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ʻO ka pneumococcal vaccine he pana pale e kōkua ana i kou kino e pale aku i ka bacteria pneumococcal, hiki ke hana i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka pneumonia, meningitis, a me nā maʻi koko. Hana kēia vaccine ma ke aʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a pale aku i kēia mau bacteria ʻino ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke maʻi iā ʻoe.
Aia ʻelua ʻano nui o nā pneumococcal vaccines i loaʻa i kēia lā. Mālama ka polyvalent vaccine i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcal, a hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo (intramuscular) a i ʻole ma lalo o kou ʻili (subcutaneous). E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola i ke ʻano hana maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana.
ʻO ka pneumococcal vaccine he lāʻau pale e pale iā ʻoe mai ka maʻi pneumococcal i hana ʻia e ka bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. Hiki i kēia mau bacteria ke hana i nā mea a pau mai nā maʻi pepeiao maʻalahi a hiki i nā kūlana e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola e like me ka pneumonia a me ka meningitis.
Aia i loko o ka mana polyvalent o kēia vaccine nā ʻāpana o 23 mau ʻano like ʻole o ka bacteria pneumococcal. Ke komo kēia mau ʻāpana palekana i kou kino, aʻo kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike iā lākou a hana i nā antibodies e pale aku i nā maʻi e hiki mai ana. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale i kahi kau hoʻomaʻamaʻa i mākaukau no ka mea maoli.
Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia kēia vaccine ma nā ʻano ʻelua: pololei i loko o kou ʻiʻo (ʻo ka lima luna) a i ʻole ma lalo o ka ʻili. He kūpono nā ʻano hana ʻelua, a na kāu kauka e koho i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kou makahiki, ke olakino, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pneumococcal vaccine e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ʻano hoʻopaʻa maʻamau. E ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻeha wikiwiki a i ʻole ka ʻeha ke komo ka nila, a ma hope o ka ʻeha maʻalahi ma ke kahua injection e mau ana no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
He nui ka poʻe e wehewehe ana i ka ʻoluʻolu he mea liʻiliʻi a pōkole. Hiki i ka pahu intramuscular ke manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻoi aku ka ʻike ma mua o ka mana subcutaneous no ka mea e hele hohonu ana ka nila i loko o kou ʻiʻo ʻiʻo. Eia naʻe, ua ʻae maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻano hana ʻelua e ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi ʻoluʻolu, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka pehu liʻiliʻi ma kahi āu i loaʻa ai ka pana. He mau hōʻailona maʻamau kēia e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale ʻana i ka bacteria pneumococcal.
Hiki mai nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal no ka mea e pane ikaika ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i nā mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He hōʻailona maikaʻi maoli kēia pane e kūkulu ana kou kino i ka pale ʻana i ka bacteria pneumococcal.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kou ʻōnaehana pale i nā mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me nā mea ʻē a hoʻokomo i kahi pane pale. Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke hoʻoulu i ka mumū ma kahi o ka injection a i kekahi manawa nā hōʻailona ʻōnaehana maʻalahi e like me ka luhi a i ʻole ke kuni haʻahaʻa. ʻO kēia mau hopena ke ala o kou kino e aʻo ai e hakakā i ka bacteria maoli.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka paʻakikī a me ka lōʻihi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma muli o kāu pane pale pilikino, ka makahiki, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hopena maʻalahi loa, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e loaʻa nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka ʻike akā hiki ke mālama ʻia.
He maʻalahi ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻo ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i nā hopena maʻamau o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Hōʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o 24 mau hola o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau a nalowale maʻamau i loko o 2-3 mau lā. He mau hōʻailona lākou e hana pono ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale e kūkulu i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi pneumococcal.
ʻAe, hoʻoponopono maʻamau ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka lāʻau pneumococcal ma ko lākou iho me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hoʻoponopono maoli kou kino i nā mea o ka lāʻau a hoʻomaha ka pane ʻana o ka pale ʻana i loko o kekahi mau lā.
ʻO ka mumū māmā a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole āu e manaʻo ai he mau hopena manawa pōkole e mae ana i ka wā e hoʻopau ai kāu ʻōnaehana pale i kāna pane i ka lāʻau. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻomaikaʻi mālie ana kā lākou mau hōʻailona i kēlā me kēia lā ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau.
Eia naʻe, inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a i ʻole e ʻinoʻino ana, a i ʻole inā mau nā hōʻailona māmā ma mua o hoʻokahi pule, pono e nānā me kāu mea mālama ola. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia, hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo inā pono ka mālama hou.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama pono i ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka lāʻau pneumococcal ma ka home me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau maʻalahi a maʻalahi. Hiki i kēia mau hana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā e kūkulu ai kou kino i ka pale.
Eia nā ala palekana a maikaʻi e hōʻoluʻolu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau o ka lāʻau:
Hiki i kēia mau hana maʻalahi ke hōʻemi nui i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a kōkua iā ʻoe e ola wikiwiki. E hoʻomanaʻo e pale i ka hamo ʻana a i ʻole ka lomilomi ʻana i kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka huhū.
ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā hana pneumococcal vaccine, akā loaʻa i nā mea mālama ola nā koho kūpono no nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi. Ke kālele nei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona kikoʻī a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i kou palekana a me kou ʻoluʻolu.
No nā hana maʻalahi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha i kau ʻia a i ʻole nā lāʻau anti-inflammatory. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i nā ʻenehana hoʻoluʻu a i ʻole ka hoʻomehana ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona.
