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Hiki mai ka ʻōpū paʻa i ka wā e emi ai ka pinepine o kou hele ʻana i ka lua, a i ʻole e paʻakikī loa ke hele. ʻO ia kekahi o nā pilikia digestive maʻamau loa, a ua pili ia i nā mea āpau ma kekahi manawa o ko lākou ola.
ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻoe he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hilahila paha ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēia, he mea maʻamau loa ka ʻōpū paʻa a he mea manawa pōkole wale nō ia. Pono ke kākoʻo hou i kou ʻōnaehana digestive i kekahi manawa e hoʻi hou ai i ke ala, a hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e hana nei ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi i ka mālama ʻana.
Hiki mai ka ʻōpū paʻa i ka wā e neʻe mālie loa ai ka waiū ma o kou ʻōnaehana digestive, e hoʻolilo ana iā ia i mea paʻakikī a maloʻo. Hana kēia i ka hele ʻana i ka lua i mea paʻakikī, pinepine ʻole, a i ʻole he mea pau ʻole.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hele ana i ka lua mai ʻekolu manawa i ka lā a hiki i ʻekolu manawa i ka hebedoma. Inā ʻoi aku ka emi o kou hele ʻana ma mua o ʻekolu manawa i ka hebedoma, a i ʻole inā pono ke hoʻoikaika nui ʻana e hele i ka lua, aia ʻoe i ka ʻōpū paʻa.
Hiki i ke kūlana ke lilo i mea ʻoi aku ka nui, e mau ana i kekahi mau lā wale nō, a i ʻole he mea mau, e mau ana no nā hebedoma a i ʻole nā mahina. Hiki ke mālama ʻia nā ʻano ʻelua me ke ala kūpono a me ka mālama.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ka ʻōpū paʻa hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pū i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻōpū pupule, ka ʻeha ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka manaʻo piha ma kou ʻōpū. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka emi ʻana o ka makemake a i ʻole ka nausea māmā i ka wā o ka ʻōpū paʻa.
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hele mai mai ka mea hoʻonāukiuki iki a hiki i ka mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole loa, akā ʻo ia ke ala o kou kino e noi aku ai no ke kōkua me ka digestive.
Hiki mai ka ʻōpū paʻa i ka wā e neʻe mālie loa ai ka waiū ma o kou colon, e ʻae ana i ka nui o ka wai e komo. Waiho kēia i ka waiū paʻakikī a maloʻo e paʻakikī ke hele.
ʻO kekahi mau mea maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā e hiki ke hoʻomālie i kou ʻōnaehana digestive:
Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopili pū i ka ʻōpū paʻa, e komo pū ana nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha, nā antacids e komo pū ana i ka aluminum a i ʻole ka calcium, nā antidepressants, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he lāʻau lapaʻau ke kumu o kou ʻōpū paʻa, e kūkākūkā i nā koho ʻē aʻe me kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i nā kūlana olakino e like me ka irritable bowel syndrome, ka maʻi diabetes, ka hypothyroidism, a i ʻole nā maʻi neurological ke hoʻopilikia pū i ka hana o ka bowel, ʻoiai he mau kumu emi kēia.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻōpū paʻa e hoʻonā ʻia me nā loli ola maʻalahi a ʻaʻole pono i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka. Eia naʻe, pono ke kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola i kekahi mau kūlana.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi ʻaha kūkā inā ʻike ʻoe:
E ʻimi i ka mālama ola kino koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, ka lua ʻana, a i ʻole ʻaʻole ʻoe i hele i ka lua ma mua o hoʻokahi pule. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i kahi ālai ʻoi aku ka nui e pono ai ka nānā koke.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ua lohe kāu mea mālama ola i kēia mau hopohopo i nā manawa he nui ma mua a makemake e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a olakino.
ʻOiai ka hapa nui o ka ʻōpū paʻa he mea manawa pōkole a ʻaʻohe pōʻino, hiki i nā hihia lōʻihi a i ʻole koʻikoʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia i kekahi manawa. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kākoʻo lapaʻau hou aku.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā pilikia emi iki akā ʻoi aku ka nui ke hiki mai me ka ʻōpū paʻa koʻikoʻi a lōʻihi. E komo pū ana kēia i ka ālai ʻana o ka bowel, kahi e ālai loa ai ka waiū i ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole ka perforation, kahi e hana ai ke kaomi nui i ka ʻāpana i ka paia o ka bowel.
Hiki i ka ʻōpū paʻa mau ke hoʻopilikia pū i ka maʻi diverticular, kahi e hana ai nā ʻeke liʻiliʻi i ka paia o ka colon, a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā kūlana e like me ka irritable bowel syndrome.
ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia me ka mālama pono ʻana i ka ʻōpū paʻa a ʻaʻole e ulu mai nā hanana manawa pōkole.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū paʻa pinepine e hele mai ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana digestive me nā maʻamau olakino i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i nā loli liʻiliʻi a mau ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka pinepine a me ka ʻoluʻolu o kou hele ʻana i ka lua.
E hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāu fiber intake me ka mālie ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hua, nā huaʻai, nā palaoa holoʻokoʻa, a me nā legumes i kāu mau ʻai. E pahuhopu no 25-35 grams o ka fiber i kēlā me kēia lā, akā e hoʻonui mālie e pale aku i ka gas a me ka pupule.
E noho maikaʻi i ka wai ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai i ka lā. Pono ka hapa nui o nā mākua i kahi 8 mau aniani o ka wai i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai paha e pono ai ʻoe i ka nui inā ʻoe e hana kino a noho ma kahi wela.
ʻO ka hana kino maʻamau e kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana digestive. Hiki i ka hele wale ʻana i 20-30 mau minuke i kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻoikaika i ka hele pinepine ʻana i ka lua a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino digestive holoʻokoʻa.
E hoʻokumu i kahi hana maʻamau o ka lua ma ka ho'āʻo ʻana e hele i ka lua i ka manawa hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o nā ʻai i ka wā e ikaika ai nā reflexes digestive. Mai hoʻokaʻulua i ka wā e manaʻo ai ʻoe i ka makemake e hele.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha, ka hiamoe lawa, a me nā hana leʻaleʻa e kākoʻo pū ana i ka digestive olakino.
E hōʻoia pinepine kāu mea mālama ola i ka ʻōpū paʻa ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala olakino. ʻO ka kamaʻilio pinepine e pili ana i kāu mau ʻano hele ʻana i ka lua, ka waiū, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā mea pili ola.
I ka wā o kāu ʻaha kūkā, e nīnau kāu kauka e pili ana i ka pinepine o kou hele ʻana i ka lua, ka waiū, a me nā hōʻailona e pili ana e like me ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka pupule. E nānā pū lākou i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau a e kūkākūkā i nā loli hou i kou hana maʻamau.
Hiki i kahi hōʻoia kino ke komo pū me ka nānā ʻana i kou ʻōpū no ka palupalu a i ʻole ka pupule a me kahi hōʻoia rectal e nānā ai i nā ālai a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
No ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻōpū paʻa maʻalahi, ʻaʻole pono nā ho'āʻo hou aku. Eia naʻe, inā koʻikoʻi kāu mau hōʻailona, lōʻihi, a i ʻole me nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i ka loiloi hou aku.
Hiki i kēia mau ho'āʻo ke komo pū me ka hana koko e nānā ai i nā pilikia thyroid a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, nā ho'āʻo kiʻi e like me nā CT scans e nānā ai i nā ālai, a i ʻole nā ho'āʻo kūikawā e loiloi ai i ka hana o kou colon a me ka rectum.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka ʻōpū paʻa e hoʻomaka pinepine me nā ala maʻalahi a maoli ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau inā pono. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaha me nā loli ola maʻalahi a me ke ahonui.
E paipai paha kāu kauka e hoʻomaka me nā hoʻololi ʻai a me nā ola. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka fiber intake, ka inu ʻana i ka wai hou aku, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hana kino maʻamau e hoʻonā pinepine i ka ʻōpū paʻa i loko o kekahi mau lā a hiki i nā hebedoma.
Inā ʻaʻole lawa kēia mau ana, hiki i nā laxatives over-the-counter ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha:
No ka ʻōpū paʻa mau, pono paha nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuhikuhi. E komo pū ana kēia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻonui i ka wai i loko o nā ʻōpū a i ʻole e hoʻoulu i ka hele ʻana i ka lua ma o nā ʻano like ʻole.
I nā hihia koʻikoʻi o ka ʻōpū paʻa a i ʻole nā pilikia, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nā kaʻina hana e like me ka wehe ʻana i ka waiū a i ʻole ka ʻoki ʻana, akā he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia a mālama ʻia no nā kūlana kūikawā.
Hiki i nā lāʻau home ke loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū paʻa. Hana kēia mau ala maʻalahi me nā kaʻina hana maoli o kou kino e hoʻoikaika i ka hele pinepine ʻana i ka lua.
E hoʻomaka ma ka inu ʻana i kahi aniani nui o ka wai mahana i ka kakahiaka e kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana digestive. Hiki i ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi ʻōpala o ka lemon ke hoʻolilo iā ia i mea ʻono a hiki ke hāʻawi i nā pono digestive hou aku.
E hoʻokomo i nā kumu fiber maoli i kāu mau ʻai me ka mālie. ʻO nā prunes, nā figs, a me nā ʻāpala he mea kōkua loa, e like me nā huaʻai e like me ka broccoli, nā Brussels sprouts, a me nā artichokes.
E ho'āʻo i ka massage ʻōpū ma ka hamo mālie ʻana i kou ʻōpū i nā neʻe pōʻai, e hoʻomaka ana mai kou ʻaoʻao ʻākau a neʻe clockwise. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka waiū ma o kou colon.
