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ʻO nā hui ʻana o ka ʻū a me ke anu he mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kūʻai ʻia ma luna o ka pāʻālua e loaʻa ana nā mea hana he nui e mālama i nā hōʻailona anu he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Hoʻohui maʻamau kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi mea e kāohi ai i ka ʻū, decongestant, antihistamine, a i ʻole mea e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ka ʻeha i loko o kahi ʻano maʻalahi. E noʻonoʻo iā lākou ma ke ʻano he ala hana multi-tool e mālama ai i kāu mau hōʻailona anu ʻeha ke hana nei ʻoe me ka congestion, ka ʻū, a me nā ʻeha o ke kino i ka manawa like.
ʻO nā hui ʻana o ka ʻū a me ke anu he mau lāʻau lapaʻau multi-symptom i hoʻolālā ʻia e hana i nā hōʻailona anu he nui i ka manawa like. Ma kahi o ka lawe ʻana i ʻekolu a ʻehā mau pila kaʻawale, loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau mea hana e hana pū ana i hoʻokahi huahana.
Hoʻopili maʻamau kēia mau hui i nā mea e like me dextromethorphan no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻū, pseudoephedrine a i ʻole phenylephrine no ka congestion nasal, diphenhydramine a i ʻole chlorpheniramine no ka ihu kahe, a i kekahi manawa acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen no nā ʻeha a me ke kuni. ʻO ka manaʻo e hāʻawi i ke kōkua piha ke manaʻo ʻoe i ka ʻeha loa me nā hōʻailona anu he nui.
Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā huahana hui me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha, ʻoiai kekahi e loaʻa ana ka pseudoephedrine e koi iā ʻoe e nīnau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hōʻike i ka ʻike. ʻO ka mea maʻalahi e hana i kēia mau koho kaulana ke maʻi loa ʻoe e ʻike i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e lawe ai.
Mālama kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hui pū ʻana o nā hōʻailona e hele pū me ke anu maʻamau, ka maʻi flu, a i ʻole nā maʻi hanu luna. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou no ka wā e hana nei ʻoe me nā hōʻailona he nui e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea weliweli.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau e pili ana i kēia mau hui pū ʻana, ʻo ia ka ʻū mau e hoʻomau iā ʻoe e ala ana, ka ihu paʻa e paʻakikī ai ka hanu ʻana, ka ihu e kahe ana me ka hū mau, nā hū ʻana, nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi o ke kino, a me ke kuni haʻahaʻa. Kōkua kekahi mau ʻano hana i ke kaomi ʻana o ka sinus a me nā poʻo e hele pinepine me ke anu.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kēia mau hui pū ʻana ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua a ʻekolu paha hōʻailona anu e hana ana i ka manawa hoʻokahi. He mea kōkua nui lākou i nā lā kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi ke ikaika loa nā hōʻailona a hoʻopilikia i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole ka hiamoe.
Hoʻopā kēlā me kēia mea i loko o kēia mau hui pū ʻana i nā hōʻailona like ʻole ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole i loko o kou kino. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hui liʻiliʻi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana pū ana, me kā lākou hana ponoʻī.
Hana nā mea hoʻopau i ka ʻū e like me ka dextromethorphan ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ke kikowaena ʻū i kou lolo, e hōʻemi ana i ka makemake e ʻū. Hoʻopili nā decongestants e like me ka pseudoephedrine a i ʻole phenylephrine i nā kīʻaha koko pehu i loko o kou mau ala ihu, e wehe ana i nā ala ea. Hoʻopili nā antihistamines e like me diphenhydramine i nā mea hoʻokipa histamine, e hōʻemi ana i ka ihu e kahe ana a me ka hū ʻana i ka wā e hoʻoulu ai i ka hiamoe.
Hana nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha a me nā mea hoʻemi kuni e like me acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa e hōʻemi i ka mumū a me ka ālai ʻana i nā hōʻailona ʻeha. ʻO ke ala hui pū ʻana, ʻo ia ke loaʻa nei iā ʻoe ka hoʻomaha maʻalahi ma nā hōʻailona he nui ma mua o ka hoʻomaha ikaika no hoʻokahi pilikia.
