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ʻO ka juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) kahi ʻano o ka arthritis e pili ana i nā keiki ma lalo o 16 mau makahiki. Hōʻike ia i ka mumū o nā hono, ka ʻeha, a me ka paʻakikī e mau ana no ka liʻiliʻi loa o ʻeono mau wiki. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo “idiopathic” ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole maopopo i nā kauka ke kumu pololei, akā ʻaʻole kēia manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki i kāu keiki ke ola maikaʻi me ka mālama kūpono.
Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i kahi 1 i 1,000 mau keiki, e lilo ana i kekahi o nā maʻi maʻi maʻamau o nā keiki. ʻOiai ke lohe ʻana i kēia ʻike hiki ke manaʻo nui, nui nā keiki me JIA e ola ana i nā ola ikaika, olakino me ka mālama kūpono a me ke kākoʻo.
ʻO ka JIA kahi kūlana autoimmune kahi e hoʻouka ai ka ʻōnaehana pale o ke kino i nā pūnaewele hono olakino. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka huikau ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pale o kāu keiki a me ke kaua ʻana i nā ʻāpana o ko lākou kino ponoʻī ma mua o nā germs a me nā virus.
ʻO kēia huikau ʻōnaehana pale e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū i nā hono, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka pehu, ka ʻeha, a me ka paʻakikī. Hiki i ka mumū ke hoʻopili i hoʻokahi hono a i ʻole nā hono he nui ma ke kino holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole like me ka arthritis o nā mākua, hiki i ka JIA ke hoʻopili i ka ulu a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kāu keiki inā ʻaʻole mālama pono ʻia.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻokoʻa loa ka JIA mai ka arthritis e pili ana i nā mākua kahiko. Hiki i nā keiki he nui me JIA ke loaʻa ka remission, ʻo ia hoʻi e nalowale loa kā lākou mau hōʻailona a lilo paha i palupalu loa me ka lapaʻau.
He mau ʻano like ʻole ka JIA, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o kāu keiki e kōkua i nā kauka e koho i ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa. Hoʻopili kēlā me kēia ʻano i nā keiki i nā ʻano like ʻole a pono paha i nā ala like ʻole e mālama ai.
Eia nā ʻano nui o ka JIA:
E hoʻoholo kāu kauka rheumatologist no nā keiki i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai ma muli o nā hōʻailona, ka nānā kino, a me nā hualoaʻa o ka ho'āʻo. Kūkulu kēia hoʻokae i ka wānana ʻana i ke ʻano o ka holomua ʻana o ke kūlana a alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona o ka JIA ke ʻokoʻa loa mai ke keiki a ke keiki, a hiki iā lākou ke hele mai a hele aku ma ka manawa. Loaʻa i kekahi mau keiki nā hōʻailona māmā e pili iki i kā lākou hana i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai ʻē aʻe paha he mau pilikia ʻoi aku ka ʻike.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa e nānā ai:
Hiki i kekahi mau keiki me ka JIA systemic ke ʻike pū i nā hōʻailona hou aku e like me ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻili ʻili, a i ʻole nā nā huʻi lymph pehu. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kūlana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻoiai hiki ke like me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe o nā keiki.
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo he hiki ke mālie nā hōʻailona, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki ʻōpio e hiki ʻole ke hōʻike maopopo i ko lākou ʻoluʻolu ʻole. E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli i ka neʻe ʻana a i ʻole ka hana a kāu keiki.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu pololei o ka JIA, ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ʻo
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ka JIA e kekahi mea āu a i ʻole kāu keiki i hana hewa ai. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻopili, a ʻaʻole ia ka hopena o nā hōʻeha, ka ʻai, a i ʻole nā koho nohona. Hana wale kēia kūlana, a pono ke kau ʻana i ka holomua me ka mālama kūpono a me ke kākoʻo.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke kauka o kāu keiki inā mau nā hōʻailona hui no nā lā ʻoi aku ma mua o kekahi mau lā, a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻano e hopohopo ai ʻoe. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena lōʻihi o kāu keiki.
