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ʻO ka trichomoniasis kahi maʻi maʻamau i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka moekolohe (STI) i hana ʻia e kahi mea kanu liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Trichomonas vaginalis. Hoʻopili kēia maʻi i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo hopohopo inā ʻoe e heluhelu e pili ana i kēia kūlana, akā hiki i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kou olakino. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o ka trichomoniasis ma mua o kou manaʻo, a ʻike pinepine nā limahana olakino a mālama iā ia me nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
Hana ʻia ka trichomoniasis i ka wā e komo ai kahi mea kanu microscopic i kapa ʻia ʻo Trichomonas vaginalis i loko o kou kino ma ka moekolohe. Hoʻomau kēia mea ola liʻiliʻi i nā wahi mahana a me ka pulu a hiki ke noho i loko o kou mau wahi mimi a me nā genital.
ʻOkoʻa ka mea kanu mai nā bacteria a i ʻole nā virus e hoʻokumu ai i nā STIs ʻē aʻe. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he mea ola hoʻokahi-cell e hiki ke neʻe iā ia iho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano lauoho liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo flagella.
ʻO ka mea e hana ai i kēia kūlana he mea paʻakikī loa, ʻaʻole ʻike ka nui o nā kānaka i loaʻa iā lākou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka maʻi no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki me ka ʻike ʻole, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ka hoʻokolokolo STI maʻamau no nā kānaka moekolohe.
Ma kahi o 70% o nā kānaka me ka trichomoniasis ʻaʻole ʻike i kekahi hōʻailona. I ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona, ʻike pinepine ʻia lākou i loko o 5 a 28 mau lā ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia, ʻoiai paha kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole ʻike iā lākou no ka manawa lōʻihi.
No nā wāhine, ʻo nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa e komo pū me:
ʻIke pinepine nā kāne i nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi, akā i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai, hiki iā lākou ke komo pū me:
E hoʻomanaʻo he like kēia mau hōʻailona me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, no laila he mea nui ke ʻike i kahi mea mālama olakino no ka hoʻokolokolo kūpono ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e hoʻoholo iā ʻoe iho.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka trichomoniasis ma o ka moekolohe me kekahi i loaʻa ka maʻi. Hoʻoili ʻia ka mea kanu mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka ma o ka pā ʻana o nā genital, ka moekolohe vaginal, ka moekolohe anal, a i ʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea pāʻani moekolohe.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu i ka trichomoniasis mai nā noho halepaku, nā wai ʻauʻau, a i ʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā kāwele. Pono ka mea kanu i ka hoʻopili pololei me nā wahi genital i hoʻopilikia ʻia e hoʻolaha mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka trichomoniasis ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o kāu hoa. He nui nā kānaka e lawe i ka maʻi me ka ʻike ʻole, ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻolaha maʻalahi ai ka maʻi.
Hiki i ka mea kanu ke ola ma waho o ke kino no ka manawa pōkole i nā kūlana pulu, akā he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia e alakaʻi ai i ka maʻi. ʻO ka moekolohe ke ala nui e hoʻolaha ai ka trichomoniasis.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole i kou wahi genital, ʻoiai nā loli i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ka ʻūlū mau, a i ʻole ka ʻeha i ka wā e mimi ai. ʻOiai inā he mālie nā hōʻailona, he mea kūpono ke nānā ʻia.
He mea nui hoʻi ke hoʻokolokolo inā ua ʻike ʻia kāu hoa moekolohe me ka trichomoniasis, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e manaʻo maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me kēia maʻi.
Mai kali inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻeha pelvic ikaika, ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, a i ʻole ke kahe koko nui maʻamau ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole kēia nā hōʻailona trichomoniasis maʻamau, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i nā pilikia a i ʻole nā kūlana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka nānā koke.
Paipai ʻia ka nānā STI maʻamau no nā kānaka moekolohe, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoa moekolohe he nui a i ʻole ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻohana mau i ka pale i ka wā moekolohe.
Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i kāu mau mea pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo akamai e pili ana i kou olakino moekolohe. ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoa moekolohe he nui a i ʻole ka moekolohe ʻana me kekahi i loaʻa nā hoa moekolohe he nui.
ʻO nā mea pilikia maʻamau e komo pū me:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā wāhine ma mua o nā kāne, ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻoili ʻana o ka maʻi mai nā kāne i nā wāhine i ka wā moekolohe. Loaʻa pū kekahi kuleana o ka makahiki, me nā wāhine kahiko i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā wāhine ʻōpio.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi mea pilikia e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka trichomoniasis, akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kamaʻilio pololei me kāu mea mālama olakino e pili ana i ka hoʻokolokolo a me ka pale ʻana.
ʻOiai hiki ke mālama maʻalahi ʻia ka trichomoniasis, hiki i ka waiho ʻole ʻana ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino he nui. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, pale ka lapaʻau kūpono i kēia mau pilikia āpau.
