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ʻO Vestronidase alfa kahi lāʻau lapaʻau pani enzyme i hoʻolālā ʻia e mālama i kahi maʻi genetic kakaʻikahi i kapa ʻia ʻo mucopolysaccharidosis VII (MPS VII), i ʻike ʻia ʻo Sly syndrome. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pani ʻana i kahi enzyme i nalowale a i ʻole i lawa ʻole i loko o kou kino, e kōkua ana i ka wāwahi ʻana i kekahi mau kōpa paʻakikī i kūkulu ʻia a hoʻopilikia i kou ʻōnaehana.
Inā ua ʻike ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi mea aloha me MPS VII, e manaʻo paha ʻoe i ka nui o nā nīnau e pili ana i nā koho lapaʻau. E hele kēia alakaʻi piha iā ʻoe i nā mea a pau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i ka vestronidase alfa, mai ke ʻano o kāna hana ʻana i ka mea āu e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO Vestronidase alfa kahi mana i hana ʻia e ke kanaka o kahi enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo beta-glucuronidase i hana maoli ʻia e kou kino. I ka poʻe me MPS VII, ua nalowale kēia enzyme a i ʻole ʻaʻole hana pono, e alakaʻi ana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā mea ʻino i loko o nā cell ma ke kino.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma o ka intravenous (IV) infusion pololei i loko o kou kahe koko. Hele ka enzyme artificial ma kou kino a pau, e kōkua ana i ka wāwahi ʻana i nā mea i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e hana ai i nā hōʻailona o MPS VII. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kou kino i ka mea hana i nalowale e pono ai e hana pono i kekahi mau mea.
Ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia ʻo Vestronidase alfa no ka mālama lōʻihi a ua hoʻomau mau ʻia e mālama i kāna mau hopena maikaʻi. Ua aʻo pono ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ua ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no ka mālama ʻana iā MPS VII i nā maʻi o nā makahiki āpau.
Hoʻohana wale ʻia ʻo Vestronidase alfa e mālama i ka mucopolysaccharidosis VII (MPS VII), kahi maʻi hoʻoilina kakaʻikahi e pili ana i nā ʻōnaehana kino he nui. Hana ʻia kēia maʻi ke hiki ʻole i kou kino ke wāwahi i kekahi mau carbohydrates paʻakikī i kapa ʻia ʻo glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).
Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hōʻailona like ʻole o MPS VII, me nā pilikia hanu, nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai, nā pilikia o nā iwi a me nā hono, a me nā lohi o ka ulu ʻana. Ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka enzyme i nalowale, hiki i ka vestronidase alfa ke kōkua i ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka holomua o ka maʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke ola no nā maʻi me kēia maʻi.
ʻOiai ʻokoʻa ka hopena o MPS VII i kēlā me kēia kanaka, hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻemi i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻino o nā mea i loko o nā ʻōpū e like me ke ake, ka spleen, ka puʻuwai, a me nā iwi. Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ko lākou hiki ke hele, hanu maʻalahi, a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻeha i ko lākou mau hono.
Hana ʻo Vestronidase alfa ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka enzyme beta-glucuronidase i nele i ka poʻe me MPS VII. Manaʻo ʻia he hana lapaʻau ikaika e kuhikuhi pololei ana i ke kumu kumu o ka maʻi ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona.
Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā cell ma kou kino kahi e hoʻomaka ai e wāwahi i nā GAG i hōʻiliʻili ʻia. Hoʻoponopono ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia kēia mau mea, akā i ka MPS VII, hōʻiliʻili lākou a hoʻoulu i ka hana ʻole o nā ʻōpū a me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole hoʻōla ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka enzyme i ka MPS VII, akā hiki iā ia ke hoʻolohi nui i ka holomua o ka maʻi a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona. Hana mau ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu ʻōnaehana, ʻoiai pono nā infusions maʻamau e mālama i nā pae therapeutic o ka enzyme.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Vestronidase alfa ma ke ʻano he infusion intravenous i kahi hoʻonohonoho mālama ola, maʻamau he haukapila a i ʻole kahi kikowaena infusion kūikawā. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home a i ʻole ma ka waha.
