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ʻO ka pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine he pana pale e pale aku iā ʻoe mai 20 ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcal. Hiki i kēia mau bacteria ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka pneumonia, meningitis, a me nā maʻi o ke koko. E noʻonoʻo i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i kēia mau bacteria ʻino ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke maʻi iā ʻoe.
ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he mana hou a piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal mua. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻāpana o 20 mau ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae i hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia e hoʻoulu i kāu ʻōnaehana pale me ka ʻole o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka ʻāpana
Ma waho aʻe o kēia mau maʻi nui, kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi o ke kahe koko, nā maʻi pepeiao, a me nā maʻi sinus i hana ʻia e kēia mau bacteria. ʻO nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e like me ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi puʻuwai, a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali e pilikia nui i kēia mau maʻi.
Paipai ka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mākua a pau he 65 mau makahiki a ʻoi, a me nā mākua 19-64 me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e hoʻonui ai i ko lākou pilikia.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke aʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka bacteria pneumococcal. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pana, ʻike kou kino i nā ʻāpana bacteria palekana a hana i nā antibodies i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻouka iā lākou.
Hana pū kou ʻōnaehana pale i nā cell hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia mau bacteria. Inā ʻoe e hōʻike ʻia i ka bacteria pneumococcal maoli i ka wā e hiki mai ana, hiki i kou ʻōnaehana pale ke ʻike koke iā lākou a hoʻokumu i kahi pale ikaika ma mua o kou maʻi nui.
Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he mea maikaʻi loa, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale ikaika i nā ʻano bacteria 20 e uhi ai. ʻO kēia mau ʻano kikoʻī e hana i kahi 80% o nā maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi i nā mākua, e lilo ana kēia i mea hana pale ikaika.
Hoʻomaka ka pale ʻana ma kahi o 2-3 mau pule ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke mau no nā makahiki he nui. Pono paha kekahi poʻe i nā mea hou aʻe e pili ana i ko lākou makahiki a me nā maʻi olakino.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi injection i loko o ka ʻiʻo o kou lima luna e kekahi mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home - pono e lawelawe ʻia i loko o kahi hoʻonohonoho lapaʻau e like me ke keʻena kauka, hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole ke keʻena lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ma kekahi ʻano kūikawā ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau a ʻaʻole pono e pale i kekahi meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu. Eia naʻe, he mea kōkua ke ʻaʻahu i nā lole e maʻalahi ai ke komo i kou lima luna.
E hōʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui. ʻAʻole pili ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā pono kāu mea lawelawe i kēia ʻike no kou palekana.
Inā ʻoe e maʻi ana me ke kuni a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi, e ʻōlelo paha kāu mea lawelawe e kali a hiki i kou maikaʻi ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole e pale ke anu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ke kuni haʻahaʻa iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i hoʻokahi wale nō mahele o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e loaʻa ai ka pale lōʻihi. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e koi ana i nā mahele he nui a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoikaika makahiki, hāʻawi maʻamau ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate i ka pale no nā makahiki he nui me hoʻokahi pana.
Eia naʻe, hiki ke ʻokoʻa kāu mau pono pilikino ma muli o kou makahiki a me ke olakino. Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi ʻōnaehana pale a i ʻole nā maʻi maʻi i nā mahele hou a i ʻole nā papa hana hoʻopaʻa ʻokoʻa.
Inā ua loaʻa mua iā ʻoe nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal ʻē aʻe, e hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka manawa kūpono no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Aia nā alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka mamao ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal like ʻole e hōʻoia i ka pale maikaʻi loa.
E mālama kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala hoʻopaʻa ʻana a e hōʻike iā ʻoe inā a i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā. ʻO kēia mau hopena he hōʻailona maoli ia e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ʻia paha, ʻo ia ka ʻeha, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau. Nui ka poʻe e luhi a loaʻa paha ke poʻo ʻeha maʻalahi no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e pau maʻamau i loko o 2-3 mau lā:
Hōʻike kēia mau hopena maʻamau e kūkulu ana kou kino i ka pale a pono e hoʻomaikaʻi wikiwiki me ka hoʻomaha a me nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha i kūʻai ʻia me ka ʻole o ke kauka inā pono.
He kakaikahi nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke hana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena nui e pono ai ka mālama olakino.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia:
Hiki ke hana ʻia nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi loa i loko o kekahi mau minuke a i ʻole mau hola ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E ʻimi koke i ka mālama olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, ka ʻūlū, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala ākea.
E nānā kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe no kahi o 15 mau minuke ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e nānā i nā hopena koke. Kōkua kēia manawa kali e hōʻoia i kou palekana a hiki ke mālama wikiwiki inā pono.
ʻOiai palekana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻaʻole pono kekahi poʻe e loaʻa iā ia a i ʻole e kali a loli ko lākou kūlana. ʻO ka contraindication nui loa he hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i kekahi mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal i ka wā ma mua. Aia kēia me nā hopena e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o ka anaphylaxis.
ʻO ka poʻe maʻi maʻi a i ʻole maʻi nui e kali maʻamau a hiki i ka wā e ola ai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole kēia no ka mea he pōʻino 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.
Eia nā kūlana kahi e kūkākūkā ai ʻoe i ka manawa a i ʻole nā koho ʻē aʻe me kāu mea mālama ola:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ke anu liʻiliʻi, ke kuni haʻahaʻa, a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i nā antibiotics ʻaʻole ia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Inā he mau nīnau kāu e pili ana inā kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe, e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala olakino piha me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke kaupaona i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia e pili ana i kāu mau kūlana pilikino.
Loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate ma lalo o ka inoa brand Prevnar 20. ʻO kēia ka mana i hoʻohana nui ʻia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hana ʻia e Pfizer.
