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ʻO nā pōpoki he mau pepeke liʻiliʻi e noho ana ma ka lauoho o ke kanaka a ʻai ana i ke koko mai kou poʻo. He mea maʻamau loa ia, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma waena o nā keiki, a ʻoiai paha e manaʻo ʻoe he hilahila ke mālama, ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli a ʻaʻole hoʻi e pālahalaha i ka maʻi.
ʻO kēia mau mea kolo ʻēheu ʻole he nui o kahi hua sesame a ʻaʻole hiki ke lele a lele. Hoʻolaha ʻia lākou ma o ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana o ke poʻo i ke poʻo, ʻo ia ke kumu i maʻamau ai lākou ma nā kula a me nā keiki mālama lā kahi e pāʻani kokoke ai nā keiki.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui loa o nā pōpoki ʻo ka ʻiliʻili nui ma kou poʻo, ʻoi aku ma hope o kou pepeiao a ma hope o kou ʻāʻī. Hana ʻia kēia ʻiliʻili no ka mea he maʻi ʻoe i ka saliva pōpoki, a hiki ke lawe i 4-6 mau pule e hoʻomohala inā ʻo kou manawa mua kēia e loaʻa ai nā pōpoki.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui e nānā ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau loa:
E ʻike paha ʻoe i nā puʻupuʻu ʻulaʻula a i ʻole poni liʻiliʻi ma kou poʻo, ʻāʻī, a me kou poʻohiwi mai ka ʻūlū ʻana. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, akā e hoʻomanaʻo he hiki ke mālama ʻia nā pōpoki a he mea maʻalahi loa ke mālama.
ʻEkolu mau ʻano o nā pōpoki e hoʻopilikia ana i nā kānaka, a noho kēlā me kēia ma kahi ʻāpana like ʻole o kou kino. ʻO nā pōpoki poʻo ka mea maʻamau loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki a me nā ʻohana.
Nā pōpoki poʻo e noho ana ma ka lauoho ma kou poʻo a ʻo ia ka mea i manaʻo nui ʻia e ka hapanui o nā kānaka i ka wā e lohe ai lākou i
Nā pōpoki kino he mea maʻamau ʻole a noho lākou ma nā lole a me nā moe, e hele wale ana i kou ʻili e ʻai. ʻOi aku lākou ka nui ma mua o nā pōpoki poʻo a maʻamau lākou e hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka ʻaʻohe komo mau i nā lole maʻemaʻe a i ʻole nā mea holoi.
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Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e hoʻopili aku inā nui loa ka ʻūhā e hoʻopilikia ana i ka hiamoe a i ʻole nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā, a i ʻole inā ke paio nei ʻoe me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka maʻi ʻūhā ʻoiai ke mālama nei.
Hoʻonui aku kekahi mau kūlana a me nā wahi i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻūhā. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana e pale aku ai, akā e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka ʻūhā me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki a i ʻole ka maʻemaʻe.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia maʻamau loa:
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kaikamāhine i loaʻa i ka ʻūhā ma mua o nā keikikāne, ma muli paha o ka lōʻihi o ko lākou lauoho a me ka nui o ka hoʻopili kino i ka wā e pāʻani ai. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki i nā keikikāne ke loaʻa - hiki maoli iā lākou ke loaʻa i ka ʻūhā.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole weliweli nā ʻūhā iho, ʻo ka pilikia nui loa ka ʻūhā ʻana i nā nahu ʻūhā. Hiki i ka ʻūhā mau ke haki i ka ʻili a alakaʻi i nā maʻi bacteria e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau.
Eia nā pilikia e nānā ai:
I nā hihia maʻamau loa, hiki i nā lice kino ke hoʻolaha i nā maʻi e like me ka typhus, akā he mea maʻamau loa kēia ma nā ʻāina holomua. ʻAʻole lawe a hoʻolaha paha nā lice poʻo, ʻo ia ka ʻano maʻamau loa, i kekahi maʻi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku loa i nā lice, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā keiki kula, aia nā hana hana e hiki ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana o ke poʻo a me ke poʻo a ʻaʻole ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā mea pilikino e pā i ka lauoho a i ke poʻo.
Eia nā hana palekana maikaʻi loa:
Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe i ka aila lāʻau kī a i ʻole nā mea pale kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe, akā he liʻiliʻi ka hōʻike ʻepekema e hana ana kēia mau mea. ʻO ka palekana hilinaʻi loa, ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻike a me ka lawe ʻana i nā palekana hana.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā lice, ʻo ia ka nānā pono ʻana i ka lauoho a me ke poʻo no nā lice ola a i ʻole kā lākou hua (i kapa ʻia ʻo nits). ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e nānā ai, ʻo ia ma ka mālamalama ʻālohilohi, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka aniani hoʻonui inā loaʻa iā ʻoe.
Eia nā mea e nānā ai i kāu nānā ʻana:
Hiki i nā nits ke paʻakikī no ka mea pinepine lākou i kuhihewa ʻia no ka dandruff a i ʻole ka hōʻiliʻili o ka lauoho. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻopili paʻa ʻia o nā nits i ke kumu o ka lauoho a ʻaʻole e holoi maʻalahi, ʻoiai e hemo ka dandruff.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo i ka mea āu e ʻike nei, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ka nēnē kula ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maʻi. Loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōpoki a hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā pōpoki e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā shampoos a i ʻole nā lotions kūikawawā e pepehi i nā pōpoki a me kā lākou hua, a laila e kāwili pono e wehe iā lākou mai ka lauoho. Hiki ke mālama holomua ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia ma ka home me nā huahana over-the-counter.