Ma mua o kēlā me kēia infusion, e hāʻawi paha kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pale ai i nā hopena maʻi, e like me nā antihistamines a i ʻole corticosteroids. ʻO ka infusion ponoʻī e lawe ma kahi o 4 mau hola, a e nānā pono ʻia ʻoe i ke kaʻina hana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai ma mua o ka lapaʻau ʻana, akā he mea kōkua ke ʻai i ka meaʻai māmā ma mua no ka mea he lōʻihi ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo. ʻO ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui i nā lā ma mua o ka lapaʻau ʻana hiki ke kōkua i ka hana ʻana i ke kaʻina hana.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia pule ʻē aʻe (biweekly), akā e hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka papa manawa kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau pono pilikino a me ka pane ʻana i ka lapaʻau.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Vestronidase alfa he lapaʻau ola no MPS VII. No ka mea he maʻi genetic kēia kahi e hana ʻole ai kou kino i ka nui o ka enzyme pono, pono ka therapy pani mau e mālama i nā pōmaikaʻi.
Hoʻomau ka hapa nui o nā maʻi i ka lapaʻau ʻana me ka palena ʻole, no ka mea, ʻo ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻae i nā GAG e hoʻomaka hou e hōʻiliʻili. E nānā mau kāu kauka i kāu pane ʻana i ka lapaʻau a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka papa manawa inā pono.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke ʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kekahi mau hōʻailona i loko o nā mahina mua o ka lapaʻau ʻana, ʻoiai e lōʻihi ana nā pōmaikaʻi ʻē aʻe e ʻike ʻia. ʻOkoʻa loa ka manawa mai kēlā me kēia kanaka i kekahi kanaka e pili ana i nā mea e like me ka makahiki, ka paʻakikī o ka maʻi, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka vestronidase alfa ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai he nui ka poʻe e ʻae maikaʻi iā ia. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo ponoʻī a hana maʻamau i ka wā a i ʻole ma hope koke o ka lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hōʻike pinepine ʻia e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
He maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao a maʻalahi ke mālama ʻia me ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono a me ka mālama kākoʻo i ka wā o ka hoʻokomo ʻana.
Hiki i nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, nā pilikia hanu, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi nui i ke koko. ʻOiai he kakaikahi kēia mau hopena, hōʻike lākou i ke koʻikoʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi hoʻonohonoho mālama ola i nānā ʻia.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke hoʻomohala i nā antibodies e kūʻē i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa, hiki ke hōʻemi i kona pono. E nānā kāu kauka i kēia ma o nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau a hoʻoponopono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka mea e pono ai.
He palekana ʻo Vestronidase alfa no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe me MPS VII, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana e pono ai ka mālama nui. Pono paha ka poʻe me nā pilikia puʻuwai a i ʻole nā māmā i ka nānā kūikawā i ka wā o ka hoʻokomo ʻana.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi i ka vestronidase alfa a i ʻole kekahi o kāna mau mea i hala, pono kāu kauka e ana pono i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi. I kekahi manawa, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui a me ka nānā pono.
Pono nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole nā wahine hānai e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kā lākou hui mālama ola, no ka mea, he palena ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka palekana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai. Eia naʻe, no ka mea he maʻi koʻikoʻi ʻo MPS VII, pinepine ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia hiki.
Pono paha ka poʻe me nā maʻi maʻi a i ʻole nā pūnaewele pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia e hoʻopaneʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki i ko lākou ola ʻana, no ka mea, hiki i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo ke hoʻonui i kekahi mau maʻi.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Vestronidase alfa ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Mepsevii. ʻO kēia wale nō ka brand i ʻae ʻia e FDA o kēia ʻano enzyme replacement therapy i loaʻa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Hana ʻia ʻo Mepsevii e Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical a ua ʻae mua ʻia e ka FDA i ka makahiki 2017. Ma muli o ka maʻi laha ʻole ʻo MPS VII, ʻaʻohe mana generic o kēia lāʻau i loaʻa i kēia manawa.
Ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kāu lapaʻau me nā mea mālama ola a i ʻole nā ʻoihana ʻinikua, hiki iā lākou ke kuhikuhi i ka inoa generic (vestronidase alfa) a i ʻole ka inoa brand (Mepsevii), akā ke kuhikuhi nei lākou i ka lāʻau lapaʻau like.
I kēia manawa, ʻo vestronidase alfa wale nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau pani enzyme i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no MPS VII. Eia naʻe, aia nā lapaʻau kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia me ka enzyme replacement i kekahi mau kūlana.
Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (bone marrow transplant) i kekahi mau maʻi MPS VII, ʻoi aku ka poʻe i ʻike ʻia i ka wā mua o ke ola. Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke hāʻawi i kahi kumu lōʻihi o ka enzyme nalowale akā lawe i nā pilikia nui a ʻaʻole kūpono i nā mea a pau.
