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ʻO ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka hepatitis A he pana palekana a maikaʻi loa e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka hepatitis A, he maʻi viral e pili ana i kou ate. Aia i loko o kēia lapaʻau ka maʻi hepatitis A i hoʻopau ʻia (make) a i ʻole ka maʻi nāwaliwali ola e aʻo ai i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka maʻi maoli inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe iā ia.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lapaʻau ʻana kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku iā ʻoe iho a me kāu poʻe aloha mai kēia maʻi ate koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻohana palekana ʻia ka lapaʻau no nā makahiki he nui a hāʻawi i ka pale lōʻihi i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Pale ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka hepatitis A i ka maʻi hepatitis A, e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū o kou ate a hiki ke maʻi nui iā ʻoe no nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina. Manaʻo ʻia kēia lapaʻau no nā keiki, nā mākua e hele ana i kekahi mau wahi, a me nā kānaka i kahi pilikia nui o ka hōʻike ʻana.
Hoʻolaha ka hepatitis A ma o ka meaʻai haumia, ka wai, a i ʻole ka pilina pili me kekahi mea i loaʻa ka maʻi. Hana ka lapaʻau ma ke kōkua ʻana i kou kino e kūkulu i ka pale ma mua o kou hālāwai ʻana i ka maʻi maoli, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i ka pale ikaika mai ka maʻi.
He mea nui ka lapaʻau inā e hoʻolālā ana ʻoe e hele i nā ʻāina kahi i ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka hepatitis A, e hana i nā wahi mālama ola, a i ʻole e loaʻa i kekahi mau maʻi e hoʻokau iā ʻoe i kahi pilikia nui.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka hepatitis A he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika a hilinaʻi e hana ana ma ke aʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka maʻi hepatitis A. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pana, ʻike kou kino i nā mea o ka lapaʻau he malihini a hana i nā antibodies i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻouka i ka hepatitis A.
Noho kēia mau mea pale i loko o kou kino no nā makahiki he nui, mākaukau e luku koke i kekahi maʻi hepatitis A āu e hālāwai ai. ʻO ia hoʻi, inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka maʻi maoli ma hope, hiki i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke pane koke a pale iā ʻoe mai ka maʻi.
Hoʻomohala ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka pale pale i loko o 2-4 mau pule ma hope o kā lākou mahele mua, akā pono ʻoe i ka mahele ʻelua no ka pale lōʻihi e hiki ke mau no 20 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o ka ʻiʻo o kou lima luna e kekahi mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka wai no ka mea ua lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he pana, ʻaʻole i lawe ʻia e ka waha.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻohe palena meaʻai kūikawā, akā ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai māmā ma mua e kōkua paha iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i kāu manawa.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he ʻelua pana. E loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mahele mua, a laila e hoʻi no ka mahele ʻelua 6-12 mau mahina ma hope e hōʻoia i ka pale lōʻihi. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau hui e pale aku i ka hepatitis A a me B.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A ma ke ʻano he pūʻulu pōkole ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomau nei. Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ʻelua wale nō mahele i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia 6-12 mau mahina e loaʻa ai ka pale lōʻihi.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka pūʻulu ʻelua-mahele, ua pale ʻia ʻoe no ka liʻiliʻi o 20 mau makahiki, a hiki paha i ke ola. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe ai i kēlā me kēia lā, hāʻawi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale mau me ka ʻole o ka pono i nā pana booster maʻamau.
I nā kūlana kūikawā, e like me ka hōʻike hou ʻana i ka hepatitis A a i ʻole nā pono huakaʻi wikiwiki, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo i kahi papa hana i hoʻololi ʻia a i ʻole nā mahele hou.
He nui ka poʻe e ʻike wale i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A, a he nui ka poʻe ʻaʻole loa he hopena ʻaoʻao. He moʻolelo palekana maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau, me nā hopena koʻikoʻi he mea maʻamau loa.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana he maʻalahi kēia mau mea a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā:
ʻO kēia mau hopena he mau hōʻailona maoli ia e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale. Hōʻike maʻamau lākou i loko o 24-48 mau hola a nalowale i loko o 2-3 mau lā.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, he mea nui e ʻike i nā mea hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E hoʻomanaʻo i ka pilikia o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka maʻi hepatitis A ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka pilikia o nā hopena lāʻau lapaʻau koʻikoʻi.
ʻOiai palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe, aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e kali ai ʻoe a pale paha i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau kūlana:
Kōkua kēia mau hana e hōʻoia i kou palekana a me ka pono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā he anu maʻalahi a i ʻole he maʻi liʻiliʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana.
