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Ma mua o ko mākou nānā ʻana i ka papa inoa “palekana”, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo no ke aha kekahi mau mea i pilikia. Ke ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻepekema ma hope o nā ʻōlelo aʻo, ʻoi aku kou mākaukau e pale iā ʻoe iho. ʻO nā mea hewa nui i ʻike ʻia i loko o nā lāʻau he nui no ke anuanu a me ka ʻinikua, aia i loko o ʻelua mau ʻano: Decongestants a me NSAIDs.
Ke maʻi ʻoe i ka ihu, no ka mea, ua pehu a hoʻonāukiuki nā kīʻaha koko i loko o kou mau ala huna. Hana nā Decongestants ma ke kumu o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o kēia mau kīʻaha koko, a i ʻole ke kaomi ʻana. Hoʻemi kēia i ka pehu a ʻae iā ʻoe e hanu maʻalahi source.
ʻO ka pilikia? ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia kēia hopena o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i kou ihu. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā kīʻaha koko ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa, e koi ana i kou puʻuwai e hana ikaika hou e puhi koko. No ka mea maʻi koko kiʻekiʻe, hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka piʻi weliweli o ke koko a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka puʻuwai. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui e ʻike i nā lāʻau hoʻomaʻi e ʻalo ʻia me ke koko kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO nā lāʻau hoʻōla ʻeha ʻole (NSAIDs) kaulana no ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻeha, nā ʻeha, a me ke kuni e pili pinepine ana i ke anuanu. Eia naʻe, he mea koʻikoʻi ka pilina ma waena o NSAIDs a me ke koko. Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻokaʻawale i ka paʻa ʻana o ka paʻakai a me ka wai i loko o kou kino, e hoʻonui ai i ka nui o ka wai i loko o kou koko. ʻOi aku ka wai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaomi ʻana i kou mau paia o ke aʻa, e hopena ai i ke koko kiʻekiʻe source.
Eia kekahi, hiki i nā NSAIDs ke hoʻopilikia i ka pono o nā lāʻau koko kiʻekiʻe he nui, e like me nā diuretics, nā ACE inhibitors, a me nā beta-blockers, e hoʻemi ai i kou lāʻau i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe.
E koho i nā lāʻau hoʻomaʻi a me nā mea hoʻonui ʻole i nā decongestants — e like me dextromethorphan (no ka laʻana, Robitussin DM) a me guaifenesin (no ka laʻana, Mucinex); ʻaʻole kēia e hoʻonui mau i ke koko. Kākoʻo pū nā lozenges menthol a i ʻole nā pūpū saline.
ʻO ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hoʻomohala ʻo ke nānā ʻole i ka ʻaoʻao mua o ka pahu a hele pololei i ka papa inoa “Nā Mea Hana Paʻa” ma ka pepa ʻIkepili Lāʻau. Eia nā inoa kikoʻī e nānā aku ai.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau mea, e hoʻihoʻi i ka pahu ma ka papa. * Pseudoephedrine * Ephedrine * Phenylephrine * Naphazoline (i loko o nā pūpū ihu) * Oxymetazoline (i loko o nā pūpū ihu)
note: E kānalua i nā inoa huahana i loaʻa ka “-D,” “-PE,” “Sinus,” a i ʻole “Congestion.” No ka laʻana, ʻo Mucinex D a i ʻole Advil Cold & Sinus kokoke mau i loko o kahi decongestant. E nānā mau i ka lepili e ʻike pono a koho i kahi lāʻau anuanu ʻaʻohe decongestant ma kahi.
ʻO kēia nā mea hoʻonāukiuki ʻeha a me ke kuni maʻamau āu e pono ai e hoʻokuʻu. * Ibuprofen (i loko o Advil, Motrin) * Naproxen Sodium (i loko o Aleve)
Ke noʻonoʻo nei i nā lāʻau hoʻomaʻi e ʻalo ʻia me ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ʻo nā mea “ekstra” no ka ʻeha a me ka congestion i nā pūnaehana he nui ka mea e pilikia ai.
A laila ʻo ka nūhou maikaʻi! Aia he nui nā mea pono a maikaʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe i kou mau hōʻailona. Ke ʻimi nei i kahi lāʻau anuanu palekana no ke koko kiʻekiʻe, e nānā i nā huahana i loaʻa kēia mau mea hana.
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Mahalo, ua ʻike nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia pono a ua hana i nā huahana kūikawā no ka poʻe e like me ʻoe. Ke kānalua, ʻo kēia mau inoa ka wahi maikaʻi e hoʻomaka ai.