E heluhelu mau i ka lepili me ka akahele a e hahai i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi e like me ka mea i kākau ʻia. Pono e lawe ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau me ke aniani wai piha, a hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, ʻoiai ʻo ka lawe ʻana me ka meaʻai e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā huahana hui pū ʻia e lawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia 4 a 6 hola e like me ka mea e pono ai, akā ʻaʻole e ʻoi aku ma mua o ka nui o ka lā i helu ʻia ma ka pūʻolo. Inā loaʻa i kāu hui ʻana ka acetaminophen, e makaʻala loa ʻaʻole e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa ka acetaminophen, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka overdose weliweli.
E lawe i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona e pono ai ke kōkua. Mai lawe iā lākou ma ke ʻano he pale a i ʻole e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana iā lākou ke pau kāu mau hōʻailona. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, e nānā me kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i nā pilina e hiki ke loaʻa ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kekahi huahana hui pū.
Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā pōkole wale nō, ʻaʻole ma mua o 7 mau lā no nā hōʻailona ʻū a me 3 mau lā no ke kuni. Inā mau kāu mau hōʻailona ma mua o kēia manawa, ua hiki i ka manawa e kūkākūkā me kahi mea mālama ola.
Hoʻoponopono maoli ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona anu i loko o 7 a 10 mau lā, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā manawa lōʻihi. Inā ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e makemake ana e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana iā lākou ma mua o hoʻokahi pule, hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻomaikaʻi kāu mau hōʻailona, ʻoiai inā ma mua o ka lōʻihi loa. ʻAʻole pono kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke maikaʻi ʻoe, a ʻo ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pono ʻole hiki ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma muli o nā mea i loko o kāu huahana hui pū. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he maʻalahi a hiki ke mālama ʻia no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e ʻae ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau:
ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao he mea manawa wale nō a e pau ke haʻalele ka lāʻau i kou kino. Inā pilikia nā hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e hoʻololi i kahi ʻano hana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e lawe i nā mea hana pākahi.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā kakaikahi e koi ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi me ka ʻūhū, ka pehu ʻana, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ke koko kiʻekiʻe loa, ka wili nui a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻana, a i ʻole ka puʻuwai wikiwiki a i ʻole ka maʻamau ʻole.
Pono kekahi mau pūʻulu o nā kānaka e pale i kēia mau hui ʻana a i ʻole e hoʻohana iā lākou ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kou palekana ka mea nui, no laila he mea nui e ʻike inā kūpono kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono nā keiki ma lalo o 2 mau makahiki e loaʻa i nā hui ʻana o ka ʻū a me ke anu, no ka mea, hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke pilikia no nā keiki liʻiliʻi. Pono nā keiki ma waena o 2 a me 6 mau makahiki e hoʻohana wale i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o ke alakaʻi kikoʻī mai ke kauka keiki.
Pono nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e makaʻala loa e pili ana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau:
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe, ʻoi loa nā mea hoʻoheheʻe koko, nā antidepressants, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko, e nīnau me kāu kauka lāʻau a i ʻole ke kauka ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana hui pū. Hiki ke koʻikoʻi kēia mau pilina a ʻaʻole maopopo mau.
Nui nā inoa inoa maʻamau e hāʻawi i nā huahana hui pū, kēlā me kēia me nā hui pū ʻana o nā mea ʻokoʻa. ʻO nā inoa kaulana e pili ana iā Robitussin Multi-Symptom, nā hui Mucinex, Tylenol Cold and Flu, a me nā hui Sudafed PE.
Loaʻa i nā inoa hale kūʻai a me nā mana generic nā mea hana like e like me nā inoa inoa akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai. ʻO ke kī ka heluhelu ʻana i ka papa inoa o nā mea hana hana ma mua o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā inoa inoa, no ka mea, hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā formulations i loko o ka ʻohana inoa like.
Hāʻawi kekahi mau inoa i nā formulations lā a me ka pō, me nā mana o ke ao i hoʻolālā ʻia e pale i ka hiamoe a me nā mana o ka pō e loaʻa ana nā mea e kōkua iā ʻoe e hiamoe. Hiki ke kōkua kēia i ka mālama ʻana i kāu hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā i ka wā e mālama ana i nā hōʻailona.
He nui nā koho ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole kūpono nā huahana hui pū no ʻoe a i ʻole inā makemake ʻoe e kuhikuhi i nā hōʻailona kikoʻī. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pākahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i kāu lapaʻau a pale i nā mea pono ʻole.
