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ʻO Bacitracin a me polymyxin B he hui pū ʻana o ka ʻaila antibiotic e kōkua ana i ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili liʻiliʻi. Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau topical ʻelua mau ʻano antibiotic like ʻole e hana pū ana e hakakā i ka bacteria ma ka ʻili o kou ʻili.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma kona inoa inoa maʻamau, Polysporin, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ma ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai lāʻau me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha. Hoʻolālā ʻia ia no nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi, nā ʻōpala, a me nā wela liʻiliʻi kahi e hiki ai i ka bacteria ke hana i nā pilikia.
Hoʻohui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelua mau antibiotic ikaika i hoʻokahi ʻaila kūpono. Hoʻopā ʻo Bacitracin a me polymyxin B i nā ʻano bacteria like ʻole, e hana ana i ka hui ʻana i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kekahi antibiotic wale nō.
Hele mai ka ʻaila ma ke ʻano he maʻalahi, maopopo i ka melemele iki e laha maʻalahi ma kou ʻili. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau antibiotic topical ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēia hui ʻana ka neomycin, kahi e lilo ai i koho maikaʻi inā he maʻi ʻoe i kēlā antibiotic.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopili pololei i ka ʻili maʻemaʻe a maloʻo kahi āu i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā wahi i pilikia i ka maʻi. Noho ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka ʻili o kou ʻili a ʻaʻole e komo i loko o kou kahe koko i nā mea nui.
Pale a mālama kēia hui antibiotic i nā maʻi bacteria i nā ʻeha ʻili liʻiliʻi. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia no nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi, nā ʻōpala, a me nā wela i hiki ke maʻi.
Hiki i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻōlelo iā ia ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻeha hou e pono ai ka pale ʻana mai ka bacteria. He mea kōkua nō hoʻi ia no nā ʻoki ʻoki liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā wahi liʻiliʻi kahi i pōʻino ai kou ʻili.
Eia nā kūlana nui e hiki ai i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua:
Ua hana maikaʻi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻeha hou a maʻemaʻe ma mua o nā maʻi kahiko i ulu mua. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻōpala, ka ʻulaʻula e laha ana, a i ʻole ke kuni, pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola kino no ka mālama ʻana i ka ikaika.
Hoʻouka kēia mau lāʻau antibiotic ʻelua i ka bacteria ma nā ʻano like ʻole, kahi e ikaika ai lākou i ka hui ʻana ma mua o ka kaʻawale ʻana. Kāohi ʻo Bacitracin i ka bacteria mai ke kūkulu ʻana i ko lākou paia cell, ʻoiai ʻo polymyxin B e wāwahi i ka membrane waho o nā cell bacteria.
E noʻonoʻo e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻelua kī like ʻole e wehe i ka puka. Kāohi ʻo Bacitracin i ka bacteria mai ke kūkulu ʻana i nā paia ikaika a puni lākou iho, ʻoiai ʻo polymyxin B e wāwahi maoli i nā paia i loaʻa iā lākou.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia hui ʻana he antibiotic topical ikaika. ʻOi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā antiseptics maʻalahi e like me ka hydrogen peroxide, akā ʻaʻole like ka ikaika me nā antibiotic kauoha e hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe ma ka waha.
Hoʻomaka ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hana i loko o nā hola o ka noi ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ʻike ʻia no 24 a 48 mau hola. Hoʻopilikia wale ia i ka bacteria ma ka ʻili o kou ʻili a ʻaʻole e mālama i nā maʻi i loko o kou kino.
E hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono i kou mau lima ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, a laila e hoʻomaʻemaʻe mālie i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia me ke kopa maʻalahi a me ka wai. E holoi i ka wahi me kahi kāwele maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi papa lahilahi o ka ʻaila.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai i kekahi mea kūikawā ma mua a ma hope paha o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea e hele wale ana ma kou ʻili. Eia naʻe, e hōʻoia i ka maloʻo loa o kou ʻili ma mua o ka noi ʻana no nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
E hoʻopili i ka ʻaila i 1 a 3 mau manawa i ka lā, a i ʻole e like me ke kuhikuhi a kāu mea mālama ola. Eia ke ʻano e hoʻohana pono ai:
Mai hoʻohana i ka ʻaila ʻoi aku ma mua o kāu e pono ai, no ka mea, ʻaʻole e hana maikaʻi ka papa mānoanoa a hiki ke hoʻolohi i ka hoʻōla. Hiki iā ʻoe ke uhi i ka wahi me ka pāpale inā ʻōlelo kāu kauka, akā nui nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi e hoʻōla maikaʻi ke waiho ʻole ʻia.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi i ka mālama ʻana no 3 a 7 mau lā, ma muli o ka wikiwiki o ko lākou hoʻōla. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a hiki i ka hoʻōla ʻana o kou ʻeha a ʻaʻole e pilikia hou i ka maʻi.
E hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke pani loa kou ʻeha a ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka ʻulaʻula, ka pehu, a i ʻole ka huhū. Hana maʻamau kēia i loko o hoʻokahi pule no ka hapa nui o nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻōpala.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma hope o 3 mau lā o ka mālama ʻana, a i ʻole e ʻino aʻe kou ʻeha, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola. I kekahi manawa hiki i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ke hoʻomohala i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana.
