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He lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia ka Ethosuximide i hoʻolālā ʻia e mālama i nā haʻalulu ʻole, kahi ʻano maʻi epilepsy e hoʻoulu ai i nā manawa pōkole o ka ʻike ʻole. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā haʻalulu ʻole e like me nā haʻalulu "petit mal", kahi e kū ai kekahi i kā lākou hana a nānā wale no kekahi mau kekona ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka maʻamau. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā hōʻailona uila i loko o kou lolo e hoʻoulu ai i kēia mau haʻalulu.
Inā ua kauoha ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi mea aloha i ka ethosuximide, ke ʻimi nei ʻoe i ka ʻike maopopo a hōʻoluʻolu e pili ana i ka mea e manaʻo ai. Ke kōkua nei kēia lāʻau lapaʻau mālie akā maikaʻi i ka poʻe e mālama i nā haʻalulu ʻole no nā makahiki he nui, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o kāna hana hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia he anticonvulsants a i ʻole nā lāʻau antiepileptic ka Ethosuximide. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kuhikuhi i ke ʻano o ka hana lolo e hoʻoulu ai i nā haʻalulu ʻole, e hana ana i mea ʻokoʻa loa mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau haʻalulu ʻē aʻe e hana ana i nā ʻano epilepsy like ʻole.
Hele mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he capsule waha a i ʻole ka hopena wai e lawe ʻoe ma ka waha. He mea kōkua nui ka ʻano wai no nā keiki a i ʻole kekahi mea i pilikia i ka ale ʻana i nā pila. E kauoha kāu kauka i ke ʻano e hana maikaʻi loa no kāu mau pono a me nā kūlana.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Ethosuximide e mālama i nā haʻalulu ʻole i nā keiki a me nā mākua. He mau kekona wale nō ka lōʻihi o kēia mau haʻalulu a hoʻoulu i ke kanaka e hooki koke i kā lākou hana i kēia manawa a nānā wale, pinepine me ka hāʻule ʻole a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā spasms ʻiʻo.
I ka wā o ka hopu ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi e like me ka moeʻuhane a i ʻole ka
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ke ʻano wai, e hōʻoia e ana pono i kāu mahele me ka mea ana e hele pū ana me ka lāʻau. ʻAʻole pololei nā puna hale maʻamau no ke ana ʻana i nā lāʻau wai. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau mahele i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā pae paʻa o ka lāʻau i loko o kou kahe koko.
Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kauka e lawe i ka ethosuximide i nā mahele i māhele ʻia i ka lā a pau ma mua o ka manawa hoʻokahi. Kōkua kēia ala i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a me ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau e hana mau ana. E hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu kauka, no ka mea, ua hoʻopilikino lākou i ka papa manawa dosing i kāu mau pono pilikino.
He ʻokoʻa nui ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana me ka ethosuximide mai kēlā kanaka i kēia kanaka. Pono kekahi poʻe e lawe iā ia no kekahi mau makahiki wale nō, a pono paha kekahi poʻe no nā wā lōʻihi e mālama i kā lākou hopu ʻana.
ʻIke ka nui o nā keiki me nā hopu ʻole i ka maikaʻi o ko lākou kūlana i ko lākou ulu ʻana, i kekahi manawa e ʻae iā lākou e hōʻemi mālie a i ʻole e hooki i ka lāʻau ma lalo o ka mālama olakino pono. Eia naʻe, hoʻomau kekahi poʻe i ka lawe ʻana i ka ethosuximide i ka wā makua inā pono ia e pale i nā hopu.
