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ʻO ka vaginitis ka mumū ʻana a i ʻole ka huhū ʻana o ka pepeiao wahine e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ka hoʻokahe wai, a me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia ai. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu maʻamau loa e hele ai nā wāhine i kā lākou poʻe lawelawe ola, e hoʻopilikia ana i nā miliona o nā wāhine i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻAʻole ia he mea e hilahila ai. Loaʻa i kāu pepeiao wahine kahi kaulike maikaʻi o nā bacteria a me ka hū e hiki ke maʻalahi ke hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā mea maʻamau e like me ke kaumaha, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i kāu hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka vaginitis ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kekahi kūlana e hoʻoulu ai i kou pepeiao wahine e mumū, huhū, a i ʻole maʻi. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he ala o kou pepeiao wahine e hōʻike ai ua hoʻopilikia kekahi mea i kona kaulike maikaʻi maoli.
Mālama mau kāu pepeiao wahine i kahi ʻano ʻawaʻawa iki me nā bacteria maikaʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo lactobacilli. Kōkua kēia mau bacteria maikaʻi e mālama i nā mea ola ʻino. Ke hoʻopilikia ʻia kēia kaulike, hiki ke ulu nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Hiki i ke kūlana ke hoʻopilikia i nā wāhine o nā makahiki a pau, mai nā kaikamāhine ʻōpio a hiki i nā wāhine ma hope o ka menopause. Hiki i kēlā me kēia hui makahiki ke ʻike i nā mea hoʻoulu a me nā ʻano vaginitis ma muli o nā hoʻololi hormonal a me nā kumu nohona.
Aia kekahi mau ʻano like ʻole o ka vaginitis, kēlā me kēia me kāna kumu a me nā ʻano kūikawā. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono.
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) e hana ana ke ulu nui nā bacteria ʻino a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā bacteria maikaʻi i loko o kou pepeiao wahine. Hana kēia i kahi kaulike ʻole e alakaʻi ai i kahi hoʻokahe wai lahilahi, hina a keʻokeʻo paha me kahi ʻala ikaika, iʻa e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma hope o ka moe kolo.
Nā Maʻi Hū e hana ana ke ulu nui ka fungus i kapa ʻia ʻo Candida i loko o kou pepeiao wahine. E ʻike maʻamau ʻoe i ka hoʻokahe wai mānoanoa, keʻokeʻo, e like me ka tī keke me ka ʻūhā ikaika a me nā manaʻo puhi.
Trichomoniasis i hana ʻia e kahi parasite liʻiliʻi a ua manaʻo ʻia he maʻi moekolohe i hoʻolaha ʻia. Hoʻopuka pinepine ia i kahi wai hoʻokahe ʻōpala, melemele-ʻōmaʻomaʻo me kahi ʻala ikaika, a me ka ʻūhū a me ka ʻeha i ka wā e mimi ai.
Atrophic Vaginitis e ulu ana i ka wā e emi ai ka nui o ka estrogen, maʻamau i ka wā o ka menopause a i ʻole ka hānai ʻana. E lilo nā paia o ka pepeiao wahine i lahilahi a maloʻo, e alakaʻi ana i ka huhū a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Noninfectious Vaginitis e hopena mai ka huhū i hana ʻia e nā kopa, nā mea holoi, nā mea hoʻomaʻalili lole, a i ʻole nā kemika ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole pili kēia i nā bacteria, yeast, a i ʻole nā parasite.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona o ka Vaginitis ke ʻokoʻa ma muli o ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū, akā aia kekahi mau hōʻailona maʻamau e hoʻohana ai kou kino e hōʻike mai aia kekahi mea pono e nānā ʻia. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke ulu mālie a i ʻole e puka koke mai.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke kekahi mau wahine i ka ʻoi aku o ko lākou mau hōʻailona ma mua o ko lākou manawa menstrual a ma hope paha o ka hana moekolohe. Hiki i ka ikaika ke hele mai ka huhū iki a i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole nui e hoʻopilikia i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.
I nā hihia ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻeha nui o ka pelvis, ke kuni, a i ʻole kahe koko nui. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama olakino koke.
