Loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia ʻōpala ʻeleʻele i loko o kou hale? (ʻŌpala ʻEleʻele) E ʻike pono kākou e pili ana i kēia!

Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i kahi ʻeleʻele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha, ulu ʻōpala ma kahi o kou hale i pulu, ma ka paia paha, ma ke kihi o ka lumi ʻauʻau, a kokoke paha i ka puka makani? ʻAʻole mākou e nānā nui iā ia, akā makaʻu iki kekahi poʻe ke ʻike lākou i kēia "ʻōpala ʻeleʻele." He mea weliweli maoli anei ia? Pehea kona hopena i ko mākou olakino? I kēia lā, e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i kēia mau mea a pau ma ke ʻano maʻalahi hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo.

He aha kēia ʻano ʻeleʻele?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he ʻano fungus ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele . Ua like ia me ka ʻōpala e hana ʻia i ka wā e pala ai ka berena, akā he ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha kēia. ʻOiai he nui nā ʻano o ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele, ke kuhikuhi nei ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i kahi ʻano kikoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo _Stachybotrys chartarum_ (S. chartarum) . Ulu maikaʻi kēia ʻano ʻōpala ma nā wahi me kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo cellulose . I kēia manawa ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka cellulose. ʻO ia ka mea i loko o nā mea e like me ka pepa, ka lāʻau, a me ka drywall. Ua like ia me ka fiber i loko o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. Pono ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele i ka mahana a me ka makū e ulu ai. ʻO ia ke kumu e loaʻa pinepine ai i nā hale me nā liki wai, nā lumi ʻauʻau, nā hale lua, a puni nā puka makani.

Akā e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia: ʻAʻole loaʻa i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe olakino ka maʻi nui a i ʻole ka make mai kēia ʻōpala ʻeleʻele, no laila mai hopohopo pono ʻole.

Hiki i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ke hoʻomaʻi iā kākou? Pehea ka ʻino?

ʻAe, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke maʻi mai ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele. ʻOi loa aku inā he allergy ʻoe i ka ʻōpala , hiki i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ke hoʻopilikia maoli iā ʻoe. Hoʻokuʻu kēia ʻōpala ʻeleʻele i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia he spores i ka lewa. Eia kekahi, hoʻokuʻu ka ʻōpala i nā kemika i kapa ʻia he microbial volatile organic compounds (mVOCs) . ʻO kēlā ʻala musty ke kumu ʻia e nā mVOC. Inā he allergy ʻoe, hiki i kēia mau spores a i ʻole mVOCs ke hana i nā hōʻailona allergy. ʻO ka mea e hana ʻia, ʻo ia ka pane ʻana o kāu ʻōnaehana pale i kēia a hoʻoulu i ka mumū ma nā wahi e like me kou ihu, maka, a me nā māmā. ʻOiai no ka poʻe ʻaʻohe allergy, hiki i kēia mau mVOC ke hana i kekahi manawa i kahi ʻoluʻolu ʻole. ʻO kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, inā nāwaliwali kāu ʻōnaehana pale (no ka laʻana, ma muli o kekahi mau maʻi a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi ana i ka ʻōnaehana pale), ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kēia ʻōpala ʻeleʻele hiki ke hana i kahi maʻi fungal, i kapa ʻia ʻo mycosis , ma kou ala hanu a i ʻole ma kahi ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole weliweli ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele e like me ka manaʻo o ka poʻe he nui. Hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻano ʻōpala ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole i ka poʻe me nā allergies.

Pehea ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana o ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele iā mākou? ʻO wai ka mea i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia?

ʻO ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana o ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele iā ʻoe, pili ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi maʻi allergy a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻike iā ia. ʻAʻole like nā kānaka a pau , no laila, ʻokoʻa paha kou manaʻo mai ka manaʻo o kekahi.

• Inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona i ka wā e komo ai nā spores i loko o ke kino.
• Inā ʻaʻohe maʻi ʻaleka, ʻaʻohe paha he mau hōʻailona, ​​a i ʻole e lōʻihi paha ka manawa e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona.

ʻOiai hiki i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ke hōʻeha i kekahi, ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o nā hōʻailona no kēia poʻe :

• Inā he maʻi allergies ʻoe a i ʻole kekahi o kou ʻohana.
• Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi hanu e like me ka hānō a i ʻole COPD ( Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ) .
• Inā pili pinepine ʻoe i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka makū a me ka ea maikaʻi ʻole ma ka hana a i ʻole ka home.
• Nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale maʻi nāwaliwali.

