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Hana ʻia ka stenosis aortic i ka wā e lilo ai ka valve aortic o kou naʻau i ʻāpana a paʻakikī, e hana ai i ka paʻakikī o ke kahe ʻana o ke koko mai kou naʻau a i ke koena o kou kino. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka puka i paʻa i ka hapalua wehe - pono e hana nui aku kou naʻau e kipaku i ke koko ma kēia wehe liʻiliʻi.
Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ulu pinepine ma nā makahiki he nui. ʻOiai ke kani nei ia he mea hopohopo, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea e hana nei i loko o kou kino ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku i ka mālama ʻana iā ia me kou hui olakino.
ʻO ka stenosis aortic kahi maʻi valve naʻau kahi i wehe ʻole ai kāu valve aortic piha i kēlā me kēia kuʻi naʻau. Noho ka valve aortic ma waena o ke keʻena pump nui o kou naʻau a me ke kīʻaha nui loa o kou kino, e kaohi ana i ke kahe ʻana o ke koko mai kou naʻau.
Ke lilo kēia valve i ʻāpana, pono e hana nui aku kou ʻiʻo naʻau e pump i ka nui like o ke koko. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hiki i kēia hana hou ke hana i kou ʻiʻo naʻau e mānoanoa a hoʻonāwaliwali hope loa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, he nui nā kānaka e ola ana i nā ola piha, hana me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me ka nānā.
ʻO ka maʻamau, ulu mālie kēia kūlana, pinepine ma nā ʻumi makahiki. ʻAʻole ʻike nā kānaka he nui i nā hōʻailona i nā wā mua, ʻo ia ke kumu e waiwai ai nā nānā maʻamau me kāu kauka no ka hopu ʻana i nā loli i ka wā mua.
ʻO ka mea paʻakikī e pili ana i ka stenosis aortic, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi hōʻailona no nā makahiki ʻoiai he māmā a waena paha ke kūlana. He maikaʻi loa kou kino i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā loli mālie, no laila e ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona i ka wā e lilo ai ka ʻāpana i ʻoi aku ka nui.
Ke hoʻomohala ʻia nā hōʻailona, hoʻopili pinepine lākou:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka pehu ʻana o ko lākou mau kuʻekuʻe a i ʻole nā wāwae, kahi e hana ai i ka wā e hakakā ai ka naʻau e pump pono.
Hoʻokano nā kauka i ka stenosis aortic ma muli o ka nui o ka ʻāpana i lilo. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau māhele ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea e kali ai a pehea ka wikiwiki e pono ai ka lapaʻau.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
E hoʻohana kāu kauka i nā ho'āʻo e like me nā echocardiograms e ana pono i ka nui o ka ʻāpana o kāu valve. Kēia e kōkua iā lākou e paipai i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono a me ka papa hana nānā no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka stenosis aortic no nā kumu like ʻole ma muli o kou makahiki a me ka mōʻaukala olakino. ʻO ke kumu maʻamau i nā mākua kahiko ka hana ʻelemakule maoli, kahi e kūkulu ai nā waihona calcium ma ka valve ma hope o kekahi manawa.
Eia nā kumu nui a nā kauka e ʻike ai:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic, maʻi puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole nā maʻi autoimmune ke kōkua i nā pilikia valve. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā mea i alakaʻi i kāu kūlana kikoʻī, ʻoiai i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole maopopo ke kumu pololei.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka stenosis aortic, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma hope o kekahi manawa. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena olakino lōʻihi.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe:
E kāhea no ke kōkua pilikia koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha umauma nui, fainting koke, a i ʻole ka pilikia nui o ka hanu. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻailona e pono ai kāu kūlana i ka mālama koke.
