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ʻO ka drospirenone-ethinyl estradiol a me levomefolate he pila mana hānau e hui pū ana i nā hormones me kahi ʻano kūikawā o ka folate. Pale kēia hui pū ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana a hāʻawi pū i ka folate, e kōkua ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia o kekahi mau kīnā hānau inā hāpai ʻoe. He pila mana hānau ia me ke kākoʻo meaʻai i kūkulu ʻia i loko.
ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he pila hui ʻekolu-i-hoʻokahi e hana ana ma nā pae he nui. ʻO ka drospirenone a me ka ethinyl estradiol he mau hormones synthetic e hoʻohālike i ka estrogen a me ka progestin maoli o kou kino. Hana pū kēia mau hormones e pale i ka ovulation, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu kou ovaries i kahi hua i kēlā me kēia mahina.
ʻO ka mea levomefolate ka ʻano hana o ka folate, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka huaora B9. Hiki i kou kino ke hoʻohana koke i kēia ʻano folate me ka ʻole e hoʻololi mua. He mea kōkua nui kēia no ka mea he nui nā wahine i nā ʻano genetic e paʻakikī ai i ko lākou kino ke hana i ka waikawa folic maʻamau.
ʻO ka mea e kū hoʻokahi ai kēia hui ʻana, ʻo ia ka mea e kamaʻilio ana i ka contraception a me nā pono meaʻai. ʻOiai ʻoe e pale nei i ka hāpai ʻana, ke kūkulu nei ʻoe i nā pae folate i loko o kou kino, he mea nui ia no ka mahele cell olakino a me ka hana DNA.
ʻO ka hoʻohana mua ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e pale i ka hāpai ʻana i nā wahine i hiki ke hāpai. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o 99% ka maikaʻi ke lawe ʻia i ka pololei, e lilo ia i kekahi o nā ʻano hilinaʻi loa o ka mana hānau i loaʻa.
Ma waho aʻe o ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana, he mea kōkua kēia lāʻau i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka folate. Kōkua ka levomefolate e hōʻoia i ka lawa ʻana o kāu mau pae folate, he mea nui kēia inā e hoʻolālā ana ʻoe e hāpai i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hiki i nā pae folate kūpono ma mua o ka hāpai ʻana ke hōʻemi nui i ka pilikia o nā hemahema o ka paipu neural i nā pēpē.
Hiki i kekahi mau kauka ke kuhikuhi i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pōʻai menstrual a i ʻole e hōʻemi i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi premenstrual (PMS). Loaʻa i ka mea drospirenone nā waiwai diuretic māmā, hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka bloating a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka wai i ʻike ʻia e kekahi mau wahine i kā lākou mau pōʻai.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole e pale pono i ka hāpai ʻana. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka hormone ka mea nui e pale i kāu mau ovaries mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā hua i kēlā me kēia mahina, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻohe hua i loaʻa no ka fertilization.
Hoʻopili pū nā hormones i ka mucus cervical, e hana ana i kahi pale e paʻakikī ai ka sperm e hiki i kekahi hua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Eia kekahi, hoʻololi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka uhi ʻana o kou ʻōpū, e hoʻemi ana i ka hiki ʻana o kahi hua i hoʻomoʻa ʻia e hoʻokomo pono.
Hana ʻokoʻa ka mea levomefolate ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pono folate o kou kino. Kōkua ia i ka synthesis DNA a me ka mahele cell, nā hana e pono ai no ka hoʻomohala olakino. Manaʻo ʻia kēia he lāʻau hoʻomalu hānau ikaika waena e hāʻawi ana i ka contraception hilinaʻi ʻoiai e kākoʻo ana i kou olakino meaʻai.
Pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau hoʻokahi pila i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka manawa like e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā pae hormone paʻa i kou kino a hoʻonui i ka pono.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia pila me ka ʻai ʻole a i ʻole, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana me ka ʻai e kōkua paha i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nausea inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻōpū. Nui nā wahine i ʻike he mea kōkua ke lawe i kā lākou pila me ka ʻaina awakea a i ʻole ma mua o ka moe e hōʻemi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO ka pūʻolo pila ka mea maʻamau he 28 mau pila, me 21 mau pila hormone ikaika a me 7 mau pila hoʻomanaʻo. I ka pule e lawe ai ʻoe i nā pila hoʻomanaʻo, e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe kāu manawa. He mea nui e hoʻomaka i kāu pūʻolo hou i ka manawa, ʻoiai inā e loaʻa ana kāu manawa.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻololi ana mai kahi ʻano hana hoʻomalu hānau ʻē aʻe, e hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai. Pono paha ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka contraception kākoʻo no ka pule mua, ma muli o ka manawa āu e hoʻomaka ai e lawe i nā pila.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe palekana i kēia lāʻau no ka lōʻihi e pono ai ʻoe i ka contraception a hoʻoholo kāu kauka he kūpono ia nāu. Nui nā wahine e hoʻohana i ka mana hānau hormonal no nā makahiki me ka ʻole o nā pilikia, a hāʻawi ka mea folate i nā pono meaʻai e hoʻomau nei.
Makemake paha kāu kauka e ʻike iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia manawa, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 6 a 12 mau mahina, e nānā i kou olakino a kūkākūkā inā ʻo kēia lāʻau ka koho maikaʻi loa nāu. Kōkua kēia mau loiloi e hōʻoia i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o ka lāʻau no kou kino a me nā pono olakino.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā nei e hāpai, pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lāʻau me kāu kauka. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi ʻo ka folate āu i loaʻa ai hiki ke kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ke olakino ke hoʻoholo ʻoe e hāpai.
Pono paha kekahi mau wahine e hoʻōki mua ma muli o nā loli i ko lākou olakino, makahiki, a i ʻole nā mea pilikia. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana pilikino.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i kēia pila hoʻomalu hānau ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā mea a pau iā lākou. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao he maʻalahi a pinepine e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i nā hormones i nā mahina mua.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka nausea, ka palupalu o ka umauma, nā ʻeha poʻo, a me nā loli i kāu ʻano kahe koko menstrual. ʻIke kekahi mau wahine i nā loli o ka naʻau, nā loli o ke kaumaha, a i ʻole nā loli i ko lākou ʻili. He manawa pōkole a hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia mau hopena.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i hōʻike ʻia e nā wahine:
ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao ke ala o kou kino e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pae hormone hou a maʻamau e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o ʻekolu mahina o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau.
Aia kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao kakaʻikahi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia mau mea, he mea nui e ʻike iā lākou i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke kōkua inā pono.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama olakino koke:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia. He kakaʻikahi kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao, akā he mea nui ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana no kou palekana.
ʻAʻole palekana kēia lāʻau no nā mea a pau, a ʻo kekahi mau maʻi olakino a i ʻole nā mea pilikia e kūpono ʻole a weliweli paha. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono kēia pila hānau no ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau inā he moʻolelo kou o nā koko koko, ka hahau ʻana, a i ʻole ka puʻuwai. Hiki i nā hormones i loko o nā pila hānau ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā koko koko, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola no ka poʻe i loaʻa mua kēia mau maʻi.
Eia nā maʻi nui e hoʻopilikia ai i kēia lāʻau:
E noʻonoʻo pū kāu kauka i kou makahiki, nā hana puhi paka, a me ka moʻolelo o ka ʻohana i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
Hoʻonui nui ka puhi paka i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi nā koko koko a me nā pilikia cardiovascular. Inā ʻoe ma luna o 35 a puhi paka, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i kahi ʻano hana hānau ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ka palekana iā ʻoe.
Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke launa pū me kēia pila hānau, e hoʻemi ana i ka pono a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. E haʻi mau i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā huahana lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei.
Loaʻa kēia hui ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o ka inoa inoa ʻo Beyaz, i hana ʻia e Bayer. Ua hoʻomohala kūikawā ʻia ʻo Beyaz e hāʻawi i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka folate i loko o hoʻokahi pila maʻalahi.
Aia paha nā mana generic i loaʻa, a he mau mea hana like nō naʻe e kūʻai ʻia ma lalo o nā inoa like ʻole. Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo inā e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe ka inoa inoa a i ʻole kahi generic like.
He kūpono like nā mana inoa inoa a me nā mana generic ke lawe pololei ʻia. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i kāu ʻinikua a me nā makemake pilikino.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe, aia nā koho hoʻomalu hānau ʻē aʻe i loaʻa. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi koho ʻē aʻe e hana maikaʻi ai no kou kino a me kou ola.
