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ʻO Fomivirsen kahi lāʻau antiviral kūikawā i hoʻolālā ʻia e mālama i kahi maʻi maka koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis. Hoʻopilikia nui kēia maʻi i ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i nāwaliwali loa, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe me ka maʻi HIV/AIDS holomua. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻokomo pololei ʻana i ka maka e pale i ka maʻi mai ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hōʻino hou ʻana i ka retina.
ʻOiai ʻo fomivirsen i hōʻike i kahi holomua nui i ka mālama ʻana i kēia maʻi e hoʻoweliweli ana i ka ʻike, ʻaʻole i loaʻa hou i ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o kāna hana a me kāna mea i hoʻokō ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kāu mau koho lapaʻau inā ʻoe e hana nei me CMV retinitis i kēia lā.
ʻO Fomivirsen kahi lāʻau oligonucleotide antisense e ālai ana i ka hana hou ʻana o ka maʻi ma ka pae genetic. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he ʻūlū molekala e ʻoki i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pono ai ka maʻi CMV e hana i nā kope o ia iho. ʻO kēia ala i manaʻo ʻia he mea kūpono loa ia i nā maʻi cytomegalovirus i ka maka.
No ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi papa lāʻau lapaʻau kūʻokoʻa e hana ana ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka DNA a me ka RNA. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau antiviral kuʻuna e ālai ana i nā enzymes a i ʻole nā proteins, kuhikuhi pololei ʻo fomivirsen i nā mea genetic e hoʻohana ai nā maʻi e hana hou. Ua waiwai nui kēia i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi CMV kūʻē i ka lāʻau.
Ua lawelawe ʻia ʻo Fomivirsen ma ke ʻano he intraocular injection, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hoʻokomo pololei ʻia i loko o ka vitreous humor o ka maka. Ua ʻae kēia ʻano hana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma kahi e pono ai, ʻoiai e hōʻemi ana i ka ʻike i ke koena o kou kino.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Fomivirsen no ka mālama ʻana i ka retinitis cytomegalovirus i nā maʻi me ka AIDS. He maʻi viral koʻikoʻi ka CMV retinitis e hoʻouka ana i ka retina, ka ʻiʻo e ʻike ana i ka mālamalama ma ke kua o kou maka e pono ai no ka ʻike. Me ka mālama ʻole ʻia, hiki i kēia maʻi ke alakaʻi i ka makapō i loko o nā mahina.
He mea waiwai nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi i hiki ʻole ke ʻae a i ʻole i pane ʻole i nā lāʻau lapaʻau CMV ʻē aʻe e like me ganciclovir a i ʻole foscarnet. I kekahi manawa, hoʻokumu kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi a i ʻole e pau wale ka hana ʻana, e waiho ana i nā maʻi me nā koho liʻiliʻi no ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou ʻike.
Ua hoʻohana pū nā kauka i ka fomivirsen i ka wā i hōʻike ʻia ai nā lāʻau antiviral ʻē aʻe ma muli o nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa a i ʻole nā helu koko haʻahaʻa. Mai ka noho ʻana o ka fomivirsen i ka maka ma hope o ka injection, ua hana ia i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hele a puni ke kino holoʻokoʻa.
Hana ʻo Fomivirsen ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻano kikoʻī o ka mea genetic CMV a pale i ka maʻi mai ka hana ʻana i nā protein pono. Ke pili ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka RNA viral, ālai ia i ke kaʻina hana unuhi e hoʻohuli i nā ʻōlelo genetic i nā mea viral hana. Hoʻopau pono kēia i ka maʻi mai ka hana hou ʻana a me ka laha ʻana.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he mea antiviral ikaika a i manaʻo ʻia no ka mea e hana ana ma ke kumu kumu o ka hana hou ʻana o ka maʻi. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻolohi wale i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi, hiki i ka fomivirsen ke hoʻōki loa i ka replication CMV ke hiki i nā ʻano kūpono i ka ʻiʻo maka.
ʻO ka mea e hana ai ʻo fomivirsen i mea maikaʻi loa ʻo ia kona hiki ke hana ʻoiai e kūʻē i nā ʻano CMV i lilo i mea pale i nā lāʻau lapaʻau antiviral ʻē aʻe. Mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻano hana like ʻole, hiki i nā maʻi i hoʻomohala i ke kūpaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ganciclovir ke hiki ke pilikia i ka mālama ʻana i ka fomivirsen.
Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Fomivirsen e nā loea maka i aʻo ʻia ma o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i loko o ka maka i loko o kahi keʻena lapaʻau maʻemaʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia lāʻau ma ka home, a pono ia i ka hoʻomākaukau pono a me ka nānā ʻana e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i ʻike i nā lāʻau lapaʻau retinal.
Ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, e hoʻopā ka kauka i kou maka me nā kulu anesthetic kūloko e hōʻemi i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana i loko o kahi keʻena outpatient, a pono ʻoe e noho mālie i ka wā e hoʻokomo pono ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka lua vitreous o kou maka me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi nila maikaʻi loa.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole ke kaomi ʻana i kou maka. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo aʻo kikoʻī ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, e komo pū ana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kulu maka antibiotic e pale ai i ka maʻi a me ka pale ʻana i nā hana e hoʻonui ai i ke kaomi maka no kekahi mau lā.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kekahi e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i ka home ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, no ka mea, hiki ke pōpō iki kou ʻike mai nā kulu anesthetic a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana iho. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā, ʻoiai pono ʻoe e hahai i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī a kāu kauka.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana me fomivirsen e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana o kāu CMV retinitis a me kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa. Ua loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi nā injections i kēlā me kēia 2-4 pule i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, me ka papa manawa pololei i hoʻoholo ʻia e kā lākou loea maka ma muli o ka nānā mau ʻana i ka maʻi retinal.
I ka manawa i mālama ʻia ai ka maʻi CMV ikaika, ua hoʻololi kekahi mau maʻi i kahi papa hana mālama me nā injections liʻiliʻi. Ua kōkua kēia ala e pale i ka hoʻi ʻana o ka maʻi i ka wā e hōʻemi ana i nā pilikia e pili ana i nā injections maka hou.
E nānā mau kāu kauka i kou retina me nā lako kūikawā e loiloi ai inā e hana pono ana ka lapaʻau. Ua kōkua kēia mau nānā ʻana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa e palekana ai ke hōʻemi i ke alapine o nā injections a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo e hoʻōki i ka lapaʻau.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ka hoʻoholo e hoʻōki i ka lapaʻau fomivirsen ma muli o nā kumu he nui, me ke kūpaʻa o kou kūlana retinal, ke kūlana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a i ʻole ka pono no kou kūlana.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau o fomivirsen e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana injection a pili pinepine i ka maka i mālama ʻia. He manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena a hiki ke mālama ʻia me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana e kāu hui mālama ola.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, i hui pū ʻia e like me ke alapine o ko lākou hiki ʻana mai:
Nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai nā maʻi he nui:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā a hiki ke mālama ʻia me nā kulu maka i kauoha ʻia a me nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e koi ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke aku i kāu kauka maka a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino pilikia, no ka mea, hiki i ka mālama wikiwiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka pōʻino o ka ʻike mau.
ʻO nā pilikia kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi e hiki ke hana me nā injections intraocular:
Hōʻike kēia mau pilikia kakaʻikahi i ke koʻikoʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka fomivirsen i hāʻawi ʻia e nā loea retinal i ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi i lako pono.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Fomivirsen no nā mea a pau, a ʻo kekahi mau kūlana a i ʻole nā kūlana e hana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono ʻole a i ʻole ka pilikia. E loiloi pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me ke kūlana olakino o kēia manawa ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa iā fomivirsen inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi maka ikaika ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka CMV retinitis, no ka mea, hiki i ka injection ke hoʻonui i ka maʻi a i ʻole ke keakea i ka hoʻōla kūpono. Pēlā nō, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mumū nui i kou maka mai nā kumu ʻē aʻe, pono paha i kāu kauka ke mālama mua i kēlā maʻi ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau fomivirsen.
ʻAʻole kūpono paha nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi koko a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lahilahi koko no nā injections intraocular ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia o nā pilikia koko. Pono kāu kauka e ana pono i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi i kēia mau kūlana.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena koʻikoʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole a i ʻole nā pilikia anatomical me kou maka e paʻakikī ai ka injection palekana, hiki ke kūpono nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no kou kūlana.
Ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo Fomivirsen ma lalo o ka inoa inoa ʻo Vitravene i ka wā i loaʻa ai. ʻO kēia wale nō ka hoʻomākaukau kalepa o fomivirsen i ʻae ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i ka CMV retinitis, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka injection intraocular.
Ua hana ʻia ʻo Vitravene e Novartis a hōʻike i ka lāʻau antisense mua i ʻae ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi viral. He mea nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka lāʻau antiviral, e hōʻike ana e hiki i nā ala genetic ke kūpono i nā maʻi viral kūʻē i ka lāʻau.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa hou ʻo Vitravene ma ka ʻoihana ma ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina, me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa. Ua hoʻōki ka mea hana i ka hana ʻana ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ke koi ʻana i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau HIV hou a ua emi nui ka hanana o CMV retinitis.
Nui nā koho ʻē aʻe i ka fomivirsen i loaʻa no ka mālama ʻana i ka CMV retinitis i kēia lā. Hāʻawi pinepine kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau hou i ka maikaʻi like a ʻoi aku paha me nā papa hana maʻalahi a me nā pilikia e pili ana i ka injection.
ʻO nā mea kanu Ganciclovir kekahi o nā koho kūleʻa loa, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pololei i ka maka no nā mahina he nui. Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi i loko o ka maka a hoʻokuʻu mālie i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa, e hōʻemi ana i ka pono o nā injections pinepine i ka mālama ʻana i nā pae lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
Hiki i nā lāʻau antiviral systemic e like me valganciclovir (i lawe ʻia e ka waha) a i ʻole intravenous ganciclovir, foscarnet, a i ʻole cidofovir ke mālama pono i ka CMV retinitis. ʻOiai e pili ana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kou kino holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka maka wale nō, hiki ke kūpono no nā maʻi me nā maʻi CMV ma nā wahi he nui.
