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ʻO Levonorgestrel he hormone synthetic e like me ka progesterone, kekahi o nā hormones hana hou o kou kino. Hele mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole a lawelawe i nā kumu like ʻole, mai ka contraception pilikia a hiki i ka mana hānau lōʻihi a me ka therapy pani hormone.
ʻIke paha ʻoe iā levonorgestrel maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he
Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe lawelawe mālama ola i ka levonorgestrel no ka lāʻau pani hormone, ʻoi loa no nā wahine e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona menopause. I kēia hihia, kōkua ia i ke kaulike ʻana i nā pae hormone a hiki ke hōʻemi i nā hōʻailona hōʻoluʻolu ʻole e like me nā uila wela a me nā loli o ke ʻano.
Hoʻohana kekahi mau wahine i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa ka levonorgestrel e mālama i ke kahe nui ʻana o ke koko a i ʻole nā wā maʻamau ʻole. Hiki i ka hormone ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu pōʻaiapuni a hōʻemi i ka nui o ke kahe ʻana o ke koko i kēlā me kēia mahina.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Levonorgestrel he progestin ikaika waena e hana ana ma o nā ʻano hana he nui i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana hānau. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he hormone hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kou kino e hoʻomākaukau ai a pane aku i ka hāpai ʻana.
Ke lawe ʻoe i ka levonorgestrel ma ke ʻano he contraception pilikia, hana nui ia ma ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i ka ovulation. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ovulate i kāu pōʻaiapuni, hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopaneʻe i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kahi hua manu no kekahi mau lā, e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa e make ai ka sperm.
Hoʻopiha pū ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka mucus i loko o kou ʻāʻī, e paʻakikī loa ai ka sperm e ʻauʻau a hiki i kahi hua manu. Hana kēia i kahi pale hou e hōʻemi ana i nā manawa o ka fertilization.
Eia kekahi, hiki i ka levonorgestrel ke lahilahi i ka laina o kou ʻōpū (i kapa ʻia ʻo ka endometrium). ʻO kēia hoʻololi e hōʻemi i ka hiki ʻana o kahi hua manu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻokomo a hoʻomohala, ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia kēia hopena he mea nui ʻole ma mua o nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe.
No ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana hānau maʻamau, hana mau kēia mau ʻano hana like e pale ai i ka hāpai ʻana. Mālama nā pae hormone i kēlā me kēia lā i kāu ʻōnaehana hānau i kahi kūlana ʻaʻole kūpono i ka manaʻo.
ʻO ke ala āu e lawe ai i ka levonorgestrel e pili ana i ke kumu āu e hoʻohana nei a me ke ʻano i kauoha ʻia e kāu mea lawelawe mālama ola. No ka contraception pilikia, e lawe maʻamau ʻoe i hoʻokahi papa i ka wā hiki wawe ma hope o ka moekolohe ʻole.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka levonorgestrel pilikia me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, a ʻaʻole ia he mea nui i ka manawa o ka lā āu e lawe ai. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka lawe ʻana me kahi mea ʻai liʻiliʻi e kōkua paha i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nausea, kahi mea e ʻike ai kekahi poʻe he hopena ʻaoʻao.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka levonorgestrel ma ke ʻano he mana hānau i kēlā me kēia lā, pono ʻoe e lawe ia i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea kōkua ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou pila i kahi hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ka palaki ʻana i ko lākou niho a i ʻole ka inu ʻana i ke kofe kakahiaka.
No nā pila mana hānau i kēlā me kēia lā, he mea nui ka kūlike. E hoʻāʻo e lawe i kāu pila i loko o ka puka makani ʻelua hola i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae hormone paʻa i loko o kou kino.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka levonorgestrel no ka hormone replacement therapy, e hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka manawa a me ke ana. ʻO ka pinepine kēia e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no kekahi mau lā o ka mahina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hoʻolālā hormone therapy nui.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka levonorgestrel e ʻokoʻa loa ma muli o kāu kūlana kikoʻī a me ke ʻano āu e lawe nei. No ka pale ʻana i ka pilikia, lawe ʻoe i hoʻokahi wale nō ma hope o ka moekolohe ʻole.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka levonorgestrel ma ke ʻano he mana hānau i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, inā ʻae kāu mea mālama ola he kūpono ia iā ʻoe. Nui nā wahine e hoʻohana i ka progestin-containing birth control no kekahi mau makahiki me ka ʻole o nā pilikia.
