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ʻO ka maʻi Giardia he maʻi ʻōpū maʻamau ia i hana ʻia e kahi mea liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Giardia lamblia. Noho kēia mea ola liʻiliʻi i loko o ka wai lepo a hiki ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi nui iā ʻoe me nā hōʻailona ʻōpū e like pinepine me ka maʻi ʻōpū paʻakikī ʻaʻole e hele.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kēia maʻi mai ka inu ʻana i ka wai i mālama ʻole ʻia i ka wā e hoʻomoana ai, e ʻauʻau ana i nā loko, a i ʻole mai ka meaʻai lepo. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke mālama ʻia ka maʻi giardia me ka lāʻau kūpono, a hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.
ʻO ka maʻi Giardia, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo giardiasis, e hana ʻia ana i ka wā e hoʻonoho ai nā mea ola liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Giardia lamblia i loko o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. Hoʻopili kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi iā lākou iho i ka papa o kou paia ʻōpū a hoʻopilikia i ka hiki o kou kino ke komo pono i nā meaʻai.
Aia nā ʻano ʻelua o ka mea ola e kōkua ai iā ia e ola a pālahalaha. ʻO ke ʻano hana, i kapa ʻia ʻo trophozoite, e ola ana a hoʻonui i loko o kou ʻōpū. I ka wā e paʻakikī ai nā kūlana, e hoʻololi ia i cyst, kahi e hana like me ka pūpū pale e hiki ke ola ma waho o ke kino no nā mahina i loko o ka wai a i ʻole ka lepo.
Hoʻopili kēia maʻi i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka giardia, he mea maʻamau ia ma nā wahi me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole, nā kūlana noho piha, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻole o ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Hoʻomaka pinepine nā hōʻailona Giardia i ka hōʻike ʻana ma kahi o hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pule ma hope o kou hōʻike ʻia ʻana i ka mea ola. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona i ka wā koke he mau lā a i ʻole he mau pule ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke kekahi i nā hōʻailona hou aku e hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka maʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā poʻo ʻeha, ka mahana haʻahaʻa, a i ʻole ka manaʻo maʻamau o ka luhi. Loaʻa pinepine i ka luaʻi kahi ʻala like me ka sulfur i ʻike nui ʻia e nā kānaka he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
He mea kūpono ke ʻike ʻaʻole nā kānaka a pau me ka maʻi giardia e loaʻa nā hōʻailona. Hiki i kekahi ke lawe i ka mea ola me ka ʻole o ka maʻi, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke pālahalaha aku i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau kēia i nā mākua ma mua o nā keiki.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi Giardia ma o ka mea a nā kauka i kapa ai ʻo ka ala fecal-oral. ʻO ia hoʻi, hele ka mea ola mai ka ʻōpala maʻi i kou waha, ma o ka wai lepo, ka meaʻai, a i ʻole nā papa.
ʻO nā ala maʻamau e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kēia maʻi:
ʻO ka wai ka mea nui loa i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka giardia. Hiki i ke ʻano cyst o ka mea ola ke ola i loko o ka wai anu no nā mahina, ʻoiai i nā wai ʻauʻau chlorinated inā ʻaʻole i mālama pono ʻia nā pae chlorine. ʻO ia ke kumu e pilikia nui ai nā poʻe hoihoi i waho e inu mai nā kumu wai kūlohelohe.
He mea maʻamau hoʻi ka hoʻolaha ʻana mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā hale, nā keʻena mālama keiki, a i ʻole nā hale mālama. Hiki ke pālahalaha maʻalahi ka mea ola i ka wā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ka holoi lima pono, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumipaku a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā diaper.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻopili i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka luaʻi mau no nā lā he nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hui pū ʻia me nā ʻeha ʻōpū a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻōpū ʻē aʻe. Hiki i ka mālama mua ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu koke a pale aku i nā pilikia.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona hopohopo:
Pono nā keiki, nā mākua ʻelemakule, a me nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole e ʻike i ke kauka ma mua o ka hope. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau hui e loaʻa i nā pilikia a pono paha e nānā kokoke ʻia i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Inā ua hele ʻoe i kahi me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole a i ʻole ua hōʻike ʻia i ka wai lepo, e haʻi aku i kāu mea mālama ola. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e noʻonoʻo i ka giardia ma ke ʻano he kumu hiki ke loaʻa i kāu mau hōʻailona.
