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ʻO ka mai Kawasaki kahi kūlana e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū i loko o nā kīʻaha koko ma ke kino holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hopena i nā keiki ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki. ʻOiai paha he leo ʻano ʻike ʻole ka inoa, ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia maʻi ma mua o ka manaʻo o nā mākua he nui, a me ka lapaʻau kūpono, e ola hou ka hapa nui o nā keiki me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.
E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka ʻōnaehana pale o kāu keiki e lilo ana i mea nui loa a e hoʻouka ana i nā kīʻaha koko olakino ma ka hewa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ua lilo nā kauka i mea akamai loa i ka ʻike ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i kēia kūlana, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai.
ʻO ka mai Kawasaki kahi kūlana mumū e pili nui ana i nā kīʻaha koko, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā arteries coronary e hoʻolako ana i ke koko i ka naʻau. ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia ʻo ka mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome no ka mea e pili ana i ka ʻili, nā membrane mucous, a me nā lymph nodes.
ʻO kēia kūlana kokoke loa e pili ana i nā keiki, me kahi 80% o nā hihia e hana ana i nā keiki ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki. ʻOiai paha e ʻano weliweli ke ʻike ʻia kāu keiki, he mea nui e ʻike ʻoe he hiki ke mālama ʻia ka mai Kawasaki, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā keiki e ola mau ana i nā ola maʻamau, olakino.
Ua wehewehe mua ʻia ka maʻi e ka Kauka Tomisaku Kawasaki ma Iapana i ka makahiki 1967. I kēia lā, ua ʻike ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka maʻi naʻau i loaʻa i nā keiki ma nā ʻāina holomua, akā, ʻo ka mālama koke ʻana e hōʻemi nui i ka pilikia o nā pilikia naʻau.
ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka mai Kawasaki e ʻike pinepine ʻia ana ma nā ʻāpana, a ʻo ka ʻike koke ʻana iā lākou e hiki ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka hopena o kāu keiki. ʻO ka hōʻailona nui kahi wela kiʻekiʻe e mau ana no ka liʻiliʻi o 5 mau lā a ʻaʻole pane maikaʻi i nā mea hoʻoemi wela maʻamau e like me ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui a nā kauka e ʻimi nei, a ʻike paha ʻoe iā lākou e ʻike ʻia ana i nā lā he nui:
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻaʻole pilikia ka maʻi Kawasaki. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu mai kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe, a ʻaʻole hiki i kāu keiki ke hoʻolaha i nā kaikuaʻana a i ʻole nā hoa papa. ʻAʻole hoʻi ia i hana ʻia e kekahi mea āu i hana ai a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana ai ma ke ʻano he mākua.
Me he mea lā ua ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ke kūlana i nā mahina hoʻoilo a me ka pūnāwai, a i kekahi manawa e kū mai ana i nā puka liʻiliʻi i nā kaiāulu, e hōʻike ana he kuleana paha nā kumu kaiapuni i ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i ka maʻi i nā keiki i loaʻa nā kumu genetic.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i ke kauka o kāu keiki inā loaʻa i kāu keiki kahi wela o 102°F (39°C) a ʻoi aku paha ka lōʻihi ma mua o 3 mau lā, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hele pū me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna. Mai kali i ka hōʻike ʻana o nā hōʻailona maʻamau a pau.
E ʻimi i ka mālama ola kino pilikia inā loaʻa i kāu keiki nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka huhū nui loa ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu, nā hōʻailona o ka maloʻo ʻana, a i ʻole inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ko lākou kūlana holoʻokoʻa. E hilinaʻi i kāu mau manaʻo makua - inā manaʻo ʻia he mea hewa nui, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hewa ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka makaʻala.
He mea nui ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana no ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā pilikia o ka naʻau. Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka maʻi Kawasaki, mai kānalua e kākoʻo i kāu keiki a noi i ka loiloi piha, ʻoiai inā ua ʻike mua ʻoe i ke kauka a mau ka wela.
