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ʻO ka rotavirus he maʻi maʻi loa e hoʻoulu ai i ka luaʻi wai nui a me ka luaʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā pēpē a me nā keiki ʻōpio. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu maʻamau loa o ka gastroenteritis kamaliʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia me ka lāʻau a maʻamau hoʻi e hoʻōla maoli me ka mālama pono.
E noʻonoʻo i ka rotavirus e like me ka maʻi ʻōpū e pālahalaha maʻalahi mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hoʻoluhi loa i kāu keiki no kekahi mau lā, nui nā keiki e ola piha me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi ke loaʻa iā lākou ka mālama kākoʻo kūpono.
ʻO ka rotavirus he maʻi huina e hoʻouka i ka papa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi o kāu keiki. Loaʻa i ka maʻi kona inoa mai ka huaʻōlelo Latina ʻo "rota," ʻo ia hoʻi ka huila, ma muli o kona ʻano pōʻai kūikawā ma lalo o ka microscope.
He ikaika loa kēia maʻi a hiki ke ola ma nā ʻili no nā lā a i ʻole nā pule paha. Hoʻolaha ʻia ia ma o ka mea a nā kauka i kapa ai ʻo ka "fecal-oral route," ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi mai ka wai o ke kanaka maʻi i komo i ka waha o ke kanaka ʻē aʻe.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau rotavirus ma 2006, kokoke i kēlā me kēia keiki ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e loaʻa i ka rotavirus ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi manawa ma mua o ko lākou lā hānau ʻelima. I kēia lā, ua hōʻemi nui ka lāʻau i kēia mau helu, e hoʻoliʻiliʻi ana i nā maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau nā hōʻailona me ka wikiwiki a hiki ke hoʻoluhi loa i kāu keiki. Nui nā keiki e loaʻa nā hōʻailona i loko o 1 a 3 mau lā ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana i ka maʻi.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Hoʻopau maʻamau ka luaʻi ma hope o ka lā mua a ʻelua paha, akā hiki ke hoʻomau ka luaʻi no kekahi mau lā hou aku. Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona hanu māmā e like me ka ihuheʻe a i ʻole ka ʻōhū, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā keiki ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi loa. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ke kuni kiʻekiʻe mau loa ma luna o 104°F (40°C), ke koko i loko o ka wai, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka nele wai nui e like me ka luhi loa a i ʻole nā maka hohonu.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka rotavirus ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana me ka wai maʻi, ʻoiai i nā nui liʻiliʻi loa āu e ʻike ʻole ai. He maʻi maʻalahi loa ia no ka mea he mea liʻiliʻi wale nō e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi.
ʻO nā ala maʻamau loa e hiki ai i kāu keiki ke loaʻa i ka rotavirus:
ʻOi aku ka maʻi o nā keiki i nā lā mua o ka maʻi ke ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona. Eia naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolaha aku i ka maʻi no 10 mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻailona, a i kekahi manawa ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
He ikaika loa ka maʻi a hiki ke ola ma nā lima no kekahi mau hola a ma nā ʻili paʻakikī no nā lā. Hiki i ka holoi maʻamau me ka wai a me ka kopa ke pepehi i ka maʻi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole o nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima waiʻona i ka rotavirus i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā germs ʻē aʻe.
Pono ʻoe e kelepona i ke kauka o kāu keiki inā loaʻa iā lākou nā hōʻailona o ka rotavirus, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā he ʻoi aku ma lalo o 2 mau makahiki. ʻOiai hiki ke mālama ʻia ka nui o nā hihia ma ka home, kōkua ka kuhikuhi lapaʻau e hōʻoia i ka wai pono o kāu keiki.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā hōʻike kāu keiki i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona hōʻailona:
No nā pēpē ma lalo o 6 mau mahina, he mea nui loa ia e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau me ka wikiwiki no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke nele wai wikiwiki ma mua o nā keiki nui. Mai kānalua e kāhea i kāu pediatrician inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ke kūlana o kāu keiki.
Nui nā keiki e ola mai ka rotavirus me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi, akā hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki ʻōpio loa. ʻO ka pilikia koʻikoʻi loa ka nele wai nui, kahi e hiki ai ke wikiwiki i nā pēpē a me nā kamaliʻi.
