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ʻO ka influenza virus vaccine live nasal route he pana flu ʻaʻole pono i ka nila e hele mai ana ma ke ʻano he spray nasal. E pīpī wale nō ʻoe i loko o kou ihu ma kahi o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi injection i kou lima. Aia i loko o kēia vaccine nā maʻi flu ola i hoʻonāwaliwali ʻia e kōkua i kou kino e kūkulu i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi flu me ka hana ʻole iā ʻoe.
Nui ka poʻe makemake i kēia koho no ka mea he wikiwiki, ʻaʻole ʻeha, a ʻaʻole pono i nā nila. Hana ka spray nasal ma ka hoʻohālike ʻana i ke ʻano o kou hālāwai maoli ʻana me nā maʻi flu ma kou ihu a me kou ʻāʻī, hiki ke hana i ka pale ikaika a mau loa.
ʻO kēia vaccine he ola, mana nāwaliwali o ka maʻi flu e hāʻawi ʻia ma kou ihu ma ke ʻano he spray. Ua hoʻololi kūikawā ʻia nā maʻi i loko o ka vaccine i hiki ʻole iā lākou ke hana i ka maʻi flu piha i ka poʻe olakino. Ma kahi, ua ikaika lākou e aʻo i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i nā maʻi flu maoli.
Ua kapa ʻia ka vaccine spray nasal ʻo LAIV, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine. ʻAʻole like me ka pana flu kuʻuna, aia i loko o nā maʻi i pepehi ʻia, hoʻohana kēia mana i nā maʻi ola i hoʻonāwaliwali ʻia i loko o kahi hale hana. Hiki i kēia ala ke hāʻawi i ka pale ākea no ka mea e hoʻohālike kokoke ana i ka maʻi maoli.
Pale maʻamau ka vaccine i nā ʻano flu ʻehā like ʻole e manaʻo ai nā loea e maʻamau i ka wā o ka wā flu e hiki mai ana. Hoʻohou ʻia kēia mau wānana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, no laila pono ʻoe i kahi vaccine hou i kēlā me kēia kau flu e noho palekana.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i ka ihu i ka maʻi influenza kau i nā kānaka olakino mai 2 a 49 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka flu a i ʻole e hōʻemi i ka paʻakikī o nā hōʻailona inā maʻi ʻoe. Ua hana maikaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kūlike nā maʻi flu i loko o ke kaiāulu me nā ʻano i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau o ia makahiki.
Manaʻo pinepine nā mea mālama ola i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe makaʻu i nā nila a i ʻole i loaʻa nā ʻike maikaʻi ʻole me nā injections. He mea maʻalahi nō hoʻi ia no nā mākua me nā keiki ʻōpio e hopohopo ana i nā pana. Hiki i ka spray ihu ke hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu no ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa.
He mea pono loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā wahi kaiāulu e like me nā kula, kahi e maʻalahi ai ka spray ihu i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā hui nui o nā kānaka me ka wikiwiki. Koho kekahi poʻe iā ia no ka mea manaʻo lākou e hāʻawi ke ala ihu i ka pale kūlohelohe.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i ka ihu ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā maʻi flu nāwaliwali pololei i kou ihu a me kou ʻāʻī, kahi e hoʻomaka ai nā maʻi flu. Hoʻonui kēia mau maʻi nāwaliwali i ka wā pōkole i nā mahana anuanu o kou mau ala ihu akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ola i ke kaiapuni mahana o kou mau māmā a me ka ʻōnaehana hanu hohonu.
Hoʻomaopopo kou ʻōnaehana pale i kēia mau maʻi nāwaliwali ma ke ʻano he poʻe komo malihini a hana i nā antibodies e hakakā iā lākou. Hoʻāla pū kēia kaʻina hana i nā pūnaewele immune i kapa ʻia ʻo T-cells, e hoʻomanaʻo ana pehea e hakakā ai i nā maʻi flu i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hiki i ke ala ihu ke hoʻoulu i ka pale kūloko i kou ihu a me kou ʻāʻī, a me ka pale ʻōnaehana ma kou kino.
ʻO kēia pale pālua ke manaʻo nei ua mākaukau kou kino e hakakā i nā maʻi flu ma ke kiko o ke komo ʻana a ma kāu ʻōnaehana. Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale maikaʻi ke kūlike nā ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau me nā maʻi flu e holo nei.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal ma ke ʻano he pīpī i hāʻawi ʻia e ke kauka lapaʻau i loko o kēlā me kēia puka ihu. He mau kekona wale nō ke kaʻina hana a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ma kāu ʻaoʻao. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai a pale paha i ka ʻai ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me a i ʻole me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe i ka hapanui o nā hihia.
