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Hoʻokumu ʻia ka maʻi staph e nā bacteria staphylococcus, ʻo ia nā germs maʻamau e noho mau ana ma kou ʻili a i loko o kou ihu me ka ʻole o ka hōʻeha. Hana ʻia kēia mau maʻi ke komo nā bacteria i loko o kou kino ma o nā ʻoki, nā ʻāʻī, a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe i kou ʻili.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi staph he mea liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi ke mālama, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke lilo i mea koʻikoʻi inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, me ka mālama pono a me ka mālama ʻana, e ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka mai nā maʻi staph.
Aia nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi staph ma kahi o ka maʻi i loaʻa i loko o kou kino. ʻO nā maʻi ʻili ka ʻano maʻamau loa, akā hiki i ka staph ke hoʻopili i nā pūnaewele a me nā kino hohonu.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka ʻulaʻula, ka pehu, a me ka ʻeha ma ka wahi o ka maʻi. Hiki ke mahana kou ʻili i ka pā, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka pus a i ʻole ka wai mai ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau ma muli o kahi e ulu ai ka maʻi:
Hiki i nā maʻi staph koʻikoʻi ke hoʻokumu i ka mahana, ka luliluli, a me ka luhi. Inā pālahalaha ka maʻi i kou kahe koko a i ʻole nā kino o loko, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nausea, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole ka huikau.
Aia kekahi mau ʻano maʻamau ʻole akā koʻikoʻi, e like me ka pneumonia (maʻi o ka māmā), ka endocarditis (maʻi o ka puka o ka naʻau), a me ka sepsis (maʻi koko). Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka mālama olakino koke a hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola inā ʻaʻohe mālama kūpono.
Hoʻoulu ʻia nā maʻi staph e nā bacteria staphylococcus e komo i loko o kou kino ma o nā haki i kou ʻili. Aia kēia mau bacteria ma nā wahi a puni kākou a ola maoli nō i ka ʻili o ka hapanui o nā kānaka a me ko lākou ihu.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka maʻi ke loaʻa i kēia mau bacteria maʻamau ʻole kahi ala ma mua o ka pale pale maoli o kou ʻili. Hiki kēia ma o nā wahi komo like ʻole i loko o kou kino.
ʻO nā ala maʻamau e komo ai nā bacteria staph i loko o kou kino:
I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā maʻi staph ke pālahalaha mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o ka hoʻopā pololei a i ʻole ma ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā ʻili haumia. Eia naʻe, nui nā kānaka e lawe i nā bacteria staph me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi.
Ua lilo kekahi mau ʻano o ka staph, e like me ka MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), i kūʻē i nā lāʻau antibiotic maʻamau. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau ʻano kūʻē akā hahai i nā ʻano maʻi maʻamau like.
E pono ʻoe ke hele i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka mālama home maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā. Hiki i ka mālama koke ke pale aku i nā maʻi liʻiliʻi mai ka lilo ʻana i mea ʻoi aku ka nui.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi wela me nā hōʻailona ʻili, ʻoiai ke hōʻike nei kēia e pālahalaha paha ka maʻi. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ʻulaʻula e hoʻolōʻihi mai ka wahi i maʻi ʻia e pono pū kekahi i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka koke.
E ʻimi i ka mālama olakino koke inā ʻike ʻoe i:
Pono nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali, ka maʻi suka, a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino lōʻihi e ʻike i ke kauka ma mua o ka hope. Hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke hana i ka paʻakikī o kou kino e hakakā i nā maʻi maoli.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hui prosthetic, ka valve naʻau, a i ʻole nā mea kanu lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, pono e loiloi koke ʻia kekahi maʻi staph i manaʻo ʻia. Hiki i nā bacteria ke pālahalaha i kēia mau mea hana a hoʻokumu i nā pilikia nui.
Hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka maʻi staph, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā palekana kūpono.
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma muli o ko lākou olakino a i ʻole nā kūlana. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia e ʻōlelo e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka maʻi.
ʻO nā mea pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā ʻano nohona ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana i kou pilikia maʻi. ʻO ka pilina pili kokoke me nā kānaka maʻi, ka maʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole, a i ʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino e like me nā kāwele e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā bacteria staph.
Loaʻa i nā mea pāʻani i komo i nā haʻuki pili i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma muli o ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka ʻili i ka ʻili, nā lako i kaʻana like ʻia, a me nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ʻiliʻili. Loaʻa pū i nā kānaka e hoʻokomo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ka pilikia nui mai nā nila haumia a i ʻole ka mālama maikaʻi ʻole i ka wahi hoʻokomo.
Hiki i ka makahiki ke lilo i mea kumu, me nā keiki liʻiliʻi loa a me nā poʻe ʻelemakule e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā kānaka olakino o kēlā me kēia makahiki ke loaʻa i nā maʻi staph ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono.