E ulu ana ka Vaginitis i ka wā e hoʻopilikia ai kekahi mea i ke kaulike kūlohelohe i loko o kou pepeiao wahine, e ʻae ana i nā mea ola ʻino e hoʻonui a i ʻole e hoʻoulu pololei.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau loa:
Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ma mua o nā antibiotics ke hoʻoulu pū i ka vaginitis. Hiki i nā steroids a me nā pīni hānau ke hoʻololi i kou mau pae hormonal, ʻoiai hiki i nā lāʻau chemotherapy ke hoʻonāwaliwali i ka mana o kou ʻōnaehana pale kino e mālama i ke olakino vaginal.
ʻAʻole pinepine, nā kūlana autoimmune, nā maʻi ʻeha i nā condoms latex, a i ʻole nā maʻi genetic maʻamau paha e hiki ke hoʻopili i ka vaginitis e hoʻi hou mai ana. Hoʻomohala kekahi mau wahine i ka maʻi ʻeha i nā meaʻai kikoʻī a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonāukiuki kaiapuni e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona vaginal no ka manawa mua a i ʻole inā koʻikoʻi a mau loa paha kāu mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona hopohopo:
Mai kānalua e kāhea i kāu kauka inā ua ho'āʻo ʻoe i nā mālama over-the-counter me ka ʻole o ka holomua. Hiki i ka self-diagnosing ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mālama pono ʻole, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻoino i nā hōʻailona a i ʻole e hūnā i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi aʻe.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻeha ikaika, kahe koko nui, a i ʻole ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama koke.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka vaginitis ma o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i nā ʻano pale maoli o kou ʻōpū. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kāu mau kumu pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana pale.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
He kuleana ko kou makahiki i kāu pae pilikia. Loaʻa i nā kaikamahine ʻōpio ma mua o ka puberty a me nā wāhine ma hope o ka menopause nā pae estrogen haʻahaʻa, ka mea hiki ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi i nā pūnaewele vaginal i ka huhū a me ka maʻi.
ʻO kekahi mau kumu pilikia liʻiliʻi e komo pū ana ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino, ka ʻike ʻana i ke kaumaha mau loa, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi moʻolelo o nā maʻi i hoʻoili ʻia ma o ka moekolohe. Hiki i nā wāhine puhipaka e loaʻa pū kekahi mau ʻano o ka vaginitis kiʻekiʻe.
ʻOiai hiki ke mālama maʻalahi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka vaginitis a ʻaʻole e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia nui, hiki i ka waiho ʻana i ke kūlana me ka mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mahalo i ke kumu e pono ai ka mālama koke.
Hiki i nā pilikia hiki ke komo pū ana:
ʻO nā wāhine hāpai me ka vaginitis i mālama ʻole ʻia he mau pilikia hou aʻe kā lākou. ʻO ka bacterial vaginosis, ma ke ʻano kūikawā, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka manawa o ka haki mua ʻana o nā membrane a i ʻole ka hānau mua ʻana.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka vaginitis koʻikoʻi a mau loa paha ke hōʻike i nā kūlana maʻi e like me ka maʻi diabetes, nā maʻi ʻōnaehana pale kino, a i ʻole nā kūlike hormonal e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau. Hoʻomohala kekahi mau wāhine i ka vulvodynia mau loa, kahi kūlana e hōʻeha mau ana i ka vulva ʻoiai ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka maʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kekahi mau hana kūpono e mālama i kou olakino vaginal a hoʻemi i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka vaginitis. Ke nānā nei kēia mau hana pale i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻano pale kūlohelohe o kou kino.
ʻO nā ʻano pale maikaʻi e komo pū me:
I ka lawe ʻana i nā antibiotics, e noʻonoʻo e ʻai i ka yogurt me nā moʻomeheu ola a i ʻole e lawe i nā probiotics e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā bacteria vaginal olakino. E hoʻopau mau i kāu papa holoʻokoʻa o nā antibiotics e like me ke kauoha ʻia, ʻoiai inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kou manaʻo.
I ka wā o kou manawa menstrual, e hoʻololi pinepine i nā tampons a me nā pads. Loaʻa i kekahi mau wāhine ka huhū o ko lākou ʻili i kekahi mau huahana, no laila e makaʻala i ka mea e hana maikaʻi loa no kou kino a e hoʻololi inā pono.
