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ʻO Tolnaftate kahi lāʻau lapaʻau antifungal mālie hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha e mālama i nā maʻi ʻili fungal maʻamau. Ua hilinaʻi ʻia e nā mea mālama ola a me nā ʻohana no nā makahiki he nui ma ke ʻano he ala palekana a maikaʻi hoʻi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kūlana e like me ka wāwae o ka mea pāʻani, ka ʻūlū jock, a me ka ringworm. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau mālie akā hilinaʻi ma ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka fungal ma kou ʻili, e kōkua ana iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a hilinaʻi hou.
ʻO Tolnaftate kahi ʻaila antifungal, pauka, a i ʻole ka pīpī e mālama ai i nā maʻi fungal ma kou ʻili. No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo topical antifungals, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻopili pololei ʻoe iā ia i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma mua o ka lawe ʻana ma ka waha. Aia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau mai nā makahiki 1960 a ke mau nei kekahi o nā koho mālie loa no ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia ʻili fungal.
E ʻike ʻoe iā tolnaftate ma ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole o ka pono o ka palapala kauoha. Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau antifungal mālie, e lilo ia i koho mua maikaʻi loa no ka nui o nā kānaka e hana nei me nā maʻi fungal maʻamau. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ka mea e ʻoluʻolu ai no kou kūlana.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻo Tolnaftate i kekahi mau maʻi ʻili fungal maʻamau e pili ana i nā miliona o nā kānaka. Hana maikaʻi ia no nā maʻi e ulu ana i nā wahi mahana a pulu o kou kino kahi e makemake ai nā fungi e ulu maoli. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai e lōʻihi ka hoʻōla piha.
Eia nā kūlana nui e hiki ai i ka tolnaftate ke kōkua iā ʻoe:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka tolnaftate no nā maʻi ʻili fungal ʻē aʻe. He mea kōkua nui ia no ka pale ʻana i ka wāwae 'Ālepa inā pilikia ʻoe i ka loaʻa ʻana o ia mea i nā manawa pinepine, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoe e hoʻolimalima manawa ma nā hale haʻuki, nā loko wai, a i ʻole nā wahi pulu ʻē aʻe.
Hana ʻo Tolnaftate ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka hiki o ka fungus ke kūkulu a mālama i kona mau paia cell. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ke kumu o ka fungus, e hopena ana i ka nāwaliwali a me ka make ʻana o ka maʻi. He mālie a mālie kēia kaʻina hana, ʻo ia ke kumu i manaʻo ʻia ai ʻo tolnaftate he lāʻau antifungal maʻalahi.
ʻAʻole pepehi koke ka lāʻau i nā fungi e like me kekahi mau lāʻau antifungal ikaika. Akā, pale ia i ka fungus mai ka ulu ʻana a me ka laha ʻana i ka wā e kōkua ai kou kino i nā pale kūlohelohe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi. ʻO kēia ala mālie e manaʻo ai ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka huhū a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao, e kūpono ana no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
No ka mea he mālie ʻo tolnaftate, hana maikaʻi loa ia i nā maʻi hou a i ʻole nā maʻi liʻiliʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi fungal no nā mahina a i ʻole inā paʻakikī loa ia, pono paha ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika mai kāu kauka.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka tolnaftate me ka pololei e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā hopena maikaʻi loa a pale i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi. ʻO ke kī ʻo ka hoʻomau a me ka hoʻohana pono ʻana, me ka mālama ʻana i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia i ka maʻemaʻe a me ka maloʻo. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ke kaʻina hana maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi e hana i kā lākou hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka tolnaftate, holoi mālie i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia me ke kopa a me ka wai, a laila e hoʻomaloʻo loa. He mea nui kēia ʻanuʻu no ka mea e ulu ana nā haʻani i nā wahi pulu, no laila makemake ʻoe e hoʻomaka me ka ʻili maʻemaʻe a maloʻo. E hoʻopili i kahi papa lahilahi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wahi i maʻi ʻia a ma kahi o hoʻokahi ʻīniha ma mua o ka palena maʻi i ʻike ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka tolnaftate ʻelua i ka lā, maʻamau i ke kakahiaka a me ke ahiahi. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ke ʻano pauka, e hōʻoia e lulu maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana. No nā sprays, e paʻa i ka pahu ma kahi o 6 ʻīniha mai kou ʻili a e pīpī like. E holoi mau i kou mau lima ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana e pale i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka tolnaftate me ka meaʻai no ka mea ua hoʻopili ʻia i kou ʻili ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana. Eia naʻe, e pale i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou mau maka, waha, a ihu paha, no ka mea, ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i waho ma kou ʻili.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā maʻi fungal i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mau no 2 a 4 mau pule e hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa, ʻoiai ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona. He mea nui e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka tolnaftate no hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka nānā ʻana a me ka manaʻo maʻamau o kou ʻili. Kōkua kēia manawa hou e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o nā haʻani a pau a hoʻemi i ka manawa o ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka maʻi.
