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ʻO MRSA ka huaʻōlelo pōkole no ka Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, kahi ʻano o ka bacteria i lilo i kūpaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau he nui. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mana ikaika o ka bacteria staph maʻamau ʻaʻole pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e hoʻohana pinepine ai nā kauka e mālama i nā maʻi.
ʻOiai he weliweli ke kani o ka MRSA, he mea maʻalahi loa ia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua a mālama pono ʻia. He nui nā kānaka e lawe i ka bacteria MRSA ma ko lākou ʻili a i ʻole i loko o ko lākou ihu me ka ʻole o ka maʻi. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka wā e lilo ai i pilikia a ʻike i nā mea e nānā ai.
ʻO MRSA kahi ʻano o ka bacteria staph i hoʻomohala i ka kūpaʻa i ka methicillin a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau beta-lactam ʻē aʻe e like me ka penicillin. ʻO kēia kūpaʻa e hana ai i nā maʻi MRSA i mea paʻakikī ke mālama ma mua o nā maʻi staph maʻamau, akā ʻaʻole hiki ʻole.
Noho maoli ka bacteria ma kou ʻili a i loko o kou ihu, e like me ka staph maʻamau. I ka hapanui o ka manawa, ʻaʻole pilikia ka MRSA. Eia naʻe, i ka wā e komo ai i loko o kou kino ma o nā ʻoki, nā ʻeha, a i ʻole nā mea hana lapaʻau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā maʻi mai nā pilikia ʻili liʻiliʻi a hiki i nā maʻi koko koʻikoʻi.
Aia nā ʻano nui ʻelua o ka MRSA. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia ka MRSA i loaʻa i ka haukapila (HA-MRSA) i nā kānaka i nā wahi mālama ola, ʻoiai ke pālahalaha nei ka MRSA i loaʻa i ke kaiāulu (CA-MRSA) i waena o nā kānaka olakino i nā wahi o kēlā me kēia lā e like me nā kula, nā hale haʻuki, a i ʻole nā wahi mālama keiki.
Aia nā hōʻailona o ka MRSA ma kahi e ulu ai ka maʻi i loko o kou kino. ʻO nā maʻi ʻili ka mea maʻamau loa, akā hiki i ka MRSA ke hoʻopili i nā pūnaewele a me nā ʻōnaehana hohonu.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai me nā maʻi ʻili MRSA:
Hoʻomaka pinepine kēia mau hōʻailona ʻili i ka liʻiliʻi akā hiki ke pālahalaha koke inā waiho ʻole ʻia. Hiki i ka wahi i maʻi ʻia ke nānā mua aku e like me kahi ʻōpū a i ʻole ka nahu o ka pepeke, ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻokaʻulua ai ka nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki i nā maʻi MRSA koʻikoʻi ke hoʻopili i kou kahe koko, nā māmā, a i ʻole nā wahi ʻoki. ʻO nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo o ka maʻi nui e komo pū ana ka wela kiʻekiʻe, nā ʻōhule, ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka ʻeha umauma, a i ʻole ka manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole loa. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka nānā koke ʻana o ke kauka.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka MRSA ke hoʻokumu i nā kūlana weliweli e like me ka sepsis, pneumonia, a i ʻole endocarditis (maʻi valve naʻau). Hoʻomaka pinepine kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali a i ʻole nā mea ma nā halemai.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka MRSA i ka wā e hoʻololi ai nā bacteria Staphylococcus aureus maʻamau a lilo i mea pale i ka methicillin a me nā lāʻau antibiotic pili. Ua hana ʻia kēia pale ʻana ma nā makahiki he nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic, e ʻae ana i nā ʻano bacteria ikaika e ola a hoʻonui.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka MRSA ma o ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana me nā kānaka i maʻi ʻia a i ʻole nā ilikai haumia. Komo nā bacteria i kou kino ma o nā haki ma kou ʻili, e like me nā ʻoki, nā ʻokiʻoki, nā ʻeha ʻoki, a i ʻole nā wahi liʻiliʻi paha ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike.
