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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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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 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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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