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October 10, 2025
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ʻO nā maʻi ʻili wahine he mau ulu liʻiliʻi, kala ʻiʻo e kū mai a puni kou mau wahi genital a me anal. Hoʻokumu ʻia lākou e kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi human papillomavirus (HPV) a ʻo ia kekahi o nā maʻi maʻi moekolohe maʻamau loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo nui ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili wahine, he mea nui ia e ʻike he hiki ke mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia. ʻAʻole nui nā kānaka me ka HPV e loaʻa nā warts i ʻike ʻia, a ʻoiai inā kū mai lākou, loaʻa nā koho mālama pono e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a hilinaʻi hou aku.
ʻO nā maʻi ʻili wahine he mau ulu palupalu, maikaʻi ʻole e ulu ma luna a puni kou mau wahi genital. Hoʻokumu ʻia lākou e nā ʻano HPV kūikawā, ʻo nā ʻano 6 a me 11, i manaʻo ʻia he haʻahaʻa ka pilikia no ka mea ʻaʻole pinepine lākou e alakaʻi i ka maʻi kanesa.
Hiki i kēia mau warts ke kū mai i nā wiki, mahina, a i ʻole nā makahiki ma hope o kou hōʻike ʻia ʻana i ka HPV. He kuleana nui kā kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā warts i ʻike ʻia. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke kino o kekahi poʻe i ka maʻi maoli me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e loaʻa paha nā warts e hele mai a hele aku i ka manawa.
ʻO nā warts ponoʻī he pane ia o kou ʻili i ka maʻi viral. ʻAʻole lākou he mea weliweli, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a me ka pilikia manaʻo. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea a lākou e kōkua ai e hoʻemi i ka hopohopo a alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka mālama kūpono.
Hiki i nā maʻi ʻili wahine ke ʻokoʻa loa i ke ʻano a me ka wahi, kahi i paʻakikī ai ke ʻike ʻana iā lākou. E hele kākou i ka mea āu e ʻike ai i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā lākou inā kū mai lākou.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
I nā wāhine, ʻike pinepine ʻia nā maʻi ʻili genital ma ka vulva, i loko o ka vagina, ma ka cervix, a i ʻole a puni ka puka anal. No nā kāne, ulu pinepine lākou ma ka penis, scrotum, a i ʻole a puni ka anus. Hiki i nā kāne a me nā wāhine ke loaʻa nā maʻi ʻili i ka waha a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī inā loaʻa iā lākou ka hoʻopā waha me ka ʻili maʻi.
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hōʻailona hou aku e like me ka ʻeha iki i ka wā e mimi ai a i ʻole ka moe kolohe, ʻoi aku inā aia nā maʻi ʻili i nā wahi ʻoluʻolu. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe ʻeha kino o nā maʻi ʻili genital he nui.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole like mau ke ʻano o nā maʻi ʻili genital no nā kānaka a pau. ʻO kekahi he pālahalaha a ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi he kiʻekiʻe a ʻike ʻia. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i nā ulu hou a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i kou wahi genital.
Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā maʻi ʻili genital ma muli o ko lākou ʻano a me ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano like ʻole ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kamaʻilio maikaʻi aku me kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i kāu mea e ʻike nei.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻili wahine e komo i loko o ka māhele condyloma acuminatum. He palupalu, pulu, a me ke kala ʻalani a i ʻole ka ʻili paha kēia mau mea. Hiki iā lākou ke liʻiliʻi a ulu nui i ka manawa, a i kekahi manawa e hoʻokumu i nā pūʻulu kūikawā.
ʻAʻole hōʻike pono ke ʻano o ka maʻi ʻili āu e loaʻa ai i ka nui o kou maʻi a i ʻole pehea e mālama ʻia ai. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i nā maʻi ʻili a e hāʻawi i ka mālama kūpono loa ma muli o ko lākou nui, wahi, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā maʻi ʻili wahine e kekahi mau ʻano o ka human papillomavirus, ʻo ka mea maʻamau loa ʻo HPV types 6 a me 11. Hoʻoili ʻia kēia mau maʻi mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o ka hoʻopā ʻili i ka ʻili i ka wā o ka moekolohe.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻoili ʻana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i ka pale ʻana:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo he maʻamau loa ka HPV. E loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka hana moekolohe kekahi ʻano o ka HPV i ko lākou ola. Hiki i ka maʻi ke noho mālie i loko o kou kino no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili i ʻike ʻia.
