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ʻO ka tetanus toxoid he lāʻau lapaʻau e pale iā ʻoe mai ka tetanus, he maʻi bacteria koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve. Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kahi ʻano nāwaliwali o ka mea ʻawaʻawa a nā bacteria tetanus e hana ai, e kōkua ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e aʻo e hakakā i ka maʻi maoli me ka hana ʻole iā ʻoe i maʻi.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e pale ai i ka tetanus, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola inā e ulu. Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo, maʻamau i kou lima luna, a hāʻawi i ka pale lōʻihi ke hahai ʻoe i ka papa hana i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Pale ka Tetanus toxoid i ka maʻi tetanus, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka lockjaw. Noho nā bacteria tetanus i ka lepo, ka lepo, a me ka ʻōpala holoholona, a hiki iā lākou ke komo i kou kino ma nā ʻoki, nā ʻōpala, a i ʻole nā ʻeha puncture.
Ke komo nā bacteria tetanus i loko o kahi ʻeha, hana lākou i kahi mea ʻawaʻawa ikaika e hoʻouka i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve. Hoʻokumu kēia mea ʻawaʻawa i nā spasms ʻiʻo koʻikoʻi e hiki ke ʻeha a weliweli, ʻoiai ke pili lākou i nā ʻiʻo āu e hoʻohana ai no ka hanu ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻana.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he immunization maʻamau a me ka pale ulia pōpilikia ma hope o ka ʻeha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu papa hana lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau, a i ʻole e ʻōlelo kāu kauka iā ia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻeha i hiki ke hoʻohaumia ʻia me nā bacteria tetanus.
Hana ka tetanus toxoid ma ke aʻo ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka tetanus toxin. Aia i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kahi mana i hoʻololi ʻia o ka tetanus toxin i kapa ʻia he toxoid, i mālama ʻia e palekana ai me ka mālama ʻana i kona hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka palekana.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i nā antibodies e kūʻē i ka tetanus toxin. Noho kēia mau antibodies i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana a hāʻawi i ka pale inā ʻoe e hōʻike ʻia i nā bacteria tetanus maoli.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau pono loa kēia e hāʻawi ana i ka pale ikaika a lōʻihi. Ua loaʻa ka pale ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau mua, a kōkua nā pana hoʻoikaika i ka mālama ʻana i kēlā pale ʻana i ka wā.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka tetanus toxoid ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo, maʻamau i kou lima luna. E hāʻawi mau ke kauka lapaʻau iā ʻoe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi hoʻonohonoho olakino e like me ke keʻena o ke kauka, ke keʻena lapaʻau, a i ʻole ka haukapila.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea kūikawā e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka injection. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e lawe me ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu no ka mea ʻaʻole ia he lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
He mau kekona wale nō ka injection ponoʻī. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke kauka lapaʻau i ka pūnaewele injection me ka waiʻona, hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka pana, a hiki ke kau i kahi bandage liʻiliʻi ma luna o ka wahi ma hope.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i kāu mau hana maʻamau i kēia manawa. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka ʻeha maʻalahi ma ka pūnaewele injection, akā hele maʻamau kēia i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā.
Hahai ka Tetanus toxoid i kahi papa manawa kikoʻī ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana no ka manawa mau. ʻO ka pūʻulu lāʻau lapaʻau mua e pili ana i nā mahele he nui i hohola ʻia ma luna o kekahi mau mahina e kūkulu i ka pale ikaika.
No nā mākua i hōʻole ʻia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻekolu mau mahele. Hele mai ka mahele ʻelua 4-8 mau pule ma hope o ka mea mua, a hele mai ka mahele ʻekolu 6-12 mau mahina ma hope o ka mahele ʻelua.
Ke hoʻopau ʻoe i ka pūʻulu mua, pono ʻoe i nā pana hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia 10 mau makahiki e mālama i ka pale. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi mahele hou inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻeha e hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe i ka tetanus a ua hala ma mua o 5 mau makahiki mai kāu lāʻau lapaʻau hope loa.
Hele nā keiki i kahi papa manawa ʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka maʻi, e loaʻa ana nā mea i ka 2, 4, 6, a me 15-18 mau mahina o ka makahiki, me nā mea hou aʻe ma 4-6 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi mai ka tetanus toxoid, inā loaʻa kekahi. Ua hoʻohana palekana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā makahiki he nui a he kakaikahi loa nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai ka poʻe he nui ka ʻeha maʻalahi, ka ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau. He mau hōʻailona maʻamau kēia mau hopena e hōʻike ana e pane ana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a maʻa mau e pau i loko o 2-3 mau lā.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai:
He maʻalahi kēia mau hōʻailona a hōʻike i ke kūkulu ʻana o kou kino i ka pale. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha ma luna o ka pāʻālua a hoʻopili i kahi ʻōpala anuanu i kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau inā pono.
