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ʻO ka lapaʻau papillomavirus kanaka (HPV) he pana pale e pale aku i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi HPV e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka maʻi ʻaʻai a me nā warts genital. ʻO kēia lapaʻau kekahi o nā mea hana nui loa i loaʻa iā mākou no ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai, me ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka ʻāʻī, anal, a me ka ʻāʻī. Hana ka lapaʻau ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka HPV ma mua o ka hiki ke hōʻeha i kou kino.
ʻO ka lapaʻau HPV he pale pale e kōkua ana i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi mai nā ʻano pilikia kiʻekiʻe o ka papillomavirus kanaka. He maʻi maʻamau loa ka HPV e laha ana ma o ka pili ʻana o ka ʻili-i-ka-ʻili, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka hana moe kolohe e hālāwai me ia i kekahi manawa i ko lākou ola.
Aia ma luna o 100 mau ʻano HPV, akā ua manaʻo nui ka lapaʻau i nā mea weliweli loa. Pale nā lapaʻau i kēia manawa i nā ʻano HPV 16 a me 18, e hoʻoulu ana i kahi 70% o nā maʻi ʻaʻai o ka ʻāʻī, a me nā ʻano 6 a me 11, e hoʻoulu ana i kahi 90% o nā warts genital. Pale kekahi mau mana hou i nā ʻano pilikia kiʻekiʻe.
E noʻonoʻo i ka lapaʻau e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale i kahi ʻike mua o ke ʻano o ka HPV, no laila hiki iā ia ke ʻike a hoʻopau koke i ka maʻi inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe. Hana ʻia kēia pale ʻana ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o kekahi maʻi a hiki ke hoʻololi i nā cell e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i nā makahiki ma hope.
Pale mua ka lapaʻau HPV i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai a me nā warts genital i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi papillomavirus kanaka. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui ka hoʻōki ʻana i kēia mau pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e ulu i loko o kou kino.
Eia nā kūlana nui e kōkua ai ka lapaʻau HPV i ka pale ʻana, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ke kumu e waiwai nui ai kēia lapaʻau no ke olakino lōʻihi:
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi ʻia ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka HPV, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ʻia ai no nā preteens a me nā ʻōpio. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā mākua ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ua hana lākou i ka moekolohe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole paha lākou i hōʻike ʻia i nā ʻano maʻi a pau e pale ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV ma ka hana ʻana i kahi pane immune ikaika e kūʻē i nā ʻano kikoʻī o ka human papillomavirus me ka ʻole o ka maʻi maoli. Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa kēia e hāʻawi ana i ka pale lōʻihi ke hāʻawi ʻia e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Aia i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau nā ʻāpana e like me ka virus e like me ka HPV maoli i kāu ʻōnaehana immune, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi. Ke hālāwai kāu ʻōnaehana immune i kēia mau ʻāpana, hana ia i nā antibodies a hoʻāla i nā cell immune e hoʻomanaʻo pehea e hakakā ai i ka HPV no nā makahiki he nui.
ʻO kēia hoʻomanaʻo immune ke manaʻo nei inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka maʻi HPV maoli, hiki i kou kino ke ʻike koke a hoʻopau iā ia ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa e hoʻopili ai i kāu mau cell. Me he mea lā he mea paʻa loa ka pale, me nā haʻawina e hōʻike ana i ka immunity ikaika e mau ana ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10-15 mau makahiki, a ʻoi aku paha ka lōʻihi.
He mana nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea e pale ai i ka maʻi ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi e kū nei. Ke hoʻokumu ka HPV i kahi maʻi a hoʻoulu i nā loli cellular, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu e koʻikoʻi ai ka pale ʻana ma o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o ka ʻiʻo o kou lima luna e kekahi mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ma kekahi ʻano kūikawā ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau - hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e lawe me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka wai e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
Aia ka helu o nā mea i ka makahiki āu e hoʻomaka ai i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā he 9 a 14 mau makahiki ou, pono ʻoe i ʻelua mau mea i hāʻawi ʻia i 6-12 mau mahina kaʻawale. Inā he 15 a ʻoi aku paha kou mau makahiki, pono ʻoe i ʻekolu mau mea - ʻo ka lua o ka mea i 1-2 mau mahina ma hope o ka mea mua, a ʻo ke kolu o ka mea i 6 mau mahina ma hope o ka mea mua.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV i ka manawa like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau ʻē aʻe, a ʻaʻole e hōʻemi kēia i kona pono. E mālama kāu mea mālama ola i kāu papa hana lāʻau lapaʻau a e hoʻomanaʻo iā ʻoe i ka wā e hiki mai ai kāu mea e hiki mai ana.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, makemake paha ʻoe e noho ma ke keʻena mālama ola no kahi o 15 mau minuke e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa i nā hopena koke. He hana maʻamau kēia me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau a kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i kou palekana.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV ma ke ʻano he moʻo o nā pana i loko o kekahi mau mahina, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau e lawe ana ʻoe i kēlā me kēia lā. Ke hoʻopau ʻoe i ka moʻo piha, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻoe ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā pana booster maʻamau.