He mea nui ka mālama kākoʻo i ka mālama ʻana iā MPS VII me ka nānā ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka enzyme replacement therapy. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka physiotherapy, ke kākoʻo hanu, ka nānā ʻana i ka puʻuwai, a me nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e mālama ai i nā hōʻailona kikoʻī.
Ke noiʻi ʻia nei nā ala lapaʻau gene no MPS VII, ʻoiai he mea hoʻokolohua kēia a ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he koho lapaʻau maʻamau.
ʻAʻole pololei ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka vestronidase alfa i ka bone marrow transplant, no ka mea, he mau pono a me nā pilikia koʻikoʻi nā lapaʻau ʻelua. ʻO ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i nā mea e like me kou makahiki, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, ka paʻakikī o ka maʻi, a me nā makemake pilikino.
Hāʻawi ʻo Vestronidase alfa i kahi koho lapaʻau palekana me nā pilikia koke liʻiliʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka bone marrow transplant. Hiki ke hoʻomaka ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau infusion i kēlā me kēia makahiki a ʻaʻole pono e ʻimi i kahi mea hāʻawi kūpono a i ʻole e hele i ka chemotherapy ikaika.
Hiki i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka iwi iwi, akā, ke hāʻawi i kahi hopena mau loa ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu mau keena kino i hiki ke hana mau i ka enzyme nalowale. He mea maikaʻi paha kēia hana no ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona e pili ana i ka lolo ma MPS VII.
E noʻonoʻo kāu hui mālama ola i kāu kūlana kikoʻī, me kou makahiki i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai, nā hōʻailona o kēia manawa, a me ke kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa, e ʻōlelo aku i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono loa. Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke pōmaikaʻi mai ka therapy pani enzyme ma ke ʻano he alahaka i ka hoʻololi ʻana a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he lapaʻau e hoʻomau ʻia ana inā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi.
ʻAe, ua ʻae ʻia ʻo vestronidase alfa no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā keiki o nā makahiki āpau, me nā pēpē. Ua aʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā maʻi pediatric a ua ʻae ʻia maʻamau ke hāʻawi ʻia me ka premedication kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana.
Hiki i nā keiki ke pōmaikaʻi hou mai ka lapaʻau mua ʻana me ka therapy pani enzyme, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana a i ʻole ka lohi ʻana i ka holomua ʻana o nā hōʻailona i hiki ke ʻino i ka manawa. Hoʻoponopono ʻia ka dosage no nā keiki ma muli o ko lākou kaumaha kino.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo vestronidase alfa i kahi hoʻonohonoho mālama ola i mālama ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka overdose. Hoʻohālikelike a nānā pono nā mea mālama ola i kēlā me kēia mahele ma muli o kou kaumaha kino a me ke kūlana olakino.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i kāu mahele a i ʻole e ʻike i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ma hope o ka infusion, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu hui mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke loiloi i kou kūlana a hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi kūpono a i ʻole ka lapaʻau inā pono.
Inā ʻoe e hala i kahi hoʻokomo i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola i ka wā hiki loa e hoʻonohonoho hou. Mai kali a hiki i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho mau ʻia, no ka mea, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i nā pae kūlike o ka enzyme no nā hopena lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻomaka hou i kāu papa manawa maʻamau ma hope o ka mahele i hala, a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono lākou i ka manawa e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ke ala. ʻAʻole paha e hoʻopilikia nui ka hala ʻana i hoʻokahi mahele i kekahi manawa, akā e hoʻāʻo e mālama i kāu papa manawa hoʻokomo maʻamau e like me ka hiki.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana iā vestronidase alfa me ka ʻole e kūkākūkā mua me kāu hui mālama ola. No ka mea he maʻi ola ʻo MPS VII, ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka therapy pani enzyme e alakaʻi paha i ka hoʻi ʻana a me ka holomua ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
E loiloi mau kāu kauka i kāu pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke hana i nā hoʻoponopono i kāu papa manawa dosing a i ʻole e ʻimi i nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe inā pono. Pono e hana ʻia nā hoʻoholo e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana a i ʻole ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kāu hui mālama ola.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka wā e loaʻa ana iā vestronidase alfa, akā pono ia i ka hoʻolālā pono. Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho me nā kikowaena hoʻokomo ma kāu huakaʻi a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono i kāu papa manawa lapaʻau a puni kāu mau lā huakaʻi.
He nui nā maʻi e hoʻokele pono i ka huakaʻi ma ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hoʻokomo ma mua a ma hope o nā huakaʻi, a i ʻole ma ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā kikowaena loea ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā i ka huakaʻi a puni kāu papa manawa lapaʻau a hāʻawi i nā palapala no ka huakaʻi inā pono.
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