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ʻO ka rotavirus vaccine he maʻi ola, nāwaliwali i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka waha e pale aku i nā pēpē a me nā keiki ʻōpio mai nā maʻi rotavirus. Kōkua kēia vaccine i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi nui, ka luaʻi ʻana, a me ka dehydration i hiki ke pilikia no nā kamaliʻi.
ʻO Rotavirus kekahi o nā kumu maʻamau o ka maʻi maʻi nui i nā keiki ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia vaccine, kokoke i nā keiki a pau e loaʻa i ka rotavirus ma ka makahiki 5, a he nui ka poʻe e pono ai ka haukapila no ka dehydration.
Aia i loko o ka rotavirus vaccine ka rotavirus ola akā nāwaliwali ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā keiki olakino. Ke hāʻawi ʻia i kāu pēpē, kōkua ia i ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale e aʻo e ʻike a hakakā i ka rotavirus maoli inā e hālāwai lākou ma hope.
Aia ʻelua ʻano nui o nā rotavirus vaccines i loaʻa. Hāʻawi ʻia nā mea ʻelua ma ke ʻano he kulu wai pololei i loko o ka waha o kāu pēpē, e maʻalahi ai ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kipa pediatric maʻamau.
Hana ka vaccine ma ka hana ʻana i ka pale ʻana me ka ʻole o ka hana ʻana i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e lawe mai ai ka rotavirus hihiu. He mea nui kēia pale ʻana no nā pēpē, nona nā kino liʻiliʻi e hiki ke lilo i mea pilikia mai ka rotavirus diarrhea ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā keiki ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole nā mākua.
Pale kēia vaccine i ka rotavirus gastroenteritis, e hana ana i ka maʻi maʻi nui, ka luaʻi ʻana, ke kuni, a me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū i nā keiki ʻōpio. He maʻi maʻi loa ka Rotavirus a laha maʻalahi ma o ka pili ʻana me ka stool i loaʻa i ka maʻi a i ʻole nā ʻili i hoʻohaumia ʻia.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka vaccine no nā pēpē a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke hāʻawi ʻia i nā mahina mua o ke ola. Hāʻawi ia i ka pale ʻana i ka wā e pilikia nui ai nā keiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka maʻi rotavirus.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e pale ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi rotavirus a pau, hoʻemi nui ia i ka pilikia o ka maʻi koʻikoʻi e koi ana i ka haukapila. Hōʻike nā haʻawina e pale ana ia ma kahi o 85-98% o nā hihia rotavirus koʻikoʻi a ma kahi o 74-87% o nā maʻi rotavirus a pau.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus he lāʻau pale ikaika e hana ana ma ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pale o kāu pēpē. Hoʻonui nā maʻi nāwaliwali i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o nā ʻōpū akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā keiki olakino.
I ka wā e ulu ai kēia mau maʻi nāwaliwali, aʻo ka ʻōnaehana pale o kāu pēpē e ʻike i ka rotavirus a hana i nā antibodies e hakakā ai. Kūkulu kēia hana i ka pale e pale ai iā lākou i ka wā e hālāwai ai lākou me ka rotavirus maoli a weliweli i ko lākou kaiapuni.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana o ka ʻōpū a me nā antibodies koko. He mea nui ka pale ʻana o ka ʻōpū no ka mea e pili nui ka rotavirus i ka ʻōnaehana digestive, no laila ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pale ʻana ma kahi e hoʻouka ai ka maʻi e hāʻawi i ka pale maikaʻi loa.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus ma ka waha wale nō ma ke ʻano he kulu wai, ʻaʻole loa ma ke ʻano he injection. E ʻomi kāu mea mālama ola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka waha o kāu pēpē me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻopili kūikawā a i ʻole ka syringe.
ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu pēpē ke ʻai a inu maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana. Inā ʻōpala a luaʻi paha kāu pēpē i loko o kekahi mau minuke ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i ka mea mālama ola ke hāʻawi i kahi mahele ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kamaliʻi maʻamau. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i kāu pēpē ke loaʻa i kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus me nā immunizations koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe i ka wā o kā lākou kipa maʻamau.
ʻAʻohe kapu meaʻai ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu pēpē ke hoʻomau i ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū umauma a i ʻole ka hānai ʻana i ka ʻōmole e like me ka mea maʻamau. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka nānā ʻole inā ua ʻai kāu pēpē i kēia manawa a i ʻole he ʻōpū ʻole.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus ma ke ʻano he 2 a i ʻole 3 mau mahele, ma muli o ke ʻano o kāu mea mālama ola. Pono e hoʻopau ʻia ka moʻo ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o kāu pēpē i 8 mau mahina.
No ka moʻo ʻelua-dose (RotaTeq), hāʻawi ʻia nā mahele ma 2 mau mahina a me 4 mau mahina o ka makahiki. No ka moʻo ʻekolu-dose (Rotarix), hāʻawi ʻia nā mahele ma 2, 4, a me 6 mau mahina o ka makahiki.
