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ʻO ka Rifampin-isoniazid-pyrazinamide he lāʻau hui pū i loaʻa nā lāʻau antibiotic ikaika ʻekolu i hoʻolālā ʻia e mālama i ka maʻi tuberculosis (TB). Hana pū kēia hui ʻekolu lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻouka i nā bacteria TB mai nā kihi he nui, e paʻakikī loa ai ka maʻi e ola a i ʻole e kū i ka lapaʻau.
E noʻonoʻo e like me ke ala hui pū i ka hakakā ʻana i ka TB. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kona ala ponoʻī e hoʻonāwaliwali ai i ka bacteria, a ke hoʻohana pū ʻia, hana lākou i kahi lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka lāʻau hoʻokahi wale nō.
Ua kauoha ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i nā maʻi tuberculosis ikaika i kou mau māmā a i ʻole nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. He maʻi bacteria koʻikoʻi ka TB e hiki ke laha ma ka lewa ke ʻuʻu, hū, a kamaʻilio paha kekahi me ka TB ikaika.
E kauoha maʻamau kāu kauka i kēia hui pū ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka pae ikaika mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka TB. I loko o kēia pae, ʻo ka pahuhopu e hōʻemi wikiwiki i ka helu o nā bacteria TB i kou kino a pale i ka maʻi mai ka laha ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
I kekahi manawa, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i nā maʻi mycobacterial ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola inā kūpono kēia hui pū ʻana no kāu kūlana kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hopena o kāu hoʻāʻo a me ka mōʻaukala olakino.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū he lapaʻau ikaika, laina mua no ka TB no ka mea e hoʻouka ana kēlā me kēia lāʻau i ka bacteria ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Kāohi ʻo Rifampin i ka bacteria mai ka hana ʻana i nā protein pono e pono ai lākou e ola, ʻoiai ʻo isoniazid e pale iā lākou mai ke kūkulu ʻana i ko lākou mau paia cell pale.
He hana maikaʻi ʻo Pyrazinamide i loko o ke kaiapuni waikawa i loaʻa pinepine ʻia a puni nā maʻi TB, kahi e hoʻopilikia ai i ka hana ʻana o ka bacteria. Hui pū, hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu i kahi hoʻouka ikaika e aneane hiki ʻole ai i ka bacteria TB ke ola a i ʻole ke hoʻololi.
He mea nui ka hui pū ʻana no ka mea he mea kaulana ka bacteria TB no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kūpaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ʻekolu mau hoʻolālā hoʻouka like i ka manawa like, hoʻemi nui kēia lapaʻau i ka manawa e ola ai kekahi bacteria e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi e hoʻomau nei.
E lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā ma ka ʻōpū ʻole. ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ʻelua hola ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, no ka mea hiki i ka meaʻai ke keakea i ka maikaʻi o ka lawe ʻana o kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E ale i nā papa holoʻokoʻa me ke aniani wai piha. Mai ʻoki, nau, a wāwahi paha i nā papa, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kino. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā papa nui, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka lapaʻau e pili ana i nā koho ʻē aʻe.
He mea nui e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae paʻa i loko o kou kahe koko. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea kōkua ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi alarm i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole e hoʻopili i ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ka palaki ʻana i ko lākou niho.
Hiki i kāu mimi, ka wai, ka hou, a me nā waimaka ke lilo i ʻalani-ʻulaʻula i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. He mea maʻamau a palekana kēia, ʻoiai hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻa mau i nā aniani pili a me nā lole. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i nā aniani ma kahi o nā pilina i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Lawe ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia hui ʻekolu lāʻau lapaʻau no kahi o 2 mau mahina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka pae ikaika o ka mālama ʻana i ka TB. Ma hope o kēia manawa mua, e hoʻololi paha kāu kauka iā ʻoe i kahi hui ʻokoʻa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka pae hoʻomau.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka TB maʻamau mai 6 a 9 mau mahina, ma muli o kahi a me ke koʻikoʻi o kou maʻi. Pono paha kekahi poʻe me nā hihia paʻakikī i nā manawa lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻopau i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā mua.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau i ka wā mua, ʻoiai inā e hoʻomaka ana ʻoe e maikaʻi. Hiki i ka bacteria TB ke ola i loko o kou kino no nā mahina, a ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā mua hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka TB kūʻē i ka lāʻau, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana.