Nā pilikia maʻamau āu e nānā ai:
Hiki i ka nele wai nui ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana i ka haukapila, kahi e pono ai kāu keiki i nā wai intravenous e hoʻihoʻi i ka wai pono a me ka kaulike electrolyte. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o kēia i nā keiki ma lalo o 2 mau makahiki.
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, hiki i ka rotavirus ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi loa. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻouka ʻana e pili ana i ke kuni a i ʻole nā pilikia electrolyte, nā pilikia puʻupaʻa, a i nā hihia kakaikahi loa, ka mumū o ka lolo a i ʻole ka naʻau. Nui nā pilikia o nā keiki me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole i kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale ai i ka rotavirus ma o ka lāʻau, kahi mea maikaʻi loa a palekana. Ua hōʻemi nui ka lāʻau rotavirus i nā maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana.
Eia nā hana pale koʻikoʻi:
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau rotavirus ma ka waha e like me nā wai, maʻamau i nā mahina 2 a me 4 mau mahina, me kekahi mau mana e pono ai kahi kolu o ka lāʻau i nā mahina 6. He mea maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau, e pale ana i ka 85-98% o nā hihia rotavirus koʻikoʻi.
He mea nui nō hoʻi nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i kūpono loa i ka rotavirus no ka mea he maʻi maʻalahi loa ia. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka lāʻau me nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi e hāʻawi i kāu keiki i ka palekana maikaʻi loa.
Hiki i nā kauka ke hōʻoia maʻamau i ka rotavirus ma muli o nā hōʻailona o kāu keiki a me ka manawa o ka makahiki, no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o nā maʻi rotavirus i nā mahina anuanu. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hana ʻia ka hoʻokolohua kūikawā e hōʻoia i ka hōʻoia.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kēia mau ʻano e hōʻoia ai i ka rotavirus:
Hiki i ka hoʻokolohua wai wikiwiki ke ʻike i nā antigens rotavirus a hāʻawi i nā hopena i loko o nā minuke a i ʻole nā hola. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono mau nā kauka e hōʻoia i ka maʻi kūikawā e hoʻoulu ana i ka maʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā he maʻamau nā hōʻailona o kāu keiki a ke mālama maikaʻi nei lākou ma ka home.
I kekahi mau hihia, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā pono kāu keiki i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana i ka haukapila, hiki ke hana ʻia nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e kāpae i nā kumu ʻē aʻe o ka luaʻi wai nui a i ʻole e loiloi i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka nele wai a me ka nele electrolyte.
ʻAʻohe lāʻau antiviral kūikawā no ka rotavirus, no laila ke kaukaʻi nei ka hoʻōla i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka pale ʻana i ka nele wai. ʻO ka pahuhopu ke mālama i kāu keiki i ka ʻoluʻolu i ka wā e hakakā ai ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi.
ʻO nā ala hoʻōla nui e komo pū ana:
Ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia nā wai hoʻōla waha e like me Pedialyte e hoʻololi i nā wai a me nā electrolytes i nalowale. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau mea ma mua o ka wai, ka wai hua, a i ʻole nā mea inu haʻuki, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻoino i ka luaʻi.
ʻAʻole kōkua nā lāʻau antibiotic no ka mea he maʻi viral ka rotavirus, ʻaʻole he maʻi bacteria. ʻAʻole maʻamau ka ʻōlelo ʻia ʻana o nā lāʻau anti-diarrheal no nā keiki no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolōʻihi i ka maʻi a i ʻole ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka nui o nā keiki me ka rotavirus ma ka home me ka nānā pono i ka wai a me ka ʻoluʻolu. ʻO kāu hana nui ke hoʻololi i nā wai a me nā electrolytes i nalowale kāu keiki ma o ka luaʻi a me ka luaʻi.
Eia pehea ʻoe e kōkua ai i kāu keiki e ola ma ka home:
E hāʻawi i ka wai hoʻōla i nā nui liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia mau minuke ma mua o nā nui nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i ka luaʻi hou aku. Inā luaʻi kāu keiki, e kali i 15-20 mau minuke ma mua o ka ho'āʻo hou ʻana me nā nui liʻiliʻi loa.
E mālama pono i nā hōʻailona o ka nele wai e like me ka emi ʻana o ka mimi, ka waha maloʻo, a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻoluhi. Nui nā keiki e hoʻomaka e ʻoluʻolu i loko o kekahi mau lā, ʻoiai hiki ke lōʻihi ka ola piha a hiki i hoʻokahi pule.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu keiki i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻike nui ma mua e kōkua i kāu kauka e hana i ka loiloi pololei.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hoʻomākaukau i kēia ʻike:
E kākau i nā nīnau kūikawā āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka wā e hiki ai i kāu keiki ke hoʻi i ka daycare a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hōʻailona e nānā ai. Mai poina e haʻi inā loaʻa i nā lālā ʻohana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā pilina i nā hōʻailona like.