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi keiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi Kawasaki, aia kekahi mau mea e hoʻonui ai i ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia maʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e makaʻala i nā hōʻailona, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa maoli ana i kāu keiki ka maʻi.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa:
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā keiki, ʻoiai inā he nui nā kumu pilikia, ka maʻi Kawasaki. Kōkua wale kēia mau mea i nā kauka e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻano a me ka makaʻala i nā hōʻailona i nā poʻe i pilikia nui.
ʻOiai e ola hou ka hapa nui o nā keiki mai ka maʻi Kawasaki, ʻo ka mea nui loa ka pilikia o nā pilikia o ka naʻau, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ka maʻi a i ʻole ua lohi ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā mua.
ʻO nā pilikia nui e nānā ai nā kauka:
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke ʻike i ka ʻeha o nā hono, ka lilo ʻana o ka lohe, a i ʻole ka mumū ʻana o ka gallbladder. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia me ka mālama mua, ʻo ia ke kumu e nui ai ka ʻike koke ʻana i nā hōʻailona.
Me ka mālama kūpono, emi nui ka pilikia o nā pilikia naʻau koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki i loaʻa ka mālama ma loko o nā lā 10 mua o ka maʻi, loaʻa iā lākou nā hopena lōʻihi maikaʻi a hiki ke komo i nā hana maʻamau a pau o ke kamaliʻi.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka maʻi Kawasaki no ka mea ʻaʻohe hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi e hōʻoia i ke kūlana. Ma kahi o ia mea, hoʻohana nā kauka i nā kūlana klinika ma muli o nā hōʻailona o kāu keiki a kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hana i nā hōʻailona like.
E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu keiki a e ʻimi i ka hui maʻamau o nā hōʻailona. E kauoha pū lākou i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua e kākoʻo i ka ʻike a e nānā i nā pilikia:
Hoʻokumu pinepine ʻia ka maʻi ke loaʻa i ke keiki ka mahana no 5 mau lā a ʻoi aku paha me ka liʻiliʻi o ʻehā o nā ʻelima hiʻohiʻona lapaʻau nui. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā kauka akamai ke ʻike i ka maʻi Kawasaki “ʻole i piha” ke emi iho nā kūlana i hoʻokō ʻia akā kūlike ka hiʻohiʻona holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā pū me nā loea pediatrics, ʻoiai nā cardiologists pediatrics a i ʻole rheumatologists, e hōʻoia i ka maʻi a hoʻomohala i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kāu keiki.
Kūpono ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka maʻi Kawasaki i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mumū a pale aku i nā pilikia naʻau. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ke hoʻomaka koke ka lapaʻau, he mea maikaʻi loa ia i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia nui a kōkua i nā keiki e ola hou.
ʻO nā lapaʻau nui e hoʻohana paha kāu hui lapaʻau keiki e komo pū me:
Hoʻomaka mau ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka haukapila, kahi e nānā pono ʻia ai kāu keiki. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻo o ka hapa nui o nā keiki i loko o 24-48 mau hola ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka IVIG, me ka emi ʻana o ka wela a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana o ka huhū.
ʻOkoʻa ka lōʻihi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki i ka hapa nui o nā keiki ke hele i ka home i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ko lākou wela a kūpaʻa lākou. He mea nui ka mālama hoʻomau a e komo pū me ka nānā mau ʻana i ka naʻau me nā echocardiograms e hōʻoia ʻaʻohe pilikia e ulu mai.
Ke hoʻi mai kāu keiki mai ka haukapila, aia kekahi mau ala nui e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kākoʻo i ko lākou ola hou ʻana a kōkua iā lākou e ʻoluʻolu hou aku. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia ke hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu hui lapaʻau ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i ka mālama aloha a mālie.
