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ʻO ka maʻi Hashimoto kahi kūlana autoimmune kahi e hoʻouka ai kou ʻōnaehana pale kino i kou gland thyroid me ka hewa. Hoʻopōʻino mālie kēia hoʻouka mau i ka thyroid, a hana ʻole i nā hormones e pono ai kou kino e hana pono.
E noʻonoʻo i kou thyroid ma ke ʻano he kikowaena hoʻomalu metabolism o kou kino. Ke hoʻopilikia ka Hashimoto i kēia ʻōnaehana, hiki iā ia ke hoʻolohi i nā hana o kou kino. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia kēia kūlana me ka lapaʻau kūpono, a noho ola nā kānaka nui me Hashimoto i nā ola maʻamau a olakino.
ʻO ka maʻi Hashimoto ka kumu maʻamau loa o ka hypothyroidism ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hana kāu ʻōnaehana pale kino i nā antibodies e hoʻopau mālie i ka ʻiʻo thyroid i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana maʻamau a ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻo ia ke kumu i ʻike ʻole ai nā kānaka he nui iā lākou i ka wā mua.
ʻO ka thyroid kahi gland liʻiliʻi, ʻano peʻa i kou ʻāʻī e hana i nā hormones e hoʻomalu ana i kou metabolism, ka wikiwiki o kou naʻau, a me ka mahana o kou kino. Ke hoʻopōʻino ka Hashimoto i kēia gland, e emi iho ka hana hormone, e alakaʻi ana i ka hypothyroidism. ʻO ia hoʻi, e lohi ana nā hana o kou kino, e hoʻopilikia ana i nā mea āpau mai kou pae ikehu a hiki i kou ʻai ʻana.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā wahine e loaʻa i ka Hashimoto ma mua o nā kāne, ʻoiai i ka wā waena. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i kekahi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio.
Hoʻomohala mālie nā hōʻailona Hashimoto a hiki ke mālie i ka wā mua, pinepine ʻia e kuhi he kaumaha a i ʻole ka ʻelemakule. Nānā nui nā kānaka i ka luhi ma mua o ka maʻamau a i ʻole ka pilikia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau e like me ka maka pehu, leo leo, a i ʻole ka goiter (gland thyroid nui e hana i ka pehu ʻike ʻia i kou ʻāʻī). E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻokoʻa loa mai kahi kanaka i kekahi, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia mau mea āpau e loaʻa ai ka Hashimoto.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka Hashimoto ke huikau kou ʻōnaehana pale kino a hoʻomaka e hoʻouka i ka ʻiʻo thyroid olakino. Manaʻo nā ʻepekema ua hana kēia ma muli o ka hui pū ʻana o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka genetics a me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki o ke kaiapuni, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa ke kumu.
He kuleana nui kāu mau genes i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kou pilikia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lālā ʻohana me Hashimoto a i ʻole nā kūlana autoimmune ʻē aʻe e like me ka maʻi diabetes type 1 a i ʻole ka maʻi rheumatoid arthritis, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou loaʻa ʻana iā ia iho. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau genes e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi.
Hiki i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki o ke kaiapuni ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka Hashimoto i nā kānaka i loaʻa ka genetics. Hiki i kēia mau mea hoʻonāukiuki ke komo pū me ke kaumaha nui, nā maʻi (ʻoiai nā maʻi viral), ka hāpai keiki, a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau kemika. Ke aʻo nei kekahi mau mea noiʻi i ka nui o ka iodine intake e hoʻopilikia paha i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻoia ʻia kēia pilina.
