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ʻO ka Scorpion Centruroides Immune F(ab')2 he lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopakele ai i ke ola i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i nā nahu ʻana o ka scorpion mai nā scorpions ʻili. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mea ʻawaʻawa weliweli a nā scorpions ʻili e hoʻokomo ai i ka wā e nahu ai lākou, e kōkua ana i kou kino e ola mai ka mea hiki ke lilo i pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
Inā ua nahu ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi āu e ʻike nei e ka scorpion ʻili, hiki i kēia antivenom ke hana i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka hoʻōla piha a me nā pilikia e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola. Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o ka IV i loko o kahi haukapila, kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe loea lapaʻau ke nānā i kāu holomua a hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka Scorpion Centruroides Immune F(ab')2 he antivenom i hoʻolālā ʻia e kūʻē i ka lāʻau make mai nā scorpions ʻili Centruroides. Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau nā antibodies i hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia e ʻike a hoʻopau i nā mea ʻawaʻawa i loaʻa i ka lāʻau make scorpion ʻili.
Hana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā lio me nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka lāʻau make scorpion, e hana ana i nā lio e hana i nā antibodies. A laila hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kēia mau antibodies a hana ʻia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hope loa. ʻO ka ʻāpana F(ab')2 o ka inoa e pili ana i ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka ʻāpana antibody i hoʻohana ʻia, e kōkua ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia o nā hopena maʻi ʻaʻai i ka wā e mālama ana i ka pono.
ʻO kēia antivenom ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no nā nahu scorpion ʻili ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā i loaʻa wale nō i nā haukapila a me nā keʻena pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā wahi i maʻamau ai nā scorpions ʻili.
Hoʻohana ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i ka ʻawaʻawa mai nā nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke koʻikoʻi a i ʻole e ʻinoʻino ana nā hōʻailona. Loaʻa nā ʻōpala ʻōpala ma ke komohana hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo Arizona hoʻi, a hiki i kā lākou nahu ʻana ke hoʻopilikia i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e pili ana ma hope o ka nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke komo i ka ʻeha nui e laha ana ma waho o ke kahua nahu, ka ʻū ʻana o ka ʻiʻo, ka paʻakikī i ka ʻai ʻana, ka ʻike ʻana i ka pōʻeleʻele, a i ʻole nā pilikia me ka hoʻonohonoho a me ke kaulike.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā keiki, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hopena i ka lāʻau ʻawaʻawa ʻōpala ma mua o nā mākua. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa i kēia lapaʻau inā koʻikoʻi kā lākou mau hōʻailona e pono ai.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i nā kauka ke hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā me he mea lā he maʻalahi nā hōʻailona i ka wā mua, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki ʻōpio a i ʻole inā he hopohopo e hiki ke ʻinoʻino nā hōʻailona. ʻO ka mālama mua ʻana e alakaʻi pinepine i nā hopena maikaʻi a me ka hoʻōla wikiwiki.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mea ʻawaʻawa i ka lāʻau ʻawaʻawa ʻōpala ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka pōʻino hou i kou kino. E noʻonoʻo e like me kahi hui hoʻomaʻemaʻe kūikawā e kuhikuhi pono ana i nā mea ʻino i hoʻokomo ʻia e ka ʻōpala.
Aia i loko o ka lāʻau ʻawaʻawa ʻōpala nā neurotoxins, ʻo ia nā mea e pili ana i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve. Hiki i kēia mau mea ʻawaʻawa ke hoʻopilikia i ke kamaʻilio ʻana o kou mau aʻalolo me kou mau ʻiʻo a me nā ʻōpū, e alakaʻi ana i nā hōʻailona ʻeha a me ka pōʻino e hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ma hope o ka nahu ʻana.
Ke komo ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kahe koko, ʻike nā antibodies i loko o ia mea i nā mea ʻawaʻawa ʻōpala a hoʻopaʻa iā lākou. Hoʻopau kēia hana paʻa i nā mea ʻawaʻawa, e pale ana iā lākou mai ka hana ʻana i ka pōʻino hou a e ʻae ana i kou kino e hoʻomaka e hoʻōla.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika waena a he mea pono loa ke hoʻohana pono ʻia. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana kēia antivenom e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona i loko o nā hola o ka mālama ʻana, akā hiki ke lōʻihi ka ola piha.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia antivenom ma ke ala intravenous (ma o ka IV) i loko o ka haukapila a i ʻole kahi keʻena lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home, a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ke ʻano o ka pill a i ʻole ka wai no ka hoʻohana waha.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka antivenom, e hoʻokomo nā limahana lapaʻau i kahi laina IV i loko o ke aʻa i kou lima. A laila, hui ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka hopena saline a hāʻawi mālie ʻia ma o ka IV i ka manawa, ma kahi o 10 a 30 mau minuke no kēlā me kēia mahele.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai a inu i kekahi mea kūikawā ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia lapaʻau. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā he pilikia kāu e ʻai ai ma muli o ka nahu ʻana o ka scorpion, makemake paha kāu hui lapaʻau e pale ʻoe i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona.