No nā ʻōpio ʻōpio (makahiki 9-14), aia ka moʻo i ʻelua mau mea i hohola ʻia i 6-12 mau mahina kaʻawale. No nā ʻōpio a me nā mākua (makahiki 15 a ʻoi aku), pono ʻekolu mau mea i loko o kahi manawa 6 mahina. He mea nui e hoʻopau i ka moʻo holoʻokoʻa e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pale nui.
Hōʻike ka noiʻi i kēia manawa e hāʻawi ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale lōʻihi, no nā makahiki he nui a i ʻole ke ola. Ua hahai nā haʻawina i nā poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no nā makahiki he 15 a ke hoʻomau nei e ʻike i ka pale ikaika i ka maʻi HPV.
Inā ʻoe e hala i kahi lāʻau a i ʻole e lohi ana i ka papa manawa, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hopu a hoʻopau i ka papa manawa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e hōʻoia ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pale piha inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka manawa.
He palekana loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV, me ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau e hana ʻia ma kahi o ka injection a ua like me ka mea āu e ʻike ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he hōʻailona maikaʻi ia e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale:
ʻO kēia mau hopena e mau ana no 1-2 mau lā a hiki ke mālama ʻia me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha a me ka hoʻomaha. ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi compress anu i kahi o ka injection hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ka ʻeha poʻohiwi mau, a i ʻole ka haʻalulu (ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā ʻōpio). Ua aʻo ʻia nā mea mālama ola e ʻike a mālama i kēia mau hopena maʻamau ʻole me ka wikiwiki a me ka maikaʻi.
Ke hopohopo nei kekahi poʻe e pili ana i nā hopena lōʻihi ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi, akā ua hōʻike mau ka noiʻi nui e pili ana i nā miliona o nā mea loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka palekana loa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā pōmaikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi ma mua o ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana kikoʻī kahi e hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ai a i ʻole e pale ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi olakino a i ʻole nā kūlana e hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ke anu ʻaʻole ia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pēlā nō, ʻo ka hana ʻana i ka moekolohe, ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻāʻo Pap maʻamau ʻole, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi HPV i kēia manawa ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano HPV ʻē aʻe.
Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka pono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe, hiki i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kou kūlana pilikino me kahi mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i kahi hoʻoholo i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i kāu mau pono olakino a me nā mea pilikia.
I kēia manawa, ʻekolu mau lāʻau lapaʻau HPV i loaʻa, e hāʻawi ana kēlā me kēia i ka pale iki ʻana i nā ʻano HPV like ʻole. He mea maikaʻi loa a palekana nā mea ʻekolu, a e ʻōlelo aku kāu mea mālama ola i ka mea kūpono loa e pili ana i ka loaʻa a me kou makahiki.
ʻO Gardasil 9 ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ma nā ʻāina he nui no ka mea e hāʻawi ana i ka pale ākea loa. Mālama ia i ʻeiwa mau ʻano HPV, me nā ʻano maʻi maʻi weliweli loa a me nā mea e hana ai i nā warts genital.
Mālama ʻo Cervarix i nā ʻano HPV 16 a me 18, ka mea e hana ai i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi maʻi cervical. Mālama ʻo Gardasil (ka mana kumu) i nā ʻano HPV ʻehā, me nā ʻano maʻi maʻi a me nā mea e hana ai i nā warts genital.
E hoʻohana ana kāu mea mālama ola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa a kūpono no kāu pūʻulu makahiki. He mea maikaʻi loa nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano HPV a lākou e manaʻo ai, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻoʻiʻo i ka pale ʻana a kekahi o lākou e hāʻawi ai.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke pale i ka maʻi HPV e like me ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV ka mea hilinaʻi loa e pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā ʻano maʻi e hoʻoulu ai i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i nā hana moe kolohe palekana, me ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i nā condom, ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka HPV akā ʻaʻole e hāʻawi i ka pale piha no ka mea hiki i ka HPV ke laha ma o ka pili ʻana o ka ʻili i nā wahi i uhi ʻole ʻia e nā condom. Hiki i ka nānā mau ʻana, e like me nā hoʻokolohua Pap no ka maʻi maʻi ʻāʻī, ke ʻike i nā loli e pili ana i ka HPV i ka wā mua akā ʻaʻole e pale i ka maʻi.
