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He ʻōlelo kupanaha kou kino, a maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole paha, ʻo ke kala a me ke ʻano o kou ihuna kekahi o nā hōʻailona āna e hoʻohana ai e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka mea e hana nei i loko. Pono loa ka palena i kou ʻōnaehana hanu, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he kānana paʻa e hopu ai i ka lepo, ka pollen, nā maʻi bacteria, a me nā ʻōpala lele ʻē aʻe ma mua o ko lākou hiki ʻana i kou mau māmā kumu. Ke olakino ʻoe, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike. Akā, i ka wā e loli ai nā mea, pēlā nō kāu ihuna.
E hele pololei kāua i ka nīnau nui. Hiki ke hopohopo ke ʻike i ka ʻalani o kou palena, akā maʻalahi mau ka wehewehe ʻana. Ma ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻo ka ihuna ʻalani he hōʻailona wale nō ia o ke koko kahiko, maloʻo i hui pū ʻia me kou palena.
Eia pehea e hana ai: Ua lainaina kou mau lua ihu me nā kīʻaha koko palupalu. I kekahi manawa, hiki i kēia mau kīʻaha ke haki ma muli o ka maloʻo, ka huhū mai ke puhi ʻana i kou ihu i nā manawa he nui, a i ʻole kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi. Ke hou nei ke koko, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ihuna ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula paha (e kūkākūkā kāua ma lalo). Eia naʻe, i ka wā e kahiko ai ke koko a hōʻiliʻili i ka oxygen (hū me ka oxygen), hoʻololi ia mai ka ʻulaʻula a i ka ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele, a ʻalani paha. No laila, he aha ka manaʻo o ka ihuna ʻalani? ʻO ia hoʻi, ua liʻiliʻi ka ihu koko i kekahi manawa i hala aku nei i kēia manawa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe nei.
Pēlā hoʻi, ʻo ka ihuna ʻeleʻele maʻamau ka mea like: ke koko kahiko. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka hopena o ka hanu ʻana i kekahi mea ʻeleʻele mai ke kaiapuni mai. Inā ua hana ʻoe i loko o ka hale lua lepo, māla, a i ʻole i kahi lepo he nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke puhi i kekahi ihuna ʻeleʻele i ka wā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai kou kino i nā ʻōpala. ʻO ka hanu ʻana i nā mea ʻala e like me ka paprika a i ʻole ka pepa chili e hiki ke hoʻololi koke i kou palena!
ʻOiai hiki ke makaʻu, ʻaʻole ia he kumu no ka hopohopo koke ke ʻike i kēia kala.
ʻO ka palena ʻalani ka manaʻo o kekahi koko kahiko a maloʻo paha i hui ʻia i kou palena, pinepine mai ka huhū, ka puhi ʻana i ka ihu, nā allergies, ka ea maloʻo, a i ʻole kahi maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ka sinusitis. Hiki pū mai ia mai ka lepo a i ʻole nā mea haumia i hanu ʻia. Inā mau ia, me ke kuni, ʻeha, a i ʻole ka pilikia hanu, e ʻike i ke kauka.
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka laulā piha o ka manaʻo waihoʻoluʻu ihuna hiki ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi kiʻi ʻoi aku o kou olakino. No laila, he aha ka manaʻo o koʻu ihuna? E wāwahi kāua.
ʻO kēia ka mea maʻamau, ke olakino. Hoʻokumu kou kino ma mua o hoʻokahi lita o kēia palena maʻemaʻe, wai i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama ai i kou mau lua ihu i ka pulu a maʻemaʻe. Inā nui loa ka waihona ihuna maʻemaʻe, hiki ke hōʻailona ia o ka rhinitis maʻi (hay fever) a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka loa o ke anu kumu.
Ke manaʻo nei ʻoe ua paʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kou ihuna i keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻeleʻele. E hana ana kēia i ka wā e lohi ai ka palena i kou ihu a nalowale ka wai, e lilo ana i mea mānoanoa a nui aʻe. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hōʻailona mua o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o kou kino e hakakā i ke anu a i ʻole ka maʻi.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka ihuna melemele, he hōʻailona maopopo ia e hana ana kou ʻōnaehana pale. ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu melemele mai nā huna koko keʻokeʻo i holo i kahi o ka maʻi a make ma hope o ka hakakā ʻana i nā germs kipa. He ʻāpana maʻamau kēia o ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla a ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo mau ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi.