Pono nā wāhine hāpai e kūkākūkā i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kā lākou mea mālama ola, no ka mea, pili ka hoʻoholo i ko lākou pilikia o ka hōʻike ʻana a me nā kūlana pilikino. Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he palekana i ka wā hāpai ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia.
He nui nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau hilinaʻi e hana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A i hoʻohana nui ʻia a he moʻolelo palekana maikaʻi loa. ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau e pili ana iā Havrix a me Vaqta, ʻo ia nā lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A hoʻokahi.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā Twinrix, he lāʻau lapaʻau hui e pale ana i ka hepatitis A a me ka hepatitis B. He mea maʻalahi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hui inā pono ʻoe i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi ʻelua a hiki ke hōʻemi i ka nui o nā pana āu e pono ai.
He kūpono a palekana nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau. E koho kāu mea mālama ola i ke koho kūpono loa e pili ana i kou makahiki, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me nā pono pale.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale ai i ka maʻi hepatitis A, a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i ka pae like o ka pale. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia i nā kūlana kikoʻī.
No ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i ka immune globulin (nā antibodies mai ke koko i hāʻawi ʻia) ke hāʻawi i ka pale manawa no ka lōʻihi o 3 mahina. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia i kekahi manawa no ka pale koke ʻana ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana a i ʻole no ka poʻe me nā pilikia nui o ka ʻōnaehana pale.
Hana i nā hana pale e like me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe, ka pale ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka wai i haumia, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hele ai e hōʻemi i kou pilikia akā ʻaʻole e hāʻawi i ka pale hilinaʻi e hāʻawi ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau hana ke hui pū ʻia me ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he pani.
Pale nā lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A a me hepatitis B i nā maʻi like ʻole, no laila ʻaʻole like ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no kāna maʻi i manaʻo ʻia a he mea maikaʻi loa ia i ka pale ʻana i kēlā ʻano hepatitis.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A i ka maʻi ate i ka manawa pōkole akā hiki ke koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā mākua kahiko. Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis B i kahi maʻi ate ʻē aʻe i hiki ke lilo i maʻi mau a alakaʻi i nā pilikia lōʻihi e like me ka pōʻino o ke ake a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi.
He nui nā mea mālama ola e ʻōlelo nei i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no ka mea e pale ana lākou i nā pilikia like ʻole. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau hui ʻo Twinrix iā ʻoe e pale i nā maʻi ʻelua me ka liʻiliʻi o nā pana, kahi e ʻike ai ka poʻe he mea kūpono.
ʻAe, palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A a he mea nui loa ia no ka poʻe me ka maʻi ate. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi ate e lilo ai ka maʻi hepatitis A i mea weliweli, no laila ua ʻōlelo ikaika ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO ka poʻe me nā maʻi ate e like me ka hepatitis C, cirrhosis, a i ʻole nā maʻi ate ʻē aʻe e kūkākūkā pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A me kā lākou mea mālama ola. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou ate nāwaliwali mai ka pōʻino hou.
ʻAʻole pilikia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A hou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono ia no ka pale ʻana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, e nānā iā ʻoe iho no nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau, e ʻike ʻia paha.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e hōʻike i ke kūlana a loaʻa ke alakaʻi i kāu papa hana lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki mai ana. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe i nā lāʻau hou aʻe a i ʻole ua pau kāu moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā e hala ʻoe i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A ʻelua, mai hopohopo – ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo. E hoʻonohonoho wale i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i ka wā hiki, ʻoiai inā ua lōʻihi ma mua o nā mahina 6-12 i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Hāʻawi ka lāʻau mua i ka pale maikaʻi no ka manawa pōkole, a ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau ʻelua i ka lohi e hāʻawi mau i ka pale lōʻihi loa. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻopau ʻana i kāu moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau.
Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A ʻelua, ua pale ʻia ʻoe no ka liʻiliʻi o 20 mau makahiki a hiki paha i ke ola. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo nā alakaʻi i kēia manawa i nā pana booster maʻamau no nā poʻe olakino i hoʻopau i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau.
Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lāʻau hou aʻe i nā kūlana kūikawā wale nō, e like me ke loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻōnaehana pale maʻi i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia a i ʻole inā hōʻike ka noiʻi e hiki mai ana i ka pono o nā pana booster.
Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau hepatitis A he palekana i ka wā hāpai ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia. Inā hāpai ʻoe a aia i ka pilikia nui o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hepatitis A, e ʻōlelo paha kāu mea mālama ola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
He palekana nō hoʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā e hānai ai i ka waiū, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻeha i kāu pēpē. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā ʻoe e hānai ana i ka waiū a loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kekahi mau mea pale i kāu pēpē ma o ka waiū umauma, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou i kekahi pale manawa.
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