Noho ka hapa nui o nā maʻi staph i ka ʻili a ho'ōla piha me ka mālama kūpono. Eia naʻe, inā waiho ʻole ʻia a i ʻole i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana palekana i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia, hiki i ka maʻi ke pālahalaha a hoʻokumu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i nā bacteria ke hele ma o kou kahe koko i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Ke hana ʻia kēia, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā maʻi i nā ʻōnaehana kūloko a i ʻole nā kūlana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
Hiki i kekahi mau pilikia maʻamau ʻole ke hoʻopilikia i nā ʻāpana kikoʻī a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana. Hiki i ka staph ke hoʻokumu i nā pāʻālua puʻupaʻa, nā abscesses lolo, a i ʻole ka toxic shock syndrome, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau mea.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā kānaka me nā hui artificial, nā valve naʻau, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻokomo lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Hiki i nā bacteria ke hana i nā biofilms ma kēia mau mea hana, e hoʻolilo ana i nā pāʻālua i mea paʻakikī loa ke mālama a i kekahi manawa e pono ai ke wehe ʻana i ka mea hana.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama kūpono. E nānā kāu mea lawelawe ola kino i kāu pane i ka mālama ʻana a e nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka pāʻālua.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka pāʻālua staph ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka mālama ʻana i kou ʻili. Hiki i nā maʻamau o kēlā me kēia lā ke hele lōʻihi i ka pale ʻana i kēia mau pāʻālua.
ʻO ka hana nui loa ka mālama ʻana i kou mau lima i maʻemaʻe, ʻoiai ʻo kou mau lima ka ala maʻamau e pālahalaha ai nā bacteria. E holoi pinepine iā lākou me ka kopa a me ka wai, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumipaku.
Eia nā hana pale nui:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana olakino lōʻihi e like me ka maʻi suka, e hana pili pono me kāu mea lawelawe olakino e hoʻokele maikaʻi iā lākou. ʻO ka hoʻomalu maikaʻi ʻana i ke kō koko, no ka laʻana, e kōkua i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hana pono.
I nā wahi mālama olakino, he mea nui ka hahai ʻana i nā papa hana hoʻomalu maʻi. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima pono, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea palekana i ka wā e pono ai, a me ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu hui mālama olakino e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻeha.
Pono nā mea pāʻani e ʻauʻau koke ma hope o nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa a i ʻole nā pāʻani, e pale i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea hana i ka hiki, a e hōʻike koke i nā ʻoki a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻili i nā kumu a i ʻole nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa.
E ʻike maʻamau kāu kauka i ka maʻi staph ma o ka nānā ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka hoʻokolohua paha i kahi laʻana o ka mea i maʻi. Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike ʻana me ka nānā kino ʻana i ka wahi i pilikia.
I nā hihia he nui, hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i nā maʻi staph ma muli o ko lākou helehelena a me kāu mau hōʻailona. Eia naʻe, kōkua ka hoʻokolohua e hōʻoia i ka ʻike ʻana a e hoʻoholo i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā ʻano hoʻokolohua maʻamau e komo pū ana:
He mea nui loa ka hoʻokolohua moʻomeheu no ka mea hiki ke ʻike inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻano kū'ē e like me MRSA. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e koho i ka lāʻau ʻalopona kūpono loa.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi aʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe e nānā inā ua pālahalaha nā bacteria i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Hiki ke komo pū me nā moʻomeheu koko, nā hoʻokolohua mimi, a i ʻole nā haʻawina kiʻi.
He mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike pololei no ka mea hiki i nā maʻi staph ke like me nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe. Hōʻoia ka ʻike pololei e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono mai ka hoʻomaka.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi staph e pili pinepine ana i nā lāʻau ʻalopona, i hoʻopili ʻia i kou ʻili a i ʻole i lawe ʻia ma ka waha. Aia ka lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī ma ka nui o kou maʻi a inā kū'ē nā bacteria i kekahi mau lāʻau ʻalopona.
No nā maʻi ʻili liʻiliʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka ʻaila lāʻau ʻalopona āu e hoʻopili pololei ai i ka wahi i pilikia. ʻO nā maʻi ākea a i ʻole nā maʻi hohonu e pono pinepine ai nā lāʻau ʻalopona waha i lawe ʻia no kekahi mau lā a mau pule.
ʻO nā ala mālama maʻamau e komo pū ana me:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka MRSA a i ʻole kahi ʻano kūʻē ʻē aʻe, e koho kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kūpono loa i kēia mau bacteria. Hiki ke lōʻihi ke lāʻau a pono ke nānā pono ʻia.
No nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i pālahalaha aku ma mua o ka ʻili, pono paha ʻoe e komo i ka haukapila no nā lāʻau lapaʻau IV. E nānā kāu hui olakino i kāu pane i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoponopono i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka pono.
He mea nui loa ke lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau i kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka e ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka papa. Hiki i ka hoʻōki ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua ke alakaʻi i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka kūʻē ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
He kuleana nui ka mālama home i kāu ola hou ʻana mai ka maʻi staph. ʻO ka hahai pono ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i ka mālama ponoʻī e kōkua i ka wikiwiki ʻana o ka hoʻōla a pale aku i nā pilikia.
