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He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol i hana ʻia e mālama i ka atrophy geographic, he ʻano holomua o ka degeneration macular e pili ana i ka makahiki (AMD). Hana kēia lapaʻau hou ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā protein complement i loko o kou maka e kōkua i ka holomua o ka nalowale o ka ʻike.
Inā ua ʻike ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi mea āu e aloha ai me ka atrophy geographic, e manaʻo ana paha ʻoe i ka nui o nā huaʻōlelo lapaʻau a me nā koho lapaʻau. Hōʻike kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi hana nui i mua i ka mālama ʻana i kahi maʻi i loaʻa nā koho therapeutic palena.
ʻO Avacincaptad-pegol he lāʻau lapaʻau injectable no ka papa o nā lāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo complement inhibitors. Ua hana ʻia e hoʻolohi i ka holomua o ka atrophy geographic, ʻo ia ka pae holomua o ka dry AMD e hoʻoulu ai i ka nalowale o ka ʻike mau.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau protein i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hoʻouka hewa i nā cell olakino i loko o kou retina. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kaʻa ma luna o kahi pane immune overactive e hōʻino nei i kou ʻike. Kōkua kēia hana i ka mālama ʻana i nā cell ʻike māmā i loko o kāu macula, ka ʻāpana o kou maka e kuleana no ka ʻike ʻoi, waena.
Hāʻawi kāu kauka maka i kēia lapaʻau pololei i loko o kou maka ma o kahi nila lahilahi loa. ʻOiai e hopohopo paha kēia, hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana ma lalo o nā kūlana sterile me ka anesthesia kūloko e hōʻemi i ka hōʻoluʻolu.
Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol e mālama i ka atrophy geographic secondary i ka degeneration macular e pili ana i ka makahiki. Hoʻopilikia kēia maʻi i ka macula, e hana ana i nā wahi makapō i kāu ʻike waena e hoʻonui mālie i ka manawa.
Hiki i ka geographic atrophy ke hana i ka wā e make ai nā pūnaewele retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), e waiho ana i nā wahi o kou retina i hiki ʻole ke hana pono. Hōʻike ʻia kēia mau wahi make e like me nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele a i ʻole nā ʻāpana i nalowale i kou ʻike, e paʻakikī ai ka heluhelu, ka hoʻokele, a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻana i nā maka. Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻolohi ʻana i kēia kaʻina make o ke kelepona, e mālama ana i ka hapa nui o kāu ʻike i koe.
E ʻōlelo maʻamau kāu kauka i kēia lapaʻau ke lawa ʻole nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe o ka mālama ʻana i ka AMD. ʻAʻole ia he lāʻau lapaʻau, akā he ala e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana i kou pae ʻike i kēia manawa no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Hana ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol ma ka pale ʻana i ka complement factor C5, he protein e pāʻani ana i kahi hana nui i ka pane ʻana o kou kino. I ka geographic atrophy, lilo kēia ʻāpana ʻōnaehana immune i mea hana nui a hoʻomaka e hoʻouka i nā pūnaewele retinal olakino.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he koho lapaʻau ikaika no ka AMD. Ua ʻoi aku ka pahuhopu ma mua o kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau systemic akā pono i nā injections maʻamau e mālama i kona pono. Hōʻike ka ʻāpana
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai ma mua o ka mālama ʻana, akā he mea kōkua ke ʻai i ka meaʻai māmā ma mua e pale ai i ka manaʻo ʻana i ka wili. E pale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea hoʻonani maka i ka lā o kāu injection, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke keakea i ke kaʻina hana hoʻomākaukau sterile.
Ma hope o ka injection, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻike pōkole a i ʻole ka ʻoluʻolu māmā. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena i loko o kekahi mau hola. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mālama ma hope, me ka manawa e hoʻomaka hou ai i nā hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka papa hana lapaʻau maʻamau no ka avacincaptad-pegol e pili ana i nā injections i kēlā me kēia mahina a i ʻole i kēlā me kēia mahina ʻē aʻe, ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī a me ka pane ʻana i ka mālama ʻana. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka maka i ke alapine pololei e pili ana i kāu mau pono pilikino.
