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ʻO ka hydrocortisone a me ka acetic acid otic he lāʻau lapaʻau pepeiao i kauoha ʻia e mālama i nā maʻi pepeiao a me ka mumū. Hana kēia hui pū ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hakakā ʻana i ka bacteria i ka wā e hōʻemi ana i ka pehu a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole i loko o kāu ʻauwai pepeiao.
Inā ʻoe e hana nei me kahi maʻi pepeiao ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i kēia lapaʻau hana pālua e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Hoʻohui ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelua mau mea hana e hana pū ana e hoʻoponopono i ka maʻi a me nā hōʻailona ʻeha e hele pū me ia.
ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he wai wai āu e waiho pololei ai i loko o kāu ʻauwai pepeiao me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kulu. Loaʻa iā ia ka hydrocortisone, he steroid maʻalahi e hōʻemi i ka mumū, a me ka acetic acid, e hana ana i kahi kaiapuni acidic e kōkua i ka pepehi ʻana i ka bacteria a me nā fungi.
E noʻonoʻo iā ia he lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia e hele pololei i ke kumu o kāu pilikia pepeiao. Hoʻomaha ka hydrocortisone i nā ʻiʻo huhū a pehu i loko o kou pepeiao, ʻoiai ka acetic acid e hana e like me ka disinfectant mālie e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi.
E kauoha maʻamau kāu kauka i kēia ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi pepeiao waho, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pepeiao o ka mea ʻauʻau, a i ʻole ke mumū a me ka maʻi o kāu ʻauwai pepeiao. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pepeiao a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻia i kou mau maka a i ʻole e lawe ʻia e ka waha.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi pepeiao waho, i ʻike ʻia ma ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo otitis externa. Hana ʻia kēia mau maʻi ke ulu ka bacteria a i ʻole nā fungi i loko o kāu ʻauwai pepeiao, e hoʻoulu ana i ka ʻeha, ka pehu, a i kekahi manawa ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
Pono paha ʻoe i kēia lapaʻau inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pepeiao o ka mea ʻauʻau mai ka wai i paʻa, he ʻōpala i loaʻa i ka maʻi i loko o kāu ʻauwaʻa pepeiao, a i ʻole inā ua mumū kou pepeiao mai ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe nui ʻana a i ʻole ka huhū. He mea pono loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka bacteria a me ka mumū nui.
Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i kēia no nā maʻi ʻauwaʻa pepeiao mau kahi e pilikia ai ka mumū a me ka maʻi. He mea kōkua nui ia ke pono ʻoe i ka mana hakakā maʻi o ka waikawa acetic a me nā pōmaikaʻi anti-inflammatory o ka hydrocortisone e hana pū ana.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma o kahi kaʻina hana ʻelua e pili ana i ka maʻi a me ka mumū i loko o kou pepeiao. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa ka waikawa acetic i ka pae pH i loko o kāu ʻauwaʻa pepeiao, e hana ana i kahi kaiapuni kahi e hiki ʻole ai i nā bacteria a me nā fungi ʻino ke ola a hoʻonui.
I kēia manawa, hoʻemi ka hydrocortisone i ka mumū ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka pane ʻana o kou kino i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Kōkua kēia i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pehu, ka ʻulaʻula, a me ka ʻeha e hele pinepine mai me nā maʻi pepeiao.
Manaʻo ʻia kēia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika no nā maʻi pepeiao. ʻOi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā koho ma luna o ka pāʻani akā ʻoluʻolu ma mua o kekahi mau lāʻau antibiotic ikaika. ʻO ke ala hui pū ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ia ke hoʻoponopono i nā ʻano like ʻole o kāu pilikia pepeiao i ka manawa hoʻokahi, kahi e alakaʻi pinepine ai i ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki.
E hoʻopili ʻoe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he kulu pepeiao, maʻamau 3 a 4 kulu i ka pepeiao i hoʻopilikia ʻia 2 a 3 mau manawa i ka lā. Ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kulu, holoi pono i kou mau lima a e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e pili ka piko dropper i kou pepeiao a i ʻole kekahi ʻili ʻē aʻe.