Hoʻonui kekahi mau mea i kou kūpono e hālāwai me ka MRSA:
Hohola maʻalahi ka bacteria i nā wahi kahi e pili pinepine ai nā kānaka i ka ʻili a i ʻole kaʻana like ʻana i nā lako. Ke wehewehe nei kēia i ke kumu o ka puka ʻana o ka MRSA i kekahi manawa ma nā kula, nā hui haʻuki, a i ʻole nā hale hoʻoponopono.
Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau ʻalopona hou ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia. I kou lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau ʻalopona, e pepehi lākou i nā bacteria maʻamau e mālama mau ana i ka MRSA, hiki ke ʻae i nā ʻano kūʻē ke ulu.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi maʻi ʻili ʻaʻole i holomua i loko o kekahi mau lā a i ʻike ʻia e ʻoi aku ka ʻino. Pale aku ka mālama mua i nā maʻi liʻiliʻi mai ka lilo ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻulaʻula mai kahi ʻeha, loaʻa ka mahana me ka maʻi ʻili, a i ʻole nā puʻu piha i ka pus e pālahalaha ana. Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau hōʻailona i ka neʻe ʻana o ka maʻi i loko o kou mau pūnaehana.
E kāhea i nā lawelawe pilikia a i ʻole e hele i ka lumi pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka ʻeha umauma, a i ʻole ka manaʻo maʻi loa. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka MRSA i kou kahe koko a i ʻole nā mea kino.
Mai kali inā ʻoi aku ka nui o kou pilikia no nā pilikia. Pono nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole, nā kūlana maʻi lōʻihi e like me ka maʻi diabetes, a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana hou e ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau no kekahi loli ʻili e hopohopo nei.
Aia kekahi mau kūlana a me nā kūlana e hoʻonui ai i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi MRSA. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā palekana kūpono.
ʻO nā mea pilikia e pili ana i ka mālama ola kino:
Hoʻopili pinepine nā mea pilikia o ke kaiāulu i nā kūlana pili kokoke:
Hoʻonui pū kekahi mau kūlana olakino i kou nāwaliwali. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi MRSA i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole, nā kūlana ʻili maʻi e like me ka eczema, a i ʻole nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka maʻi diabetes.
He kuleana ke makahiki. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā keiki liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻelemakule i nā maʻi MRSA koʻikoʻi ma muli o ka hoʻomohala ʻana a i ʻole ka emi ʻana o kā lākou ʻōnaehana pale.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā maʻi MRSA i ka ʻili a pane maikaʻi i ka mālama kūpono. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā bacteria ke pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino, e hoʻoulu ai i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e hiki ke hoʻomohala:
ʻO ka sepsis ka pilikia koʻikoʻi loa, kahi e komo ai ka MRSA i loko o kou kahe koko a hoʻoulu ai i ka pane pale kino e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola. Hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā ʻōnaehana a pono i ka mālama mālama koʻikoʻi koke.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka MRSA ke hana i ka necrotizing fasciitis, kahi maʻi e pālahalaha koke ana e luku ana i ka ʻili, ka momona, a me nā ʻiʻo. Pono kēia maʻi ʻai ʻiʻo i ka mālama ʻoki kino wikiwiki e wehe i nā ʻiʻo maʻi.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ke loaʻa i nā maʻi MRSA ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a wikiwiki. Hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic kūpono.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka MRSA ma o nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻalahi a me nā palekana maʻamau. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima maikaʻi ka pale ikaika loa iā ʻoe mai ka maʻi.
ʻO nā hana palekana nui e komo pū ana:
I nā wahi mālama ola, lilo ka hahai ʻana i nā palekana hoʻokaʻawale i mea nui. Inā ke kipa aku nei ʻoe i kekahi me ka MRSA, e komo i nā mīkina lima a me nā kapa e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana a nā limahana mālama ola, a e holoi mau i kou mau lima ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka lumi.
