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ʻO ka meningococcal vaccine me ka tetanus toxoid conjugate (quadrivalent) he pale ikaika e pale iā ʻoe mai nā ʻano bacteria meningococcal weliweli ʻehā. Hoʻohui kēia vaccine i ka ikaika o ka tetanus toxoid me ka pale meningococcal, e hana ana i kahi pale ikaika e kūʻē i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo.
E noʻonoʻo i kēia vaccine e like me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i nā bacteria ʻino ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka maʻi. ʻO ka ʻāpana
He nui ka poʻe e wehewehe ana i ka manaʻo he pōkole a hiki ke mālama ʻia, e like me ka pana flu. Hiki ke ʻeha a ʻeha paha kou lima ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā ma hope, he mea maʻamau loa kēia a hōʻike ana e pane ana kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka ʻulaʻula iki a i ʻole ka pehu ma kahi i loaʻa ai iā lākou ka pana. ʻO kēia mau hopena ke ala maoli o kou kino e kūkulu i ka pale ʻana i ka bacteria, a e hoʻoponopono maʻamau lākou i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana.
No ka mea, ua puka mai ka pono no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka hoʻoweliweli nui i hana ʻia e ka bacteria meningococcal, hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola. Noho maoli kēia mau bacteria i ka ihu a me ka ʻāʻī o kahi 10% o nā kānaka me ka ʻole o ka maʻi, akā i kekahi manawa hiki iā lākou ke komo i ke kahe koko a i ʻole ka lolo.
He nui nā mea e pono ai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kā mākou mau kaiāulu:
Me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i nā kānaka olakino ke hoʻomohala i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka maʻi meningococcal. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale pono ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai, i ka wā e hiki ai i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke kūkulu i nā pale palekana.
Pale nui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maʻi meningococcal, hiki ke hōʻike ʻia i nā ʻano koʻikoʻi. ʻO ke kūlana maʻamau a weliweli loa ka meningitis bacterial, kahi e hoʻopilikia ai ka bacteria i nā membrane pale e uhi ana i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo.
Mālama nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe mai ka meningococcemia, he maʻi maʻi koko koʻikoʻi e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hana ʻole o nā ʻōkana. Hiki i nā maʻi ʻelua ke ulu wikiwiki a lilo i mea hoʻoweliweli i ke ola i loko o nā hola, e hana ana i ka pale ʻana ma o ka lāʻau lapaʻau he mea nui loa.
Eia nā maʻi nui e kōkua ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana:
Ke kālele nei ka pale ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano maʻi ʻehā i maʻamau (A, C, W, a me Y), e helu ana i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi meningococcal koʻikoʻi ma nā wahi he nui o ka honua.
ʻAe, hoʻoponopono maʻamau ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal ma ko lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā. Hoʻoponopono maoli kou kino i nā mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a e mae maʻamau nā hopena maʻalahi i ka pau ʻana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pale.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he mau hopena kūloko ma kahi o ka injection, e like me ka ʻeha, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka pehu maʻalahi. ʻO ka maʻamau, piʻi kēia i loko o 24 mau hola a hoʻomaikaʻi mālie i ka lā aʻe a i ʻole ʻelua me ka ʻole e koi i kekahi lapaʻau kūikawā.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena systemic maʻalahi e like me ke kuni haʻahaʻa, ke poʻo, a i ʻole ka luhi akā hoʻoponopono maʻamau i loko o 48 mau hola. Ke hana wale nei kāu ʻōnaehana pale i kāna hana o ke aʻo ʻana e ʻike a hakakā i ka bacteria e pale ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home me ka mālama maʻalahi a me ka mālie. Hiki i kēia mau hana ke kōkua i ka hōʻoluʻolu i kekahi ʻoluʻolu i ka wā e kūkulu ana kou kino i ka pale.
No ka ʻeha a me ka pehu ʻana o ka pūnaewele injection, e hoʻāʻo i kēia mau ʻano hoʻoluʻolu:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuni haʻahaʻa a i ʻole nā ʻeha kino, e noʻonoʻo e lawe i ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen e like me nā kuhikuhi o ka pūʻolo. E noho maikaʻi i ka wai a e hoʻomaha nui e kākoʻo i ka hana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale.
Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau home ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i ka wā e ola maoli ai kou kino mai ke kaʻina hana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
He mea maʻamau loa nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal, akā ua mākaukau nā poʻe loea lapaʻau e mālama iā lākou inā loaʻa. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā keʻena mālama ola kahi e hāʻawi ʻia ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ke komo koke ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā lako pilikia.
Pono nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi (anaphylaxis) i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke me ka epinephrine a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia ʻē aʻe. Mālama maʻamau nā mea mālama ola i nā maʻi no 15-20 mau minuke ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia i ka hopu ʻia ʻana a mālama ʻia nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
No nā hopena liʻiliʻi akā e pili ana, hiki i nā kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā antihistamines no nā hōʻailona ʻano maʻi a i ʻole nā hana mālama kākoʻo ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kī ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka wikiwiki inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e like me ka mea maʻamau a koʻikoʻi paha ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ma mua o nā hopena maʻamau o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi nā hōʻailona maʻalahi e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. Hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hopohopo me kahi kelepona maʻalahi i ke keʻena o kāu kauka.
E ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona ʻōlelo aʻo:
E kelepona pū i kāu kauka inā e ʻino aʻe ka ʻulaʻula a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana o ka wahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ma hope o 48 mau hola, a i ʻole inā e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e hopohopo ai. Makemake nā mea mālama ola e loiloi i nā hopohopo ma mua o ka hopohopo ʻole.
Ke kū nei kekahi mau pūʻulu o nā kānaka i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi meningococcal a pōmaikaʻi nui mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. He mea nui ka makahiki, me nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻōpio e piʻi ana ka pilikia i ko lākou mau makahiki pilikanaka.
Ke kū nei nā haumāna kulanui e noho ana i nā hale moe i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma muli o ka noho kokoke ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka pilina pili kanaka. Pōmaikaʻi nui nā mea hana koa a me nā pūʻulu ʻē aʻe e noho ana i nā kūlana paʻa mai ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā kūlana olakino e hoʻonui i kāu mea nui i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
ʻO ka huakaʻi i nā wahi me nā helu kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi meningococcal, e like me nā wahi o Sub-Saharan Africa, e hoʻonui pū ana i kou pilikia a me ka pono o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo inā hāʻule ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻāpana pilikia.
ʻO ka pilikia koʻikoʻi loa o ka lele ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal ʻo ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi maoli, hiki ke luku a i kekahi manawa make. Holomua wikiwiki ka maʻi meningococcal a hiki ke hōʻino mau ʻia inā mālama koke ʻia.
Hiki i ka maʻi lolo bacteria ke alakaʻi i ka pōʻino o ka lolo, ka nalowale o ka lohe, a i ʻole nā pilikia o ke aʻo ʻana e mau ana i ke ola. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka maʻi ke hoʻoulu i nā haʻalulu, ka hahau ʻana, a i ʻole nā pilikia noʻonoʻo e pili nui ana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO nā pilikia nui mai ka maʻi meningococcal e komo pū ana:
ʻOiai nā mea ola e kū ana i nā wā hoʻōla lōʻihi a ʻaʻole paha e hoʻi hou i ko lākou pae hana mua. Kāohi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia mau hopena weliweli ma ka hana ʻana i ka pale ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hōʻike.
He maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal no kou ʻōnaehana pale, e hāʻawi ana i ke aʻo nui e hoʻoikaika ana i nā pale kūlohelohe o kou kino. Ma mua o ka hoʻonāwali i ka pale, aʻo nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i nā bacteria weliweli kikoʻī me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hōʻike ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale i nā ʻāpana palekana o ka bacteria meningococcal, e ʻae ana iā ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāna pane me ka pilikia ʻole o ka maʻi maoli. Hana kou ʻōnaehana pale i nā antibodies a me nā cell hoʻomanaʻo e mākaukau e pale iā ʻoe inā e hālāwai ʻoe me ka bacteria maoli ma hope.
Hana ka mea tetanus toxoid ma ke ʻano he adjuvant, e hoʻonui maoli ana i kāu pane pale a e ikaika a lōʻihi ka pale. ʻO ia hoʻi, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pale maikaʻi aʻe i ka maʻi meningococcal ma mua o ka maʻi maoli, me ka ʻole o nā pilikia e hele mai me ka maʻi maoli.
Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia nā hopena maʻalahi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā pae mua o ka maʻi a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ke hana lākou i loko o nā lā ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka manawa ke hana me he mea lā ua hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi ma mua o kāna hana.
Hiki ke huikau ka ʻeha a me ka ʻulaʻula o ka wahi injection me ka cellulitis (he maʻi ʻili), akā ʻo nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e noho maʻamau i ka wahi injection koke. ʻO nā maʻi maoli e laha ma waho a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma hope o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
ʻO nā kuhi hewa maʻamau e pili ana:
Hiki i nā wāhine hāpai ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia, e like me ka wā o ka maʻi a i ʻole ka wā e hele ai i nā wahi pilikia. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻeha i ka wā hāpai, akā hāʻawi ʻia ia i ka wā e pono ai.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a ke noʻonoʻo nei i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e kūkākūkā i kou kūlana me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka loiloi ʻana i kāu mau mea pilikia a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hāʻawi kēia lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus toxoid conjugate i ka pale ikaika a lōʻihi hoʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau polysaccharide kahiko. Kōkua ka mea tetanus toxoid i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hoʻomanaʻo i ka bacteria meningococcal me ka maikaʻi.
Aia kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal serogroup B e pale ana i kahi ʻano bacteria ʻokoʻa. Pono paha kekahi poʻe i nā ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua e pili ana i kā lākou mau mea pilikia a me ka makahiki.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau meningococcal me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau ʻē aʻe i ka wā o ka kipa like. Hoʻonohonoho pinepine nā mea mālama ola i nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui e hōʻemi i ka helu o nā manawa āu e pono ai.
Pono e hāʻawi ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā wahi injection like ʻole, ma nā lima ʻē aʻe ke hiki. ʻAʻole kēia e hōʻemi i ka pono o kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho i kēia manawa me nā immunizations āpau āu i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hiki wawe. ʻAʻohe pono e hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau - hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i kahi āu i haʻalele ai.
He pono nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā e hāʻawi ʻia ma hope o ka manawa i hoʻolālā mua ʻia. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa kūpono e pili ana i kou makahiki, ke olakino, a me nā mea pilikia no ka maʻi meningococcal.
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