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ʻO nā pōhaku mimi nā waihona minelala paʻakikī e ulu ana i loko o kou mimi ke hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ka mimi a kristalize pū nā minelala. E noʻonoʻo iā lākou e like me nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi e hiki ke piʻi mai nā hua liʻiliʻi a hiki i nā ʻano nui aʻe, e like me ka nui o ka marble, e ulu ana i ka manawa ke ʻole e hoʻopau loa ʻia kou mimi.
ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau pōhaku ma mua o kou manaʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kāne ma luna o 50, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopili i kekahi kanaka i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiai ke kani nui nei ka manaʻo o nā pōhaku i loko o kou mimi, hiki ke mālama pono ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia ke ʻike pono ʻia.
ʻO nā pōhaku mimi nā mea paʻa i hana ʻia i nā minelala a me nā paʻakai e kristalize ana i loko o kou mimi. Hana ʻia lākou ke noho lōʻihi ka mimi i loko o ka mimi, e ʻae ana i nā minelala e like me ka calcium, magnesium, a me ka phosphate e hui pū i nā ʻano paʻakikī.
Hiki i kēia mau pōhaku ke liʻiliʻi e like me ka hua one a ulu a nui e like me ka pōle golf i nā hihia koʻikoʻi. Hoʻokumu kekahi poʻe i hoʻokahi pōhaku wale nō, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa nā pōhaku he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Hiki i nā pōhaku ke palupalu a ʻokiʻoki paha, a ʻokoʻa ko lākou hoʻonohonoho ma muli o nā minelala i hoʻoikaika nui ʻia i loko o kou mimi.
ʻAʻole like me nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa e hana ʻia ana i nā puʻupaʻa a hiki ke hele i lalo i ka mimi, hana pololei ʻia nā pōhaku mimi nui i loko o ka mimi ponoʻī. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa i paʻa i loko o ka mimi ke hoʻokumu i nā pilikia like.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā pōhaku mimi liʻiliʻi i nā hōʻailona a hiki ke ʻike ʻole ʻia no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā pōhaku nui a i ʻole nā mea e hoʻonāukiuki i ka paia o kou mimi ke hoʻokumu i kekahi mau hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole e hoʻonui pinepine ana i ka manawa.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Loaʻa nō hoʻi i kekahi poʻe ka hoʻokahuli ʻana i kā lākou kahe mimi, kahi e kū koke ai ke kahe a hoʻomaka hou. Hana kēia i ka wā e pani koke ai ka pōhaku i ka puka kahi e puka mai ai ka mimi mai ka ʻōpū mimi. I nā kāne, hiki ke pālahalaha ka ʻeha i ka piko o ka penis.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pōhaku ʻōpū mimi ma muli o kā lākou mineral composition, kahi e kōkua ai i nā kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea i hana iā lākou a pehea ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana iā lākou. ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau loa e komo pū ana nā pōhaku calcium, nā pōhaku struvite, a me nā pōhaku uric acid.
ʻO nā pōhaku calcium ka ʻano pinepine loa, maʻamau i hana ʻia i ka calcium phosphate a i ʻole calcium oxalate. Hana pinepine kēia i ka wā e lilo ai ka mimi i alkaline nui a i ʻole ke nui loa o ka calcium i loko o kou kino.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā pōhaku struvite i ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi bacteria e hana ai i kāu mimi i alkaline hou aku. Hiki i kēia mau pōhaku ke ulu nui loa a ua kapa ʻia ʻo
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā pōhaku ʻōpū ke ʻaʻole piha ka hoʻopau ʻana o kou ʻōpū i ka wā e mimi ai, e waiho ana i ka mimi i hoʻoikaika ʻia e noho a hana i nā kristal. Hiki ke hana kēia hoʻopau ʻole ʻana no nā kumu like ʻole, a ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke kumu i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka mālama.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā mea hana lapaʻau e like me nā catheters a i ʻole nā ʻupena ʻōpū ke lawelawe ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻomaka no ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā pōhaku. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i loko o ka ʻōpū, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole, hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻoulu i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā pōhaku a puni lākou.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i nā kūlana metabolic e like me ka hyperparathyroidism a i ʻole nā kīnā o ka ʻōnaehana mimi mai ka hānau ʻana mai ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pōhaku i kou ola.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona mimi mau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou i ka manawa. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke pale aku i nā pilikia a kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu koke.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i ke koko i loko o kou mimi, ʻoiai inā he ʻulaʻula wale nō ia. ʻOiai hiki i kēia ke loaʻa i nā kumu he nui, he mea nui ia e kāpae i nā pōhaku a me nā kūlana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe e pono paha i ka mālama.
