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ʻO Ethambutol kahi lāʻau antibiotic i hoʻolālā ʻia e hakakā i ka maʻi tuberculosis (TB) bacteria. Hana ia ma ka hoʻōki ʻana i kēia mau bacteria ʻino mai ke kūkulu ʻana i ko lākou mau paia cell pale, kahi e nāwaliwali ai lākou a kōkua i ka ʻōnaehana pale o kou kino e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi me ka maikaʻi.
Hoʻohana mau ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me nā lāʻau TB ʻē aʻe no ka mea he paʻakikī loa nā bacteria tuberculosis a hiki ke kūʻē i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hui e hana ai kahi e hoʻouka ai kēlā me kēia lāʻau i ka bacteria ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa, e paʻakikī loa ai ka maʻi e ola.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Ethambutol i ka mea nui e mālama i nā maʻi tuberculosis ikaika i kou mau māmā a i ʻole nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Manaʻo ʻia he ʻāpana nui o ka regimen lapaʻau TB maʻamau e hilinaʻi ai nā kauka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hoʻōla i kēia maʻi bacterial koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka ethambutol e pale i ka TB mai ka ulu ʻana inā ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i nā ʻano bacteria kūʻē i ka lāʻau. He mea nui kēia ʻano pale no ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali i ka pilikia nui o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi TB ikaika.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka ethambutol e mālama i kekahi mau maʻi mycobacterial non-tuberculosis, i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā bacteria e pili ana i ka TB akā ʻaʻole like. Hiki i kēia mau maʻi ke hoʻopilikia i kou mau māmā, nā lymph node, a i ʻole nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai inā ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu ʻōnaehana pale.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Ethambutol he antibiotic ikaika e hana ana ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka hiki o ka bacteria tuberculosis ke kūkulu i ko lākou mau paia cell. Hoʻopaʻa pololei ia i kahi enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo arabinosyl transferase, pono i ka bacteria e kūkulu i ko lākou uhi waho pale.
I ka wā ʻaʻole hiki i ka bacteria ke kūkulu i nā paia cell kūpono, lilo lākou i mea nāwaliwali a make hope loa. Lawe kēia hana i ka manawa, ʻo ia ke kumu e mau ai ka mālama ʻana i ka TB i nā mahina he nui. ʻAʻole hana ka lāʻau i ka pō, akā hoʻonāwaliwali ia i ka bacteria i nā pule a me nā mahina o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana.
ʻO ka mea e waiwai ai ka ethambutol, ʻo ia ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka bacteria ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa ma mua o nā lāʻau TB ʻē aʻe e like me ka isoniazid a i ʻole rifampin. Pale kēia hana multi-pronged i ka bacteria mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kūpaʻa a hōʻoia i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka maʻi.
E lawe i ka ethambutol e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā me ke aniani wai piha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, ʻoiai ʻo ka lawe ʻana me ka meaʻai e kōkua paha i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpū inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi pilikia digestive.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e lawe i kāu mahele i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae paʻa o ka lāʻau i loko o kou kahe koko. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea kōkua ke hoʻopili ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou lāʻau i kahi hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ka ʻaina kakahiaka a i ʻole ka palaki ʻana i ko lākou niho, e pale aku i ka nalo ʻana i nā mahele.
E ale i nā papa holoʻokoʻa me ka ʻole o ka ʻoki ʻana, ka nau ʻana, a i ʻole ka wāwahi ʻana iā lākou. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā pila, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā koho ʻē aʻe, akā mai hoʻololi i nā papa ma kāu iho no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka ethambutol i ka pō, ʻoiai inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e maikaʻi. Hiki i ka bacteria TB ke ola i loko o kou kino no nā mahina, a ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā mua hiki ke alakaʻi i ke kūpaʻa lāʻau a me ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi.