E nānā kāu kauka i kou holomua ma o nā loiloi maʻamau a hiki ke hoʻololi i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau ma muli o ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana. E hilinaʻi i kā lākou alakaʻi e pili ana i ka wā e palekana ai ke hooki a hoʻololi paha i kāu lāʻau.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i kēia hui ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā mea a pau iā lākou. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a maʻa e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau.
Eia kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana:
He māmā a he manawa pōkole kēia mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau me ka meaʻai liʻiliʻi hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpū, ʻoiai e hōʻemi iki paha kēia i ka absorption.
Pono nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau lākou. E kelepona koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona:
ʻO nā pilikia o ke ake ka hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi loa o kēia hui pū ʻana. E nānā kāu kauka i ka hana o kou ake me nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau, ʻoiai i nā mahina mua o ka mālama ʻana.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa nā hopena maʻi, nā ʻōpala ʻili nui, a i ʻole nā maʻi koko. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia mau pilikia, he mea nui e makaʻala i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole a hōʻike iā lākou i kāu mea mālama ola kino.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia hui pū ʻana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi ake ikaika, nā pilikia kīkī nui, a i ʻole ka moʻolelo o nā hopena maʻi nui i kekahi o nā mea ʻekolu. Pono paha ka poʻe me ka gout nui a i ʻole nā pilikia hui nui i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke launa pū me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe he nui, me nā mea hoʻoheheʻe koko, nā lāʻau lapaʻau hopu, a me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau puʻuwai. E hōʻoia e haʻi i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā huahana lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei.
Hiki i nā wahine hāpai ke lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia o ka TB i mālama ʻole ʻia i ka makuahine a me ka pēpē ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, makemake kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka hāpai ʻana.
Inā ʻoe e hānai ana i ka waiū, hiki i nā mea liʻiliʻi o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hele i loko o ka waiū umauma. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e kaupaona i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia e hoʻoholo ai i ke ala maikaʻi loa no ʻoe a me kāu pēpē.
Loaʻa kēia hui ʻana ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, me Rifater kekahi o nā mea i kauoha pinepine ʻia. Hiki i nā mea hana ʻē aʻe ke hana i nā mana generic o kēia hui ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu.
Aia ka mana generic i nā mea hana like a hana like me ka maikaʻi e like me nā mana inoa inoa. Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka huahana kikoʻī āu e loaʻa nei a pane i nā nīnau e pili ana i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau formulations ke loaʻa nā mea hana ʻole i ʻokoʻa iki, hiki ke pili inā he mau maʻi maʻi a i ʻole nā manaʻo. E nānā mau me kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻokoʻa i ke ʻano o kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻae i kēia hui ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu, he nui nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a kāu kauka. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu i kaʻawale, e ʻae ana i nā hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā mahele inā pono.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau TB laina mua ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me ka ethambutol, i kekahi manawa i hoʻohui ʻia e hana i kahi regimen lāʻau lapaʻau ʻehā no nā hihia paʻakikī. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau laina ʻelua inā he TB kūʻē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi.
Aia ke koho ʻana i ka lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i kāu kūlana kikoʻī, me ke ʻano o ka TB āu i loaʻa ai, kāu mōʻaukala olakino, a pehea e pane ai kou kino i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole. E hilinaʻi i kāu kauka e ʻimi i ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi loa nāu.
Hāʻawi ka papa hui i nā mea maikaʻi he nui ma luna o ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu i kaʻawale. ʻO ka mea nui, hōʻoia ia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kaulike kūpono o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻekolu, he mea nui ia no ka lapaʻau pono a me ka pale ʻana i ke kūʻē ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Ma ka lawe ʻana i hoʻokahi pila ma kahi o ʻekolu mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻokoʻa, hiki ke maʻalahi ke pili i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau. He mea nui kēia hoʻopili ʻana i ka holomua o ka lapaʻau TB, no ka mea, ʻo ka nalo ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lapaʻau a i ʻole ke kūʻē ʻana i ka lāʻau.
