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Hana ʻia ka sinusitis akiki i ka wā e pehu ai a ʻā ai nā wahi a puni kou ihu a me kou mau maka, maʻamau ia no ka lōʻihi o ʻehā pule ma lalo. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokahe maoli o kou kino e pani ʻia ana no kekahi manawa, e like me ke ʻano o kahi lua wai e hoʻihoʻi ʻia ai i ka wā e kāʻili ʻia ai nā paipa.
Hoʻopili kēia maʻi maʻamau i nā miliona o nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā o ke anu a me ka maʻi flu. ʻOiai hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole loa, maʻamau ka pane maikaʻi ʻana o ka sinusitis akiki i ka lapaʻau a hoʻomaʻemaʻe piha me ka mālama pono.
ʻO ka sinusitis akiki kahi mumū pōkole o kou mau sinuses, nā wahi lewa i loko o kou iwi poʻo a puni kou ihu, papalina, a me kou lae. I ka wā e pani ʻia ai kēia mau wahi a piha i ka wai, hiki i nā bacteria a i ʻole nā virus ke ulu a hoʻoulu i ka maʻi.
Hoʻopuka maʻamau kou mau sinuses i ka mucus e kahe ana ma nā puka liʻiliʻi i loko o kou mau ala ihu. I ka wā e pani ai ka mumū i kēia mau ala hoʻokahe, e kūkulu ʻia ka kaomi a hana i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole āu e ʻike ai. ʻO ka ʻāpana "akiki" he manaʻo wale nō ia e ulu koke ana a lōʻihi no ka manawa pōkole.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka sinusitis akiki e ulu ana ma hope o ke anu a i ʻole ka maʻi hanu ʻōpū kiʻekiʻe. Ke hana nui nei kāu ʻōnaehana pale, a hiki i ka mumū hou ke hoʻohaunaele i nā ʻano hoʻokahe maoli o kou kino.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona o ka sinusitis akiki ke piʻi mai ka mea hoʻonāukiuki iki a hiki i ka mea hōʻino loa, akā ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana iā lākou e kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka lapaʻau kūpono. Hāʻawi kou kino iā ʻoe i nā hōʻailona maopopo i ka wā e hakakā ana kou mau sinuses e hana pono.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai penei:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka ʻeha niho, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ko lākou mau niho luna, no ka mea, kokoke loa kou mau sinuses i kou mau aʻa niho. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka wā e kūlou ai i mua a moe paha e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaomi a me ka ʻeha.
ʻO nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau akā hiki ke loaʻa, ʻo ia ka kaomi pepeiao, nā poʻo ʻeha e like ʻole me kāu mau mea maʻamau, a me ka ʻāʻī ʻiliʻili mai ka post-nasal drip. Maʻamau ka ulu ʻana o kēia mau hōʻailona i nā lā he nui ma mua o ka puka ʻana i ka manawa hoʻokahi.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka sinusitis akiki i ka wā e pani ai kekahi mea i kāu hoʻokahe sinus maʻamau, e hana ana i kahi kūpono no ka mumū a me ka maʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e pilikia ai ʻoe.
ʻO nā kumu pinepine loa penei:
Hoʻoulu nā maʻi viral i kahi 90% o nā hihia sinusitis akiki. I ka wā e anu ai ʻoe, hiki i ka mumū ke pālahalaha mai kou mau ala ihu i kou mau sinuses, e pani ana i nā puka liʻiliʻi e ʻae maʻamau i ka mucus e kahe.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau nā maʻi bacterial i ka wā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi ka sinusitis viral ma hope o 7-10 mau lā, a i ʻole i ka wā e hoʻopōʻino koke ai nā hōʻailona ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi mua ʻana. Hiki i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke hoʻohaunaele ʻia, e ʻae ana i nā bacteria e noho mālie ana i kou ihu e hoʻonui a hoʻoulu i ka maʻi.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā maʻi fungal ke hoʻoulu i ka sinusitis akiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia a i ʻole ka poʻe i hōʻike ʻia i kekahi mau molds kaiapuni. Pono kēia ʻano i ka lapaʻau kūikawā a maʻamau e hoʻopili i nā kānaka me ka maʻi diabetes, nā lāʻau kanesa, a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka pale.
Hoʻomaikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka sinusitis akiki ma o lākou iho a i ʻole me ka mālama home maʻalahi, akā hōʻike kekahi mau hōʻailona hōʻailona e pono ʻoe i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua hiki ke pale aku i nā pilikia a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manaʻo maikaʻi koke.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe:
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ka maʻi bacterial e pono ai ka lapaʻau antibiotic, a i ʻole kakaikahi, kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole inā lawa ka mālama home.
E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo e pili ana i kou kino. Inā ʻoi aku kou manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole ma mua o kāu e manaʻo ai mai ka anu maʻamau, a i ʻole inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i kekahi hōʻailona, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nīnau ʻana i kāu mea lawelawe ola. ʻO ka lapaʻau mua pinepine e alakaʻi i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki a pale aku i nā pilikia.