ʻOiai inā ʻaʻohe ou hōʻailona, e haʻi i kekahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā pilikia valve naʻau i kāu kauka i nā kipa maʻamau. Hiki iā lākou ke paipai i nā ho'āʻo palekana e hopu i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i ka wā mua.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e hoʻomohala ai i ka stenosis aortic, ʻoiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hoʻomohala maoli ʻoe i ke kūlana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e makaʻala no nā hōʻailona mua.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
Kekahi poʻe e kū i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma muli o nā mea hiki ʻole iā lākou ke kaohi, e like me ka hānau ʻia ʻana me ka valve aortic bicuspid (loaʻa ʻelua mau lau ma mua o ʻekolu) a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi valve. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne e hoʻomohala i ka stenosis aortic ma mua o nā wahine, ʻoiai hiki i nā wahine ke hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻOiai e holomua mālie ana ka stenosis aortic, ʻo ka waiho ʻana iā ia me ka mālama ʻole ʻana i ka wā koʻikoʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka nānā pono a me ka lapaʻau, hiki ke pale ʻia a mālama pono ʻia nā pilikia he nui.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke komo pū ana:
Ke kani nei kēia mau pilikia i ka hopohopo, akā e hoʻomanaʻo e hana pinepine lākou wale nō i ka wā e waiho ʻole ʻia ai ka stenosis aortic koʻikoʻi. Kūpono ka nānā maʻamau me kāu hui olakino e hōʻoia i ka hopu ʻia ʻana o nā loli a me ka mālama ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā pilikia.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka diagnosis o ka stenosis aortic me kāu kauka e hoʻolohe ana i kou naʻau me ka stethoscope. Ke hoʻolohe nei lākou no kahi ʻano kikoʻī o ka murmur naʻau e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia valve.
Inā manaʻo kāu kauka i ka stenosis aortic, e kauoha paha lākou i kahi echocardiogram mua. Hoʻokumu kēia ho'āʻo ultrasound ʻeha ʻole i nā kiʻi neʻe o kou naʻau, e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi o ka wehe a me ka pani ʻana o kāu valve. ʻO ia ka ho'āʻo kūpono loa no ka loiloi ʻana i ka hana valve.
Hiki i nā ho'āʻo hou aku ke komo pū:
Mai hopohopo inā kauoha kāu kauka i nā ho'āʻo he nui. Hāʻawi kēlā me kēia i ka ʻike like ʻole e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i kahi kiʻi piha o kou olakino naʻau a e alakaʻi i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka stenosis aortic e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui o kou kūlana a inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona. No nā hihia māmā, hiki i ka nānā pono ke mea wale nō e pono ai i ka mua.
Hiki i kāu papahana lapaʻau ke komo pū:
No ka stenosis aortic koʻikoʻi me nā hōʻailona, hoʻomaopopo pinepine ʻia ka hoʻololi valve. Hiki i kēia ke kani hopohopo, akā loaʻa i kēia mau kaʻina hana nā helu holomua maikaʻi a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou maikaʻi o ke ola. E kūkākūkā kāu hui naʻau i ke ala kūpono loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ke kī ʻaʻole ia e kali lōʻihi loa ma hope o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā hōʻailona. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono mua i ka wā e ola maikaʻi ana ʻoe ma mua o ka kali ʻana a hiki i ka wā e hōʻino nui ʻia ai kou naʻau.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe ala e hoʻihoʻi ai i ka stenosis aortic ma o nā loli nohona wale nō, hiki i ka mālama pono ʻana iā ʻoe iho ke kōkua i ka hoʻomālie ʻana i ka holomua a mālama iā ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻana i kou maikaʻi loa. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kou naʻau i ke kākoʻo maikaʻi loa.
Eia nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home:
E makaʻala i kou ʻike ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. E mālama i kahi moʻolelo maʻalahi o nā hōʻailona e like me ka pōkole o ka hanu, ʻeha umauma, a i ʻole ka luhi maʻamau. Kēia ʻike e kōkua i kāu kauka e hahai i ka holomua ʻana o kāu kūlana.
Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hōʻailona e noho nei. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ma mua o ka hopohopo ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kou manawa me kāu mea lawelawe olakino. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku a hōʻoia i ka pane ʻia o kāu mau hopohopo āpau.