Eia naʻe, hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pākahi ke hiki ke maʻalahi i ka hoʻohana ʻana inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai kahi lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoponopono i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pākahi a i ʻole e pani i hoʻokahi lāʻau lapaʻau me ka mālama ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka hui ʻana i ka mea maʻamau i makemake ʻia no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka no ka mea e maʻalahi ai ka lapaʻau a ua hōʻoia ʻia he pono i nā haʻawina lapaʻau nui. E ʻōlelo kāu kauka i ke ala maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau pono a me nā kūlana.
Hiki i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke paʻakikī i kou ate, no laila pono nā kānaka me ka maʻi ate e nānā pono a i ʻole nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu hana ate ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lapaʻau a maʻamau i ka wā o ka therapy.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia ate maʻalahi, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau akā e nānā pono iā ʻoe me nā hoʻokolohua koko pinepine. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu lāʻau a i ʻole e ʻōlelo i ka mālama kākoʻo hou e pale i kou ate.
Pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi ate koʻikoʻi i nā lapaʻau TB ʻē aʻe e pale i nā pilikia weliweli. E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau kūpono i palekana no kāu kūlana.
Inā lawe ʻoe ma mua o kāu lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, ʻo ka pōʻino o ka ate a me nā pilikia o ka ʻōnaehana nerve.
Mai hoʻāʻo e hoʻokumu iā ʻoe iho e luaʻi ke ʻole i kuhiku ʻia e kekahi loea mālama ola. Akā, e inu i ka wai nui a e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino koke, ʻoi loa inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka nausea, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole ka huikau.
E lawe mai i kāu ʻōmole lāʻau lapaʻau me ʻoe i ka lumi pilikia i hiki i nā mea mālama ola ke ʻike pono i ka mea a me ka nui āu i lawe ai. E kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hāʻawi i ka mālama kūpono loa.
E lawe i ka mahele i hala i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe, ke ʻole e kokoke ana i ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hiki mai ana. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e uku ai i kahi mahele i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻōuli i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo.
Hiki i ka hala ʻana i nā mahele ke hōʻemi i ka pono o kāu lapaʻau a hiki ke alakaʻi i ke kūpaʻa lāʻau. Inā hala ʻoe ma mua o kekahi mau mahele, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka e kūkākūkā pehea e hoʻi ai i ke ala palekana.
E hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke haʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe he palekana ke hana pēlā. Hana maʻamau kēia ma hope o 2 mau mahina, i ka wā e hoʻololi ai ʻoe i kahi hui like ʻole o nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka māhele hoʻomau o ka lapaʻau.
E hoʻokumu kāu kauka i kēia hoʻoholo ma kāu pane i ka lapaʻau, me nā moʻomeheu sputum a me nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono paha kekahi poʻe e hoʻomau i kēia lapaʻau ikaika no ka lōʻihi inā lohi kā lākou maʻi e pane.
Hiki i ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua ke alakaʻi i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lapaʻau a i ʻole ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka TB kūpaʻa lāʻau, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī a me ke kumukūʻai e mālama ai. E hilinaʻi i ke alakaʻi a kāu kauka e pili ana i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻololi a hooki paha i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e pale loa i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau, no ka mea, hiki i ka waiʻona a me kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻoluhi i kou ate. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana iā lākou e hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka pōʻino o ke ake, hiki ke koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka hoʻoweliweli i ke ola.
Hiki i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka waiʻona ke pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā mahina mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hana nui ana kou ate e hana i ka lāʻau. E ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka e haʻalele loa i ka waiʻona i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka waiʻona, e kūkākūkā ākea me kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai a me ke kākoʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e pale palekana i ka waiʻona i ka wā o kāu mālama TB, he mea nui ia no kou ola hou ʻana.
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