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ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha he lāʻau wai āu e inu ai e pale iā ʻoe iho mai ka cholera, he maʻi ʻōpū koʻikoʻi e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi maʻi nui a me ka maloʻo. Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau nā bacteria cholera nāwaliwali e kōkua i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e aʻo e hakakā i ka maʻi maoli me ka hana ʻole iā ʻoe.
He pilikia olakino nui ka Cholera ma nā wahi he nui o ka honua, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā wahi me ka maʻemaʻe ʻole. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, hāʻawi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau waha i ka pale hilinaʻi ke pono ʻoe e hele i nā wahi pilikia nui a i ʻole e noho i nā wahi e kū ai nā maʻi cholera.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka cholera, he maʻi i lawe ʻia e ka wai e hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi maʻi e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola a me ka maloʻo. Manaʻo nā kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe huakaʻi e hele ana i nā wahi i maʻamau ka cholera, e like me nā ʻāpana o ʻApelika, Asia, a me Haiti.
Pono paha ʻoe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā e hele ana ʻoe i nā kahua hoʻomoana, nā wahi pōʻino, a i ʻole nā wahi me ka wai ʻilihune a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomaʻemaʻe. Loaʻa pinepine i nā limahana mālama ola, nā limahana kōkua, a me nā limahana koa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻouna ʻia ʻana i nā wahi pilikia nui.
He mea nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea hiki i ka cholera ke paʻi koke a koʻikoʻi. Me ka mālama kūpono ʻole, hiki i ka maʻi ke alakaʻi i ka haʻalulu, ka hāʻule ʻana o ka puʻupaʻa, a me ka make i loko o nā hola o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā bacteria cholera nāwaliwali i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana digestive, kahi e hiki ai i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke aʻo palekana e ʻike a hakakā i ka maʻi maoli. Kapa ʻia kēia hana he immunization ikaika, a ua like ia me ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻana o kou kino i ka pale ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻōla ʻana mai kahi maʻi.
Ma hope o kou inu ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hana nā pūnaewele immune kūikawā i loko o kou ʻōpū i nā antibodies i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻouka i ka bacteria cholera. Noho kēia mau antibodies i loko o kou ʻōnaehana, mākaukau e pale iā ʻoe inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi maoli ma hope.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika ma waena o ka pale ʻana. Kāohi ia i ka cholera ma kahi o 85% o ka poʻe i loaʻa iā ia, ʻoiai e emi mālie ana kēia pale ʻana i ka manawa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hui pū ʻia me nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka inu wai palekana.
Pono ʻoe e lawe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha ma ka ʻōpū ʻole, ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana i kekahi mea koe wale nō ka wai. He wai ka lāʻau lapaʻau āu e inu pololei ai mai ka ʻōmole a i ʻole e hui pū me ka wai maʻemaʻe a me ka lumi wela.
Eia ke ʻano e lawe pono ai. ʻO ka mea mua, e pale i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana i kekahi mea koe wale nō ka wai no hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E lulu maikaʻi i ka ʻōmole inā kuhikuhi ʻia, a laila inu koke i nā mea a pau. Ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e kali i hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka wai.
He mea nui ka manawa no ka mea hiki i ka meaʻai a me nā wai ʻē aʻe ke keakea i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono ka waikawa o kou ʻōpū ma ke kiʻekiʻe kūpono no ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ia ke kumu e koʻikoʻi ai ke koi ʻana i ka ʻōpū ʻole.
Mai hui pū i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka wai chlorinated, no ka mea, hiki i ka chlorine ke pepehi i ka bacteria nāwaliwali i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E hoʻohana mau i ka wai maʻemaʻe, ʻaʻole chlorinated inā pono ʻoe e hoʻoheheʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Pono ka pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau cholera piha i ʻelua mau lāʻau i lawe ʻia ma kahi o 1-6 mau pule kaʻawale, ma muli o kou makahiki a me ka brand lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono nā mākua a me nā keiki ma luna o 6 mau makahiki i nā lāʻau ʻelua, ʻoiai e pono paha nā keiki 2-6 mau makahiki i nā manawa like ʻole.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻopau i ka moʻo holoʻokoʻa ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi pule ma mua o ka hele ʻana i kahi wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi kolera. Hāʻawi kēia i kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka manawa kūpono e kūkulu ai i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi.
