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He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Eflornithine i kuhikuhi ʻia e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kahi maʻi kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo ka maʻi hiamoe ʻApelika. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pale ʻana i kahi enzyme e pono ai nā parasites e ola, e hoʻōki pono ana i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi i loko o kou kino.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke manaʻo nui i ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai inā pono ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi āu e mālama ai. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ua hoʻopakele ʻo eflornithine i nā ola no nā makahiki he nui, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o kāna hana hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo i ke kaʻina hana lapaʻau.
He lāʻau lapaʻau antiparasitic ʻo Eflornithine e kuhikuhi pono ana i nā parasites e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi hiamoe ʻApelika. No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo ornithine decarboxylase inhibitors, he mea paʻakikī ke kani akā ʻo ia hoʻi ka pale ʻana i kahi hana nui e pono ai nā parasites e hoʻonui.
He wai maopopo ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hāʻawi pololei ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko ma o ka IV. ʻO kēia ʻano hāʻawi pololei e hōʻoia i ka hiki ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā parasites me ka wikiwiki a me ka maikaʻi, e hāʻawi ana i kou kino i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hakakā ai i ka maʻi.
ʻOiai he lāʻau lapaʻau ʻike ʻole ʻo eflornithine, ua aʻo nui ʻia a ua kōkua i nā tausani o nā kānaka e ola mai kēia maʻi koʻikoʻi. Manaʻo ka World Health Organization he lāʻau lapaʻau pono ia no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi hiamoe ʻApelika.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Eflornithine i ka maʻi hiamoe ʻApelika, i ʻike ʻia ʻo human African trypanosomiasis. Hiki mai kēia maʻi ke komo nā parasites i kapa ʻia ʻo trypanosomes i kou kino ma o ka nahu ʻana o kahi lele tsetse i maʻi ʻia.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ke kahua ʻelua o ka maʻi hiamoe, i ka wā i hele ai nā parasites i loko o kou ʻōnaehana nerve waena. I kēia manawa, pili ka maʻi i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo, e hana ana i ka mālama ʻana i mea nui a paʻakikī.
E loiloi pono kāu kauka i kou maʻi ma mua o ka kau ʻana i ka eflornithine. E noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea e like me ka lōʻihi o kou loaʻa ʻana o nā hōʻailona, ke ʻano o ka parasite e hoʻoulu nei i kou maʻi, a me kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kēia hana pilikino e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa no kou kūlana.
Hana ʻo Eflornithine ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi enzyme kikoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo ornithine decarboxylase e pono ai nā parasites e ola a hoʻonui. E noʻonoʻo i kēia enzyme ma ke ʻano he mea nui i ka meaʻai ola o ka parasite - me ka ʻole o ia mea, ʻaʻole hiki i nā parasites ke hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia enzyme, e pōloli ana i nā parasites i ka mea e pono ai lākou e ulu. I ka nāwaliwali ʻana a me ka make ʻana o nā parasites, hiki i kou ʻōnaehana pale ke hakakā maikaʻi i ke koena o ka maʻi a kōkua i kou kino e ola.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika kēia no ka mea pono e hele i ka pale koko-lolo e hiki ai i nā parasites i loko o kou ʻōnaehana nerve waena. ʻO ka pale koko-lolo ka kānana pale o kou kino e pale ana i nā mea he nui mai ka hiki ʻana i kou lolo, no laila ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia ka eflornithine e lanakila i kēia pale kūlohelohe.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Eflornithine ma ke ʻano he infusion intravenous, ʻo ia hoʻi e kahe mālie ana i loko o kou kahe koko ma o ka nila i loko o kou vein. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia lapaʻau ma kahi haukapila a i ʻole kahi keʻena lapaʻau kūikawā kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe loea mālama ola ke nānā pono iā ʻoe.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻehā manawa i ka lā no 7 a i ʻole 14 mau lā, ma muli o kou kūlana. He 6 hola e pau ai kēlā me kēia infusion, no laila e hoʻolilo ʻoe i ka manawa nui e loaʻa ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai, no ka mea, hele pololei ia i loko o kou kahe koko. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi a me ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai maikaʻi ke kōkua i kou kino i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana a me ka inu ʻana i ka wā o kāu mālama ʻana.
Aia ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka eflornithine i ke ʻano o ka maʻi hiamoe āu i loaʻa a pehea ka pane ʻana o kou kino i ka lāʻau. Loaʻa ka mālama ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka no 7 a 14 mau lā, me ka lōʻihi pololei i hoʻoholo ʻia e kāu kauka.
E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola i kāu holomua i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. E nānā lākou i kou koko, ka wai spinal, a me ke kūlana holoʻokoʻa e hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana o ka lāʻau a ke hoʻopau ʻia nei nā parasites.
He mea nui e hoʻopau i ka papa piha o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e maikaʻi ma mua o ka pau ʻana. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua hiki ke ʻae i nā parasites e hoʻonui hou, e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o kou maʻi.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka eflornithine ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai he nui nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi ana i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o ke kūlana e mālama ai. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mākaukau a emi ka hopohopo e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka luhi, ke poʻo, a me nā pilikia digestive e like me ka nausea a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi. ʻO kēia mau hopena e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi flu maʻalahi a maʻamau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū:
E nānā mau kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe no kēia mau hopena a hiki ke hoʻololi i kāu lapaʻau inā pono. Loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao a e kōkua lākou iā ʻoe ma nā pilikia e kū mai ana.
ʻAʻole kūpono paha ʻo Eflornithine no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi pono kāu kauka inā ʻo ia ke koho kūpono nāu. Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi i loaʻa mua i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole ka nānā kūikawā.
Pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala o nā hopu ʻana, nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole nā maʻi koko. ʻAʻole pono kēia mau maʻi e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka eflornithine, akā pono lākou i nā hana mālama hou a me ka nānā ʻana i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
Pono nā wāhine hāpai i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i maopopo loa nā hopena o ka eflornithine i nā pēpē e ulu ana. E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi o ka maʻi hiamoe i mālama ʻole ʻia i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i kāu hāpai ʻana, e hoʻoholo pinepine ana he mea pono ka lapaʻau no kou olakino a me ke olakino o kāu pēpē.
Loaʻa ʻo Eflornithine ma lalo o ka inoa inoa ʻo Ornidyl ma nā ʻāina he nui. ʻO kēia ka inoa inoa i ʻike nui ʻia no ke ʻano injectable i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka maʻi hiamoe ʻApelika.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o nā inoa like ʻole ma nā ʻāina like ʻole, akā like ka mea hana. E hōʻoia kāu mea mālama ola e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka formulation kūpono me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka ʻāina.
He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo aia kekahi ʻano topical o ka eflornithine i kūʻai ʻia ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Vaniqa, akā hoʻohana ʻia kēia no nā kumu ʻokoʻa loa a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia me ke ʻano injectable i hoʻohana ʻia no ka maʻi hiamoe.
Nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi hiamoe ʻApelika, a na kāu kauka e koho i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana. Aia ke koho i nā mea e like me ke ʻano o ka parasite, ke kahua o kāu maʻi, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka lāʻau hui pū ʻana o Nifurtimox-eflornithine (NECT) ka mea i makemake nui ʻia no ka mea e hui pū ana ʻo eflornithine me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo nifurtimox. Hiki i kēia hui ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a hiki ke hōʻemi i ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka eflornithine wale nō.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka suramin no nā maʻi mua a me ka pentamidine no kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi hiamoe. I kēia mau lā, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo fexinidazole i ka hoʻohiki ʻana ma ke ʻano he koho lapaʻau waha, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki ke lawe ʻia e ka waha ma mua o ka IV.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka eflornithine me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no ka maʻi hiamoe no ka mea hana maikaʻi loa kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā kūlana like ʻole. He mea pono loa ʻo Eflornithine no ka maʻi hiamoe i ke kahua ʻelua i ka wā i komo ai nā parasites i ka ʻōnaehana nerve waena.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka eflornithine me nifurtimox (NECT) i manaʻo pinepine ʻia he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka eflornithine wale nō no ka mea e hōʻemi ana i ka manawa lapaʻau a hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Ua lilo kēia hui i mea maʻamau i ka mālama ʻana i nā kikowaena lapaʻau he nui.
Hāʻawi nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou e like me ka fexinidazole i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka lawelawe waha, hiki ke ʻoluʻolu a hiki ke loaʻa i nā wahi mamao kahi e maʻamau ai ka maʻi hiamoe. Eia naʻe, he koho nui ʻo eflornithine, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole kūpono a loaʻa ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Eflornithine i ka poʻe me nā pilikia kīkī, akā pono ka nānā pono ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mahele. E nānā kāu kauka i ka hana o kou kīkī ma mua a i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hana palekana ʻana o ka lāʻau e kou kino.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi kīkī, pono paha i kāu kauka e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa ma waena o nā mahele a i ʻole e hōʻemi i ka nui o ka lāʻau āu e loaʻa ai. Kōkua kēia hana pilikino i ka mālama ʻana i ka pono o ka lāʻau i ka wā e pale ana i ke olakino o kou kīkī.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole nā hopu ʻana, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi keʻena lapaʻau, e kokoke ana nā poʻe loea mālama ola e pane koke i nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
No nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻaʻole koʻikoʻi akā e pili ana, e kamaʻilio koke me kāu hui mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole i ka wā e hoʻomau ana i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau pono.
Ma muli o ka lawelawe ʻia ʻana o ka eflornithine i loko o kahi haukapila e nā poʻe loea mālama ola, ʻaʻole paha e haʻalele i nā mahele. E hahai ana ka hui lapaʻau i kahi papa manawa paʻa e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia infusion i nā manawa kūpono.
Inā no kekahi kumu i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia kahi mahele ma muli o nā kūlana lapaʻau, e hoʻoponopono kāu hui mālama ola i ka papa manawa. E hōʻoia lākou e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka papa piha o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pono ai e hoʻopau pono i nā parasites.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hooki koke i ka lapaʻau ʻana me ka eflornithine, ʻoiai inā manaʻo ʻoe ua maikaʻi. He mea nui ka papa lapaʻau piha e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o nā parasite a pau mai kou kino, e pale ana i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi.
Na kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka manawa e pau ai ka lapaʻau ʻana ma muli o kou holomua a me nā hopena hoʻokolohua. E nānā maʻamau lākou i kāu wai spinal a me ke koko e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o nā parasite ma mua o ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lāʻau.
ʻAe, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka lapaʻau ʻana me ka eflornithine. E hoʻonohonoho kāu kauka i nā nānā maʻamau e nānā i kou ola ʻana a e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e hoʻi mai ka maʻi. E mau ana kēia mau manawa no kekahi mau mahina a i ʻole mau makahiki ma hope o ka lapaʻau ʻana.
I ka wā o nā kipa ma hope, e nānā kāu kauka i kāu hana neurological, e hana i nā hoʻokolohua koko, a e hana hou paha i ka loiloi wai spinal. Ke kōkua nei kēia nānā ʻana i ka hopu ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā mua a e hōʻoia i kou ola piha ʻana mai kēia maʻi koʻikoʻi.