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ʻAʻole i hana ʻia ka ʻiliʻili ma ke kino e nā ilo. He maʻi fungal maʻamau ia e hana ai i nā ʻili pōʻai, ʻano apo ma kou ʻili. Hoʻopili kēia kūlana, i kapa ʻia ʻo tinea corporis ma ke ʻano lapaʻau, i nā miliona o nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hiki ke mālama ʻia loa me ke ala kūpono.
ʻO ka ʻiliʻili ma ke kino kahi maʻi fungal superficial e hoʻopili ana i ka papa waho o kou ʻili. Loaʻa i ka maʻi kona inoa no ka mea e hana pinepine ai i nā ʻāpana pōʻai kūikawā me ka ʻili ʻoi aku ka maʻemaʻe i waenakonu, e hana ana i kahi ʻano apo.
ʻO ka fungus e kuleana no kēia kūlana i kapa ʻia ʻo dermatophyte. ulu maikaʻi kēia mau fungi i nā wahi mahana, pulu a hānai i ka keratin, kahi protein i loaʻa i kou ʻili, lauoho, a me nā kui. Ke noho lākou ma ka ʻili o kou kino, hana lākou i nā ʻano ʻili maʻamau āu e ʻike ai.
Hiki i kēia maʻi ke ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi a pau ma kou kino koe wale nō kou poʻo, ʻūhā, wāwae, a me ka wahi ʻumiʻumi. Ke hoʻopili ka ʻiliʻili i kēia mau wahi kikoʻī, hoʻohana nā kauka i nā inoa ʻokoʻa no ka ʻano maʻi fungal hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka hōʻailona i ʻike nui ʻia o ka ʻiliʻili kino ka ʻili pōʻai me nā lihi kiʻekiʻe, scaly. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka maʻi ke hōʻike ʻia ma nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o kou ʻano ʻili a me ka lōʻihi o kou loaʻa ʻana.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻAʻole mau ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka ʻiliʻili i ka ʻano apo maʻamau. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāpana ʻole, nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, a i ʻole nā wahi e like me nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke loli nui ke ʻano mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomohala i ka pane inflammatory nui ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo kerion. Hōʻike ʻia kēia ma ke ʻano he wahi kiʻekiʻe, boggy e hiki ke ooze a hoʻomohala i nā ʻāpana crusty. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole me ka ʻiliʻili o ke kino, pono kēia pane i ka nānā koke mai ke kauka.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka ʻiliʻili i ka wā e loaʻa ai i nā fungi kikoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo dermatophytes i kou ʻili a hana i ka maʻi. Aia kēia mau mea ola liʻiliʻi ma nā wahi a pau i ko kākou puni honua, akā hana wale nō lākou i nā pilikia ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono.
ʻO nā ala maʻamau loa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻiliʻili, ʻo ia:
Makemake nā fungi e hoʻokumu i ka ʻiliʻili i nā wahi mahana, pulu. ʻO ia hoʻi nā wahi e like me nā wai ʻauʻau, nā lumi loka, a me nā lumi ʻauʻau lehulehu e hoʻokumu i nā kūlana kūpono no ka hoʻoili ʻana. E hoʻonui ʻia kou pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi, nā ʻili ʻili, a i ʻole nā wahi o ka ʻili huhū e hāʻawi i ka fungus i kahi komo maʻalahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻaʻole nā kanaka a pau i hōʻike ʻia i kēia mau fungi e hoʻomohala i ka maʻi. ʻO kāu ʻōnaehana pale, ke kūlana o ka ʻili, a me nā ʻano hoʻomaʻemaʻe pilikino a pau e pāʻani i nā kuleana i ka mea e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka ʻiliʻili ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana.
E pono ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu mea mālama ola inā manaʻo ʻoe ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻiliʻili, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻo kēia ka manawa mua āu e hana ai me kēia ʻano ʻili. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōʻailona kūpono e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono a pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
E ʻimi koke i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona pilikia:
E ʻike pū ʻoe i ke kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes, kahi ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali, a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino lōʻihi ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke hana i nā maʻi fungal i ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e mālama a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā ʻo kāu ʻili ʻoiaʻiʻo ka ʻiliʻili, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e nānā ʻia. He nui nā kūlana o ka ʻili e like like, a ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama hewa e hiki ke hoʻopaneʻe i kāu hoʻōla a i ʻole e hana i nā hōʻailona ʻino.
ʻO kekahi mau mea e hoʻonui ai i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka ʻiliʻili, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i kēia maʻi me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki, ka wahine, a i ʻole ke kūlana olakino. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā pale kūpono.
Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe inā:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio ma muli o ka nui o ko lākou kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea a me ka pili kino kokoke i ka wā pāʻani a i ʻole haʻuki. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā mākua e hana ana i kekahi mau wahi a i ʻole loaʻa nā ʻano ola kūikawā.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ringworm. Nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia he nui ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa i ka maʻi, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe me nā mea pilikia liʻiliʻi e loaʻa.