He mea maʻamau ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi. ʻO nā hōʻailona o kahi hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi e komo pū ana i 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 nā hōʻailona o kahi hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, pono ʻoe e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1 i loko o hoʻokahi miliona mau mea.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke loaʻa palekana i ka tetanus toxoid, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e pale ai a hoʻopaneʻe paha ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kāu moʻolelo olakino e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka tetanus toxoid inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole kekahi o kāna mau mea i ka wā ma mua. Pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi koʻikoʻi e kali a hiki i ka wā e ola ai lākou ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Eia nā kūlana kahi e kūkākūkā pono ai ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kāu kauka:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ke anu ʻaʻole ia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu mau kūlana pilikino.
Inā he mau hopohopo kāu e pili ana inā pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me nā hopohopo me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi pilikino e pili ana i kāu kūlana.
Loaʻa ka tetanus toxoid ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻoiai ua hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hui e pale aku i nā maʻi he nui. ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau e pili ana iā Tenivac, aia wale nō ka tetanus a me ka diphtheria toxoids.
ʻOi aku ka maʻamau, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka tetanus toxoid ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hui e like me Tdap (Adacel, Boostrix) a i ʻole Td vaccines. Pale kēia mau hui ʻana i ka tetanus me ka diphtheria a i kekahi manawa pertussis (whooping cough).
ʻAʻole pili nui ka inoa inoa āu e loaʻa ai i ka pale āu e loaʻa ai. Hoʻokō nā lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus toxoid i ʻae ʻia i nā kūlana palekana a me ka pono like, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻoʻiʻo me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa a kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻohana ai.
ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus toxoid i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi tetanus. ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ka mea maikaʻi loa no ka pale ʻana i ka tetanus a ʻo ia ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale ai iā ʻoe iho.
Eia naʻe, inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o nā kumu olakino, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka tetanus immune globulin (TIG) i kekahi mau kūlana. Hāʻawi ʻo TIG i ka pale koke akā no ka manawa pōkole a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ma hope o ka hiki ʻana i ka maʻi tetanus bacteria.
He mea nui nō hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻeha no ka pale ʻana i ka tetanus, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he pani no ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono ʻana i nā ʻeha, ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻōpala, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama olakino no nā ʻeha hohonu a lepo paha hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana ma o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, hāʻawi kēia i ka pale hilinaʻi a lōʻihi loa i ka maʻi tetanus.
Hāʻawi ʻo Tetanus toxoid a me tetanus immune globulin (TIG) i nā hana like ʻole a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohālikelike pololei ʻia. Hāʻawi ʻo Tetanus toxoid i ka pale lōʻihi ma o ke kōkua ʻana i kou kino e hana i kāna mau antibodies ponoʻī, ʻoiai ʻo TIG e hāʻawi i ka pale koke akā no ka manawa pōkole.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka pale lōʻihi no ka mea e aʻo ana ia i kou ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka tetanus ma kāna iho. Hiki ke mau kēia pale no 10 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha me nā pana booster kūpono, e lilo ia i koho makemake ʻia no ka pale maʻamau.
Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo TIG i nā kūlana pilikia ke loaʻa i kekahi i kahi ʻeha i hiki ke hoʻohaumia ʻia me ka bacteria tetanus a ʻaʻole lākou i kēia manawa i kā lākou mau lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi ia i ka pale koke akā mau wale nō no kekahi mau pule.
I nā kūlana pilikia he nui, hoʻohana nā kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua. E hāʻawi lākou iā TIG no ka pale koke a me ka tetanus toxoid e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻomaka e kūkulu i kona pale lōʻihi ponoʻī.
ʻAe, ua manaʻo ʻia ka tetanus toxoid he palekana i ka wā hāpai a ua ʻōlelo ʻia nō hoʻi. Manaʻo ka CDC e loaʻa i nā wahine hāpai ka Tdap (e komo pū ana me ka tetanus toxoid) i ka wā o kēlā me kēia hāpai ʻana, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi ma waena o 27-36 pule.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai ʻaʻole wale nō e pale iā ʻoe akā e hāʻawi pū i nā antibodies i kāu pēpē, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou i kekahi pale i nā mahina mua o ko lākou ola. He mea nui kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i nā pēpē ke loaʻa i kā lākou mau lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus ponoʻī a hiki i ko lākou 2 mahina.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pana hoʻoikaika tetanus toxoid i kou ola a pau, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 10 makahiki. ʻAʻohe makahiki e pono ai ʻoe e hooki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus, no ka mea, e hoʻomau ana ka pilikia o ka maʻi tetanus i ka wā e hana ana ʻoe a hiki ke hālāwai me nā kūlana kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻeha.
Hiki i nā mākua kahiko ke pilikia nui i ka tetanus no ka mea hiki ke emi ka pale ʻana i ka manawa, a ʻoi aku paha ka nui o nā ʻeha ʻaʻole e ola koke. He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa no ka pale ʻana i ke ola.
ʻOiai he mea maikaʻi loa ka tetanus toxoid, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau he 100% kūpono. Eia naʻe, he mea kakaikahi loa nā maʻi breakthrough i nā poʻe i loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ikaika ke hahai ʻoe i ka papa manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia a mālama i nā pana hoʻoikaika.
Inā ua kūpono ʻoe i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus, haʻahaʻa loa kou pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka tetanus. ʻOiai inā e hana ʻia kahi maʻi breakthrough, e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o ka mea i loaʻa ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
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