I loko o ka mālama ʻana, e nānā pono nā kahu hānai a me nā kauka iā ʻoe no nā hōʻailona o nā hopena maʻi a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona. E mālama pū lākou i kāu mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka puʻuwai, ke koko, a me ka hanu ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hana palekana o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana me kēia antivenom e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ma waena o hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mau mahele, me kēlā me kēia mahele e hāʻawi ʻia e like me ka mea e pono ai e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona.
E loiloi kāu hui lapaʻau i kou kūlana i nā manawa a pau i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. Inā hoʻomaikaʻi nui kāu mau hōʻailona ma hope o ka mahele mua, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā mahele hou. Eia naʻe, inā mau a hoʻi mai paha nā hōʻailona, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka antivenom hou.
Hiki i nā hopena o kēlā me kēia lāʻau ke mau no nā hola he nui, a ʻo ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hōʻailona e hoʻomau pinepine ʻia ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻokomo ʻana. E nānā kāu kauka iā ʻoe no nā hola he nui ma hope o kāu lāʻau hope loa e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e hoʻi hou kāu mau hōʻailona.
Ke pau kāu mau hōʻailona a paʻa ʻoe, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole pono kēia antivenom i kahi papa hana mālama a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i kēia antivenom ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai e ʻae ka hapa nui o nā kānaka iā ia. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he maʻalahi a hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke nānā ʻia ʻoe i kahi hoʻonohonoho olakino.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, a he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ua mākaukau kāu hui lapaʻau e mālama i kekahi o kēia mau mea inā loaʻa lākou:
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū me nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole nā loli nui i ke koko. Nānā mau kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe no kēia mau mea hiki a ua lako lākou e mālama koke iā lākou inā loaʻa lākou.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo
He kakaʻikahi ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he palekana no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, me nā keiki, nā wahine hāpai, a me nā mākua ʻelemakule ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia.
E mālama nui kāu kauka inā he moʻolelo kou o nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā protein lio a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau antivenom ma mua. Ma muli o ka hana ʻia ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā antibodies lio, hiki i ka poʻe me nā maʻi allergies lio ke pilikia i nā hopena maʻi maʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā he ʻōnaehana pale maʻi nāwaliwali kou a i ʻole e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale, e nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole e pale kēia mau kūlana iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka antivenom, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o kou kino iā ia.
Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai a i ʻole ka maʻi kīkī koʻikoʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ʻaʻole pinepine kēia mau kūlana e pale i kekahi mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka antivenom e hoʻopakele ai i ke ola ke pono.
Kūʻai ʻia kēia antivenom ma lalo o ka inoa brand Anascorp ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hana ʻia ʻo Anascorp e Rare Disease Therapeutics a ʻo ia wale nō ka antivenom i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no nā nahu ʻana o ka scorpion bark.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke lohe i nā mea mālama ola e kuhikuhi ana iā ia ma ke ʻano he
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe antivenom ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no nā nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO Anascorp wale nō ka lāʻau i ʻae ʻia e kūʻē pololei i ka lāʻau make o ka ʻōpala.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia antivenom, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala he mālama kākoʻo mua. Hiki i kēia ke komo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha, nā mea hoʻomaha ʻiʻo, nā mea hōʻoluʻolu, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e mālama i nā hōʻailona i ka wā e hana maoli ai ke kino i ka lāʻau make.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i nā kauka ke hoʻohana i ka mālama kākoʻo me ka antivenom a i ʻole ma kahi o ka antivenom, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā nahu ʻana. Hiki i kēia ala ke komo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi i ka ʻeha, nā spasms ʻiʻo, a i ʻole ka hopohopo, me ka nānā pono ʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho olakino.
Loaʻa paha i kekahi mau kikowaena olakino ma waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke komo i nā antivenom ʻōpala like ʻole, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa a ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma US. Inā ʻoe e hele nei i ka honua a ʻike i ka nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala, e hoʻohana nā keʻena olakino kūloko i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa a kūpono i kēlā wahi.
Ua hōʻike ka noiʻi ʻana i kēia antivenom ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mālama kākoʻo wale nō no ka mālama ʻana i nā nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala. Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina i ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka antivenom e ʻike maʻamau i ka wikiwiki o ka hōʻoluʻolu hōʻailona a me nā noho pōkole o ka haukapila.
