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ʻO ka pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine he pana e pale aku iā ʻoe mai 15 ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcus. Hiki i kēia mau bacteria ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka pneumonia, meningitis, a me nā maʻi o ke kahe koko. Kōkua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i kēia mau bacteria ʻino ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke maʻi iā ʻoe.
E noʻonoʻo i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaʻamaʻa no kāu ʻōnaehana pale. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻāpana o ka bacteria ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi akā e aʻo i kou kino pehea e pale ai iā ia iho. Ke hālāwai kāu ʻōnaehana pale me ka bacteria maoli ma hope, ua ʻike mua ia pehea e pane wikiwiki a maikaʻi.
Pale kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maʻi pneumococcal, e komo pū ana me kekahi mau maʻi koʻikoʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. Hāʻawi mua ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā mākua 65 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku, a me nā mākua 18-64 me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e hoʻokau iā lākou i ka pilikia nui.
Hiki i ka bacteria pneumococcal ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou kino. ʻO nā mea maʻamau e komo pū ana me ka pneumonia (maʻi māmā), bacteremia (maʻi kahe koko), a me ka meningitis (maʻi lolo a me ke kuamoʻo). Hiki ke pilikia loa kēia mau maʻi no nā mākua kahiko a me nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi puʻuwai, ka maʻi māmā, a i ʻole he puhi paka ʻoe. ʻO nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia, e like me ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi a i ʻole e noho ana me ka HIV, e pōmaikaʻi pū ana mai kēia pale.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā ʻāpana palekana o 15 mau ʻano bacteria pneumococcal like ʻole i kou ʻōnaehana pale. ʻAʻole hiki i kēia mau ʻāpana, i kapa ʻia he antigens, ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi akā hoʻoulu lākou i kou kino e hana i nā antibodies e kūʻē i kēia mau ʻano bacteria.
ʻO ka ʻāpana "conjugate" ke ʻano ua hoʻopili ʻia kēia mau ʻāpana bacterial i kahi protein e kōkua ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e pane maikaʻi aʻe. ʻOi aku ka ikaika a me ka lōʻihi o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o kekahi mau ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Hana kou kino i kahi hoʻomanaʻo o kēia mau bacteria, no laila inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe iā lākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana, hiki i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke hoʻokumu koke i kahi pale.
Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika a hāʻawi i ka pale ikaika e kūʻē i nā ʻano bacteria pneumococcal 15 maʻamau a weliweli. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau he 100% pono, hōʻike nā haʻawina e hōʻemi nui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kou pilikia o nā maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi i loko o kou ʻiʻo lima luna, i hāʻawi ʻia e kahi mea mālama ola ma ke keʻena kauka, ke keʻena lapaʻau, a i ʻole ka hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi ʻia ka pana i loko o kou ʻiʻo deltoid, ka ʻāpana poepoe o kou poʻohiwi.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ma ka hoʻokē ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau a lawe i kāu mau lāʻau maʻamau ke ʻole e haʻi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā mea ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, e haʻi i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei, ʻoiai nā mea e pili ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale.
Inā ʻoe e manaʻo ana ʻaʻole maikaʻi me ke kuni a i ʻole ka maʻi koʻikoʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e kali a hiki i kou maikaʻi ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole e pale ke anu māmā a i ʻole ka maʻi liʻiliʻi iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e pono ai i hoʻokahi mahele o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e loaʻa ai ka pale. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e koi ana i nā pana he nui a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia makahiki, hāʻawi maʻamau ka pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine i ka pale lōʻihi me hoʻokahi injection.
Na kāu kauka e hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal hou e pili ana i kou makahiki, nā kūlana olakino, a me ka mōʻaukala o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal ʻokoʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo PPSV23 e hāʻawi i ka pale ākea i nā ʻano bacteria pneumococcal hou aku.
He mea nui ka manawa ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal like ʻole inā pono ʻoe ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻano. E hana kāu mea mālama ola i kahi papa hana lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono no kou kūlana a me nā pono olakino.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e hōʻike ana e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He maʻamau kēia mau hopena a maʻa mau e hoʻoponopono i loko o kekahi mau lā me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai ʻoe ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
ʻO kēia mau hopena maʻalahi e mau ana i 1-2 mau lā a hiki ke mālama ʻia me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha ma luna o ka counter inā pono. ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi lole pulu, pulu i kahi o ka injection hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka pehu.
