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ʻO nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū he mau ʻōhū koke a ʻeha hoʻi o nā ʻiʻo o kou ʻōpū - ka paipu e lawe ai i ka ʻai mai kou waha a i kou ʻōpū. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka ʻeha o ka ʻiʻo, akā e hana ana i loko o ke ala e hele ai kou ʻai i lalo.
Hiki i kēia mau ʻōhū ke manaʻo nui loa i ka wā e hana ai, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻohui maʻamau kou ʻōpū i kahi neʻe e like me ka nalu e kipaku ai i ka ʻai i lalo, akā me nā ʻōhū, lilo kēia mau hui ʻana i mea kūpono ʻole a ikaika hoʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai ʻo ia ka ʻeha o ka umauma e hiki ke manaʻo ikaika loa. Hoʻomaopopo pinepine ʻia kēia ʻeha e like me nā pilikia o ka naʻau no ka mea hiki ke like me ka maʻi naʻau.
Eia nā hōʻailona e hana pinepine ana me nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū:
Hiki i ka ʻeha o ka umauma ke ikaika loa e holo koke aku nā kānaka he nui i ka lumi pilikia me ka manaʻo e loaʻa ana iā lākou ka maʻi naʻau. He mea maopopo loa kēia pane a ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea kūpono e hana ai i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka ʻeha nui o ka umauma.
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka mea e like me ka heartburn a i ʻole ka puhi ʻana. Hiki ke hele mai a hele aku ka ʻeha me ka manaʻo ʻole, e paʻakikī ai ke hoʻopili me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki kikoʻī i ka hoʻomaka.
Aia ʻelua ʻano nui o nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, ʻo kēlā me kēia me nā ʻano ʻokoʻa iki o nā hui ʻiʻo. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i kāu kauka e koho i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ke ʻano mua i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū diffuse. Me kēia ʻano, hui pū nā ʻāpana he nui o kou ʻōpū i ka manawa hoʻokahi ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho maʻamau. Hana kēia i kahi ʻano haunaele e hiki ke ʻeha loa.
ʻO ke ʻano ʻelua ʻo ka ʻōpū nutcracker, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka ʻōpū jackhammer. Maanei, hana nā hui ʻana i ke kauoha kūpono, akā ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka maʻamau. Hiki i ke kaomi ke ʻelua a ʻekolu mau manawa ma mua o ka mea maʻamau.
Hiki i nā ʻano ʻelua ke hana i nā hōʻailona like, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻōpū nutcracker e hana pinepine i ka ʻeha nui loa. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā e ana i ke kaomi a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā ʻiʻo o kou ʻōpū.
ʻAʻole maopopo mau ke kumu pololei o nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonāukiuki a i ʻole ke kōkua iā lākou. Hiki i nā ʻiʻo o kou ʻōpū ke lilo i mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a i ʻole ka pane ʻana ma muli o nā manaʻo like ʻole.
ʻO nā mea hoʻonāukiuki a me nā mea kōkua maʻamau e komo pū ana:
I kekahi manawa, ulu nā ʻōhū ma ke ʻano he pilikia lua. No ka laʻana, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka acid reflux mau, hiki i ka huhū mau ke hana i nā ʻiʻo o kou ʻōpū e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi e ʻōhū.
I kekahi mau hihia, ʻo nā mea kakaikahi loa, hiki ke pili nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū i nā kūlana neurological paʻakikī a i ʻole nā maʻi connective tissue. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe maʻi koʻikoʻi o ka hapanui o nā kānaka me nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū.
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui o ka umauma, ʻoiai inā ʻo ia kou manawa mua e loaʻa ai kēlā mau hōʻailona. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ke palekana i ka wā e pili ana i ka ʻeha o ka umauma.
