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ʻAʻole hōʻailona o kekahi mea koʻikoʻi ka puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻāʻī. ʻOiai he mea nui loa ia e nānā ʻia e kekahi loea, ʻo ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka puʻupuʻu nui o ka pipi ma ka ʻāʻī wahine—ua kumu ʻia e kekahi mea maʻalahi ʻole, e like me ka hana a ke kino pale pale.
Ma mua o ka hapanui, ʻo kēlā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, paʻa āu i ʻike ai, he hana lipo puʻupuʻu. E noʻonoʻo i kāu mau hana lipo e like me nā wahi nānā palekana liʻiliʻi, ke ʻano pīni no kou kino pale pale. He haneli kou o lākou a puni kou kino, me nā pūʻulu ma kou ʻāʻī, ʻāʻī, a me ka ʻāʻī (kahi i kapa ʻia ai lākou he hana lipo inguinal). ʻO kā lākou hana ka kānana ʻana i ka wai lipo, ka hopu ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā maʻi, nā maʻi bacteria, a me nā mea hoʻouka ʻē aʻe kumu.
Ke hakakā nei kou kino i ka maʻi, hana nui kēia mau hana lipo, e hoʻonui ai iā lākou. He hōʻailona kēia e hana ana kou kino pale pale a pane pololei ʻia. No laila, he aha ke ʻano o nā maʻi e hiki ke kumu i ka hana lipo puʻupuʻu ma ka ʻāʻī wahine? ʻO ke kumu maʻamau ʻo kekahi mea e hana ana ma ka hapalua haʻahaʻa o kou kino.
Nā maʻi maʻamau pū kekahi:
ʻO ka hana lipo pehu ka mea maʻamau he puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, paʻa, a i kekahi manawa ʻeha. Pono ia e neʻe iki ma lalo o ka ʻili. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, e liʻiliʻi hou ia i kona nui maʻamau ke hala ka maʻi ma lalo, i hiki ke lawe i kekahi mau pule.
ʻOiai ʻo nā hana lipo puʻupuʻu ka mea maʻamau, ʻo kekahi mau kūlana ʻē aʻe e hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he puʻupuʻu. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona maʻamau hiki ke kōkua i kou noʻonoʻo, akā e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ke kauka wale nō ka mea hiki ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike piha.
He hernia ka mea e kū mai ai ka ʻiʻo, e like me kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻōpū, e kaomi ana ma kahi palupalu i nā ʻiʻo o ka ʻōpū.
Maʻa mau ka hernia e like me kahi ʻūlū palupalu, palupalu. Hiki paha ia e ʻoi aku ka ʻike ke kū ʻoe, ʻū, a i ʻole ka ʻeha, a hiki paha ke nalo loa ke moe ʻoe. ʻOiai he ʻeha ʻole kekahi mau hernia, hiki ke lilo i puʻupuʻu ʻeha ma ka ʻāʻī wahine inā paʻa ka ʻiʻo (incarcerated) a i ʻole i ka pōʻino kona hoʻolako koko (strangulated), he pilikia olakino ia. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he inguinal hernia i nā wahine, he mea nui ka ʻike ʻana i kauka no ka loiloi ʻana.
He kaha ma ka ʻāʻī wahine he ʻeke pani ma lalo o ka ʻili i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai, ka pus, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. Maʻa mau lākou ke pani ʻia kahi ʻōpala aila (sebaceous gland) a i ʻole kahi follicle lauoho.
ʻAʻole pono ka nui o nā kaha i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke hoʻōla iā lākou iho. Eia naʻe, inā nui ka kaha, ʻeha, a i ʻole hōʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, hiki i ke kauka ke hoʻokahe a i ʻole ke wehe ʻana i ke ʻoki.
He pāpū ma ka ʻāʻī kahi ʻāpana o ka pus e hōʻiliʻili ana i loko o ka ʻiʻo o ke kino. He maʻi koʻikoʻi ia, maʻa mau ma muli o nā maʻi bacteria e like me *Staphylococcus aureus* e komo ana ma kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kahi follicle lauoho.
Mai hoʻāʻo ʻoe e kaomi a hoʻokahe paha i ka pāpū, no ka mea hiki ke hoʻoikaika ka maʻi i loko. Hiki i kahi mea mālama olakino ke hoʻokahe palekana i ka pāpū a hiki ke kauoha i nā lāʻau antibiotic.
