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ʻO ka lapaʻau ʻāpana ʻāpana melemele he lapaʻau ʻāpana ola, nāwaliwali e pale iā ʻoe mai ka ʻāpana melemele, he maʻi i lawe ʻia e nā makika i loaʻa ma nā wahi o ʻApelika a me ʻAmelika Hema. Hāʻawi kēia lapaʻau ʻāpana hoʻokahi i ka pale lōʻihi a ua koi pinepine ʻia no ka huakaʻi honua i kekahi mau ʻāina.
Hiki i ka ʻāpana melemele ke hana i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi me ka pōʻino o ke ake, ke kahe ʻana, a me ka make. Ua pale palekana ka lapaʻau i nā mea huakaʻi a me nā kānaka e noho ana ma nā wahi pilikia no nā makahiki he nui, e lilo ana ia i kekahi o kā mākou mea hana maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i kēia maʻi make.
Aia i loko o ka lapaʻau ʻāpana ʻāpana melemele kahi mana ola akā nāwaliwali o ka maʻi ʻāpana melemele ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i ka maʻi maoli i nā kānaka olakino. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia ma lalo o kou ʻili, aʻo ia i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i ka maʻi ʻāpana melemele maoli inā e hōʻike ʻia ʻoe iā ia.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he injection subcutaneous, ʻo ia hoʻi, hele ia i loko o ka ʻiʻo momona ma lalo pono o kou ʻili ma mua o ka hohonu i loko o ka ʻiʻo. Hoʻonui ka maʻi nāwaliwali i ka lapaʻau i lawa e hana i ka pale ikaika, lōʻihi me ka hana ʻole iā ʻoe.
Ua hoʻohana maikaʻi nā mea mālama ola i kēia lapaʻau mai ka makahiki 1930. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā lapaʻau maikaʻi loa i loaʻa, me ka hoʻokahi dose e hāʻawi ana i ka pale e hiki ke mau i ke ola no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Pale ka lapaʻau ʻāpana ʻāpana melemele i ka maʻi ʻāpana melemele, he maʻi viral i hoʻolaha ʻia e nā makika i loaʻa i nā wahi tropical o ʻApelika a me ʻAmelika Hema. Pono paha ʻoe i kēia lapaʻau inā e huakaʻi ana ʻoe i nā ʻāina kahi e loaʻa ai ka ʻāpana melemele a i ʻole e noho ana ʻoe ma kahi e loaʻa ai ka maʻi.
He nui nā ʻāina e koi ana i ka hōʻoia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi melemele ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana i ke komo ʻana, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hele mai ana mai kahi ʻāina i loaʻa ai ka maʻi. Kōkua kēia koi e pale i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi melemele i nā wahi hou kahi e loaʻa ai ke ʻano kūpono o nā makika akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka maʻi ma mua.
Paipai ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā limahana hale hana e mālama ana i ka maʻi melemele a me nā kānaka e noho ana ma nā wahi e loaʻa ai nā maʻi melemele. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻāina ke koi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ʻoiai no nā kūlana pōkole ma nā kahua mokulele ma nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi melemele ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i kahi mana nāwaliwali o ka maʻi melemele i loko o kou kino, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi maoli akā hiki ke hoʻoulu i kou ʻōnaehana pale e kūkulu i ka pale. Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika a maikaʻi loa e hana ana i ka pale ikaika.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻike kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi nāwaliwali e like me ka mea ʻē a hana i nā antibodies i hoʻolālā ʻia e hakakā i ka maʻi melemele. Hoʻomohala pū kou kino i nā cell hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻomanaʻo ana pehea e hana wikiwiki ai i kēia mau antibodies inā ʻoe e hālāwai me ka maʻi maoli ma hope.
Hoʻomohala maʻamau kēia pane pale i loko o 10 mau lā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hāʻawi i ka pale no ka liʻiliʻi he 10 mau makahiki, ʻoiai manaʻo ka nui o nā loea e mau ana ia no ke ola. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pale ikaika e pono ai ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i hoʻokahi wale nō ma ke ola holoʻokoʻa.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi melemele ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi ma lalo o ka ʻili, maʻamau i kou lima luna. Pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10 mau lā ma mua o ka hele ʻana i kahi wahi i loaʻa ai ka maʻi melemele, no ka mea, e lōʻihi ana kēia no kou kino e hoʻomohala i ka pale piha.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e mālama kūikawā i ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka mea inu ma mua a ma hope paha o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, he mea kōkua ke inu nui i ka wai a ua ʻai hou ʻoe i mea e pale ai i ka manaʻo ʻana i ka wā o ka hoʻokomo ʻana.
Pono e hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi kikowaena hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka maʻi melemele e nā poʻe mālama ola i aʻo ʻia. Loaʻa i kēia mau kikowaena nā koi kūikawā no ka mālama ʻana a me ka lawelawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia i ka pono. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi Palapala Hōʻoia o ka Lāʻau Lapaʻau e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he hōʻike o kāu lāʻau lapaʻau no nā kumu huakaʻi.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi melemele he lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi manawa e hāʻawi ana i ka pale lōʻihi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e pono wale i hoʻokahi ma ke ola, no ka mea, he ikaika loa a paʻa ka pale ʻana a ia e hana ai.