He mea nui ka pane pale o kou kino a me nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāu pae pilikia maoli.
Ho'ōla piha ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ke kino ringworm me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi. Eia naʻe, e like me kekahi maʻi ʻili, hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia i kekahi manawa inā ʻaʻole mālama pono ʻia ke kūlana a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea olakino ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia i ka ho'ōla.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe penei:
Hiki i nā maʻi bacteria ke ulu i ka wā e ʻūhā ai ʻoe i nā ʻāpana ringworm a hoʻokomo i nā bacteria ma o ka ʻili haki. ʻO nā hōʻailona o kēia pilikia e komo pū ana ka ʻeha nui, ka mahana, ka pehu, ka pus, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula mai ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino i hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻia ke loaʻa i nā maʻi fungal ākea a hohonu paha. He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia akā pono ia i ka nānā koke a me nā ala mālama ikaika aʻe.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia me ka mālama kūpono a me nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi. Ma ka hahai ʻana i ka hoʻolālā mālama a kāu kauka a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻūhā, hiki ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka ringworm ma ka hahai ʻana i kekahi mau hana palekana kūpono. Ke nānā nei kēia mau ala i ka palena ʻana i kou hōʻike ʻana i nā fungi a me ka hana ʻana i nā kūlana e liʻiliʻi ai ka maʻi.
Eia nā ala palekana maikaʻi loa:
Inā pili mau ʻoe i nā holoholona, e nānā ʻia lākou e ke kauka holoholona no nā maʻi fungal. Hiki i nā holoholona hale ke lawe mai i ka ringworm me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona maopopo, no laila, ʻo ka mālama holoholona maʻamau e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kāu mau holoholona a me kou ʻohana.
I ka wā e loaʻa ai i kekahi i loko o kou ʻohana ka ringworm, e hana i nā palekana hou aku. E holoi i kā lākou moe a me nā lole i ka wai wela, e pale i ka hoʻohana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino, a e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā papa i pā ʻia e lākou me ka disinfectant. E kōkua kēia mau ʻanuʻu i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi mai ka pālahalaha ʻana i nā lālā ʻohana ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke hōʻoia maʻamau i ka ringworm ma ka nānā ʻana i kou ʻili a me ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka ʻili ʻili pōʻai maʻamau he mea kūikawā e lawa ai e hoʻomaopopo i ka hōʻoia, akā pono paha nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e hōʻoia i ka maʻi.
I kou manawa hālāwai, e nānā pono kāu mea mālama ola i nā wahi i pilikia. E nānā lākou i ke ʻano, ke kala, a me ke ʻano o ka ʻili, a hiki ke nīnau i ka manawa mua āu i ʻike ai a inā ua pālahalaha a loli paha.
I kekahi manawa e hana kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e hōʻoia i ka hōʻoia:
Hāʻawi koke ka hoʻokolohua KOH i nā hopena a hiki pinepine ke hōʻoia i ka ʻike ma kou kipa. Lawe lōʻihi nā moʻomeheu fungal, maʻamau hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pule, akā kōkua lākou e ʻike i ka mea olaola pololei a alakaʻi i ka mālama inā ʻaʻole hana nā ala maʻamau.
Makemake paha kāu kauka e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe e like me ka ringworm, e like me ka eczema, psoriasis, a i ʻole nā maʻi bacterial. Ke loaʻa ka ʻike pololei e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kūikawā.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka ringworm kino e pili ana i nā lāʻau antifungal e hoʻopili pololei ʻoe i kou ʻili. Pane maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā hihia i nā koho over-the-counter, ʻoiai pono paha nā mālama lapaʻau no nā maʻi paʻakikī a nui paha.
E komo paha kāu papahana mālama i hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha o kēia mau ala:
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau antifungal kūʻai ʻia me ka ʻole o ke kauoha ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka terbinafine, clotrimazole, a me ka miconazole. He pono kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hapa nui o nā hihia, a loaʻa ma ke ʻano he kirimi, pīpī, a i ʻole pauka. Pono ʻoe e hoʻopili iā lākou i ʻelua manawa i ka lā, a hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana no ʻelua pule ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻili ʻulaʻula.
No nā maʻi ākea aʻe, a i ʻole nā hihia ʻaʻole pane i ka mālama ʻana ma ka ʻili, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha e like me ka terbinafine, itraconazole, a i ʻole griseofulvin. Hana kēia mau mālama ʻōnaehana mai loko mai o kou kino, a he kōkua nui loa ia no nā ʻāpana he nui a i ʻole nā maʻi hou.
ʻOkoʻa ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi o kāu maʻi a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e hoʻohana nei. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule, akā hiki i ka hoʻōla piha ke lawe i ʻehā a ʻeono pule paha a ʻoi aku.
ʻO ka mālama pono ʻana iā ʻoe iho ma ka home e kākoʻo i kāu mālama lapaʻau a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka maʻi. Hiki i kēia mau hana mālama ponoʻī ke hoʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe i ka wā e hoʻōla ai kou ʻili.
