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ʻO ka varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG) he lāʻau lapaʻau pale e kōkua ana i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi moa i ka poʻe i pilikia nui i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Hana ʻia ia mai nā antibodies i hāʻawi ʻia e ka poʻe i loaʻa ka pale ikaika i ka maʻi varicella-zoster, ka mea e hana ai i ka maʻi moa a me ka shingles.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka pale manawa no kāu ʻōnaehana pale. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka VZIG, loaʻa iā ʻoe nā antibodies i mākaukau e hiki ke hakakā i ka maʻi moa inā ʻoe e hōʻike ʻia iā ia. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hōʻaiʻē ʻana i ka pale ʻana o kekahi a hiki i kou kino ke pale iā ia iho.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka VZIG e pale i ka maʻi moa koʻikoʻi i ka poʻe i loaʻa nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali a i ʻole nā kūlana pilikia kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole ia he lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi moa i hoʻomaka mua, akā he ana pale i hāʻawi ʻia ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka maʻi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka VZIG inā ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka maʻi moa a hāʻule ʻoe i kekahi o nā ʻano pilikia kiʻekiʻe. Aia kēia mau mea i ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi, nā mea loaʻa i ka transplant organ, nā wahine hāpai i loaʻa ʻole ka maʻi moa, a me nā pēpē hānau hou i loaʻa i ko lākou makuahine i ka maʻi moa i ka manawa o ka hānau ʻana.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi ana i ka ʻōnaehana pale, e like me nā steroids kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole kekahi mau lāʻau arthritis. Hiki i nā limahana mālama ola a me nā lālā o ka ʻohana i pilikia nui a ua hōʻike ʻia paha e loaʻa i kēia pale.
Aia ka VZIG i nā antibodies i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kuhikuhi pono i ka maʻi varicella-zoster. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou ʻiʻo, komo kēia mau antibodies i loko o kou kahe koko a hāʻawi i ka pale koke a me ka manawa kūpono i ka maʻi moa.
He manaʻo ʻia he lapaʻau pale ikaika. Hiki i nā antibodies ke hōʻemi i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi moa ma kahi o 85% ke hāʻawi ʻia i loko o ka manawa kūpono. Inā loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka maʻi moa me ka loaʻa ʻana o VZIG, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka maʻi ma mua o ka mea i loaʻa me ka ʻole o ka pale.
He mau pule ʻekolu a ʻehā paha ka lōʻihi o ka pale ʻana mai VZIG. I loko o kēia manawa, e wāwahi mālie nā antibodies i loko o kou kino, ʻo ia ke kumu e lōʻihi ai ka pale ʻana ma mua o ka mau loa e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo VZIG ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo, maʻamau i kou lima a i ʻole ʻūhā. E hāʻawi mau ke kauka lapaʻau iā ʻoe i kēia injection - ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe ma ka home. Hiki i ka wahi injection ke ʻeha no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā ma hope, he mea maʻamau loa ia.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau no kēia injection ma ka pale ʻana i ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o VZIG. Eia naʻe, e haʻi i kāu kauka lapaʻau e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o VZIG.
He mea nui ka manawa o kēia injection no ka hana pono ʻana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o VZIG ke hāʻawi ʻia i loko o 96 mau hola (4 mau lā) o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka maʻi moa. ʻO ka wikiwiki āu e loaʻa ai ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo VZIG ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he lapaʻau e hoʻomau nei. Hoʻokahi maʻamau e hāʻawi i ka pale ʻana no kahi o ʻekolu a ʻehā pule ma hope o kou loaʻa ʻana.
I kekahi mau hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi mahele lua inā loaʻa hou iā ʻoe ka maʻi moa ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka mahele mua. Aia kēia hoʻoholo i kāu mau mea pilikia pilikino a me ke kūlana o ka ʻōnaehana pale.
ʻAʻole e mau loa ka pale ʻana mai ka VZIG, no laila inā aia ʻoe i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe mau, hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā i nā hoʻolālā pale lōʻihi ʻē aʻe me ʻoe, e like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau chickenpox inā hiki i kou ʻōnaehana pale ke hana.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka iā VZIG, me nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi wale nō e hele wale ana. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hana pololei ana ma kahi o ka injection a hiki ke mālama ʻia.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā a ʻaʻole pono i ka mālama kūikawā ma mua o ka hoʻomaha a me nā ana hōʻoluʻolu.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Aia kēia mau hopena maʻamau ʻole i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka paʻa o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka pāpaʻa ākea. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā pilikia o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke koko, ʻoi loa i ka poʻe i loaʻa nā mea pilikia no nā clots koko.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o VZIG, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia inā koʻikoʻi nā hōʻailona.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo VZIG no nā mea a pau, a e noʻonoʻo pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana. ʻAʻole paha he moho maikaʻi nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi a i ʻole nā kūlana no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa iā VZIG inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā huahana immune globulin i ka wā ma mua. Pono paha ka poʻe me ka hemahema o ka immunoglobulin A (IgA) e pale i ka VZIG, no ka mea, hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi.
E makaʻala nō hoʻi kāu kauka i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ʻoe i ka VZIG inā he maʻi koko kekahi a i ʻole ke pilikia nui i nā koko koko. Aia i loko o kēia poʻe me ka mōʻaukala o ka hahau ʻana, ka puʻuwai, a i ʻole nā koko koko i nā wāwae a i ʻole nā māmā.