He kuleana nui ka ikaika o kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ʻili. Hiki i nā mea e like me ke kaumaha, ka maʻi, a i ʻole kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kou ʻōnaehana pale ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoili i ka HPV ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ou maʻi ʻili i ʻike ʻia. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻolaha maʻalahi ai ka maʻi a no ke aha he nui nā kānaka ʻaʻole i ʻike iā lākou a hiki i ka ʻike ʻia o nā hōʻailona.
E pono ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu mea mālama ola i ka wā e ʻike ai ʻoe i kekahi mau ulu ʻole a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu ma kou wahi genital. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka pālahalaha ʻana a i ʻole ka ulu nui ʻana o nā warts.
E ʻimi i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
Mai kali e ʻike inā e nalowale nā warts ma o lākou iho. ʻOiai ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe nei kekahi poʻe i ka HPV maoli, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loiloi lapaʻau kūpono e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻoili ʻana i nā hoa.
Inā ʻoe e hāpai ana a loaʻa iā ʻoe nā warts genital, he mea nui loa ia e hana pū me kāu mea mālama ola. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole, aia kahi manawa liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻoili ʻana o ka HPV i kāu pēpē i ka wā o ka hānau ʻana, no laila hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kahi mālama kūikawā a i ʻole nā koho hānau.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā warts genital. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i ka pale ʻana a me ke olakino moekolohe.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
He kuleana ko ka makahiki i ka pilikia. ʻO nā ʻōpio ma ko lākou mau makahiki ʻōpio a me nā iwakālua he nui loa ka nui o ka maʻi HPV, ma muli o ka aʻo ʻana o ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale i ka ʻike ʻana a me ke kaua ʻana i ka maʻi.
Hiki i ka hapai ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā warts genital inā ua maʻi ʻoe me ka HPV. Hiki i nā loli hormonal a me nā hoʻoponopono ʻōnaehana pale maoli i ka wā hapai ke ʻae i ka HPV moe e lilo i mea hana.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e palekana mai ka loaʻa hou ʻana o lākou inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā warts genital. Hiki iā ʻoe ke maʻi hou ʻia me nā ʻano HPV like ʻole a i ʻole ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka ʻano like inā ʻaʻole hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole weliweli nā warts genital iā lākou iho, hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia e pili ana i kou ʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ai:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā warts genital ke ulu nui e hoʻokumu i ka ʻoluʻolu nui a i ʻole ke kāohi i nā hana kino maʻamau. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia i nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia.
No nā wāhine hāpai, hiki i nā pilikia ke komo pū me ka ulu nui ʻana o ka wart ma muli o nā loli hormonal. I nā manawa kakaikahi loa, hiki i nā warts genital nui ke koi i ka hānau ʻana o ka cesarean e pale aku i ka hoʻoili ʻana i ke pēpē.
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia, ʻokoʻa nā ʻano HPV e hoʻoulu ai i nā maʻi ʻili wahine mai nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka ʻāʻī. ʻAʻole hoʻonui ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ʻili wahine i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, akā pono nō ʻoe e mālama mau i nā manawa nānā maʻamau e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili wahine, ʻo ia ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia o ka maʻi ʻana i ka HPV ma o ka lāʻau a me nā hana moekolohe palekana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, nui nā ʻano hana palekana maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā ʻano hana palekana maikaʻi loa e komo pū ana:
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau HPV i ka wā e hāʻawi ʻia ai ma mua o kou lilo ʻana i mea moekolohe, akā hiki nō ke hāʻawi i ka palekana inā ua ʻike mua ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻano HPV. E kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i ka pono o ka lāʻau no ʻoe.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hāʻawi nā condoms i ka palekana piha mai ka HPV (ʻoiai hiki i ka maʻi ke hoʻopili i ka ʻili ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia e ka condom), hoʻemi nui lākou i ka pilikia o ka hoʻoili ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i nā condoms e pale aku ai hoʻi i nā maʻi moekolohe ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hoʻokolokolo mau ʻana i nā STI a me ke kamaʻilio pololei me nā hoa moekolohe e hoʻokumu i kahi kumu no nā hana moekolohe palekana. Nui nā kānaka me ka HPV ʻaʻole ʻike lākou iā ia, no laila ke kōkua nei ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana e ʻike i nā maʻi i ka wā mua.