ʻO ka pale ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e mau ana ma kahi o 2-3 mau makahiki, akā e hoʻomaka ana paha e nāwaliwali ma hope o ka makahiki mua. Inā e hoʻomau ʻoe e noho a hele pinepine paha i nā wahi pilikia nui, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā pana hoʻoikaika e mālama i kou pale.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi a ʻaʻole paha mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau kolera waha. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he mea liʻiliʻi a hoʻoponopono i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau. Hiki ke loaʻa ka ʻoluʻolu o ka ʻōpū, ka nausea maʻalahi, a i ʻole nā ʻeha ʻōpū liʻiliʻi i kahi o 1 i 10 mau kānaka. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka maʻi maʻi maʻalahi, ke poʻo, a i ʻole ka luhi maʻamau no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā hiki nō ke komo i ka luaʻi, ka ʻūlū, a i ʻole ke kuni haʻahaʻa. Hōʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o nā hola 24-48 ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoponopono maʻamau iā lākou iho.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau akā koʻikoʻi he mea maʻamau loa me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. I nā hihia kakaʻikahi loa, hiki i nā kānaka ke ʻike i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, me ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻili ākea. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao he hōʻailona maoli ia e pane pono ana kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka ʻoluʻolu maʻalahi āu e manaʻo ai ʻo ke ala o kou kino e kūkulu ai i ka pale ʻana i ka kolera.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kolera waha a i ʻole e kūkākūkā i nā koho ʻē aʻe me kā lākou mea mālama ola. Loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau nā bacteria ola, nāwaliwali, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole kūpono ia no nā mea a pau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā he nāwaliwali loa kou ʻōnaehana pale ma muli o ka HIV/AIDS, ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopau ai i ka pale ʻana. Pono nā kānaka me ka maʻi febrile nui (maʻi e hoʻoulu ai i ke kuni) e kali a ola lākou ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Pono nā wāhine hāpai e pale i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻole he kiʻekiʻe loa ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka cholera. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe hōʻike e hōʻino ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pēpē hānau ʻole, makemake nā kauka e makaʻala me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ola i ka wā hāpai.
ʻAʻole pono nā keiki ma lalo o 2 mau makahiki e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, ʻaʻole paha e pane pono ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale. Pono nā kānaka me ka maʻi maʻi nui a i ʻole ka luaʻi ʻana e kali a pau kēia mau hōʻailona ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi nui i kekahi mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā ma mua, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka iā ʻoe e kūʻē i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. E kūkākūkā mau i kāu moʻolelo olakino piha me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ka inoa inoa i loaʻa pinepine ʻia ʻo Vaxchora, i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no nā mea hele mai 18-64 mau makahiki.
Hiki i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe ke hoʻohana i nā inoa inoa like ʻole e like me Dukoral, i loaʻa ma Kanada, ʻEulopa, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Dukoral i nā kānaka ʻōpio e like me 2 mau makahiki a hāʻawi i ka pale ʻana i ka cholera a me kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi maʻi hele.
ʻO ShanChol a me Euvichol-Plus nā lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā hoʻolaha lāʻau lapaʻau nui ma nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka cholera. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e nā hui kanaka a me nā papahana olakino lehulehu.
ʻOiai ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha ke ʻano pale mua, aia nā ala ʻē aʻe e pale ai iā ʻoe iho mai ka cholera. ʻO ke koho ʻē aʻe nui loa ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka inu wai palekana ma nā wahi pilikia.
ʻO nā hana wai palekana e komo pū ana me ka inu ʻana i ka wai i loko o nā hue, ka wai i hoʻolapalapa ʻia, a i ʻole ka wai i mālama ʻia me nā papa chlorine a i ʻole iodine. E pale i nā pahu hau, nā hua hou ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻili iā ʻoe iho, a me nā iʻa maka a i ʻole nā mea kanu i kuke ʻole ʻia.
