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He maʻi fungal maʻamau ka maʻi hū e hana ʻia ana i ka wā e ulu nui ai kekahi ʻano o ka hū i kapa ʻia ʻo Candida i loko o kou kino. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā maʻi hū o ka pepeiao wahine, akā hiki i kēia mau maʻi ke hana ma kou waha, ma kou ʻili, a i ʻole ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino e mahana a pulu.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, he maʻalahi loa ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi hū a hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke ʻia me ka mālama kūpono. ʻOiai hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hoʻonāukiuki, ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i kekahi mau pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
Hana ʻia ka maʻi hū i ka wā e hoʻonui wikiwiki ai ʻo Candida, ka fungus e noho maʻamau ana i ka nui liʻiliʻi ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa. Mālama maʻamau kou kino i kēia hū me nā bacteria maikaʻi a me kou ʻōnaehana pale.
Ke haki ʻia kēia kaulike māmā, hiki i ka hū ke ulu nui a hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka māla kahi e lawe koke ai nā nāhelehele i ka wā e loli ai nā kūlana. ʻO ka ʻano maʻamau loa ka maʻi hū o ka pepeiao wahine, akā hiki i ka hū ke hoʻokumu i nā pilikia i kou waha (i kapa ʻia ʻo thrush), ma kou ʻili, a i ʻole ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino.
He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau maʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o nā wāhine. Ma kahi o 75% o nā wāhine e ʻike i hoʻokahi maʻi hū o ka pepeiao wahine i ko lākou ola, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō inā ke hana nei ʻoe me kēia.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi hū ke loli ma muli o kahi o ka maʻi i loko o kou kino. E hele kākou i nā mea āu e ʻike ai i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona a loaʻa ka kōkua āu e pono ai.
No nā maʻi hū o ka pepeiao wahine, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
No ka thrush waha (maʻi hū waha), ʻo nā hōʻailona:
No nā maʻi hū ʻili, e ʻike paha ʻoe:
E hoʻomanaʻo e hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, no laila he mea akamai mau ke nīnau aku i kāu kauka inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo i kāu mea e ʻike nei.
Hiki i nā maʻi hū ke ulu i nā wahi like ʻole o kou kino, kēlā me kēia me kona ʻano ponoʻī. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i kāu mea e ʻike nei a e ʻimi i ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā maʻi hū vaginal ka mea maʻamau loa. Hoʻopili lākou i ka vagina a me nā pūnaewele a puni, e hoʻopuka ana i nā hōʻailona maʻamau o ka hū, ka wai, a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. He nui loa kēia mau maʻi i ʻike koke nā wahine iā lākou ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ma mua.
Thrush wa waha e ulu ana i loko o kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o kēia ʻano i nā pēpē, nā ʻelemakule, a me nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali, ʻoiai hiki ke loaʻa i kekahi. Hoʻomaka pinepine ia ma ke ʻano he mau ʻāpana keʻokeʻo hiki ke holoi ʻia, e waiho ana i nā wahi ʻulaʻula a ʻeha hoʻi ma lalo.
Candidiasis ʻili (ʻili) e hoʻopilikia ana i nā wahi kahi e noho mahana a pulu ai kou ʻili. ʻO nā wahi maʻamau e komo pū ana ma lalo o kou mau umauma, i kou wahi ʻūhā, ma waena o kou mau manamana lima a i ʻole manamana wāwae, a ma nā ʻili ʻē aʻe. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kānaka momona, nā maʻi diabetes, a i ʻole nā lole paʻa i kēia mau maʻi.
Candidiasis hoʻouka kaua he ʻano maʻamau ʻole akā koʻikoʻi kahi e komo ai ka hū i kou kahe koko a pālahalaha i kou kino holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻopili nui kēia i nā kānaka i maʻi loa a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana pale kino i hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻia, e like me nā mea ma nā ʻāpana mālama koʻikoʻi.
E ulu nā maʻi hū ke haki ke kaulike kūlohelohe i loko o kou kino, e ʻae ana i ka Candida e hoʻonui wikiwiki. Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻoulu i kēia kaulike ʻole, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā lākou e kōkua iā ʻoe e pale aku i nā maʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau e komo pū ana:
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi akā hiki ke loaʻa nā kumu e komo pū ana:
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo aku i kekahi manawa e loaʻa nā maʻi yeast me ka ʻole o kekahi mea hoʻoulu maopopo. Hiki i ke kemika o kou kino ke loli no nā kumu he nui, a i kekahi manawa e kūlohelohe wale kēia mau loli.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola kino inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi yeast no ka manawa mua. Ke hōʻoia nei ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike kūpono e mālama nei ʻoe i ke kūlana kūpono, ʻoiai hiki i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe ke hana i nā hōʻailona like.