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili wahine e hoʻomaka pinepine me ka nānā ʻana o kāu mea mālama ola. Ua aʻo ʻia lākou e ʻike i ke ʻano kūikawā o nā maʻi ʻili a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou mai nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hana hoʻomaopopo maʻamau e pili ana i:
No nā wāhine, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hana pū i kahi nānā pelvic e nānā i nā maʻi ʻili i loko o ka vagina a i ʻole ma ka cervix. He mea nui loa kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike nā maʻi ʻili kūloko i nā hōʻailona maopopo.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻopili i kahi wai ʻakika nāwaliwali i ka wahi i manaʻo ʻia. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻolilo i nā maʻi ʻili i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hoʻolilo ʻana iā lākou i keʻokeʻo no kekahi manawa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono mau kēia hoʻokolohua a hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kekahi manawa.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau STI ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻano HPV kikoʻī e hoʻokumu i nā maʻi ʻili wahine. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ma ka ʻano a me ka wahi o nā ulu.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi ʻili wahine e kau i ka wehe ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili i ʻike ʻia a hoʻemi i nā hōʻailona, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e kāpae loa i ka HPV mai kou kino. E paipai kāu mea mālama ola i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o ka nui, kahi, a me ka nui o nā maʻi ʻili āu e loaʻa nei.
ʻO nā koho lapaʻau maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hoʻāʻo pinepine ʻia nā lapaʻau topical ma mua no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kau ma ka home. Hana kēia mau lāʻau ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kāu pane pale kino a i ʻole ke hoʻouka pololei ʻana i ka ʻiʻo wart. Pono lākou i nā hebedoma he nui o ka noi mau e kūleʻa.
Hāʻawi nā kaʻina hana ma ke keʻena e like me ka cryotherapy a i ʻole ka wehe ʻana ma ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hopena wikiwiki akā hiki ke hoʻokumu i ka ʻoluʻolu koke. E kūkākūkā kāu mea lawelawe ola kino i nā koho hoʻomalu ʻeha a me nā mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā hoʻōla.
Pono kekahi poʻe i nā hālāwai lapaʻau he nui a i ʻole ka hui ʻana o nā ala e hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa ai i kā lākou warts. He mea maʻamau kēia a ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole e hana ana ka lapaʻau. Loaʻa pū kekahi kuleana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻi hou ʻana.
Hiki i ka mālama pono ʻana iā ʻoe iho ma ka home ke kōkua i kāu lapaʻau e hana maikaʻi a hoʻemi i ka ʻoluʻolu i ka wā hoʻōla. Pono kāu kino i ke kākoʻo e hakakā i ka HPV a hoʻōla mai ka lapaʻau.
Eia pehea ʻoe e kākoʻo ai i kāu hoʻōla:
Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau topical, e hahai pono i nā kuhikuhi i kuhikuhi ʻia. Mai hoʻopili aku ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, no ka mea hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki pono ʻole me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hopena.
He mea nui hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha no ka hiki o kou ʻōnaehana pale kino ke hakakā i ka HPV. E noʻonoʻo i nā ʻano hoʻomaha, ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, a i ʻole ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi kākāʻōlelo inā ʻoe e manaʻo nui.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi ma nā wahi lapaʻau, e like me ka ʻulaʻula nui, ka mahana, ka pus, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula ʻana. E kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka nui loa mai kāu kipa a hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu mea mālama ola nā ʻike āpau e pono ai e kōkua pono iā ʻoe.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā:
E mākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu moʻolelo moekolohe me ka wehe a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Kūkulu kēia ʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e loiloi i kāu mau kumu pilikia a paipai i ka hoʻokolohua a i ʻole ka lapaʻau kūpono.