ʻOiai ke hoʻōla nei ka hapa nui o nā kānaka mai ka maʻi giardia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi, hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mau pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ka maʻi a lilo i maʻi lōʻihi. Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau hou aku.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau āu e hālāwai ai:
ʻO ka nele wai ka mea hopohopo nui loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki liʻiliʻi a me nā mākua ʻelemakule. Nalowale kou kino i nā wai a me nā electrolytes nui ma o nā ʻōpala wai pinepine, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka nāwaliwali, ka dizziness, a me nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻomohala kekahi i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka nele o ka lactose ma hope o ka maʻi. Hoʻopilikia ka maʻi i nā sela i loko o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi e hana i ka lactase, ka enzyme e pono ai e hoʻoheheʻe i ke kō waiū. ʻO ia hoʻi, pono paha ʻoe e pale i nā huahana waiū no nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina i ka wā e hoʻōla ai kou ʻōpū.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia ka giardiasis lōʻihi i ka wā e mau ai ka maʻi no nā mahina. Hiki i kēia mumū mau ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia nele meaʻai koʻikoʻi a me nā nele meaʻai nui e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau kūikawā.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i ka maʻi giardia, ʻo ia ka makaʻala e pili ana i ka palekana o ka wai a me ka hana ʻana i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi. Hiki i kēia mau ʻanuʻu maʻalahi ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka hālāwai ʻana i ka mea ola i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO nā hana palekana nui:
I ka wā e noho ana ʻoe ma nā wahi wao nahele, e mālama i nā kumu wai a pau ma ke ʻano he mea lepo. ʻO ka hoʻolapalapa ʻana i ka wai no ka liʻiliʻi he minuke hoʻokahi e pepehi pono i nā cysts giardia. Hana maikaʻi nō hoʻi nā papa hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai e loaʻa ana i ka iodine a i ʻole ka chlorine dioxide, ʻoiai paha e lōʻihi ka manawa e lilo ai i mea pono.
Lilo ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima i mea nui loa inā mālama ʻoe i kekahi me ka maʻi giardia a i ʻole e hana ana i nā wahi pilikia kiʻekiʻe e like me nā keʻena mālama keiki. E holoi i kou mau lima ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumipaku, ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā diaper, a ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka meaʻai.
Hoʻomaka pinepine kāu kauka ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, ka moʻolelo huakaʻi hou, a me ka hōʻike hiki i ka wai lepo a i ʻole nā kānaka maʻi. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hoʻoholo inā kūpono ka ho'āʻo giardia no kou kūlana.
ʻO ke ala maʻamau loa e hōʻoia ai i ka giardia ma o ka ho'āʻo ʻana i kahi hāpana ʻōpala. E noi aku kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe e hōʻiliʻili i kahi hāpana liʻiliʻi o kou ʻōpala i loko o kahi pahu kūikawā, a laila e nānā ʻia i loko o kahi hale hana no nā hōʻailona o ka mea ola.
I kekahi manawa, pono nā hāpana ʻōpala he nui no ka mea ʻaʻole mau nā mea ola giardia i kēlā me kēia neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noi aku no nā hāpana i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i nā lā ʻokoʻa e hoʻonui i ka manawa o ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi.
Hoʻohana pinepine nā hale hana hou i nā ʻenehana holomua e like me nā ho'āʻo antigen detection a i ʻole nā ho'āʻo PCR. Hiki i kēia mau ʻano ke ʻike i nā protein giardia a i ʻole nā mea ola genetic ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā mea ola maoli ma lalo o ka microscope, e hoʻolilo ana i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hilinaʻi.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā ho'āʻo koko e nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka nele wai a i ʻole nā nele meaʻai, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ua maʻi ʻoe no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ka maʻi Giardia i nā lāʻau antiparasitic kūikawā e hoʻopili a pepehi i nā mea ola i loko o kou ʻōpū. E kuhikuhi kāu kauka i ka lāʻau kūpono loa ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona, ka moʻolelo lapaʻau, a me nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa ai.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia:
Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻoluʻolu i loko o nā lā he nui ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai paha e pono ai ka hoʻōla piha i hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule. He mea nui ia e lawe i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā papa a pau.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā mālama kākoʻo e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona i ka wā e hana ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki paha kēia ke komo i nā probiotics e kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā bacteria ʻōpū olakino a i ʻole nā kuhikuhi meaʻai kūikawā e hoʻoluʻolu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka ʻōpū.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka lāʻau mua, hiki i kāu kauka ke ho'āʻo i kahi lāʻau antiparasitic ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano giardia ke kū'ē i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, no laila ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama kūpono i kekahi manawa e pono ai ka ho'āʻo a me ka hoʻoponopono.
ʻOiai ke mālama nei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maʻi kumu, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home e ʻoluʻolu ai a kākoʻo i kou hoʻōla ʻana. Nānā kēia mau hana mālama ponoʻī i ka noho hydrated a hāʻawi i kou ʻōnaehana digestive i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hoʻōla ai.