Eia nā kūlana kūikawā e pono ai ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau:
Mai kali a hiki i ka nui o nā hōʻailona ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua. Hopohopo nui nā mākua e pili ana i ka
No nā ʻano JIA koʻikoʻi, hiki i nā kumu pilikia ke komo pū i nā kūlana gene kūikawā a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau mea hoʻonāukiuki o ke kaiapuni. Eia naʻe, he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau hihia a pili pinepine i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia e hiki mai ana ka JIA. ʻAʻole loaʻa ka maʻi i nā keiki he nui me nā kumu pilikia he nui, ʻoiai ke loaʻa nei i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me nā kumu pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻia.
ʻOiai he nui nā keiki me ka JIA e hana maikaʻi loa me ka mālama kūpono, he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i hiki iā ʻoe ke hana pū me kāu hui lapaʻau e pale aku iā lākou. Hiki ke pale ʻia a emi iki paha ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama mua a kūpono.
Eia nā pilikia nui e makaʻala ai:
Hiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi akā maʻamau ʻole ke komo pū me nā pilikia naʻau, nā pilikia māmā, a i ʻole ka mumū systemic nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki me ka systemic JIA. Pono kēia mau pilikia i ka nānā koke o nā kauka a me ka mālama kūikawā.
ʻO ke kī i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia, ʻo ia ka hana pili loa me kāu hui rheumatology, ka hahai mau ʻana i nā hoʻolālā mālama, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā manawa nānā maʻamau. ʻAʻole loa e loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā keiki e loaʻa ana i ka mālama kūpono nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻAʻole maopopo, ʻaʻohe ala i ʻike ʻia e pale aku ai i ka JIA, ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou i maopopo loa i ka mea e hoʻokumu ai. Me he mea lā ua hopena mai ke kūlana mai kahi pilina paʻakikī o nā kumu genetic a me nā kumu kūlohelohe ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kaohi a wānana paha.
Eia naʻe, ke ʻike ʻia ka JIA, nui nā ala e pale aku ai i nā flares a me nā pilikia:
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i ka JIA ponoʻī, hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke pale aku i nā pilikia lōʻihi e pili ana i ke kūlana. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui loa ka ʻimi ʻana i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka no nā hōʻailona hono mau.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka JIA e pono ai ka loiloi akahele e ka rheumatologist pediatric, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi e hiki ke ʻike maopopo i ke kūlana. Hoʻopili ka hana i ka kāpae ʻana i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe a nānā i ke ʻano o nā hōʻailona i ka manawa.
Eia ka mea e komo ai ka hana ʻike maʻamau:
Pono nā hōʻailona e loaʻa no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻeono pule e hoʻokaʻawale i ka JIA mai nā pilikia hui manawa pōkole. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hana pū i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e kāpae i nā maʻi, nā kūlana autoimmune ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā maʻi genetika ʻano ʻē.
Hiki ke lōʻihi ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike pololei, a he mea maʻamau ke manaʻo huhū i loko o kēia kaʻina hana. ʻO kou ahonui a me nā nānā kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hōʻailona o kāu keiki he mau hāʻawi waiwai ia i ka hōʻea ʻana i ka ʻike pololei.
Ua holomua nui ka lapaʻau ʻana o ka JIA i nā makahiki he nui i hala iho nei, a hiki i ka hapa nui o nā keiki ke hoʻokō i ka mana maikaʻi o kā lākou mau hōʻailona me ka mālama kūpono. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ke hoʻemi i ka mumū, pale i ka hōʻino ʻana o nā hui, a kōkua i kāu keiki e mālama i kahi ola maʻamau a hana nui.
Eia nā ala lapaʻau nui:
No nā keiki me ka systemic JIA a i ʻole ka poʻe ʻaʻole pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau, pono paha nā ala kūikawā hou aku. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā lāʻau lapaʻau biologic hou, nā lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū ʻia, a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia kūikawā.
E hoʻopilikino ʻia ka papahana mālama o kāu keiki i kā lākou ʻano JIA kūikawā, ka nui o nā hōʻailona, a me ka pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole. ʻO ka nānā mau a me nā hoʻoponopono he mau ʻāpana maʻamau o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke ala mālama kūpono.
He kuleana nui ka mālama ʻana i ka home i ke kōkua ʻana i kāu keiki e ʻoluʻolu a pale aku i nā hōʻailona. Hana kēia mau hoʻolālā me ka mālama lapaʻau e hāʻawi i ka mālama piha no ke kūlana o kāu keiki.
