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ʻO ka sipili he maʻi moekolohe i hoʻolaha ʻia e nā bacteria e hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia me ka lapaʻau kūpono. ʻOiai paha he mea weliweli ke kani, he maʻi maʻalahi kēia e mālama ʻia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua, a ua lanakila miliona o nā kānaka iā ia me ka mālama kūpono o nā kauka.
Hoʻolaha ʻia kēia maʻi bacteria ma o ka pilina moekolohe a holomua ma nā ʻanuʻu like ʻole inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, pane maikaʻi ka sipili i nā lāʻau antibiotic, a me ka mālama koke ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka hoʻōla piha ʻana me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.
ʻO ka sipili he maʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi bacteria ʻōwili i kapa ʻia ʻo Treponema pallidum. Komo kēia bacteria i loko o kou kino ma o nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ʻeha ma kou ʻili a i ʻole nā membrane mucous i ka wā o ka pilina moekolohe.
Neʻe ka maʻi ma o kou kino ma nā ʻanuʻu, kēlā me kēia me nā hōʻailona like ʻole. E noʻonoʻo e like me nā mokuna i loko o kahi puke - loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu kona mau ʻano ponoʻī, akā hiki i ka mālama mua ke pale i ka moʻolelo mai ka holomua ʻana i nā mokuna koʻikoʻi hou aku.
ʻO ka mea e hoʻokele maʻalahi ai ka sipili, ʻo ia kekahi o nā STIs maʻalahi loa e hoʻōla ʻia i kēia lā. Me ka mālama antibiotic kūpono, hiki ke kāpae loa ʻia nā bacteria mai kou kino.
Hoʻololi nā hōʻailona o ka sipili ma muli o ke ʻano o ka maʻi āu e ʻike nei. ʻAʻole ʻike ka nui o nā kānaka i nā hōʻailona mua, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ka hoʻokolokolo mau inā he hana moekolohe ʻoe.
Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai i kēlā me kēia kahua:
ʻO ka hōʻailona mua e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma hope o 3 mau wiki ma hope o ka maʻi, ʻoiai hiki ke loaʻa mai 10 a 90 mau lā. E ʻike pinepine ʻoe i kahi ʻeha ʻeha ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo chancre ma ka wahi i komo ai ka bacteria i loko o kou kino.
Mai hoʻopunipuni ʻoe i ka ho'ōla - ke hana mau nei ka maʻi i loko o kou kino ʻoiai ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻeha. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ka ho'okolohua a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia wā.
Inā ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau, e ʻike pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona ʻelua ma hope o 2-8 mau pule ma hope o ka ho'ōla ʻana o ka ʻeha mua. Hoʻopili kēia kahua i kou kino holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e pālahalaha ai ka bacteria ma o kou kahe koko.
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi ke kuhi hewa ʻia no nā kūlana ʻē aʻe. E like me ke kahua mua, e nalowale nā hōʻailona ʻelua me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ke hoʻomau nei ka maʻi i ka holomua mālie.
I loko o kēia kahua hūnā, ʻaʻohe ou hōʻailona ʻike ʻia, akā noho mau ka bacteria i loko o kou kino. Hiki i kēia kahua ke lōʻihi no nā makahiki, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoili mau i ka maʻi i nā hoa i ka wā mua o kēia kahua.
ʻOiai ke manaʻo nei ʻoe he maʻamau loa, ke hoʻonui mau nei ka bacteria a hiki ke hōʻino i kou mau kino kūloko inā waiho ʻole ʻia.
Hoʻomohala kēia kahua holomua i nā makahiki a i ʻole nā decades ma hope o ka maʻi mua ma kahi o 15-30% o nā kānaka i loaʻa ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka bacteria ke hōʻino i nā ʻōnaehana kino he nui ma kou kino.