Pono nā mea pāʻani e lawe i nā palekana hou aku ma ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou ʻili i uhi ʻia i ka wā o nā haʻuki hoʻopā, ʻaʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā lako, a hōʻike koke i nā maʻi ʻili i nā kumu a i ʻole nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana pale ikaika ma o ka ʻai maikaʻi, ka hiamoe lawa, a me ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau e kōkua pū ana i kou kino e hakakā kūʻē i nā maʻi ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe.
E nānā aku kāu kauka i ka MRSA ma o ka ho'okolohua hale hana o nā hāpana mai ka wahi i maʻi ʻia. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana maʻamau e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i kahi moʻomeheu mai kou ʻeha, nā ala nasal, a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe i pilikia.
ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau o ka nānā ʻana he moʻomeheu ʻeha, kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai kāu mea mālama ola i ka pus a i ʻole ka wai mai ka wahi maʻi me kahi swab maʻemaʻe. E hele kēia hāpana i ka hale hana no ka ho'āʻo ʻana e ʻike i nā bacteria kikoʻī a hoʻoholo i nā lāʻau antibiotic e hana maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka maʻamau, e lawe mai nā hopena hale hana i nā hola 24 a 48. I kēia manawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻomaka iā ʻoe ma nā lāʻau antibiotic ma muli o ke ʻano o kou maʻi a me kou mau pilikia.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā ho'āʻo hou aku e like me nā moʻomeheu koko inā manaʻo lākou ua pālahalaha ka maʻi ma mua o kou ʻili. E kōkua kēia mau ho'āʻo e hoʻoholo inā ua komo ka MRSA i kou kahe koko.
Ke lilo nei nā ʻano ho'āʻo wikiwiki i mea ʻoi aku ka loaʻa i kekahi mau wahi mālama ola. Hiki i kēia mau ho'āʻo hou ke hāʻawi i nā hopena i loko o kekahi mau hola wale nō, e ʻae ana i nā hoʻoholo mālama wikiwiki.
Aia ka lāʻau lapaʻau MRSA ma ka nui a me kahi o kou maʻi. Hiki ke mālama holomua ʻia ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻili me nā lāʻau antibiotic kikoʻī e hana kūʻē i nā bacteria kū'ē.
No nā maʻi ʻili liʻiliʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau antibiotic waha e like me:
ʻO ka pinepine, pono nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā lāʻau antibiotic intravenous ma ka haukapila. ʻO Vancomycin ka mea kūpono loa no nā maʻi MRSA koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai nā koho hou e like me daptomycin, linezolid, a me ceftaroline he pono nō hoʻi.
ʻO nā ʻōpū nui a i ʻole nā hōʻiliʻili o ka pus e pono ai ka hoʻokahe ʻana ma ka ʻoki ʻana ma waho aʻe o nā lāʻau antibiotic. E hana ke kauka i kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi e wehe i nā mea maʻi, kahi e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana o nā lāʻau antibiotic me ka maikaʻi.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma ka maʻamau mai 7 a 10 mau lā no nā maʻi ʻili, akā hiki ke hoʻolōʻihi i kekahi mau pule no nā maʻi hohonu. He mea nui loa ia e hoʻopau i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o nā lāʻau antibiotic, ʻoiai inā ʻoi aku kou maikaʻi ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka lāʻau.
I nā hihia kakaikahi o nā pilikia nui e like me ka endocarditis a i ʻole osteomyelitis, hiki i ka mālama ʻana ke koi i nā pule o nā lāʻau antibiotic intravenous, a i kekahi manawa ma hope o nā lāʻau antibiotic waha.
He kuleana nui ka mālama home i kou ola hou ʻana mai nā maʻi MRSA. ʻO ka hahai pono ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a ke kauka e kōkua i ka maopopo loa ʻana o ka maʻi a ʻaʻole e pālahalaha i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā ʻanuʻu mālama home nui e komo pū ana:
Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka mālama ʻeha me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter e like me ka ibuprofen a i ʻole acetaminophen. Kōkua pū kēia i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka mumū a hoʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe i ka wā e ola hou ai.
