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ʻO Neomycin a me polymyxin B topical he hui pū ʻana o ka ʻaila antibiotic a i ʻole ka ʻaila e hakakā ana i nā maʻi bacteria ma kou ʻili. Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua mau lāʻau antibiotic like ʻole e hana pū ana e pepehi i ka bacteria a pale i nā maʻi i nā ʻoki, nā ʻōpala, a me nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia hui pū ʻana ma lalo o nā inoa inoa e like me Neosporin a i ʻole he generic "ʻaila antibiotic." ʻO ia kekahi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi i nā ʻeha o kēlā me kēia lā.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia antibiotic topical a pale i nā maʻi bacteria i nā ʻeha ʻili liʻiliʻi. Hana kūikawā ia i nā ʻoki, nā ʻōpala, nā wela, a me nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe kahi e komo ai ka bacteria a hoʻopilikia.
He mea kōkua nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā ʻeha o kēlā me kēia lā e like me nā ʻoki pepa, nā wela kīhini, nā kuli ʻili, a i ʻole nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi. Nui ka poʻe e mālama iā ia i kā lākou pahu kōkua mua ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau no nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi.
Manaʻo kekahi mau kauka i kekahi manawa no ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi ma hope o nā kaʻina hana liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻeha i ʻoi aku ka pilikia o ka maʻi. Eia naʻe, he mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole hana wale kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka bacteria, ʻaʻole nā viruses a i ʻole nā fungi.
Hana kēia hui pū ʻana ma ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka bacteria ma nā ʻano like ʻole ʻelua, e paʻakikī ai ka hoʻomohala ʻana a i ʻole ka laha ʻana o nā maʻi. Kāohi ʻo Neomycin i ka bacteria mai ka hana ʻana i nā protein e pono ai lākou e ola, ʻoiai ʻo polymyxin B e wāwahi i ka paia o waho o nā cell bacteria.
E noʻonoʻo e like me ka paʻi hoʻokahi-ʻelua i ka bacteria. ʻO ke ala pālua e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi antibiotic wale nō, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi i nā ʻeha i hōʻike ʻia i ka bacteria o kēlā me kēia lā.
He manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau antibiotic topical maʻalahi a hiki i ka waena. Ua lawa ka ikaika e mālama i ka hapa nui o nā bacteria ʻili maʻamau akā akahai no ka hoʻohana maʻamau ʻana i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi.
E hoʻomaʻemaʻe mālie i ka ʻeha me ka wai ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lāʻau. E holoi i ka wahi me ke kāwele maʻemaʻe, a laila e hoʻopili i kahi papa lahilahi o ka ʻaila a i ʻole ka ʻaila i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopili i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki i ʻekolu manawa i ka lā, akā hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i ka lā ua lawa pinepine no ka hapa nui o nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi. E uhi i ka wahi i mālama ʻia me kahi bandage sterile inā pono, ʻoiai inā e lepo ka ʻeha a i ʻole e hamo ʻia e nā lole.
E holoi mau i kou mau lima ma mua a ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lāʻau. Pale kēia i ka laha ʻana o ka bacteria i nā wahi ʻē aʻe a mālama i ka maʻemaʻe o ka ʻeha i ka wā e hoʻōla ai.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai i kekahi mea kūikawā ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea ua hoʻopili ʻia i kou ʻili ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana e ka waha. Eia naʻe, e pale i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou mau maka, ihu, a i ʻole waha.
Hoʻōla ka hapa nui o nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi i loko o 3 a 7 mau lā me ka mālama pono. Pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki i ka hōʻike ʻana o ka ʻeha i nā hōʻailona maopopo o ka hoʻōla ʻana a ʻaʻole i pilikia i ka maʻi.
E hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke pani ʻia ka ʻeha a hana i ka ʻili hou olakino. ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā antibiotics ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka mea e pono ai i kekahi manawa hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka huhū o ka ʻili a i ʻole e pale i ka bacteria i ka lāʻau.
Inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi ana kāu ʻeha ma hope o 3 mau lā o ka mālama ʻana, a i ʻole e ʻino ana, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola. Pono paha ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole ka loiloi no kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻohana pono ʻia. Eia naʻe, hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao, mai nā hopena ʻili maʻalahi a hiki i nā pane maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Hele maʻamau kēia mau hopena māmā i ka wā e hoʻololi ai kou ʻili i ka lāʻau a i ʻole i ka wā e hoʻōla ai ka ʻeha.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā pono e nānā koke ʻia. E nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi, hiki ke ulu inā ua hoʻohana mua ʻoe i ka lāʻau me ka pilikia ʻole.
Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i ka dermatitis pili mai ka neomycin, ʻo ia hoʻi e lilo ana ko lākou ʻili i mea naʻauao i ka lāʻau i ka manawa. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻulaʻula mau, ka pehu, a me ka huhū ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻohana mau.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i ka hoʻohana lōʻihi ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic topical ke alakaʻi i nā maʻi lua me nā fungi a i ʻole nā bacteria kūpaʻa. Inā ulu ka ʻeha i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke ʻano ʻē, ka pilau, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale i kēia lāʻau ma muli o nā maʻi a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe. Inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka neomycin, polymyxin B, a i ʻole nā lāʻau antibiotic like, mai hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau.