Eia nā ala mālama home maikaʻi:
He mea nui nō hoʻi ke mālama i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu keiki e pili ana i ko lākou manaʻo a me nā hopohopo. Hiki i ka JIA ke lilo i mea hoʻoikaika manaʻo, a ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo manaʻo he mea nui e like me ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona kino.
E hana pū me kāu hui olakino e hoʻomohala i kahi papahana mālama home piha e kūpono i ke ʻano o kou ʻohana a me nā pono kūikawā o kāu keiki.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻana no nā hālāwai lapaʻau e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kou manawa me ka hui olakino. He mea nui loa kēia hoʻomākaukau ke mālama nei i kahi kūlana paʻakikī e like me ka JIA.
Eia pehea e hoʻomākaukau pono ai:
Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe, ʻoiai inā he mea liʻiliʻi paha ia. He mau kōkua koʻikoʻi kāu mau nānā a me nā nīnau i ka mālama ʻana i kāu keiki.
E hoʻomanaʻo he hana hui ka mālama ʻana i ka JIA ma waena ou, kāu keiki, a me nā mea lawelawe olakino. He ʻokoʻa maoli kāu komo ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
He kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia ka JIA e pili ana i nā keiki he nui, a me ka mālama pono, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā keiki ke ola i nā ola hana, a piha.
ʻOiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike hōʻailona hiki ke manaʻo nui, e hoʻomanaʻo ua holomua nui nā koho mālama, a nui nā keiki e loaʻa ka mana maikaʻi o kā lākou mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama mau ʻana he ʻokoʻa nui ia i nā hopena. ʻO ka hana pili kokoke me ka hui rheumatology pediatric, ka hahai ʻana i nā hoʻolālā mālama, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka kamaʻilio ākea e pili ana i nā hōʻailona a me nā hopohopo he kī ia i ka holomua.
E kū hoʻokahi ka huakaʻi o kāu keiki me ka JIA, a he mea maʻamau ka loaʻa ʻana o nā piʻi a me nā iho ma ke ala. E kau i kou manaʻo ma nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi, e hoʻolauleʻa i nā lanakila liʻiliʻi, a mai kānalua e ʻimi i ke kākoʻo ke pono ʻoe.
He nui nā keiki me ka JIA e loaʻa i ka remission, ʻo ia hoʻi, e nalowale loa kā lākou mau hōʻailona a i ʻole e lilo i mea palupalu loa. Ma kahi o ka hapalua o nā keiki me kekahi mau ʻano o ka JIA e komo i ka remission ma mua o ka wā makua. Eia naʻe, he ʻokoʻa loa kēia ma muli o ke ʻano o ka JIA a me nā kumu pilikino. ʻOiai inā mau nā hōʻailona, hiki i ka hapanui o nā keiki ke ola i nā ola maʻamau, ikaika me ka mālama kūpono.
Hiki i ka hapanui o nā keiki me ka JIA ke komo i nā haʻuki a me nā hana kino me kekahi mau hoʻololi a me ka hoʻokele kūpono. ʻO nā hana haʻahaʻa e like me ka ʻauʻau pinepine he mau koho maikaʻi loa, akā makemake nui nā keiki i nā haʻuki hui. E hana pū me kāu hui olakino a me nā kumu aʻo e hoʻomohala i nā hoʻolālā komo palekana e pale aku i nā hono ʻoiai e ʻae i kāu keiki e noho ikaika a komo.
Ua noiʻi nui ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka JIA i nā keiki a he mea palekana maʻamau ke nānā pono ʻia. ʻOiai hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pono o ka kaohi ʻana i ka mumū a me ka pale ʻana i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā hono ma mua o nā pilikia. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu keiki a hoʻoponopono i nā mālama e like me ka pono e hoʻemi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO ka hapanui o nā keiki me ka JIA e hele i ke kula maʻamau a hana maikaʻi ma ke kula. Pono paha kekahi i nā hoʻololi e like me ka manawa hou ma waena o nā papa, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao kino, a i ʻole nā mea hana ergonomic no ka kākau ʻana. E hana pū me ka hui hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā o kāu kula e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā 504 inā pono. He nui nā kula e kākoʻo nui ke hoʻomaopopo lākou i nā pono o kāu keiki.
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