He aha ka mea e hana ai inā hanu ʻoe i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele? He aha nā hōʻailona?

Inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi ke hanu ʻoe i nā spores ʻōpala ʻeleʻele. ʻO kēia ka manawa e ʻike ai kou kino i nā spores ʻōpala he "mea hoʻouka kaua" a hoʻomaka e hakakā iā lākou. Ke komo mua nā spores ʻōpala ʻeleʻele i kou kino, hana kāu ʻōnaehana pale i kahi ʻano antibody kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo Immunoglobulin E (IgE) . Hoʻopili kēia mau antibodies IgE i nā cell mast i loaʻa ka histamine . Loaʻa kēia mau cell i loko o ko mākou ihu, ʻili, ʻōpū gastrointestinal, a me ke ala hanu. A laila, inā ʻike hou ʻia ʻoe i nā spores ʻōpala ʻeleʻele, hoʻokuʻu kēlā mau cell i hoʻomākaukau ʻia i ka histamine a me nā kemika ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia histamine ke kumu o nā hōʻailona maʻi koke. Hoʻomaka pinepine lākou i loko o kekona. Hiki i nā kemika ʻē aʻe ke hoʻoulu i ka mumū mau. ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele:

• Ke kunu ʻana
• ʻŪhū
• Paʻa ihu
• Ka kulu ʻana ma hope o ka ihu
• Nā maka ʻulaʻula

Hiki i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ke hoʻonui i nā hōʻailona hānō . ʻO ke ʻano kēia:

• Hanu ʻana
• Ka paʻakikī o ka hanu ʻana (dyspnea)
• ʻŪhū maloʻo a me ka ʻūpā o ka umauma

Hiki i nā pēpē ke loaʻa i ka AIPH ma muli o ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele?

ʻAʻole. ʻAʻohe hōʻike e hōʻike ana ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele e hoʻoulu ai i kahi kūlana i kapa ʻia ʻo acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage (AIPH) i nā pēpē. ʻO AIPH kahi kūlana e kahe ai ke koko i loko o nā māmā o nā pēpē. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe hōʻike e hōʻike ana ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele i ka nalowale o ka hoʻomanaʻo, ke kahe pinepine ʻana o ka ihu, ka ʻeha o ke kino, a i ʻole nā ​​pilikia noʻonoʻo. No laila, mai hopohopo.

Pehea e hana ʻia ai kēia ʻōpala ʻeleʻele? Pehea e laha ai?

He ulu kūlohelohe ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia ma nā wahi he nui i ke kūlohelohe. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ia ke ulu i loko o kou home inā kūpono nā kūlana no ia e ulu. No ka laʻana, i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau, ka hale lua, ka lumi holoi lole, a i ʻole kekahi wai e liki ana. Pono ia i kēia mau mea e ulu ai:

• ka makū
• ʻOkikene
• He mahana ma waena o 40 a me 100 kekelē Fahrenheit (4.4 a me 38 kekelē Celsius)
• He kumu meaʻai i loaʻa ka cellulose (e.g., drywall, pepa, lāʻau)

Aia kēia mau spores liʻiliʻi o ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ma nā wahi āpau o ko kākou kaiapuni. Hiki iā lākou ke komo i loko o ko kākou mau hale ma o nā puka makani, nā puka, a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoulu ea. Hiki nō hoʻi iā lākou ke komo i loko o ko kākou mau hale ma luna o ko kākou mau lole ke hele kākou i waho, a i ʻole ma ke kino o kā kākou mau holoholona. Ke loaʻa i kēia mau spores kahi kūpono e ulu ai, ulu lākou ma luna o nā ʻili a ulu nui e ʻike ʻia me ka maka ʻōlohelohe.

Pehea ʻoe e ʻike ai inā he maʻi ʻeleʻele kou? (Diagnosis)

Inā kānalua ʻoe he maʻi ʻeleʻele kou, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi allergist e hōʻoia. Hiki iā ia ke hana i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona.

He aha ke ʻano o nā hoʻokolohua e hana ʻia?