E hōʻike ana kāu mea lawelawe olakino i ka vaginitis ma o ka hui pū ʻana o ka kūkākūkā ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona, ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻokolokolo kino, a me ka holo ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau. Ke hōʻoia nei kēia ala kikoʻī e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻailona a me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka hana ʻike maʻamau, ʻo ia ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, moʻolelo moekolohe, a me nā loli hou i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke ola. Pono kāu kauka i kēia ʻike e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hiki ke kumu o kāu ʻeha.
I ka wā o ka nānā kino, e nānā kāu mea lawelawe i kou vulva a me ka vagina, e ʻimi ana i nā hōʻailona o ka mumū, ka hoʻokuʻu maʻamau ʻole, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia nānā maʻamau he wikiwiki a ʻaʻole pono e ʻoluʻolu loa.
Kōkua nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau e ʻike i ke kumu kūikawā o kāu vaginitis. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hōʻiliʻili i kahi laʻana o ka hoʻokuʻu vaginal e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope a i ʻole e hoʻouna i kahi lapaʻau no ka moʻomeheu bacteria. Hiki i kahi hoʻokolohua pH ke hāʻawi pū i ka ʻike kōkua e pili ana i ke kaiapuni vaginal.
I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha nā hoʻokolohua hou inā ʻaʻole maopopo nā hopena mua a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi hou. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū i nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i ka maʻi diabetes a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e hiki ke kumu i kāu mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka vaginitis e hilinaʻi ana i ka mea e kumu ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka pane maikaʻi ʻana o ka hapa nui o nā ʻano i ka lāʻau kūpono. E koho kāu mea lawelawe olakino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa ma muli o kāu ʻike kūikawā.
No ka bacterial vaginosis, maʻamau nā kauka e kuhikuhi i nā antibiotics e like me metronidazole a i ʻole clindamycin. Loaʻa kēia i ka ʻano waha a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he mau gel a i ʻole nā kila vaginal āu e hoʻopili pololei ai i ka wahi i pilikia.
ʻO nā maʻi yeast maʻamau e pane i nā lāʻau antifungal e like me fluconazole (lawe ʻia ma ka waha) a i ʻole nā lāʻau topical e like me miconazole a i ʻole clotrimazole. Loaʻa nā koho over-the-counter, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hōʻoia ʻana i kāu ʻike me kahi mea lawelawe olakino ma mua.
Pono ka trichomoniasis i nā antibiotics kuhikuhi, maʻamau metronidazole a i ʻole tinidazole. Pono nō hoʻi kāu hoa moekolohe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pale aku i ka maʻi hou, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe o lākou hōʻailona.
Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine ka vaginitis atrophic me ka lāʻau estrogen, hiki ke hoʻopili kūloko ma ke ʻano he kirimu, apo, a i ʻole papa. Kōkua kēia e hoʻihoʻi i ka mānoanoa o ka ʻili vaginal a me ka wai kūlohelohe.
No ka vaginitis ʻaʻole maʻi, ʻo ka lāʻau nui ka ʻike ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i ka mea hoʻonāukiuki. Hiki paha i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lāʻau hoʻoluʻolu e kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana o kou mau pūnaewele.
ʻOiai ʻoe e loaʻa ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka vaginitis, hiki i kekahi mau hana mālama home ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo i kou ola hou ʻana. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ala me ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono, ʻaʻole ma kahi o ia mea.
ʻO nā ana hōʻoluʻolu hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo:
E noho wai ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui, hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i kāu mimi a hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka ʻeha o ka mimi ʻana. Loaʻa i kekahi mau wahine ka pale ʻana i ka caffeine, ka waiʻona, a me nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa e kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka huhū.
Hiki i nā probiotics, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui a i ʻole ma o nā meaʻai e like me ka yogurt maʻemaʻe, ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke kaulike o nā bacteria olakino. Eia naʻe, mai hilinaʻi wale i kēia mau mea no ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E kūʻē i ka makemake e kāwili, ʻoiai inā nui ka ʻū, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka huhū a hoʻokomo paha i nā bacteria hou. Inā nui ka ʻū, e kamaʻilio me kāu mea lawelawe ola kino e pili ana i nā koho palekana no ka hoʻomaha.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu hālāwai e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻailona pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka kipa ʻana a me ka hua maikaʻi no ʻoe a me kāu mea lawelawe ola kino.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pehea lākou e manaʻo ai, a me nā mea āpau e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻoi aku paha ka ʻino. E hoʻomaopopo i nā loli i kāu kahe ʻana, me ke kala, ke ʻala, a me ke ʻano.
