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Ma mua o ka hiki i ke kauka ke hoʻoholo i ka maʻi, e nīnau kikoʻī lākou e pili ana i kāu ʻike. ʻO ke kala a me ke kūlike o ke koko a me nā pūpū e hāʻawi i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kahi e hiki ai ke kahe ke koko i loko o kou ʻōpū lōʻihi a paʻakikī hoʻi.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka koko ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi i loko o ka pipi, ʻo kēia kahi kūlana i kapa ʻia ʻo hematochezia. ʻO kēia kala ʻālohilohi ke hōʻike maʻamau nei e hana ana ke kahe ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o kou ʻōpū—ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻōpū nui a i ʻole ka ʻōpū. No ka mea he hou ke koko a ʻaʻohe manawa e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā enzymes hoʻoheheʻe, mālama ia i kona ʻano ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi. Hōʻike ka noho ʻana o nā pūpū e ʻoi aku paha ka nui a i ʻole ka wikiwiki o ke kahe ʻana ma mua o ka waimaka ma ka ʻili wale nō.
Ke ʻike ʻoe i ke koko ʻulaʻula ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula pōʻeleʻele a me nā pūpū, ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻike ana ke kahe ʻana o ke koko ma luna aʻe o ka ʻōpū ma mua o ka ʻōpū. Hiki keia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka ʻōpū nui a i ʻole ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. Ua huakaʻi lōʻihi ke koko, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i ka manawa e hui pū me ka pipi a hoʻomaka e wehe i ka oxygen, ka mea e hopena ai i kahi kala ʻeleʻele. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka koko ʻulaʻula ʻeleʻele i loko o ka pipi he mea nui ia e pono ai ka noiʻi olakino kikoʻī.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he pūpū ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻo ka pipi ʻeleʻele, paʻa, me ka ʻano tar ka hōʻailona o ke koko i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. ʻO kēia kūlana, i kapa ʻia ʻo melena, e kuhikuhi ana i ke kahe ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao luna o ka ʻōpū, e like me ka esophagus, ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka ʻāpana mua o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi (duodenum). I ka wā e hele ai ke koko ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe holoʻokoʻa, ua lilo ia i ʻeleʻele e nā enzymes hoʻoheheʻe. ʻO nā maʻi e like me ke kahe ʻana o ka ʻeha ʻōpū kekahi kumu maʻamau o ka melena.
I kekahi manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻoʻu a me ke koko i loko o ka pipi. He mea hoʻoluʻu maoli ka ʻoʻu i loko o nā ʻōpū, akā ʻo ka nui loa, ʻoi aku ka nui ke hui pū me ke koko, he hōʻailona pinepine ia o ka mumū. ʻO kēia hui pū ʻana kekahi hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o nā maʻi e like me ka maʻi ʻōpū mumū a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi.
ʻAe. He mea naʻauao ke ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā pūpū koko i loko o kāu pipi no ka mea maʻamau ia ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ke kahe koko o loko mai kekahi wahi o kou ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe, mai nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a hiki i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka lapaʻau. He mea nui ka mālama ʻana inā nui ke kahe a hele pū me ka ʻeha, ka wela, a i ʻole ke kuni.
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e kumu ai nā pūpū koko i loko o ka pipi e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i kahi ākea o nā maʻi. Eia kekahi o nā kumu maʻamau, mai nā pilikia i ʻike pinepine ʻia a hiki i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi.
ʻO kēia nā kumu ʻelua o ka kahe ʻana o ka ʻōpū me nā pūpū, ʻoi aku ke koko ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi. * Hemorrhoids: ʻO kēia nā aʻa i pehu i kou ʻōpū a i ʻole ka anus. Hiki i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka wā o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū ke hoʻokahe iā lākou. I kekahi manawa, hiki i ka pūpū koko ke hana i loko o kahi hemorrhoid o waho, e hana ana i kahi puʻupuʻu ʻeha i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pūpū koko hemorrhoids i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
* Anal Fissures: ʻO kēia mau waimaka liʻiliʻi i loko o ka ʻili o ka anus, pinepine i hana ʻia e ka hele ʻana o nā pipi paʻa. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻeha a hoʻokahe i ke koko ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo kāu kahe ʻana he "hemorrhoids wale nō" me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoholo kūpono.
