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He lāʻau lapaʻau maka kūikawā ʻo Brolucizumab a nā kauka e hoʻokomo pololei i loko o kou maka e mālama i nā pilikia ʻike nui. He koho lapaʻau hou ia e pili ana i kahi pūʻulu o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo nā lāʻau anti-VEGF, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o nā kīʻaha koko maʻamau i loko o kou retina.
Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka degeneration macular e pili ana i ka makahiki a me ka edema macular diabetic. Hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke hoʻopōʻino nui i ka ʻike inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia, akā hāʻawi ʻo brolucizumab i ka manaʻolana ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kumu kumu o ka pilikia.
He antibody i hana ʻia e ke kanaka ʻo Brolucizumab e ālai ana i kahi protein i kapa ʻia ʻo VEGF i kou maka. Kōkua maʻamau ʻo VEGF i ka ulu ʻana o nā kīʻaha koko, akā hiki i ka nui loa ke hana i nā pilikia i kou retina.
Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he hopena maopopo e hoʻokomo pololei ai kāu kauka maka i loko o ka vitreous, ʻo ia ka mea e like me ka gel i loko o kou maka. ʻO kēia ʻano hana pololei e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki i kahi e pono ai.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau maka ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo brolucizumab e mau lōʻihi i kou maka. ʻO ia hoʻi, pono paha ʻoe i nā injections liʻiliʻi i ka manawa ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau like.
Mālama ʻo Brolucizumab i ʻelua mau maʻi maka nui e hiki ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou ʻike. Hoʻopili nā kūlana ʻelua i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka wai maʻamau a me ka ulu ʻana o nā kīʻaha koko i loko o kou retina.
ʻO ke kūlana mua ka degeneration macular e pili ana i ka makahiki, e pili ana i ka poʻe ma luna o 60. I kēia kūlana, ulu nā kīʻaha koko maʻamau ma lalo o kou retina a kahe ka wai, e hoʻopōʻino ai i kou ʻike waena.
ʻO ke kūlana ʻelua ka edema macular diabetic, e hana ʻia ke hōʻino ka maʻi diabetes i nā kīʻaha koko i loko o kou retina. Hoʻopilikia kēia i ka wai e kahe i loko o kou macula, ka ʻāpana o kou retina e kuleana no ka ʻike maopopo a waena.
Hiki i nā kūlana ʻelua ke alakaʻi i ka nalo ʻana o ka ʻike mau inā ʻaʻole e mālama koke ʻia. Kōkua ʻo Brolucizumab ma ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o kēia mau kīʻaha koko pilikia a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka leaka wai.
Hana ʻo Brolucizumab ma ka pale ʻana i ka VEGF, he protein e haʻi ana i kou kino e ulu i nā kīʻaha koko hou. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi maka, hana kou kino i ka nui o ka VEGF, e alakaʻi ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā kīʻaha koko makemake ʻole.
E noʻonoʻo i ka VEGF e like me ka hōʻailona e ʻōlelo ana
Aia ke ola o ka mālama ʻana me ka brolucizumab ma luna o kou maʻi kūikawā a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau. Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka mālama mau ʻana e mālama i ko lākou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻike.
I ka wā mua, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā injections i kēlā me kēia 12 pule ma hope o kāu mau lāʻau mua. E nānā kāu kauka i kou holomua a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i kēia papa ma muli o ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o kou mau maka.
Pono paha kekahi poʻe i ka mālama ʻana no nā makahiki, ʻoiai hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa ma waena o nā injections. E nānā mau kāu kauka i kou ʻike a me ke olakino o ka maka e hoʻoholo ai i ka papa maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
He mea nui e mālama i kāu mau manawa a pau, ʻoiai inā paʻa kou ʻike. ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hiki ke ʻae i kou maʻi e ʻino a hiki ke kumu i ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻike mau.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka brolucizumab ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā mea a pau. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole, akā he mea nui e ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka ʻike pōpō pōkole, ka ʻeha o ka maka, a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea lana ma hope o kāu injection. Hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau mea i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou maka i ka lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i loaʻa i nā maʻi i kekahi manawa:
He maʻalahi maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hōʻike mau i nā hopohopo i kāu kauka.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau, hiki i kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi ke hana a pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. Aia kēia mau mea i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, ka ʻeha o ka maka nui, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ʻike koke.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi e nānā ai:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka maka a i ʻole e hele i ka lumi ulia pōpilikia. He mea nui ka mālama wikiwiki ʻana e pale aku i ka pōʻino mau o ka ʻike.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Brolucizumab no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi pono kāu kauka inā kūpono ia nāu. Hiki i kekahi mau maʻi a i ʻole nā kūlana ke hana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono ʻole a i ʻole e koi i nā hana kūikawā.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa iā brolucizumab inā he maʻi maka ikaika a i ʻole ka mumū a puni kou maka. E mālama mua kāu kauka i nā maʻi ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole kūpono paha nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi allergies a i ʻole nā hopena mua i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like. E nīnau kāu kauka e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maka i hala.