Lawe ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka ethambutol no nā mahina 2 mua o kā lākou mālama ʻana i ka TB, ʻoiai e pono paha kekahi no nā manawa lōʻihi e pili ana i kā lākou kūlana. Aia ka lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa i nā mea e like me kahi o kāu maʻi, pehea ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i ka mālama ʻana, a inā he TB kūpaʻa lāʻau kāu.
E nānā kāu kauka i kou holomua ma o nā nānā maʻamau, nā hoʻokolohua sputum, a me nā X-ray umauma e hoʻoholo ai i ka manawa e palekana ai ke hooki i ka lāʻau. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o ka bacteria mai kou kino ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka lapaʻau.
No nā hihia TB kūʻē i ka lāʻau, pono paha ʻoe e lawe i ka ethambutol no 6 mahina a ʻoi aku paha. Pono kēia lapaʻau i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia no ka mea ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka bacteria kūʻē a koi i ka lāʻau ikaika a lōʻihi e pale ai i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi i ka ethambutol, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka mea nui e nānā ai, ʻo ia nā loli i kou ʻike, no ka mea, ʻo ia ka hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi loa o kēia lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai i ka wā e lawe ana i ka ethambutol:
He maʻalahi ka maʻamau o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao a pinepine e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. Eia naʻe, mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā lilo lākou i mea hoʻonāukiuki a i ʻole mau.
ʻO ka hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e makaʻala ai, ʻo ia ka optic neuritis, e pili ana i kou ʻike. Hiki i kēia maʻi ke hana i ka ʻike pohihihi, ka paʻakikī i ka ʻike ʻana i nā kala (ʻo ka ʻulaʻula a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo), a i ʻole nā wahi makapō i kāu kahua ʻike. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, e hana ana ma kahi o 1-2% o ka poʻe e lawe ana i ka ethambutol, he mea nui e hōʻike i nā loli ʻike i kāu kauka i ka wā hiki.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā kakaʻikahi e pili ana i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, nā pilikia o ke ake, a me ka neuropathy peripheral (ka ʻūlū a i ʻole ka ʻūlū ʻana i kou mau lima a me nā wāwae). E nānā mau kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hopu i kekahi o kēia mau pilikia i ka wā mua.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Ethambutol no nā mea a pau, a aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e koho ai kāu kauka i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai inā he pilikia maka a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻike.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka ethambutol inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole he optic neuritis. Pono paha ka poʻe me nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka maʻi no ka mea e hoʻopau ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o nā puʻupaʻa, a hiki i ka hōʻiliʻili ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā keiki ma lalo o 13 mau makahiki ka ethambutol no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kamaʻilio pono i nā loli ʻike. Eia naʻe, i nā hihia o ka TB kūʻē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, kauoha kekahi mau kauka iā ia no nā keiki ʻōpio me ka nānā pono.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hānai ana i ka waiū, e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kāu kauka. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ethambutol he palekana ma mua o kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau TB ʻē aʻe i ka wā hāpai, e loiloi kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē.
Loaʻa ʻo Ethambutol ma lalo o kekahi mau inoa inoa, ʻo Myambutol ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā Etibi a me Servambutol, ma muli o kou wahi a me ka mea hana lāʻau lapaʻau.
Loaʻa nui nā mana generic o ethambutol a hana like me nā mana inoa inoa. Hiki i kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke pani i kahi mana generic ke ʻole kāu kauka e noi pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inoa inoa.
ʻOiai ke ʻano o ka mana āu e loaʻa ai, ʻo ka mea hana a me ka pono e like nō. Inā he nīnau kāu e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o nā mana inoa a me nā mana generic, e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka lāʻau a i ʻole kauka.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka ethambutol ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole nā contraindications, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu regimen lapaʻau TB. Aia ke koho i nā mea e like me nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻē lāʻau, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka maikaʻi o kou ʻae ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
ʻO Streptomycin kekahi koho ʻē aʻe i kekahi manawa e hoʻohana ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā hihia kahi i kūpono ʻole ai ka ethambutol. Eia naʻe, pono ia i ka injection a loaʻa iā ia nā hopena ʻaoʻao ponoʻī, me nā pilikia lohe a me nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa.
