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ʻO ka Group B Strep (GBS) kahi ʻano maʻamau o ka bacteria e noho maoli ana i loko o nā kino o nā kānaka he nui me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia. Ma kahi o 1 i 4 mau mākua e halihali ana i kēia bacteria i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū a i ʻole kahi genital, a ʻaʻole ka nui o lākou e ʻike i kona noho ʻana ma laila no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoliʻiliʻi iā lākou.
E noʻonoʻo i ka GBS ma ke ʻano he bacteria maʻamau ʻole e lilo i mea hopohopo nui i ka wā hāpai a me ka hānau ʻana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli no nā mākua olakino, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i nā pēpē hou inā hoʻoili ʻia mai ka makuahine i ke keiki i ka wā hānau.
ʻO ka Group B Streptococcus kahi ʻano o ka bacteria i kapa ʻia ʻo Streptococcus agalactiae ma ke ʻano ʻepekema. He ʻokoʻa loa ia mai ka Group A Strep, ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻāʻī strep.
Ke noho nei kēia bacteria ma kāu ʻōnaehana ʻai a me kahi genital ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu mau mea kanu kino maʻamau. Ke hele mai nei a hele aku ma luna o kona iho, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i ka maikaʻi i hoʻokahi lā a maikaʻi ʻole i ka lā aʻe. No ka hapa nui o nā mākua olakino, ʻaʻole hoʻoulu ka GBS i nā hōʻailona a pono ʻole i ka mālama.
ʻO ka pilikia nui me ka GBS e hana ana i ka wā hāpai. Inā ʻoe e halihali ana i ka GBS i ka wā e hānau ai ʻoe, aia kahi manawa liʻiliʻi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻoili iā ia i kāu pēpē i ka wā hānau, ka mea e alakaʻi ai i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā pēpē hou.
ʻAʻohe hōʻailona o ka hapa nui o nā mākua me ka GBS. Ke noho mālie nei ka bacteria i loko o kou kino me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia a i ʻole nā mea ʻoluʻolu.
Eia naʻe, hiki i ka GBS ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi i kekahi mau kūlana. Eia nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai inā hoʻoulu ka GBS i ka maʻi:
Nā hōʻailona maʻamau i nā mākua:
Nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia e pono ai ke kōkua olakino koke:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia, akā hiki ke hōʻike i ka maʻi nui e pono ai ka mālama koke. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau mea, he mea nui ke ʻimi i ka mālama olakino koke.
ʻAʻole ia he mea āu e 'hopu' mai kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano kuʻuna. Aia kūlohelohe kēia bacteria i loko o ke kaiapuni a ma nā kino o nā kānaka he nui ma ke ʻano he hapa o ko lākou kaiāulu bacteria maʻamau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka GBS ma o nā hana maʻamau o kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i ka bacteria ke komo i kou kino ma o kou ʻōnaehana ʻai mai ka meaʻai, ka wai, a i ʻole ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā ʻili haumia. Hiki nō hoʻi ke loaʻa i kou wahi genital ma ke ʻano he hapa o kou kaulike bacteria maʻamau.
He mau mea e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou lawe ʻana i ka GBS:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻoe i hana hewa i ka lawe ʻana i ka GBS. Hiki mai a hele aku kēia bacteria ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe, a nui nā kānaka olakino e lawe iā ia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi urinary tract a i ʻole kekahi hōʻailona o ka maʻi, ʻoi aku inā hāpai ʻoe.
Eia ka wā e pono ai ʻoe ke ʻimi i ka mālama olakino:
No nā wāhine hāpai, ʻo ka hoʻokolokolo maʻamau ʻana o GBS he ʻāpana maʻamau ia o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā hāpai ma waena o 35-37 mau wiki o ka hāpai ʻana. ʻAʻole kēia no ka mea maʻi ʻoe, akā no ka mea e kōkua ana i kāu kauka e hoʻolālā i ka hānau ʻana i palekana loa no ʻoe a me kāu pēpē.
