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ʻO ka meningococcal vaccine diphtheria conjugate he pana pale e kōkua ana i kou kino e pale aku i nā maʻi bacteria weliweli. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a pale aku i nā bacteria meningococcal, hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi lolo a me ke kuamoʻo koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo meningitis, a me nā maʻi koko.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i ke kumu e pili ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe a i ʻole kou ʻohana. He kakaikahi nā maʻi meningococcal, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola a ulu wikiwiki. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, hāʻawi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ikaika i nā ʻano like ʻole o kēia mau bacteria ʻino, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe.
ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he pana i hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia e hui pū ana i nā ʻāpana o ka bacteria meningococcal me ka protein diphtheria e hana i ka palekana ikaika. ʻO ka ʻāpana
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maʻi meningococcal, he maʻi nui ʻelua. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ia ka meningitis, kahi e loaʻa ai i ka bacteria nā membrane e pale ana i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo. ʻO ka lua, ʻo ia ka septicemia, he maʻi i loko o ke koko e hiki ke laha koke i kou kino.
Hoʻomaopopo nā mea mālama ola i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā keiki ʻōpio a me nā ʻōpio no ka mea he kiʻekiʻe ko lākou helu o ka lawe ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka bacteria meningococcal. Pōmaikaʻi nō hoʻi nā haumāna kulanui e noho ana i nā hale moe, nā mea hana koa, a me nā mea hele i kekahi mau wahi o ka honua mai kēia pale.
He mea nui loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi e nāwaliwali ai ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka HIV, ka maʻi sickle cell, a i ʻole ua wehe ʻia kou spleen, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e pale aku i kēia mau maʻi make.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke aʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike i ka bacteria meningococcal ma mua o kou hālāwai ʻana iā lākou ma ke ʻano maoli. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pana, ʻike kou kino i nā ʻāpana bacteria a hoʻomaka e hana i nā antibodies, he mau protein kūikawā e hiki ke hakakā i ka bacteria maoli ma hope.
Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika iki i ka pale ʻana. Hāʻawi ia i ka pale maikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻano bacteria kikoʻī e manaʻo ai, e mau ana no kekahi mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ia e pale i nā ʻano bacteria meningococcal a pau, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ai kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou aʻe ma muli o kou kūlana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ana kou ʻōnaehana pale i kāna mea i aʻo ai mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Inā loaʻa ʻoe i ka bacteria meningococcal, hiki i kou kino ke hana koke i nā antibodies e pono ai e hakakā i ka maʻi ma mua o ka maʻi nui.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he pahu hoʻokahi i loko o kou ʻiʻo lima luna, maʻamau i loko o kou ʻiʻo deltoid. Hāʻawi ʻia ka pana ma ka intramuscularly, ʻo ia hoʻi, hele ka nila i loko o ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo ma mua o ka lalo o ka ʻili.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea kūikawā e hoʻomākaukau ai no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o kāu manawa, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e lawe me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka wai no ka mea he pahu ia ma mua o ka mea āu e ale ai.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hele i kā lākou hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, he manaʻo maikaʻi e pale i ka hana kino ikaika e pili ana i kou lima no ke koena o ka lā e hōʻemi i ka ʻeha ma ke kahua injection.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like, e hāʻawi kāu mea mālama ola iā lākou i nā lima a i ʻole nā wahi like ʻole. Kōkua kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha a maʻalahi hoʻi ke haʻi ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopilikia ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i hoʻokahi wale nō o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomohala i ka pale maikaʻi. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe ai i kēlā me kēia lā, hana nā lāʻau lapaʻau i nā mea ʻokoʻa ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pale lōʻihi mai kahi pana hoʻokahi a i ʻole nā pūʻulu pana.
ʻO ka pale mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mau ana no kekahi mau makahiki, ʻoiai hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka lōʻihi pololei mai kēlā me kēia kanaka. No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka olakino, hāʻawi hoʻokahi dose i ka pale no kahi o 3 a 5 mau makahiki, i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi pana booster inā e noho ana ʻoe i ka pilikia nui no ka maʻi meningococcal. He ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia no ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi olakino, ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā wahi me nā maʻi e hana nei, a i ʻole nā kānaka i loaʻa i kā lākou dose mua i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei a ke hoʻomau nei i nā mea pilikia.
E like me ka nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kēia pana ke hana i kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i nā hopena maʻalahi e hele wale ana. Ke pane wale nei kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale ʻana, he hōʻailona maikaʻi ia e hana ana.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hana pololei ana ma kahi o ka injection a ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e pane ai kāu ʻōnaehana pale. He maʻalahi kēia mau hopena a hoʻoponopono i loko o kekahi mau lā, e hōʻike ana e kūkulu ana kou kino i ka pale āu e pono ai.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau:
Hoʻomaka maʻamau kēia mau hopena maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a nalowale maʻamau i loko o 2 a 3 mau lā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ka hōʻoluʻolu me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha ma luna o ka pā a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi lole anuanu a pulu i kahi o ka injection.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke hana. Pono kēia mau hopena maʻamau ʻole i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi, ke kuni kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 102°F (39°C), a i ʻole nā hōʻailona mau ʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o kekahi mau lā.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka ʻūlū, ka ʻeha lima nui e mau ana ma mua o kekahi mau lā, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a me ka ʻāʻī. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana maikaʻi e kali ai a pale paha iā ia. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino e hōʻoia i ka pono o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i kekahi mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole i kahi mahele mua. Pono nō hoʻi ka poʻe i maʻi maʻamau a koʻikoʻi paha e kali a hiki i ka wā e ola ai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā kūlana nui e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻopaneʻe a pale paha i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau:
Inā hāpai ʻoe, e ana kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia me ka mālama pono. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai ke ʻole ʻoe i ka pilikia nui loa no ka maʻi meningococcal, e like me ka wā o ka maʻi a i ʻole inā e hele ana ʻoe i nā wahi pilikia nui.