He mea nui nō hoʻi ke ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ua ho'āʻo ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter a ʻaʻole i holomua kāu mau hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau lā. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka mea e like me ka maʻi yeast paha he bacterial vaginosis a i ʻole kekahi kūlana ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka mālama ʻokoʻa.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike maopopo i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes, kahi ʻōnaehana pale ʻole i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia, a i ʻole ke lawe nei ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopilikia ana i kou pale ʻana, he mea nui loa ia e loiloi ʻia kekahi maʻi yeast i manaʻo ʻia e kahi loea mālama ola.
Aia kekahi mau kumu e hiki ai ke ulu nui ka maʻi yeast, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe inā loaʻa nā kumu pilikia. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻemi i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka maʻi.
Nā kumu pilikia maʻamau:
Nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole maʻamau:
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā kānaka me kēia mau kumu pilikia ʻaʻole loaʻa ka maʻi yeast, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā kumu pilikia maopopo i loaʻa iā lākou. He kuleana nui kāu kino ponoʻī i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi.
He maʻalahi ka mālama ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi yeast a ʻaʻole ia e hana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, i kekahi mau kūlana, hiki ke ulu nā pilikia, ʻoi aku inā waiho ʻia nā maʻi me ka mālama ʻole ʻia a i ʻole ke loaʻa pinepine.
Nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
Hiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi kakaikahi ke komo pū me:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi a maʻamau wale nō ia i nā kānaka me nā kūlana olakino nui. No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, noho mau nā maʻi hū ma ke ʻano he pilikia olakino hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoiai he mea hoʻonāukiuki i kekahi manawa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā maʻi hū a pau, aia kekahi mau ʻanuʻu kūpono hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hoʻemi i kou pilikia. Ke nānā nei kēia mau hoʻolālā pale i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulike kūlohelohe o kou kino a me ka pale ʻana i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka hū.
ʻO nā hoʻolālā pale maikaʻi ke komo pū me:
ʻO kēia kekahi mau manaʻo pale aku hou aku:
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā kumu pilikia, e like me ka hapai a i ʻole kekahi mau kūlana olakino, ʻaʻole hiki ke pale ʻia. I kēia mau hihia, e nānā i nā hana pale e hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi a hana pū me kāu mea lawelawe ola e hoʻemi i kou pilikia.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maʻi yeast e pili pinepine ana i ka hui ʻana o ka kūkākūkā ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona me kāu mea lawelawe ola a i kekahi manawa i nā hoʻokolohua labo maʻalahi. ʻO ke kaʻina hana maʻalahi ia a hiki ke hoʻopau pinepine ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi kipa keʻena.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka ma ka nīnau ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona, mōʻaukala olakino, a me nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei. Makemake lākou e ʻike i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā hōʻailona, pehea ko lākou manaʻo, a inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia like ma mua. Kūleʻa kēia kamaʻilio iā lākou i ka maopopo ʻana inā kūlike kāu mau hōʻailona me ka maʻi yeast.
No nā maʻi yeast o ka pepeiao wahine, hiki i ka hōʻoia ke komo pū:
No nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o nā maʻi yeast:
ʻO ka nānā microscope ka mea maʻamau e hāʻawi koke i nā hopena, no laila e ʻike pinepine ʻoe i ka maʻi ma mua o kou haʻalele ʻana i kāu kūkā. Inā pono kahi moʻomeheu, e lawe nā hopena i kekahi mau lā akā e hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻano hū a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi hū he mea maikaʻi loa ia, me ka hala ʻana o ka hapa nui o nā maʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule. Hoʻololi nā koho lāʻau lapaʻau mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pākaukau a i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e ke kauka, ma muli o ka nui a me kahi o kāu maʻi.
No nā maʻi hū o ka ʻōpū wahine, nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e komo pū me:
No ka thrush waha, ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e komo pū me:
No nā maʻi hū ʻili, nā koho e komo pū me:
Hoʻomaka ka nui o nā kānaka e ʻoluʻolu i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai he mea nui ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻoiai inā hoʻomaikaʻi nā hōʻailona. Kōkua kēia e pale aku i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi.
ʻOiai he mea pono ka mālama lapaʻau no nā maʻi yeast, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a kākoʻo i kou ola hou ʻana. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau hana mālama home me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, ʻaʻole ma kahi o ia.
Nā ana hoʻoluʻolu koke:
Nā hana kākoʻo:
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka hoʻomaha mai nā lāʻau kūlohelohe e like me ka aila niu a i ʻole ka aila lāʻau ti, akā he mea nui ke kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana i kēia mau mea, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonāukiuki a hoʻopilikia paha i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻoiai hiki i ka mālama home ke hāʻawi aku i ka hōʻoluʻolu, ʻaʻole ia e pani i ka mālama lapaʻau. Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona a i ʻole ʻaʻole ia e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka mālama kūpono, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā me ke kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike pololei loa a me ka mālama maikaʻi. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mau hana maʻalahi ma mua e hoʻolilo i ka kipa i mea ʻoi aku ka hua a me ka hōʻoluʻolu no ʻoe a me kāu mea mālama ola.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā:
ʻIke e kaʻana like me kāu kauka:
Mai hilahila e kūkākūkā i nā hōʻailona pilikino. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā mea mālama ola e mālama i kēia mau kamaʻilio me ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohewa. ʻO ka ʻike hou aku āu e hāʻawi ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ko lākou kōkua ʻana iā ʻoe.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka kūkā, e noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole ʻohana hilinaʻi no ke kākoʻo, a i ʻole e kākau i kāu mau hopohopo nui ma mua i ʻole ʻoe e poina e haʻi aku iā lākou.
