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ʻO ka Haemophilus B polysaccharide vaccine he mea pale nui e pale aku i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i hana ʻia e ka bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Kōkua kēia vaccine i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i kēia mau bacteria ʻino ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā maʻi e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia vaccine kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e pale ai i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me ka meningitis, pneumonia, a me nā maʻi kahe koko i hiki i ka bacteria Hib ke hana.
ʻO ka Haemophilus B polysaccharide vaccine he pana pale e aʻo ai i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b. Hiki i kēia mau bacteria ke hana i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki ʻōpio ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki. Aia i loko o ka vaccine nā ʻāpana o ka uhi waho o ka bacteria, e kōkua ana i kou kino e aʻo e ʻike a luku i ka bacteria maoli inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe iā lākou.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia vaccine ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā immunizations kamaliʻi maʻamau. Hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka injection i loko o ka ʻiʻo, maʻamau i ka lima a i ʻole ka ʻūhā. Ua hoʻemi nui ka vaccine i nā hihia o ka maʻi Hib mai ka wā i loaʻa nui ai i ka makahiki 1980.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Haemophilus B vaccine e like me nā injection maʻamau ʻē aʻe. E ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻuʻuku wikiwiki a i ʻole ke kuʻi ʻana i ka wā e komo ai ka nila, e mau ana no kekahi mau kekona. Hōʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pana flu a i ʻole nā vaccines maʻamau ʻē aʻe.
Ma hope o ka injection, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi ʻeha maʻalahi, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana ma kahi o ka injection. He maʻamau loa kēia mau hopena a hōʻike i ka pane ʻana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka vaccine. ʻO ka ʻoluʻolu e like me ka ʻeha maʻalahi a maʻamau e pau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻōnaehana maʻalahi loa e like me ka luhi iki a i ʻole ke kuni haʻahaʻa. He maʻalahi loa kēia mau hōʻailona ma mua o nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e pale ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoponopono koke iā lākou iho.
No ka mea, ua puka mai ka pono no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka hoʻoweliweli nui i hana ʻia e ka bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b i loko o ko mākou kaiapuni. Aia maoli kēia mau bacteria a hiki ke laha mai kekahi kanaka i kekahi kanaka ma o nā kulu hanu ke ʻuʻu kekahi, hū, a kamaʻilio kokoke me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo Hib ke kumu nui o ka maʻi meningitis bacterial i nā keiki ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki. Hiki i ka bacteria ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe ma ke kino. He mea maʻalahi nā keiki ʻōpio no ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala piha ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale i ka hiki ke hakakā pono i kēia mau bacteria.
Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala pono ka pale kūlohelohe i ka Hib i nā keiki ʻōpio. ʻOiai inā ola ke keiki i ka maʻi Hib, ʻaʻole paha lākou e hoʻomohala i ka pale ikaika e pale ai i nā maʻi e hiki mai ana. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale hilinaʻi a lōʻihi e hiki ʻole ai ke hōʻoia i ka maʻi maoli.
Pale nui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi Hib invasive koʻikoʻi e hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola a i ʻole ke kumu o nā kīnā mau. ʻO ke kūlana maʻamau a koʻikoʻi e pale ai ʻo ia ka meningitis bacterial, he maʻi ia o nā membrane pale e uhi ana i ka lolo a me ke kuamoʻo.
Eia nā kūlana nui e kōkua ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana:
ʻAʻole maʻamau, pale pū ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi Hib invasive ʻē aʻe e like me ka pericarditis (maʻi ʻeke puʻuwai) a me ka osteomyelitis (maʻi iwi). Hiki i kēia mau maʻi ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia mau loa me ka lohe ʻole, ka pōʻino o ka lolo, nā lohi o ka ulu ʻana, a i nā hihia koʻikoʻi, ka make.
Hāʻawi maʻamau ka lāʻau lapaʻau Haemophilus B i ka pale lōʻihi e hiki ke mau no nā makahiki he nui a i ʻole nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i hoʻopau i ka pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau piha i ka wā kamaliʻi e mālama i ka palekana i ka wā makua.
Eia naʻe, hiki ke emi mālie nā pae palekana i ka manawa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kekahi poʻe. ʻO ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia, nā maʻi maʻi, a i ʻole ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau piha ʻole, e emi ana ka pale. Hiki i kekahi poʻe mākua ke pōmaikaʻi mai nā pana booster inā aia lākou i ka pilikia nui no nā maʻi Hib.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ua laha loa ka maʻi Hib i kēia manawa i nā ʻāina me nā helu lāʻau lapaʻau kiʻekiʻe. Kōkua kēia pale kaiāulu i ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe nona ka palekana pilikino i emi i ka manawa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib he maʻalahi a hiki ke mālama maʻalahi ʻia ma ka home me nā hana hōʻoluʻolu maʻalahi. ʻO ka hopena maʻamau ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai, e hoʻoponopono maʻamau i loko o 24-48 mau hola.
Eia nā ala mālie e mālama ai i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau:
No nā keiki, hiki ke kōkua ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu hou, ka lomilomi mālie a puni kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā papa ʻai maʻamau. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena he maʻalahi a ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
Hahai ka ʻano lapaʻau i ka Hib vaccination i nā papa hana immunization i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā loea pediatric a me ke olakino lehulehu. No nā pēpē a me nā keiki ʻōpio, hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi pūʻulu e hoʻomaka ana i 2 mahina o ka makahiki.
Aia i loko o ka papa hana vaccination maʻamau nā pana ma 2, 4, 6, a me 12-15 mahina o ka makahiki. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū e pili ana i ka pale Hib ke loaʻa i ka manawa ʻokoʻa iki. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola i ka papa hana maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka makahiki o kāu keiki, ke olakino, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hala.