E nānā mau kāu kauka i kāu holomua a hiki ke hoʻololi i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau a inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Mai hooki koke i ka lawe ʻana i ka ethosuximide, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻoulu i nā hopu. Pono e hana mālie ʻia nā loli i kāu lāʻau ma lalo o ka mālama olakino.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ethosuximide, akā e like me nā lāʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i kekahi poʻe. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, a nui nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ʻia e ʻoe, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe e ʻike i kekahi o kēia mau mea:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e lilo pinepine i mea liʻiliʻi ma hope o kekahi mau pule i ka wā e hoʻopili ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. Inā mau lākou a i ʻole e lilo i mea hoʻopilikia, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele a i ʻole ka manawa e kōkua ai i ka hōʻemi ʻana iā lākou.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, aia kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao e pono ai ka nānā nui a pono e hōʻike ʻia i kāu kauka inā loaʻa lākou:
I nā manawa kakaʻikahi, hiki i ka ethosuximide ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. Aia kēia mau mea i nā hopena maʻi maʻi nui, nā maʻi koko, a i ʻole nā loli nui i ka hana ate. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia mau pilikia, he mea nui e makaʻala i nā hōʻailona maʻamau a mālama i nā loiloi maʻamau me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka Ethosuximide no nā mea a pau, a e noʻonoʻo pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi a i ʻole nā kūlana e pale i kēia lāʻau a i ʻole e hoʻohana me ka mālama nui.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka ethosuximide inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka lāʻau a i ʻole kekahi o kāna meaʻai. Eia kekahi, pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi koko a i ʻole ka maʻi ate koʻikoʻi e pale i kēia lāʻau a i ʻole e hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Pono ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā no kekahi mau pūʻulu o nā kānaka, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke lawe i ka ethosuximide:
E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa no kou kūlana kikoʻī. ʻOiai inā ʻoe e hāʻule i loko o kekahi o kēia mau māhele, hiki nō i ka ethosuximide ke koho maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hopu ʻana me ka nānā pono ʻana a me nā hana mālama.
Loaʻa ka Ethosuximide ma lalo o kekahi mau inoa inoa, ʻo Zarontin ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia. Ua loaʻa kēia mana inoa inoa no nā makahiki he nui a ua ʻike nui ʻia e nā mea mālama ola a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
Loaʻa nō hoʻi nā mana generic o ethosuximide a hana like me nā mana inoa inoa. Loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau generic ka mea hana like a pono e hoʻokō i nā kūlana palekana a me ka pono e like me nā lāʻau inoa inoa, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o lākou.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka inoa inoa a i ʻole ka mana generic e hilinaʻi paha i kāu ʻinikua, nā makemake o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ke kauka. He kūpono nā koho ʻelua no ka mālama ʻana i nā hopu ʻana, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi i ka mana i kauoha ʻia iā ʻoe.
ʻOiai ʻo ethosuximide ka koho mua no ka mālama ʻana i nā hopu ʻana, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ke kūpono inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka ethosuximide iā ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole e kāohi pono i kāu mau hopu ʻana.
ʻO ka waikawa valproic kekahi lapaʻau mua maʻamau no nā hopu ʻana i ka nele e hana ʻokoʻa ma mua o ka ethosuximide. Hiki ke makemake ʻia i kekahi mau kūlana, e like me ka wā e loaʻa ai i kekahi kanaka nā ʻano hopu like ʻole a i ʻole ke kumu o ka ethosuximide i nā hopena ʻaoʻao pilikia.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me ka lamotrigine, i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā keiki a me nā mākua i pane ʻole i ka ethosuximide a i ʻole ka waikawa valproic. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau hou e like me ka levetiracetam i nā kūlana kikoʻī, ʻoiai ua mālama ʻia kēia mau mea no nā hihia i ka wā i kūleʻa ʻole ai nā lapaʻau mua.
Aia ke koho ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā mea he nui, me kou makahiki, nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe, nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ke loaʻa, a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka lapaʻau. E hana pū kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i ke koho maikaʻi loa me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi loa no kou kūlana.