Mai douche, hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻonani wahine, a i ʻole e hoʻopili i nā lapaʻau i ka wahi i pilikia ʻia no 24 mau hola ma mua o kāu kūkā. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka nānā ʻana a me ka ʻike.
E hoʻomanaʻo ua aʻo ʻia nā mea mālama ola e kūkākūkā i ke olakino moekolohe me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohewa. Ua ʻike lākou i kēia mau kūlana i nā manawa he nui a ua kaupaona lākou i ke kōkua ʻana iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO nā maʻi ʻili wahine he maʻi maʻamau a hiki ke mālama ʻia, i hana ʻia e kekahi mau ʻano o ka HPV. ʻOiai hiki ke hopohopo ke ʻike ʻia, aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono, a pane maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole nā maʻi ʻili wahine e hana i ka maʻi kanesa, hiki ke mālama ʻia me ka holomua, a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoholo i kou waiwai a me kou olakino. He nui nā kānaka e loaʻa i nā maʻi ʻili wahine i kekahi manawa, a me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele i nā hōʻailona a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
ʻO ka hana pili loa me kāu mea lawelawe olakino, ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mālama, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka kamaʻilio ākea me nā hoa moe he mau ʻanuʻu nui ia i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia maʻi. ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana a me nā hana moe pono e mau ana ka hoʻolālā lōʻihi maikaʻi loa.
ʻAe, nalowale kekahi mau maʻi ʻili wahine me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana i ka hakakā ʻana o kou ʻōnaehana palekana i ka maʻi HPV. Eia naʻe, hiki i kēia ke lawe i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, a ʻaʻohe ala e wānana ai inā a i ʻole i ka wā e hana ai kēia. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka mālama ʻana e hoʻemi i nā hōʻailona, pale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana, a pale aku i nā pilikia.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka pilina moe kolohe ʻoiai ʻoe e loaʻa ana nā maʻi ʻili wahine a i ʻole ke hana nei i ka mālama ʻana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolaha i ka HPV i nā hoa, ʻoiai ke hoʻohana nei i nā condom, ʻoiai hiki i ka maʻi ke hoʻopili i ka ʻili ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia e ka condom. E kūkākūkā me kāu mea lawelawe olakino i ka wā e palekana ai e hoʻomaka hou i ka hana moe kolohe.
Hiki i nā maʻi ʻili wahine ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā mahina mua ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Hana kēia no ka mea hiki i ka HPV ke noho i loko o kou kino ʻoiai ua wehe ʻia nā maʻi ʻili wahine. Eia naʻe, liʻiliʻi pinepine nā hoʻi hou ʻana i ka manawa e aʻo ai kou ʻōnaehana palekana e kaohi i ka maʻi.
ʻAʻole, ʻokoʻa nā ʻano HPV e hoʻoulu ai i nā maʻi ma ka ʻāpana wahine (maʻamau nā ʻano 6 a me 11) mai nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻāʻī (ʻo nā ʻano 16 a me 18 ke kumu nui). ʻAʻole hoʻonui ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ma ka ʻāpana wahine i kou pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻāʻī, akā pono nō ʻoe e mālama i ka nānā maʻamau e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu kauka.
ʻAe, he mea nui ka kamaʻilio pololei me nā hoa pili moekolohe e pili ana i nā maʻi ma ka ʻāpana wahine a me ka HPV. Hāʻawi kēia iā lākou i ka manaʻo e hoʻoholo pono e pili ana i ko lākou olakino a ʻimi i ka hoʻokolohua a i ʻole ka lāʻau kūpono. He nui nā kānaka e mahalo i kēia kūlike a me ka wehewehe ʻana e pili ana i ka olakino moekolohe.
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