Mai hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka lōʻihi ma mua o 7 mau lā ke ʻole e haʻi pololei kāu kauka iā ʻoe. Hiki i ka hoʻohana lōʻihi ke alakaʻi i ka huhū o ka ʻili a i ʻole e ʻae i ka ulu ʻana o ka bacteria kūpaʻa.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole o ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. No ka mea, noho ia ma luna o ka ʻili o kou ʻili, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao pinepine he maʻalahi a hana pololei i kahi āu e hoʻopili ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hele maʻamau kēia mau mea ma ko lākou iho i ka wā e maʻa ai kou ʻili i ka lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ʻia:
Hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau hopena maʻalahi i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻōki i ka lāʻau. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hoʻomohala i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka nānā koke.
E kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi:
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena maʻi maʻi maoli i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki ke koʻikoʻi ke hana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena maʻi i nā lāʻau antibiotic topical ʻē aʻe, e haʻi i kāu kauka lāʻau a i ʻole ke kauka ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻohana palekana i kēia lāʻau, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana i ʻōlelo ʻole ʻia. Inā he maʻi ʻoe iā bacitracin a i ʻole polymyxin B, pono ʻoe e pale i kēia hui ʻana.
Pono ʻoe e akahele inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi olakino a i ʻole e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī. E nānā mau me kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā palekana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
Eia nā kūlana nui kahi e pono ʻole ai ʻoe e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau:
E mālama nui inā he pilikia kou puʻupaʻa, no ka mea, hiki i ka polymyxin B ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana o ka puʻupaʻa inā e komo i loko i nā mea nui. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i waho, pono nō e haʻi i kāu kauka.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hānai ana i ka waiū, ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e nīnau i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai.
ʻO ka inoa inoa maʻamau no kēia hui ʻana ʻo Polysporin, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ma ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai lāʻau a me nā hale kūʻai. Hāʻawi kēia inoa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻano like ʻole me nā ʻaila a me nā ʻaila.
Hiki nō ke ʻike i nā mana generic i kapa ʻia ʻo
I kekahi manawa, ʻo ke koho maikaʻi loa, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻeha i maʻemaʻe a uhi ʻia me ka ʻole o ka antibiotic. Nui nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi e ola maikaʻi me ke kopa, ka wai, a me ka pāpale maʻemaʻe.
Ua like loa kēia hui ʻana me Neosporin, me kahi ʻokoʻa nui. Aia i loko o Neosporin nā antibiotic ʻekolu (bacitracin, polymyxin B, a me neomycin), akā he ʻelua wale nō antibiotic i loko o kēia lāʻau.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui o ka bacitracin a me ka polymyxin B ʻaʻole ia i loko o ka neomycin, ka mea e hana ai i nā hopena maʻi i kekahi poʻe. Inā he pilikia kāu me nā ʻaila antibiotic triple ma mua, hiki i kēia hui ʻana o nā antibiotic ʻelua ke hana maikaʻi no ʻoe.
Hana like nā lāʻau ʻelua no ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e pili pinepine ana i ka makemake pilikino a inā paha he mau hopena maʻi kāu i ka neomycin.
Makemake kekahi poʻe mālama ola i kēia hui ʻana no ka mea he liʻiliʻi nā mea e hiki ke hana i nā hopena maʻi. Eia naʻe, he mea pono nā lāʻau ʻelua no kā lākou hoʻohana.
ʻAe, palekana kēia lāʻau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes e hoʻohana ma nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi. Eia naʻe, pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes e mālama nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha no ka mea hiki i kā lākou ʻeha ke lōʻihi e ola a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi i ka maʻi.
Inā he maʻi diabetes kāu, e nānā pono i kāu mau ʻeha no nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi a mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli e pili ana. Hiki i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ke lilo i pilikia nui no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻAʻole pilikia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o kēia ʻaila ma kou ʻili, akā ʻaʻole ia e kōkua i ka wikiwiki ʻana o kou ʻeha. E holoi wale i ka nui me kahi lole maʻemaʻe a e hoʻopili wale i kahi papa lahilahi i ka manawa aʻe.
Inā ale wale kekahi i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, e kelepona koke i ka mana hoʻomake a i ʻole kāu mea mālama ola. ʻOiai ʻaʻole pilikia nā mea liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā mea nui ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻōpū a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
Inā poina iā ʻoe e hoʻopili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou manawa maʻamau, e hoʻopili wale iā ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe. Mai hoʻopili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou e hoʻoponopono ai i ka mahele i hala.
Inā kokoke ka manawa no kāu noi aʻe, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau. He mea kōkua ka kūlike, akā ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia nui ka hala ʻana i hoʻokahi noi i kou hoʻōla.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻōla loa kāu ʻeha a ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka maʻi. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua pani ʻia ka ʻeha, ʻaʻole ʻulaʻula a pehu, a ʻaʻole ʻeha hou.
Hoʻōla ka hapa nui o nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi i loko o hoʻokahi pule, akā hiki i kekahi ke lōʻihi ma muli o ko lākou nui a me kahi. Inā ʻaʻole e hōʻike ana kāu ʻeha i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma hope o 3 mau lā a i ʻole e ʻino, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ma kou maka, akā e makaʻala loa e pale i ka loaʻa ʻana i kou mau maka, ihu, a i ʻole waha. ʻOi aku ka ʻili ma kou maka ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe, no laila e nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka huhū.
Inā pono ʻoe e hoʻohana iā ia kokoke i kou mau maka, e hoʻopili pono a holoi pono i kou mau lima ma hope. Inā loaʻa kekahi mea i loko o kou mau maka, e holoi koke iā lākou me ka wai maʻemaʻe a e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola inā mau ka huhū.
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