I mea e hoʻohana pono ai i nā kulu, e kūlou i kou poʻo i ka ʻaoʻao a i ʻole e moe i lalo me ka pepeiao i hoʻopilikia ʻia e kū ana i luna. Ma hope o ka waiho ʻana i nā kulu i loko o kou pepeiao, e huki mālie i kou pepeiao i lalo a i hope e kōkua i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hohonu i loko o ke kahawai pepeiao, a laila e noho i kēlā kūlana no kahi o 2 mau minuke.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka wai no ka mea e hele pololei ana i loko o kou pepeiao. Eia naʻe, e hoʻāʻo e mālama i kou pepeiao maloʻo ma waena o nā lāʻau a pale i ka ʻauʻau ʻana a i ʻole ka wai i loko o kou pepeiao i ka wā e hoʻohana ana ʻoe i kēia lapaʻau.
ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o nā kulu wela lumi ma mua o nā mea anuanu, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomehana i ka hue ma ka paʻa ʻana i kou mau lima no kekahi mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Mai hoʻomehana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hoʻohana inā ua loli ke kala a i ʻole ua ulu nā ʻāpana.
Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no 7 a 10 mau lā, akā e hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o kāu maʻi. He mea nui e hoʻohana i ka papa piha o ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻoe e hoʻomaka ana e maikaʻi ma hope o kekahi mau lā.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E emi pinepine ka ʻeha a me ka pehu mua, a ma hope o ka hoʻemi ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka hoʻōla piha ʻana o ka maʻi.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o 3 a 4 mau lā o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka. I kekahi manawa pono nā maʻi pepeiao i kahi ala ʻokoʻa a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou. Mai hoʻolōʻihi i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka me ka nānā ʻole ʻana me lākou.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi. Hana ʻia nā hopena maʻamau ma kahi o ka noi ʻana i loko o kou kahawai pepeiao.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, a he mea maʻamau ke hopohopo e pili ana iā lākou:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e mae maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka hoʻopili ʻana a e emi ana ka ʻike ʻia i ka wā e hoʻōla ai kou pepeiao. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka he mea kūpono ka hōʻoluʻolu mua.
ʻAʻole maʻamau, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena nui aʻe e pono ai ke kōkua olakino:
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, hiki i kēia mau hopena ke hōʻike ʻaʻole kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe a i ʻole pono ʻoe i kahi ala lapaʻau ʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau, a e noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kekahi mau mea ma mua o ke kau ʻana. Pono nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi pepeiao a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino e pale i kēia lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā he puka pepeiao kāu, ʻo ia hoʻi he lua a i ʻole ka haehae i loko o ka membrane lahilahi e hoʻokaʻawale i kou pepeiao waho mai kou pepeiao waena. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kulu pepeiao i ka wā e pōʻino ai kou pepeiao e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou pepeiao waena a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka lohe.
ʻO ka poʻe i maʻi i ka hydrocortisone, acetic acid, a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i loko o ka hoʻohui ʻana, pono lākou e pale i kēia lāʻau. Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena i nā lāʻau steroid ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā kulu pepeiao i ka wā ma mua, e hōʻoia e haʻi i kāu kauka.
Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole paha kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke koho maikaʻi loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi pepeiao viral a i ʻole fungal, no ka mea, hiki i ka mea steroid ke hoʻonui i kēia mau ʻano maʻi. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ke ʻano o ka maʻi āu i loaʻa ai ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia lapaʻau.
Loaʻa kēia hui lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo VoSol HC kekahi o nā mana i kauoha pinepine ʻia. ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā Acetasol HC a me nā hoʻohui generic like ʻole.
He like nā mea hana a me ka pono me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa, akā ʻokoʻa iki paha nā mea hana ʻole a i ʻole ka ʻeke. Hiki i kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke pani i kahi mana generic, he mea kūpono like a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai.
Inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o nā inoa a i ʻole nā mana generic, e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe ka ikaika a me ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau like me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa.
Loaʻa kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau pepeiao ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā kulu pepeiao antibiotic e like me ciprofloxacin a i ʻole ofloxacin inā he maʻi bacteria kāu maʻi.
No nā maʻi pepeiao fungal, ʻoi aku ka kūpono o nā kulu pepeiao antifungal i loaʻa nā mea e like me clotrimazole. Makemake kekahi mau kauka i nā kulu antibiotic-steroid hui e like me neomycin-polymyxin-hydrocortisone no kekahi mau ʻano maʻi.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lāʻau antibiotic waha inā he koʻikoʻi ka maʻi a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole kūpono nā kulu pepeiao no kou kūlana. Aia ke koho i ke ʻano o ka maʻi āu i loaʻa ai, kou mōʻaukala olakino, a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka wā ma mua.
He kūpono nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no nā maʻi pepeiao, akā hana lākou ma nā ʻano like ʻole a kūpono no nā kūlana like ʻole. He maikaʻi loa ka hydrocortisone a me ka acetic acid otic no nā maʻi kahi e hana ai i kahi kaiwaena acidic he mea nui no ka pepehi ʻana i ka bacteria a me nā fungi.
Aia i loko o ka Neomycin-polymyxin-hydrocortisone nā lāʻau antibiotic e hoʻouka pololei i ka bacteria, e kūpono ana no nā maʻi bacteria i hōʻoia ʻia. Eia naʻe, he maʻi kekahi poʻe i ka neomycin, kahi e hana ai i ka hui hydrocortisone a me ka acetic acid i koho maikaʻi ʻia no lākou.
E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu ʻano maʻi kikoʻī, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me nā hopena i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o kekahi - he mau mea hana like ʻole lākou no nā kūlana like ʻole.
ʻAe, palekana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. No ka mea, ua hoʻopili pololei ʻia i kou pepeiao a ua komo liʻiliʻi loa i loko o kou kahe koko, ʻaʻole paha ia e pili i kāu pae kōpaʻa koko.
Eia naʻe, inā he maʻi diabetes ʻoe a me nā maʻi pepeiao pinepine, he mea nui e mālama pono i kāu kōpaʻa koko, no ka mea, hiki i ke kōpaʻa koko kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻonui iā ʻoe i nā maʻi. E hōʻike i kāu kauka e pili ana i kāu maʻi diabetes i hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe i nā kulu ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, mai hopohopo. No ka mea, ua hoʻopili ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kou pepeiao, ʻaʻole paha e pilikia nui ka overdose.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka huhū ma mua o ka maʻamau, akā e pau kēia i loko o kekahi mau minuke. Inā hopohopo ʻoe a ʻike paha i ka ʻoluʻolu nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke holoi mālie i kou pepeiao me ka wai maʻemaʻe a i ʻole e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka no ke alakaʻi.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele, e hoʻopili iā ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai pāpālua i nā mahele e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi mea i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. He mea nui ka kūlike no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kāu maʻi, no laila e hoʻāʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mau mahele.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka papa piha i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā kulu a pau. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua hiki ke ʻae i ka maʻi e hoʻi mai a i ʻole e lilo i mea kūʻē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāu mau hōʻailona i ka wā e hoʻohana ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka ma mua o ka hooki ʻana. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo i kahi ala ʻokoʻa.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he palekana i ka wā e hāpai ana a me ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū no ka mea ua komo iki i loko o kou kahe koko. Eia naʻe, e hoʻomaopopo mau i kāu kauka inā e hāpai ana ʻoe, e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, a i ʻole e hānai ana i ka waiū.
E loiloi ana kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i kāu maʻi pepeiao e kūʻē i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻoi aku ka pilikia o nā maʻi pepeiao i mālama ʻole ʻia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ponoʻī, akā hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi pilikino no kāu kūlana.
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