No nā keiki ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole nā mākua i hala i kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau kamaliʻi, loaʻa nā papa hana hopu. Pono paha nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e like me ka maʻi sickle cell, HIV, a i ʻole ka poʻe i wehe ʻia ko lākou spleen i nā mea hou aʻe a i ʻole nā manaʻo manawa kūikawā.
Pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib iā ʻoe a i ʻole kāu keiki i nā manawa kūpono. ʻO nā kipa maʻamau i nā keiki maikaʻi ke manawa kūpono e noho ai i ka lā me kēia immunization koʻikoʻi.
E ʻimi i ke kōkua olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hopena e hopohopo ai ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻOiai he kakaikahi loa nā hopena koʻikoʻi, pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe:
E kelepona pū i kāu mea mālama ola inā he nīnau kāu e pili ana i ka manawa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai inā ua maʻi kāu keiki a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo e pili ana i kā lākou mōʻaukala lāʻau lapaʻau.
Aia nā keiki a pau i ka pilikia no ka maʻi Hib, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau āpau. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i ka hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi inā loaʻa kekahi i ka maʻi bacteria Hib.
Aia nā keiki ʻōpio ma lalo o 5 mau makahiki i ka pilikia nui loa no ka mea e ulu ana kā lākou ʻōnaehana pale. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā keiki ma lalo o 2 mau makahiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me ka meningitis a me ka sepsis.
ʻO nā mea pilikia hou aʻe:
Hiki i nā keiki a me nā mākua olakino ke hoʻomohala i nā maʻi Hib koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau me ka nānā ʻole i kā lākou mau mea pilikia.
ʻO ka pilikia nui loa o ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib, ʻo ia ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi Hib invasive e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola. Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ua kuleana ʻo Hib no nā tausani o nā hihia o ka maʻi koʻikoʻi a me nā haneli o nā make i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā keiki ʻōpio.
Hiki i ka maʻi meningitis bacterial i hana ʻia e Hib ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia mau loa, ʻoiai i ka poʻe i ola. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i ka lohe ʻole, nā lohi o ka ulu ʻana, nā maʻi hopu, a me nā pilikia cognitive. Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke ʻike i nā pilikia aʻo a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano e pili ana iā lākou i ko lākou ola a pau.
ʻO nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe o nā maʻi Hib e komo pū ana:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka maʻi Hib invasive ke make ʻoiai me ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka pilikia o ka make ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa i nā pēpē ma lalo o 6 mahina a me nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
He mea maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau Haemophilus B no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pale a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Ma mua o ka hoʻonāwaliwali ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pale, kōkua maoli nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana iā ia ma ke aʻo ʻana iā ia e ʻike a hakakā i nā bacteria ʻino.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib, aʻo kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hana i nā antibodies pale i nā bacteria Hib me ka ʻole e ʻike i ka maʻi maoli. ʻOi aku ka palekana o kēia kaʻina hana ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka pale ʻana ma o ka maʻi maoli, hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka make.
ʻAʻole hoʻonui a hoʻonāwali paha ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou ʻōnaehana pale. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻike ʻia nā keiki i nā tausani o nā antigens (nā mea ʻē) i kēlā me kēia lā ma o nā hana maʻamau e like me ka ʻai ʻana, ka hanu ʻana, a me ka pāʻani ʻana. ʻO nā antigens i loko o nā lāʻau lapaʻau he hapa liʻiliʻi wale nō o ka mea e mālama mau ai kou ʻōnaehana pale.
Hōʻike mau nā haʻawina i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā keiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻōnaehana pale ikaika a olakino e hiki ke hakakā pono i nā maʻi i loaʻa iā lākou ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ai iā lākou ke hālāwai.
I kekahi manawa, huikau ka poʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Haemophilus B me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea e like ke kani a i ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia i ka manawa like. ʻO ka huikau maʻamau me ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis B, no ka mea, ua pōkole pinepine ʻia nā mea ʻelua a hāʻawi ʻia i nā pēpē.
Huikau kekahi poʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib me ka lāʻau lapaʻau influenza (flu). ʻOiai ke ʻano like o ka inoa
ʻAe, hiki i kāu keiki ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib me ke anu māmā a i ʻole maʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole pinepine ka wela haʻahaʻa, ka ihu e kahe ana, a i ʻole ke ʻū māmā e pale ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, inā he maʻi koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi paha kāu keiki me ke kuni kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kali a hiki i ka wā e ola ai lākou. E kūkākūkā mau i ke olakino o kāu keiki me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
He maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib, e pale ana ma kahi o 95-100% o nā maʻi Hib invasive ke hāʻawi ʻia e like me ka papa manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia. Mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui, ua emi nā hihia o ka maʻi Hib i nā keiki ma mua o 99%. ʻO kēia holomua kupaianaha e lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa i loaʻa i kēia lā.
ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā mākua olakino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib no ka mea he kakaikahi ka maʻi Hib invasive i nā mākua me nā ʻōnaehana pale maʻi maʻamau. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā mākua me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e like me ka maʻi sickle cell, HIV, a i ʻole ka poʻe i wehe ʻia ko lākou spleen ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kou olakino pilikino.
He kakaikahi loa ka poʻe ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib. ʻO ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i ka mahele mua a i ʻole kekahi mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻaʻole pono e loaʻa. Pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi koʻikoʻi e kali a hiki i ka wā e ola ai lākou. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
Hāʻawi maʻamau ka lāʻau lapaʻau Hib i ka pale lōʻihi e hiki ke mau no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻopau i ka pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau kamaliʻi e mālama i nā pae antibody pale i ke ola makua. Eia naʻe, ʻo nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi maʻi e emi ana ka pale ʻana i ka manawa a hiki ke pōmaikaʻi mai nā mea hou aku.
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