ʻOiai ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka sinusitis akiki e hoʻonā me ka pilikia ʻole, hiki ke ulu nā pilikia i kekahi manawa inā pālahalaha ka maʻi ma mua o kou mau sinuses. Kakaikahi kēia mau pilikia, akā he mea nui ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa penei:
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia pili i nā maka no ka mea, kokoke loa kou mau sinuses i kou mau lua maka. ʻO nā hōʻailona, ʻo ia ka pehu a puni nā maka, nā loli ʻike, a i ʻole ka ʻeha nui i ka neʻe ʻana o kou mau maka. Pono koke kēia mau hōʻailona i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hoʻokele pono ʻia ai ka sinusitis akiki. Hoʻōla ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka lapaʻau kūpono a ʻaʻohe hopena lōʻihi mai ko lākou maʻi sinus.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i kēlā me kēia hihia o ka sinusitis akiki, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻolālā ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia. Ke nānā nei kēia mau hana pale i ka mālama ʻana i kou mau ala ihu a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea hoʻoulu.
ʻO nā hoʻolālā pale maikaʻi penei:
Hiki i ka irrigation ihu me ka saline solution ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou mau sinuses maopopo, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā pilikia ʻoe i nā maʻi ʻaliki a i ʻole nā anu pinepine. E hoʻohana wale i ka wai maʻemaʻe, distilled, a i ʻole ka wai paila pono e pale aku i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā bacteria hou.
Hiki i ka lomilomi helehelena mālie a puni kou mau sinuses ke hāʻawi i kekahi kōkua. E hoʻohana i nā neʻe pōʻai māmā ma luna o kou mau iwi papalina a me kou lae, akā e hoʻōki inā hoʻonui ia i kou ʻeha a i ʻole kou ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa a ʻaʻole poina i nā kikoʻī nui e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hana i kahi ʻike pololei wikiwiki.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e kākau i kou mau hōʻailona me ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pehea ka nui o lākou, a me ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole ka hoʻopōʻino ʻana iā lākou. E hoʻomaopopo pū i nā lāʻau āu i ho'āʻo ai a inā kōkua lākou.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau ma luna o ka papa kūʻai a me nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ke launa pū me nā lapaʻau sinusitis, no laila pono i kāu kauka kēia ʻike piha.
E noʻonoʻo i nā maʻi hou, nā maʻi ʻaliki, a i ʻole nā loli i kou kaiapuni i hiki ke hoʻoulu i kou mau pilikia sinus. Kēia kūlana e kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i nā kumu hiki a koho i ka lapaʻau kūpono loa.
ʻO ka sinusitis akiki kahi kūlana maʻamau, maʻamau, e pane maikaʻi ana i ka lapaʻau kūpono. ʻOiai hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole loa, hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o kekahi mau pule me ka mālama pono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine ʻana o ka sinusitis viral ma o ia iho me ka mālama kākoʻo, ʻoiai nā maʻi bacterial e pono paha i ka lapaʻau antibiotic. ʻO ka hana pū ʻana me kāu mea lawelawe ola e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lapaʻau kūpono no kāu kūlana kūikawā.
Mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka inā nui kou mau hōʻailona, lōʻihi ma mua o ka manaʻo, a i ʻole ka hoʻopōʻino ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi mua ʻana. Hiki i ka lapaʻau mua ke pale aku i nā pilikia a hoʻi hou i kou manaʻo e like me ʻoe iho wikiwiki.
Maʻamau ka sinusitis akiki no 7-10 mau lā no nā maʻi viral, ʻoiai hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona lōʻihi a hiki i 4 mau pule. Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine ka sinusitis bacterial i loko o 2-3 mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā antibiotics, me ka hoʻonā piha ʻana i loko o 7-10 mau lā. Inā mau nā hōʻailona ma mua o 4 mau pule, ua manaʻo ʻia ka maʻi he sinusitis lōʻihi.
ʻAʻole hoʻopilikia ka sinusitis iho, akā hiki paha i ka maʻi viral a i ʻole bacterial i hoʻoulu ai. Inā ulu mai kāu sinusitis mai ke anu, hiki iā ʻoe ke pālahalaha i kēlā maʻi anu i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. E hana i ka mālama maikaʻi e like me ka holoi pinepine ʻana i nā lima a me ka uhi ʻana i nā ʻōhū e pale aku i nā poʻe a puni ʻoe.
Hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole loa ka lele ʻana me ka sinusitis akiki ma muli o nā loli kaomi e hoʻopilikia ana i kou mau sinuses i pani ʻia. Inā pono ʻoe e lele, e hoʻohana i kahi decongestant ma kahi hola ma mua o ka lele ʻana a me ka pae ʻana, a e noʻonoʻo i ka nasal saline spray i ka wā o ka lele. E kūkā me kāu kauka inā nui kou mau hōʻailona a i ʻole nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka lele ʻana.
Hoʻoulu maʻamau nā maʻi sinus i kahe ihu mānoanoa, kala ʻole a me ka ʻeha helehelena, ʻoiai nā maʻi ʻaliki maʻamau e hoʻopuka i kahe wai maopopo a me ka ʻiliʻili. ʻO nā maʻi ʻaliki pinepine ke kauwela a i ʻole hoʻoulu ʻia e nā mea kūikawā, ʻoiai nā maʻi sinus pinepine ma hope o nā anu. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā kūlana ʻelua.
Kōkua wale nā antibiotics no ka sinusitis bacterial, ʻaʻole nā maʻi viral. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā antibiotics inā nui kou mau hōʻailona, nā hōʻailona e lōʻihi ma mua o 10 mau lā me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole, a i ʻole inā hoʻopōʻino nā hōʻailona ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi mua ʻana. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka sinusitis akiki he viral a ʻaʻole pono i nā antibiotics.
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