• Hoʻāʻo ʻili kuʻi: ʻO kēia ke komo ʻana i kahi liʻiliʻi loa o nā mea hoʻonāukiuki ʻeleʻele i loko o kou ʻili. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia ma ka hana ʻana i kahi kahakaha liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻili o kou lae a i ʻole ke kua. Inā he maʻi ʻoe, e ʻulaʻula ka ʻāpana a e ʻike ʻia kahi ʻōhū liʻiliʻi i loko o 15 mau minuke. Hiki ke hana ʻia kēia ma lalo o hoʻokahi hola.
• Hoʻāʻo koko (hoʻāʻo koko IgE): Pili kēia i ka lawe ʻana i kahi hāpana liʻiliʻi o kou koko a me ke ana ʻana i ka nui o nā antibodies IgE i hana ʻia e kūʻē i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele. Hiki i nā hopena ke hala a hiki i hoʻokahi pule e hoʻi mai. I kekahi manawa hiki i kēia mau hoʻāʻo koko ke hāʻawi i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike he maʻi allergy kou ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa i hoʻokahi.

Pehea ʻoe e mālama ai i ka maʻi allergy ʻeleʻele?

ʻAʻole hiki ke ho'ōla loa ʻia ka maʻi ʻaleka ʻeleʻele. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke kāohi ʻia nā hōʻailona . ʻO ka mea mua a me ka mea nui loa:E pale i ka pili ʻana i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele. Inā he wai e liki ana i loko o kou hale, e hoʻoponopono koke. Inā he mau mea ʻōpala, e wehe iā lākou. A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia mau mea e hōʻemi ai i nā hōʻailona:

• Hoʻomaʻū ihu: Holoi ʻana i ka wai o loko o ka ihu me ka wai paʻakai.
• Nā lāʻau antihistamine: Nā pila a i ʻole nā ​​syrup e hōʻemi ana i nā hōʻailona allergy.
• Nā corticosteroids nasal: Nā pīpī e hoʻemi i ka mumū i loko o ka ihu.
• Nā mea hoʻohemo i ka ihu paʻa: Nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻemi ai i ka ihu paʻa (ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke hoʻohana mau ʻana i kēia mau mea).
• Nā papa Montelukast: He lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama ai i kekahi mau maʻi allergies a me ka hānō.
• Nā mea hoʻoheheʻe hānō: No ka poʻe me ka hānō.

Inā hoʻomau nā hōʻailona ma hope o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā pana allergy (immunotherapy) .

Kōkua anei nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ea me ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele?

ʻAe a ʻaʻole. Hiki i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ea ke kōkua i ka wehe ʻana i nā spores mold mai ka lewa . Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke wehe i ka mold i hana ʻia ma nā ʻili e like me nā paia.

Pehea e pepehi koke ai i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele?

Inā he ʻōpala kou i loko o kou hale, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻopau ʻana. Inā hoʻāʻo ʻoe e wehe iā ʻoe iho, hiki i nā spores ke lele i ka lewa (aerosolized) a laha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka home. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e hana ai, ʻo ia ke hoʻoponopono mua i nā leaka wai. A laila, e hoʻohana i kahi mīkini me kahi kānana HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Air filter) e hōʻemi i nā spores i ka lewa, e sila i ka lumi me ka ʻōpala, a e hoʻolimalima i kahi loea e wehe i ka ʻōpala.

Pono anei au e detox ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele?

Manaʻo ka poʻe he nui ke kumu o kēia ʻōpala e hōʻiliʻili ai i nā mea ʻawahia i loko o ke kino a pono lākou e 'detox' iā ia. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia e ke kauka he kumu maoli nā mea ʻawahia o ka ʻōpala i ka maʻi i loko o ke kanaka. No laila, ʻaʻohe pono no kahi 'detox' kūikawā. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e hana ai, ʻo ia ke noho mamao aku mai nā wahi ʻōpala a, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona, ​​e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.

Pehea e hōʻemi ai i ka pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi maʻi allergy ʻeleʻele? (Kāohi ʻana)

ʻAʻole hiki ke pale aku i ka maʻi ʻaleka ʻeleʻele. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e pale aku ai i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻaleka ʻeleʻele i loko o kou home :

• E hoʻēmi i ka makū i loko o kou home. E ho'āʻo e mālama i ka makū ma waena o 30% a me 50%.
• Inā he mau liki wai i loko o kou hale, e like me nā paipu, nā paia, a i ʻole nā ​​kaupaku, e hoʻoponopono koke ia mau mea .
• Wehe i nā kāpeti pulu, nā moena, nā lole, ka drywall, a me nā tile kaupaku inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaloʻo pono ʻia.
• E hoʻohana i nā peʻahi hoʻopau i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau a me ka lumi kuke.
• He kānana ea maikaʻi no ka ʻōnaehana HVAC o kou homeE hoʻokomo i loko. E hōʻoia ʻaʻohe leaka i loko o kēlā ʻōnaehana, a e mālama mau ʻia e kahi loea.