Ua hoʻololi ka World Health Organization i kāna mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ka makahiki 2014, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hāʻawi ana hoʻokahi mahele i ka pale ola no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. Ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi pana hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia 10 makahiki, akā ua hōʻike ka noiʻi ʻaʻole pono kēia no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
Eia naʻe, pono paha kekahi poʻe i kahi mahele hoʻoikaika ma hope o 10 mau makahiki inā loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau mea pilikia a i ʻole nā pūnaehana pale nāwaliwali. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe i nā mahele hou e pili ana i kou kūlana olakino a me nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi melemele, inā loaʻa kekahi. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau e like me ka mea āu e manaʻo ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a maʻa mau e hoʻoponopono i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau:
Hōʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hele aku nō ia iho. Hiki i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha ma luna o ka pā a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi ʻōpala anuanu i ka wahi injection ke kōkua i kekahi ʻoluʻolu.
He kakaikahi nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke hana. Pono kēia mau hopena e hopohopo nei i ka mālama olakino koke:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi, e hana ana i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1 i loko o 100,000 poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino wikiwiki inā pono.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau demona melemele no ka mea he kiʻekiʻe ko lākou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi. Loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ka maʻi ola, no laila ʻaʻole palekana no nā mea a pau, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale i nāwaliwali.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau demona melemele inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau kūlana:
Pono ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā no kekahi mau hui i loaʻa paha nā pilikia i hoʻonui ʻia:
Inā ʻoe e komo i kekahi o kēia mau māhele, e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kāu mea mālama ola. I kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka maʻi kuni melemele ma mua o nā pilikia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai inā pono ʻoe e hele i nā wahi pilikia nui.
Loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele ma lalo o ka inoa inoa YF-VAX ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kēia wale nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele i ʻae ʻia a loaʻa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Hana ʻia ʻo YF-VAX e Sanofi Pasteur a loaʻa ka maʻi 17D-204 o ka maʻi kuni melemele. ʻO kēia ka maʻi like i hoʻohana palekana ʻia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa no nā makahiki he nui.
Ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me nā inoa inoa like ʻole no nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele, akā loaʻa nā mea a pau i ka maʻi 17D like o ka maʻi kuni melemele i nāwaliwali. Hāʻawi nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele i ʻae ʻia i ka pale like ʻana i ka maʻi.
ʻAʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no ka pale ʻana i ke kuni melemele. ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi ola, nāwaliwali wale nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa e pale aku i ka maʻi kuni melemele.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele ma muli o nā kumu olakino, ʻo kāu mau koho wale nō no ka pale ʻana, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i nā wahi kahi e loaʻa ai ke kuni melemele a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i nā hana e kūʻē i nā nahu makika. Aia kēia mau hana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea pale insect, ke komo ʻana i nā lole lima lōʻihi, a me ka noho ʻana i nā wahi ea a i ʻole nā wahi i pale ʻia.
Hiki i kekahi mau ʻāina ke ʻae i kahi palapala hoʻokuʻu olakino mai kāu kauka inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā kumu olakino. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia e pale iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kuni melemele, no laila ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka huakaʻi i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia ke koho palekana loa inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
He mea nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele no ka mea ʻo ia wale nō ke ala e pale ai i ke kuni melemele, a koi ke kānāwai i nā ʻāina he nui no ke komo ʻana. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau huakaʻi ʻē aʻe e pale ai i nā maʻi me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī no ke kuni melemele ke loaʻa ʻoe.
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau huakaʻi ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele i ka pale lōʻihi loa. ʻOiai e pono paha nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka typhoid a i ʻole ka hepatitis A i nā mea hoʻoikaika i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kuni melemele e mau ana i ke ola.
He hana pālua nō hoʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuni melemele - pale ia i kou olakino a hoʻokō i nā koi huakaʻi honua. ʻO kēia ka mea e pono ai ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau huakaʻi koho ke kipa ʻana i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ia he
ʻAʻole paha e loaʻa ka nui loa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau yellow fever, no ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi, ana ʻia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea he nui ma ka hewa, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola no ke alakaʻi.
Hiki i nā mea he nui ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai e kakaikahi nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke nānā iā ʻoe no nā hōʻailona maʻamau a hāʻawi i ka mālama kūpono inā pono. Mai hopohopo, akā e ʻimi koke i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau.
Inā hala ʻoe i kāu manawa lapaʻau yellow fever, e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka wā hiki, ʻoiai inā he mau hoʻolālā huakaʻi kāu e hiki mai ana. E hoʻomanaʻo e pono ana ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10 mau lā ma mua o ka huakaʻi e hoʻomohala i ka pale piha.
Inā aia kāu huakaʻi i loko o 10 mau lā, e kūkākūkā i kāu mau koho me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no kekahi pale, a i ʻole e hōʻike i ka hoʻopanee ʻana i ka huakaʻi i nā wahi pilikia kiʻekiʻe inā hiki. Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kekahi pale ma mua o nā lā 10 piha, akā e pono ka manawa e hoʻomohala i ka pale kiʻekiʻe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo iā ʻoe iho i pale ʻia mai ka yellow fever 10 mau lā ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kēia ka manawa i loaʻa ai i kāu ʻōnaehana immune ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomohala i ka pale piha i ka maʻi.
A laila, mau kāu pale no nā makahiki he nui, no ke ola paha e like me ka noiʻi o kēia manawa. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka maʻi yellow fever ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻoe, ʻoiai ʻoe e mālama mau i nā hana palekana maʻamau e kūʻē i nā nahu mosquito ke hele nei i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele koke ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi melemele, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa ka pale piha no kahi o 10 mau lā. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka maʻi melemele inā e hōʻike ʻia i loko o kēlā mau lā he 10 mua.
No kēia kumu, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi o 10 mau lā ma mua o ka hele ʻana i nā wahi kahi e loaʻa ai ka maʻi melemele. Inā pono ʻoe e hele koke, e mālama i nā hana hou e pale aku i nā nahu makika a e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻoe i pale piha ʻia.
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