ʻO ka Diverticulosis kahi kūlana kahi e hana ai nā ʻeke liʻiliʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo diverticula, i loko o nā pā o ka ʻōpū nui. Wahi a ka National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, he mea maʻamau kēia kūlana, ʻoi aku i nā mākua ma mua o 60 kumu. Hiki i kēia mau ʻeke ke kahe i kekahi manawa, he kūlana i kapa ʻia ʻo kahe ʻana o ka diverticula. Hiki i kēia ke hana i ka nui o ke kahe ʻole ʻeha, e hana pinepine ana i ke koko ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi a me ke koko ʻulaʻula ʻeleʻele i loko o ka pipi me nā pūpū.
ʻO IBD ka huaʻōlelo no ʻelua mau maʻi mau loa e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe: ʻo Crohn's disease a me ulcerative colitis. * Ulcerative Colitis (UC): Hoʻoulu kēia maʻi i ka mumū a me nā ʻeha i ka ʻili o ka ʻōpū nui a me ka ʻōpū. ʻO ka maʻi maʻi koko, pinepine me ka ʻoʻu a me nā pūpū, he hōʻailona nui ia. * Crohn’s Disease: Hiki i kēia ke hoʻopili i kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe. Ke hoʻopili ia i ka ʻōpū nui, ʻo ka maʻi ʻōpū mumū (IBD) ke koko i loko o ka pipi he hōʻailona maʻamau ma muli o nā ʻeha hohonu i ka pā o ka ʻōpū.
Hiki i nā maʻi bacteria ke hoʻopōʻino i kou ʻōpū nui, e alakaʻi ana i ka mumū, ka maʻi maʻi, a me ke kahe ʻana. Hiki i nā meaola e like me Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, a me E. coli O157:H7 ke hoʻoulu i ka mumū koʻikoʻi e hoʻopōʻino i ka ʻili o ka ʻōpū. ʻO nā hōʻailona nui o ka infectious colitis ka maʻi maʻi koko koke, nā ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, a me ke kuni.
Hana ʻia kēia maʻi ke hoʻemi ʻia ke kahe koko i kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻōpū nui, pinepine ma muli o nā aʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a i ʻole he pūpū koko. ʻO kēia nele o ke koko i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka oxygen e hoʻopōʻino i nā cell o ka ʻili o ka ʻōpū, e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻeha a me nā pipi koko. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau ka ischemic colitis i nā mākua ʻelemakule a maʻamau me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū koke i ukali ʻia e ka hele ʻana o ke koko a me nā pūpū.
ʻO kēia nā ʻeha hāmama e ulu ana i loko o ka ʻili o kou ʻōpū (gastric ulcers) a i ʻole ka ʻāpana luna o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi (duodenal ulcers). ʻOiai ʻo ka kahe ʻana o ka ʻeha ʻōpū e hana maʻamau i nā pipi ʻeleʻele, tar-like (melena), hiki i ke kahe nui a wikiwiki ke hopena i nā pipi ʻulaʻula pōʻeleʻele inā hele wikiwiki ke koko ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe.
ʻO kēia pinepine ka hopohopo nui loa ke ʻike nā kānaka i ke koko i loko o kā lākou pipi. * Colon Polyps: ʻO kēia nā ulu liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻili o ka ʻōpū nui. ʻOiai he benign pinepine, hiki iā lākou ke kahe, a hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke lilo i maʻi ʻaʻai i ka wā.