E lawe mai i kahi wai hou inā noi kāu kauka i hoʻokahi, a e noʻonoʻo e mālama i kahi moʻolelo o ka wai o kāu keiki a me ka puka inā pilikia lākou i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai.
ʻO ka rotavirus he kumu maʻamau akā hiki ke pale ʻia o ka luaʻi wai nui i nā keiki ʻōpio. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hoʻoluhi loa i kāu keiki no kekahi mau lā, nui nā keiki e ola piha me ka mālama kākoʻo pono ma ka home.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka lāʻau i ka palekana maikaʻi loa, a ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka wai o kāu keiki ka mea nui i ka ola ʻana. Nui nā hihia e hoʻopau ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi pule me ka ʻole o nā pilikia, ʻoiai pono ʻoe e nīnau mau i kāu pediatrician inā hopohopo ʻoe.
Me ka pale pono ma o ka lāʻau a me nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi, a me ka mālama lapaʻau koke i ka wā e pono ai, ʻaʻole pono ka rotavirus he mea weliweli nui i ke olakino o kāu keiki. E hilinaʻi i kou manaʻo ma ke ʻano he mākua a mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka kuhikuhi lapaʻau i ka wā e hopohopo ai ʻoe e pili ana i ke kūlana o kāu keiki.
ʻAe, hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa i ka rotavirus, akā he mea maʻamau ʻole ia a maʻamau hoʻi e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona māmā ma mua o nā keiki. Hoʻopili pinepine nā hihia mākua i ka luaʻi wai māmā a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻōpū e hoʻopau koke. Maʻamau nā mākua i kekahi pale mai nā maʻi kamaliʻi ma mua, ʻoiai ʻaʻole piha kēia pale. Nui ka pilikia o nā limahana olakino a me nā mākua e mālama ana i nā keiki maʻi i ka maʻi.
Maʻamau nā hōʻailona rotavirus mai 3 a 8 mau lā, me ka nui o nā keiki e ʻoluʻolu i loko o hoʻokahi pule. Hoʻopau maʻamau ka luaʻi ma hope o ka lā 1-2, ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻomau ka luaʻi no kekahi mau lā hou aku. Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke loaʻa ka ʻoluʻolu ʻōpū māmā a hiki i ʻelua mau pule i ka wā e ho'ōla piha ai ko lākou ʻōpū. Hoʻopau maʻamau ka ola piha i loko o 7-10 mau lā me ka mālama pono.
ʻAe, he mea palekana loa a maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau rotavirus. He mea kakaikahi loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, me ka nui o nā keiki ʻaʻohe pilikia. Hiki i kekahi mau pēpē ke loaʻa ka hoʻoluhi māmā a i ʻole ka luaʻi ma hope o ka lāʻau, akā he mau manawa wale nō kēia mau hōʻailona. Ua noiʻi nui ʻia ka lāʻau a loaʻa iā ia kahi moʻolelo palekana maikaʻi loa mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka 2006.
ʻAe, hiki i nā keiki ke loaʻa i ka rotavirus i nā manawa he nui, ʻoiai he māmā loa nā maʻi ma hope ma mua o ka mea mua. Aia nā ʻano like ʻole o ka rotavirus, a ʻaʻole hāʻawi ka maʻi me hoʻokahi ʻano i ka pale piha i nā mea ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, kōkua kēlā me kēia maʻi i ka kūkulu ʻana i ka palekana, no laila he mea maʻamau ʻole nā keiki nui a me nā mākua e loaʻa i ka maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi.
Pono kāu keiki e noho ma ka home a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ko lākou kuni no 24 mau hola a ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui a i ʻole ua pau ko lākou luaʻi. Nui nā kikowaena daycare e koi aku i nā keiki e ʻole nā hōʻailona no ka liʻiliʻi he 24-48 mau hola ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana. E nānā me kāu daycare e pili ana i kā lākou kulekele kūikawā, no ka mea hiki i kekahi ke koi aku i ka ʻae ʻana o ke kauka. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi i nā keiki ʻē aʻe.
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