E kāhea koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū haʻahaʻa, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā pili pū me ka maʻi wela, ka luʻuluʻu, a i ʻole ka nausea. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka pale piha e pono ai ka mālama koke.
Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā pilikia ʻoe i ka mimi ʻana, manaʻo ʻoe ʻaʻole piha ka hoʻopau ʻana o kou ʻōpū mimi, a i ʻole ʻike ʻoe ua nāwaliwali loa kāu kahawai mimi a ua kū pinepine a hoʻomaka hou.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa nā pōhaku mimi, me ka makahiki a me ka wahine ʻo ia ka mea nui loa. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana pale a ʻike i nā hōʻailona ma mua.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā kānaka me nā hōʻeha o ke kaula kua, ka multiple sclerosis, a i ʻole ka hahau ʻana, no ka mea hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka mimi maʻamau. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōhaku mimi i ka poʻe i loaʻa nā pōhaku kidney ma mua.
Hiki i nā meaʻai e like me ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai paʻakai loa, ka inu ʻana i ka nui o ka protein holoholona, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻai liʻiliʻi i nā hua a me nā mea kanu ke kōkua pū i ka hana ʻana o nā pōhaku i ka manawa.
ʻOiai hiki ke mālama ʻia nā pōhaku mimi he nui me ka ʻole o nā pilikia nui, hiki i ka waiho ʻana iā lākou me ka mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau pilikia e hoʻopilikia ana i kou ola a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau āu e ʻike ai e komo pū ana:
He mea hopohopo loa nā maʻi e hoʻi hou nei no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hōʻino i ka paia o kou ʻōpū mimi i ka manawa lōʻihi a e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hana maʻamau ʻana o kou ʻōpū mimi. Ua loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka ʻeha mau loa e hoʻopilikia ana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā a me ka hiamoe.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā pōhaku nui loa ke hōʻino mau i ka ʻōpū mimi a i ʻole e alakaʻi i nā pilikia weliweli i ke ola inā pani loa lākou i ke kahe ʻana o ka mimi. Eia naʻe, hiki ke pale ʻia kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi me ka mālama ʻana i ka manawa kūpono.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā pōhaku o ka ʻōpū mimi ke kaumaha nui ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i kou ʻōpū mimi a me ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻopau loa ia i ka mimi ʻana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i nā kumu pilikia a pau, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻololi o ke ola ke hōʻemi nui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā pōhaku.
ʻO ka hana nui loa ka noho wai nui ma o ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui i ka lā holoʻokoʻa. E pahuhopu i ka mimi maopopo a melemele māmā paha, kahi e hōʻike ana i ka wai nui a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā minelala mai ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana i loko o kou ʻōpū mimi.
E hōʻoia e mimi loa i kēlā me kēia manawa e hele ai ʻoe i ka lumipaku, a mai hoʻopaʻa i kou mimi no nā manawa lōʻihi. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hoʻopau loa ʻana i kou ʻōpū mimi, e hana pū me kāu kauka e hoʻoponopono i nā kumu kumu.
He mea nui nā nānā olakino maʻamau, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana e like me ka nui o ka prostate a i ʻole nā maʻi neurological e hoʻopilikia ana i ka hana o ka ʻōpū mimi. Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau kūlana kumu ke pale i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā pōhaku.
