ʻIke pū ʻia ma lalo o ka inoa harvester a mullet ʻulaʻula paha, ʻo ka chiggers kahi parasite nona ka nahu hoʻowahāwahā i ʻike ʻia i nā māmela āpau: no mākou nā kānaka akā no kā mākou mau hoa hele wāwae ʻehā. Pehea e hoʻomaha ai i kāu ʻīlio a i ʻole pōpoki e wili ana ma hope o ka nahu ʻana o chiggers? I ka manawa hea e hōʻike ʻia ai i kāu kauka holoholona?

ʻO ka chigger kahi mite ʻepekema i kapa ʻia ʻo Thrombicula automnalis. He parasite kau wale ia no ka mea ʻo ka larva wale nō ka mea hoʻomāinoino i nā māmela no ka meaʻai ʻoiai manuahi ke ʻano mākua i ke kaiapuni.

Ke hana nei ka parasite i nā mahina kauwela (ma kahi o Iulai a Kepakemapa). Loaʻa ia ma loko o Palani akā kau ʻia i loko o kekahi mau kikowaena i makemake ʻia i kona ulu ʻana.

He kino ʻalani-ʻulaʻula nā Chiggers a ana i 0,25 mm i 1 mm ke keʻi. No laila microscopic ia i kinohi akā hiki ke ʻike ʻia me ka maka ʻōlohelohe.

Hoʻopili ka larva i kahi mea hoʻokipa holoholona (ʻīlio, popoki, mammal a manu ʻē aʻe) no ka meaʻai. E kuʻi ia i ka ʻili a hoʻokuʻi i ka lawai i loaʻa nā enzymes e predigest i nā aʻa a me nā huna o ka ʻili a laila e hānai i ka wai hopena. Ke pau kānaʻai ʻana (ma hope o kekahi mau hola a i kahi o 2 mau lā), hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka parasite a hoʻi i ke kaiapuni e hoʻomau i kāna pōʻaiapuni. 

Akahele He infestation mau ia i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi like i ke kaiapuni.

E ʻimi ka larva e hoʻopili iā ia iho i nā wahi lahilahi o ka ʻili: nā wahi interdigital (ma waena o nā manamana lima), nā pavilion auricular, nā lihilihi maka, ma lalo o ka huelo, ka maka e laʻa me.  

ʻO ka nahu e hana i kahi leona o ka ʻili akā i kahi hopena maʻi kūloko ma muli o ka lawaiʻa i injected. 

Hōʻike ʻia paha nā hōʻailona aʻe: 

• ʻo ka ʻili nui, ka hoʻomaka ʻana a localized ka pinepine o ka hōʻailona kāhea;
• hiki i kekahi ke nānā i kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻulaʻula a me kahi kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻili i kahi.
• hiki i ka hoʻowalewale pinepine ʻana a me ka ikaika o nā holoholona ke hana i nā ʻino ʻē aʻe (excoriations, ʻeha, edema no kahi laʻana). Hiki i kēia mau leona ke lehulehu a hui pū ʻia i ka hanana o kahi infestation koʻikoʻi.. 

Kākaʻikahi ka ʻike ʻana i ka parasite ma luna o ka holoholona no ka mea ʻo ka makaʻu ka hopena o ka maʻi āpau a hōʻike pinepine ʻia ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka parasite. 

Maʻalahi ka nahu chigger a malia paha nā hōʻailona hoʻokolohua ma o lākou iho. 

I ka hanana o ka ʻeha nui, eia nō naʻe, pono paha e hāʻawi i kahi hopena e hoʻomaha ai i kāu pipi. ʻO ka mea mua e hana ai ka holoi ʻana me ka wai maʻemaʻe a disinfect i kahi i hōʻeha ʻia me kahi antiseptic kūpono (chlorhexidine a betadine). 

Inā hoʻomau ka pruritus a hoʻomau ka makaʻu o kāu pipi, a laila pono e hōʻike iā ia no ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu kauka holoholona. Ma hope o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i ka mālama kūloko a me / a i ʻole i ka waha e hōʻemi i ka hopena maʻi a me ka sensation itching (kahi hamo i loaʻa i nā corticosteroids ma kahi laʻana).

Inā ma hope o ka nahu he ʻano helehelena pehu kāu holoholona a i ʻole he hana nui hanu nui, e hoʻopili koke aku i kāu kauka holoholona no ka mea hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i kahi hopena maʻi āpau.

ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau anti-tick a me nā ʻauʻau, ua kaupalena ʻia ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau antiparasitic maʻamau i ka hakakā ʻana i nā nahu chigger. ʻO kekahi mau huahana ma ke ʻano o ka shampoo a i ʻole ka pulupulu ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono (pyrethroids no nā ʻīlio, Fipronil no nā ʻīlio a me nā pōpoki). Akā pono e hana hou i kā lākou noi i nā manawa he nui i ka pule no ka mea ʻaʻole mau kā lākou hana i ka manawa.

ʻO ka hopena ʻoi loa e hōʻalo i ka nahu ʻana mai laila ʻaʻole e waiho i nā holoholona e holoholo i nā hale kahi e pāhola ai kēia mau parasites: 

• mauʻu kiʻekiʻe;
• ʻāina hāʻule;
• nā kihi nahele;
• kokoke i nā ʻāina wai.

Inā he waiwai pilikino i hoʻopiha ʻia e nā chiggers, paʻakikī ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka nohona kūwaho. ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe palaki a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mauʻu haʻahaʻa hiki ke maikaʻi.