He aha kāu e hana ai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi allergy i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele?

He wahi ākea nā spores mold i ke kaiapuni, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke pale loa iā lākou. Inā ʻoe e noho ana ma nā wahi i loaʻa ai ka mold, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona allergic. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoe e hoʻemi i ka helu o nā wahi i loko o kou home kahi e hiki ai i ka mold ke ulu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kou ʻike ʻana . A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke kāohi i kāu mau hōʻailona me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. I kekahi manawa, ma hope o ka immunotherapy, hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i loko o kahi kūlana asymptomatic. Inā kānalua ʻoe he allergy mold ʻeleʻele kou, e ʻike i ke kauka a i ʻole kahi allergist e hōʻoia iā ia.

Āhea ʻoe e ʻike ai i ke kauka?

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o kahi maʻi ʻaleka ʻeleʻele, ʻoiai inā pili kēlā mau hōʻailona i kou ola o kēlā me kēia lā , e ʻike i ke kauka.

He aha nā nīnau āu e nīnau ai i ke kauka?

• Pehea lā e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke haʻi inā he maʻi allergy koʻu i ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele?
• He aha nā lāʻau lapaʻau allergy āu e ʻōlelo nei?
• He aha nā hopena ʻaoʻao o kēlā mau lāʻau lapaʻau?
• Pono anei au e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā, a i ʻole ua lawa ka lawe ʻana iā ia ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona?
• Inā loaʻa iaʻu kekahi maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe, pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke mālama iā ia me kēia maʻi allergy?

He aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka Black Mold a me ka Mildew?

ʻAʻole he huaʻōlelo kikoʻī ʻo "Mildew". Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe iā ia e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka ʻōpala ma luna o nā ʻili. Hoʻohana kekahi iā ia e pili ana i kekahi mau ʻano ʻōpala. He fungus ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele e ulu ana ma nā wahi mahana a pulu. Hiki i kāna mau spores ke hoʻoulu i kahi hopena allergic i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana pale. Hiki i kēia ke hana i nā hōʻailona e like me ke kunu ʻana, ka ʻūhā ʻana, ka ihu paʻa, a me nā maka ʻulaʻula. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pinepine ia e hoʻoulu i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi i nā kānaka. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka allergy ʻōpala ʻeleʻele, e ʻike i ke kauka. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻāʻo iā ʻoe e hōʻoia i ka allergy a kuhikuhi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona.

Nā mea nui loa āu e hoʻomanaʻo ai (Leka Lawe-Home)

ʻAe, e hoʻomanaʻo hou kākou iā ʻoe i nā mea nui loa mai nā mea a mākou i kamaʻilio ai:

• He haʻihaʻi ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele e ulu ana ma nā wahi pulu. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka a pau ma ke ʻano like.
• Inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka ʻōpala, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia. Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke komo pū me ka ʻū ʻana, ka ʻū ʻana, ka ihu paʻa, a me nā maka ʻulaʻula.
• ʻAʻole weliweli loa ka ʻōpala ʻeleʻele i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻano ʻōpala ʻē aʻe. Mai hopohopo.
• ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ke kāohi i ka makū i loko o kou home a pale i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻōpala. E hoʻoponopono i nā liki wai a hōʻoia i ka ea maikaʻi.
• E akahele i ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōpala. Inā hiki, e ʻimi i ke kōkua loea.
• Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona, ​​e ʻimi i ke kōkua lapaʻau. Aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono no kēlā.
• ʻAʻole pono nā ʻano hana 'detox' kūikawā. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia ke noho mamao aku mai kahi ʻōpala a mālama i nā hōʻailona.

No laila, ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo he mea pono kēia ʻike iā ʻoe. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia like ma kou home, mai hopohopo a e hahai i nā ʻanuʻu kūpono.

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