Hōʻike kekahi poʻe i nā ala hoʻoikaika i ka pale ʻana i ke kino, akā ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia kēia mau mea e pale i ka maʻi HPV a i ʻole kona mau pilikia. ʻOiai ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino maikaʻi e kākoʻo i kāu ʻōnaehana pale, ʻaʻole ia he pani no ka pale kikoʻī a nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hāʻawi ai.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, nā hana moe kolohe palekana, a me ka nānā mau ʻana e hāʻawi i ka pale piha loa e kūʻē i ka HPV a me kona hopena. Hāʻawi kēia ala i nā papa iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e noho olakino a pale i nā maʻi maʻi e pili ana i ka HPV.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV ʻo ia ke kūlana gula no ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi HPV a me kāna mau maʻi maʻi e pili ana, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale maikaʻi loa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ana pale ʻē aʻe wale nō. ʻOiai he mea nui nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe e like me nā hana moe kolohe palekana a me ka nānā mau ʻana, hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ikaika a lōʻihi loa.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maʻi mai ka hana ʻana i ka wā mua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻike a mālama i nā pilikia ma hope o ko lākou ulu ʻana. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pale ikaika e hana ana i 24/7 me ka ʻole e hoʻomanaʻo iā ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea a i ʻole e hilinaʻi i ka laulima ʻana o ka hoa.
He mea nui ka nānā mau ʻana e like me nā hoʻokolohua Pap a hoʻopiha maikaʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ʻike ka nānā ʻana i nā pilikia ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o lākou e ulu. Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā mau pilikia mai ka hana ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ikaika ai nā loea olakino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā pale mua.
He mea nui nā hana moe kolohe palekana no ke olakino moe kolohe holoʻokoʻa a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā maʻi i hoʻouna ʻia e ka moekolohe, me nā ʻano HPV ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hui pū ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka nānā mau ʻana a me nā hana moe kolohe palekana no ka pale piha.
Hiki i ka poʻe me nā maʻi autoimmune ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV me ka palekana, ʻoiai pono lākou e kūkākūkā i ka manawa a me nā pilina kūpono me kā lākou mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ka maʻi ola, no laila ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoulu i ka maʻi HPV ʻoiai i ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paha e hoʻomohala ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau immunosuppressive i ka pane immune ikaika i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻoponopono i ka manawa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu papa hana lapaʻau e hoʻonui i ka pono i ka wā e mālama ana i ka palekana.
ʻAʻole weliweli ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau HPV hou a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻeha nui. Ua hoʻāʻo nui ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka palekana, a hāʻawi wale nā lāʻau hou i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka immune me ka ʻole e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao nui.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ʻoi aku ka maopopo e like me ka ʻeha ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e like me ka maʻi flu, akā e pau ana kēia mau mea i loko o kekahi mau lā. E kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola e haʻi iā lākou e pili ana i ka lāʻau hou i hiki iā lākou ke hōʻano hou i kāu mau moʻolelo a hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi kūpono.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi lāʻau i hoʻonohonoho ʻia o ka lāʻau HPV, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hiki wawe. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka hou i ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa - hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i kahi āu i haʻalele ai a hoʻopau i nā lāʻau i koe.
Hiki ke lōʻihi ka mamao ma waena o nā lāʻau ma mua o ka mea i hoʻolālā mua ʻia me ka ʻole e hōʻemi i ka pono o ka lāʻau. E hoʻomohala nō kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka pale ikaika inā ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ka papa manawa, no laila mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka hakahaka e pili ana i kou palekana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻoʻiʻo e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻano HPV i uhi ʻia e kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kekahi mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kaʻina piha. Pono kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka manawa e kūkulu ai i nā antibodies a hoʻomohala i nā cell hoʻomanaʻo e ʻike a hakakā i ka HPV i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Eia naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano HPV āpau, no laila he mea nui ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka nānā mau ʻana a me nā hana moe kolohe palekana. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale maikaʻi loa i nā ʻano weliweli loa, akā pili ka olakino moe kolohe piha i nā hoʻolālā pale he nui e hana pū ana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka lāʻau HPV inā hana ʻoe i ka moe kolohe. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi ʻia ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka HPV, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia ka nui o nā poʻe hana moe kolohe i nā ʻano maʻi āpau e pale ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻOiai inā ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻano HPV, hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke pale iā ʻoe mai nā ʻano pilikia kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe āu i hālāwai ʻole ai. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā pōmaikaʻi e pili ana i kāu kūlana pilikino a me ka mōʻaukala olakino.
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