Hoʻomau ka hapa nui o nā maʻi i ka mālama ʻana no ka manawa pau ʻole, no ka mea, he maʻi maʻi, holomua ka atrophy geographic. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka mālama ʻana e ʻae i ka maʻi e holomua wikiwiki, e alakaʻi ana i ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻike.
E nānā kāu kauka i kāu pane ʻana i ka mālama ʻana ma o nā hoʻokolohua maka maʻamau a me nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi kūikawā. Kōkua kēia mau manawa e hoʻoholo inā e lohi ana ka lāʻau i ka holomua o ka maʻi a inā pono e hana i nā hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke ʻike i ka paʻa ʻana o ko lākou kūlana i loko o nā mahina mua, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e pono paha i ʻeono mahina a ʻoi aku paha e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka mālama lōʻihi o ka ʻike ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi koke ʻana.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka avacincaptad-pegol ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā mea a pau iā lākou. Pili ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ke kaʻina hana injection ponoʻī ma mua o ka lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hōʻike pinepine ʻia e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola. Inā mau a ʻoi aku ka ʻino, e kelepona i kāu kauka maka no ke alakaʻi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. Aia kēia mau pilikia kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka maka a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia. ʻOiai he kakaʻikahi kēia mau pilikia, he mea nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua no ka hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol no nā mea a pau me ka atrophy geographic. E loiloi pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me ke kūlana olakino o kēia manawa ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia lāʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau inā he maʻi maka a i ʻole ka mumū. Pono kāu kauka e mālama mua i kēia mau maʻi ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā injections avacincaptad-pegol.
Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi autoimmune i ka nānā ʻana i ka wā o ka lāʻau, no ka mea, pili ka lāʻau i ka hana o ka ʻōnaehana pale. E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia e pili ana i kāu ʻikepili olakino.
Pono nā wāhine hāpai a i ʻole e hānai ana i nā pēpē e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kā lākou kauka, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ka palekana o kēia lāʻau i ka wā hāpai. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i kahi hoʻoholo i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i ka manawa lapaʻau.
Loaʻa ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol ma lalo o ka inoa brand Izervay. ʻO kēia inoa brand ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma nā palapala kauoha a me nā palapala ʻinikua.
Hana ʻia ʻo Izervay e Iveric Bio a ua ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no ka mālama ʻana i ka atrophy geographic. Ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kēia lāʻau me kāu ʻoihana ʻinikua a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau, pono paha ʻoe e kuhikuhi i ka inoa generic (avacincaptad-pegol) a me ka inoa brand (Izervay).
I kēia manawa, ʻo kēia wale nō ka inoa brand i loaʻa no kēia lāʻau, no ka mea, he koho lapaʻau hou me ka pale patent. ʻAʻole i loaʻa nā mana generic ma ka mākeke.
ʻOiai ʻo avacincaptad-pegol e hōʻike ana i kahi holomua nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka atrophy geographic, aia nā ala ʻē aʻe e noʻonoʻo ai kāu kauka. ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe nui ʻo pegcetacoplan (Syfovre), e hana ana ma o kahi ʻano like akā e kuhikuhi ana i kahi ʻāpana ʻokoʻa o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻopiha.
He mea hoʻopaʻa hoʻopiha nā lāʻau ʻelua, akā e ālai lākou i nā protein like ʻole i ka immune cascade. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kekahi ma luna o kekahi e pili ana i kāu mau ʻano maʻi kikoʻī a me ka mōʻaukala olakino.
Ma waho aʻe o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kākoʻo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻonui i kāu ʻike i koe. Aia kēia mau mea i nā mea kōkua i ka ʻike haʻahaʻa, nā mea hoʻonui, a me nā kukui kūikawā e kōkua i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i nā lawelawe hoʻoponopono ʻike ke aʻo iā ʻoe i nā ʻenehana e hoʻololi i nā loli ʻike.