Nānā i kou maʻi i kēlā me kēia lā no nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻomaikaʻi a i ʻole ka ʻino. Pono e emi mālie ka ʻulaʻula, ʻeha, a me ka ʻeha o ka wahi i ka wā e holomua ai ka mālama.
No ka pale ʻana i ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka MRSA i nā lālā o ka ʻohana, hōʻalo i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻili āu e pā ai i kēlā me kēia lā, a mālama i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi i kou mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ʻana e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa no kāu maʻi MRSA. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono e mālama i ka manawa a alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo mālama maikaʻi aku.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e kākau i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou, pehea lākou i loli ai, a he aha ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻino paha iā lākou. E kiʻi i nā kiʻi o ka wahi i maʻi inā hiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loli ke ʻano ma waena o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me kāu kūkā ʻana.
E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike lapaʻau nui e like me:
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka, e like me ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana, i ka wā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau, a me nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e nānā ai.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha e kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻike nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoe e manaʻo maʻi a hopohopo paha e pili ana i ka hōʻailona.
ʻO MRSA kahi maʻi bacteria hiki ke mālama ʻia e pane maikaʻi i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. ʻOiai ʻo ke kūʻē ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic maʻamau e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā maʻi staph maʻamau, loaʻa nā koho mālama maikaʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻaʻole he ʻōlelo make ka MRSA. Hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka mālama antibiotic kūpono a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha maikaʻi. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka nānā lapaʻau koke kou mau mea hana maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻōla piha.
Ke noho nei ka pale ʻana i kou pale ikaika loa e kūʻē iā MRSA. Hiki i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻalahi e like me ka holoi lima mau, ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻeha maʻemaʻe a uhi ʻia, a me ka pale ʻana i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka maʻi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi maʻi ʻili e hopohopo ai, mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu mea lawelawe ola kino ke hoʻoholo koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka MRSA a hoʻomaka i ka mālama kūpono e pale aku i nā pilikia.
ʻAe, hiki ke ho'ōla piha ʻia nā maʻi MRSA me ka lāʻau ʻoki kūpono. ʻOiai ke kū'ē nei ka bacteria i kekahi mau lāʻau ʻoki, aia kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau pono e hiki ke kāpae i ka maʻi. Ho'ōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻomaka koke ʻia ka mālama ʻana a hoʻopau ʻia e like me ke kauoha.
Hoʻolaha ka MRSA a pālahalaha ma o ka hoʻopā pololei ʻana i nā ʻeha maʻi a i ʻole nā papahele haumia. Maʻamau ʻoe e pau ka hoʻolaha ʻana i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau ʻoki pono. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke lawe i ka bacteria MRSA ma ko lākou ʻili a i ʻole i ko lākou ihu me ka ʻole o nā maʻi hana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā maʻi MRSA i nā manawa he nui. ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka MRSA i ka palekana mai nā maʻi hou. ʻOi aku ka nui o kekahi poʻe i nā maʻi hou, ʻoiai inā lawe lākou i ka bacteria ma ko lākou ʻili a i ʻole loaʻa iā lākou nā pilikia e like me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻili maʻi.
Hoʻololi ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o ka nui a me ka wahi o ka maʻi. Pono nā maʻi ʻili maʻalahi i 7 a 10 mau lā o nā lāʻau ʻoki, ʻoiai nā maʻi koʻikoʻi loa e pono ai kekahi mau pule o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me nā maʻi iwi ke pono i nā mahina o ka lāʻau ʻoki.
Hiki i ka MRSA ke hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka olakino a me nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali. Hoʻopili pinepine ka MRSA i loaʻa mai ke kaiāulu i nā kānaka olakino maikaʻi, ʻoiai nā mea pāʻani a me nā kānaka i nā kūlana pili kokoke. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali, nā kūlana maʻi lōʻihi, a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau hou i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
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