I ka wā o ka hāʻawi ʻana, e noho ʻoe i luna i ka wā e hoʻokomo ai ke kauka lapaʻau i kahi mea pīpī liʻiliʻi i loko o kēlā me kēia puka ihu. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi manaʻo pōkole a maʻalahi i ka wā e komo ai ka wai i kou ihu, akā ʻaʻole pono e ʻeha. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka ihu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka congestion nasal ma hope koke iho, he mea maʻamau loa ia.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea kūikawā ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai, inu, a hele i kāu mau hana maʻamau i kēia manawa. Hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa, akā e lawe ana ma kahi o ʻelua pule e kūkulu i ka pale piha ʻana i ka flu.
Pono ʻoe i hoʻokahi mahele o ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal i kēlā me kēia kau flu no ka pale piha. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e koi ana i nā mahele he nui, ua lawa kēia mahele makahiki hoʻokahi no ka hapanui o nā kānaka. He mea nui ka manawa - pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ʻOkakopa inā hiki, no ka mea, ʻo ka manawa flu maʻamau ma waena o Kēkēmapa a me Pepeluali.
ʻO nā keiki mai ka makahiki 2 a 8 mau makahiki i ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau flu ma mua e pono paha i ʻelua mahele i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻehā pule i ka wā o kā lākou kau flu mua. Ma hope o kēlā makahiki mua, pono lākou i hoʻokahi mahele i kēlā me kēia makahiki e like me nā mea a pau.
ʻO ka pale ʻana mai kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau makahiki e mau ana i ka wā o ke kau flu, e holo ana mai ʻOkakopa a Mei. Pono ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau hou i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka mea e loli mau ana nā maʻi flu, a e emi mālie ana kou pale ʻana mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau mua.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal, inā loaʻa kekahi. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau e hana ʻia ma kahi i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau - i loko o kou ihu a me kou ʻāʻī. ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao ka pane maʻamau o kou kino i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pale a maʻa mau e pau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao pinepine loa āu e ʻike ai, e komo pū ana:
ʻO kēia mau hopena he mau hōʻailona maikaʻi e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale. He maʻalahi lākou ma mua o nā hōʻailona flu maoli a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻopilikia nui i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka ʻike e hiki ke hana i kekahi manawa, ʻoiai he maʻalahi nō lākou:
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻōho a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hōʻike ʻaʻole kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā pono e mālama koke ʻia. Hiki i kēia ke komo i nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi me ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole kou ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ke kuni kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 101°F ʻaʻole e pane i nā mea hoʻemi kuni. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka mālama olakino pilikia.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i ka ihu no nā mea a pau, ʻoiai he palekana ia no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka olakino. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi olakino, nā hui makahiki, a me nā kūlana e hana i ka pana flu kuʻuna i koho maikaʻi aʻe. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono nāu.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i ka ihu inā hāʻule ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau māhele:
Aia kēia mau kapu no ka mea aia i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka ihu nā maʻi ola e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi maʻi. ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i hoʻokomo ʻia, aia nā maʻi i pepehi ʻia, ʻoi aku ka palekana no kēia mau hui.
Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka ihu inā he maʻi nui ʻoe i nā hua manu, gelatin, a i ʻole kekahi mea i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono nō hoʻi nā kānaka e mālama ana i nā maʻi immunocompromised nui e koho i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokomo ʻia, no ka mea, aia kahi manawa liʻiliʻi e hoʻouna ai i nā maʻi lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi nāwaliwali.
Loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i ka ihu ma lalo o ka inoa brand FluMist Quadrivalent. ʻO kēia ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal spray mua i hoʻohana ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka ʻāpana
Ua loaʻa ʻo FluMist no nā makahiki he nui a he moʻolelo palekana maikaʻi. Hana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e MedImmune, i kēia manawa he ʻāpana o AstraZeneca. Hiki i kekahi poʻe lawelawe mālama ola ke kuhikuhi wale iā ia ʻo "ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal" a i ʻole "flu spray" ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka inoa inoa.
Ma kekahi mau wahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe no nā lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal like, akā ʻo FluMist Quadrivalent ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia ma ka honua.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal iā ʻoe, aia kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka koho maʻamau ka pana flu kuʻuna, i hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he injection i kou lima luna. Loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau nā maʻi flu i pepehi ʻia a palekana no ka poʻe kokoke i nā mea a pau, me nā wahine hāpai a me nā poʻe me nā maʻi olakino maʻi.
Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i kou makahiki a me ke kūlana olakino. Hana maikaʻi nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau no ka hapa nui o nā mākua olakino, aʻo nā mana kiʻekiʻe e loaʻa ana no ka poʻe 65 a ʻoi aku paha e hāʻawi i ka pale ikaika. Aia kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokumu ʻia i ke kelepona a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau recombinant no ka poʻe me nā maʻi maʻi hua manu.
Makemake kekahi poʻe i ke ʻano jet injector, e hāʻawi ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka ʻili me ka ʻole o ka nila kuʻuna. ʻAʻole i loaʻa nui kēia koho akā hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ma kekahi mau keʻena lapaʻau a i ʻole i ka wā o nā hanana hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui.
No ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau flu ma muli o nā maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā contraindications ʻē aʻe, e kālele ana ka pale ʻana i nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi, e pale ana i nā lehulehu i ka wā o ke kau flu, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau antiviral inā ʻike ʻia i ka flu.
Hāʻawi nā lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal a me nā mea i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka pale maikaʻi, akā he mau pōmaikaʻi ko kēlā me kēia ma muli o kou kūlana. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal ke maʻalahi a emi ka pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka poʻe i makemake ʻole i nā nila a i ʻole nā keiki e makaʻu ana i nā pana. Hōʻike kekahi mau haʻawina e hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal ke hāʻawi i ka pale ākea no ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i nā pane immune i kou ihu a me kou ʻāʻī kahi e hoʻomaka ai nā maʻi flu.
Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokomo ʻia i kona pono a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe kokoke i nā mea a pau me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki a i ʻole ke olakino. ʻAʻole hoʻi ia e lawe i ka pilikia liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā maʻi virus vaccine i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kū nei me ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal ola.
Hōʻike nā noiʻi hou e hāʻawi nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i nā pae pale like ke kūlike nā ʻano vaccine me nā maʻi flu e holo nei. Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokomo ʻia i kona pono i nā makahiki, ʻoiai ua ʻokoʻa ka pono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal mai kēlā kau a i kēia kau.
Aia ke koho maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana pilikino, makahiki, kūlana olakino, a me nā makemake pilikino. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ke koho e hana maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal no ka poʻe me ka asthma, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka poʻe me ka asthma koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka wheezing ikaika. Hiki i nā maʻi virus ola i loko o ka vaccine ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona asthma a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu i nā kānaka naʻau. ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe me ka asthma maʻalahi, i mālama maikaʻi ʻia, pono e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kā lākou mea mālama ola ma mua o ke koho ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal.
Inā he hānō kou, ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu injectable ka mea maʻamau he koho palekana. Hāʻawi ia i ka pale maikaʻi loa me ka ʻole o ka pilikia o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā hōʻailona hanu. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o kāu hānō a me ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻia ʻana.
ʻAʻole paha e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal no ka mea ua lawelawe ʻia e nā mea mālama ola i aʻo ʻia i nā wahi i mālama ʻia. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ana i ana ʻia, a ua aʻo ʻia nā limahana mālama ola e hāʻawi i ka nui kūpono. Inā hopohopo ʻoe e loaʻa ana i kahi mahele hou, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola, akā he kakaikahi loa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka overdose vaccine.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻelua mau mahele o ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal kokoke i kekahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻoi aku ka ikaika e like me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka congestion nasal a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e like me ka flu. Pono e maʻalahi kēia mau hopena a hoʻoponopono i loko o kekahi mau lā. E nānā i kāu mau hōʻailona a e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a mau loa.
Inā hala ʻoe i kāu manawa lapaʻau flu i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka wā hiki. Loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau flu i ka wā flu, e holo maʻamau mai ʻOkakopa a Mei. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻOkakopa, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma hope o ke kau e hāʻawi mau i ka pale waiwai.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka hou a i ʻole e loaʻa i nā mahele he nui inā lohi ʻoe - e kiʻi wale i ka mahele hoʻokahi ke hiki iā ʻoe. He ʻelua pule e kūkulu ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale piha, no laila, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā flu, e pōmaikaʻi nō ʻoe mai ka pale e hāʻawi ai.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau flu makahiki i kou ola a pau no ka pale mau ʻana. Hoʻololi mau nā maʻi flu, a e emi mālie ana kou pale ʻana mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hala. ʻO ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau hou i kēlā me kēia makahiki e mālama i ka pale maikaʻi loa i nā maʻi flu i manaʻo ʻia e laha.
Eia naʻe, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻololi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ihu i ka lāʻau lapaʻau injectable i kou wā ʻelemakule. Ua ʻae ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ihu no nā kānaka mai ka makahiki 2-49, no laila pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka mana injectable ke hiki ʻoe i 50. E alakaʻi kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe ma kēia hoʻololi ʻana ke hiki mai ka manawa.
ʻAʻole e pale ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu nasal, akā hiki i kekahi mau ʻano lāʻau antibiotic ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i nā lāʻau antibiotic e hana ana i nā maʻi (e like me kekahi mau lāʻau antiviral) ke hoʻopilikia i nā maʻi ola i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau nasal. ʻAʻole pili ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau antibiotic bacterial maʻamau i ka pono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E hōʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei, me nā lāʻau antibiotic, ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu lāʻau lapaʻau flu. Hiki iā lākou ke aʻo inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kali ʻana a pau kāu papa antibiotic a i ʻole inā palekana ke hoʻomau me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā e lawe ana i nā lāʻau antibiotic maʻamau me ka pilikia ʻole.
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