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ʻO ka molluscum contagiosum kahi maʻiʻili maʻamau, ʻaʻohe pōʻino, i hana ʻia e kahi mea hoʻomaʻi. Hana ia i nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, kiʻekiʻe ma kou ʻili e like me nā momi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā mea ulu dome-shaped.
ʻOiai paha he weliweli ka inoa, he māmā loa kēia kūlana a maʻamau e hele wale aku ma kona iho. He mea maʻamau loa ia i nā keiki, ʻoiai hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa pū kekahi, a ʻoi aku ka pilikia o ka nānā ʻana ma mua o kahi pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka molluscum contagiosum kahi maʻiʻili viral e pili ana i ka ʻohana poxvirus. Hana ka mea hoʻomaʻi i nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi kūikawā ma kou ʻili e maʻamau ʻole ka ʻeha a me ka pōʻino ʻole.
Hiki i kēia mau puʻupuʻu ke ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi a pau ma kou kino, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maʻamau ma ka maka, ka ʻāʻī, nā lima, a me nā lima i nā keiki. I nā mākua, pinepine lākou e ʻike ʻia ma ka wahi genital i ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai ma o ka pilina pili.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi ma hope. Hoʻomohala ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka pale ʻana ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana iā ia hoʻokahi manawa, no laila he mea maʻamau ʻole nā maʻi hou.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, paʻa ma kou ʻili. Loaʻa i kēia mau puʻupuʻu nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike maʻalahi i ke kūlana.
Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai e pili ana i kēia mau puʻupuʻu:
I kekahi manawa, hiki i ka wahi a puni nā puʻupuʻu ke ʻulaʻula a i ʻole ke kuni, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ua ʻūlū ʻoe iā lākou. Hōʻike maoli kēia ʻulaʻula e hoʻomaka ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka maʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi e hoʻomaka ana nā puʻupuʻu e nalowale koke.
Hana ʻia ka molluscum contagiosum e ka mea hoʻomaʻi molluscum contagiosum, ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻohana poxvirus. He mea hoʻomaʻi ʻokoʻa kēia mai nā mea hoʻomaʻi e hana ai i ka chickenpox a i ʻole nā ʻeha anu.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka mea hoʻomaʻi ma o ka pilina pololei me ka ʻili i hoʻopilikia ʻia a i ʻole ma ka pā ʻana i nā mea i hoʻohaumia ʻia. He mea hoʻolaha loa ia, akā ma o nā ʻano pilina kikoʻī wale nō.
ʻO nā ala maʻamau e hoʻolaha ai ka maʻi:
Hoʻomaikaʻi ka mea hoʻomaʻi i nā wahi mahana, pulu, ʻo ia ke kumu e hana ai nā puka i kekahi manawa i nā wahi e like me nā wai ʻauʻau, nā hale haʻuki, a i ʻole nā keena mālama lā.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā puʻupuʻu hou ma kou ʻili e kūpono i ka wehewehe ʻana o ka molluscum contagiosum. ʻOiai he mea ʻino ʻole ke kūlana, he mea nui ia e loaʻa kahi ʻike kūpono e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i:
No nā keiki, he mea nui loa ia e ʻike i ke kauka keiki no ka ʻike. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi pū i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā kaikuaʻana a me nā hoa papa.
ʻAʻohe pilikia o ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka molluscum contagiosum. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau pilikia e hiki ke hana i kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ua ʻūlū ʻia a hoʻonāukiuki ʻia nā puʻupuʻu.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa ke hoʻomohala i nā haneli o nā puʻupuʻu e mau ana no nā makahiki. Pono kēia mau kānaka i ka mālama lapaʻau kūikawā e hoʻokele pono i ka maʻi.
Hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike maʻamau i ka molluscum contagiosum ma ka nānā wale ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu kūikawā. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kūikawā me ka dimple waenakonu e maʻalahi ke ʻike i kēia kūlana.
I kou manawa, e nānā ke kauka i nā puʻupuʻu a e nīnau e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau. E ʻimi lākou i nā hōʻailona e like me ke ʻano dome, ka ʻili mālie, a me ka hohonu waenakonu.
I nā hihia ʻaʻole maopopo, hiki i kāu kauka ke:
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, ʻaʻohe pono o nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā. Laha ka nānā ʻana i ka maka no kahi ʻike pololei.
I nā hihia he nui, ʻo ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no ka molluscum contagiosum ka kali wale ʻana no ka hele ʻana ma kona iho. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi, maʻamau i loko o 6-12 mau mahina, ʻoiai hiki iā ia ke lawe i 2 mau makahiki.
Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i ka mālama hana inā pilikia nā puʻupuʻu, e hoʻolaha wikiwiki ana, a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ana i ka manaʻo. ʻO nā koho lapaʻau e komo pū ana:
No nā keiki, makemake pinepine nā kauka i ke ala kali-a-ʻike ʻana mai ka mea hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole nā lapaʻau a hoʻonā maoli ke kūlana.
ʻOiai e hakakā ana kou kino i ka maʻi, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home e hoʻokele i nā hōʻailona a pale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka mea hoʻomaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
Eia nā ʻano mālama home kōkua:
Inā ʻūlū nā puʻupuʻu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopili i nā compresses anu a i ʻole e hoʻohana i nā kirimi anti-itch ma luna o ka counter. E pale wale i ka holoi ʻana ikaika a i ʻole nā lapaʻau hoʻoulu e hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki hou i kou ʻili.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka molluscum contagiosum ma ka hahai ʻana i kekahi mau hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā hana pale. Mai ka mea e hoʻolaha ai ka mea hoʻomaʻi ma o ka pilina pololei, he mea nui ka pale ʻana i nā ʻili i hoʻohaumia ʻia a me nā kānaka i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻO nā hana pale maikaʻi e komo pū ana:
Inā loaʻa i kekahi i kou hale ka molluscum contagiosum, e hoʻohana lākou i nā kāwele a me nā moe kaʻawale. E holoi i kēia mau mea i ka wai wela e pepehi i kekahi mea hoʻomaʻi e loaʻa paha.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka ʻike pololei loa a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau kūpono. Makemake ke kauka e nānā i nā puʻupuʻu a e hoʻomaopopo maopopo i kou mau hōʻailona.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e noʻonoʻo:
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻomākaukau nui loa. He ʻike ke kauka i ka ʻike ʻana i nā kūlana ʻili a e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma o ke kaʻina nānā me ka ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO ka molluscum contagiosum kahi maʻiʻili viral ʻino ʻole e hana i nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, kūikawā ma kou ʻili. ʻOiai paha he mea hopohopo ia, he mea maʻamau loa ia a maʻamau e hoʻonā ma kona iho me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, he mea manawa kēia kūlana, he mea maʻamau ka pilikia, a ʻaʻole pono ka mālama ikaika i ka hapa nui o nā hihia. Loaʻa i kou ʻōnaehana pale ke hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi maoli.
E kālele i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma o nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a pale i ka ʻūlū ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu. Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka helehelena a i ʻole inā hoʻopilikia ʻia nā puʻupuʻu, mai kānalua e nīnau i kāu mea hāʻawi mālama ola no ke alakaʻi a me ka hōʻoia.
Hoʻonā maoli ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka molluscum contagiosum i loko o 6-12 mau mahina, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi mau maʻi ke mau no 2 mau makahiki. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻamau nā ʻōnaehana pale o nā keiki i ka maʻi ma mua o nā mākua. Maʻamau e nalowale mālie nā puʻupuʻu me ka ʻole o nā hōʻino inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole.
He mea maʻamau ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka molluscum contagiosum ʻelua mau manawa no ka mea e hoʻomohala ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka pale mau ma hope o ka maʻi mua. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻia ke ʻike i nā maʻi hou a i ʻole ka pilikia i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe piha ʻana i ka maʻi mua.
Hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka molluscum contagiosum ma o ka pilina moekolohe i nā mākua, akā ʻaʻole ia he maʻi hoʻolaha moekolohe wale nō. Maʻamau nā keiki e loaʻa ia ma o ka pilina ʻole moekolohe e like me ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pāʻani a i ʻole nā kāwele. Hoʻolaha ʻia ka mea hoʻomaʻi ma o kekahi pilina pololei ʻili-a-ʻili me nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻAʻole pono nā keiki me ka molluscum contagiosum e noho ma ka home mai ke kula a i ʻole ka mālama lā. Pono e uhi ʻia nā puʻupuʻu me nā lole a i ʻole nā bandages i ka wā hiki, a pono e aʻo ʻia nā keiki ʻaʻole e ʻūlū a pā paha iā lākou. E nānā i ke kulekele olakino o kāu kula, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi mau mea ke loaʻa nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā puʻupuʻu molluscum contagiosum e waiho i nā hōʻino ke hoʻōla maoli lākou me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopilikia. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka ʻūlū ʻana, ke koho ʻana, a i ʻole ka mālama ikaika ke hopena i ka hōʻino ʻana a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i ka pigment ʻili. ʻO ia ke kumu e paipai pinepine ai nā kauka i ke ala kali-a-ʻike, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā keiki.
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