ʻO nā ʻanuʻu mālama home nui:
ʻO ka noho hydrated kou mea nui loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka luaʻi pinepine. E inu i nā wai i kēlā me kēia lā ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e inu i nā nui nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻoikaika i ka nausea.
I ka wā e pili ana i ka meaʻai, e hoʻomaka me nā nui liʻiliʻi o nā koho maʻalahi a hoʻohui mālie i nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe i kou ʻoluʻolu. ʻIke ka nui o nā kānaka ʻaʻole ka pale ʻana i nā huahana waiū no nā pule he nui e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka ʻōpū.
Pale i nā lāʻau anti-diarrheal ke ʻole kāu kauka i kuhikuhi kūikawā iā lākou. Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻoikaika i nā maʻi giardia i ka wā lōʻihi ma ka mālama ʻana i nā mea ola i loko o kou ʻōnaehana no ka manawa lōʻihi.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi no kāu kipa kauka e hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻoia pololei loa a me ka mālama kūpono no kāu mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻike pili i mua e hoʻolilo i ka hālāwai i mea hana nui aʻe no ʻoe a me kāu mea mālama ola.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i lalo:
E mākaukau e wehewehe i kāu mau hōʻailona i ka kikoʻī, me ka pinepine a me ke ʻano o nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū. ʻOiai paha kēia he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole e kūkākūkā, kōkua kēia mau kikoʻī i kāu kauka e hana i ka hōʻoia pololei.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana, i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu, a i ʻole inā pono nā lālā ʻohana e ho'āʻo.
Inā makemake kāu kauka e ho'āʻo i kahi hāpana ʻōpala, e nīnau e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana hōʻiliʻili a inā pono ʻoe e hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻo kūikawā ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hāpana.
ʻO ka maʻi Giardia he kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoiai he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻaʻole pinepine e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia olakino lōʻihi inā hōʻoia pono ʻia a mālama ʻia. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona i ka wā koke a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
E hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻolaha ʻia kēia maʻi ma o ka wai lepo a me nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole, no laila nānā ka pale ʻana i ka makaʻala e pili ana i nā kumu wai a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hana holoi lima maikaʻi. I ka wā e huakaʻi ai a i ʻole e hoʻolilo manawa ma waho, e hana i nā palekana hou aku me ka palekana wai.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona, mai ho'āʻo e hoʻomanawanui iā ia wale nō. Loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi e hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi a hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ka manaʻo like me ʻoe. Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka mālama ponoʻī, hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o kekahi mau pule.
Me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana, hiki i ka maʻi giardia ke mau no nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe kekahi mau ʻōnaehana pale o ke kino i ka maʻi ma o lākou iho, akā hiki i kēia ke lōʻihi loa a alakaʻi paha i nā pilikia e like me ka nele o ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻōpū lōʻihi. Hoʻoponopono pinepine ka mālama ʻana me ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maʻi wikiwiki a hilinaʻi hou aku.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka maʻi giardia i nā manawa he nui i kou ola. ʻAʻole ʻoe e palekana i nā maʻi hou aku ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi hoʻokahi. Eia naʻe, hoʻomohala kekahi i ka palekana hapa e hiki ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi i nā maʻi hou aku i ka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka pōkole i ka lōʻihi.
Hiki i ka maʻi Giardia ke pālahalaha mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o ka ala fecal-oral, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā hale a i ʻole nā kūlana hui. Hana ʻia kēia i ka wā e hoʻohaumia ai ka ʻōpala maʻi i nā lima, nā papa, a i ʻole ka meaʻai, a laila hoʻoili ʻia i ka waha o ke kanaka ʻē aʻe. Hiki i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka holoi lima pono, ke pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka.
ʻOiai hiki i nā holoholona hale ke loaʻa i nā maʻi giardia, ʻokoʻa pinepine nā ʻano e hoʻopilikia pinepine i nā ʻīlio a me nā pōpoki mai nā mea e hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka. Eia naʻe, hiki ke loaʻa kekahi hoʻoili keʻa, no laila he mea nui nō ia e hana i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi i ka wā e mālama ai i nā holoholona hale, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻailona digestive.
Hoʻomaka pinepine nā hōʻailona Giardia i ka hōʻike ʻana i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pule ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i ka mea ola, ʻoiai hiki kēia ke loli mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka. Hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona i ka wā koke he mau lā ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole e loaʻa i kekahi nā hōʻailona no nā pule he nui. Hoʻoholo pinepine ka manawa i nā mea e like me ka nui o nā mea ola āu i hōʻike ʻia a me kāu pane palekana pilikino.
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