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ʻO ka lapaʻau pūʻulu no ka maʻi respiratory syncytial (RSV) he pana pale e kōkua ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka RSV, he maʻi maʻamau e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hanu nui. Ua lilo kēia lapaʻau pūʻulu i mea hana nui i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi RSV, ʻoiai no nā pūʻulu nāwaliwali e like me nā pēpē, nā mākua kahiko, a me nā poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi olakino. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hana ʻana o kēia lapaʻau pūʻulu a me ka poʻe e pono ke loaʻa iā ia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i kou olakino a me ka maikaʻi o kou ʻohana.
ʻO ka lapaʻau pūʻulu RSV he injection pale e aʻo ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka maʻi respiratory syncytial. Aia i loko o kēia lapaʻau pūʻulu nā ʻāpana virus i hoʻopau ʻia (make) a i ʻole nā protein kikoʻī mai ka virus e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻōnaehana pale kūlohelohe o kou kino.
I kēia manawa, aia nā ʻano lapaʻau pūʻulu RSV like ʻole i loaʻa no nā pūʻulu makahiki like ʻole. Hoʻolālā ʻia kekahi no nā mākua kahiko, a hāʻawi ʻia kekahi i nā wahine hāpai e pale i kā lākou pēpē hānau hou. Hāʻawi ʻia ka lapaʻau pūʻulu ma ke ʻano he pana i loko o kou ʻiʻo lima luna, e like me ke ʻano o kou loaʻa ʻana i ka pana flu.
ʻO RSV iho he maʻi maʻamau loa e loaʻa ana i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kekahi manawa i ko lākou ola. No nā mākua olakino a me nā keiki nui, hoʻoulu pinepine ia i nā hōʻailona e like me ke anu. Eia naʻe, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pēpē, nā mākua kahiko, a me nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali a i ʻole nā maʻi olakino maʻi.
Pale ka lapaʻau pūʻulu RSV i nā maʻi maʻi respiratory syncytial a me kā lākou pilikia. He mea nui kēia pale ʻana no ka mea hiki i ka RSV ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hanu nui, pneumonia, a me ka bronchiolitis (ka mumū o nā ala ea liʻiliʻi i loko o nā māmā).
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pale aku i nā pūʻulu kikoʻī i loaʻa ka pilikia nui o ka maʻi RSV koʻikoʻi. No nā wahine hāpai, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kā lākou pēpē hānau hou i nā mahina mua o ko lākou ola ʻana i ka wā e pilikia nui ai lākou i nā pilikia RSV koʻikoʻi.
No nā mākua i piha i ka 60 a ʻoi aku paha, kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi RSV e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka haukapila a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu koʻikoʻi. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka poʻe me nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka maʻi puʻuwai, ka maʻi māmā, a i ʻole ka maʻi diabetes ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi inā loaʻa ka maʻi.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka maʻi syncytial hanu ma mua o kou maʻi ʻana. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau, aʻo kou kino e ʻike i nā protein RSV a hana i nā antibodies i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻouka i kēia maʻi.
Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, hāʻawi ia i ka pale maikaʻi akā ʻaʻole paha e pale i nā maʻi āpau. E noʻonoʻo e like me ke aʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV ma ke ʻano he pahu hoʻokahi i loko o ka ʻiʻo o kou lima luna. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua o kāu manawa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka lā, a ʻaʻole pono e lawe ʻia me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka wai no ka mea he pahu ia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau waha. He wikiwiki ke kaʻina hana hoʻopaʻa ʻana a lawe maʻamau i kekahi mau minuke i ka wā o kāu kipa mālama ola.
No nā wahine hāpai, hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma waena o 32 a 36 mau pule o ka hāpai ʻana no ka pale maikaʻi loa o ka pēpē. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana a me ka lā kūpono.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i kāu mau hana maʻamau. Makemake kekahi poʻe e hoʻonohonoho i kā lākou hoʻopaʻa ʻana no kahi lā ke hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaha inā loaʻa iā lākou kekahi hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi, akā ʻaʻole pono kēia no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV ma ke ʻano he mahele hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomau nei. Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i hoʻokahi pana e hoʻomohala i ka pale ʻana i ka RSV.