Hiki i nā pila hoʻomalu hānau hui pū ʻē aʻe me nā ʻano hormone like ʻole ke kūpono inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao me kēia hui pū ʻana. Loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻano progestin like ʻole e ʻae maikaʻi ʻia me kou kino.
ʻO nā koho non-hormonal e komo pū ana me nā IUD keleawe, nā ʻano pale e like me nā diaphragms a i ʻole nā condoms, a me nā ʻano ʻike momona. ʻAʻole lākou e hāʻawi i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka folate akā e hoʻopau i nā hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka hormone.
Inā pono ʻoe i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka folate, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kahi mea hoʻohui folate kaʻawale me kekahi ʻano hoʻomalu hānau. Hāʻawi kēia iā ʻoe i ka maʻalahi i ke koho ʻana i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana e hana maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe.
Loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua nā hormones like (drospirenone a me ethinyl estradiol), no laila ua like loa lākou i ka pono o ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ʻo kēia hui pū ʻana e komo pū ana me ka levomefolate, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo Yasmin.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai i ka wā e hiki mai ana a i ʻole makemake i ka pōmaikaʻi meaʻai o ka folate, ʻoi aku paha kēia hui. Hiki i ka hoʻohui folate i kūkulu ʻia ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana he lawa kāu pae ma mua o ka hāpai ʻana.
Eia naʻe, inā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i ka hoʻohui folate a makemake paha e lawe ʻokoʻa, he koho maikaʻi paha ʻo Yasmin. Makemake kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻohui maʻalahi, a ʻoi aku paha ke kumukūʻai ma muli o kāu ʻinikua.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kaupaona i nā pōmaikaʻi o kēlā me kēia koho e pili ana i kāu pono olakino pilikino a me nā pahuhopu hoʻolālā ʻohana.
Hiki i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua maoli i nā wahine me PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome). Loaʻa i ka mea drospirenone nā waiwai anti-androgenic, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻāʻā a me ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho nui e hana pinepine me PCOS.
Hiki i nā hormones i loko o kēia pila ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pōʻai menstrual, he mea hopohopo pinepine ia no nā wahine me PCOS. Eia naʻe, pono kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine me PCOS i nā pilikia no kekahi mau maʻi e like me ka maʻi diabetes a me ka maʻi puʻuwai.
ʻAʻole paha e hōʻeha nui ka lawe ʻana ma mua o hoʻokahi pila i ka lā (overdose), akā pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau no ke alakaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nausea, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole ke kahe ʻana o ke koko.
Mai hoʻāʻo e
Inā ʻoe e hala i hoʻokahi pila hana, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ʻoiai inā ʻo ia hoʻi ka lawe ʻana i ʻelua pila i ka lā hoʻokahi. E pale ʻia nō ʻoe mai ka hāpai ʻana, akā ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka contraception kākoʻo no nā lā 7 e hiki mai ana he hana maikaʻi ia.
Inā ʻoe e hala i ʻelua a ʻoi aku paha nā pila hana, e lawe i ka pila i hala loa i ka hiki wawe a hoʻolei i nā pila i hala. E hoʻohana i ka contraception kākoʻo no nā lā 7 e hiki mai ana, no ka mea, ua emi paha kou pale.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau i kēlā me kēia manawa, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kūkākūkā i kāu mau hoʻolālā me kāu kauka mua. Inā ʻoe e hooki ana no ka mea makemake ʻoe e hāpai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka e hoʻāʻo e hāpai koke ma hope o ka hooki ʻana i nā pila.
Inā ʻoe e hooki ana no nā kumu ʻē aʻe, e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻano hana hoʻomalu hānau ʻē aʻe i mākaukau inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana. Hoʻi pinepine kou momona ma hope koke o ka hooki ʻana i ka hoʻomalu hānau hormonal.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia kēia lāʻau i ka wā e hānai ai i ka waiū, ʻoiai i nā mahina ʻeono mua ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. Hiki i nā hormones ke hōʻemi i ka hana waiū a hiki ke hele i loko o ka waiū umauma.
Inā ʻoe e hānai ana i ka waiū a pono i ka contraception, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā koho palekana e like me nā pila progestin-only, IUDs, a i ʻole nā ʻano pale ʻaʻole e pili i kāu lako waiū a i ʻole ke olakino o kāu pēpē.
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