Inā hāpai ʻoe, e ana pono kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia. ʻOiai hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka VZIG i ka wā hāpai ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia, pono ia i ka mālama olakino.
Loaʻa ka VZIG ma lalo o ka inoa inoa VariZIG ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kēia ke ʻano maʻamau o ka varicella-zoster immune globulin i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana lapaʻau.
E ʻike kāu mea mālama ola i ka huahana kikoʻī i loaʻa ma kou wahi. ʻO ka mea nui e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma hope koke o ka hōʻike ʻana, me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa.
Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka VZIG a i ʻole kūpono iā ʻoe, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā koho ʻē aʻe e kōkua ai i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia o ka moa. Aia ke koho i kāu kūlana kikoʻī a me nā mea pilikia.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau moa (varicella vaccine) he koho ʻē aʻe no kekahi poʻe, akā ʻaʻole kūpono ia no ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i nāwaliwali loa. Hana ʻokoʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o VZIG - kōkua ia i kou kino e kūkulu i kona pale ponoʻī ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā antibodies i hōʻaiʻē ʻia.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā lāʻau antiviral e like me ka acyclovir i kekahi mau hihia, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka moa me ka nānā ʻole i nā ana pale. Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka paʻakikī a me ka lōʻihi o ka maʻi inā hoʻomaka koke.
No kekahi poʻe i pilikia nui, hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) maʻamau ke hāʻawi i kekahi pale, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kikoʻī kēia ma mua o VZIG.
He ʻokoʻa ka hana a VZIG a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau chickenpox, no laila, pili ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou i kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Hāʻawi ʻo VZIG i ka pale koke akā no ka manawa pōkole, aʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kūkulu i ka pale lōʻihi.
Inā ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka chickenpox, ʻo VZIG kāu koho maikaʻi loa no ka mea e hana koke ana. Pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa e kūkulu ai i ka pale a ʻaʻole ia e kōkua inā ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka maʻi.
No ka pale lōʻihi, makemake nui ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau chickenpox no ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale maʻi olakino. Hāʻawi ia i ka pale mau a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai i ka manawa. Eia naʻe, inā ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu ʻōnaehana pale, ʻo VZIG paha kāu koho palekana wale nō.
E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ke koho maikaʻi loa no kāu mau kūlana a me ke olakino.
ʻAe, hiki ke palekana ʻo VZIG no nā wahine hāpai ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia. ʻO nā wahine hāpai i loaʻa ʻole ka chickenpox a ua hōʻike ʻia i ka maʻi, aia lākou i ka pilikia o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, me ka pneumonia a me nā pilikia e pili ana i ka pēpē.
E loiloi pono kāu kauka i kou kūlana inā hāpai ʻoe a ua hōʻike ʻia i ka chickenpox. Hiki iā VZIG ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē mai nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Hana mau ʻia ka hoʻoholo e hoʻohana i ka VZIG i ka wā hāpai me ka mālama olakino.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo VZIG e nā poʻe loea olakino i nā wahi lapaʻau, he mea maʻamau loa ka nui o ka lāʻau. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka lāʻau ma muli o kou kaumaha a me nā mea pilikia.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka lāʻau i loaʻa iā ʻoe, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e kūkākūkā i kāu mau hopohopo. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu mau moʻolelo olakino a hōʻoia iā ʻoe e pili ana i ke kūpono o kāu lāʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae i nā mea kiʻekiʻe o VZIG me ka ʻole o nā pilikia nui, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻeha o ka wahi injection a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e like me ka maʻi flu.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o VZIG ke hāʻawi ʻia i loko o 96 mau hola (4 mau lā) o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka moa. Inā hala ʻoe i kēia puka aniani, hiki ke hoʻemi ʻia ka pale, akā hiki nō ke hāʻawi i kekahi pōmaikaʻi a hiki i 10 mau lā ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana.
E kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke loiloi inā he mea kūpono ke loaʻa iā VZIG a i ʻole inā ʻoi aku ka kūpono o nā hana pale ʻē aʻe.
Mai manaʻo ua lohi loa - hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka nui o ka manawa i hala mai kou hōʻike ʻana.
ʻO ka pale mai VZIG e mau ana no kahi o ʻekolu a ʻehā pule. I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pale nui mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka moa mai ka hōʻike ʻana i hoʻokumu i ka mālama ʻana.
Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e nānā i nā hōʻailona a hiki i 28 mau lā ma hope o kou hōʻike ʻana, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hāʻawi ʻo VZIG i ka 100% pale. Inā ʻoe e hoʻomohala i nā hōʻailona e like me ka moa, e kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka manawa pale ʻehā pule, e hoʻi ʻoe i kāu pae pilikia kumu. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia kiʻekiʻe, e kūkākūkā i nā hoʻolālā pale lōʻihi me kāu kauka.
Pono ʻoe e kali i kekahi mau mahina ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o VZIG ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau moa. Hiki i nā antibodies i loko o VZIG ke hoʻopilikia i ka hiki o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻoulu i kāu ʻōnaehana pale.
E ʻōlelo maʻamau kāu kauka e kali ma ka liʻiliʻi he 5 mau mahina ma hope o VZIG ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau chickenpox. Hāʻawi kēia i nā antibodies i hōʻaiʻē ʻia i ka manawa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe mai kāu ʻōnaehana i hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hana pono.
Inā ʻoe i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe mau no ka chickenpox, e kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia ai e mālama ʻoe i ka pale ʻana i ka wā e ʻae ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pono ai.
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