Eia nā kūlana kahi i ʻōlelo ʻole ʻia ai ʻo brolucizumab:
E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia e pili ana i kou kūlana pilikino. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo brolucizumab nāu.
Loaʻa ʻo Brolucizumab ma lalo o ka inoa brand Beovu. ʻO kēia ka inoa kalepa āu e ʻike ai ma kāu palapala kauoha a me nā moʻolelo olakino.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kekahi inoa - brolucizumab a i ʻole Beovu - akā, he lāʻau lapaʻau like nō lākou. Hoʻohana maʻamau nā hui ʻinikua a me nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau i ka inoa inoa ʻo Beovu i ka wā e hana ai i nā koi.
Hana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e Novartis a loaʻa ma o nā mea mālama maka kūikawā. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a pau no ka mea pono ia i ka mālama kūikawā a me ka lawelawe ʻana.
Nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e hiki ke mālama i nā maʻi maka like me brolucizumab. Hana kēia mau koho ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻano like akā he mau papa hana injection like ʻole a me nā ʻaoʻao hopena.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe maʻamau e pili ana i ka ranibizumab (Lucentis), aflibercept (Eylea), a me bevacizumab (Avastin). Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia me kona mau pono a me nā mea e noʻonoʻo ai e kūkākūkā kāu kauka me ʻoe.
Eia nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe nui e hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo:
E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kou kūlana kikoʻī, ka pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā makemake pilikino. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole e kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa nāu.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi ʻo Brolucizumab a me aflibercept no ka degeneration macular e pili ana i ka makahiki a me ka edema macular diabetic. Aia ke koho
Eia naʻe, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka aflibercept no ka manawa lōʻihi a loaʻa nā ʻikepili palekana nui aʻe. Makemake kekahi mau kauka i kēia lāʻau no nā maʻi i hou i nā lāʻau anti-VEGF a i ʻole nā mea pilikia.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kou makahiki, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, nā pane lapaʻau i hala, a me nā makemake pilikino i ke koho ʻana ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau. Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā mea ʻelua he pono i nā haʻawina lapaʻau.
ʻAe, ua ʻae ʻia ʻo brolucizumab no ka mālama ʻana i ka edema macular diabetic a he palekana maʻamau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he nui nā maʻi e loaʻa ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he maʻi maʻi ma ke ʻano he maʻi kumu.
Eia naʻe, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ke kō koko no nā hopena lapaʻau maikaʻi loa. E hana kāu kauka maka me kāu hui mālama maʻi maʻi e hōʻoia i ka mālama pono ʻia o kāu pae kō koko i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu manawa injection i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke keʻena o kāu kauka maka i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. Mai kali no kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hiki mai ana, no ka mea, hiki i nā lohi ke ʻae i kou maʻi e ʻino.
E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu injection e hiki mai ana e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka hala ʻana mai kāu lāʻau hope loa. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana lapaʻau e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ke ala.
No nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e like me ka ʻike pōʻino manawa a i ʻole ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka maka, e hoʻohana i nā kulu maka i kuhikuhi ʻia a hoʻomaha i kou mau maka. Hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha maka nui, nā loli ʻike koke, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e hopohopo ai ʻoe. Hiki i ka lapaʻau wikiwiki ke pale i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
Mai hooki i nā lapaʻau brolucizumab me ka ʻole e kūkākūkā mua me kāu kauka maka. Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka lapaʻau mau e mālama i ko lākou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻike a pale i ko lākou maʻi mai ka ʻino ʻana.
E loiloi mau kāu kauka i kou holomua a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana lapaʻau. I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa ma waena o nā injections a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ma muli o kāu pane.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e kalaiwa koke ma hope o kāu injection no ka mea e pōʻeleʻele ana kou ʻike no kekahi manawa. E hoʻonohonoho i kekahi e kalaiwa iā ʻoe i ka home ma hope o kāu manawa.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau, me ke kalaiwa ʻana, i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā ke maopopo ko lākou ʻike. Inā mau ka pōʻeleʻele o kou ʻike ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka ma mua o ke kalaiwa hou ʻana.
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