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ʻO ka asbestosis kahi maʻi nui o ka māmā i hana ʻia e ka hanu ʻana i nā fiber asbestos i nā makahiki he nui. I ka wā e hopu ʻia ai kēia mau fiber liʻiliʻi i loko o kou māmā, e hana lākou i ka ʻili ʻana e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hanu ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka oxygen lawa i loko o kou koko.
Ke ulu mālie nei kēia kūlana, pinepine e lawe ana i 20 a 40 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā hōʻailona. Ke lilo nei ka ʻiʻo māmā i ʻili ʻia i paʻakikī a mānoanoa, ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa ai nā kauka ia he pulmonary fibrosis. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i nā lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a hoʻomāmā i ka holomua o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike mua ai, ʻo ia ka pōkole o ka hanu, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā o nā hana kino e like me ke piʻi ʻana i nā alapiʻi a i ʻole ke hele ʻana i luna. Ke hana nei kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i kou māmā i ʻili ʻia ke hoʻonui a hoʻemi maʻalahi e like me nā māmā olakino.
Eia nā hōʻailona e ulu pinepine ana i ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi:
I nā hihia holomua, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomohala i kahi kala uliuli a puni kou lehelehe a i ʻole nā kui kui, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lawa ka oxygen i kou koko. He hōʻailona kēia e pono ai ka mālama ola kino koke.
Hana ʻia ka asbestosis i ka wā e hanu pinepine ai ʻoe i nā fiber asbestos i nā mahina a i nā makahiki paha. He liʻiliʻi loa kēia mau fiber microscopic ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike, akā i ka wā e hiki ai i kou māmā, ʻaʻole hiki i kou kino ke wāwahi a wehe iā lākou.
Ke ho'āʻo nei kou ʻōnaehana pale e hoʻouka i kēia mau fiber malihini, akā e hana kēia i ka mumū a alakaʻi hope i ka ʻili mau loa. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi splinter e ho'āʻo mau ana kou kino e ho'ōla a puni, akā ʻaʻole loa e holomua.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka asbestos e komo pū me:
Hiki i nā lālā ʻohana ke pilikia inā lawe mai kekahi i nā fiber asbestos i ka home ma ko lākou kapa, lauoho, a i ʻole ʻili paha. ʻO kēia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka hōʻike lua, a ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai nā hana palekana kūpono no ka poʻe a pau e hana ana a puni ka asbestos.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka asbestos a hoʻomohala i nā pilikia hanu mau a i ʻole ka ʻōhū ʻaʻole e hele aku. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ke kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i ka holomua o ka maʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ola.
E ʻimi i ka mālama ola kino koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pōkole o ka hanu nui, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻike paha ʻoe i kou lehelehe a i ʻole nā kui kui e lilo ana i uliuli. Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau hōʻailona ʻaʻole lawa ka oxygen i hāʻawi ʻia e kou māmā i kou kino.
Mai kali inā pilikia ʻoe me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā ma muli o nā pilikia hanu. ʻOiai inā he māmā kou mau hōʻailona, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻokō i nā ho'āʻo e nānā i ka hana o kou māmā a hoʻomaka i nā lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu.
Ke hilinaʻi nei kou pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka asbestosis ma ka nui o ka asbestos āu i hōʻike ʻia ai a no ka lōʻihi pehea. ʻO nā kānaka i hana pololei me nā mea i loaʻa ka asbestos ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ka pilikia.
ʻO nā mea nui e hoʻonui i kou pilikia e komo pū me:
Ke pāʻani nei ka makahiki i kahi kuleana, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ʻike ʻia me ka asbestosis he 65 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku. ʻO kēia no ka mea e lawe ana i nā makahiki he nui ka maʻi e hoʻomohala ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma mua o nā wahine, ma muli nui o nā ʻano hōʻike ʻana i ka hana i nā makahiki i hala.
Hiki i ka asbestosis ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino nui i ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi. Ke kau nei ka ʻili ʻana i kou māmā i ka ukana hou aku ma kou naʻau a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
Eia nā pilikia nui e makaʻala ai:
ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, me ka mālama ola kino kūpono a me nā loli nohona, hiki i nā kānaka he nui me ka asbestosis ke hoʻokele i ko lākou mau hōʻailona a mālama i kahi ola maikaʻi no nā makahiki. E nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hopu i nā pilikia i ka wā mua.
Ke hoʻomaka nei ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka asbestosis me kāu kauka e nīnau ana e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala hana a me kekahi hōʻike asbestos. He mea nui kēia kamaʻilio no ka mea like ka maʻi me nā kūlana māmā ʻē aʻe ma nā ho'āʻo.
E kauoha paha kāu kauka i nā ho'āʻo he nui e hōʻoia i ka hōʻoia. Hiki i ka X-ray umauma ke hōʻike i ka ʻili ʻana i kou māmā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e ʻike ʻia nā pae mua. Hāʻawi ka CT scan i nā kiʻi kikoʻī loa a hiki ke ʻike i nā loli ʻaʻole e ʻike ʻia ma nā X-rays maʻamau.