No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ihuna ʻōmaʻomaʻo he hōʻailona maopopo o kahi maʻi bacteria e pono ai nā lāʻau antibiotic. ʻOiai hiki ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi bacteria, ʻoi aku ka pololei ia e hōʻike i kahi pane pale ikaika, lōʻihi. ʻO ke kala ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka mea i hana ʻia e kahi kiʻekiʻe o nā huna koko keʻokeʻo make i kapa ʻia ʻo neutrophils, i loaʻa kahi enzyme ʻōmaʻomaʻo kumu. Hiki i kou kino ke hakakā i ka maʻi virus paʻa a i ʻole ka mea komo bacteria. ʻAʻole lawa ka waihoʻoluʻu wale nō e hoʻoholo ai i ke kumu; e noʻonoʻo ke kauka i kou mau hōʻailona ʻē aʻe a me ka lōʻihi o kou maʻi. I ka loiloi ʻana i ka kala palena maʻi sinus, ʻo ka melemele a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo nā hōʻailona maʻamau.
Maʻalahi kēia. ʻO ka ihuna ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula paha ke ʻano o ke koko hou i hui ʻia. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻo ka ihuna koko. Maʻalahi ia i ka huhū a me ka maloʻo i loko o nā lua ihu, hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia e:
ʻAʻole nui ka hopohopo ke ʻike i kahi liʻiliʻi o ka ihuna koko.
ʻO kēia ka waihoʻoluʻu e mālama nui ʻia. ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia ka ihuna ʻeleʻele e ka hanu ʻana i kekahi mea ʻeleʻele, e like me ka uahi mai ke ahi, ka haumia nui o ka ea, a i ʻole ka uahi paka, hiki pū kekahi ke hōʻailona o kahi maʻi fungal koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano o ka puna e noho i loko o nā sinuses, e alakaʻi ana i ka palena ʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole pinepine kēia akā ʻoi aku ka maʻamau i nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale palupalu, e like me ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia, ka leukemia, a i ʻole ka poʻe i loaʻa kahi hoʻololi ʻana o nā ʻōpū kumu. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka ihuna ʻeleʻele a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka uahi a i ʻole nā mea haumia, pono ʻoe e ʻike koke i ke kauka.
Ke haʻi aku nei ke kala o kou ihuna i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka moʻolelo, akā ʻo ke ʻano e hāʻawi mai i nā hōʻailona hou aʻe.
Ma waho o ke kala, inā manaʻo ʻoe ua paʻa a ʻeha ʻoe, aia kekahi mau mea maʻalahi āu e hana ai ma ka home e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
ʻOiai he mea kōkua ka nānā ʻana i kou ihuna ma ka home, ʻaʻole ia he pani no ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau ʻoihana. ʻO ka manawa kēia e kau ai i kahi kauka inā ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi o kēia mau mea. He helu helu koʻikoʻi kēia no ka manawa e ʻike ai i ke kauka no ke kala o ka ihuna a me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka manaʻo kala o ka ihuna he ʻāpana hoʻokahi wale nō o ka puzzle. ʻO nā mea nui loa no ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ʻoe i ka mālama lapaʻau ʻo ka nui a me ka lōʻihi o kou mau hōʻailona. ʻO ke anu e hele mai ka maʻemaʻe a i ke keʻokeʻo a i ka melemele i loko o hoʻokahi pule maʻamau ka pane pale maʻamau. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka maʻi e mau ana no nā pule a me ke kuni kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻeha nui he moʻolelo ʻē aʻe.
Inā ʻoe e kānalua mau a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ana nā hōʻailona ma mua o ka maikaʻi, mai hoʻokaʻulua e nīnau me ka ʻoihana olakino. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i kahi hōʻailona pololei a hoʻokomo iā ʻoe ma ke ala kūpono e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
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