No ke ʻuʻu wale nō, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka dextromethorphan (Robitussin DM) a i ʻole guaifenesin (Mucinex) no nā ʻuʻu e hana ana. No ka paʻa ʻana o ka ihu, hiki i nā decongestants hoʻokahi mea e like me pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) a i ʻole phenylephrine (Sudafed PE) ke hana pono.
ʻO nā koho kūlohelohe e komo pū ana me ka meli no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻuʻu, nā sprays nasal saline no ka paʻa ʻana o ka ihu, a me nā gargles wai paʻakai mahana no ka ʻāʻī ʻeha. Hiki i ka hanu ʻana i ka mahu, ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻomaha nui ke kōkua i kou kino e ola maoli.
Aia ka pane i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā makemake. Hāʻawi nā huahana hui i ka maʻalahi ke hana ʻoe me nā hōʻailona he nui, akā hāʻawi nā lāʻau lapaʻau pākahi iā ʻoe i ka mana hou aʻe ma luna o ka hoʻohana ʻana a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hana maikaʻi nā hui ʻana ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ka manawa like, a makemake ʻoe i ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i hoʻokahi lāʻau. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā mea hana āu e pono ʻole ai, hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao me ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i ka pōmaikaʻi hou.
Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pākahi ke hiki iā ʻoe ke kuhikuhi wale i nā hōʻailona e hoʻopilikia nui iā ʻoe a hoʻoponopono i nā mea e pili ana i kou manaʻo. Hiki i kēia ala ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai a hiki ke hōʻemi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, akā pono ia i ka hoʻolālā hou a me ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau he nui.
Aia kēia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei. E nānā mau me kāu lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole kauka ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia mau huahana me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia, ʻoiai nā mea hoʻoheheʻe koko, nā antidepressants, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko.
E makaʻala loa i ka pāpālua ʻana i nā mea ʻai. No ka laʻana, inā aia ka acetaminophen i kāu hui ʻana, mai lawe i ka Tylenol hou. Nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kau ʻia a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa ma luna o ka pāpaʻa i nā mea like, no laila he mea maʻalahi ke lawe nui ʻana me ka manaʻo ʻole.
Inā ua lawe ʻoe ma mua o ka nui i ʻōlelo ʻia, mai hopohopo, akā e hana koke. E kelepona koke i kāu kauka, ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu i ka lāʻau make no ke alakaʻi ʻana e pili ana i nā mea ʻai kikoʻī a me ka nui āu i lawe ai.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka overdose, hiki ke komo i ka hiamoe nui, ka huikau, ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole ka nausea a me ka luaʻi nui. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka mālama olakino pilikia.
No ka mea, lawe ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka mea e pono ai no nā hōʻailona, ʻaʻohe pono e hopohopo e pili ana i ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi mahele. E lawe wale i ka mahele aʻe ke hoʻi mai kāu mau hōʻailona a pono ʻoe i ke kōkua.
Mai lawe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi mahele i haʻalele ʻia. E pili i ka papa manawa maʻamau a me nā manawa i helu ʻia ma ka pūʻolo, a e lawe wale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka mālama ʻana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai kāu mau hōʻailona, ʻoiai inā ma mua o ka lōʻihi loa i helu ʻia ma ka pūʻolo. He mau lāʻau lapaʻau kēia e hōʻoluʻolu ai i nā hōʻailona, ʻaʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pono e hoʻopau ʻia e like me nā antibiotics.
Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi kāu mau hōʻailona ma hope o 7 mau lā o ka hoʻohana ʻana, e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a e kūkākūkā me kahi mea mālama ola. Hiki i nā hōʻailona e hoʻomau nei ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
He mea maikaʻi e pale i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia mau lāʻau. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻonui i ka hiamoe a me ka ʻūlū, ʻoi loa inā loaʻa i kāu hui nā antihistamines a i ʻole nā mea e kāohi ai i ka ʻū.
Hiki i ka hui pū ʻana o ka waiʻona a me kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka ʻōpū a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka hiki o kou kino ke pale aku i ka maʻi e hana ana i kāu mau hōʻailona anu. E nānā i ka noho ʻana i ka wai me ka wai a me nā wai ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole waiʻona.
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