Eia naʻe, ke aʻo nei nā ʻepekema i ka lōʻihi o ka pale ʻana mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau RSV. Ma muli o ka noiʻi o kēia manawa, hiki ke mau ka pale ʻana no hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau makahiki, akā hiki ke ʻokoʻa kēia mai kēlā kanaka i kēia kanaka.
Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo i nā mahele hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana inā hōʻike nā haʻawina e emi ana ka pale ʻana i ka manawa. Ua like kēia me ke ʻano o kā mākou pono i nā pana booster no nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e mālama i ka pale.
No nā wahine hāpai, hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia hāpai ʻana e hōʻoia i ka pale maikaʻi loa no kēlā me kēia pēpē. E hilinaʻi ka manawa a me ke alapine o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki mai ana i ka noiʻi e hana nei a me nā ʻōlelo paipai hou mai nā luna olakino.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV e ʻike wale i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi, inā he mau mea. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau e like me nā mea āu e ʻike ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi āu e ʻike ai i ka lā mua a i ʻole ʻelua ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
ʻO kēia mau hopena he mau hōʻailona maoli ia e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ke kūkulu nei i ka pale. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau lākou i loko o kekahi mau lā me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka hopohopo e hiki ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau kēia. ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi e komo pū ana me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala ākea. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka luhi ʻoi aku ka ikaika a i ʻole nā ʻeha ʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka poʻe ʻelemakule. I nā manawa kakaʻikahi, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hoʻomohala i ka pehu nui ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau e mau ana ma mua o kekahi mau lā.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke loaʻa palekana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi i ʻōlelo ʻole ʻia ai. ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe i loaʻa ka hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi i kekahi mea o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i kahi maʻi maʻi mai ke koʻikoʻi me ke kuni, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo e kali a hiki i kou ola ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pale maʻamau nā maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ke anu maʻamau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā hui nui e kūkākūkā i nā koho ʻē aʻe me kā lākou mea mālama ola:
Pono nā wāhine hāpai e loaʻa wale nā lāʻau lapaʻau RSV i ʻāpono ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā hāpai. Inā ʻoe e hānai ana i ka waiū, ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he palekana, akā e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i nā kānaka me nā maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻalahi e like me ka maʻi diabetes i mālama maikaʻi ʻia a i ʻole ka maʻi puʻuwai ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i kēia poʻe ke pōmaikaʻi hou aʻe mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o ko lākou pilikia nui o nā pilikia RSV koʻikoʻi.
Nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau RSV i loaʻa i kēia manawa, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēlā me kēia no nā pūʻulu makahiki a me nā kūlana. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Arexvy a me Abrysvo no nā mākua i piha i ka 60 a ʻoi aku.
No nā wāhine hāpai, ʻo Abrysvo ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui i ʻāpono ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā hāpai e pale ai i nā pēpē hānau hou. Ua aʻo ʻia a ʻāpono ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka makuahine.
Ke hoʻomohala ʻia nei nā lāʻau lapaʻau RSV hou aʻe a hiki ke loaʻa i ka wā e hiki mai ana. E ʻōlelo aku kāu mea mālama ola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa e pili ana i kou makahiki, ke olakino, a me nā kūlana pilikino.
Hiki i ka inoa inoa kikoʻī o ka lāʻau lapaʻau āu e loaʻa ai ke hilinaʻi i ka mea i loaʻa ma kāu hale mālama ola a i ʻole ka hale kūʻai lāʻau. Ua hala nā lāʻau lapaʻau RSV i ʻāpono ʻia i nā hoʻokolohua koʻikoʻi no ka palekana a me ka pono.
No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale ai i nā maʻi RSV. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe no nā kūlana kikoʻī, ʻoiai no ka pale ʻana i nā pēpē pilikia nui.