Eia pehea ʻoe e kōkua ai i kāu keiki i ka wā e ola hou ana:
Hiki i kāu keiki ke ʻike i ka ʻili ʻili ma ko lākou mau manamana lima a me nā manamana wāwae i ka wā e ola hou ana, he mea maʻamau loa kēia a ʻaʻohe ʻeha. Hana mau kēia ma hope o 2-3 mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi a e hoʻonā ia iho.
He mea maʻamau hoʻi i nā keiki ke luhi nui aʻe ma mua o ka maʻamau no kekahi mau pule ma hope o ka maʻi Kawasaki. E ʻae i ka hoʻomaha nui a mai hopohopo inā pono kāu keiki i ka hiamoe hou a i ʻole ka manawa mālie ma mua o ka maʻamau i ka wā hoʻōla.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no nā kūkā lāʻau lapaʻau o kāu keiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻoia pololei loa a me ka mālama maikaʻi loa. Hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho pono ʻana a me ka hoʻomākaukau piha ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka hopena.
Ma mua o ke kūkā, e hōʻiliʻili i kēia ʻike koʻikoʻi:
I ka wā o ke kūkā, mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e noi i ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i maopopo i kekahi mea. E hōʻoia e maopopo iā ʻoe ka papahana mālama, ka mea e nānā ai ma ka home, a me ka manawa e kelepona aku ai i ke kauka.
Inā pilikia ʻoe e pili ana i ka maʻi Kawasaki, e haʻi aku i kāu kauka. ʻOiai e noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea hiki ke nui, hiki i kāu manaʻo e pili ana i nā pilikia kikoʻī ke alakaʻi i kā lākou loiloi a hōʻoia ʻaʻole i nalowale kekahi mea nui.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai e pili ana i ka maʻi Kawasaki, ʻo ia ka ʻike koke ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana e alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi loa no ka hapa nui o nā keiki. ʻOiai hiki i ke kūlana ke hopohopo, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā maʻi kāu keiki, ua hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou i mea maʻalahi loa ke mālama.
E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo ma ke ʻano he mākua. Inā loaʻa i kāu keiki kahi wela kiʻekiʻe mau loa me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e hopohopo ai, mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau. Hiki i ka mālama koke ke pale aku i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a kōkua i kāu keiki e hoʻi koke i nā hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki e loaʻa ana ka mālama koke no ka maʻi Kawasaki e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau loa, olakino loa me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau loa. Me ka mālama hoʻomau kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi e ola piha kāu keiki a ulu.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia ka maʻi Kawasaki. ʻAʻole hiki i kāu keiki ke hopu mai ke kanaka ʻē aʻe, a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolaha aku i nā kaikaina, nā hoa papa, a i ʻole kekahi. He mea paha ia i hana ʻia e ka pane ʻimi kūpono ʻole i nā keiki i loaʻa ka gene, ʻaʻole ma kahi mea hoʻomaʻi e pālahalaha ana mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka.
Hoʻopili nui ka maʻi Kawasaki i nā keiki, me kahi 85% o nā hihia i loaʻa i nā keiki ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki. He mea maʻamau loa nā hihia o nā mākua, a i ka wā e loaʻa ai, ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo
ʻAʻole pinepine ka hoʻi hou ʻana mai o ka maʻi Kawasaki, ma kahi o 1-3% wale nō o nā keiki i loaʻa mua iā ia. Inā ua loaʻa i kāu keiki ka maʻi Kawasaki i hoʻokahi manawa, ʻaʻole paha ia e loaʻa hou iā ia, akā he mea nui nō ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona inā loaʻa iā lākou ka wela lōʻihi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki i loaʻa ka mālama koke ʻana ʻaʻohe hopena lōʻihi a hiki ke komo i nā hana maʻamau a pau, me nā haʻuki. Pono paha nā keiki i loaʻa nā pilikia o nā ʻāpana o ka puʻuwai e nānā mau ʻia ka puʻuwai a me ka palena paha o ka hana, akā ʻo ka nui o kēia mau keiki e hana maikaʻi loa me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ka hahai ʻana.
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