Ma mua o kāu kipa:
ʻO nā nīnau maikaʻi e nīnau ai e komo pū ana: Pehea ka nui o ka stenosis aortic? Pehea ka pinepine e pono ai iaʻu nā ho'āʻo hahai? He aha nā hōʻailona e pono ai iaʻu e nānā? Aia nā hana e pono ai iaʻu ke pale aku? I ka wā hea paha e pono ai iaʻu ka hoʻololi valve?
E hoʻomanaʻo, makemake kāu hui olakino e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana a ʻoluʻolu me kāu papahana lapaʻau. Mai kānalua e noi no ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole maopopo kekahi mea.
He kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia ka stenosis aortic i ka wā e hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua a nānā pono ʻia. ʻOiai ke kani nei ka diagnosis e like me ka mea kaumaha i ka mua, e hoʻomanaʻo i nā lapaʻau i kēia lā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a emi invasive ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
ʻO ka mea nui loa ka mālama ʻana i ka pilina maʻamau me kāu hui olakino a ʻaʻole hoʻowahāwahā i nā hōʻailona inā hoʻomohala lākou. Nui nā kānaka me ka stenosis aortic e ola ana i nā ola piha, hana me ka mālama pono a me ka lapaʻau.
E kau i kou manaʻo i nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi: ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, ka noho ikaika i loko o kou mau palena, ka ʻai maikaʻi, a me ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau kipa hahai. Ua hana nui kou naʻau no ʻoe i kou ola a pau, a i kēia manawa ua hiki mai ka manawa e hāʻawi iā ia i ke kākoʻo e pono ai.
E hilinaʻi i kāu hui lapaʻau, e noho ʻike e pili ana i kou kūlana, a mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo. ʻAʻole ʻoe wale nō i ka mālama ʻana i kēia kūlana, a me ka mālama pono, hiki i kou manaʻo ke maikaʻi loa.
ʻAʻole hiki ke ho'ōla ʻia ka stenosis aortic me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki ke mālama pono ʻia me nā kaʻina hana hoʻololi valve a i ʻole TAVR. Hiki i kēia mau lapaʻau ke hoʻihoʻi i ke kahe koko maʻamau a hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO ka maʻamau, holomua mālie ka stenosis aortic ma nā makahiki he nui, akā ʻokoʻa loa ka wikiwiki ma waena o nā kānaka. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa ka stenosis māmā e noho paʻa no nā ʻumi makahiki, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e ʻike i ka holomua wikiwiki. E nānā kāu kauka i kou kūlana me nā echocardiograms maʻamau e hahai i nā loli a hoʻoponopono i kāu papahana lapaʻau e like me ia.
ʻO ka palekana hoʻoikaika kino e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui o kāu stenosis aortic a inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona. Hiki i nā kānaka me ka stenosis māmā ke hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, ʻoiai nā poʻe me ka stenosis waena a koʻikoʻi paha e pono paha e kaupalena i nā hana kiʻekiʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i nā kuhikuhi hoʻoikaika kino kikoʻī ma muli o kāu kūlana pilikino a hiki ke paipai i kahi ho'āʻo hoʻoikaika kino e hoʻoholo i nā pae hana palekana.
Inā pono ʻoe i nā mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa koko ma hope o ka hoʻololi valve e hilinaʻi ana i ke ʻano o ka valve āu e loaʻa ai. Pono nā valves mechanical i ka lāʻau hoʻohaʻahaʻa koko ola, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono nā valves tissue i nā mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa koko lōʻihi ke ʻole ʻoe e loaʻa nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e like me ka atrial fibrillation. E kūkākūkā kāu hui naʻau i nā pono a me nā pōʻino o kēlā me kēia ʻano valve e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i ka hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa no kou nohona.
ʻOiai hiki i ka make naʻau koke ke hana me ka stenosis aortic koʻikoʻi i mālama ʻole ʻia, he mea kakaikahi ia a hana pinepine wale nō i ka wā e hoʻowahāwahā ai nā kānaka i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi no nā manawa lōʻihi. ʻO ia ke kumu e nui ai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha umauma, fainting, a i ʻole ka hanu koʻikoʻi. Me ka nānā pono a me ka lapaʻau koke, he haʻahaʻa loa ka pilikia o ka make naʻau koke.
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