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ʻO ka Angelman syndrome kahi maʻi kino maʻamau loa e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kou ʻōnaehana nerve, e hoʻokumu ana i ka naʻauao haʻahaʻa a me nā pilikia me ka neʻe ʻana a me ke kaulike. Hana kēia maʻi ke loaʻa kahi pilikia me kahi gene kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo UBE3A, kahi e pāʻani ai i kahi kuleana nui i ke ʻano o ka kamaʻilio ʻana o nā cell lolo me kekahi.
Ma kahi o 1 i 12,000 a 20,000 mau kānaka i hānau ʻia me ka Angelman syndrome. ʻOiai he maʻi ola lōʻihi ia e lawe mai ana i nā pilikia kūikawā, nui nā ʻohana e ʻimi ana i nā ala e kōkua ai i ko lākou mau aloha e ola i nā ola piha me ke kākoʻo a me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona o ka Angelman syndrome i ka makahiki mua o ke ola o kāu pēpē, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e ʻike ʻia kekahi mau hōʻailona a hiki i ka wā ma hope i ke kamaliʻi. Hoʻopili kēia mau hōʻailona i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kāu keiki, ka neʻe ʻana, a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai:
Hiki i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo pū me ka liʻiliʻi o ke poʻo, ka lelo puka mai, ka luhi, a me nā pilikia hānai i ka wā kamaliʻi. Hoʻomohala kekahi mau keiki i ka scoliosis a i ʻole nā pilikia maka e like me nā maka keʻa.
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo kēlā me kēia kanaka me ka Angelman syndrome he kūikawā. ʻOiai he mau hōʻailona maʻamau kēia, hiki i kāu keiki ke ʻike i kekahi mau mea ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, a hiki ke ʻokoʻa nui ka nui mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka.
Loaʻa ka maʻi Angelman ma muli o nā pilikia me ka gene UBE3A, aia ma ka chromosome 15. Pono kēia gene e hana i kahi protein e kōkua i nā cell o kou lolo e hana pono, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā wahi e kaohi ai i ke aʻo ʻana, ke ʻōlelo ʻana, a me ka neʻe ʻana.
Hiki i ke kūlana ke loaʻa ma nā ʻano like ʻole:
I ka hapanui o nā hihia, loaʻa ka maʻi Angelman me ka manawa kūpono ʻole i ka wā e hana ai i nā cell reproductive a i ʻole i ka wā mua o ka ulu ʻana o ka pēpē. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻoilina ʻia mai nā mākua, a ʻaʻohe mea āu e hiki ai ke hana ʻokoʻa e pale aku ai.
Eia naʻe, i nā hihia kakaikahi kahi e loaʻa ai kahi hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana o ka chromosome i loko o hoʻokahi makua, aia paha kahi manawa kiʻekiʻe iki e loaʻa ai ke keiki ʻē aʻe me ke kūlana. Hiki i kāu kākāʻōlelo genetic ke kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Pono ʻoe e kamaʻilio me kāu pediatrician inā ʻike ʻoe ua lohi nui kāu pēpē a i ʻole keiki ʻōpio i ka hiki ʻana i nā hōʻailona ulu. ʻO nā hōʻailona mua e pono ai ka hele ʻana i ke kauka, ʻo ia ka noho ʻole ʻana ma 12 mahina, ka hele ʻole ʻana ma 18 mahina, a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi loa a i ʻole ka ʻole o ke ʻōlelo ʻana ma ka makahiki 2.
ʻO nā kumu nui ʻē aʻe e ʻimi ai i ka mālama lapaʻau, ʻo ia nā hoʻouka pinepine, nā pilikia hiamoe nui, a i ʻole inā hōʻike kāu keiki i ka hui ʻana o nā lohi ulu me ka ʻakaʻaka hauʻoli pinepine a me ka pā ʻana o nā lima. I kekahi manawa, ʻike nā mākua ua maopopo loa kā lākou keiki ma mua o kā lākou hiki ke hōʻike, ʻo ia kekahi hōʻailona o ke kūlana.
Mai kali inā hopohopo ʻoe no ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki. Hiki i nā lawelawe komo mua ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka kōkua ʻana i kāu keiki e hiki i kona hiki, ʻoiai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike maopopo.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka maʻi Angelman e kū mai ana ma ka manawa kūpono ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻohe mau mea pilikia kūikawā e hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kahi keiki me kēia kūlana. Hoʻopili like ka maʻi i nā hui lāhui āpau a kū mai i nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine i ka nui like.