He kakaikahi nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke hana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ke kuni kiʻekiʻe, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona maʻamau e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hana maʻamau kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi i loko o nā minuke a i ʻole nā hola ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, ka ʻōpala ākea, a i ʻole ke kuni kiʻekiʻe ʻaʻole e pane i ka lāʻau. He mau hōʻailona paha kēia o kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama olakino koke.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā mākua ke loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana, akā hiki i kekahi mau kūlana ke kūpono ʻole ia no kekahi poʻe. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu moʻolelo olakino e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i kahi mahele mua o kekahi lāʻau pneumococcal. Pono nō hoʻi nā kānaka me nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā mea a pau o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pale aku iā ia. Hiki i kāu kauka ke nānā i nā meaʻai lāʻau lapaʻau me ʻoe inā he hopohopo kāu e pili ana i nā maʻi.
Inā maʻi ʻoe i kēia manawa a i ʻole maʻi nui me ke kuni, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka e kali a hiki i kou ola ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole no ka mea he mea weliweli ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke maʻi ʻoe, akā no ka mea ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka haʻi ʻana inā mai kou maʻi a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau kekahi mau hōʻailona.
Pono paha nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi ʻōnaehana pale a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi i ka palekana e pono ai ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā. E loiloi kāu kauka inā kūpono a maikaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau no kāu kūlana.
Loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate ma lalo o ka inoa brand Vaxneuvance. Hana ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e Merck a ua ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mākua.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kona inoa brand a i ʻole e kāhea wale iā ia
Aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal ʻē aʻe i loaʻa e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano pale like ʻole. ʻO ka koho nui ʻo ka pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV20), e pale ana i 20 ʻano o ka bacteria pneumococcal ma kahi o 15.
ʻO kekahi koho ʻo ka pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23), e uhi ana i 23 ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcal. Eia naʻe, hana ʻokoʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a ʻaʻole paha e hāʻawi i ka pale ikaika a lōʻihi e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau conjugate.
E ʻōlelo aku kāu kauka i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal maikaʻi loa a i ʻole ka hui pū ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kou makahiki, nā kūlana olakino, a me ka mōʻaukala o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau conjugate a me PPSV23 e loaʻa ai ka pale ākea.
Hāʻawi ka pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV15) i ka pale ākea ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau 13-valent kahiko (PCV13) no ka mea e uhi ana i ʻelua ʻano hou o ka bacteria pneumococcal. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i ka PCV15 ke pale aku i nā ʻano maʻi pneumococcal.
Hana like nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua a loaʻa nā ʻano palekana like. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui o PCV15 ʻo ia ka uhi ākea ʻana i nā serotypes 22F a me 33F, nā mea e kuleana ai i nā hihia hou o ka maʻi pneumococcal. ʻO kēia mau serotypes ʻelua hou e hana i ka PCV15 i mea piha i kāna pale.
Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka PCV13 ma mua, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka PCV15 e hāʻawi i ka pale hou. Eia naʻe, pili ka hoʻoholo i kāu mau mea pilikia pilikino a me ke kūlana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He mea maikaʻi nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi.
ʻAe, ʻaʻole palekana wale nō kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, akā ua paipai ikaika ʻia. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi, e hana ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i mea nui loa no ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻopilikia i ka hiki ʻana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i nā maʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu e paipai pono ai ka CDC i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal no nā mākua me kēia maʻi. ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i ke kō koko.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa i ka nui o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea e hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi, ana ʻia e kekahi mea mālama ola. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā syringes i hoʻopiha mua ʻia a i ʻole nā vials hoʻokahi i loaʻa ka nui pololei e pono ai.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi kūpono ʻole, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu moʻolelo lāʻau lapaʻau a loiloi inā pono ka nānā ʻana a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana. Eia naʻe, he mea maʻamau nā overdoses o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o nā protocols palekana olakino maʻamau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e pono wale nō i hoʻokahi maʻi o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, no laila ʻaʻole maʻamau ka
Mai ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi mahele, ʻaʻohe wahi e kū ai e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pana, ua pau ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a pono e loaʻa ka pale lōʻihi mai nā ʻano bacteria pneumococcal 15.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal hou aku i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ma muli o nā loli i kou kūlana olakino a i ʻole nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lāʻau lapaʻau hou. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka pale mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mau no nā makahiki he nui me ka ʻole o ka pono e hana hou.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa palekana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i hāʻawi pinepine ʻia me ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu, nā lāʻau lapaʻau COVID-19, a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau shingles.
Ke loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui, e hāʻawi kāu mea mālama ola i kēlā me kēia pana ma kahi ʻokoʻa ma kou kino. Kōkua kēia i ka ʻike ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻoulu ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana o kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pono o kekahi i kekahi ke hāʻawi ʻia i ka manawa like.
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