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ʻO ka meningococcal vaccine he pana pale e kōkua ana i kou kino e pale aku i nā bacteria weliweli i kapa ʻia ʻo meningococcus. Hiki i kēia mau bacteria ke hana i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo, a me kou kahe koko. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai iā ʻoe iho a me kāu poʻe aloha mai kēia mau maʻi e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola.
ʻO ka meningococcal vaccine he immunization e aʻo ana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i nā bacteria meningococcal. Hana ia ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole pōʻino o ka bacteria i kou kino, e ʻae ana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e kūkulu i nā pale me ka ʻole o ka maʻi.
Aia nā ʻano like ʻole o nā meningococcal vaccines i loaʻa, e pale ana i nā ʻano kikoʻī o ka bacteria. ʻO nā mea maʻamau e pale aku i nā hui A, C, W, a me Y, aʻo kekahi vaccine e pale aku i ka hui B. E ʻōlelo aku kāu mea mālama ola i ka vaccine maikaʻi loa no kou makahiki a me nā kūlana.
Pale kēia vaccine i ka maʻi meningococcal, e komo pū ana me ka meningitis a me ka septicemia (ka make ʻana o ke koko). ʻO ka Meningitis kahi maʻi o nā membrane pale e uhi ana i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo, aʻo ka septicemia e hana ʻia ke hoʻonui ka bacteria i kou kahe koko.
He mea nui ka vaccine no kekahi mau pūʻulu o nā kānaka e kū nei i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā haumāna kulanui e noho ana i nā hale noho, nā mea hoʻopaʻa koa, a me nā mea hele i nā wahi i maʻamau ai ka maʻi meningococcal e pōmaikaʻi nui mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono nō hoʻi ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi e nāwaliwali ana i ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale i kēia pale.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻoe i loko o kahi pūʻulu pilikia nui, kōkua ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana i kou kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kēia manaʻo, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka pūʻulu, ʻo ia hoʻi, i ka wā e lawa ai ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e paʻakikī loa ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi i nā kānaka nāwaliwali ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal he lāʻau lapaʻau pale ikaika a maikaʻi loa. Hana ia ma ka hōʻike ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ke ʻano o ka bacteria meningococcal, no laila hiki i kou kino ke ʻike koke a luku iā lākou inā ʻoe e hōʻike ʻia i ka mea maoli.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i nā antibodies i hoʻolālā ʻia e hakakā i ka bacteria meningococcal. Noho kēia mau antibodies i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana no nā makahiki, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale lōʻihi. Inā ʻoe e hālāwai me ka bacteria maoli ma hope, hiki i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke pane koke a pale i ka maʻi.
He mea kupaianaha ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e pale ana ma kahi o 85-100% o nā hihia e pili ana i ke ʻano kikoʻī a me kou makahiki i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai. ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻokahi o kā mākou mea hana hilinaʻi loa no ka pale ʻana i kēia maʻi koʻikoʻi.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o ka ʻiʻo o kou lima luna. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea kūikawā e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka pana, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua o kāu manawa.
Loaʻa ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā o kahi kipa maʻamau i kā lākou mea mālama ola a i ʻole ma kahi keʻena lapaʻau. He mau kekona wale nō ka injection, a e noi ʻia ʻoe e kali no 15-20 mau minuke ma hope e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa i nā hopena koke.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia e pili i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he mea kōkua ke inu i ka wai ma mua a ma hope o ka injection e noho hydrated, akā ʻaʻole pono kēia.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i nā nila, e hōʻike i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a hiki ke hōʻike i nā ʻenehana e hōʻemi i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka injection.
ʻAʻole ka meningococcal vaccine i mea e lawe mau ai e like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā. Akā, loaʻa iā ʻoe ma ke ʻano he pūʻulu pana i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka manawa, ma muli o kou makahiki a me ka vaccine āu e loaʻa nei.
No ka meningococcal vaccine maʻamau (nā pūʻulu A, C, W, Y), pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ʻelua mau lāʻau. Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau mua ma kahi o 11-12 mau makahiki, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi pana booster ma 16-18 mau makahiki. Hoʻopaʻa kēia manawa i ka pale ʻana i nā makahiki ʻōpio i ka wā e kiʻekiʻe ai ka pilikia.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka vaccine no ka manawa mua ma ke ʻano he kanaka makua, pono paha ʻoe i hoʻokahi lāʻau, ʻoiai e pono paha kekahi poʻe i nā kūlana pilikia kiʻekiʻe i nā pana booster hou. E hana kāu mea mālama ola i kahi papa hana hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kūpono i kou kūlana.