ʻO nā koho lapaʻau maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
No nā hihia paʻakikī, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau ikaika e like me ka malathion lotion a i ʻole ka waha ivermectin. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēia mau mea no nā hihia i hana ʻole ʻia nā lapaʻau ma luna o ka papa kūʻai.
E hoʻomanaʻo e pono ʻoe e mālama i nā lālā ʻohana a pau i loaʻa i nā pōpoki i ka manawa hoʻokahi e pale aku ai i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana. Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e hana hou i ka lapaʻau i loko o 7-10 mau lā e hopu i nā pōpoki hou i hoʻopuka ʻia.
Pono ka mālama home no nā ʻumiʻumi i ka hoʻomanawanui a me ka hoʻopau pono ʻana, akā hiki loa ia me ke ala kūpono. ʻO ke kī ka hahai pono ʻana i nā kuhikuhi huahana a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i nā hua me kahi kapa niho maikaʻi.
Eia kāu papahana mālama home i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu:
He mea nui ka hana kālai ʻana a ʻo ia pinepine ka ʻāpana lōʻihi loa. E hana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, e kālai ana mai ke poʻo a i nā welu o ka lauoho. E holoi i ke kapa ma kahi kāwele pepa keʻokeʻo ma hope o kēlā me kēia hahau e ʻike i ka mea āu e wehe nei.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i nā kemika pipiʻi a ʻino paha ma kou home. ʻAʻole hiki i nā ʻumiʻumi ke ola ma mua o 24-48 mau hola me ka ʻole o kahi mea hoʻokipa kanaka, no laila ua lawa ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻamau.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i kahi mea lawelawe olakino e pili ana i nā ʻumiʻumi, e hele mai me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mālama āu i ho'āʻo mua ai a me ka lōʻihi o kou pilikia. Kūleʻa kēia iā lākou e kuhikuhi i nā hana kūpono loa aʻe.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hōʻiliʻili i kēia ʻike:
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā allergies, ʻoiai inā ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuhikuhi. Inā hiki, mai holoi i kou lauoho no 24 mau hola ma mua o ka hālāwai e ʻike ai ka mea lawelawe i nā ʻumiʻumi a i ʻole nā nits me ka maopopo.
He pilikia maʻamau a hoʻokele ʻia nā ʻumiʻumi ʻaʻole pili i ka maʻemaʻe a i ʻole ka mālama pilikino. ʻOiai he mea hoʻonāukiuki a hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻiliʻili ikaika, ʻaʻole lākou e lawe mai i nā maʻi a hiki ke mālama ʻia me ka hoʻokō kūpono.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā ʻumiʻumi ma o ka hoʻopili pololei, he mea maʻamau loa ia i waena o nā keiki, a pane maikaʻi lākou i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hoʻopau a hoʻomanawanui ʻoe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana e hana me nā ʻumiʻumi i kekahi manawa, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia ʻike.
Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka hahai ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae loa i nā ʻumiʻumi. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka mālama ʻana, e nānā ana i nā lālā ʻohana a pau, a e hahai ana i ka manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia no nā mālama hou.
Hiki i nā ʻumiʻumi ke ola ma waho o ke poʻo kanaka no kahi o 24-48 mau hola, akā e nāwaliwali a make koke lākou me ka ʻole o ka ʻai koko. Hiki iā lākou ke noho i ka manawa pōkole ma nā lako hale, nā moe, a i ʻole nā lole, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ola ma laila no ka manawa lōʻihi. Laha ka holoi ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana - ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā lako hale a hoʻohana i nā mea pīpī kūikawā i loko o kou hale.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe ke kiola aku i nā mea pilikino. E holoi i nā mea hiki ke holoi ʻia i ka wai wela (130°F) a maloʻo i ka wela kiʻekiʻe no 40 mau minuke. No nā mea hiki ʻole ke holoi ʻia, e pani iā lākou i loko o nā ʻeke plastik no 2 mau pule. E hoʻoneʻe kēia i nā ʻumiʻumi e noho ana paha. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mea me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kūpono.
E ʻimi i nā ʻumiʻumi ola, e neʻe ana ma hope o 8-12 mau hola ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole neʻe nā ʻumiʻumi make a hiki ke ʻeleʻele. E ʻike mau ʻoe i nā hua (nā hua) i hoʻopili ʻia i ka lauoho, akā ʻoi aku ka kokoke o nā hua hou i ka ʻili poʻo. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻumiʻumi ola ma hope o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole paha i holomua loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau a pono ʻoe e nīnau i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAe, hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa nā ʻumiʻumi mai kā lākou mau keiki ma o ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana i ke poʻo i nā hana e like me ka heluhelu pū ʻana, ka ʻāpāpā ʻana, a i ʻole ke kōkua ʻana i ka mālama lauoho. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā wahine mākua i nā ʻumiʻumi ma mua o nā kāne mākua, ma muli paha o ka pili kokoke ʻana i nā keiki a me ka lōʻihi o ka lauoho.
He ʻokoʻa nā kulekele kula, akā ʻae ka nui o nā kula i nā keiki e hoʻi ma hope o ka mālama ʻia ʻana, ʻoiai inā koe kekahi mau hua. ʻO ka mea nui, ua hoʻomaka ka mālama hana. E nīnau i ka kulekele o kāu kula, ʻoiai ke koi nei kekahi i ka ʻae mai ka nēnē kula. ʻOi aku ka maʻi o kāu keiki ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, ʻaʻole ma hope.
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