ʻAʻole he mea pilikia ka makahiki makua wahine kiʻekiʻe no ka maʻi Angelman, ʻaʻole e like me kekahi mau kūlana genetic ʻē aʻe. I ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana, ʻaʻohe moʻolelo ʻohana o ke kūlana, a he mau chromosome maʻamau nā mākua.
ʻO kahi kūlana wale nō e kiʻekiʻe ai ka pilikia inā lawe kekahi mākua i kahi hoʻonohonoho chromosomal kaulike e pili ana i ka chromosome 15. He mea maʻamau loa kēia a ʻike wale ʻia ma o ka hoʻokolohua genetic ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi keiki me ka maʻi Angelman.
ʻOiai he kūlana ola lōʻihi ka maʻi Angelman, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau a ʻimi i ka mālama kūpono i ka wā e pono ai. Hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia ka nui o kēia mau pilikia me ke kākoʻo lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā pilikia liʻiliʻi e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia nā pilikia maka e like me ka strabismus (nā maka i keʻa), nā pilikia niho, a ma kekahi mau hihia, nā pilikia me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mahana. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa pū kekahi ka gastroesophageal reflux, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻai ʻana a me ka ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka Angelman syndrome he ola lōʻihi maʻamau. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ke kākoʻo, hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia nā pilikia he nui, e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke ola hauʻoli, komo i loko o ko lākou mau ʻohana a me nā kaiāulu.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka Angelman syndrome, maʻamau, e pili ana i ka hoʻokolohua genetika, akā ʻo ke kaʻina hana, maʻamau, e hoʻomaka me kāu kauka e nānā ana i ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki a me nā hōʻailona. ʻAʻohe hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi e hiki ke hōʻoia koke i ka hōʻoia, no laila, pinepine ia e pono ai ka hui ʻana o ka loiloi lapaʻau a me ka hoʻokolohua kūikawā.
E hana mua kāu kauka i kahi nānā kino piha a e nānā i ka mōʻaukala ulu ʻana o kāu keiki. E ʻimi lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona e like me nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu, nā pilikia neʻe ʻana, a me ka ʻano hauʻoli maʻamau me ka ʻakaʻaka pinepine.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻokolohua genetika, maʻamau, e komo pū me:
Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻoia ke lōʻihi, a pono paha ʻoe e ʻike i nā loea he nui, me nā geneticists, nā neurologists, a me nā pediatricians ulu. Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke manaʻo nui, akā ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu e kōkua i ka kūkulu ʻana i kahi kiʻi maopopo o nā pono kūikawā o kāu keiki.
ʻAʻole lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi Angelman, akā nui nā hana a me nā lāʻau e hiki ai ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ke ola a kōkua i nā kānaka e hiki i ko lākou hiki piha. Kūkulu ʻia ka mālama ʻana ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hōʻailona a kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana ma nā wahi he nui.
ʻO nā ala mālama nui e komo pū ana:
Loaʻa i nā ʻohana he nui ka hoʻoponopono ʻano no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hyperactivity a me nā pilikia nānā. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka pōmaikaʻi mai nā mea hana orthotic e kōkua ai i ka hele ʻana, a ma nā hihia o ka scoliosis koʻikoʻi, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka hana ʻoki.
ʻO ke kī ka hana pū ʻana me kahi hui o nā loea e hoʻomaopopo ana i ka maʻi Angelman. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me nā neurologists, nā kauka pediatrics ulu, nā mea hoʻoponopono kino, nā mea hoʻoponopono ʻōlelo, a me nā poʻe loea hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā e hiki ke hana i kahi hoʻolālā mālama piha i kūpono i nā pono kūikawā o kāu mea aloha.
Hiki i ka hana ʻana i kahi kaiapuni home kākoʻo ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka ulu ʻana o kāu mea aloha i kēlā me kēia lā. Hoʻomohala nā ʻohana he nui i nā hana maʻamau a me nā hoʻolālā e hana maikaʻi no ko lākou kūlana kūikawā.
Eia kekahi mau ala e kōkua pinepine ana:
Hiki ke paʻakikī loa ka hiamoe, no laila he nui nā ʻohana i loaʻa ka holomua me nā pale pouli, nā leo keʻokeʻo, a me nā hana moe maʻamau. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe me ka maʻi Angelman ka pono mai nā pale kaumaha a i ʻole nā mea hana sensory hoʻomaha ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻomanaʻo he mea nui kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu liʻiliʻi i mua. Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei i nā holomua, ʻoiai inā he liʻiliʻi paha lākou, kōkua ia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kūlana maikaʻi e kākoʻo ana i ka ulu mau a me ka hauʻoli.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no nā hālāwai lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana pono i kou manawa me nā mea lawelawe olakino a hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa i ka ʻike a me ke kākoʻo āu e pono ai. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke kōkua pū i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kaumaha no ʻoe a me kāu mea aloha.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike nui e like me ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa, nā loli hou i nā hōʻailona a i ʻole ka ʻano, a me nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau. E mālama i kahi moʻolelo pōkole o nā hoʻouka ʻana, nā ʻano moe, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona pilikia inā he mau pilikia kēia.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai:
I ka wā o ka hālāwai, mai kānalua e noi i ka ho'ākāka inā pa'akikī nā hua'ōlelo lapaʻau. Ho'omaika'i ka nui o nā kauka i ka mākaukau a me ka komo ʻana o nā ʻohana i ke kaʻina mālama.