ʻO nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he laina pale lua. E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima me ke kopa a me ka wai maʻemaʻe, ʻoiai ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumi lua. Inā ʻaʻole loaʻa ke kopa a me ka wai, e hoʻohana i ka mea holoi lima i hana ʻia me ka waiʻona me ka 60% waiʻona.
Hāpai kekahi poʻe huakaʻi i nā paʻakai rehydration waha ma ke ʻano he hana mālama. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou e pale i ka maʻi kolera, hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka dehydration inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi maʻi nui mai kekahi kumu.
Mālama ka cholera vaccine a me ka typhoid vaccine i nā maʻi like ʻole, no laila ʻaʻole ia he mea maikaʻi ma mua o kekahi. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ma muli o kahi āu e hele nei a me kāu mau mea pilikia.
Mālama ka cholera vaccine i ka bacteria cholera, e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi maʻi wai nui a me ka dehydration. Mālama ka typhoid vaccine i ke kuni typhoid, e hoʻoulu ai i ke kuni kiʻekiʻe, ke poʻo, a hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi inā ʻaʻole mālama ʻia.
Nui nā poʻe huakaʻi i nā wahi pilikia kiʻekiʻe e pono maoli i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no ka mea hiki ke loaʻa ka cholera a me ka typhoid i nā wahi like. E ʻōlelo kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau huakaʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e pono ai ma muli o kāu huakaʻi, ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana, a me nā hana i hoʻolālā ʻia.
Lawe ʻia ka cholera vaccine ma ka waha, a ʻo nā typhoid vaccines i loko o nā ʻano waha a me nā ʻano injectable. He palekana a maikaʻi nā mea ʻelua ke hoʻohana pono ʻia.
ʻAe, palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera waha no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, inā maikaʻi ka mālama ʻia ʻana o ko lākou kōpaʻa koko a ʻaʻohe pilikia ʻē aʻe o ka ʻōnaehana pale. ʻAʻole e pale ka maʻi diabetes wale nō iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia naʻe, pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes e kūkākūkā i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kā lākou mea mālama ola, ʻoiai inā he pilikia pili i ka maʻi diabetes. Hiki i kāu kauka ke makemake e nānā pono iā ʻoe ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono i ka manawa ma muli o ke kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Inā lawe ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau cholera hou, mai hopohopo. E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu i ka lāʻau make no ke alakaʻi ʻana, akā he mea maʻamau loa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka overdose lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ikaika e like me ka nausea, nā ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi, akā pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia kēia mau mea i loko o kekahi mau lā. E noho hydrated a hoʻomaha, a e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a i ʻole e maʻi nui.
Inā hala ʻoe i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau cholera ʻelua, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua inā ua lōʻihi ma mua o ka manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia he 1-6 pule.
Mai hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka hoʻomaka. ʻAʻole ia he manaʻo e pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka hou i hoʻokahi lāʻau i hala, akā pono ʻoe e hoʻopau i ka moʻo holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka hele ʻana e hōʻoia i ka pale kūpono.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau cholera ke pau ʻoe i ka moʻo lāʻau ʻelua mua, ke ʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā pilikia e kū nei. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale no kahi o 2-3 mau makahiki ma hope o ka moʻo piha.
Inā e hoʻomau ʻoe i ka noho ʻana a i ʻole ka hele pinepine ʻana i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi kolera, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā pana hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia 2-3 mau makahiki e mālama i kou pale ʻana. ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka huakaʻi pōkole i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomau.
Hiki i nā makuahine e hānai ana i ka waiū ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kolera waha me ka palekana, no ka mea, ʻaʻole paha e hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka waiū umauma i nā mea nui. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā mau i kēia me kāu mea mālama ola.
E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kūʻē i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka pilikia liʻiliʻi i nā pēpē hānai.
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