E hoʻokumu i kahi hana maʻamau o ka lua ma ka noho ʻana ma ka lua no 5-10 mau minuke ma hope o nā ʻai, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e manaʻo i ka makemake. Kōkua kēia i ke aʻo ʻana i kou kino e hele pinepine i ka lua.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i kahi footstool i ka wā ma ka lua e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kou mau kuli ma luna o kou mau hips. Hiki i kēia kūlana ke maʻalahi a piha hoʻi ka hele ʻana i ka lua.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu ʻaha kūkā e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ke alakaʻi kōkua loa no kāu mau hopohopo ʻōpū paʻa. Pono kāu kauka i ka ʻike kūikawā e hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana.
E mālama i kahi diary pōkole no kekahi mau lā ma mua o kāu ʻaha kūkā, e hoʻomaopopo ana i ka wā e hele ai ʻoe i ka lua, pehea ke ʻano o kāu waiū, a me nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mau ʻano.
E kākau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana nā huahana over-the-counter. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopili i ka ʻōpū paʻa, a kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūpono.
E hoʻomākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu ʻai maʻamau, ka wai intake, a me nā pae hana kino. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūpono loa i ka wā e hoʻomaopopo ai lākou i kāu mau maʻamau i kēia manawa.
E papa inoa i nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona. ʻO nā nīnau maʻamau e komo pū ana i ka lōʻihi e ho'āʻo ai i nā lāʻau home, nā huahana over-the-counter palekana loa, a me ka wā e hopohopo ai e pili ana i nā pilikia.
Mai hilahila e pili ana i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka hele ʻana i ka lua me kāu mea mālama ola. He poʻe loea hoʻomaʻamaʻa lākou e makemake e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu loa.
He kūlana maʻamau loa ka ʻōpū paʻa e pili ana i nā mea āpau i kekahi manawa. ʻOiai hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hoʻonāukiuki, he mea manawa pōkole ia a pane maikaʻi i nā loli ola maʻalahi.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hui pū ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka fiber intake, ka wai lawa, ka hana kino maʻamau, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā maʻamau maʻamau o ka lua. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o kekahi mau lā a hiki i nā hebedoma o ka hana ʻana i kēia mau loli.
E hoʻomanaʻo he mea maʻamau ka ʻōpū paʻa manawa pōkole a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i kahi pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, pono ke kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola i nā hōʻailona mau a i ʻole nā loli hopohopo.
Me ka hui kūpono o nā hoʻololi ola a me, inā pono, nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ka hele ʻana i ka lua ʻoluʻolu a pinepine. ʻO kou olakino digestive he ʻāpana nui ia o kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a ʻo ka lawe ʻana i nā hana e kākoʻo ai e pōmaikaʻi i kou kino holoʻokoʻa.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hele i ka lua ma mua o ʻekolu mau lā, ua hiki ka manawa e hana ai me nā loli ʻai, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka wai intake, a me ka neʻe mālie. Inā ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o hoʻokahi pule, a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha nui, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola no ke alakaʻi.
ʻAe, hiki i ke kaumaha ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou ʻōnaehana digestive. I ka wā e kaumaha ai ʻoe, e hoʻokaʻawale kou kino i ka ikehu mai ka digestive, kahi e hoʻomālie ai i ka hele ʻana i ka lua. Hiki i nā pae kaumaha kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻopilikia pū i kāu mau maʻamau ʻai, ka wai intake, a me ka hana kino, nā mea āpau e hoʻopilikia i ka maʻamau.
ʻO ka hoʻohana manawa pōkole o nā laxatives over-the-counter he mea palekana maʻamau no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i nā stimulant laxatives ke hoʻolilo i kou colon i mea hilinaʻi iā lākou no ka hana maʻamau. ʻOi aku ka palekana o nā bulk-forming laxatives no ka hoʻohana lōʻihi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā loli ola no ka pale mau.
Hoʻopilikia ka huakaʻi i kāu hana maʻamau ma nā ʻano he nui e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka digestive. Hiki i nā loli i ka ʻai, ka emi ʻana o ka wai intake, ka hana kino palena, nā papa manawa lua like ʻole, a me nā loli manawa pū kekahi ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōpū paʻa pili i ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka hoʻolālā mua ʻana me nā mea ʻai momona fiber a me ka noho ʻana i ka wai e kōkua.
ʻAe, hiki i kekahi mau meaʻai ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōpū paʻa, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka fiber a me ka nui o nā carbohydrates i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia. Hiki i nā meaʻai i hana ʻia, ka berena keʻokeʻo, ka laiki, ka pasta, nā huahana waiu (no kekahi poʻe), a me nā meaʻai momona ke hoʻomālie i ka digestive. Hiki i ka ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula a me nā meaʻai me ka wai liʻiliʻi ke lilo i mea pilikia inā hoʻololi lākou i nā koho fiber kiʻekiʻe.
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