Eia nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e kākoʻo i kou ola hou:
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā kāwele anu a i ʻole nā kīʻaha kūʻai ʻole ʻia e mālama ai i ka ʻeha, akā e pale i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia mau huahana i ka manawa hoʻokahi me kāu lāʻau antifungal. E hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou ma kahi o kekahi mau hola e hōʻoia ai e hana pono kāu lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia.
E hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau antifungal no ka lōʻihi piha i kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā nalowale kou mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lāʻau ma mua o ka manawa e hiki ai i ka maʻi ke hoʻi hou mai a hiki ke paʻakikī ke mālama i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kau ʻana i ke kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kekahi mau minuke e hoʻonohonoho i kou mau manaʻo a me ka ʻike ma mua e hiki ai i kāu kipa ke lilo i mea hua.
Ma mua o kāu kau ʻana, e ʻohi i kēia ʻike koʻikoʻi:
Mai hoʻopili i nā kīʻaha, nā lole, a i ʻole ka pena i ka wahi i pilikia ma mua o kāu kau ʻana. Pono ke kauka e ʻike i ka ʻili ʻulaʻula ma kona kūlana maoli e hana i ka ʻike pololei. Inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe i nā lāʻau antifungal, e haʻi aku i ke kauka i ka manawa hope loa āu i hoʻopili ai.
E hele mai me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana me nā nīnau e pili ana i kou kūlana. Malia paha ʻoe e makemake e nīnau e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka lāʻau, inā pilikia ʻoe, pehea e pale ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi, a he aha nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana pono ʻoe e hoʻi mai no ka mālama hoʻomau.
ʻO ka ʻiliʻili ma ke kino he maʻi fungal maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia, e pili ana i nā miliona o nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiai hiki i ka ʻili pōʻai, ʻano apo ke nānā aku he mea hopohopo, e pane maikaʻi kēia kūlana i ka mālama antifungal kūpono a maʻamau ʻole e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka mālama mua e alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi. Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻiliʻili, mai kali e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono a me ka hoʻolālā mālama e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻōla wikiwiki a pale aku i ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka maʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
Me ka mālama kūpono a me nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi, e ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o ʻehā a ʻeono pule. Ma hope o nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka, e hoʻopau i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻanuʻu e pale aku ai i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻōla mālie.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e hōʻike maikaʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻiliʻili i kou hoʻomaʻemaʻe a i ʻole nā ʻano olakino. He mea maʻamau kēia mau fungi i ko kākou puni honua, a hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa kēia maʻi ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono. E nānā i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama kūpono a me ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻanuʻu e pale aku ai i nā maʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻAe, he mea hoʻopilikia loa ka ʻiliʻili a hiki ke pālahalaha ma o ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana o ka ʻili, nā ʻili haumia, a i ʻole nā mea pilikino i kaʻana like ʻia. E noho mau ʻoe he mea hoʻopilikia a hiki i kou mālama ʻana i ka maʻi no ka liʻiliʻi o 48 mau hola me ka lāʻau antifungal. I kēia manawa, e pale i ka hoʻopili pili loa ʻana me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a mai kaʻana like i nā kāwele, nā lole, a i ʻole nā mea pilikino ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻiliʻili kino e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau, akā ʻo ka hoʻōla piha e lawe pinepine i ʻehā a ʻeono pule. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau antifungal no ka liʻiliʻi he ʻelua pule ma hope o ka nalowale loa ʻana o ka ʻili e pale aku i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi. Hiki i kekahi mau hihia paʻakikī ke koi i nā manawa lāʻau lōʻihi.
ʻAe, hiki i ka ʻiliʻili ke pālahalaha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino inā pā aku ʻoe i ka wahi maʻi a laila pā i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou ʻili. Ke kapa ʻia kēia ʻo ka autoinoculation. ʻO ka holoi pono ʻana i kou mau lima ma hope o ka pā ʻana i ka wahi i pilikia a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻūhū e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kēia pālahalaha. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka maʻi ke ulu i nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o kahi e pālahalaha ai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻiliʻili e hoʻōla me ka waiho ʻole ʻana i nā ʻōpala paʻa a i ʻole nā hōʻailona. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā loli manawa i ka kala o ka ʻili e hiki ke mau no kekahi mau mahina ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana o ka maʻi. He mea maʻamau ʻole ka ʻōpala paʻa akā hiki ke loaʻa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi bacteria lua mai ka ʻūhū ʻana a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pane inflammatory nui.
Pono ʻoe e pale aku i nā wai ʻauʻau, nā pā wai wela, a me nā hale hana kino lehulehu a hiki i ka mālama ʻia ʻana o kāu maʻi no ka liʻiliʻi he 48 mau hola a ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻopili hou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana kino ma ka home, akā e hōʻoia e ʻauʻau koke ma hope a holoi i kou mau lole hana kino i ka wai wela. E pale i nā hana e hoʻonāukiuki i ka hou ʻana o ka hou, ʻoiai hiki i ka wai ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka maʻi.
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