Me he mea lā he kuleana ko nā hoʻololi hormonal, ka mea e wehewehe ai i ke kumu e hoʻopilikia nui ai nā wahine a no ke aha e ʻike pinepine ʻia ai nā hōʻailona i ka wā hāpai, menopause, a i ʻole nā manawa ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻololi hormonal.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i ka luhi mau, nā hoʻololi kaumaha wehe ʻole ʻia, a i ʻole kekahi o nā hōʻailona i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka lapaʻau ke pale aku i nā pilikia a kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike maikaʻi koke.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka hui pū ʻana o nā hōʻailona e like me ka luhi mau ʻoiai he hiamoe lawa, ke ʻike nei i ke anu i ka wā e ʻoluʻolu ai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i kou manawa menstrual. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i ka hana ʻole o kāu thyroid.
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi goiter (pehu i kou ʻāʻī), pilikia i ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole ka kaumaha nui a i ʻole nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo. ʻOiai hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke loaʻa nā kumu ʻē aʻe, pono lākou i ka loiloi lapaʻau e kāpae i nā pilikia thyroid.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi thyroid a i ʻole nā kūlana autoimmune ʻē aʻe, e noʻonoʻo e kūkākūkā i ka nānā ʻana me kāu kauka ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa nā hōʻailona. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ke hana i ka lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e makaʻala no nā hōʻailona mua o Hashimoto. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i kekahi mau mea, ʻoiai hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele i nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau mea pilikia ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū ana me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka lithium a i ʻole interferon. Hiki i ka puhipaka ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ikaika ka pilina e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka Hashimoto, akā pono ia e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoiai inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona.
Hana maikaʻi loa ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me Hashimoto me ka lapaʻau kūpono, akā hiki i ka hypothyroidism i mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi ma hope o kekahi manawa. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia kēia mau pilikia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau o ka Hashimoto i mālama ʻole ʻia e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi akā ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo pū me ka myxedema coma, kahi kūlana weliweli i ka ola kahi e lohi ai nā hana o ke kino. Hana pinepine kēia i nā hihia i mālama ʻole ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi a he pilikia lapaʻau.
I ka wā hāpai, hiki i ka Hashimoto i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻonui i nā pilikia o ka miscarriage, ka hānau mua, a i ʻole nā pilikia hoʻomohala i ke pēpē. Eia naʻe, me ka nānā pono a me ka lapaʻau, loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā wahine me Hashimoto nā hāpai olakino.
Hoʻopau kokoke ka mālama lapaʻau maʻamau a me ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka pilikia o kēia mau pilikia. E nānā kāu kauka i kou kūlana e hopu koke i nā hoʻololi.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka Hashimoto e komo pū ana i nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i kāu hana thyroid a e ʻimi i nā antibodies kūikawā. E hoʻomaka kāu kauka ma ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka hana ʻana i kahi nānā kino, me ka ʻike ʻana i kou ʻāʻī no ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka thyroid.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua koko nui e komo pū ana me ke ana ʻana i ka TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) a me ka free T4 (thyroxine). Hōʻike nā pae TSH kiʻekiʻe i hui pū ʻia me nā pae T4 haʻahaʻa a i ʻole maʻamau i ka hypothyroidism. E hoʻokolohua pū kāu kauka no nā antibodies thyroid, ʻoiai nā anti-TPO (anti-thyroid peroxidase) a me nā anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, ka mea i loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me Hashimoto.
I kekahi manawa hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e like me ka ultrasound thyroid e nānā i ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka gland. Hiki i kēia kiʻi ke hōʻike i ke ʻano maʻamau o ka pōʻino ʻiʻo e hana ai ka Hashimoto.
ʻO ka hana ʻike maʻamau, ʻoiai hiki ke lōʻihi ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono no kāu kūlana kūikawā. Pono paha kāu kauka e hana hou i nā hoʻokolohua i kēlā me kēia manawa e nānā i ka holomua o kou kūlana.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka Hashimoto e kaumaha ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hormones ʻaʻole hiki i kāu thyroid ke hana pono. ʻO ka lapaʻau nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā i kapa ʻia ʻo levothyroxine, kahi mana synthetic o ka hormone thyroid T4.
