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He aha nā ʻOpihi Pubic (Crabs)? Nā Hōʻailona, Nā Kumu, a me ka Lapaʻau
He aha nā ʻOpihi Pubic (Crabs)? Nā Hōʻailona, Nā Kumu, a me ka Lapaʻau

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He aha nā ʻOpihi Pubic (Crabs)? Nā Hōʻailona, Nā Kumu, a me ka Lapaʻau

October 10, 2025


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ʻO nā ʻopihi pubic, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo "crabs," he mau pepeke liʻiliʻi parasitic e noho ana i ka lauoho kino wiliwili, ʻoi aku ka nui ma ka wahi pubic. ʻAi kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi i ke koko kanaka a hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻiliʻili a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, akā mālama maikaʻi ʻia a ʻaʻohe pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.

Inā ke hana nei ʻoe me kēia kūlana, ʻike ʻoe ʻoi aku ka maʻamau ma mua o kou manaʻo. ʻOiai hiki ke hilahila, he kūlana lapaʻau wale nō nā ʻopihi pubic e pane maikaʻi ana i ka lapaʻau kūpono.

He aha nā ʻopihi pubic maoli?

ʻO nā ʻopihi pubic he mau pepeke liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka nui o kahi pinhead e hoʻopili ana i nā follicle lauoho ma kou wahi pubic. Loaʻa iā lākou kā lākou inoa inoa "crabs" no ka mea, kōkua kā lākou mau ʻāpana e like me ka pāpaʻi iā lākou e hopu paʻa i nā ʻauamo lauoho.

ʻO kēia mau parasites he ʻokoʻa mai nā ʻopihi poʻo a me nā ʻopihi kino. Hoʻoponopono kūikawā ʻia lākou e noho i ka lauoho wiliwili i loaʻa ma kou wahi genital, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke pālahalaha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe me ka lauoho like me nā armpits, lauoho umauma, a i ʻole nā ​​​​eyebrows a me nā eyelashes.

ʻO nā ʻopihi makua he hina hina a tan paha ka kala. Waiho lākou i kā lākou mau hua, i kapa ʻia ʻo nits, e like me nā ʻano oval keʻokeʻo a melemele paha i hoʻopili paʻa ʻia i nā ʻauamo lauoho kokoke i ka ʻili.

He aha nā hōʻailona o nā ʻopihi pubic?

ʻO ka hōʻailona maopopo loa o nā ʻopihi pubic ka ʻiliʻili mau loa ma kou wahi genital e ʻoi aku ka nui i ka pō. Hana kēia no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka hana o nā ʻopihi i kou moe ʻana a piʻi iki kou mahana kino.

Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai:

  • ʻIliʻili ikaika ma ka wahi pubic, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka pō
  • Nā wahi ʻulaʻula a uliuli paha liʻiliʻi ma kou ʻili kahi i ʻoki ai nā ʻopihi
  • Nā wahi brown a rust paha liʻiliʻi ma kou lole lole mai nā excrement ʻopihi
  • Nā ʻopihi a i ʻole nā ​​nits i ʻike ʻia i hoʻopili ʻia i ka lauoho pubic
  • Fever iki a i ʻole ka manaʻo luhi (ʻaʻole pinepine)
  • ʻIli huhū, inflamed mai ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana

ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā wahi ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi e neʻe ana i ko lākou lauoho pubic, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e ʻike i nā nits keʻokeʻo a melemele paha liʻiliʻi i hoʻopili ʻia i nā lauoho hoʻokahi. Hiki ke ikaika loa ka ʻiliʻili a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka hiamoe a i ʻole nā ​​​​hana o kēlā me kēia lā.

I nā hihia kakaikahi, inā pālahalaha nā ʻopihi i nā eyelashes, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka huhū o ka maka, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka manaʻo e like me ka mea i loko o kou maka. Pono kēia i ka nānā kūikawā ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻia nā lapaʻau ʻopihi maʻamau kokoke i kou mau maka.

He aha ke kumu o nā ʻopihi pubic?

Pālahalaha nā ʻopihi pubic ma ka pili pilikino kokoke, ʻoi aku ka nui i ka wā moe kolohe. Holo nā ʻopihi mai ka lauoho o kekahi kanaka i kekahi i ka wā o ka pilina pilikino no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke lele a lele.

ʻO ka hoʻoili moe kolohe ke ala pinepine e pālahalaha ai kēia mau parasites. Hoʻopili kēia i kekahi ʻano o ka pilina pilikino kahi e pili ai nā wahi pubic, ʻaʻole wale ka moekolohe komo. Holo wale nā ​​ʻopihi mai ke kanaka i ke kanaka i ka wā o ka pilina kokoke.

ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻopihi pubic ma o ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino, ʻoiai he mea kakaikahi loa kēia ma mua o ka manaʻo pinepine o nā kānaka. Hiki paha kēia ke komo:

  • Kaʻana like ʻana i nā kāwele, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā mea pulu
  • Ke hoʻohana nei i ka moena like ma hope koke o ke kanaka maʻi
  • Kaʻana like ʻana i nā lole, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā lole lole
  • Ke hoʻohana nei i nā noho halepaku ma hope koke o kekahi me nā ʻopihi (kakaikahi loa)

He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻopihi pubic ke ola lōʻihi ma waho o ke kino kanaka. Make pinepine lākou i loko o 24-48 mau hola me ka ʻole o ka ʻai koko, ʻo ia ke kumu o ka hoʻoili ʻana ma o nā mea he mea maʻamau ʻole.

ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻopihi pubic ʻaʻole maikaʻi kou hoʻomaʻemaʻe a i ʻole kāu hoa. Hiki i kēia mau parasites ke hoʻopili i kekahi me ka nānā ʻole i ko lākou maʻemaʻe, ʻoiai ke ʻimi nei lākou i kahi mahana e noho ai a ʻai ai.

I ka wā hea e ʻike ai ʻoe i ke kauka no nā ʻopihi pubic?

Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻiliʻili mau loa ma kou wahi genital, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā pepeke liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ​​nits i loko o kou lauoho pubic. Ke hōʻoia nei ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike kūpono e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lapaʻau kūpono.

He mea nui loa ke ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻiliʻili nui e hoʻopilikia ana i ka hiamoe, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi ʻili mai ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana, a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻopihi a i ʻole nā ​​nits ma kou mau eyelashes a i ʻole eyebrows. Pono kēia mau wahi i nā ala lapaʻau kūikawā.

Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻaʻole hana nā lapaʻau over-the-counter ma hope o ka hahai piha ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo. I kekahi manawa pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika, a i ʻole he kūlana ʻē aʻe paha e hoʻoulu ana i kou mau hōʻailona.

Eia kekahi, ʻoiai he mau mea hoʻoili moe kolohe nā ʻopihi pubic, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke paipai i ka hoʻokolohua no nā maʻi hoʻoili moe kolohe ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he hana palekana.

He aha nā mea pilikia no nā ʻopihi pubic?

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine nā ʻopihi pubic e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pilikia e kū mai ana mai ka ʻokiʻoki nui ma mua o nā ʻopihi ponoʻī.

ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:

  • Nā maʻi ʻili bacteria mai ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana
  • Nā ʻōpala a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻeleʻele mai ka ʻokiʻoki mau
  • Pālahalaha i nā wahi kino ʻē aʻe me ka lauoho wiliwili
  • Hoʻopilikia i ka hiamoe mai ka ʻiliʻili pō
  • Nā pilikia manaʻo a i ʻole ka hopohopo e pili ana i ke kūlana

Hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia nā maʻi bacteria lua inā hana ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana i nā hōʻeha ākea ma ka ʻili. Pono paha kēia mau maʻi i ka lapaʻau antibiotic ma kahi o ka lapaʻau ʻopihi.

I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, inā pālahalaha nā ʻopihi i nā eyelashes, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i ka huhū o ka maka a i ʻole nā ​​​​maʻi inā ʻaʻole mālama pono ʻia. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui ke ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻopihi kokoke i kou mau maka.

Pehea e pale aku ai i nā ʻopihi pubic?

ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i nā ʻopihi pubic, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka pilina pilikino kokoke me nā kānaka maʻi. ʻOiai ke pālahalaha nei kēia mau parasites ma ka pilina moe kolohe, hiki i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā hana moe kolohe palekana ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia.

Eia nā hana palekana nui:

  • E kaupalena i ka nui o kāu mau hoa moe kolohe
  • E kamaʻilio ākea me nā hoa e pili ana i ke olakino moe kolohe
  • E pale i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino e like me nā kāwele, nā lole lole, a i ʻole nā ​​​​moena
  • E holoi a maloʻo i nā lole a me nā moena i ka mahana wela inā loaʻa ka hōʻike
  • E kiʻi i nā nānā olakino moe kolohe maʻamau inā he moe kolohe ʻoe

Inā loaʻa i kāu hoa nā ʻopihi pubic, e pale i ka pilina moe kolohe a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka lapaʻau ʻana o ʻoukou ʻelua a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e kahi mea mālama ola. Pale kēia i ka hoʻoili ʻana i ke kua a me ke kua e hiki ke hoʻomau i ka pilikia.

Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā condoms ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia o nā maʻi hoʻoili moe kolohe he nui, akā ʻaʻole lākou e pale piha i nā ʻopihi pubic ʻoiai hiki i kēia mau parasites ke ola i nā wahi ʻaʻole uhi ʻia e nā condoms.

Pehea ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻopihi pubic?

ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻopihi pubic he mea maʻalahi pinepine a hiki ke hana pinepine ʻia ma o ka nānā ʻana i ka maka. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i nā ʻopihi ola, nā nits, a i ʻole nā ​​​​hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o ka maʻi i loko o kou lauoho pubic.

I ka wā o ka nānā ʻana, e nānā pono kāu kauka i kou wahi pubic a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe me ka lauoho kino wiliwili. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i kahi aniani hoʻonui a i ʻole ka mālamalama kūikawā e ʻike maikaʻi ai i nā ʻopihi a me nā nits liʻiliʻi.

I kekahi manawa e wehe ai kāu mea mālama ola i kahi lauoho me nā nits i hoʻopili ʻia e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope. Kōkua kēia e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona like.

ʻO ka nānā ʻana he mea wikiwiki a maʻalahi hoʻi. Hiki paha i kāu kauka ke nānā i nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi e hiki ai ke pālahalaha nā ʻopihi, e like me ka lauoho armpit, lauoho umauma, a i ʻole nā ​​​​eyebrows inā ua hōʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona ma kēlā mau wahi.

He aha ka lapaʻau no nā ʻopihi pubic?

He mea maikaʻi loa ka lapaʻau no nā ʻopihi pubic a pili pinepine i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā lotions a i ʻole nā ​​​​shampoo lāʻau kūikawā pololei i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe piha ʻana o kā lākou maʻi me ka lapaʻau kūpono.

ʻO nā lapaʻau over-the-counter e komo pū ana me ka permethrin cream (1%) a i ʻole nā ​​​​huahana pyrethrin-based. Hoʻopili ʻoe i kēia mau lāʻau i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia, waiho iā lākou no ka manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia (ma kahi o 10 mau minuke), a laila holoi maikaʻi me ka wai mahana.

No nā lapaʻau kuhikuhi, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai:

  • Permethrin ikaika (5%) cream
  • Malathion lotion no nā hihia kū'ē
  • Ivermectin no nā maʻi pālahalaha
  • Nā lapaʻau kūikawā no nā ʻopihi ma nā eyelashes

Pono e hana hou i ka hapa nui o nā lapaʻau ma hope o 7-10 mau lā e pepehi i nā ʻopihi hou i hoʻoulu ʻia. He mea nui kēia manawa no ka mea ʻaʻole pepehi mau nā lāʻau i nā hua, no laila hopu ka lapaʻau lua i nā ʻopihi e hoʻoulu ʻia ma hope o ka noi mua.

Pono e mālama pū ʻia nā hoa moe kolohe a pau mai ka mahina i hala, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe o lākou hōʻailona. Pale kēia i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana a kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pālahalaha.

Pehea ʻoe e mālama ai i nā ʻopihi pubic ma ka home?

ʻOiai he mea nui ka lapaʻau lapaʻau no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻopihi pubic, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ke hana ma ka home e kākoʻo i kou ola hou ʻana a pale aku i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana.

ʻO ka mea mua, e holoi i nā lole a pau, nā moena, a me nā kāwele āu i hoʻohana ai i nā lā i hala i ka wai wela (ma kahi o 130°F) a maloʻo i ka wela kiʻekiʻe no ma kahi o 20 mau minuke. Pepehi kēia i nā ʻopihi a i ʻole nā ​​nits e noho ana ma kēia mau mea.

No nā mea hiki ʻole ke holoi ʻia, e like me kekahi mau lole a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea pāʻani i hoʻopiha ʻia, e pani iā lākou i loko o nā ʻeke plastik no ʻelua pule. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻopihi ke ola lōʻihi me ka ʻole o ka ʻai ʻana, hoʻopau maikaʻi kēia iā lākou.

E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kou moena, nā lako upholstered, a me nā kāpeti kahi āu e noho ai. ʻOiai he mea kakaikahi ka hoʻoili ʻana ma o kēia mau ʻili, he hana palekana maikaʻi ia.

E pale i ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana e like me ka hiki ke pale aku i nā maʻi ʻili lua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopili i nā compresses anuanu a lawe i nā antihistamines over-the-counter e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻiliʻili ma waena o nā lapaʻau.

Pehea ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu manawa kauka?

Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa a loaʻa nā pane i kāu mau nīnau a pau. E kākau i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou, no ka mea, kōkua kēia i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou kūlana.