He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Palivizumab e hāʻawi ana i ka pale passive mai RSV no nā pēpē pilikia nui, e like me nā pēpē hānau mua a i ʻole nā mea me nā maʻi puʻuwai a i ʻole nā maʻi māmā. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he injections mahina i ka wā o ka RSV season ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi.
No ka lehulehu, ʻo nā koho ʻē aʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i nā hana pale e like me ka holoi lima pinepine ʻana, ka pale ʻana i ka pilina pili me nā poʻe maʻi, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā pēpē mai nā wahi lehulehu i ka wā o ka RSV season (mai ka hāʻule a i ka puna).
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke noʻonoʻo e kiʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hanu ʻē aʻe, e like me ka flu a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau pneumonia, e hōʻemi i ko lākou pilikia holoʻokoʻa o nā maʻi hanu. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou e pale i ka RSV, hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia mai nā maʻi hanu he nui.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i nā maʻi like ʻole, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohālikelike pololei ʻia. He mea nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi hanu koʻikoʻi, akā ua manaʻo lākou i nā maʻi like ʻole.
Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau flu i nā maʻi influenza a ua ʻōlelo ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka poʻe ma luna o 6 mahina. Pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV i ka maʻi syncytial hanu a ua ʻōlelo ʻia i kēia manawa no nā pūʻulu kikoʻī e like me nā wahine hāpai a me nā mākua ma luna o 60.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i ka wā o ka kipa like inā ʻōlelo kāu mea mālama ola. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua e hāʻawi i ka pale ākea mai nā maʻi hanu, ʻoiai i ka wā o ka hāʻule a me nā mahina hoʻoilo i ka wā e maʻamau ai nā maʻi ʻelua.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka pono o kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau mai kēlā me kēia makahiki a pili i ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kūlike me nā ʻano maʻi e holo nei. He mau mea waiwai nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi hanu koʻikoʻi a me ka hospitalization.
ʻAe, palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes a ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia no lākou. ʻOi aku ka pilikia o ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai nā maʻi RSV, no laila hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi 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. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i kāu maʻi diabetes i hiki iā lākou ke nānā pono iā ʻoe a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo pilikino.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mahele hou o ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV, mai hopohopo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻaʻole paha e hōʻeha ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mahele hou ma mua o nā hopena ʻaoʻao ikaika.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e haʻi iā lākou i ka mea i hana ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā iā ʻoe no nā hopena maʻamau ʻole a hoʻoponopono i kāu mau moʻolelo lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ʻoi aku ka nui e like me ka ʻeha o ka lima a i ʻole ka luhi, akā pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia kēia mau mea i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Inā e poina iā ʻoe kāu manawa lāʻau lapaʻau RSV, e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka wā hiki. ʻAʻohe pono e hoʻomaka hou i kahi moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea hāʻawi ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau RSV ma ke ʻano he mahele hoʻokahi.
No nā wahine hāpai, he mea nui e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka manawa e hōʻoia ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia (32-36 pule o ka hāpai ʻana). Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e hoʻomohala i ka pale mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV i loko o 2-4 mau pule ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paha e pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi RSV a pau, no laila he mea nui e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka maʻemaʻe maikaʻi a pale i ka pili ʻana me nā poʻe maʻi i ka wā hiki.
Hoʻēmi nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou pilikia o ka maʻi RSV koʻikoʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka haukapila, ʻo ia ka pahuhopu nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E hoʻomau i ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu mea mālama ola kino no nā hana pale ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai inā aia ʻoe i ka pilikia nui o nā pilikia.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau RSV. Aia kēia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau flu, nā lāʻau lapaʻau COVID-19, a me nā immunizations maʻamau ʻē aʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia e kāu mea mālama ola kino.
I ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui, hāʻawi ʻia lākou i nā lima like ʻole e hōʻemi i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola kino i kāu mōʻaukala lāʻau lapaʻau a me ke kūlana olakino i kēia manawa e hoʻoholo ai i ka hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi loa no kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau.
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