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Aia kekahi mea ʻē ma hope o kou ʻāʻī. ʻAno ʻē ka hanu o kou waha, ʻaʻohe mea iki āu e palaki ai. Malia paha aia kahi ʻeha iki i mau mau ʻole.
Inā helehelena kēia iā ʻoe, malia paha e paio ana ʻoe me nā pōhaku amygdala hūnā. Hoʻokumu kēia mau mea hohonu i loko o nā lua o kou mau ʻōpala, kahi ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia me ka maka ʻole. He kūlana hoʻonāukiuki kēia, akā he mea maʻamau a maʻalahi hoʻi. E hele kāua i ka mea e hana nei a pehea e mālama ai.
Hoʻokumu nā pōhaku ʻōpala, a i ʻole nā tonsilloliths, ke paʻa nā ʻāpana o ka meaʻai, nā bacteria, nā hunaola make, a me ka limu i loko o nā lua liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻāʻī o kou mau ʻōpala i kapa ʻia he crypts. I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, paʻa kēia mea paʻa a lilo i mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e like me ka pōhaku.
Ke hoʻokumu ʻia nā pōhaku ma kahi o ka ʻili o ka ʻōpala, maʻalahi lākou e ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau ʻano liʻiliʻi keʻokeʻo a melemele paha. Akā ke hoʻokumu lākou i loko o nā crypts, hiki iā lākou ke ulu ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpala a hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia, ʻoiai me ke kukui a me ke aniani.
ʻO ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā maʻi ʻōpala hou ka ulu ʻana o nā crypts hohonu a ʻoi aku ka paʻa ʻole i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. Hoʻokumu kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka pehu i nā lua hou kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai nā ʻōpala. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻōpala me ka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻili he ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahi e hūnā ai.
ʻOiai ke hūnā ʻia nā pōhaku ʻōpala, hāʻawi mau lākou i nā hōʻailona. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hana, ʻoiai me ka ʻole o ka hōʻoia kiʻi.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e pili ana nā pōhaku ʻōpala hūnā:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona pū, he mea nui nā pōhaku ʻōpala hūnā.
No ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a kuhikuhi pololei i kēia mau pōhaku, ʻokoʻa iki ke ʻano o ka hana ma mua o ka wehe ʻana i nā mea i ʻike ʻia. Ke neʻe nei ka manaʻo i nā hana e hana ʻole ʻia, holoi, hoʻomāmā, a hoʻoneʻe i nā pōhaku mai loko mai o nā crypts hohonu.
ʻO kēia ka lāʻau lapaʻau hale ʻoi loa no nā pōhaku ʻōpala hūnā. Kōkua ka holoi ʻana me ka wai paʻakai mahana i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i nā ʻōpala, hoʻemi i nā bacteria, a hoʻomaha i kekahi hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻiʻo ʻōpala.
E hoʻoheheʻe i ka hapalua teaspoon o ka paʻakai i ke aniani wai mahana. E hoʻohuli i kou poʻo i hope a holoi no 15 a 30 kekona, e kuhikuhi ana i ka holoi ʻana i hope o kou ʻāʻī. E kuha aku a e hana hou a pau ka aniani. ʻO ka hana ʻana i kēia ʻelua a ʻekolu mau manawa i ka lā, ʻoi aku ma hope o ka ʻai, hāʻawi i nā hopena ʻoi loa.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomau ma mua o ka ikaika ma aneʻi. ʻAʻole paha e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka pōhaku hohonu e hoʻokahi kau holoi, akā ʻo ka hana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā no hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha e hoʻomāmā iki ai nā mea.
Hiki i ka mea holoi wai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kahi pae haʻahaʻa ke kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i nā ʻōpala mai nā crypts ʻōpala ʻaʻole hiki ke holoi wale ʻia. E kuhikuhi mālie i ke kahawai i ka wahi ʻōpala me ka hoʻokomo ʻole o ka piko pololei i ka ʻiʻo. E akahele e mālama i ka haʻahaʻa o ke kaomi. ʻO ka nui loa o ka ikaika hiki ke hōʻino i ka ʻiʻo ʻōpala a hoʻokumu i ke koko.
Hiki i ka ʻakika māmā o ka apple cider vinegar ke kōkua i ka haki ʻana i ka ʻili paʻa o nā pōhaku ʻōpala i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia maoli.
E hui i hoʻokahi punetēpu o ka apple cider vinegar i ke aniani wai mahana. Holoi no 20 a 30 kekona a kuha. E holoi i kou waha me ka wai maʻalahi ma hope e pale ai i kou mau niho niho. ʻO ka hana ʻana i kēia hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i ka lā hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i nā pōhaku ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hiki.
He mea maʻalahi ia, akā hiki i ka ʻaʻi ikaika a hoʻoikaika ke hoʻoneʻe i nā pōhaku ʻōpala liʻiliʻi i noho māmā i loko o nā crypts. E hanu hohonu a ʻaʻi ikaika i kekahi mau manawa. Malia paha ʻoe e ʻike a ʻike paha i ka pōhaku e neʻe ana ma hope. E hahai me ka holoi ʻana me ka wai paʻakai e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻōpala i koe.
ʻO ka inu ʻana i ka nui o ka wai i ka lā e hoʻonui ai i ka hana lawaiʻa a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka bacteria a me nā ʻōpala mai ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i loko o nā ʻōpala. Hoʻokumu ka waha maloʻo i kahi kaiapuni kūpono no ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā pōhaku ʻōpala. Kōkua ka wai i ka holoi ʻana i nā mea maoli.