He mea maʻamau loa nā maʻi hū, he mau maʻi hiki ke mālama ʻia e pilikia ana i nā miliona o nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke hōʻoluʻolu ʻole a hoʻonāukiuki, ʻaʻole lākou he mea weliweli no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka a pane maikaʻi i ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wā mua e hiki ai ke pale aku i nā pilikia a kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi koke. Mai kānalua e hoʻopili aku i kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona no ka manawa mua a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole e hana nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka kūʻai aku.
Me ka mālama kūpono a me kekahi mau ʻano pale maʻalahi, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻokele pono i nā maʻi hū a hoʻemi i ko lākou pilikia o nā hanana hou. ʻAʻole ʻoe wale nō i ka hana ʻana me kēia pilikia olakino maʻamau, a loaʻa koke ka kōkua maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia nā maʻi hū he mau maʻi hoʻoili moekolohe, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoili ʻia ma waena o nā hoa i ka wā o ka moekolohe. Hiki i nā kāne ke loaʻa nā maʻi hū ma ko lākou penis, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i ʻoki ʻia. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā maʻi hū e ulu mai ana ma muli o ka ʻole o ke kaulike i nā bacteria kūlohelohe a me ka hū o kou kino, ʻaʻole mai ka pilina moekolohe. Inā ʻoe e hana moekolohe a loaʻa pinepine nā maʻi hū, pono paha e nānā a mālama ʻia kāu hoa.
ʻAe, hiki ke mālama ʻia nā maʻi hū ʻōpala a pono hoʻi ke mālama ʻia i ka wā hāpai, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ia mau mea i kēia manawa ma muli o nā loli hormonal. Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa paha nā koho mālama mai ka mea āu e hoʻohana ai i ka wā ʻaʻole hāpai. ʻOi aku ka makemake ʻia o nā lāʻau antifungal topical ma mua o nā lāʻau waha i ka wā hāpai. E kūkā mau me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kekahi mālama ʻana i ka wā hāpai, no ka mea, e ʻōlelo lākou i ke koho palekana a maikaʻi loa no ʻoe a me kāu pēpē.
Hiki i nā maʻi hū ʻōpala e hoʻomau mau ana ke hoʻonāukiuki a hōʻike paha i kahi pilikia i pono e nānā ʻia. ʻO nā kumu maʻamau, ʻo ia ka maʻi suka i ʻole i kaohi ʻia, ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic, nā loli hormonal, a i ʻole nā kumu nohona e like me ka lole paʻa a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana ʻala. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o kekahi poʻe i nā maʻi hū ʻōpala ma muli o kā lākou kemika kino. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻehā a ʻoi aku paha nā maʻi hū ʻōpala i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana no nā kūlana i hūnā ʻia a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā palekana.
ʻAe, hiki i nā kāne ke loaʻa nā maʻi hū ʻōpala, ʻoiai ʻaʻole nui e like me nā wahine. Hoʻopili pinepine nā maʻi hū ʻōpala kāne i ke poʻo o ka penis a me ka foreskin, e hoʻoulu ana i ka ʻulaʻula, ka ʻiliʻili, a i kekahi manawa ka wai keʻokeʻo. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā kāne i ʻoki ʻole ʻia, loaʻa ka maʻi suka, a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana pale kino i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. Hiki nō hoʻi ke loaʻa ka maʻi i nā wahi ʻē aʻe e like me ka waha a i ʻole nā wahi ʻili. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi o nā wahine, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻaila antifungal a i ʻole nā lāʻau waha.
Hoʻomaka ka nui o nā maʻi yeast e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, me ka hoʻopau piha ʻana e hana mau ana i loko o hoʻokahi pule. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe pinepine nā maʻi maʻalahi i loko o 1-3 mau lā me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka papa kūʻai, ʻoiai nā maʻi ʻoi aku ka nui paha e pono ai 7-14 mau lā e hoʻopau loa ai. Inā ʻaʻole hoʻomaka kāu mau hōʻailona e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o 3-4 mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, aiʻole inā ʻoi aku ka ʻino, e kelepona i kāu mea lawelawe olakino. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka hōʻoluʻolu o nā hōʻailona i loko o nā hola ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o kekahi poʻe e ʻike ai i ka maikaʻi.
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