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He lāʻau antibiotic i kauoha ʻia ʻo Cephalexin e hakakā i nā maʻi bacteria i loko o kou kino. No ka pūʻulu lāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo cephalosporins, e hana ana ma ka hoʻōki ʻana i nā bacteria mai ke kūkulu ʻana i ko lākou mau pā pale. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi ʻili, nā maʻi hanu, a me nā maʻi urinary tract ʻaʻole e pane i nā lāʻau antibiotic maʻalahi.
He lāʻau antibiotic semi-synthetic ʻo Cephalexin i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka e mālama i nā maʻi bacteria like ʻole. ʻO ia ka mea a mākou e kapa ai he lāʻau antibiotic cephalosporin hanauna mua, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hala nā makahiki a he palekana maikaʻi. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea hana hilinaʻi, i hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻia i loko o ka pahu mea hana antibiotic a kāu kauka.
Loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole me nā capsules, nā papa, a me ka hoʻokuʻu wai no nā keiki a i ʻole nā mākua i pilikia i ka ʻai ʻana i nā pills. ʻO ka inoa generic ʻo cephalexin, akā e ʻike paha ʻoe e kūʻai ʻia ma lalo o nā inoa inoa e like me Keflex. Loaʻa wale nō me ke kauoha no ka mea pono nā antibiotics i ka mālama olakino e hōʻoia i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana me ka palekana a me ka pono.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Cephalexin i nā maʻi bacteria i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou kino ke ʻaʻole lawa nā antibiotics ʻē aʻe. E kauoha maʻamau kāu kauka iā ia no nā maʻi e pono ai kahi antibiotic ikaika e hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa.
ʻO nā maʻi maʻamau e kōkua ai ʻo cephalexin e mālama, e komo pū ana i nā ʻano like ʻole e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hālāwai i kēlā me kēia lā:
I kekahi manawa, kuhikuhi nā kauka i ka cephalexin no nā maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ka endocarditis (maʻi valve puʻuwai) a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he lāʻau pale ma mua o kekahi mau hana niho a i ʻole nā hana ʻoki. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola inā kūpono ka cephalexin no kou kūlana kikoʻī e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka bacteria e hana nei i kou maʻi.
Hana ʻo Cephalexin ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke ala e kūkulu ai a mālama ai nā bacteria i ko lākou paia cell. Manaʻo ʻia he antibiotic ikaika kūpono e kuhikuhi ana i ke kaʻina hana hana e hoʻohana ai nā bacteria e pale iā lākou iho. Ke hiki ʻole i nā bacteria ke kūkulu i nā paia cell kūpono, lilo lākou i nāwaliwali a make hope.
ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ka mea a mākou e kapa ai he bactericidal, ʻo ia hoʻi, pepehi maoli ia i nā bacteria ma mua o ka hoʻōki ʻana iā lākou mai ka ulu ʻana. He mea maikaʻi loa ia i nā bacteria maʻamau e like me Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, a me kekahi mau ʻano o E. coli. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ia e hana i nā maʻi viral e like me ke anu maʻamau a i ʻole ka maʻi flu, ʻo ia ke kumu e kuhikuhi ai kāu kauka iā ia no nā maʻi bacterial i hōʻoia ʻia a i manaʻo nui ʻia.
Aia ka ikaika o cephalexin ma kahi o ka waena o nā antibiotics. ʻOi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā antibiotics maʻamau e like me amoxicillin no kekahi mau maʻi, akā ʻaʻole like ka ikaika me kekahi o nā antibiotics hou, ākea ākea a nā kauka e mālama ai no nā maʻi koʻikoʻi.
E lawe i ka cephalexin e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 6 a 12 hola e pili ana i kāu maʻi a me ka nui o ka lāʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana me ka ʻai a i ʻole ka ʻai māmā hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
E ale i nā capsules a i ʻole nā papa holoʻokoʻa me ke aniani wai piha. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ke ʻano wai, e ana pono me ka puna ana a i ʻole ke kīʻaha e hele pū me ka lāʻau. Mai hoʻohana i nā puna hale maʻamau no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi i nā ana pololei. E lulu maikaʻi i ka wai ma mua o kēlā me kēia mahele e hōʻoia i ka mahele like ʻana o ka lāʻau.
He mea nui e hoʻokaʻawale i kāu mau mahele i ka lā a pau e mālama i nā pae paʻa o ka antibiotic i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ʻelua manawa i ka lā, e hoʻāʻo e lawe i kēlā me kēia 12 hola. No nā manawa ʻekolu i ka lā, e manaʻo i kēlā me kēia 8 hola. Hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala me kāu papa hana.
E hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka cephalexin no ka papa piha i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka e maikaʻi ma hope o kekahi mau lā. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua hiki ke ʻae i ka bacteria e ola a hiki ke hoʻomohala i ke kūpaʻa i ka antibiotic.
Lawe ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka cephalexin no 7 a 14 mau lā, akā pili ka lōʻihi o kāu lapaʻau i ke ʻano a me ke koʻikoʻi o kāu maʻi. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka lōʻihi kūpono e pili ana i nā mea e like me kahi o ka maʻi, pehea ke koʻikoʻi, a pehea ka wikiwiki o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau.
No nā maʻi ʻili maʻalahi a i ʻole nā maʻi maʻi māmā, pono paha ʻoe i kahi papa 7-lā. Pono nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka pneumonia a i ʻole nā maʻi iwi i 10 a 14 mau lā o ka lāʻau. I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā manawa lapaʻau lōʻihi.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka cephalexin ma mua, ʻoiai inā manaʻo ʻoe ua maikaʻi loa. Hiki nō ke loaʻa nā bacteria i loko o kou ʻōnaehana ʻoiai ua pau nā hōʻailona, a ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau ma mua o ka manawa hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi me ka ikaika. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hopohopo nei, e launa me kāu kauka ma mua o ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe iho.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka cephalexin, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i kekahi poʻe. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i nā hopena maʻalahi a me ka manawa, inā loaʻa kekahi.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e pili ana i kekahi poʻe, ʻo ia nā pilikia digestive e hoʻoponopono maʻamau i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
He maʻalahi kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau a pinepine e hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o nā lā mua o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka meaʻai ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka ʻōpū.
ʻAʻole maʻamau akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e koi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau, hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i nā hōʻailona o nā hopena maʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia koʻikoʻi:
E launa koke me kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai nā hōʻailona o nā hopena maʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia digestive koʻikoʻi.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Cephalexin no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. Pono paha nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi allergies a i ʻole nā maʻi olakino i nā lāʻau antibiotic ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ko lākou palekana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka cephalexin inā he maʻi ʻoe i nā lāʻau antibiotic cephalosporin a i ʻole i loaʻa nā hopena koʻikoʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like i ka wā ma mua. Inā he maʻi penicillin kāu, e haʻi i kāu kauka no ka mea aia kahi manawa liʻiliʻi o ka cross-reactivity, ʻoiai hiki i ka poʻe he nui me nā maʻi penicillin ke lawe palekana i ka cephalexin.
Pono kekahi mau maʻi olakino i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka cephalexin. Pono kāu kauka e ʻike e pili ana i kēia mau maʻi e hoʻoponopono i kāu lapaʻau a i ʻole e nānā pono iā ʻoe:
Inā he pilikia kīkī kāu, hiki i kāu kauka ke kau i kahi mahele haʻahaʻa a i ʻole e nānā i kāu hana kīkī i ka wā o ka lapaʻau. Hiki i nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine hānai ke lawe palekana i ka cephalexin, akā e kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa.
Loaʻa ʻo Cephalexin ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo Keflex ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia. ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā Biocef, Keftab, a me Panixine DisPertab, ʻoiai ʻokoʻa ka loaʻa ʻana ma ka ʻāina a me ka hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hana ka mana generic o cephalexin e like me ka maikaʻi e like me nā mana inoa inoa a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai. Makemake ka hapa nui o nā hoʻolālā ʻinikua i ka mana generic, a mālama pinepine nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau iā ia ma ke ʻano he koho mua. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka cephalexin generic a i ʻole kahi mana inoa inoa, ʻo ka mea hana a me ka pono e like nō ia.
Nui nā lāʻau antibiotic ʻē aʻe e hiki ke mālama i nā maʻi like inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo cephalexin iā ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole hana pono no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā koho ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala olakino, ke ʻano o ka bacteria e hana ana i kāu maʻi, a i ʻole nā pane lapaʻau mua.
ʻO nā koho maʻamau e komo pū ana me nā lāʻau antibiotic ʻē aʻe e hana ana i nā bacteria like akā he ʻano hana like ʻole a i ʻole nā ʻano hopena ʻaoʻao:
E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i nā hopena moʻomeheu ke loaʻa, kāu mōʻaukala allergy, a me kahi kikoʻī a me ke koʻikoʻi o kāu maʻi. Mai hoʻololi i nā lāʻau antibiotic ma kāu iho, no ka mea, ʻokoʻa nā lāʻau antibiotic i nā bacteria like ʻole a ʻaʻole paha e pono no kāu maʻi.