Kāhea i ka 911 a i ʻole e hele i ka lumi pilikia koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha o ka umauma me ka hanu ʻole, ka hou ʻana, ka luhi, a i ʻole ka ʻeha e pālahalaha ana i kou lima a i ʻole kou ihu. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻailona o ka maʻi naʻau ma mua o nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai me kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā manawa hou o ka ʻeha o ka umauma a i ʻole nā pilikia ke ʻai. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole ikaika ka ʻeha, hiki i nā hōʻailona pinepine ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou ola a pono e loiloi ʻia.
Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e ʻike i kāu kauka inā nalowale ʻoe i ke kaumaha me ka manaʻo ʻole a i ʻole ke pale aku i kekahi mau meaʻai ma muli o nā pilikia ke ʻai. Hiki i kēia mau loli ke hōʻike e pono i kāu kūlana ka mālama ʻoi aku ka ikaika.
ʻAʻole ulu ka hapanui o nā kānaka me nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, akā aia kekahi mau pilikia e pono ai ke makaʻala. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia mau pilikia me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau loa ka ulu ʻana o nā makaʻu i ka ʻai a i ʻole ka hopohopo ke ʻai. I ka wā e lilo ai ke ʻai ʻana i mea ʻeha a i ʻole paʻakikī, hoʻomaka kekahi poʻe e pale aku i kekahi mau meaʻai a i ʻole ke ʻai iki, kahi e alakaʻi ai i nā pilikia o ka meaʻai.
Hiki ke nalowale ke kaumaha inā ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o ka ʻai ʻana. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia inā hele ʻole ka kūlana no ka manawa lōʻihi a i ʻole inā nui loa nā ʻōhū.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā ʻōhū koʻikoʻi mau ke alakaʻi i nā loli i ka hoʻolālā o ka ʻōpū ma hope o kekahi manawa. Hiki i nā hui kūpono ʻole mau ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana maʻamau o ka ʻōpū.
Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i ka hopohopo lua a i ʻole nā hopohopo panic, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā lākou nā hanana weliweli e like me nā maʻi naʻau. He mea maoli a mālama ʻia kēia hopena psychological me ke kākoʻo kūpono.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū loa, aia kekahi mau hoʻolālā e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pinepine a me ka nui o lākou. ʻIke ka nui o nā kānaka e hana nui ka ʻike ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i kā lākou mau mea hoʻonāukiuki ponoʻī.
E hoʻomaka ma ka nānā ʻana i kāu meaʻai a me kāu mea inu. ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu wela loa a anuanu loa paha he mea kōkua pinepine. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā koho mahana a i ʻole lukewarm.
Hiki ke kōkua ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha, ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻo. ʻOiai hiki i ke kaumaha a me ka hopohopo ke hoʻonāukiuki i nā ʻōhū, he mea pono ke loaʻa nā ala olakino e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia o ke ola.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka GERD, hiki i ka hana pū ʻana me kāu kauka e kaohi i ka acid reflux ke pale i ka huhū e alakaʻi ai i nā ʻōhū. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me nā loli meaʻai, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole nā mālama ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke kōkua ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi, pinepine ma mua o nā mea nui. ʻO ka ʻai pono ʻana i ka ʻai a me ka ʻai mālie e hāʻawi i kou ʻōpū i ka manawa e hana pono ai me ka ʻole o ka nui.
Hoʻomaka ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū ma ka nīnau ʻana o kāu kauka i nā nīnau kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona. Makemake lākou e ʻike i ka wā e hana ai ka ʻeha, pehea ka manaʻo, a inā he mea e hoʻonāukiuki ai.
ʻO ka hana mua pinepine ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia naʻau, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha o ka umauma. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i kahi electrocardiogram (EKG) a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua naʻau ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka hana maʻamau o kou naʻau.