Pono ka poʻe me nā maʻi i ʻike ʻia i nā lāʻau antibiotic aminoglycoside (e like me ka gentamicin a i ʻole streptomycin) e akahele loa, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou e hana i ka neomycin.
Pono ʻoe e pale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau ma nā wahi nui o ka ʻili i hōʻino ʻia a i ʻole nā ʻeha hohonu. Hiki ke komo ka lāʻau i loko o kou kahe koko ma o ka ʻili i hōʻino nui ʻia, e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi.
Eia nā kūlana kikoʻī kahi e pono ai ʻoe e nīnau i ke kauka ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau:
Hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻohana palekana i kēia lāʻau, akā e nānā mau me kāu kauka keiki mua, ʻoiai no nā pēpē ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki.
Loaʻa kēia hui ʻana o nā lāʻau antibiotic ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo Neosporin ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia. E ʻike ʻoe iā ia ma ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai lāʻau a me nā hale kūʻai ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau e pili ana iā Neosporin Original, Polysporin (hiki ke loaʻa nā mea ʻokoʻa iki), a me nā mana generic like ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo
No ka poʻe makemake i nā koho ʻaʻole antibiotic, hiki i ka petroleum jelly (Vaseline) ke kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana o nā ʻeha ma ka mālama ʻana iā lākou i ka pulu, aʻo nā mea hoʻoponopono ʻeha i hana ʻia me ka meli he mau waiwai antibacterial maoli.
ʻO nā mea hoʻoponopono ʻeha i loaʻa i ke kālā he koho ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā ʻeha ʻaʻole e hoʻōla maikaʻi me nā antibiotics kuʻuna. Hana ʻokoʻa kēia mau mea mai nā antibiotics a ʻaʻole paha e hoʻoulu i ke kūpaʻa.
He kūpono nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi, akā hana lākou i nā ʻano like ʻole a loaʻa nā pono like ʻole. Hoʻopili ka hui pū ʻana o Neomycin a me polymyxin B i ka nui o nā bacteria no ka mea e hoʻohana ana ia i ʻelua mau antibiotics like ʻole.
ʻO Bacitracin, i hoʻohana ʻia wale nō, ʻaʻole paha e hoʻoulu i nā hopena maʻi a ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia no ka poʻe me ka ʻili maʻalahi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paha e kūpono i kekahi mau ʻano bacteria i hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hui ke mālama.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i kāu mau pono pilikino a me ka ʻili. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa nā pilikia me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i ka hui ke hāʻawi i ka pale maikaʻi iki i ka maʻi.
Eia naʻe, inā he ʻili maʻalahi kou a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala o nā maʻi antibiotic, ʻo bacitracin wale nō paha ke koho palekana. Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau a i ʻole ka mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ke koho maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana.
Hiki i ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻohana maʻamau i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana ma nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi, akā pono lākou e akahele loa e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i kā lākou ʻeha. Hiki i ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻolohi i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻeha a hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi, no laila pono i kekahi ʻeha ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pili ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka mālama ʻana i ke kōpaʻa koko a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi diabetes. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono nā maʻi diabetes e hilinaʻi wale i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pāʻani no nā ʻeha ʻaʻole e ola maʻamau.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o ka antibiotic topical i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli, akā hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka huhū o ka ʻili. Inā ua hoʻopili ʻoe i ka nui ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, e holoi mālie i ka nui me kahi lole maʻemaʻe.
E nānā i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka ʻulaʻula, ke kuni, a i ʻole ka ʻū ʻana ma kahi i mālama ʻia. Inā kū mai kēia mau hōʻailona a i ʻole e ʻino, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā mau ka huhū.
Inā poina iā ʻoe e hoʻopili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e hoʻopili wale iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu noi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Mai hoʻopili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou e hana ai no nā mahele i hala.
ʻO ka nalo ʻana i kahi mahele i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ia e hana i nā pilikia, ʻoiai inā e ola ana kāu ʻeha. E hoʻomau wale me kāu papa manawa maʻamau a nānā i ka ʻeha no nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke pani ʻia kāu ʻeha a hana i ka ʻili hou olakino. Hana maʻamau kēia i loko o 3 a 7 mau lā no ka hapa nui o nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻōpala.
ʻO nā hōʻailona e palekana ke hooki i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi ʻili i pani ʻia, ʻaʻohe wai a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula, a me ka ʻili e nānā i ka ʻulaʻula a me ke olakino ma mua o ka ʻulaʻula a me ka mumū. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā ua ola kāu ʻeha, maikaʻi ke hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana no hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau lā.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻeha maka, akā e mālama nui i ka pale ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana i kou mau maka, ihu, a i ʻole ka waha. ʻOi aku ka ʻili ma kou maka, no laila e nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka huhū.
Inā e ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻulaʻula, ka pehu, a i ʻole ka huhū e ʻoi aku ana, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a e noʻonoʻo e hoʻololi i kahi mea maʻalahi e like me ka ʻaila petroleum maʻemaʻe no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha.
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