He lipoma ma ka ʻāʻī he mea maʻi ʻole, lohi ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi i hana ʻia me nā pūnaewele momona. He maʻa mau nā Lipomas a hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma kahi kokoke i nā wahi āpau o ke kino.
Eia mākou i ka ʻāpana i hoʻokumu paha i kāu ʻimi ʻana. He mea nui ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana he liʻiliʻi ka maʻi kanesa o nā kumu o kahi puʻupuʻu ʻāʻī hou. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona kekahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele olakino hoʻomākaukau. Eia kahi hiʻohiʻona o nā hōʻailona puʻupuʻu ʻāʻī i ka wā e hopohopo ai.
I nā hihia liʻiliʻi, hiki i ka puʻupuʻu ʻāʻī ke lilo i hōʻailona o ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ka mea maʻa mau i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka puʻupuʻu. No laila, pehea ke ʻano o ke kanakea puʻupuʻu ʻāʻī?
ʻO kahi puʻupuʻu i hiki ke lilo i maʻi kanesa ka mea maʻa mau:
Hiki i kēia ʻano puʻupuʻu paʻa ma ka ʻāʻī wahine ke pili i kekahi ʻano maʻi kanesa:
Ma waho aʻe o ka puʻupuʻu ponoʻī, ʻo nā maʻi kanesa e like me ka lymphoma ka mea maʻa mau me kahi pūʻulu o nā hōʻailona pūnaewele, i kapa ʻia i kekahi manawa ʻo "B symptoms." He mau hōʻailona nui kēia:
Inā he puʻupuʻu paʻa, paʻa ʻāʻī kou me kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, he mea nui ka ʻike ʻana i ke kauka koke.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka maʻi ponoʻī. ʻOiai hiki i kēia alakaʻi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā mea hiki, ʻo ka loiloi olakino ʻoihana ka mea wale nō e ʻike ai i ke kumu o kou puʻupuʻu.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho manawa me kāu mea mālama olakino inā ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona puʻupuʻu ʻāʻī i ka wā e hopohopo ai:
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kekahi hopohopo e pili ana i kāu kipa. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kāu kauka ka ʻike ʻana i ke kumu o ka puʻupuʻu nui o ka pipi ma ka ʻāʻī wahine a hoʻoholo i ke ala kūpono.
Ka Mōʻaukala Lapaʻau: E nīnau kāu kauka i kekahi mau nīnau e kiʻi i kiʻi maʻalahi o ke kūlana. E mākaukau e kūkākūkā:
Ka Hoʻokolokolo Kino: E nānā pono kāu kauka i ka puʻupuʻu, e hoʻomaopopo ana i kona nui, kona ʻano (palupalu, paʻa, paʻakikī), ka neʻe ʻana, a inā he ʻeha. E nānā pū lākou i nā wahi lipo ʻē aʻe, e like me kou ʻāʻī a me kou ʻāʻī, a hiki ke hana i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻōpū e nānā i nā pilikia.
Nā Hana Hoʻokolokolo: Ma muli o nā ʻike mai ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻokolokolo kino, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua hou e kiʻi i ka ʻike piha. Pū kekahi paha:
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka puʻupuʻu nui o ka pipi ma ka ʻāʻī wahine he mea maʻa mau, a ma mua o ka hapanui, ʻo ia ka pane maʻamau o kou kino i ka maʻi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ke kūlana maʻalahi. Mai ka hana lipo puʻupuʻu ma ka ʻāʻī wahine e hakakā ana i ka maʻi a i ʻole kahi kaha maʻalahi, he nui nā wehewehe hiki.
Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻike ʻole ka mea hiki ke hoʻohilahila loa. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke maʻi iā ʻoe iho ma ka heluhelu ʻana i nā ʻatikala ma ka pūnaewele, ʻoiai ke kikoʻī. ʻO ke ala wale nō e kiʻi ai i kahi ʻike maopopo a, ʻoi aku ka nui, ka noʻonoʻo mālie, ʻo ia ka loiloi olakino ʻoihana.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi puʻupuʻu hou a paʻa paha ma kou ʻāʻī, mai kali a hopohopo. E hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa me kāu mea mālama olakino e nānā iā ia. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kēlā ʻanuʻu hoʻomākaukau ka mea maikaʻi loa āu e hiki ai ke hana no kou olakino kino a me kou noʻonoʻo.
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