No nā maʻi ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae i nā lāʻau lapaʻau systemic, hiki i nā injections intraocular pololei o ganciclovir a i ʻole foscarnet ke hāʻawi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia e like me fomivirsen. Ua loaʻa maʻalahi kēia mau koho ʻē aʻe a hiki ke maikaʻi no nā maʻi he nui.
He mau pono a me nā palena kūikawā ko Fomivirsen a me ganciclovir, e hana ana i ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi ana i nā kūlana maʻi pilikino ma mua o ka maikaʻi o kekahi ma mua o kekahi.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui o Fomivirsen ʻo ia kona pono e kūʻē i nā ʻano CMV kūʻē i ka ganciclovir a me kona hopena ʻaoʻao systemic liʻiliʻi. Mai ka noho ʻana i ka maka ma hope o ka injection, ʻaʻole ia i hana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka iwi iwi a i ʻole ka ʻona o ka puʻupaʻa e hiki ke hana me ka lāʻau ganciclovir.
Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ganciclovir. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he kulu maka, injections, implants, a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau systemic, e hāʻawi ana i nā koho lapaʻau hou aku no nā pono maʻi like ʻole. He moʻolelo lōʻihi hoʻi ko Ganciclovir o ka palekana a me ka pono, me nā makahiki he nui o ka ʻike lapaʻau e alakaʻi ana i kāna hoʻohana.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i iho mai i nā mea e like me ke kūʻē ʻana i ka lāʻau, ka ʻae ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ka maʻalahi o ka lawelawe ʻana, a me ka loaʻa. I kēia lā, me ka loaʻa ʻole o fomivirsen, ʻo ganciclovir a me kāna mau mea pili e noho ana i ke kihi o ka lāʻau retinitis CMV.
ʻAe, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo fomivirsen he palekana no ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻupaʻa no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e komo nui i ke kahe koko ma hope o ka injection intraocular. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau antiviral systemic e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hana o ka puʻupaʻa, noho nui ʻo fomivirsen i ka ʻiʻo maka kahi e pono ai.
He mea waiwai loa kēia fomivirsen no nā maʻi i loaʻa nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa i pale iā lākou mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ganciclovir a i ʻole foscarnet me ka palekana. Eia naʻe, pono nō e nānā pono ʻia nā maʻi i loaʻa i ka maʻi puʻupaʻa i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau ke loaʻa nā hopena i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i ka poʻe me ka hana ʻino o nā ʻōpū.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi injection fomivirsen i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka maka e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hiki wawe. ʻO ka hala ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hiki ke ʻae i ka maʻi CMV e hana hou a hiki ke hōʻino hou i kou retina.
Pono paha kāu kauka e nānā i kou maka e loiloi i ke kūlana o ka maʻi ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka papa hana maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka mālama ʻana. I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo e hoʻi i kahi papa hana injection pinepine no ka manawa e loaʻa hou ai ka mana o ka maʻi viral.
Pono ka ʻeha nui o ka maka ma hope o ka injection fomivirsen i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke, no ka mea, hiki ke hōʻike i kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me ka maʻi a i ʻole ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kaomi maka. E kelepona koke i kāu kauka maka a i ʻole e hele i ka lumi pilikia inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i kāu loea.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau kekahi ʻoluʻolu ma hope o ka injection intraocular, ʻaʻole pono e mālama ʻole ʻia ka ʻeha nui ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha i kuhikuhi ʻia a i ʻole e ʻino aʻe i ka manawa. Hiki i ka mālama mua ʻana i nā pilikia ke pale pinepine i ka pōʻino o ka ʻike mau.
Pono e hana mau ʻia ka hoʻoholo e hooki i ka mālama ʻana iā fomivirsen ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu kauka maka e pili ana i ka nānā mau ʻana i kou kūlana retinal a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Ma keʻano laulā, hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ka mālama ʻana i ka wā i hoʻomalu piha ʻia ai ka maʻi CMV a ua ola hou kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lawa e pale ai i ka hana hou ʻana.
E hana maʻamau kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua maka maʻamau a hiki ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua koko e loiloi i kāu hana pale ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hoʻōki i ka lāʻau. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka wā mua hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi CMV a me ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻike.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole pinepine ka fomivirsen i nā pilikia ʻike mau loa, lawe ka hana injection i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi o nā pilikia e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou ʻike. Aia kēia mau pilikia i ka maʻi, ka wehe ʻana o ka retina, a i ʻole ka mumū mau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia mau pilikia ke hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau e nā loea i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO ka pilikia nui i kou ʻike mai ka waiho ʻana i ka CMV retinitis i mālama ʻole ʻia, kahi e alakaʻi maoli ai i ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻike a me ka makapō hope loa. Ke lawelawe pono ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka fomivirsen i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike ma mua o nā pilikia liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka lāʻau.
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