He mea nui ka manawa no ka mea e hana maikaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hāʻawi ʻia i nā mahina mua o ke ola. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lohi e hōʻemi i ka pono, a ʻaʻole pono e hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā keiki ma mua o 8 mau mahina ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia o kahi hopena ʻaoʻao laha i kapa ʻia ʻo intussusception.
Ke hoʻopau kāu pēpē i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau, e loaʻa iā lākou ka pale lōʻihi mai ka rotavirus. ʻAʻole pono nā pana booster ma hope o ke kamaliʻi a i ʻole ke kanaka makua.
ʻAʻole loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ka hapa nui o nā pēpē e loaʻa ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus. Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi lākou a hele wale i loko o kekahi mau lā.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka huhū maʻalahi, ka emi ʻana o ka ʻai, a me nā noho palupalu i kekahi manawa. Hiki i kekahi mau pēpē ke loaʻa ke kuni haʻahaʻa a i ʻole e ʻike iki i ka luhi ma mua o ka maʻamau no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hana pinepine ʻia, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā pēpē i kekahi o kēia mau mea:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he mau hōʻailona maʻamau e hōʻike ana e pane pono ana ka ʻōnaehana pale o kāu pēpē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono lākou e hoʻoponopono i loko o 2-3 mau lā me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Aia kekahi hopena ʻaoʻao laha akā koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo intussusception, kahi e paheʻe ai kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻōpū i kekahi ʻāpana e like me ke telescope. Hiki kēia i kahi 1-5 mai kēlā me kēia 100,000 mau mahele i hāʻawi ʻia. E nānā i ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, ka luaʻi ʻana, ke koko i loko o ka ʻōpala, a i ʻole ka uē ʻana ʻano ʻē e hele mai ana a hele.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona e pili ana, ʻoiai ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, ka luaʻi mau, a i ʻole ke koko i loko o ka diaper o kāu pēpē, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola. ʻOiai he kakaikahi loa nā hopena koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana ke hopohopo ʻoe.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus no nā pēpē a pau. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i ka mōʻaukala olakino o kāu pēpē ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia i ka palekana no lākou.
ʻAʻole pono nā pēpē me kekahi mau maʻi olakino e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai, ʻo ia ke olakino o ka ʻōnaehana pale, no ka mea, he lāʻau lapaʻau ola kēia e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā keiki me ka nāwaliwali o ka pale.
Eia nā kūlana nui kahi e hāʻawi ʻole ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus:
E noʻonoʻo pū kāu mea mālama ola i ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā loaʻa i kāu pēpē kahi maʻi maʻamau a koʻikoʻi me ke kuni. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pale pinepine nā hōʻailona anu māmā a i ʻole ke kuni haʻahaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki i nā pēpē hānau mua ke loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus e like me ko lākou makahiki chronological, ʻaʻole ko lākou makahiki i hoʻoponopono ʻia. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka lapaʻau i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e pili ana i nā kūlana pilikino o kāu pēpē a me ke kūlana hoʻokuʻu haukapila.
Aia ʻelua mau lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus i loaʻa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua like ka maikaʻi o lāua ʻelua i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi. E koho kāu mea mālama ola i ka mea e hoʻohana ai e pili ana i ka makemake a me ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou keʻena lapaʻau.
Hana ʻia ʻo RotaTeq e Merck a pono i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana i hāʻawi ʻia ma 2, 4, a me 6 mau mahina o ka makahiki. Pale kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelima mau ʻano like ʻole o ka rotavirus e hoʻoulu pinepine ai i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā keiki.
Hana ʻia ʻo Rotarix e GlaxoSmithKline a pono i ʻelua wale nō ʻāpana i hāʻawi ʻia ma 2 a me 4 mau mahina o ka makahiki. Pale kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ke ʻano maʻamau o ka rotavirus a hāʻawi i ka pale kea i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻāʻo nui ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua a hōʻike i nā helu maikaʻi like. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i ka ʻike o kāu mea mālama ola a me nā makemake o ka papa hana hoʻopaʻa ʻana o kāu keʻena lapaʻau.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e pale ai i ka rotavirus. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus ʻelua i loaʻa nā ala wale nō i hōʻoia ʻia e pale ai i kēia maʻi kamaliʻi koʻikoʻi ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ke ala nui i ka rotavirus ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona ma hope o ka maʻi. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi nui a me ka luaʻi ʻana me nā wai a i kekahi manawa ka haukapila no ka dehydration.
Hiki i nā hana maʻemaʻe maikaʻi e like me ka holoi lima pinepine ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka laha ʻana o ka rotavirus, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke pale i ka maʻi holoʻokoʻa. He maʻi loa ka Rotavirus a hiki ke ola ma nā ʻili no nā wā lōʻihi, e hana ana i ka maʻemaʻe wale nō ka pale ʻole.