He mau lāʻau antibiotic maikaʻi ʻo Cephalexin a me amoxicillin, akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi kekahi ma mua o kekahi. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e pili ana i ka bacteria kikoʻī e hana ana i kāu maʻi, kāu mōʻaukala olakino, a me ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o kēlā me kēia lāʻau i ke ʻano kikoʻī āu e hana nei.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o Cephalexin i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi ʻili a me kekahi mau bacteria kūʻē i nā antibiotic ʻaʻole pane maikaʻi i ka amoxicillin. He koho maikaʻi nō hoʻi ia no ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā maʻi hou ʻaʻole i hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa me ka amoxicillin i ka wā ma mua.
ʻO Amoxicillin, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, makemake pinepine ʻia no nā maʻi hanu, nā maʻi pepeiao, a me kekahi mau ʻano maʻi ʻōnaehana mimi. Manaʻo ʻia he ʻoluʻolu i ka ʻōpū a he koho mua pinepine ia no nā keiki me nā maʻi maʻamau.
E koho kāu kauka i ka lāʻau antibiotic e holoi loa i kāu maʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i nā mea e like me kahi o ka maʻi, nā ʻano kūʻē kūloko, a me kāu pane pilikino i nā antibiotics i ka wā ma mua.
Hiki ke hoʻohana palekana ʻia ʻo Cephalexin i ka poʻe me ka maʻi kīkī maʻalahi, akā e hoʻoponopono paha kāu kauka i kāu mahele inā ʻaʻole hana pono kāu mau kīkī. Ma muli o ke kōkua ʻana o kāu mau kīkī i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka cephalexin mai kou kino, ʻo ka hana kīkī i hōʻemi ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi, e noho ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou ʻōnaehana no ka lōʻihi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i kahi mahele haʻahaʻa a i ʻole e hoʻonui i ka manawa ma waena o nā mahele e pale ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā pae pōʻino. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu hana kīkī me nā hoʻokolohua koko i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi kīkī koʻikoʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke koho i kahi antibiotic ʻē aʻe i maʻalahi no kou kino e hana.
Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka cephalexin ma mua o ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawaʻawa, ʻoiai inā ua lawe ʻoe i ka nui o ka nui ma mua o kāu mahele maʻamau. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui o ka cephalexin hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka nausea koʻikoʻi, ka luaʻi, ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, a me ka maʻi maʻi.
Mai ho'āʻo e hana iā ʻoe iho e luaʻi ke ʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia e kahi loea mālama ola. Inā ua lawe ʻoe i hoʻokahi mahele keu a maikaʻi, e kelepona i kāu kauka no ke alakaʻi ʻana inā e lele i kāu mahele aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau. E mālama i ka manawa i ka wā i lawe ai ʻoe i ka mahele keu e kōkua i kāu mea lawelawe mālama ola e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa.
Inā e hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ka cephalexin, e lawe koke ʻoe i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe, ke ʻole ua kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Ma ia hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa hana maʻamau. Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi mahele i hala.
E hoʻāʻo e mālama i nā pae kūlike o ka antibiotic i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana ma ka lawe ʻana i nā mahele i hala i ka hiki wawe. Inā e lawe ana ʻoe i ka cephalexin ʻelua manawa i ka lā a hala i kahi mahele kakahiaka, e lawe ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe a laila e lawe i kāu mahele ahiahi i ka manawa maʻamau. Hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻōhua kelepona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mau mahele a pale i ka hala ʻana iā lākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
E hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i ka cephalexin ke pau ʻoe i ka papa holoʻokoʻa i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā manaʻo ʻoe ua maikaʻi loa ma mua o ka pau ʻana i nā pila āpau. Hiki i ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua ke ʻae i ka bacteria e ola a hiki ke hoʻomohala i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka antibiotic, e paʻakikī ai nā maʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Inā e ʻike ana ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia ana, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka ma mua o ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kāu iho. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kahi antibiotic ʻē aʻe inā pono. E hoʻopau i ka papa holoʻokoʻa ke ʻole e haʻi pololei kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hooki i ka wā mua no nā kumu palekana.
ʻAʻole pili pinepine ka ʻai ʻana i ka waiʻona me ka cephalexin, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka waiʻona i ka wā e hakakā ana i kahi maʻi. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke keakea i ka hiki o kou kino ke hoʻōla a hiki ke hoʻonui i kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka ʻōpū, ka nausea, a i ʻole ka dizziness.
Hiki i ka inu ʻana i ka waiʻona ke hoʻomaloʻo iā ʻoe a hiki ke hoʻoluhi i kou ate a me nā puʻupaʻa, e hana ana e hana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi mai kāu ʻōnaehana. Inā koho ʻoe e inu i ka waiʻona, e hana me ka maʻalahi a e nānā i kou manaʻo. E hooki i ka inu ʻana inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hoʻonui ʻia a i ʻole e manaʻo ʻoe ʻaʻole maikaʻi.
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