No ka hormone replacement therapy, pili ka lōʻihi i kāu pono pilikino a me ke kūlana olakino. E loiloi mau kāu kauka inā pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka lōʻihi o ka manawa ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā loli olakino.
He mea nui nā loiloi maʻamau me kāu mea mālama olaola me ka nānā ʻole i ka lōʻihi o kou lawe ʻana i ka levonorgestrel. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a hōʻoia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke koho kūpono no kāu pono olakino.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka levonorgestrel ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā kānaka a pau iā lākou. Hiki ke loli nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai ma muli o ka lawe ʻana iā ia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia a i ʻole he lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i ʻike ʻia e nā kānaka he nui, ʻoiai me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia:
He maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau, e hoʻoponopono maʻamau ana i loko o kekahi mau lā. Ke hoʻoponopono wale nei kou kino i ka loli hormone koke.
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā maʻamau e hiki ke komo:
ʻAʻole weliweli kēia mau hopena akā hiki ke hoʻopilikia. Inā mau lākou a i ʻole e ʻino, pono e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻOiai he kakaikahi, aia kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
ʻAʻole maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā pono lākou i ka loiloi olakino wikiwiki. Mai kānalua e ʻimi i ke kōkua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona.
ʻOiai palekana ka levonorgestrel no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e hiki ʻole ai ke koho maikaʻi loa a i ʻole e hōʻeha paha. E noʻonoʻo kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia lāʻau.
Pono ʻoe e pale i ka levonorgestrel inā ʻike ʻoe i ka maʻi i ka lāʻau a i ʻole kekahi o kāna mau mea. Hiki i nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi ke komo i ka ʻulaʻula, ka ʻūlū, ka pehu, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu.
Eia nā maʻi olakino e hiki ke hoʻolilo i ka levonorgestrel kūpono ʻole iā ʻoe:
ʻAʻole kēia mau kūlana e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka levonorgestrel, akā pono lākou i ka noʻonoʻo pono a me nā koho ʻē aʻe.
Pono kekahi mau kūlana i ka akahele hou a me ka nānā pono ʻana inā hoʻohana ʻoe i ka levonorgestrel:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau kūlana, e noʻonoʻo kāu mea mālama ola i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i ka nānā pono ʻana a i ʻole ke hōʻike i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e kūpono i kāu ʻikepili olakino.
Loaʻa ʻo Levonorgestrel ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ma muli o kāna hana ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana. No ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā pilikia, e ʻike pinepine ʻoe iā ia e kūʻai ʻia ana ma ke ʻano he Plan B One-Step, hiki ke kūʻai ʻia me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha.
ʻO nā inoa inoa pale hāpai pilikia ʻē aʻe e loaʻa ana iā levonorgestrel me Take Action, My Way, Option 2, a me Preventeza. He mau mana generic kēia e hana like ana me Plan B One-Step akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka hānau ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻike ʻia ʻo levonorgestrel i nā pila hui pū ʻia me nā hormones estrogen. ʻO kekahi mau inoa inoa kaulana me Seasonale, Seasonique, LoSeasonique, a me Amethyst, akā nui nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa ka IUD e hoʻokuʻu ana i ka levonorgestrel ma ke ʻano he Mirena, Skyla, Liletta, a me Kyleena. Hāʻawi kēia mau mea hana i ka pale ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi ma ka hoʻokuʻu mālie ʻana i ka hormone pololei i loko o kou ʻōpū.