ʻO ka maʻi Angelman he kūlana kino pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a pono i ke kākoʻo mau, akā he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo e hiki i nā kānaka me kēia kūlana ke ola i nā ola piha a hauʻoli. ʻO ka hauʻoli a me ke ʻano pilikanaka o ka nui o nā kānaka me ka maʻi Angelman e lawe pinepine mai i ka hauʻoli i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i nā ʻohana a me nā kaiāulu.
ʻOiai hiki i ka ʻike ʻana ke manaʻo nui loa i ka hoʻomaka, ʻo ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe, nā hui olakino, a me nā hui kākoʻo e hāʻawi i nā alakaʻi waiwai a me ka manaʻolana. Hiki i ka hoʻoponopono mua a me nā lāʻau mau ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka kōkua ʻana i nā kānaka me ka maʻi Angelman e hoʻomohala i ko lākou mau mākau a kamaʻilio i ko lākou mau pono.
ʻO ke kī ka nānā ʻana i nā ikaika kūikawā o kāu mea aloha a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka holomua, ʻoiai paha he liʻiliʻi ia. Me ke kākoʻo kūpono, ka mālama lapaʻau, a me kahi wahi aloha, hiki i nā kānaka me ka maʻi Angelman ke ola i nā ola waiwai a piha i ka pilina a me ka hauʻoli.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā keiki me ka maʻi Angelman e aʻo e hele, ʻoiai e hana pinepine ia ma hope o ka maʻamau a ʻokoʻa paha ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana. Hele kūʻokoʻa kekahi mau keiki ma ka makahiki 2-3, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e hele kekahi a hiki i ka makahiki 4-7 a ma hope paha. Hiki i ka lāʻau kino ke kōkua nui i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mākau neʻe a me ke kaulike i ka manawa.
ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe me ka maʻi Angelman syndrome i loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻōlelo palena iki loa, akā naʻe, ua maopopo pinepine lākou i nā mea he nui ma mua o kā lākou hiki ke hōʻike aku ma ka waha. He nui ka poʻe i aʻo e kamaʻilio maikaʻi ma o nā hōʻailona, nā papa kiʻi, ka ʻōlelo hōʻailona, a i ʻole nā mea hana kamaʻilio uila. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kā lākou ʻōlelo hoʻokipa (hoʻomaopopo) ma mua o kā lākou ʻōlelo hōʻike (ʻōlelo).
He mea maʻamau nā hopena maʻi i ka maʻi Angelman syndrome, e pili ana i ka 80% o nā kānaka, akā ʻaʻole pono e ʻoi aku ka nui me ka hala ʻana o ka makahiki. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, pinepine nā hopena maʻi e emi iho ka nui a maʻalahi hoʻi ke kaohi ʻia i ka wā e ulu ai nā keiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka lāʻau kūpono. He nui ka poʻe i ʻike ua emi iho ka pilikia o nā hopena maʻi i nā makahiki ʻōpio a me ka wā makua.
I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ua kū mai ka maʻi Angelman syndrome me ka manaʻo ʻole a ʻaʻole i hoʻoilina ʻia mai nā mākua. Ma kahi o 90% o nā hihia, he mau hoʻololi hou o ka gene i hana ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hunaola hanau a i ʻole ka hāpai mua. I nā hihia kakaikahi wale nō e pili ana i nā hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana o ka chromosome, e loaʻa paha kahi pilikia iki no nā hāpai ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka poʻe me ka maʻi Angelman syndrome, maʻamau lākou i ka lōʻihi o ke ola maʻamau a kokoke paha i ka maʻamau. ʻOiai ke lawe mai nei ke kūlana i nā pilikia e pono ai ke kākoʻo mau a me ka mālama ola, ʻaʻole ia e pōkole loa i ke ola. He nui nā mākua me ka maʻi Angelman syndrome e ola maikaʻi i ko lākou mau makahiki ʻelemakule, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka mālama ola maikaʻi a me ke kākoʻo ʻohana.
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