* Colorectal Cancer: Ke ulu nā maʻi ʻaʻai i loko o ka ʻōpū nui a i ʻole ka ʻōpū, hiki iā lākou ke kahe. ʻO ke kahe ʻana kekahi o nā hōʻailona maʻi ʻaʻai ʻōpū nui, ʻo ia ke kumu ʻaʻole pono e haʻalele ʻia. Hoʻokūkala ka American Cancer Society i nā loli i nā ʻano o ka ʻōpū a me ke koko i loko o ka pipi ma ke ʻano he mau hōʻailona hoʻolaha koʻikoʻi e kūkākūkā me ke kauka kumu. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i nā polyps ma o nā colonoscopies screening ka ala ʻoi loa e pale ai i ka maʻi ʻaʻai colorectal.
He Nūpepa Liʻiliʻi e pili ana i nā "Hōʻailona Palapala": Hiki i kekahi mau meaʻai a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻololi i ke kala o kou pipi, e ʻike ʻia ai he koko. Hiki i nā beets a me ka meaʻai ʻulaʻula ke hoʻololi i ka pipi i ʻulaʻula, ʻoiai ʻo nā lāʻau hao a me nā lāʻau i loaʻa ka bismuth (e like me Pepto-Bismol) hiki ke hoʻololi iā ia i ʻeleʻele. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia e hoʻokumu i nā pūpū koko maoli. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea e like me ka pūpū, ʻaʻole ia he meaʻai. Ke kānalua, e nānā mau ia.
E maopopo kāua: i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e ʻike ai i ka pūpū koko i loko o ka pipi, pono ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i kahi manawa me kāu kauka. ʻAʻole ia he hōʻailona e nānā a kali ai. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e ʻike ai i ke kauka no ke koko i loko o ka pipi he maʻalahi: mau loa.
Eia naʻe, ʻo kekahi mau hōʻailona hele pū e hōʻike ana i kahi pilikia olakino e pono ai kahi huakaʻi koke i ka lumi pilikia.
E ʻimi i ka Mālama Olakino Koke Inā ʻoe e Loaʻa:
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ke kahe ʻana o loko nui, kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole ka haʻalulu, a pono lākou i ka hoʻoponopono olakino wikiwiki.
Ke ʻike ʻoe i kāu kauka no ka kahe ʻana o ka ʻōpū me nā pūpū, e hoʻomaka lākou i kahi kaʻina hana ʻōnaehana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ke kumu.
Hoʻopili ʻia ka lapaʻau me ka maʻi. ʻAʻohe hoʻokahi "hoʻōla" no ka pūpū koko i loko o ka pipi no ka mea he hōʻailona ia, ʻaʻole he maʻi. * Hemorrhoids/Fissures: Maʻa mau me nā loli ʻano nohona e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka fiber a me ka wai, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
* IBD a i ʻole Nā Maʻi: Lapaʻau ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻemi ai i ka mumū a i ʻole nā antibiotics e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai i ka maʻi. * Kahe ʻana o ka Diverticular: Maʻa mau e kū kaʻawale, akā hiki i nā hihia koʻikoʻi ke koi i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka wā o ka colonoscopy a i ʻole ke ʻoki ʻana. * Nā Polyps a me ka Maʻi ʻAʻai: Wehe ʻia nā Polyps i ka wā o ka colonoscopy. ʻO ka hoʻoholo maʻi ʻaʻai e pono ai kahi hui hoʻolaʻa a me kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau e hiki ai ke komo i ke ʻoki, chemotherapy, a/a ʻole radiation.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka pūpū koko i loko o ka pipi he mea hoʻoweliweli loa ia, akā he hōʻailona ikaika hoʻi ia mai kou kino e pono ai ka nānā ʻana. E hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea nui: hāʻawi ke kala o ke koko i nā hōʻailona, he ʻokoʻa nā kumu mai ka maʻamau a hiki i ke koʻikoʻi a he pono ʻole ka loiloi olakino.
E pale i ka makemake e hoʻoholo iā ʻoe iho a i ʻole ka manaʻo e nalowale ia ma kāna iho. ʻO ka maluhia o ka manaʻo e puka mai ana mai kahi hoʻoholo paʻa ʻaʻohe ona waiwai. Hoʻopaʻa i kahi manawa me kāu mea lawelawe olakino e kūkākūkā i kāu mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kēia ʻanuʻu ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai no kou olakino a me kou pono.
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