lā 7-10, ʻoiai nā puka ʻana ma hope e liʻiliʻi a emi iki ka ʻeha. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e like me ka tingling a i ʻole ka kuni ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka puka ʻana.
Ma waena o nā puka ʻana, e noho mālie ana ka virus i loko o kou kino. Nui nā kānaka e hele i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona, a ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa hou i kekahi puka ʻana ma hope o ko lākou mua.
Hana ʻia ka herpes genital e ka herpes simplex virus, ka mea e hoʻolaha ʻia ma o ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana o ka ʻili i ka ʻili i ka wā o ka moekolohe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka virus ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona a i ʻole nā ʻeha ikaika o kāu hoa.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka virus ma o:
Hiki i ka HSV-1 ke hana i ka herpes genital ma o ka moekolohe waha, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ʻōpū anu i ʻike ʻia o ka mea e hāʻawi ana i ka moekolohe waha. Hiki ke loaʻa a hoʻolaha ʻia ka virus me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka herpes genital mai nā noho halepaku, kāwele, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole ola lōʻihi ka virus ma waho o ke kino kanaka a pono e hoʻopili pololei no ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole ma kou wahi genital, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā ʻeha ʻeha a i ʻole nā ʻōpū. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe:
Inā ʻoe e hāpai ana a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka herpes genital, he mea nui loa ia e hana pū me kāu mea mālama olakino. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kou maʻi a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kāu pēpē i ka wā o ka hānau ʻana.
Mai hilahila e ʻimi i ka mālama. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine nā mea mālama olakino i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi i hoʻolaha ʻia ma o ka moekolohe a e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo aloha a me ka hoʻohewa ʻole.
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka herpes genital i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, akā he mea kōkua ia e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke ʻae iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama kūpono i ka wā e pono ai.
Nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
Nā pilikia rare hiki ke komo pū me ka meningitis (ka mumū o ka lolo) a i ʻole encephalitis, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole. He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi i nā kānaka olakino.
Pono nā wahine hāpai me ka herpes genital i ka mālama kūikawā e pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kā lākou mau pēpē. E nānā kāu mea mālama olakino i kou maʻi a hiki ke ʻōlelo aku i ka lāʻau antiviral i ka wā hāpai a i ʻole ka hānau ʻana o ka cesarean inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ikaika i ka wā o ka hana.
Hiki i nā mea mālama olakino ke hōʻoia i ka herpes genital ma o kekahi mau ala, me nā hopena pololei loa e hele mai ana mai ka ho'āʻo ʻana i ka wā o ka puka ʻana. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ke kaʻina ho'āʻo—he pololei ia a kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama kūpono.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana:
Hiki i nā ho'āʻo koko ke ʻike i ka herpes ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona iā ʻoe, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke haʻi iā ʻoe i ka wā āu i maʻi ai a i ʻole inā he genital a waha paha ka maʻi. ʻO ka hōʻoia hilinaʻi loa e hele mai ana mai ka ho'āʻo ʻana i nā ʻeha ikaika.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua hoʻopili ʻia ʻoe akā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona iā ʻoe, e kūkākūkā i nā koho ho'āʻo me kāu mea mālama olakino. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala kūpono e pili ana i kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau no ka herpes genital, hiki i nā lapaʻau maikaʻi ke hoʻokele i nā hōʻailona, hoʻemi i ka pinepine o ka puka ʻana, a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana. Nui nā kānaka e ʻike he hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka lapaʻau i ko lākou ola.
Nā koho lapaʻau e komo pū me:
E ʻōlelo aku kāu mea mālama olakino i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, ka pinepine o ka puka ʻana, a me nā makemake pilikino. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka lāʻau antiviral wale nō i ka wā o nā puka ʻana, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e lawe iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā e pale aku i nā puka ʻana a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e pane maikaʻi i ka lapaʻau antiviral, e loaʻa ana nā puka ʻana pōkole a emi iki ka ʻeha. He mea palekana maʻamau kēia mau lāʻau no ka hoʻohana lōʻihi i ka wā i kuhikuhi ʻia e ka mea mālama olakino.
Hiki i ka mālama home ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o nā puka ʻana a kākoʻo i kou olakino maʻamau. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau hoʻolālā mālama ponoʻī me ka lapaʻau lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
I ka wā o nā puka ʻana, e ho'āʻo:
Ma waena o nā puka ʻana, e kau i ka manaʻo i ka mālama ʻana i kahi ola olakino. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hiamoe lawa, ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaumaha, ka ʻai maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau ke kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale a hiki ke hoʻemi i ka pinepine o ka puka ʻana.