ʻO Prevnar 20 kahi mana hou o nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal mua e like me Prevnar 13, i pale i nā ʻano bacteria 13. Hāʻawi ka Prevnar 20 hou i ka pale ākea ma ka uhi ʻana i 7 mau ʻano bacteria pneumococcal hou.
I ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, e kuhikuhi paha kāu mea mālama ola iā ia ʻo Prevnar 20, akā hiki nō iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka inoa loea pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine i kāu moʻolelo olakino.
Loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, nā keʻena kauka, a me nā keʻena lapaʻau. E uhi paha kāu ʻinikua i ke kumukūʻai no ka mea he lāʻau lapaʻau pale i ʻōlelo ʻia no nā mākua kūpono.
Aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal ʻē aʻe i loaʻa, akā ʻo Prevnar 20 ka mea i makemake nui ʻia no ka hapa nui o nā mākua ma muli o kāna uhi ākea. ʻO ka koho nui ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau polysaccharide pneumococcal, i ʻike ʻia ʻo PPSV23 a i ʻole Pneumovax 23.
Ua uhi ʻo PPSV23 i 23 mau ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcal, akā hana ʻokoʻa ia ma mua o Prevnar 20. He lāʻau lapaʻau polysaccharide ia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau conjugate, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i ka pale ikaika a lōʻihi paha, ʻoiai i ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻolālā pale pneumococcal. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku iā PPSV23 ma waho aʻe o Prevnar 20, i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi makahiki.
Aia ke koho ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kou makahiki, nā kūlana olakino, a me ka mōʻaukala o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E ʻōlelo kāu mea mālama ola i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī e pili ana i nā alakaʻi CDC o kēia manawa.
Hāʻawi ʻo Prevnar 20 i ka pale ākea ma mua o Prevnar 13 no ka mea e uhi ana i 7 mau ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcal. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā ia ke pale i nā ʻano maʻi pneumococcal hou aku, e lilo ia i koho piha no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
ʻO nā ʻano hou i loko o Prevnar 20 ke kuleana no ka hapa nui o nā maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi i nā mākua. Ma ka uhi ʻana i kēia mau ʻano hou, hāʻawi ʻo Prevnar 20 i ka pale maikaʻi loa i ka maʻi pneumococcal.
Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka Prevnar 13, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka Prevnar 20. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou e pili ana i kou makahiki, ke olakino, a me ka lōʻihi o ka manawa mai kāu lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal hope loa.
Ua like ka palekana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua, me ka hapanui o nā kānaka e ʻike ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi wale nō. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui o Prevnar 20, ʻo ia ka uhi ākea ʻana i nā ʻano bacteria hou aku.
ʻAe, ʻaʻole palekana wale nō kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā kānaka me ka maʻi diabetes, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia no lākou. Hiki i ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻonāwali i kou ʻōnaehana pale a hoʻonui iā ʻoe i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi, me ka maʻi pneumococcal.
Aia nā kānaka me ka maʻi diabetes i ka pilikia nui o nā pilikia mai nā maʻi pneumococcal, no laila hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale nui. ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka mālama ʻana i ke kō koko a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes, e kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu hoʻolālā mālama diabetes holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hana pale nui i ʻōlelo ʻia no nā kānaka me ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka nui o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea ua hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi, ana mua ʻia e ka mea mālama ola. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o nā vials a i ʻole nā syringes me ka nui pololei e pono ai.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mahele hou a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma hope koke o ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal mua, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu mau moʻolelo lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoholo inā pono ka nānā ʻana hou.
Ma keʻano maʻamau, ʻaʻole pilikia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mahele hou o ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal, ʻoiai paha e hoʻonui ia i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā hopena ma ka wahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ke alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i kou kūlana.
E hoʻonohonoho hou i kāu manawa lapaʻau i ka wā hiki wawe. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e koi ana i ka manawa kūpono, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal i ka wā e kūpono ai me ka nalowale ʻole o ka pono.
ʻAʻohe pono e hoʻomaka hou i kahi pūʻulu lapaʻau a i ʻole e loaʻa nā mahele hou no ka mea ua hala ʻoe i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia. Hāʻawi hoʻokahi mahele o Prevnar 20 i ka pale āu e pono ai.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke keʻena o kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa hou. Hāʻawi pū kekahi mau hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā keʻena lapaʻau i nā lawelawe lapaʻau hele wāwae inā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi iā ʻoe.
Kūkulu maʻamau kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka pale ikaika ma kahi o 2-3 pule ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kēia ka manawa i loaʻa ai i kou kino ka manawa kūpono e hana ai i nā antibodies a me nā cell hoʻomanaʻo e hiki ke hakakā i ka bacteria pneumococcal.
Eia naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole 100% pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a pale wale kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano 20 kikoʻī e uhi ai. ʻOiai ʻo kēia nā kumu maʻamau o ka maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi, aia nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻomau i ka hahai ʻana i nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi e like me ka holoi ʻana i nā lima a me ka pale ʻana i ka pilina pili me nā poʻe maʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka pneumonia a i ʻole nā maʻi koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe, e ʻimi koke i ka mālama olakino ma hope o ka lapaʻau ʻana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa palekana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal. ʻO nā hui maʻamau e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau flu, nā lāʻau lapaʻau COVID-19, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau makua maʻamau.
I ka wā e loaʻa ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui, e hāʻawi kāu mea mālama ola iā lākou ma nā lima a i ʻole nā wahi like ʻole e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Kōkua nō hoʻi kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha ma kekahi wahi injection hoʻokahi.
ʻAʻole hoʻonāwaliwali ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi i kāu pane ʻōnaehana pale a i ʻole e hoʻonui i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a hōʻoia i kou noho ʻana i kēia manawa me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau i ʻōlelo ʻia.
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