Coricidin HBP: Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ka “inikua kūʻai nui #1” no kēia ʻano, Coricidin HBP ua hoʻolālā ʻia e ʻaʻohe decongestants. Hāʻawi lākou i kahi laina o nā huahana e kuhikuhi i nā hōʻailona like ʻole, me Coricidin HBP Cough & Cold, Coricidin HBP Chest Congestion & Cough, a me Coricidin HBP Maximum Strength Flu.
Mucinex no ke Koko Kiʻekiʻe: Ua hoʻomohala pū ʻo Mucinex i nā pūnaehana palekana HBP. E ʻimi i nā pahu i ʻōlelo maopopo ʻia no ka poʻe me ke koko kiʻekiʻe. Loaʻa i kēia mau huahana ka guaifenesin e hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻūhā a he lāʻau anuanu ʻaʻohe decongestant maikaʻi lākou. E hōʻoiaʻiʻo e pale i kekahi huahana Mucinex me ka “D” a i ʻole “Sinus” i loko o kona inoa.
Vicks DayQuil a me NyQuil Koko Kiʻekiʻe: Hāʻawi ʻo Vicks i kahi mana HBP kaulana o kā lākou mau huahana DayQuil a me NyQuil. Hāʻawi lākou i ka hoʻomaha nui mai ka ʻūhā, ke kuni, a me nā ʻeha me ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i nā decongestants.
Robitussin A i ʻole Mucinex Maʻamau: Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kahi pūnaehana kūikawā, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā koho palekana. ʻO kahi koho Robitussin maʻalahi no ke koko kiʻekiʻe ʻo Robitussin DM (guaifenesin + dextromethorphan), a ʻo ka Mucinex maʻalahi (guaifenesin wale nō) he palekana maʻamau no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i loko o nā decongestants a i ʻole NSAIDs. E nānā mau i ka lepili e hōʻoiaʻiʻo.
I kekahi manawa, ʻo ke kākoʻo maikaʻi loa ka hele mai kou pahu kīhini, ʻaʻole ka hale kūʻai lāʻau. Hiki i kēia mau mea ʻawaʻawa ʻūhā kūlohelohe no ke koko kiʻekiʻe ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha nui me ka ʻole o ka pilikia.
E Hoʻomaha I Kou ʻĀlani: ʻO ka ʻāʻī ʻeha ka mea maʻamau me ka ʻūhā. E holoi me ka hapalua teaspoon o ka paʻakai i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o ke aniani o ka wai mahana. E inu i nā mea inu mahana e like me ke kī lāʻau me ka teaspoon o ka meli a me kahi ʻomi wai lemon e uhi a hoʻomaha ai kou ʻāʻī. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka meli he mea hoʻomalu ʻūhā pono, ʻoi aku no nā ʻūhā pō source.
E Hoʻomāmā I Ka Congestion: Hiki i kahi mea hoʻomaʻu mālie a mea hoʻoheheʻe paha ke hoʻohui i ka wai i ka ea, e kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i ka congestion a hoʻomaha i nā ala huna a me nā ala ea. Hiki i ka ʻauʻau wela, ʻūmaʻa ke hāʻawi pū i ka hoʻomaha koke, ka manawa pōkole.
E Noho Waiwai A E Hoʻomaha: He ʻōlelo kahiko kēia no ke kumu. ʻO ka inu ʻana i nā wai he nui e like me ka wai, ka broth maʻemaʻe, a i ʻole ka wai huaʻai e kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i ka ʻūhā a hoʻomau i kou waiwai. A mai hoʻowahāwahā i ka mana o ka hoʻomaha—ʻo ia ka mea hana nui o kou kino e hakakā ai i ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ʻūhā ʻūlū he mea hoʻonāukiuki loa me ka ʻole o ka hopohopu hou o ke ʻano o ka lāʻau i hiki ke hoʻopili i kou koko. ʻO ka mea nui loa e mālama ai ʻo ka lilo ʻana i mea kūʻai mālama. E ʻalo mau i nā decongestants (e like me pseudoephedrine a me phenylephrine) a me nā NSAIDs (ibuprofen a me naproxen). Ma kahi, e ʻimi i nā huahana i loaʻa ka guaifenesin, dextromethorphan, a me acetaminophen, a i ʻole e koho i kahi lāʻau hoʻomaʻi no ke koko kiʻekiʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia e like me Coricidin HBP.
ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana kēia alakaʻi i kahi ʻōnaehana paʻa no ka hana ʻana i kahi koho palekana, ʻaʻole ia e pani i ka ʻōlelo aʻo aʻo lāʻau.
Ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i kekahi lāʻau i loaʻa ma ka hale kūʻai, he mea nui loa ia e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu moʻolelo olakino holoʻokoʻa a me nā lāʻau prescrption o kēia manawa e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo paʻa loa a palekana loa. E mālama iā ʻoe iho, a e hoʻomaikaʻi koke.
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