Hiki nō hoʻi ke kōkua ka hahai ʻana i ka ʻai kaulike me ka paʻakai liʻiliʻi a me ka nui o nā hua a me nā huaʻai. Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pōhaku ma mua, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻololi ʻai kūikawā ma muli o ke ʻano o nā pōhaku āu i loaʻa ai.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōhaku ʻōpū e hoʻomaka pinepine me ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau me kāu kauka. Makemake lākou e ʻike e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona mimi, kekahi ʻeha āu e ʻike nei, a inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻōpū ma mua.
E kauoha paha kāu kauka i kahi hoʻokolohua mimi e nānā i ke koko, ka maʻi, a i ʻole nā kristala e hōʻike paha i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā pōhaku. Hiki i kēia hoʻokolohua maʻalahi ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i nā mea e hana nei i kāu ʻōnaehana mimi.
Kōkua nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a hōʻike i ka nui a me ka wahi o nā pōhaku. ʻO ka ultrasound pinepine ka hoʻokolohua kiʻi mua no ka mea ʻaʻohe ʻeha a ʻaʻole hoʻohana i ka radiation. Hāʻawi nā CT scan i nā kiʻi kikoʻī hou aku a hiki ke ʻike i nā pōhaku ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi X-ray kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo intravenous pyelogram, kahi e hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka waihoʻoluʻu kontras e hoʻomālamalama i kāu ʻōnaehana mimi. I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha lākou e nānā pololei i kou ʻōpū me kahi paipu lahilahi, palupalu i kapa ʻia ʻo cystoscope.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū me ka hana koko e nānā i ka hana o nā puʻupaʻa a me nā pae minelala e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā pōhaku.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā pōhaku ʻōpū e hilinaʻi ana i ko lākou nui, helu, a me nā mea e hoʻokumu ai iā lākou. I kekahi manawa, hele nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi ma o lākou iho me ka nui o ka wai, ʻoiai nā pōhaku nui e pono ai ka hoʻoponopono lapaʻau e wehe iā lākou me ka palekana.
No nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e inu i ka wai nui a lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻomaha i nā ʻiʻo o kou ʻōpū a maʻalahi ka hele ʻana o nā pōhaku ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe. Hiki i nā lāʻau ʻeha ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha i kēia kaʻina.
ʻO nā pōhaku nui pinepine e pono ai kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo ka cystolitholapaxy, kahi e hoʻohana ai kāu kauka i kahi kāmela liʻiliʻi e ʻimi i nā pōhaku a haki iā lākou me ka ikehu laser a i ʻole nā nā leo ultrasound. A laila, holoi ʻia nā ʻāpana pōhaku mai kou ʻōpū.
I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻoki, ʻoi aku no nā pōhaku nui loa a i ʻole i ka wā ʻaʻole i hana nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke hana ʻia kēia ma o kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi ma kou ʻōpū haʻahaʻa a i ʻole i kekahi manawa ma o ka urethra.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana kumu i kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā pōhaku he mea nui like. Hiki paha kēia ke komo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau no kahi prostate nui, nā lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi, a i ʻole nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻOiai he mea pono ka mālama lapaʻau no nā pōhaku ʻōpū, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻolālā mālama home ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo i kou ola hou ʻana. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ala i ka hui pū ʻana me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home. E pahuhopu no ka liʻiliʻi o 8-10 mau aniani i kēlā me kēia lā, a i ʻole lawa e mālama ai i kou mimi i ka melemele māmā. Kōkua kēia e holoi i kou ʻōnaehana a hiki ke kōkua i nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi e hala maʻalahi.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe hiki ke komo i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi pā hoʻomehana mahana i kou ʻōpū haʻahaʻa a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā wai mahana e kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kou mau ʻiʻo. Hiki i nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me ka ibuprofen ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mumū a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
E makaʻala i kāu ʻai ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻai paʻakai a pale aku i nā meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i nā oxalates inā paipai kāu kauka. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i kahi meaʻai kaulike me nā hua a me nā huaʻai nui e kākoʻo i ke olakino mimi holoʻokoʻa.