ʻOiai he mea weliweli ke kani o ka syphilis tertiary, e hoʻomanaʻo he mau makahiki ka lōʻihi e ulu ai a hiki ke pale ʻia loa me ka mālama kūpono i nā wā mua.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka syphilis e hoʻokahi ʻano o ka bacteria i kapa ʻia ʻo Treponema pallidum. Hiki i kēia bacteria ke ola wale nō i kahi mahana, pulu o ke kino kanaka a make koke i ka wā e hōʻike ʻia ai i ka ea.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka bacteria ma o ka hoʻopā pololei ʻana i nā ʻōpala syphilis i ka wā o ka moekolohe. ʻO kēia ka moekolohe vaginal, anal, a me ka waha, ʻoiai hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻōpala ma nā ʻāpana moe, anus, lehelehe, a i ʻole loko o ka waha.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa pū kekahi i ka syphilis ma o ka hoʻopā koko, e like me ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā nila me kekahi kanaka i loaʻa i ka maʻi. Hiki i nā wahine hāpai ke hoʻoili i ka syphilis i kā lākou mau pēpē ʻaʻole i hānau ʻia, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo congenital syphilis.
He mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole hiki i ka syphilis ke hoʻolaha ma o ka hoʻopā maʻamau e like me ka ʻūlū, ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea hana, a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā noho halepaku hoʻokahi. Pono ka bacteria i ka hoʻopā pololei ʻana i nā ʻōpala maʻi a i ʻole nā wai o ke kino e hoʻoili.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola i ka wā e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā ʻōpala, nā ʻili, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona kūpono ʻole e hōʻike paha i ka syphilis. ʻO ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana e hana i ka ʻokoʻa i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau kūlana:
Mai kali i ka wā e ʻino ai nā hōʻailona a i ʻole e nalowale ma o lākou iho. E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i nā hōʻailona syphilis ke nalowale me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ke hoʻomau nei ka maʻi a hōʻino i kou kino.
Inā he hana moe kolohe ʻoe, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka STI maʻamau kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e hopu ai i ka syphilis i ka wā mua, ʻoiai ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea mālama ola e ʻōlelo aku i ka hoʻokolokolo makahiki no nā kānaka hana moe kolohe.
Hiki i kekahi kanaka hana moe kolohe ke loaʻa i ka syphilis, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka hōʻike ʻia. Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i kēia mau kumu pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo kūpono e pili ana i kou olakino moe a me ka papa hoʻokolokolo.
Eia nā mea nui e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia:
Eia kekahi, ʻo kekahi mau kumu pilikia liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe:
ʻOiai he mau kumu pilikia kēia, ʻaʻole ia he hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka syphilis, akā ʻo ia hoʻi e pono ai ʻoe e makaʻala nui i ka hoʻokolokolo mau a me nā hana moekolohe palekana. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loiloi i kou pilikia pilikino a hāʻawi i kahi papa hoʻokolokolo kūpono.
Ke mālama ʻia koke, ʻaʻole pinepine ka syphilis e hoʻopilikia i kekahi pilikia mau loa. Eia naʻe, inā waiho ʻole ʻia no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, hiki i ka maʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā ʻāpana he nui o kou kino.
ʻO nā hopena maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
Hiki ke ulu kekahi mau hopena koʻikoʻi akā kakaikahi:
No nā wahine hāpai, hiki i ka syphilis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻopilikia i ka miscarriage, ka make ʻana o ka pēpē, a i ʻole nā kīnā hānau koʻikoʻi i nā pēpē. ʻO ia ke kumu he ʻāpana maʻamau o ka mālama hāpai ka nānā ʻana i ka syphilis prenatal.
ʻO ka lono hoʻoikaika ka pale ʻia piha o kēia mau hopena āpau me ka mālama koke. ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka syphilis no kekahi mau mahina, hiki i ka mālama ke pale i ka holomua i nā pae koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka syphilis e komo pū ana me ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe iho i ka wā o ka hana moekolohe a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kou kūlana olakino moekolohe. He maʻalahi a loaʻa i nā kānaka a pau nā hana palekana maikaʻi loa.