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi ke lawe i ka GBS, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia mai ka bacteria.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Nā kumu pilikia hou aku ʻaʻole maʻamau akā nui:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau kumu pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka maʻi GBS. ʻO ia wale nō ka manaʻo e makemake paha kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe a i ʻole e lawe i nā palekana hou aku inā lawe ʻoe i ka bacteria.
No ka hapa nui o nā mākua olakino, ʻaʻole pinepine ka GBS e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā pilikia, hiki iā lākou ke koʻikoʻi a pono e mālama koke ʻia.
Hiki ke komo nā pilikia ma nā mākua i:
Hiki ke komo nā pilikia i ka wā hāpai i:
ʻO nā pilikia i nā pēpē hou ka mea nui loa e hopohopo ai:
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo, me ka nānā pono a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wā hāpai, he mea maʻamau loa nā pilikia nui i nā pēpē hou. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pēpē i hānau ʻia i nā māmā me ka GBS he olakino loa.
He pololei ka ʻike ʻana i ka GBS a komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau maʻalahi e hiki ke ʻike i ka bacteria i loko o kou kino.
ʻO ka hoʻokolohua maʻamau loa ka moʻomeheu, kahi e lawe ai kāu kauka i kahi hāpana mai kou vagina a me kou rectum me kahi swab pulupulu. A laila, hoʻouna ʻia kēia hāpana i kahi hale hoʻokolohua kahi e hoʻokolohua ʻia ai no ke alo o ka bacteria GBS. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā hopena ma kahi o 2-3 mau lā.
No nā wāhine hāpai, hana mau ʻia kēia hoʻokolohua ma waena o 35-37 mau wiki o ka hāpai ʻana. He mea nui ka manawa no ka mea hiki i ka GBS ke hele mai a hele aku, no laila ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike pololei ka hoʻokolohua mua loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka GBS i ka wā e hānau ai.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi o ke ala mimi, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻokolohua i kou mimi no ka GBS. Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua koko ke ʻike i ka GBS inā manaʻo kāu kauka he maʻi koko kāu.
Aia nō hoʻi kahi hōʻoia wikiwiki hou a hiki ke hana ʻia i ka wā hānau inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hōʻoia ʻia a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻole ʻia kou kūlana GBS. Hāʻawi kēia hōʻoia i nā hopena ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he pololei e like me ka hōʻoia moʻomeheu maʻamau.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka GBS e hilinaʻi ana i kou kūlana a inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi hana a i ʻole he mea lawe wale nō.
Inā ʻoe e hapai ana a hōʻoia ʻia ʻoe no ka GBS, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hānau a me ka hānau ʻana. ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ka penicillin, i hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka IV. Hoʻemi nui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pilikia o ka hoʻoili ʻana i ka GBS i kāu pēpē i ka wā hānau.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i ka wā hānau:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi GBS hana ma waho o ka hapai ʻana, e kuhikuhi kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o ke ʻano a me ka nui o kāu maʻi. Hiki ke mālama pinepine ʻia nā maʻi māmā e like me nā maʻi urinary tract me nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha ma ka home.
Hiki i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi ke koi i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka haukapila a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau IV. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui o kāu maʻi a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā ʻoe he mea lawe GBS me nā hōʻailona ʻole, ʻaʻohe mea pono ʻoe e hana ma ka home. ʻAʻole pōʻino ka bacteria iā ʻoe, a ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka ho'āʻo ʻana e kāpae iā ia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau home.
Eia naʻe, inā ʻoe e mālama ʻia no kahi maʻi GBS, eia kekahi mau mea e kōkua ai i kāu hoʻōla:
ʻO nā hana mālama maʻamau:
No nā maʻi urinary tract ma ke ʻano kūikawā:
E hoʻomanaʻo he mea maʻamau ka lilo ʻana i mea lawe GBS a ʻaʻole pono i nā loli ola kūikawā. E nānā i ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino maikaʻi a hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻailona pololei loa a me ka mālama kūpono no kou kūlana.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hōʻiliʻili i kēia ʻike:
Nā nīnau e nīnau i kāu kauka:
Inā hāpai ʻoe, e lawe mai i kāu mau moʻolelo prenatal a e mākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu hoʻolālā hānau. Pono paha kāu kauka e hoʻoponopono i kekahi mau ʻāpana o kāu hoʻolālā hānau inā he maikaʻi kāu hōʻike no ka GBS.