No ka TB kūʻē i ka lāʻau, hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou e like me ka bedaquiline, delamanid, a i ʻole pretomanid ke koho. Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau no nā hihia paʻakikī kahi i kūpono ʻole ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau a i ʻole ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia.
E hana kāu kauka me nā loea TB e hoʻoholo i ka regimen ʻē aʻe maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hui pū ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama pono i kāu maʻi i ka wā e hōʻemi ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau TB maikaʻi ʻo Ethambutol a me streptomycin, akā he mau mea maikaʻi a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Ethambutol no ka mea e lawe ʻia ana ma ka waha, e maʻalahi ai no ka mālama lōʻihi.
Pono ʻo Streptomycin i nā injections i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki ke ʻeha a me ka pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka mālama ʻana i nā mahina lōʻihi e koi ai ka TB. Loaʻa nō hoʻi iā ia ka pilikia nui o ka lohe ʻana a me ka pōʻino o ka puʻupaʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hopohopo nui o ka ethambutol i nā loli ʻike.
Eia naʻe, hiki ke koho ʻia ʻo streptomycin i nā kūlana kikoʻī, e like me ka wā ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻae i ka ethambutol a i ʻole he TB kūʻē i ka lāʻau e pane maikaʻi ana i ka streptomycin. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu mau kūlana pilikino i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
He kūpono nā lāʻau ʻelua ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papa hana lapaʻau TB kūpono. ʻO ka koho ma waena o lākou e pili pinepine ana i ka maʻalahi, ka ʻaoʻao hopena, a me kou kūlana olakino.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo ethambutol no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, akā pono paha ka nānā ʻana. Hiki i ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka neuropathy peripheral, a ʻoi aku paha kēia pilikia ke lawe ʻoe i ka ethambutol.
E nānā nui kāu kauka i nā hōʻailona o ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻūlū ʻana i kou mau lima a me kou mau wāwae. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu pae kōpaʻa koko, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau TB ke hoʻopilikia i ka mana glucose, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hana ʻo ethambutol i nā loli nui i ke kōpaʻa koko.
Inā ua lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka ethambutol ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia o ka ʻike a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe.
Mai hoʻāʻo e hoʻoponopono i ka overdose ma ka haʻalele ʻana i kāu mahele aʻe. Akā, e hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka no ka hoʻi ʻana i kāu papa hana maʻamau. E mālama i ka manawa i lawe ai ʻoe i ka mahele keu i hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kēia ʻike i kāu mea mālama ola.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ethambutol, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole ua kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele aʻe. I kēlā hihia, e haʻalele 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, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala.
E hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i ka ethambutol ke haʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe he palekana ke hana pēlā. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia hoʻoholo ma kāu pane ʻana i ka lapaʻau, nā hopena hoʻokolohua e hōʻike ana ua pau nā bacteria, a me ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka TB āu i loaʻa.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hooki i ka ethambutol ma hope o nā mahina mua 2 o ka lapaʻau, akā pono paha kekahi poʻe i ka lōʻihi. E hoʻohana kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua sputum, nā X-ray umauma, a me nā nānā ʻē aʻe e hoʻoholo i ka manawa kūpono e hooki ai i ka lāʻau.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e pale i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i ka ethambutol a me nā lāʻau TB ʻē aʻe. Hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia o ke ake, ʻoiai ke hui pū ʻia me nā lāʻau TB ʻē aʻe e like me ka isoniazid a me ka rifampin i lawe pinepine ʻia me ka ethambutol.
Hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻonui i kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole a me ka huikau. Inā koho ʻoe e inu i kekahi manawa, e kūkākūkā mua me kāu kauka a e kaupalena i kāu ʻai ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi e hōʻemi i nā pilina a me nā pilikia.
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