ʻAʻole e hoʻoneʻe ʻia kēia i ka pōhaku hūnā i koe ma kāna iho, akā he kuleana kākoʻo koʻikoʻi kāna. ʻO ka palaki ʻana ʻelua i ka lā, ka paʻa ʻana i kēlā me kēia manawa, ka palaki ʻana i kou alelo, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka waha holoi antimicrobial ʻole i ka wai ʻona hiki ke hoʻemi i ka bacteria i loko o kou waha e kōkua ai i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka pōhaku.
No ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi o nā pōhaku, e hoʻōki i ka makemake e koli makapō. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kikoʻī e like me nā niho niho, nā pine bobby, a i ʻole kou mau manamana lima hohonu i ka wahi ʻōpala hiki ke hoʻokumu i ke koko, maʻi, a i ʻole nā poino ʻiʻo. Loaʻa i nā ʻōpala ka nui o ke koko, a ʻo nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi hoʻi e kahe nui.
Inā ʻaʻole hana nā ʻano maʻalahi ma hope o hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha, ʻo ka manawa ia e neʻe ai i ke kōkua ʻoihana ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻoikaika ʻole ma ka home.
Aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi ʻaʻole lawa nā lāʻau lapaʻau hale, a ʻaʻohe mea ʻino kēlā. Loaʻa ke ʻano o ka ʻike ʻana i ke kauka inā:
Hiki i kahi loea ENT (pepeiao, ihu, a me ka ʻāʻī) ke nānā i kou mau ʻōpala ma mua o kou hiki ke hana ma ka home. No nā pōhaku hohonu loa e ʻike ʻia me ka maka ʻole, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi e like me ka CT scan a i ʻole MRI e ʻike pono ai. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i nā mea hana kūikawā e like me nā forceps curved a i ʻole nā mea hoʻopaʻa mana e wehe palekana i nā pōhaku mai loko mai o nā crypts hohonu.
Inā he pilikia hou nā pōhaku ʻōpala hūnā, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kekahi o nā ala lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ma muli o ka nui a me ka pinepine o ka pilikia.
Ka wehe ʻana i nā pōhaku i ke keʻena. Hiki i kahi loea ENT ke hoʻohana i ka ʻike niho, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a i ʻole nā forceps curved e wehe pono i nā pōhaku i ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā. He pololei kēia a ʻaʻole ʻeha.
Laser tonsil cryptolysis. He hana liʻiliʻi kēia kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai ka CO2 laser e hoʻomaʻalahi a hoʻopaʻa i nā crypts ʻōpala e paʻa ana i nā ʻōpala. Hana ʻia ia ma lalo o ka anesthesia kūloko i ke keʻena, me ka ʻeha liʻiliʻi, a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻōla ma mua o ka tonsillectomy piha. ʻO kahi haʻawina e loiloi ana i 500 mau hihia i ʻike ʻia he 1.16 mau kau ka awelika, me nā pilikia liʻiliʻi.
Coblation cryptolysis. E like me ka laser cryptolysis, hoʻohana kēia i nā nalu lekiō e hoʻemi i nā crypts ʻōpala. He koho ʻē aʻe ia i ke keʻena me ka hoʻōla wikiwiki.
Tonsillectomy. ʻO ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻōpala ka wale nō ke ala e hoʻopau mau ai i nā pōhaku ʻōpala. Maʻa mau ia no nā hihia koʻikoʻi a pinepine ʻole e pane i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Hoʻopili ka hoʻōla ʻana me kekahi a ʻelua paha pule o ka ʻeha ʻāʻī, no laila e paipai nā kauka i kēia wale nō ke pau nā koho ʻē aʻe.
He mea hoʻonāukiuki nā pōhaku ʻōpala hūnā, akā ʻaʻole lākou he mea weliweli. Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā lākou, ʻo ke ala ʻoi loa ka holoi ʻana me ka wai paʻakai mau, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai māmā, ka noho ʻana i ka wai, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka waha ikaika. Hiki i kēia mau ʻano hana ke hoʻomāmā a hoʻoheheʻe mālie i nā pōhaku hohonu me ka ʻole o ka hōʻeha ʻana i ka ʻiʻo palupalu.
Inā ʻaʻole hana nā ʻano o ka home ma hope o kekahi mau pule, hiki i kahi loea ENT ke ʻike i nā pōhaku me nā kiʻi a hoʻoneʻe iā lākou me ka palekana. No ka poʻe e paio me kēia mau mea hou aʻe, hāʻawi nā hana e like me ka laser cryptolysis i ka hoʻomaha lōʻihi me ka ʻole o ka manawa hoʻōla o ka tonsillectomy piha.
ʻO ka mea nui ʻaʻole ia e mālama ʻole i nā hōʻailona a i ʻole e hoʻonāukiuki. He mea maʻamau nā pōhaku ʻōpala hūnā, hiki ke hoʻōla ʻia, a ʻaʻole ia he mea āu e pono ai e noho pū ai.
Hoʻolaha: Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia ʻike no ka ʻike wale nō a ʻaʻole ia he pani no ka ʻōlelo aʻo olakino ʻoihana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona mau e like me ka hanu ʻino mau, ka ʻeha ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka paʻakikī i ka ale ʻana, e nīnau i kahi mea mālama olakino kūpono no ka loiloi a me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
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