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ʻO ka trichinosis kahi maʻi parasitic e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe mai ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo ʻaʻole i kuke pono ʻia a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo maka e loaʻa ana nā ilo liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Trichinella. Noho kēia mau parasites microscopic i loko o ka ʻiʻo o nā ʻiʻo a hiki ke hana iā ʻoe i ka maʻi inā komo lākou i kou kino.
ʻOiai paha ke kani nui kēia, he mea maʻamau ʻole ka trichinosis ma nā ʻāina holomua ma muli o nā rula palekana meaʻai. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hihia ke ʻai nā kānaka i nā mea hihiu hihiu e like me ka bea, walrus, a i ʻole nā huahana puaʻa i hana ʻia i ka home ʻaʻole i kuke pono ʻia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia a mālama ʻia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā hōʻailona o ka trichinosis ma nā ʻanuʻu, pinepine e hoʻomaka ana me nā pilikia digestive i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo haumia. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi mea i ka wā mua, akā e ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona ma ke ʻano he neʻe nā parasites ma kou kino.
ʻO nā hōʻailona mua e like me ka maʻi ʻōpū a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai. Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai i ka hebedoma mua:
I ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi i ka hebedoma ʻelua, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui. Hana ʻia kēia ke hoʻomaka nā parasites e neʻe i loko o kou ʻiʻo:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā maʻi nui ke hoʻopilikia i kou naʻau, nā māmā, a i ʻole ka lolo. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi inā ʻoe i ʻai i ka ʻiʻo haumia nui a i ʻole he ʻōnaehana palekana nāwaliwali.
Hana ʻia ka trichinosis ke ʻai ʻoe i ka ʻiʻo i hoʻopili ʻia me nā larvae Trichinella, ʻo ia nā ilo pēpē liʻiliʻi loa ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike. ʻO ke kumu maʻamau ka puaʻa ʻaʻole i kuke pono ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā holoholona hihiu e lawe i kēia mau parasites i kēia lā.
Eia pehea ʻoe e loaʻa ai ka maʻi:
ʻOi aku ka palekana o ka puaʻa kālepa ma nā ʻāina holomua i kēia manawa ma muli o nā rula hānai koʻikoʻi. ʻAʻole hiki hou ke hānai ʻia nā puaʻa i nā ʻōpala ʻiʻo maka, kahi i hoʻemi nui ai i ka nui o ka maʻi. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā holoholona hihiu a me nā puaʻa i hānai ʻia ma nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi ke lawe mau i nā parasites.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka trichinosis mai ke kanaka ʻē aʻe. Hoʻolaha wale ʻia ka maʻi ma o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo haumia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau pule ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo ʻaʻole i kuke pono ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā mea hihiu hihiu a i ʻole ka puaʻa mai nā kumu ʻaʻole maopopo. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama mua ma mua o ka kali ʻana.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo nui, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama koke.
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pehu o ka maka, nā poʻo nui, a i ʻole nā palpitations naʻau. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole, hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻailona i nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama pilikia.
Hoʻōla ka hapanui o nā kānaka mai ka trichinosis me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka mālama pono. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e hoʻopilikia ana i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou kino.
Eia nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana i nā kānaka me nā maʻi nui a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana palekana nāwaliwali. ʻO ka hapanui o nā mākua olakino e ʻike i ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo a me ka luhi e hoʻomaikaʻi mālie ana i loko o kekahi mau pule a mahina paha.
He mea maʻalahi ka pale ʻana i ka trichinosis a aia ma kou mana. ʻO ke kī ka kuke pono ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka puaʻa a me nā mea hihiu hihiu.
Eia pehea e pale ai iā ʻoe iho a me kou ʻohana:
ʻAʻole hana ka hoʻoilo ʻana no nā ʻano Trichinella a pau, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā mea i loaʻa i nā mea hihiu hihiu mai nā ʻāina arctic. ʻO ke kuke ʻana ka palekana maikaʻi loa. Ke kānalua, e kuke pono i ka ʻiʻo a hiki i ka ʻole o ka ʻulaʻula i loko.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka trichinosis no ka mea e like nā hōʻailona mua me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe. E hoʻomaka kāu kauka ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hana ʻai hou a me nā hōʻailona āu i ʻike ai.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua koko ke ala nui e hōʻoia ai i ka trichinosis. E ʻimi kāu kauka i nā antibodies i hana ʻia e kou ʻōnaehana palekana e hakakā i nā parasites. Eia naʻe, pono ka manawa e hoʻomohala ai kēia mau antibodies, no laila ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike ka hoʻokolohua mua i ka maʻi.
Nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e kauoha paha kāu kauka:
He mea nui ka manawa o ka hoʻokolohua. ʻOi aku ka pololei o nā hoʻokolohua koko 3-4 mau pule ma hope o ka maʻi ke kiʻekiʻe loa nā pae antibody. Pono paha kāu kauka e hana hou i nā hoʻokolohua inā maikaʻi ʻole nā hualoaʻa mua akā mau nā hōʻailona.
Aia ka lapaʻau no ka trichinosis ma ka nui o kou maʻi a me ka lōʻihi o kou loaʻa ʻana i nā hōʻailona. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama mua, akā hiki i ka mālama hope ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia.