Eia nā ʻano palekana hilinaʻi loa:
No ka palekana hou aku, e noʻonoʻo i kēia mau hana hoʻolālā:
E hoʻomanaʻo he hōʻemi nui nā condom i kou pilikia akā ʻaʻole hāʻawi i ka palekana 100%, no ka mea hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻeha syphilis ma nā wahi ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia e nā condom. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻohui ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā condom me ka ho'āʻo maʻamau a me ka kamaʻilio ākea e hana i ka papahana palekana ikaika loa.
ʻO ka diagnosis ʻana o ka syphilis e pili ana i nā ho'āʻo koko e ʻike ai i ka bacteria pono'ī a i ʻole ka pane pale o kou kino i ka maʻi. Hiki i kāu mea lawelawe olakino ke nānā pū i nā ʻeha i ʻike ʻia a lawe i nā laʻana no ka ho'āʻo hale hana.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana diagnostic e komo pinepine ana i kēia mau ʻanuʻu:
ʻO nā ho'āʻo koko maʻamau loa ʻo ia nā ho'āʻo RPR (Rapid Plasma Reagin) a i ʻole VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory), a laila nā ho'āʻo kiko'ī e like me ka FTA-ABS a i ʻole TP-PA e hōʻoia i ka diagnosis.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka neurosyphilis, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi lumbar puncture (spinal tap) e hoʻokolohua ai i ka wai cerebrospinal. ʻOi aku ka weliweli o kēia ma mua o ka mea maoli a kōkua ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama kūpono loa.
ʻO ka maʻamau, mau lā a hiki i hoʻokahi pule ka lōʻihi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena hoʻokolohua. I loko o kēia manawa kali, he mea nui ka pale ʻana i ka pilina moekolohe e pale aku ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
He mea maikaʻi loa a pololei hoʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka syphilis, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i loaʻa ai i nā wā mua. ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui ʻo ia ka penicillin, kahi antibiotic e kāpae loa i ka bacteria syphilis mai kou kino.
Hoʻololi ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o ke kahua o ka maʻi:
No ka syphilis mua, lua, a i ʻole latent mua (ʻemi ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki), e loaʻa pinepine iā ʻoe kahi inikini hoʻokahi o ka penicillin lōʻihi i kapa ʻia ʻo benzathine penicillin G. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia inikini i loko o kou ʻiʻo puʻupuʻu a hāʻawi i nā pae antibiotic mau no nā pule.
Inā ʻoe e pilikia i ka penicillin, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā antibiotics ʻē aʻe e like me ka doxycycline, tetracycline, a i ʻole azithromycin i lawe ʻia ma ka waha no 2-4 mau pule.
No ka syphilis latent hope a i ʻole syphilis tertiary, pono ʻoe i ʻekolu mau inikini pule o benzathine penicillin G. Hōʻoia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ua kāpae loa ʻia ka bacteria mai nā pūnaewele hohonu.
Pono ka neurosyphilis i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika loa me ka penicillin intravenous i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka haukapila no 10-14 mau lā. ʻAe kēia i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka antibiotic e hiki i kou lolo a me kou kīhāpai kua.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻo o ka hapanui o nā kānaka i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, hiki ke mau pule a mau mahina paha no ka hoʻonā piha ʻana o nā hōʻailona a pau, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā ʻili a i ʻole nā ʻeha.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa kahi hopena manawa pōkole i kapa ʻia ʻo ka hopena Jarisch-Herxheimer i loko o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki ke komo pū me ka mahana, ka ʻōhule, ka ʻeha poʻo, a me ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo i ka pane ʻana o kou kino i nā bacteria e make ana. He mea maʻamau kēia mau hōʻailona a hoʻōla pinepine ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi lā.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana i ka syphilis, ʻo ia ka hahai pono ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka a kākoʻo i ke kaʻina hoʻōla o kou kino. Hoʻomau ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau i ka wā e mālama pono ai i ka syphilis.