No nā wāhine, hiki i ka trichomoniasis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻokumu i:
Hiki i nā kāne me ka trichomoniasis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻomohala i:
Hiki i kēia mau pilikia ke kani weliweli, akā e hoʻomanaʻo ua pale loa ʻia lākou me ka lapaʻau kūpono. ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i mālama ʻia no ka trichomoniasis i kekahi pilikia.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i ka trichomoniasis, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana pono a mau loa i nā condoms latex i ka wā moekolohe āpau. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hāʻawi nā condom i ka palekana 100%, hoʻemi nui lākou i kou pilikia.
ʻO ka palena ʻana i ka nui o kāu mau hoa moekolohe e hoʻemi pū ana i kou pilikia. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoa liʻiliʻi he mau manawa liʻiliʻi no ka hōʻike ʻia i ka maʻi.
He mea nui ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu mau hoa moekolohe e pili ana i ka hoʻokolokolo STI a me ka mōʻaukala olakino moekolohe. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i kēia mau kamaʻilio - he ʻāpana maʻamau lākou o ka hana moekolohe kuleana.
Ke kōkua nei ka loaʻa ʻana o nā nānā STI maʻamau e hopu i nā maʻi i ka wā mua, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe ou hōʻailona. Pale kēia iā ʻoe a me kāu mau hoa mai nā pilikia a me ka hoʻolaha hou aku.
Inā ʻike ʻia ʻoe me ka trichomoniasis, e pale i ka moekolohe a hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu hoa (mau) ke hoʻopau i ka lapaʻau a hoʻōla ʻia. Pale kēia i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana a hoʻopau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka trichomoniasis e komo pū ana i nā hoʻokolokolo maʻalahi e hiki i kāu mea mālama olakino ke hana i ka wā kipa maʻamau. He pololei ke kaʻina hana a hāʻawi pinepine i nā hopena wikiwiki.
No nā wāhine, e ʻohi pinepine kāu kauka i kahi laʻana o ka wai vaginal i ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo pelvic. A laila e nānā ʻia kēia laʻana ma lalo o ka microscope a i ʻole e hoʻouna ʻia i kahi hale hana no ka hoʻokolokolo kikoʻī hou aku.
Hiki i nā kāne ke hāʻawi i kahi laʻana mimi a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i kahi swab mai ka urethra (ka tube e lawe ai i ka mimi mai ke kino). ʻAʻole ʻeha pinepine kēia mau hoʻokolokolo, ʻoiai paha ka swab urethral e hiki ke hana i ka ʻeha pōkole.
He pololei loa nā ʻano hoʻokolokolo hou a hiki ke ʻike i ka mea kanu ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona. Hiki i kekahi mau hoʻokolokolo hou ke hāʻawi i nā hopena i loko o nā hola, ʻoiai paha kekahi mau lā.
Hiki i kāu mea mālama olakino ke hoʻokolokolo pū no nā STIs ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like, ʻoiai ke hoʻonui nei ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi maʻi i kou pilikia no nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia ka trichomoniasis me nā lāʻau antibiotic. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia ʻo metronidazole (Flagyl) a i ʻole tinidazole (Tindamax), ʻelua ikaika loa e kūʻē i ka mea kanu.
ʻO ka lapaʻau maʻamau e komo pū ana me ka lawe ʻana i hoʻokahi nui o ka lāʻau a i ʻole nā mea liʻiliʻi ma luna o kekahi mau lā. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama olakino i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau.
He mea nui e loaʻa i nā hoa moekolohe āpau ka lapaʻau i ka manawa like, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe o lākou hōʻailona. Pale kēia i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana a hoʻopau i ka pōʻaiapuni o ka hoʻoili ʻana ma waena o nā hoa.
Pono ʻoe e pale aku i ka waiʻona āpau i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia mau lāʻau a no ka liʻiliʻi o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka lapaʻau. Hiki i ka hui ʻana o ka waiʻona me kēia mau lāʻau antibiotic ke hoʻokumu i ka nausea ikaika, ka luaʻi, a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe.
Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau, akā he mea nui ke lawe i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o ka lāʻau e like me ka kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā nalowale koke nā hōʻailona.
I ka wā e mālama ana ʻoe i ka trichomoniasis, e pale i ka moekolohe āpau a hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu hoa (mau) ke hoʻopau i ka lapaʻau a hoʻōla ʻia. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ia ka kali ʻana ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāu lāʻau.
E noho wai maikaʻi a loaʻa ka nui o ka hoʻomaha e kōkua i kou kino e hakakā i ka maʻi. Hiki i ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai kaulike me ka nui o nā hua a me nā mea kanu ke kākoʻo pū i kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka wā hoʻōla.
E mālama i ka wahi genital maʻemaʻe a maloʻo, akā e pale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kopa ʻino, nā douches, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe wahine e hiki ke huhū i nā pūnaewele i maʻalahi loa. ʻO ka kopa māmā, ʻaʻohe ʻala a me ka wai ka mea maʻamau.
E komo i nā lole lole pulupulu a me nā lole palalā e hoʻemi i ka pulu a me ka huhū i ka wahi genital. Hiki kēia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻo ʻoluʻolu aʻe i ka wā e hoʻōla ai kou kino.