E kuhikuhi paha kāu kauka i nā lāʻau antiparasitic e pepehi i nā ilo. ʻO nā lāʻau maʻamau loa ʻo albendazole a i ʻole mebendazole, kahi āu e lawe ai no kekahi mau lā a pule paha. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻomaka ʻia i ka wā mua o ka maʻi.
No ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i nā hōʻailona, hiki paha i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e hoʻopilikia ana i kou naʻau a i ʻole ka hanu, pono paha ʻoe i ka mālama haukapila. Hiki i ka hapanui o nā kānaka ke hoʻōla ma ka home me ka lāʻau kūpono a me ka hoʻomaha.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka mālama lapaʻau, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻōla a hoʻokele i nā hōʻailona me ka ʻoluʻolu.
He mea nui ka hoʻomaha i ka wā hoʻōla. Ke hana nui nei kou kino e hakakā i ka maʻi, no laila mai hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe iho e mālama i nā hana maʻamau. E lawe i ka manawa mai ka hana a i ʻole ke kula inā pono, a e hoʻolohe i ka mea e haʻi mai nei kou kino iā ʻoe.
E noho wai maikaʻi ma o ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mahana a i ʻole ka diarrhea. Hiki i nā meaʻai palupalu, maʻalahi ke ʻai ke kōkua inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i ka nausea a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻōpū.
No ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo a me ka paʻakikī, e ho'āʻo:
E nānā i kāu mau hōʻailona a e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hou e ulu mai. Hiki ke lawe i kekahi mau pule ka hoʻōla, no laila e hoʻomanawanui i ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa kauka e hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa a me ka hōʻoia pololei. E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā hana hou ma mua o kāu hālāwai.
E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai a pehea lākou i loli ai. E kūikawā e pili ana i ka manawa a me ka nui o kēlā me kēia hōʻailona. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ka holomua o kou maʻi.
E hoʻomākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu meaʻai hou, ʻoi aku hoʻi kekahi ʻiʻo āu i ʻai ai i ka mahina i hala. E komo i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i:
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei a me kāu moʻolelo lapaʻau. Mai poina e haʻi i kekahi huakaʻi hou a i ʻole nā hana ma waho e pili ana paha.
ʻO ka trichinosis kahi maʻi hiki ke pale ʻia e hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku ma o ke kuke pono ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka puaʻa a me nā mea hihiu hihiu. ʻOiai hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i kekahi manawa koʻikoʻi, hoʻōla ka hapanui o nā kānaka me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka pale ʻana aia ma kou mau lima. E kuke mau i ka ʻiʻo i nā mahana palekana, e hoʻohana i ka thermometer ʻiʻo, a e makaʻala nui i nā mea hihiu hihiu a me nā huahana ʻiʻo i hana ʻia i ka home.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo haumia, mai kānalua e ʻike i kāu kauka. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama mua a hiki ke pale i nā pilikia. Me ka mālama pono a me ka pale ʻana, ʻaʻole pono ka trichinosis he mea hopohopo i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka trichinosis mai ka ʻiʻo i kuke pono ʻia. Ke kuke ʻia ka ʻiʻo i ka mahana kūloko o 160°F (71°C) e pepehi i nā parasites Trichinella a pau. Loaʻa wale ka maʻi ke ʻai ʻoe i ka ʻiʻo maka a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo ʻaʻole i kuke pono ʻia e loaʻa ana nā parasites ola.
Hoʻololi ka manawa hoʻōla ma muli o ka nui o kou maʻi. Hiki ke hoʻonā ʻia nā hihia māmā i loko o kekahi mau pule, ʻoiai hiki i nā maʻi ʻoi aku ka nui ke lawe i kekahi mau mahina no ka hoʻōla piha. ʻO ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo a me ka luhi pinepine nā hōʻailona hope loa e nalowale, i kekahi manawa e mau ana no 2-6 mau mahina.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻolaha ʻia ka trichinosis ma waena o nā kānaka. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa wale ka maʻi ma o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo haumia. Pono nā parasites e hoʻopau i kā lākou ola i loko o ka ʻiʻo o nā ʻiʻo, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolaha ma o ka hoʻopili maʻamau, ka ʻūhā, a i ʻole nā hoʻolaha kanaka-a-kanaka ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i ka hoʻoilo ʻana ke pepehi i kekahi mau ʻano o nā parasites Trichinella, akā ʻaʻole nā mea a pau. Hiki i ka hoʻoilo ʻana i ka home maʻamau ma 5°F (-15°C) no ʻekolu pule ke pepehi i nā parasites i loaʻa pinepine ʻia i ka puaʻa. Eia naʻe, he mea kūpaʻa kekahi mau ʻano Arctic i loaʻa i nā mea hihiu hihiu, no laila ʻo ke kuke ʻana ke ala palekana hilinaʻi loa.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka trichinosis ma nā ʻanuʻu a hana i ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo a me ka pehu o ka maka ʻaʻole i hana ʻia e nā maʻi meaʻai ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai e like nā hōʻailona mua me ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai, ʻo ka holomua ʻana i nā hōʻailona o nā ʻiʻo a me ka manawa o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻailona e kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka trichinosis mai nā maʻi bacterial e like me ka salmonella a i ʻole E. coli.
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