E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāu moʻolelo lapaʻau hou, me nā lāʻau ʻalopelo a i ʻole nā lāʻau hou āu i lawe ai, nā loli i ka hāpai ʻana, a i ʻole nā hoa moe hou. Kūleʻa kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e ʻike i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki.
E hoʻonohonoho i kāu kūkā no ka manawa ʻaʻole ʻoe e menstruating inā hiki, ʻoiai e maʻalahi kēia i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻokolohua ʻana. Eia naʻe, mai hoʻokaʻulua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi no ka mea wale nō ʻoe ma kāu wā.
E pale i ka douching, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau vaginal, a i ʻole ka moe kolohe no 24-48 mau hola ma mua o kāu kūkā, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i nā hopena hoʻokolohua. Maikaʻi ka ʻauʻau maʻamau me ka wai maʻemaʻe.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana, i ka wā āu e manaʻo ai e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a i ʻole pehea e pale aku ai i nā hanana hou. Mai kānalua e noi i ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i maopopo i kekahi mea.
ʻO ka Vaginitis kahi kūlana maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia e pili ana i ka hapa nui o nā wāhine i kekahi manawa o ko lākou ola. ʻO ke kī i ka hoʻokele pono ʻana, ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻike lapaʻau kūpono a me ka mālama ʻana ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e kuhi hewa i ka mea hewa a i ʻole ke mālama pono ʻana iā ʻoe iho me nā lāʻau home.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hōʻike ka vaginitis i kāu hoʻomaʻemaʻe a i ʻole nā koho nohona. Loaʻa i kāu vagina kahi kaulike paʻakikī, māmā e hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā mea maʻamau he nui ma waho o kāu mana.
Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hihia o ka vaginitis e hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke a piha. ʻO ka hahai ʻana i kāu papahana mālama a me ka lawe ʻana i nā hana palekana e kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia o nā hanana hou.
Mai hopohopo e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua. Hana mau nā mea mālama ola i ka vaginitis a makemake lākou e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a olakino hou. Pale ka mālama mua i nā pilikia a hoʻi koke mai ʻoe i kou manaʻo maikaʻi.
Hiki i kekahi mau hihia māmā o ka vaginitis ke hoʻomaikaʻi me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana, akā ʻaʻole ia i ʻōlelo ʻia e kali a ʻike. Hiki i ka vaginitis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke ʻino, alakaʻi i nā pilikia, a hōʻike paha i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe. Ke loaʻa ka ʻike pololei a me ka mālama ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki a pale i nā pilikia.
Aia ia ma ke ʻano. ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia ka bacterial vaginosis a me nā maʻi yeast he mau maʻi moekolohe, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonāukiuki ʻia e ka moekolohe. ʻO ka Trichomoniasis, akā naʻe, he maʻi moekolohe a pono e mālama ʻia nā hoa ʻelua. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke aʻo iā ʻoe inā pono kāu hoa i ka mālama ʻana.
Hana maikaʻi nā lāʻau lapaʻau antifungal kūʻai ʻia no nā maʻi yeast i hōʻoia ʻia, akā hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā lākou me ka ʻole o ka ʻike pololei ke pilikia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka bacterial vaginosis a hoʻohana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi yeast, hiki i kou mau hōʻailona ke ʻino. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike mua, ʻoiai inā ʻo kēia kāu manawa mua.
Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā mālama e hōʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o 2-3 mau lā, me ka hoʻonā piha ʻana i loko o 7-10 mau lā. Hoʻomaikaʻi koke nā maʻi yeast me nā lāʻau antifungal, ʻoiai hiki i nā maʻi bacterial ke lawe i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o nā antibiotics e hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa. E kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi nā hōʻailona e like me ka manaʻo.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻano o ka vaginitis ʻaʻole ia e pili pololei i ka hānau keiki, akā naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau pilikia ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia. Hiki i ka bacterial vaginosis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi inflammatory pelvic, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia i ka hānau keiki. Inā ke ho'āʻo nei ʻoe e hāpai a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka vaginitis mau, e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola no ka mālama kūpono.
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