E hana i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā huahana over-the-counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ke launa pū me nā lapaʻau ʻopihi, no laila pono i kāu kauka kēia ʻike.

E noʻonoʻo i kou moʻolelo moe kolohe hou a e mākaukau e kūkākūkā ākea. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka manawa o ka maʻi a inā pono paha ke hoʻokolohua no nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.

E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka lōʻihi o ka lapaʻau, i ka wā hea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka hou i ka pilina moe kolohe, a i ʻole ka mea e hana ai inā mau nā hōʻailona. Mai hilahila e nīnau i kekahi mea e hopohopo nei iā ʻoe.

E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lālā o ka ʻohana a i ʻole nā ​​​​hoa moe kolohe e pono paha i ka lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo pehea e mālama ai i kēia mau kamaʻilio me ka naʻauao.

He aha ka lawe nui e pili ana i nā ʻopihi pubic?

ʻO nā ʻopihi pubic he kūlana maʻamau, mālama maikaʻi ʻia e hoʻopilikia ana i nā kānaka moe kolohe he nui. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hilahila hoʻi, pane maikaʻi lākou i ka lapaʻau kūpono a ʻaʻole hoʻoulu i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.

ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole hōʻike ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻopihi pubic i kou hoʻomaʻemaʻe pilikino a i ʻole kou ʻano. Hiki i kēia mau parasites ke hoʻopili i kekahi a ke ʻimi nei lākou i kahi mahana e noho ai a ʻai ai.

Me ka lapaʻau kūpono, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe piha ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā ʻopihi i loko o 1-2 mau pule. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hahai pono ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau, ka mālama ʻana i nā hoa moe kolohe i ka manawa like, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā hana e pale aku ai i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana.

Inā manaʻo ʻoe he mau ʻopihi pubic kāu, mai hoʻokaʻulua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lapaʻau. Hana maʻalahi ka hoʻomaka koke ʻana i ke kaʻina hana a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka pālahalaha ʻana o ke kūlana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.

Nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i nā ʻopihi pubic

Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻopihi pubic mai nā noho halepaku?

He mea kakaikahi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻopihi pubic mai nā noho halepaku. ʻAʻole hiki i kēia mau parasites ke ola lōʻihi ma waho o ke kino kanaka a ʻaʻohe mana iā lākou e lele a lele. ʻO ka hoʻoili ʻana e pono ai ka pilina pilikino kokoke, maʻamau i ka wā moe kolohe.

Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka ola ʻana o nā ʻopihi pubic me ka ʻole o ka mea hoʻokipa?

Hiki i nā ʻopihi pubic ke ola wale nō i 24-48 mau hola ma waho o ka mea hoʻokipa kanaka. Pono lākou i nā ʻai koko maʻamau e ola ai, ʻo ia ke kumu o ka hoʻoili ʻana ma o nā lole a i ʻole nā ​​​​moena he mea maʻamau ʻole ke ʻole e hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea ma hope koke o ka pilina me ke kanaka maʻi.

Hiki i nā ʻopihi pubic ke pālahalaha i kou poʻo?

ʻAʻole pinepine nā ʻopihi pubic e pālahalaha i ka lauoho poʻo no ka mea ua hoʻoponopono kūikawā ʻia lākou i ka lauoho kino wiliwili. Eia naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke pālahalaha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe me ka lauoho like, e like me nā armpits, lauoho umauma, eyebrows, a i ʻole eyelashes. He mau ʻano ʻokoʻa nā ʻopihi poʻo a me nā ʻopihi pubic.

He mea palekana anei ke ʻoki i ka lauoho pubic e hoʻopau ai i nā ʻopihi?

Hiki i ka ʻoki ʻana ke kōkua i ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻopihi a me nā nits, akā ʻaʻole ia he lapaʻau piha ma kona ʻano ponoʻī. Hiki ke waiho ʻia kekahi mau ʻopihi a me nā nits kokoke i ka ʻili o ka ʻili, a hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nō ka maʻi. Pono nō ka lapaʻau lapaʻau ʻoiai inā koho ʻoe e ʻoki.

Pehea ka wikiwiki ma hope o ka lapaʻau e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa hou i ka pilina moe kolohe?

Pono ʻoe e kali a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka lapaʻau piha ʻana o ʻoe a me kāu hoa (mau) a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e kahi mea mālama ola. ʻO ia hoʻi ka kali ʻana ma kahi o 7-10 mau lā ma hope o ka noi lapaʻau hope loa e hōʻoia i ka hoʻopau ʻia o nā ʻopihi a pau a me nā nits hou i hoʻoulu ʻia.

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