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa o nā hana maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke e pili ana i ka epinephrine, antihistamines, a me corticosteroids. Ua mākaukau nā keʻena mālama ola e mālama i kēia mau kūlana, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ai nā mea lawelawe he nui e noho no ka nānā ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka mea maʻamau a i ʻole ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻOiai he kakaikahi nā hana koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana me kahi loea lapaʻau ke hopohopo ʻoe.
Eia nā kūlana kikoʻī e pono ai ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo e pili ana i kou kino. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he mea hewa loa a i ʻole e hopohopo ana ʻoe e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino. Loaʻa mau nā mea lawelawe mālama olakino e kōkua i ka loiloi ʻana i kou kūlana a hāʻawi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka pneumococcal vaccine. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu mea lawelawe mālama olakino e hoʻomākaukau no kāu ʻike hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
He mea nui ka makahiki, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mākua a me nā keiki ʻōpio loa e loaʻa nā pane immune ʻoi aku ka ʻike i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. He mea nui nō hoʻi kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa, me nā poʻe i loaʻa nā ʻōnaehana immune i hoʻopilikia ʻia i kekahi manawa e ʻike i nā ʻano pane like ʻole.
Eia nā kumu pilikia nui e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou manawa o nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
ʻAʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa ana nā hopena ʻaoʻao inā loaʻa nā mea pilikia, akā kōkua ia i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻolālā i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kāu lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i ka nānā ʻana hou a i ʻole nā hana kūikawā e pili ana i kou kūlana.
He mea maʻamau loa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal, akā he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o lākou. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e loaʻa wale nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi a me ka manawa.
Loaʻa nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo anaphylaxis, i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o hoʻokahi i loko o hoʻokahi miliona mau lāʻau lapaʻau. Hana maʻamau kēia hopena i loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a me ka hāʻule koke ʻana o ke koko.
Eia nā pilikia kakaikahi akā koʻikoʻi e nānā ai nā mea mālama ola:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o nā pilikia no ka poʻe kokoke i nā mea a pau. Ua aʻo ʻia nā mea mālama ola e ʻike a mālama i kēia mau hopena kakaikahi me ka wikiwiki a me ka maikaʻi.
He mea maikaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻoiai ka poʻe me kekahi mau kūlana olakino e hoʻonui ai i ko lākou pilikia o ka maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo inā kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau no kāu kūlana.
He nui ka pōmaikaʻi o ka poʻe me nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka maʻi puʻuwai, ka maʻi māmā, ka maʻi diabetes, a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana pale i nā maʻi, mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal. ʻOi aku ka weliweli o kēia mau maʻi i nā maʻi pneumococcal, no laila he mea waiwai nui ka pale ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau kūlana e pono ai ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono ka poʻe me nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e kali a ola lākou ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi maʻi a i ʻole nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā a me ka nānā ʻana.
I kekahi manawa, hiki ke huikau nā hopena maʻamau o ka lāʻau lapaʻau me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e manaʻo iā lākou a i ʻole inā lākou e hana pū me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hui maʻamau hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e pane kūpono i kāu mau hōʻailona.
Hiki ke kuhi hewa ʻia ke kuni haʻahaʻa a me ka luhi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke anu a i ʻole ka maʻi flu, ʻoiai i ka wā maʻi. ʻO ka manawa o nā hōʻailona (e ʻike ʻia i loko o 24 mau hola o ka lāʻau lapaʻau) e kōkua maʻamau i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau mai nā maʻi ʻē aʻe.
Eia nā maʻi i huikau ʻia nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kekahi manawa:
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ka manawa a me ke ʻano. Hoʻomaka maʻamau nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o 24 mau hola o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻomaikaʻi mālie i nā lā 2-3, ʻoiai nā maʻi ʻē aʻe he mau manawa like ʻole a me nā ʻano holomua.
Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal i ka pale lōʻihi, maʻamau ka lōʻihi o 5-10 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha i nā mākua olakino. Eia naʻe, hiki ke emi ka pale ʻana i ka manawa, ʻoi loa i nā mākua ʻelemakule a i ʻole nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi olakino. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi pana hoʻoikaika ma muli o kou makahiki, ke kūlana olakino, a me ka lōʻihi o ka hala ʻana mai kāu lāʻau lapaʻau hope loa.
ʻAe, palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal i ka wā hāpai a me ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi i ka pale i kāu pēpē ma o nā antibodies i hala i ka wā hāpai a me ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū. Eia naʻe, e loiloi kāu mea mālama ola i kou kūlana pilikino e hoʻoholo ai i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai.
He mea maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi pneumococcal koʻikoʻi. Hoʻemi ia i ka pilikia o ka maʻi pneumococcal invasive e 60-70% i nā mākua olakino a hāʻawi i ka pale nui ʻana i ka pneumonia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia e pale i nā ʻano pneumonia a pau, pale ia i nā ʻano maʻamau a koʻikoʻi i hana ʻia e ka bacteria pneumococcal.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa palekana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, me ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu, ka lāʻau lapaʻau COVID-19, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole e hoʻemi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi i ko lākou pono a i ʻole e hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hāʻawi iā lākou i nā lima like ʻole e hōʻemi i nā hopena kūloko.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu manawa lapaʻau no ka lāʻau lapaʻau pneumococcal, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hiki wawe. ʻAʻohe pono e hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau inā ua lohi ʻoe no kahi mahele. E hana nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā he lohi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e noho ma ka papa manawa no ka pale maikaʻi ʻana i ka maʻi pneumococcal.
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