Ke pale ʻia nā pilikia naʻau, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua no kou ʻōpū. ʻO ka manometry esophageal ka hoʻokolohua maopopo loa - ana ia i ke kaomi a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā hui ʻiʻo i kou ʻōpū.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi hoʻokolohua barium swallow, kahi āu e inu ai i ka wai chalky a laila lawe ʻia nā X-rays. Hōʻike kēia hoʻokolohua i ka maikaʻi o ka neʻe ʻana o kou ʻōpū i ka ʻai i lalo a hiki ke hōʻike i nā pilikia hoʻolālā.
Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia kahi upper endoscopy. Hoʻokomo kēia i kahi paipu lahilahi, flexible me kahi kāmela e hele ana i kou ʻāʻī e nānā pololei i kou ʻōpū a pale aku i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻokomo ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pinepine a me ka nui o nā hōʻailona ʻoiai e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i kou ola. Hoʻokomo pinepine ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā loli ola, a i kekahi manawa nā kaʻina hana.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau ka mea mua o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i nā mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa calcium channel, e like me ka nifedipine, ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā ʻiʻo o ka ʻōpū a hoʻemi i ka pinepine o ka ʻōhū. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā nitrates, e like me nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia no nā kūlana naʻau, ke kūpono.
No kekahi poʻe, hiki i nā lāʻau antispasmodic a i ʻole nā mea liʻiliʻi o kekahi mau antidepressants ke kōkua. Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā hōʻailona nerve e kaohi ana i nā hui ʻiʻo.
Inā ʻaʻole lawa nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā inikini botulinum toxin. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka Botox i nā ʻiʻo o ka ʻōpū i ka wā o kahi kaʻina endoscopy e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomaha.
I nā hihia koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole pane i nā mālama ʻē aʻe, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nā koho ʻoki e like me ka laparoscopic Heller myotomy. Hoʻokomo kēia i ka ʻoki ʻana i kekahi mau fiber ʻiʻo e hoʻemi i ko lākou hiki ke ʻōhū ikaika.
Aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a hoʻemi i ka hiki ke ʻōhū. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau hoʻolālā mālama ponoʻī i ka hui pū ʻana me ka mālama lapaʻau.
E hoʻomaka me nā hoʻololi meaʻai. E ʻai i nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi, pinepine ma mua o nā mea nui. E ʻai pono i kāu meaʻai a ʻai mālie e hāʻawi i kou ʻōpū i ka manawa e hana pono ai.
E mālama i nā meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu e hoʻonāukiuki i kāu mau ʻōhū. ʻO nā mea hoʻonāukiuki maʻamau e komo pū ana i nā mea wela loa a anuanu loa paha, nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa, ka citrus, a i kekahi manawa nā mea inu carbonated.
Hiki ke kōkua nui nā ʻano mālama kaumaha. Hiki i nā hana hanu hohonu, ka noʻonoʻo, a i ʻole ka yoga mālie ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho mālie a hoʻemi paha i ka pinepine o ka ʻōhū.
E noho wai maikaʻi, akā e inu i nā wai mahana i ka wā hiki. ʻIke kekahi poʻe e hiki i ka inu ʻana i nā wai mahana (ʻaʻole wela) ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā ʻiʻo o ka ʻōpū i ka wā o nā ʻōhū māmā.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻōhū, e ho'āʻo e noho mālie a hana i ka hanu mālie a hohonu. I kekahi manawa, hiki i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kūlana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana i kekahi mau wai mahana ke kōkua i ka hala ʻana o ka ʻōhū.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻana no kāu kipa kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi. E hoʻomaka ma ka mālama ʻana i kahi diary hōʻailona no ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi pule ma mua o kāu hālāwai.
E kākau i ka wā e hana ai kāu mau hōʻailona, ka mea āu e ʻai a inu ai, kou pae kaumaha, a me ka mea pololei o ka ʻeha. E hoʻomaopopo i ka lōʻihi o kēlā me kēia hanana a me ka mea, inā he mea, i kōkua iā ia e hoʻonā.