ʻO ka ethosuximide a me ka waikawa valproic he mau lapaʻau mua maikaʻi loa no nā hopu ʻana i ka nele, a ʻaʻole kekahi o lākou i
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kou makahiki, nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei, nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hiki mai ana, a me kou ola i ke koho ʻana ma waena o kēia mau koho. Nui ka poʻe e maikaʻi ana me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau, a i kekahi manawa ʻo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea ʻelua e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mea e hana maikaʻi ai no kou kūlana.
ʻAe, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ethosuximide he palekana a maikaʻi hoʻi no nā keiki me nā hopu ʻole. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua i makemake ʻia no ka epilepsy ʻole o ke kamaliʻi no ka mea e hana maʻamau ia i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ma mua o kekahi mau lāʻau antiepileptic ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻomanawanui maʻamau nā keiki i ka ethosuximide, a ʻo ka hoʻomākaukau wai e maʻalahi ai no nā keiki ʻōpio ke lawe. E nānā pono ke kauka o kāu keiki i ko lākou ulu ʻana, hoʻomohala ʻana, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka hopu ʻana i ka wā e lawe ana lākou i kēia lāʻau. Nui nā keiki me nā hopu ʻole e ʻike i ka maikaʻi o ko lākou maʻi i ko lākou ulu ʻana, i kekahi manawa e ʻae iā lākou e hōʻemi mālie a i ʻole e hooki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o ka mālama olakino.
Inā ua lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka ethosuximide ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu lāʻau make. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui o ka ethosuximide hiki ke hana i nā hōʻailona e like me ka hiamoe nui, ka nausea, ka luaʻi ʻana, a i ʻole ka nalowale o ka hoʻonohonoho.
Mai kali e ʻike inā e ulu nā hōʻailona. ʻOiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe, he mea nui e kiʻi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau e pili ana i ka mea e hana ai ma hope. E mālama i ka hue lāʻau me ʻoe i ka wā e kelepona ai a i ʻole e hele ai i ka mālama olakino, no ka mea, makemake nā mea mālama ola e ʻike pololei i ka nui āu i lawe ai a me ka manawa āu i lawe ai.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ethosuximide, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke i ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa hana maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ka lāʻau pālua e pani ai i ka lāʻau i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā lāʻau, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala. He mea nui ka pae lāʻau lapaʻau mau no ka pale ʻana i nā hopu.
Pono e hana mau ʻia ka hoʻoholo e hooki i ka lawe ʻana iā ethosuximide me ke alakaʻi a kāu kauka. Nui ka poʻe e pono e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau no kekahi mau makahiki e mālama ai i ka mana hopu, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hōʻemi mālie i kā lākou lāʻau i ka manawa.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me ka lōʻihi o kou noho ʻana me ka hopu ʻole, kou makahiki, ke ʻano o ka maʻi epilepsy āu, a me nā hopena EEG i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā palekana ke hoʻāʻo e hōʻemi i kāu lāʻau. Inā hooki ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana iā ethosuximide, e hana mālie ʻia ia i nā pule a i ʻole mau mahina e hōʻemi i ka pilikia o nā hopu.
ʻO ke kalaiwa ʻana i ka wā e lawe ana iā ethosuximide e hilinaʻi ana i kekahi mau mea, me ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻia ʻana o kāu mau hopu a inā paha e hoʻoulu ai ka lāʻau i ka hiamoe a i ʻole ka ʻūlū iā ʻoe. ʻO ka hopohopo nui inā pilikia ʻoe i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hopu ʻana i ka wā e kalaiwa ana.
Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā mokuʻāina nā kānāwai kikoʻī e pili ana i ke kalaiwa ʻana me ka epilepsy, e koi pinepine ana i kahi manawa kūpono o ke kūʻokoʻa hopu ma mua o kou hiki ke kalaiwa ma ke kānāwai. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi e pili ana i ka manawa e palekana ai ʻoe e kalaiwa ma muli o ka mālama ʻana i kāu hopu a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai. E nānā mau me kāu kauka a me ka 'Oihana o nā Kaʻa o kou mokuʻāina e pili ana i nā koi kikoʻī ma kou wahi.
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