E lawe i kāu lāʻau e like me ka kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka e manaʻo maikaʻi koke. Hiki i ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lapaʻau mua ke alakaʻi i ka holomua ʻole o ka lapaʻau a me ke kū'ē antibiotic.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i lalo i nā hōʻailona āu i ʻike ai, e komo pū ana i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa. E kūpaʻa a kikoʻī - kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hana i kahi ʻike pololei.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, e komo pū ana i nā lāʻau over-the-counter, nā mea hoʻohui, a me ka hānau ʻana. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ke launa pū me nā lapaʻau trichomoniasis.
E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala moekolohe, e komo pū ana i ka nui o nā hoa hou a me ka wā i loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka moekolohe hope loa. ʻOiai hiki i kēia ke manaʻo ʻoluʻolu ʻole e kūkākūkā, he ʻike lapaʻau nui ia.
E kākau i lalo i nā nīnau āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i ke kūlana, ka lapaʻau, a i ʻole ka pale ʻana. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka nīnau nui loa - makemake kāu mea mālama olakino e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou olakino.
Inā hiki, e pale i ka douching, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau vaginal, a i ʻole ka moekolohe no 24 mau hola ma mua o kāu hālāwai, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i nā hopena hoʻokolokolo.
ʻO ka trichomoniasis kahi STI maʻamau, hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia e hoʻopilikia ana i nā miliona o nā kānaka. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole a me nā pilikia koʻikoʻi inā waiho ʻole ʻia, hiki i ka lāʻau kūpono ke hoʻopau koke a maikaʻi i ka maʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole hōʻike ka loaʻa ʻana o ka trichomoniasis i kou ʻano a i ʻole kou waiwai ma ke ʻano he kanaka. ʻO nā STIs nā kūlana lapaʻau e hiki ke hana i kekahi kanaka moekolohe, me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki, ka wahine, a i ʻole ke kumu.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i ka condom a me ka hoʻokolokolo maʻamau kou pale maikaʻi loa, akā inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka trichomoniasis, e hoʻi koke mai ka lapaʻau i kou olakino piha. Mai ʻae i ka hilahila a i ʻole ka makaʻu e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama āu e pono ai.
He mea nui ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu mea mālama olakino a me nā hoa moekolohe no kou olakino moekolohe a me ka maikaʻi. E hoʻomanaʻo aia nā limahana olakino e kōkua, ʻaʻole e hoʻohewa, a ua ʻike a mālama lākou i kēia mau kūlana i nā manawa he nui ma mua.
Hoʻolaha nui ʻia ka trichomoniasis ma o ka hoʻopili genital-to-genital, no laila he pilikia haʻahaʻa ka moekolohe waha ma mua o ka moekolohe vaginal a i ʻole anal. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia ma o ka moekolohe waha, ʻoiai inā loaʻa ka hoʻopili ma waena o ka waha a me nā wahi genital i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale pale e like me nā condom a i ʻole nā dental dams i ka wā moekolohe waha ke hoʻemi i kēia pilikia.
I ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona, ʻike pinepine ʻia lākou i loko o 5 a 28 mau lā ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia i ka mea kanu. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ma kahi o 70% o nā kānaka i hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻaʻole loa e hoʻomohala i nā hōʻailona. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ka hoʻokolokolo STI maʻamau no nā kānaka moekolohe.
ʻAʻole hoʻi mai ka trichomoniasis iā ia iho ma hope o ka lapaʻau holomua - pono ʻoe e hōʻike ʻia i ka mea kanu hou e loaʻa hou. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻopili hou ʻia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka moekolohe me kekahi i loaʻa ka trichomoniasis, e komo pū ana me ka hoa i mālama ʻole ʻia i ka manawa like me ʻoe. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai nā hoa moekolohe āpau e loaʻa ka lapaʻau i ka manawa like.
Hiki i ka trichomoniasis i mālama ʻole ʻia i ka wā hāpai ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka hānau mua, ka kaumaha hānau haʻahaʻa, a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, hiki ke mālama palekana ʻia ka maʻi i ka wā hāpai me nā lāʻau antibiotic kūpono ʻaʻole e hōʻino i ka pēpē e ulu ana. Inā ʻoe e hāpai ana a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka trichomoniasis, e koho kāu mea mālama olakino i ke koho lapaʻau palekana loa no ʻoe a me kāu pēpē.
He maikaʻi loa ka lapaʻau no ka trichomoniasis i ka wā e lawe ʻia ai e like me ka kuhikuhi ʻia. ʻO ka helu hoʻōla ma kahi o 95-97% me ka lapaʻau antibiotic kūpono. ʻO ka hapa liʻiliʻi o nā holomua ʻole o ka lapaʻau maʻamau e hana ʻia i ka wā ʻaʻole i hoʻopau nā kānaka i kā lākou papa lāʻau holoʻokoʻa, loaʻa hou i ka hoa i mālama ʻole ʻia, a i ʻole loaʻa kahi ʻano mea kanu antibiotic-resistant maʻamau ʻole.
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