E hana i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, no laila he mea nui kēia ʻike.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e nīnau i kāu kauka. Makemake paha ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i nā koho mālama, nā loli ola e hiki ke kōkua, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻōlelo aʻo e nānā ai.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoʻokolohua naʻau mua a i ʻole nā loiloi olakino ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka ʻeha o ka umauma, e lawe mai i kēlā mau moʻolelo me ʻoe. Hiki kēia ke kōkua i kāu kauka e pale aku i ka hana hou ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua pono ʻole.
Hiki i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū ke hopohopo a ʻeha hoʻi, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli a hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia me ke ala kūpono. ʻO ka mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loiloi lapaʻau kūpono e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a pale aku i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i ka hapanui o nā kānaka me nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū ke loaʻa ka hoʻomaha nui ma o ka hui pū ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā loli ola, a me ka mālama kaumaha. ʻOiai paha he maʻi mau ka kūlana, ʻaʻole pono ia e hoʻopilikia nui i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
E hoʻomanaʻo e pono e loiloi koke ʻia ka ʻeha nui o ka umauma, ʻoiai inā he hōʻailona hou ia no ʻoe. Ke ʻike ʻoe e pili ana ʻoe i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka ke hana pū e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa ka noho kamaʻilio ʻana me kāu hui mālama olakino a ʻaʻole e ʻae i ka makaʻu i nā hōʻailona e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻai maikaʻi ʻana a i ʻole ka leʻaleʻa i kou ola. Me ka mālama kūpono, noho ka hapanui o nā kānaka me nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū i nā ola maʻamau a olakino.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī no nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, hiki ke mālama maikaʻi loa ʻia ka kūlana i ka hapanui o nā kānaka. Loaʻa i nā mea maʻi he nui ka hoʻemi nui ʻana i nā hōʻailona me ka mālama kūpono, a hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa nā manawa lōʻihi me ka ʻole o nā ʻōhū. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka mālama ʻana ka kaohi ʻana i nā hōʻailona a hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ola.
ʻAʻole pili pololei nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū i nā pilikia naʻau, ʻoiai hiki i ka ʻeha o ka umauma ke like loa me ka maʻi naʻau. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ke loiloi ʻia ka ʻeha o ka umauma e kahi loea lapaʻau. Aia kou ʻōpū a me kou naʻau kokoke i kekahi i kekahi i kou umauma, kahi e wehewehe ai i ke kumu e like ai ka ʻeha.
ʻAe, hiki i ke kaumaha a me ka hopohopo ke hoʻonāukiuki maoli i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū i nā kānaka he nui. Pili pono kāu ʻōnaehana digestive i kāu ʻōnaehana nerve, a hiki i ke kaumaha emotional ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o nā ʻiʻo o kou ʻōpū. ʻO ia ke kumu he ʻāpana nui pinepine nā ʻano mālama kaumaha o ka mālama ʻana.
He mea palekana maʻamau ka hoʻoikaika kino a hiki ke pōmaikaʻi maoli no nā kānaka me nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, ʻoiai ke kōkua ia me ka mālama kaumaha a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e pale aku i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai nui ma mua o ka hoʻoikaika kino a noho wai maikaʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻōhū i ka wā e hoʻoikaika kino ai, e hoʻōki a hoʻomaha. E kūkākūkā mau i kāu mau hoʻolālā hoʻoikaika kino me kāu kauka.
He mea kōkua pinepine nā loli meaʻai no ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōhū o ka ʻōpū, akā ʻaʻole pono ia e kaupalena nui. Hiki i ka hapanui o nā kānaka ke ʻike i kā lākou mau mea hoʻonāukiuki kikoʻī a pale aku i kēlā mau mea wale nō ʻoiai e hoʻomau ana i ka ʻai ʻana i kahi meaʻai like ʻole. Hiki i ka hana pū ʻana me kāu kauka a i ʻole kahi dietitian ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā ʻai mau e hoʻemi ai i nā hōʻailona ʻoiai e mālama ana i ka meaʻai maikaʻi.
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