Mai kānalua e noi i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i maopopo i kekahi mea. Makemake kāu kauka e hōʻoia iā ʻoe ua piha kāu ʻike e pili ana i kou kūlana a me nā koho lapaʻau.
ʻO ka Group B Strep kahi bacteria maʻamau i lawe ʻia e nā kānaka olakino he nui me ka ʻole o nā pilikia. ʻOiai he mea palekana ia i nā mākua, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i nā pēpē hou inā hoʻoili ʻia i ka wā hānau.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka nānā maʻamau i ka wā hāpai a me ka mālama kūpono i ka wā hānau ua lilo nā pilikia GBS koʻikoʻi i nā pēpē i mea maʻamau loa. Inā he maikaʻi kāu hōʻike no ka GBS i ka wā hāpai, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe a i kāu pēpē nā pilikia.
Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ka lāʻau antibiotic i ka wā e pono ai, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka GBS e hele i nā hopena olakino. E noʻonoʻo, e hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka, a mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau e pili ana i kāu mālama.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole kāu hewa ka lawe ʻana i ka GBS a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i kāu mau hana olakino. He ʻokoʻa maʻamau wale nō ia i nā bacteria e noho maoli ana i loko o ko kākou kino.
Q1: Hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia ka Group B Strep ma ke ʻano moekolohe?
ʻOiai hiki ke loaʻa ka GBS ma ka wahi genital a hiki i ka hana moekolohe ke pāʻani i ka hoʻoili ʻana, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻokomo ʻia ma ke ʻano he maʻi moekolohe. Hiki i nā kānaka he nui i ʻole i hana moekolohe ke lawe i ka GBS, a hiki ke hele mai a hele aku maoli me ka ʻole o kekahi pilina moekolohe.
Q2: Inā he maikaʻi kaʻu hōʻike no ka GBS i ka wā hāpai, e loaʻa mau ia iaʻu?
ʻAʻole pono. Hiki i ka GBS ke hele mai a hele aku ma kona iho i loko o kou ola. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia maikaʻi i ka wā hāpai kekahi a maikaʻi ʻole i ka wā hāpai ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ke kumu e hana ʻia ai ka hoʻokolohua ma hope o ka hāpai ʻana, ma kahi o 35-37 mau wiki, e kiʻi i ka hiʻohiʻona pololei loa o kou kūlana GBS i ka manawa hānau.
Q3: Hiki iaʻu ke pale aku i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Group B Strep?
ʻAʻohe ala hilinaʻi e pale aku ai i ka GBS ʻoiai ʻo ia kekahi o ka hui bacteria maʻamau i loko o nā kino o nā kānaka he nui. Hiki i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa ke kākoʻo i kou ʻōnaehana pale, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku loa i ka GBS ma o nā loli ʻano ola.
Q4: He aha ka mea e hana inā he maʻi ʻiliʻili wau i ka penicillin a pono i ka lāʻau GBS?
Inā he maʻi ʻiliʻili ʻoe i ka penicillin, e kuhikuhi kāu kauka i nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe e palekana a maikaʻi hoʻi e kūʻē i ka GBS. ʻO nā koho e komo pū ana me ka clindamycin, erythromycin, a i ʻole vancomycin, ma muli o ka nui o kou maʻi ʻiliʻili a me ka ʻano kikoʻī o ka GBS āu e lawe nei.
Q5: Hiki i ka Group B Strep ke hoʻopilikia i koʻu hiki ke hānai waiū?
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka GBS a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau antibiotic no ia mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia i kou hiki ke hānai waiū me ka palekana. ʻO nā lāʻau antibiotic i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka GBS he palekana maʻamau i ka wā hānai waiū, a ʻaʻole ke pale aku ka GBS iā ʻoe mai ka hānai ʻana i kāu pēpē. Eia naʻe, e kūkākūkā mau i nā manaʻo hopohopo me kāu mea lawelawe olakino.
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