Hiki i ka pale ʻana mai nā meningococcal vaccines ke mau no nā makahiki he nui, akā hiki ke emi ka pale ʻana i ka manawa. ʻO kēia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ʻia ai nā pana booster i kekahi manawa, ʻoiai no ka poʻe e noho ana i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi mai ka meningococcal vaccine, inā he mea. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau e hana ʻia ma kahi o ka injection a maʻa mau e hele i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e hōʻike wale ana kou kino e kūkulu ana i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi:
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau:
He hōʻailona maikaʻi kēia mau hopena e hōʻike ana e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau lākou iā lākou iho i loko o 1-2 mau lā.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau ʻole akā hiki ke loaʻa:
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia mau hopena he pane maʻamau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ʻaʻole pono e mālama i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻole lākou he koʻikoʻi a lōʻihi paha ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi:
ʻOiai he kakaʻikahi loa kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi, e loaʻa ana i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1 i loko o 100,000 poʻe, he mea nui e ʻike i nā hōʻailona a e ʻimi koke i ke kōkua lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻōpala ākea, a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali nui.
ʻOiai palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, aia kekahi mau kūlana e kali ai ʻoe a pale paha i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
Eia nā kumu nui e hiki ʻole ai i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa:
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻoe:
Inā he anu maʻalahi a i ʻole ke kuni haʻahaʻa kou, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā e kōkua kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka mea maikaʻi loa.
Pili nā mea kūikawā inā ʻoe:
ʻAʻole pono kēia mau kūlana e pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā pono paha lākou i nā hoʻoponopono manawa a i ʻole ka nānā kūikawā. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma ke ala maikaʻi loa no kāu mau kūlana kikoʻī.
Nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal like ʻole i loaʻa, kēlā me kēia me kona inoa inoa ponoʻī a me ka uhi kikoʻī. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e pili ana iā Menactra a me Menveo, ʻo ia mau mea e pale ai i nā hui A, C, W, a me Y.
No ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi meningococcal hui B, ʻo nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa ʻo Bexsero a me Trumenba. Manaʻo ʻia kēia mau mea no ka poʻe i ka pilikia nui a i ʻole i nā kūlana hū.
E koho kāu mea mālama ola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa e pili ana i kou makahiki, nā mea pilikia, a me nā mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā luna olakino. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau a pau a ua hōʻoia ʻia he pono i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi meningococcal.
ʻAʻole maoli kahi pani no ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal i ka pale ʻana i kēia maʻi koʻikoʻi. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau kūlana ʻē aʻe e hiki ke mālama ʻia me nā loli ola a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, pono ka maʻi meningococcal i ka pale ʻana i ka pale e hiki ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka palekana maoli, akā ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi meningococcal e hoʻomohala i nā antibodies maoli he mea weliweli loa a hiki ke make. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana i ka pale like me ka ʻole o nā pilikia o ka maʻi maoli.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal maʻamau ma muli o nā maʻi maʻi a i ʻole nā kumu olakino ʻē aʻe, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku i nā manawa ʻē aʻe, nā hoʻomākaukau lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole, a i ʻole nā hana pale hou. Eia naʻe, pono e hana mau ʻia kēia mau hoʻoholo ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kahi loea mālama ola kūpono.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal i nā bacteria like ʻole, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia e pili ana i ka
ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ka maʻi diabetes i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu mālama ʻana i ke kō koko. Eia naʻe, he mea maikaʻi nō e haʻi aku i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i kāu maʻi diabetes a me nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal keu, mai hopohopo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he mea kūpono, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau keu ʻaʻole ia e hana i ka pōʻino nui ma waho o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e like me ka ʻeha ma kahi o ka injection.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e haʻi iā lākou i ka mea i hana ʻia a e hōʻano hou i kāu moʻolelo lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke aʻo iā ʻoe i nā mea e pono ai ke nānā ʻia a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā hui like ʻole i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka wā hiki. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai inā ua hala ka manawa mai kāu lāʻau lapaʻau hope loa.
Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i hala ma muli o ka lōʻihi o ka manawa a me kāu mau mea pilikia i kēia manawa. ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻopau i ka moʻo i ʻōlelo ʻia e hōʻoia i ka pale piha.
ʻAʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal i mea āu e lawe mau ai, no laila ʻaʻohe pono e
Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka meningococcal vaccine i ka wā hāpai inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia. ʻOiai ua makemake ʻia e loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hāpai ʻana, aia nā kūlana kahi e ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a aia i ka pilikia nui no ka maʻi meningococcal, a i ʻole inā he maʻi ma kou wahi, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻeha i nā pēpē e ulu ana, a hiki nō ke hāʻawi i kekahi pale i kāu keiki hānau hou ma o nā antibodies i hala i ka wā hāpai.
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