Ke kūʻai ʻana i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā pilikia, e hoʻomanaʻo i nā huahana a pau e loaʻa ana iā levonorgestrel e hana like ana me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa. Ua like ka mea hana a me ke ana, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke koho ma muli o ka loaʻa a me ke kumukūʻai.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo levonorgestrel iā ʻoe a i ʻole e ʻimi ana ʻoe i nā koho ʻē aʻe, aia kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe e loaʻa ana ma muli o kāu mau pono. No ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā pilikia, ʻo ulipristal acetate (ella) kekahi koho ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hana no ʻelima mau lā ma hope o ka moekolohe ʻole.
Hiki nō hoʻi i ka IUD keleawe ke lawelawe ma ke ʻano he pale hāpai pilikia inā hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ʻelima mau lā o ka moekolohe ʻole. Hāʻawi kēia koho i ka pōmaikaʻi hou o ka pale ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e mālama iā ia.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka hānau ʻana maʻamau, aia nā koho ʻē aʻe i nā pila progestin-only e loaʻa ana i nā hormones like ʻole e like me norethindrone a i ʻole desogestrel. Hana like kēia mau mea me levonorgestrel akā he ʻokoʻa paha nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hāʻawi nā pila hoʻomalu hānau hui pū i loaʻa nā estrogen a me progestin i kahi koho ʻē aʻe. He nui nā hui hormone like ʻole a kūpono paha inā hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe palekana i ka estrogen.
ʻO nā koho contraceptive ʻaʻole hormonal e komo pū ana me nā ʻano pale e like me nā condoms, diaphragms, a i ʻole nā pāpale cervical. Hāʻawi ka copper IUD i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi me ka ʻole o nā hormones.
No ka therapy pani hormone, hiki i nā koho ʻē aʻe ke komo pū me nā progestins ʻē aʻe, estrogen-only therapy, a i ʻole nā hoʻomākaukau hormone bioidentical. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kēia mau koho e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā pono olakino.
ʻO Levonorgestrel a me ulipristal acetate (ella) nā pila contraceptive pilikia nui ʻelua i loaʻa, a loaʻa i kēlā me kēia me kona mau pono ponoʻī. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine i ka manawa a me kāu kūlana.
Hana maikaʻi ʻo Levonorgestrel ke lawe ʻia i loko o 72 mau hola (3 mau lā) o ka moekolohe i pale ʻole ʻia, me ka emi ʻana o ka pono i ka manawa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi i loko o nā hola 24 mua, e pale ana ma kahi o 95% o nā hāpai ʻana i hiki ke hana.
Noho pono ʻo Ulipristal acetate a hiki i 120 mau hola (5 mau lā) ma hope o ka moekolohe i pale ʻole ʻia a ʻoi aku paha ka maikaʻi ma mua o levonorgestrel, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma waena o 72-120 mau hola. Eia naʻe, pono ia i kahi kauoha a ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma luna o ka counter.
ʻO ka copper IUD ka mea maikaʻi loa i ka contraceptive pilikia, e pale ana ma luna o 99% o nā hāpai ʻana ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o 5 mau lā o ka moekolohe i pale ʻole ʻia. Eia naʻe, pono ia i kahi kipa mea mālama ola a me ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo.
ʻO nā pono nui o Levonorgestrel e komo pū ana me ka loaʻa maʻalahi ma luna o ka counter, ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa, a me ka ʻole o ke koi kauoha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai ma ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā hale kūʻai meaʻai, a me kekahi mau hale kūʻai kinoea me ka ʻole o nā palena makahiki.
Ke koho ʻana ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ka manawa, ke kumukūʻai, ke komo ʻana, a me kou pae hōʻoluʻolu me nā koho like ʻole. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ke koho e kūpono loa i kou kūlana.
Hiki ke hoʻohana palekana ʻia ʻo Levonorgestrel e ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, akā pono ia i ka nānā pono ʻana. Hiki i ka hormone ke hoʻopilikia i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, akā naʻe, he maʻalahi a hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia hopena.
Inā he maʻi diabetes kāu i mālama maikaʻi ʻia, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo levonorgestrel he palekana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pilikia a me ka hoʻohana maʻamau. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e nānā pono i kou kōpaʻa koko ke hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka lāʻau a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona maʻamau.