Ke noi nei kekahi mau mākua e pili ana i ka pale kūlohelohe mai ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū umauma. ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana ka waiū umauma i kekahi pale, ʻaʻole ia i piha, a he nui nā pēpē i hānai ʻia i ka waiū umauma e loaʻa ana i nā maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale hilinaʻi nui.
Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus i ka pale palekana nui ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pale kūlohelohe ma o ka maʻi maoli. ʻOiai hiki i ka maʻi kūlohelohe ke hāʻawi i ka pale, hele mai ia me nā pilikia nui e pale ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hoʻokumu ka maʻi rotavirus kūlohelohe i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi me ka maʻi maʻi nui, ka luaʻi ʻana, a me ka maloʻo ʻana i hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola no nā pēpē. He nui nā keiki e koi i ka haukapila, a hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomohala i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a i ʻole e make mai ka maloʻo nui.
Hoʻokumu ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ʻana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona weliweli. Loaʻa i kāu pēpē ka pale ʻana i ka rotavirus me ka ʻole o ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ka luaʻi ʻana, a me ka maloʻo ʻana e hele mai me ka maʻi kūlohelohe.
Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole i piha mau ka pale kūlohelohe mai ka maʻi rotavirus. Hiki i nā keiki ke loaʻa i ka rotavirus i nā manawa he nui, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā maʻi ma hope. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ākea i nā ʻano rotavirus he nui.
ʻAe, palekana ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus no nā pēpē hānau mua i paʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka makahiki chronological, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia ka makahiki, no laila e loaʻa nō i kahi pēpē hānau mua kā lākou mahele mua ma kahi o 2 mahina ma hope o ka hānau ʻana.
E loiloi kāu kauka keiki i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa o kāu pēpē hānau mua ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā aia kāu pēpē i ka haukapila a i ʻole he mau pilikia olakino e hana nei, hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka manawa e hōʻoia i ka palekana.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina e pane maikaʻi ana nā pēpē hānau mua i ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus a hoʻomohala i ka pale maikaʻi. No ka mea, aia nā pēpē hānau mua i ka pilikia nui o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka maʻi rotavirus, he mea nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no lākou.
Inā loaʻa i kāu pēpē kahi mahele keu o ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus, mai hopohopo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maikaʻi kēia, ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻeha i kāu pēpē.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e haʻi iā lākou i ka mea i hana ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻano hou i nā moʻolelo lāʻau lapaʻau o kāu pēpē a hoʻoholo inā pono e hana i nā hoʻololi i ka papa hana lāʻau lapaʻau.
E nānā i kāu pēpē no nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi maʻamau e like me ka huhū a i ʻole nā pahu ʻoluʻolu, kahi e ʻike iki ʻia me kahi mahele keu. Eia naʻe, he mea maʻamau loa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui.
Inā hala i kāu pēpē kahi mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. Pono e hoʻopau ʻia ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka piha ʻana o kāu pēpē i 8 mau mahina.
Na kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka mahele i hala e pili ana i ka makahiki o kāu pēpē a me ka mahele i hala. Hiki iā lākou ke hopu me kahi papa hana i hoʻololi iki ʻia.
Mai hoʻomaka hou i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau inā hala i kāu pēpē kahi mahele. Akā, e hoʻomau me ka mahele aʻe i ka moʻo. Hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka mamao ma waena o nā mahele, akā ʻo ka nui o nā mahele e pono ai e mau nō.
E loaʻa i kāu pēpē ka pale maikaʻi ʻana i ka rotavirus ma kahi o 1-2 mau pule ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka moʻo lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ia hoʻi, hoʻomohala ka pale piha ma hope o ka mahele hope loa, inā paha ʻo ka mahele ʻelua a i ʻole ke kolu e pili ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia.
He mau makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka pale ʻana mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau rotavirus, a hiki paha i ka wā makua. ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā keiki i nā pana hoʻoikaika, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka rotavirus i ka wā e ʻelemakule ai nā keiki.
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka pale ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi akā ʻaʻole paha e pale i nā hihia maʻalahi a pau. Inā loaʻa i kāu keiki i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka rotavirus, e maʻalahi paha ia ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole hiki i kāu pēpē ke loaʻa i ka maʻi rotavirus koʻikoʻi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea aia nā maʻi nāwaliwali ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā keiki olakino. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā pēpē i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke hoʻokuʻu i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka maʻi maʻi i loko o kā lākou ʻōpala no kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole hopohopo kēia hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi no nā lālā ʻohana olakino. Eia naʻe, inā he nāwaliwali loa ka ʻōnaehana pale o kekahi ma kou hale, e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau o kāu pēpē.
ʻOi aku ka nāwaliwali o ka maʻi maʻi ma mua o ka rotavirus hihiu a ʻaʻole pinepine e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona. Inā loaʻa i kāu pēpē ka maʻi maʻi maʻalahi ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, he pōkole ia a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka maʻi rotavirus maoli.
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