E mālama i kāu mau hōʻailona, e komo pū ana i ka wā e ʻeha ai ʻoe, nā loli i ka mimi, a i ʻole ke koko i loko o kou mimi. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu hui mālama ola e nānā i kou holomua a hoʻoponopono i ka mālama inā pono.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ʻana e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻailona pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau kūpono. Hiki i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kekahi mau minuke e hoʻonohonoho i kou mau manaʻo a hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike ke hana i kāu kipa ʻoi aku ka hua.
E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, pehea ka nui o ko lākou ʻino, a me nā mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻoi aku ka ʻino paha. E hoʻomaopopo i nā loli i kāu mau ʻano mimi, nā pae ʻeha, a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka mimi i nā hebedoma i hala.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka papa kūʻai, a me nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka mimi a i ʻole ka hana o ka ʻōpū mimi.
E hoʻomākaukau i ka papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka. ʻO nā nīnau maʻamau paha e komo pū me ka mea i hoʻokumu i kāu mau pōhaku, nā koho lapaʻau i loaʻa, a pehea e pale aku ai i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā pōhaku hou.
Inā hiki, e lawe mai i kahi hāpana mimi inā noi kāu keʻena kauka, a e noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha no ke kākoʻo a e kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻike nui i kūkākūkā ʻia i kāu kipa.
ʻO nā pōhaku ʻōpū mimi kahi kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia e pilikia ana i nā kānaka he nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā kāne ma luna o 50. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a ʻaʻole ʻike i nā pilikia lōʻihi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka mālama mua e pale aku i nā pilikia a e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi koke. Inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona mimi e hopohopo nei iā ʻoe, mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola no ka loiloi.
Me ka mālama kūpono a me nā hana pale e like me ka noho wai a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia ʻōpū mimi, ua holomua ka nui o nā kānaka i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻi ʻana o nā pōhaku. Hiki i kāu hui olakino ke hana pū me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā pilikino e kūpono i kou kūlana kūikawā a me nā pono olakino.
Hiki i nā pōhaku ʻōpū liʻiliʻi ke hele maoli ma o kou urethra i ka wā e mimi ai, ʻoi aku inā inu nui ʻoe i ka wai. Eia naʻe, pono nā hana lapaʻau e wehe i nā pōhaku nui loa. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo inā hiki i kāu mau pōhaku ke hele ma o lākou iho ma muli o ko lākou nui a me kāu mau hōʻailona.
Hiki i nā pōhaku ʻōpū ke ulu i nā hebedoma a i nā mahina paha, ma muli o nā kumu like ʻole e like me ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopau ʻana o kou ʻōpū a me ke ʻano o kou mimi. Hoʻokumu koke kekahi mau pōhaku inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi āpau koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai ke ulu mālie kekahi i nā mahina he nui a i ʻole nā makahiki paha me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO nā pōhaku ʻōpū a me nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa he mau kūlana ʻokoʻa ia, ʻoiai hiki ke pili. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā pōhaku ʻōpū ma kou ʻōpū, ʻoiai e ulu ana nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa i kou mau puʻupaʻa. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa liʻiliʻi ke hele i lalo a paʻa i kou ʻōpū, kahi e ulu ai lākou a i ʻole e hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona like me nā pōhaku ʻōpū.
Pili nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo meaʻai i ke ʻano o nā pōhaku āu i loaʻa ai, akā ma ke ʻano laulā, pono ʻoe e kaupalena i nā meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i ka paʻakai, oxalates, a me ka protein holoholona. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻemi i ka spina, nā nati, ke kokoleka, a me nā meaʻai i hana ʻia ʻoiai e hoʻonui ana i kāu inu wai a me nā hua citrus. Hiki i kahi meaʻai i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ke kōkua i ka hana ʻana i kahi papa ʻaina pilikino ma muli o ke ʻano o kāu pōhaku.
Hiki i nā pōhaku ʻōpū ke hoʻi hou mai inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ke kumu kumu. No ka laʻana, inā he prostate nui a i ʻole ka hana ʻino o ka ʻōpū i hoʻokumu i kāu mau pōhaku, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau kūlana e hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōhaku hou. ʻO ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka no ka pale ʻana, ka wai nui, a me ka hele ʻana i nā hālāwai hope loa e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻi hou ʻana.
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