Hoʻoponopono ka antivenom i ke kumu kumu o ka pilikia ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mea ʻawaʻawa ʻōpala, ʻoiai ʻo ka mālama kākoʻo wale nō e mālama i nā hōʻailona. ʻO ia hoʻi, me ka antivenom, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kou manaʻo a loaʻa ka pilikia haʻahaʻa o nā pilikia.
ʻO nā keiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi, e pōmaikaʻi nui mai ka lāʻau antivenom i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka mālama kākoʻo wale nō. ʻIke pinepine nā keiki ʻōpio i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi mai nā nahu ʻana o ka ʻōpala, a hiki i ka antivenom ke pale i kēia mau hōʻailona mai ka holomua ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
Ma ia ʻōlelo, he mea nui nō ka mālama kākoʻo i ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai ke hoʻohana ʻia ka antivenom. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka antivenom a me nā lāʻau kākoʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā e ola ana kou kino.
ʻAe, ua manaʻo ʻia kēia antivenom he palekana no nā wāhine hāpai ke pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ka FDA iā ia he lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka mahele C o ka hāpai ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoiai he palena nā haʻawina i nā wāhine hāpai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pōmaikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia.
Hiki i nā nahu ʻana o ka scorpion bark ke pilikia loa i ka wā hāpai, e pili ana i ka makuahine a me ka pēpē. Hiki i ka antivenom ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia nui e hiki ke hana. E loiloi pono kāu hui lapaʻau i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia e pili ana i kou kūlana.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a loaʻa kēia antivenom, e nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē i ka wā a ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo i ka nānā ʻana a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ʻolua.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i kahi wahi lapaʻau i mālama ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka overdose. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka dosing e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ke kaumaha o ke kino, a nānā nā limahana lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ke kaʻina hana.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui o ka antivenom ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, ʻo nā hopena e hiki ke loaʻa he pilikia nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e like me nā hopena maʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi serum. Eia naʻe, ua mākaukau kāu hui lapaʻau e mālama i kēia mau kūlana a e hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo kūpono.
ʻAʻole he "antidote" kikoʻī o ka antivenom iho inā nui loa ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia, akā hiki i nā kauka ke mālama i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hiki ke hana. ʻO kēia kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā keʻena lapaʻau kahi e loaʻa ai ka mālama koke.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia kēia antivenom ma nā wahi lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea mālama ola, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke "hala" i kahi mahele ma ke ʻano kuʻuna. Hoʻoholo kāu hui lapaʻau inā a i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe i nā mahele hou e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā hoʻi hou a ʻino paha kāu mau hōʻailona ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi mahele ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻia kēia he "mahele i hala" akā he lāʻau lapaʻau hou e pili ana i kāu mau pono lapaʻau.
E nānā kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe no kekahi mau hola ma hope o kēlā me kēia mahele e hoʻoholo ai inā pono ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou. E hoʻokumu lākou i kēia hoʻoholo ma ke ʻano o kou manaʻo, kāu mau hōʻailona ola, a me ka holomua o kāu mau hōʻailona.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e "hooki i ka lawe ʻana" i kēia antivenom ma ke ʻano kuʻuna, no ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he mahele pākahi ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomau nei. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka antivenom a ua hoʻoponopono ʻia kāu mau hōʻailona, ʻaʻole pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
E hoʻoholo kāu kauka ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā mahele hou ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui a paʻa kāu mau hōʻailona. Hana maʻamau kēia i loko o nā hola a i ʻole ka lā ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka antivenom, ʻoiai hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka manawa hoʻōla mai kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻoe mai ka haukapila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau me kēia antivenom. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka mālama ʻana i ka nānā ʻana i nā hopena lohi a i ʻole e hōʻoia i kāu hoʻōla piha.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e kalaiwa koke ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻoulu i ka wili, a e ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hopena mai ka nahu ʻana o ka nahesa mua e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou hiki ke kalaiwa palekana.
Eia kekahi, no ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia kēia lapaʻau i loko o kahi haukapila no kahi maʻi olakino koʻikoʻi, pono paha ʻoe i ka manawa e ola ai ma mua o kou mākaukau e kalaiwa. E loiloi kāu hui lapaʻau i kou kūlana a e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka wā e palekana ai ʻoe e hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e pono i kekahi e kalaiwa iā lākou mai ka haukapila. He manaʻo maikaʻi e hoʻonohonoho i ka halihali ma mua o ka manawa a i ʻole e loaʻa i kahi lālā o ka ʻohana a i ʻole he hoaaloha e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻi i ka home me ka palekana.
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