Eia pehea e mālama ai iā ʻoe iho i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hopena Jarisch-Herxheimer, hiki i kēia mau ʻanuʻu ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou aku:
E hoʻomanaʻo e haʻi aku i nā hoa moekolohe hou a pau i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokolohua a mālama ʻia inā pono. Kōkua kēia e pale aku i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana a hoʻopau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka syphilis i kou kaiāulu.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike pololei loa a me ka mālama kūpono. He mea nui ka wehe a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo me kāu mea lawelawe ola no ka mālama pono, a e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe aia lākou e kōkua, ʻaʻole e hoʻohewa.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hōʻiliʻili i kēia ʻike koʻikoʻi:
E kākau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka, e like me:
Ke mākaukau, kōkua ia iā ʻoe e hana i ka hapa nui o kou manawa hālāwai a hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe e haʻalele me ka hoʻomaopopo maopopo i kāu ʻike a me kāu papahana mālama.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i ka syphilis, ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke ho'ōla piha ʻia me ka mālama antibiotic kūpono, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hana i nā pilikia nui inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole, he miliona o nā kānaka i lanakila maikaʻi i kēia maʻi me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ma o ka hoʻokolohua STI maʻamau ʻo ia kāu pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i nā pilikia. Inā he hana moekolohe ʻoe, ʻoi aku hoʻi me nā hoa he nui, pono e lilo ka hoʻokolohua maʻamau i ʻāpana o kāu mālama ola maʻamau e like me nā nānā makahiki.
Mai hoʻokuʻu i ka makaʻu a i ʻole ka hilahila e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama inā manaʻo ʻoe ua hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hōʻike ʻia. Loaʻa i nā mea lawelawe ola kino ka ʻike i ka mālama ʻana i nā STIs a ua kau ʻia lākou i ka hoʻōla ʻana iā ʻoe, ʻaʻole i ka hoʻohewa ʻana i kāu mau koho pilikino.
Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka mālama hahai, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e hana i ka hoʻōla piha a hoʻi i ke olakino moekolohe maʻamau. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hana koke i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona a i ʻole ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa hou i ka syphilis i nā manawa he nui i loko o kou ola. ʻAʻole ke pale aku ka loaʻa ʻana o ka syphilis iā ʻoe mai nā maʻi hou. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ke hoʻomau i ka hana palekana moe a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoʻokolohua maʻamau ma hope o ka mālama holomua. Pono kēlā me kēia maʻi hou i kāna papa hana mālama ponoʻī.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā hoʻokolohua koko syphilis ke ʻike i ka maʻi i loko o 3-6 mau pule ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi manawa ke lōʻihi a hiki i 3 mau mahina. ʻO kēia manawa ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kahi hoʻokolohua i kapa ʻia ʻo ka "manawa puka." Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i kēia manawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻokolohua hou i loko o kekahi mau pule inā he maikaʻi ʻole ka hoʻokolohua mua.
ʻAe, hiki ke pālahalaha ʻia ka syphilis ma o ka honi ʻana inā aia nā ʻeha syphilis (chancres) ma luna a puni paha o ka waha, nā lehelehe, a i ʻole ka alelo. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma o ka hoʻopili genital. Pono ka bacteria i ka hoʻopili pololei me nā ʻeha maʻi e pālahalaha, no laila ʻo ka honi maʻamau me kekahi i loaʻa iā ia ka syphilis akā ʻaʻohe ʻeha waha e hōʻike i ka pilikia iki.
ʻAe, ua palekana ke hapai keiki ma hope o ka mālama holomua ʻana i ka syphilis. Makemake kāu kauka e hōʻoia i ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana ma o nā hoʻokolohua koko hahai ma mua o kou ho'āʻo ʻana e hāpai. Ke ho'ōla ʻia ʻoe, ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ka syphilis i kou hiki ke hāpai a i ʻole kou hiki ke loaʻa i kahi hapai keiki olakino. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hana palekana moe e pale aku i ka maʻi hou.
He mea maʻamau ʻole ka nele o ka mālama ʻana i ka syphilis, akā hiki ke hana i kekahi manawa. Inā ʻaʻole hōʻike nā hoʻokolohua koko i ka holomua ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kahi lāʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā mea nui hou aʻe. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka mea e like me ka nele o ka mālama ʻana, ʻo ia ka maʻi hou mai kahi hoa pili ʻole i mālama ʻia, ʻo ia ke kumu e nui ai ka mālama ʻana i ka hoa.
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