Hiki i ka poʻe me nā maʻi maʻalahi e like me ke anu ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, inā he wela kou a i ʻole e maʻi ana ʻoe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kali ʻana a hiki i kou maikaʻi ʻana e loaʻa ai ka pane pale maikaʻi loa mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ma muli o nā ʻano bacteria e pale ai. ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau e komo pū ana me Menactra a me Menveo, e pale ana i nā ʻano bacteria meningococcal ʻehā (A, C, W, a me Y).
Ua loaʻa ʻo Menactra no ka manawa lōʻihi a hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā papahana lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau no nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻōpio. ʻO Menveo kahi hoʻopili hou e hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia i nā keiki ʻōpio e hoʻomaka ana i 2 mahina o ka makahiki i kekahi mau kūlana pilikia nui.
Na kāu mea mālama ola e koho i ka inoa kūpono loa e pili ana i kou makahiki, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me ka pale kikoʻī āu e pono ai. He kūpono like nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi meningococcal mai nā ʻano a lākou e manaʻo ai.
Aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal ʻē aʻe i loaʻa e pale aku i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria. ʻO ka koho nui ʻo ka meningococcal B vaccine, e pale ana i ka maʻi meningococcal serogroup B ʻaʻole i uhi ʻia e ka conjugate vaccine.
No ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i ka conjugate vaccine ma muli o nā maʻi allergies a i ʻole nā kumu olakino ʻē aʻe, aia kekahi meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine. ʻAʻole hāʻawi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kahiko i ka pale ikaika a i ʻole ka lōʻihi, akā hiki ke lilo i koho no kekahi poʻe.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal ʻelua e loaʻa ai ka pale ākea. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kūpono loa i kou kūlana kikoʻī a me nā mea pilikia.
ʻAe, ua manaʻo ʻia ka conjugate vaccine he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka polysaccharide vaccine kahiko no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. Hāʻawi ka conjugate vaccine i ka pale ikaika, lōʻihi a ʻo ia ke koho i makemake ʻia no nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau.
Hoʻokumu ka conjugate vaccine i ka mea i kapa ʻia he hoʻomanaʻo immunological, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hoʻomanaʻo kou kino pehea e hakakā ai i ka bacteria no nā makahiki he nui. Hāʻawi ka polysaccharide vaccine i ka pale manawa pōkole a ʻaʻole ia e hana i ka pane hoʻomanaʻo mau.
Eia kekahi, kōkua ka conjugate vaccine i ka hana ʻana i ka pale kaiāulu ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka laha ʻana o ka bacteria ma waena o nā kānaka. ʻO ia hoʻi, ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ka nui o nā kānaka i loko o ke kaiāulu me ka conjugate vaccine, kōkua ia i ka pale ʻana i nā mea a pau, me ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau polysaccharide i kekahi mau kūlana, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā mākua ma luna o 55 mau makahiki a i ʻole nā kānaka me nā maʻi olakino kūikawā. Eia naʻe, no ka hapa nui o nā keiki, nā ʻōpio, a me nā mākua ʻōpio, ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau conjugate ke koho maikaʻi loa.
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka pilikia o ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi, no laila hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi i ka pale nui.
ʻAʻole ia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes e like me ke kauoha a nānā i kāu pae kōpaʻa koko ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka loli iki ʻana o ko lākou pae kōpaʻa koko ke loaʻa iā lākou kahi pane immune i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau, me kēia. He mea pōkole a hiki ke mālama ʻia me kāu hana mālama diabetes maʻamau.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka nui o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea ua hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi, ana ʻia e kahi ʻoihana mālama ola. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi hou, mai hopohopo - ʻaʻole pinepine kēia i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e haʻi iā lākou i ka mea i hana ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā iā ʻoe no nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hoʻonui ʻia a hoʻohou i kāu mau moʻolelo lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha iki a i ʻole nā hōʻailona maʻalahi, akā ʻaʻole maʻamau nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai kahi maʻi hou.
ʻO ka hopohopo nui me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi pālua, ʻo ia paha ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e like me ka ʻeha o ka lima a i ʻole ke kuni maʻalahi. He maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena, e like me ka mea āu e ʻike ai me kahi maʻi hoʻokahi.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu manawa hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hiki wawe. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i kahi
I ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui i ka manawa like, e hāʻawi ʻia lākou ma nā wahi like ʻole o kou kino. Kōkua kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha a maʻalahi hoʻi ka ʻike ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻoulu ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i hāʻawi pinepine ʻia pū kekahi me ka lāʻau lapaʻau HPV, Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis), a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu kau. E hoʻokaʻawale pono kāu mea mālama ola iā lākou a nānā iā ʻoe no nā hopena ma hope o kāu manawa.
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