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe he mau mea hoʻonāukiuki e like me ke kaumaha, ka maʻi, a i ʻole ka luhi ke alakaʻi i nā puka ʻana. Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i kahi puke moʻolelo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i kāu mau mea hoʻonāukiuki pilikino i hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e pale aku iā lākou.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae loa i ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka herpes genital, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻolālā ke hoʻemi nui i kou manawa o ka maʻi. Kūkulu pū kēia mau ala like i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka virus.
Nā hoʻolālā pale e komo pū me:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka herpes genital, hiki i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau antiviral i kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka virus i kāu hoa ma kahi o 50%. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka lāʻau me ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i ka condom e hāʻawi i ka pale ʻoi aku ka nui.
E hoʻomanaʻo hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka herpes ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona i loaʻa, no laila he mea nui nā hana pale mau i kou ola moekolohe.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka nui loa mai kāu kipa a hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama piha. Makemake kāu mea mālama olakino e kōkua iā ʻoe, no laila ʻo ka wehe a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e alakaʻi i ka papahana mālama maikaʻi loa.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā:
Mai hilahila e kūkākūkā i nā kikoʻī pilikino me kāu mea mālama olakino. Ua ʻike a mālama lākou i kēia mau kūlana i nā manawa he nui a e hāʻawi i ka mālama ʻoihana a me ke aloha.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka puka ʻana i kēia manawa, e ho'āʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kāu kūkā i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā hōʻailona. ʻAe kēia no ka ho'āʻo a me ka hōʻoia pololei loa.
ʻO ka herpes genital kahi maʻi hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e miliona o nā kānaka e ola nei me ka holomua. ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻoe he mea kaumaha ke loaʻa ka hōʻoia mua, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka hana pū ʻana me kāu mea mālama olakino ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kou olakino a me kou mau pilina.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lapaʻau maikaʻi, maʻamau e emi iki ka pinepine a me ka ʻeha o nā puka ʻana ma hope o kekahi manawa, a ʻaʻole e pale aku ka loaʻa ʻana o ka herpes iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilina aloha piha. Nui nā kānaka me ka herpes e hele ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilina olakino a me nā ʻohana.
E kau i ka manaʻo i ka mālama ʻana i kou olakino maʻamau, ka hahai ʻana i kāu papahana mālama, a me ka kamaʻilio ākea me nā hoa e pili ana i kou kūlana. Me ka hoʻokele pono, hiki i ka herpes genital ke lilo i ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ka mea e hoʻomaopopo i kou ola.
ʻAe, nui nā kānaka me ka herpes genital ʻaʻole loaʻa nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia a i ʻole loaʻa nā hōʻailona māmā loa ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike he herpes. Hiki nō iā ʻoe ke hoʻolaha i ka virus i nā hoa me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona, no laila he mea nui ka ho'āʻo ʻana a me ka kamaʻilio ākea.
ʻO ka puka ʻana mua maʻamau e mau ana i nā lā 7-10, ʻoiai nā puka ʻana hou e mau ana i nā lā 3-5. Hiki i nā lāʻau antiviral ke kōkua i ka pōkole ʻana i ka lōʻihi a hoʻemi i ka ʻeha o nā puka ʻana i ka wā e lawe ʻia ai i ka wā mua.
ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka HSV-1 a me ka HSV-2 ma o ka moekolohe waha. Hiki i ka HSV-1, ka mea maʻamau e hana ai i nā ʻōpū anu, ke hana i ka herpes genital ma o ka hoʻopili waha. Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pale e like me nā condoms a i ʻole nā dental dams i ka wā o ka moekolohe waha ke hoʻemi i kēia pilikia.
ʻAe, nui nā kānaka me ka herpes genital e loaʻa nā hāpai keiki olakino a me nā pēpē. E nānā kāu mea mālama olakino i kou maʻi i ka wā hāpai a hiki ke ʻōlelo aku i ka lāʻau antiviral a i ʻole ka hānau ʻana o ka cesarean e hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kāu pēpē.
Hoʻololi nui ka pinepine o ka puka ʻana ma waena o nā kānaka. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā puka ʻana he nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e hele i nā makahiki ma waena o nā puka ʻana a i ʻole ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa hou i kekahi ma hope o ko lākou mua. Maʻamau e emi iki ka pinepine a me ka ʻeha o nā puka ʻana ma hope o kekahi manawa.
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