No ka wāwae o ka mea pāʻani, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka tolnaftate no 2 a 4 mau pule. ʻO ka ʻūlū ʻo Jock e maʻemaʻe pinepine i loko o 2 a 3 mau pule, ʻoiai ʻo ka ringworm e lawe i 2 a 4 mau pule e pili ana i ka nui a me kahi o ka maʻi. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā lā mua, akā ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻōla piha.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma hope o ʻelua pule o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana, a i ʻole inā e ʻino ana kāu maʻi, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola. Pono paha ʻoe i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika aʻe a i ʻole he maʻi ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka nānā ʻana.
Hoʻomanawanui maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Tolnaftate, a ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi lākou a kaupalena ʻia i ka wahi kahi e hoʻopili ai ʻoe i ka lāʻau. He kakaikahi loa nā hopena koʻikoʻi me kēia lāʻau antifungal maʻalahi.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia:
E nalowale ana kēia mau hopena maʻalahi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou ʻili i ka lāʻau. Inā mau lākou a lilo i mea hoʻoluhi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo e hoʻopili i ka lāʻau i ka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa o tolnaftate.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hoʻomohala i kahi hopena maʻi i ka tolnaftate. ʻO nā hōʻailona o kahi hopena maʻi, ʻo ia ka ʻulaʻula nui, ka pehu, ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala e laha ana ma waho o ka wahi i mālama ʻia. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a e kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻohana palekana i ka tolnaftate, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana e pono ai ʻoe e pale aku a i ʻole e hoʻohana me ka akahele. ʻO ka hopohopo nui inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi i ka tolnaftate a i ʻole nā lāʻau antifungal like i ka wā ma mua. E nānā mau me kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā kūpono ka tolnaftate iā ʻoe.
Pono ʻoe e pale i ka tolnaftate inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
No nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole e hānai ana i ka umauma, ua manaʻo ʻia ka tolnaftate he palekana no ka mea ua komo iki ka lāʻau i loko o kou ʻili. Eia naʻe, he mea naʻauao mau ke nānā me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi lāʻau i ka wā hāpai a i ʻole i ka wā e hānai ana.
Hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻohana palekana i ka tolnaftate, akā pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā me kāu pediatrician ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi fungal i nā keiki ma lalo o 2 mau makahiki. Hana ka lāʻau i ke ala like i nā keiki e like me nā pākeke, akā pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia ka dosage a me ka noi.
Loaʻa ka Tolnaftate ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻoiai he nui nā hale kūʻai e lawe pū ana i kā lākou mau mana generic ponoʻī. ʻO ka mea hana ikaika ka mea like me ka inoa inoa, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke koho ma muli o ke kumukūʻai, ka loaʻa, a i ʻole ka makemake pilikino. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā mana generic a he mea pono.
ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau e pili ana iā Tinactin, Aftate, a me nā huahana wāwae o Dr. Scholl's Athlete. E ʻike nō hoʻi ʻoe i ka tolnaftate i nā hōʻailona hale kūʻai he nui e like me CVS, Walgreens, a me nā huahana antifungal generic a Walmart. Hāʻawi kekahi mau hōʻailona i nā huahana hui pū e komo pū ana i ka tolnaftate me nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me nā moisturizers a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoluʻu.
I ka wā e kūʻai ai i ka tolnaftate, e ʻimi i nā huahana i loaʻa ka 1% tolnaftate ma ke ʻano he mea hana. ʻO kēia ka mahele maʻamau i hōʻoia ʻia he pono no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi fungal. ʻAʻole pono nā ʻano kiʻekiʻe aʻe a hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka huhū ʻili.
Inā ʻaʻole hana ka tolnaftate no kāu maʻi a i ʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, aia kekahi mau lāʻau antifungal ʻē aʻe. Loaʻa kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe ma luna o ka pāʻani, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e koi i kahi kauoha mai kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e koho i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ma luna o ka pāʻani:
No nā maʻi koʻikoʻi a paʻa paha, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā lāʻau ikaika e like me ka ikaika o ka lāʻau lapaʻau terbinafine, ketoconazole, a i ʻole nā lāʻau antifungal waha. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēia mau mea no nā maʻi i pane ʻole i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pāʻani.
He lāʻau antifungal pono ʻo Tolnaftate a me terbinafine, akā hana lākou ma nā ʻano like ʻole a loaʻa nā ikaika like ʻole. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Terbinafine he ʻoi aku ka ikaika a hiki ke hana wikiwiki no nā maʻi paʻakikī, aʻo ka tolnaftate he ʻoluʻolu a ʻaʻole paha e hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī a me ka ʻili.