He pōmaikaʻi kekahi poʻe maʻi mai nā mea hoʻohui meaʻai i loaʻa nā antioxidants a me nā waikawa momona omega-3, ʻoiai he mea pale kēia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka hui pū ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol a me pegcetacoplan no ka atrophy geographic, akā hana lākou i nā mea like ʻole i loko o ka ʻōnaehana complement. Hoʻopaʻa ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol i ka complement C5, ʻoiai ʻo pegcetacoplan e pale i ka complement C3.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina lapaʻau hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ke hoʻolohi i ka holomua o ka atrophy geographic ma nā mea like. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine i kāu pane pilikino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke pane maikaʻi i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o kekahi, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ai kāu kauka e hoʻololi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi i manaʻo ʻia. Ua like ka papa hana injection a me ke kaʻina hana no nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka maka i nā mea e like me ke koʻikoʻi o kou maʻi, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me nā pane lapaʻau ma mua i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kūpono loa iā ʻoe. Hōʻike nā mea ʻelua i nā holomua nui i ka mālama ʻana i kahi maʻi i loaʻa ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Avacincaptad-pegol he palekana no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, akā pono kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe. Hiki i ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻopilikia i ka pane hoʻōla o kou maka a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā pilikia mai nā injections intraocular.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka retinopathy diabetic me ka atrophy geographic, pono paha e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻopili me kāu hui mālama diabetes e hōʻoia i ka mana kōpaʻa koko maikaʻi ma mua a ma hope o nā injections.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi injection i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e kelepona i ke keʻena o kāu kauka maka i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. Mai kali a hiki i kāu manawa e hiki mai ana, no ka mea, ʻo nā hakahaka i ka mālama ʻana e hiki ke ʻae i kāu atrophy geographic e holomua wikiwiki.
Na kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu injection i hala ma muli o ka lōʻihi o ka manawa mai kāu mālama hope loa. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu papa manawa e hiki mai ana e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ke ala me ka manawa mālama maikaʻi loa.
He mea maʻamau ka ʻoluʻolu ma hope o ka injection, akā ʻo ka ʻeha maka nui a i ʻole ka ʻino e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. E kelepona i kāu kauka maka i kēia manawa a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka mālama ulia pōpilikia inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi ka ʻeha me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha ma luna o ka counter.
Hiki i ka ʻeha nui ke hōʻike i nā pilikia e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kaomi maka a i ʻole ka maʻi, pono nā mea ʻelua i ka lāʻau lapaʻau wikiwiki. Mai kali e ʻike inā e hoʻomaikaʻi ka ʻeha iā ia iho, no ka mea, ʻo ka hana mua e alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi.
Hoʻomau ka hapa nui o nā maʻi i ka mālama ʻana iā avacincaptad-pegol no ka manawa pau ʻole, no ka mea, he maʻi maʻi, holomua ka atrophy geographic. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka mālama ʻana e ʻae maʻamau i ka maʻi e hoʻomaka hou i kāna holomua maoli, e alakaʻi ana i ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻike.
E loiloi mau kāu kauka inā e hoʻomau ana ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe ma o nā hoʻokolohua maka a me nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi. Inā paʻa kou kūlana a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia, hiki iā lākou ke kūkākūkā i ka hoʻololi ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka mālama ʻana ma muli o kou mau kūlana pilikino.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e kalaiwa koke ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi injection, no ka mea, hiki ke pōʻeleʻele kou ʻike no ka manawa a hiki ke ʻike ʻia kou maka i ka mālamalama. E hoʻolālā e loaʻa i kekahi e kalaiwa iā ʻoe i ka home mai kāu manawa.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ke hoʻi i ka hoʻokele ma waena o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, ke pau nā loli ʻike manawa. Eia naʻe, e hahai i nā ʻōlelo a ke kauka e pili ana i ka manawa e palekana ai ke hoʻokele, no ka mea, hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā manawa hoʻōla o kēlā me kēia kanaka.
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