Ke ana nei nā ho'āʻo hana māmā i ka hana o kou māmā ma ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ʻoe e hanu i loko o ka mīkini. Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau ho'āʻo inā emi iho kou hiki māmā a pehea ka maikaʻi o kou neʻe ʻana i ka ea i loko a i waho.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi biopsy māmā, kahi e nānā ʻia ai kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo māmā ma lalo o ka microscope. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻoia maopopo i nā fiber asbestos i kou māmā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono mau ia no ka hōʻoia.
ʻAʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau no ka asbestosis, akā hiki i nā lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona a hoʻomāmā i ka holomua o ka maʻi. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hanu maʻalahi a mālama i kou ola.
Hiki i kāu papa lapaʻau ke komo pū me:
I nā hihia koʻikoʻi, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka māmā, ʻoiai ua mālama ʻia kēia no nā mea maʻi ʻōpio me ka maʻi holomua. E hana pū kāu hui lapaʻau me ʻoe e ʻimi i ka hui o nā lapaʻau e hana maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Ke mālama nei iā ʻoe iho ma ka home he kuleana nui ia i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona asbestosis. Hiki i nā loli liʻiliʻi i kāu papa hana o kēlā me kēia lā ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hanu maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu hou aku.
Inā puhi ʻoe, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana. Ke hoʻopilikia nei ka puhipaka i ka ʻili ʻana o ka māmā a hoʻonui nui i kou pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa māmā. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i nā papahana haʻalele puhipaka a me nā lāʻau e maʻalahi ai ka haʻalele ʻana.
E noho ikaika i loko o kou mau palena. Hiki i ka hoʻoikaika māmā e like me ke hele wāwae a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana o kou māmā a me ka ikaika holoʻokoʻa. E hoʻomaka mālie a hoʻonui mālie i ka hana i kou ʻoluʻolu.
E pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā maʻi hanu ma ka holoi pinepine ʻana i kou mau lima a me ka pale ʻana i nā wahi piha i ka wā o ka wā flu. E kiʻi i kāu pana flu makahiki a e nīnau i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau pneumonia.
E hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ea i kou home a pale i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lepo, nā kemika, a me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki māmā ʻē aʻe. E noʻonoʻo e komo i kahi pale i ka wā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai a i ʻole e hana ana i nā hana e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā ʻāpana i ka lewa.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu manawa me kāu kauka. E lawe mai i kahi mōʻaukala hana kikoʻī, e komo pū ana i nā hana āu i hiki ke hōʻike ʻia ai i ka asbestos, ʻoiai he pōkole.
E kākau i kou mau hōʻailona a pau, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, a me ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ai iā lākou. E komo pū i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i kou mau pilikia hanu, e like me ka mea e hana ai i ka wā hoʻomaha a i ʻole me ka hana wale nō.
E hana i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. E lawe mai pū i nā X-rays umauma ma mua a i ʻole nā moʻolelo lapaʻau e pili ana i nā pilikia māmā.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e pili ana i kou kūlana, nā koho lapaʻau, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i nā hui kākoʻo a i ʻole nā kumuwaiwai no nā kānaka me ka asbestosis i kou wahi.
ʻO ka asbestosis kahi maʻi māmā koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e ulu ana i nā makahiki ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka asbestos. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau kūpono ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kahi ola maikaʻi a hoʻomāmā i ka holomua o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Me ka mālama ola kino kūpono, nā loli nohona, a me ke kākoʻo, ke ola mau nei nā kānaka he nui me ka asbestosis i nā ola piha.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka asbestos, mai kali i nā hōʻailona e ʻike ʻia ma mua o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kāu kauka. Hiki i nā nānā maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i ka maʻi i ka wā mua i ka wā e hoʻopōmaikaʻi loa ai nā lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau no ka asbestosis i kēia manawa. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona, hoʻomāmā i ka holomua o ka maʻi, a hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ola. ʻO ka ʻili ʻana o ka māmā e hana ʻia he mau loa ia, akā me ka mālama ola kino kūpono, ke ola nei nā kānaka he nui me kēia kūlana no nā makahiki he nui.
ʻO ka maʻamau, ke hoʻomohala nei ka asbestosis i 20 a 40 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hōʻike mua ʻana i ka asbestos. ʻO kēia hoʻokaʻulua lōʻihi ke kumu i ʻike ʻia ai nā kānaka he nui ma hope i ke ola, ʻoiai inā ua hana ʻia ko lākou hōʻike i nā makahiki i hala. Ke holomua mālie nei ka maʻi, a ʻaʻole paha e ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona a hiki i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka ʻili nui o ka māmā.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole mea hoʻopilikia ka asbestosis. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu mai kekahi i loaʻa ka maʻi. Ke hoʻomohala nei ka asbestosis mai ka hanu pololei ʻana i nā fiber asbestos, ma o ka hana a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa ka asbestos.
Ke hoʻonui nei ka loaʻa ʻana o ka asbestosis i kou pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa māmā, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa ia iā ʻoe. ʻO ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe loa no nā kānaka e puhi ana a i puhi paha. Hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka puhipaka a me ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka no ka nānā maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kēia pilikia nui.
Hiki i nā kānaka he nui me ka asbestosis māmā ke hana mau, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā hana ʻaʻole pono i ka hana kino nui. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e pale aku i kekahi hōʻike hou aku i ka asbestos a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonāukiuki māmā ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka pae o ka hana e palekana no ʻoe ma muli o ka hana o kou māmā a me nā hōʻailona.
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