He palupalu ʻo Tolnaftate a ua hoʻohana palekana ʻia no nā makahiki he nui me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi. He koho maikaʻi loa ia no nā maʻi fungal maʻamau, ʻoiai inā he ʻili ʻoluʻolu kou a i ʻole e mālama ana i kahi keiki. He kumukūʻai loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau a loaʻa ākea me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha.
ʻO Terbinafine, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā maʻi koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā maʻi mau. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā maʻi ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka tolnaftate, akā hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻoulu i ka huhū o ka ʻili i kekahi poʻe. Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo Terbinafine ke hana ʻole ʻo tolnaftate a i ʻole no nā hihia paʻakikī o ka wāwae o ka mea pāʻani.
He nui nā mea mālama ola e ʻōlelo nei e hoʻāʻo mua i ka tolnaftate ma muli o kāna palekana maikaʻi. Inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi kou maʻi ma hope o 2-3 mau pule o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana, a laila e hoʻololi i ka terbinafine a i ʻole e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā koho ʻē aʻe.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo tolnaftate no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes e hoʻohana i ke kumuhana. Ma muli o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou ʻili ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana e ka waha, ʻaʻole ia e pili i kāu pae kōpaʻa koko a i ʻole e launa pū me nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes. Eia naʻe, pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes e mālama nui i nā maʻi wāwae a pono e nānā pono i ko lākou ʻili.
Inā he maʻi diabetes kāu, he mea nui e mālama i kou mau wāwae i maʻemaʻe a maloʻo, no ka mea, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi a paʻakikī hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi fungal. E nānā me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou, me nā antifungals ma luna o ka counter, e hōʻoia i ka pili pono ʻana me kāu hoʻolālā hoʻokele diabetes holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole pilikia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka tolnaftate nui i kekahi manawa, akā hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka huhū ʻili. Inā ʻoe e hoʻopili hewa i ka nui ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, e holoi mālie i ka nui me kahi lole maʻemaʻe a pulu. Mai hopohopo nui e pili ana i kēia hewa, no ka mea, palekana loa ka tolnaftate ʻoiai i nā mea nui.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻulaʻula nui, ka ʻā ʻana, a i ʻole ka huhū ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha mai ka lāʻau no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā e hoʻōla ai kou ʻili. Ke hoʻomaka hou ʻoe i ka lāʻau, e hoʻohana i kahi papa lahilahi a hoʻopili me ka mālama nui. E kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola inā he koʻikoʻi ka huhū a ʻaʻole hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Inā poina iā ʻoe kahi mahele o tolnaftate, e hoʻopili wale ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe. Inā kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e lele i ka mahele i poina a hoʻomau me kāu papa maʻamau. Mai hoʻopili i ka lāʻau hou e hoʻoponopono ai i ka mahele i poina, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka huhū ʻili.
He mea nui ka kūlike no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi fungal me ka maikaʻi, no laila e hoʻāʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ma kāu kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻokomo i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kāu hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole e hōʻino ka poina ʻana i kahi mahele i kāu lāʻau, akā hiki i nā mahele i poina pinepine ke lohi i kou ola ʻana a hoʻonui i ka manawa e hoʻi mai ai ka maʻi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka tolnaftate no hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona. Kōkua kēia manawa hou e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o nā haʻani a pau a hoʻemi i ka manawa e hoʻi mai ai ka maʻi. Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻohana i ka lāʻau no 2 a 4 mau pule, ma muli o ke ʻano a me ke koʻikoʻi o kā lākou maʻi.
ʻOiai e nānā a manaʻo maʻamau kou ʻili, aia paha kekahi haʻiki ma nā pae ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a manaʻo. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lapaʻau ma mua loa kekahi o nā kumu maʻamau e hoʻi mai ai nā maʻi haʻiki. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā ua pau loa kāu maʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻomau i ka lapaʻau no kekahi mau lā hou aʻe ma mua o ka pilikia o ka hoʻi hou ʻana.
ʻOiai palekana ka tolnaftate, ʻaʻole ia i ʻōlelo ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma kou maka ke ʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia e kāu mea mālama ola. ʻOi aku ka ʻili ma kou maka ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino, a ʻo nā maʻi haʻiki ma ka maka e koi pinepine i nā ala lapaʻau like ʻole. Hiki nō hoʻi ke paʻakikī nā maʻi haʻiki maka a pono paha i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe he maʻi haʻiki ma kou maka, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole he dermatologist. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻike pono i ke kūlana a paipai i ka lapaʻau kūpono loa. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi ʻili maka e like me nā maʻi haʻiki i hana ʻia e nā mea ʻē aʻe a pono i nā lapaʻau like ʻole.
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