Pono paha ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes i mālama ʻole ʻia a i ʻole nā pilikia diabetic i ka mālama olakino kokoke. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku i nā loiloi pinepine a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana i ke kōpaʻa koko e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ka lāʻau i kāu mālama ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i hoʻolālā ʻole ʻia e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia liʻiliʻi o nā loli kōpaʻa koko. Eia naʻe, e kūkākūkā mau i kāu mālama ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau hou i loaʻa i ka hormone.
ʻAʻole paha e hōʻeha nui ka lawe ʻana i ka levonorgestrel ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, akā hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hiki a me ka paʻakikī o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i kahi mahele hou, mai hopohopo - ʻaʻole maʻamau nā pilikia overdose koʻikoʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā manaʻo ikaika o nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e like me ka nausea, ka luaʻi, ka palupalu o ka umauma, a i ʻole ke kahe ʻana o ke koko. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu kēia mau hōʻailona akā ʻaʻole weliweli a pono e hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Inā ua lawe ʻoe i ka nui aku ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia a i ʻole ke ʻike nei ʻoe i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka luaʻi mau, ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, e kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa.
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Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka levonorgestrel i kēlā me kēia manawa, akā hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia ka manawa a me ke ʻano ma ke kumu e hoʻohana nei ʻoe a me kāu mau pono contraceptive e hiki mai ana. No ka contraception pilikia, hoʻokahi wale nō kāu e lawe ai, no laila ʻaʻole pili ka hooki ʻana.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka levonorgestrel no ka mana hānau i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i kēlā me kēia manawa, akā e ʻike ʻoe e hiki ke hoʻi koke mai kou momona. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hāpai, e hoʻomaka koke e hoʻohana i kekahi ʻano contraceptive.
Ke hooki ʻoe i ka levonorgestrel i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻemi mālie - hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i nā pila. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu pōʻai menstrual ke lawe i kekahi mau mahina e hoʻi i kāna ʻano maoli.
No ka therapy pani hormone, mai hooki koke i ka levonorgestrel me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke makemake e hoʻemi mālie i kāu mahele a i ʻole e hoʻololi iā ʻoe i kahi lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e pale aku i nā hōʻailona hōʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Inā ʻoe e hooki ana ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao, e kūkākūkā i nā koho ʻē aʻe me kāu mea mālama ola. Aia paha nā koho ʻē aʻe e hana maikaʻi no kou kino a me kou ola ʻoiai e hoʻokō ana i kāu mau pono contraceptive a i ʻole hormone therapy.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Levonorgestrel he palekana e hoʻohana i ka wā e hānai ai i ka umauma, e lilo ia i koho contraceptive maikaʻi no nā makuahine hānai. Hele nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka hormone i loko o ka waiū umauma, akā ʻaʻole i hōʻike nā haʻawina i nā hopena ʻino i nā pēpē hānai umauma.
No ka contraception pilikia, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka levonorgestrel i ka wā e hānai ai i ka umauma me ka ʻole e hoʻopau i ka hānai ʻana. Manaʻo ka World Health Organization he palekana ia no nā wahine hānai umauma me ka ʻole o nā palena.
Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana i ka levonorgestrel i kēlā me kēia lā no ka mana hānau e hoʻomau ana i ka wā e hānai ai i ka umauma, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pila hui e loaʻa ana ka estrogen. Hiki i ka Estrogen ke hōʻemi i ka lako waiū, akā ʻaʻole pili nā pila progestin-only e like me ka levonorgestrel i ka hana waiū.
ʻIke kekahi mau makuahine i nā loli manawa pōkole i ka lako waiū a i ʻole nā ʻano hānai o kā lākou pēpē ke hoʻomaka lākou i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau hou, me ka levonorgestrel. He mea liʻiliʻi wale nō kēia mau loli a hoʻoponopono ʻia i loko o kekahi mau lā.
E hōʻike mau i kāu mea mālama ola e hānai ana ʻoe i ka waiū i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā koho contraceptive. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e koho i ke ʻano maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana a nānā iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē no nā hopohopo.
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