E mālama i ka wahi maʻi i maʻemaʻe a hahai i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī o kāu mea hoʻolako olakino no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mālie a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia.
ʻO nā ʻano hana mālama home maikaʻi e komo pū me:
E pale i ka piʻi ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokahe i nā wahi i maʻi ʻia, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke kipaku i nā bacteria i loko o kou mau pūnaewele a i ʻole ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi. E ʻae i kāu mea mālama ola e lawelawe i nā kaʻina hana hoʻokahe pono.
E mālama i nā wahi i maʻi ʻia me nā bandages maʻemaʻe a maloʻo, a e hoʻololi iā lākou e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia. E holoi pono i kou mau lima ma mua a ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i ka wahi maʻi.
E kelepona i kāu kauka inā ʻoi aku ka nui o kou mau hōʻailona, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mahana, a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole i maikaʻi ka maʻi ma hope o kekahi mau lā o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻoponopono koke ke pale aku i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi mai ka lilo ʻana i mea koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa i ke kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa no kāu maʻi staph. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻike kūpono ma mua e mālama i ka manawa a e kōkua i kāu kauka e hana i kahi ʻike pololei.
E noʻonoʻo i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai kou mau hōʻailona, he aha ka mea i hiki ke kumu iā lākou, a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa. Kūkulu kēia manawa i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ka holomua o kāu maʻi.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hoʻomākaukau i ka ʻike ma lalo nei:
Mai ho'āʻo e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a uhi paha i ka wahi maʻi ma mua o kou kūkā me ke kauka, no ka mea, pono ke kauka e ʻike iā ia i kona kūlana o kēia manawa. Eia naʻe, e hana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima maikaʻi e pale aku ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā bacteria.
E kākau i kekahi mau nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka. Mālama paha ʻoe i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā koho lapaʻau, ka manawa ho'ōla i manaʻo ʻia, a i ʻole pehea e pale aku ai i nā maʻi hou.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kiʻi o ke ʻano o ka maʻi i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai, e lawe mai i kēia mau mea. Hiki i ka holomua o ka maka ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka maʻi.
ʻO nā maʻi staph nā maʻi bacteria maʻamau e pane maikaʻi pinepine ana i ka lapaʻau kūpono. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke nānā ʻia i kekahi manawa, maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi staph i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ke kauka koke e alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe. Mai kali e ʻike i ke kauka inā manaʻo ʻoe he maʻi staph kāu, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e ʻino nei.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi kou pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i nā maʻi staph. Hiki i nā hana maʻalahi e like me ka holoi lima mau, ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻeha, a me ka pale ʻana i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino ke ho'ēmi nui i kou pilikia.
Me ka mālama kūpono, nui ka poʻe e ola hou loa mai nā maʻi staph me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi. ʻOiai nā ʻano pale kūʻē e like me ka MRSA hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono a me ka mālama lapaʻau.
ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia nā maʻi staph, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma o ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana i nā ʻeha maʻi a i ʻole nā mea haumia. Eia naʻe, nui ka poʻe e hāpai i nā bacteria staph me ka ʻole o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻoili ʻana ma ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi i uhi ʻia, ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima maikaʻi, a me ka pale ʻana i ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pilikino e like me nā kāwele a i ʻole nā ʻūlū.
Hoʻomaka ka nui o nā maʻi ʻili staph liʻiliʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o 2-3 mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a ho'ōla loa i loko o 7-10 mau lā. Hiki i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi ke mau mau pule e hoʻonā loa ai. E nānā kāu kauka i kou holomua a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ka mālama inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi e like me ka manaʻo.
ʻAe, hiki i nā maʻi staph ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻoi aku inā pilikia ʻoe iā lākou ma muli o nā kūlana olakino ma lalo a i ʻole inā hoʻopili pinepine ʻia ʻoe i nā bacteria. He mau mea hāpai mau o nā bacteria staph kekahi poʻe, ka mea e hoʻonui ai i ko lākou pilikia o ka loaʻa hou ʻana o nā maʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā i nā ʻano hana e hoʻemi ai i ka pilikia o ka hoʻi hou ʻana.
ʻO MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) kahi ʻano o nā bacteria staph i lilo i pale kūʻē i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau he nui, me ka methicillin a me ka penicillin. ʻOiai hiki i nā maʻi MRSA ke paʻakikī ke mālama, hiki nō ke mālama ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā. Hoʻohālikelike pinepine nā hōʻailona a me ke ʻano i nā maʻi staph maʻamau.
ʻAe, hiki i nā bacteria staph ke ola ma luna o nā ʻili ma nā wahi mahana, pulu e like me nā hale haʻuki, nā lumi loka, a me nā wai ʻauʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia ma ke kau ʻauʻau koke ma hope o nā hana hoʻoikaika kino, ke pale aku i ka hoʻohana like ʻana i nā lako i ka hiki, ke mālama pono i nā ʻokiʻoki, a ʻaʻole hele wāwae maka ma nā wahi lehulehu.
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