Lawe ʻia ʻo Levothyroxine ma ke ʻano he papa, maʻamau i ka wā kakahiaka ma ka ʻōpū ʻole. E hoʻomaka kāu kauka me kahi nui kūikawā ma muli o kou kaumaha, makahiki, a me ka nui o ka hypothyroidism, a laila hoʻoponopono ia ma muli o nā hoʻokolohua koko ma hope. Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka nui kūpono ke lawe i nā mahina he nui o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maikaʻi ma hope o kekahi mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai hiki ke lawe i ʻekolu mahina e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi piha. Pono ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau e nānā i kāu mau pae thyroid a e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o kāu nui lāʻau.
Pono kekahi poʻe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou aku inā ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike maikaʻi loa ma ka levothyroxine wale nō. Hiki i nā koho ke komo pū me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka T3 (liothyronine) a i ʻole ka ho'āʻo ʻana i nā lapaʻau hui pū, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea.
ʻO ka lapaʻau maʻamau no ke ola, akā ʻaʻole kēia manaʻo e ʻeha ʻoe a i ʻole ka palena. Me ka lāʻau kūpono, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me Hashimoto i ka maʻamau a hiki ke hana i nā mea āpau a lākou i hana ai ma mua o kā lākou ʻike.
ʻOiai ʻo ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kumu o ka lapaʻau Hashimoto, hiki i kekahi mau ala ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i kou maikaʻi loa a kākoʻo i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hana kēia mau hoʻolālā me kāu lapaʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he pani no ia.
E kaumaha i ka ʻai ʻana i kahi ʻai kaulike, momona momona e komo pū ana i nā hua nui, nā mea kanu, nā protein liʻiliʻi, a me nā palaoa holoʻokoʻa. ʻIke kekahi poʻe e kōkua ana ka pale ʻana i nā meaʻai i hana nui ʻia iā lākou e ʻike i ka ikaika. E hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka selenium a me ka zinc lawa, ka mea e kākoʻo ana i ka hana thyroid.
Hiki i ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hakakā ʻana i ka luhi a kākoʻo i kou metabolism, ʻoiai paha e luhi ʻoe i ka wā mua. E hoʻomaka me nā hana mālie e like me ka hele wāwae a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau, a hoʻonui mālie i ka ikaika i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai kou ikehu me ka lapaʻau.
He mea nui loa ka hoʻokele kaumaha ʻoiai hiki i ke kaumaha ke hoʻopilikia i nā kūlana autoimmune. E noʻonoʻo i nā ʻenehana e like me ka noʻonoʻo, ka hanu hohonu, ka yoga, a i ʻole nā mea e kōkua ai iā ʻoe e hoʻomaha. He mea nui hoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hiamoe lawa no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale kino.
E lawe mau i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ke kakahiaka ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana. Mai lawe pū me ka kofe, nā mea hoʻohui calcium, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui hao, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻomoʻi ʻana.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea maikaʻi loa mai kāu kipa a hāʻawi i kāu kauka i ka ʻike e pono ai e kōkua pono iā ʻoe. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona āpau, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou e hoʻopilikia ai i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā huaora āu e lawe nei, me nā nui. Kōkua kēia i kāu kauka e ʻike i nā pilina a i ʻole nā mea e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kāu hana thyroid.
E kākau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka mea e manaʻo ai mai ka lapaʻau, pehea pinepine ʻoe e pono ai i nā hoʻokolohua koko, a i ʻole inā loaʻa nā hana āu e pale aku ai. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i nā mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lālā ʻohana me ka maʻi thyroid a i ʻole nā kūlana autoimmune ʻē aʻe, e hoʻomaopopo i kēia ʻike. Eia kekahi, e lawe mai i nā hopena hoʻokolohua mua inā ʻike ʻoe i ke kauka hou.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole lālā ʻohana hilinaʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻike nui i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka manawa. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i kēia kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka maʻi Hashimoto kahi kūlana hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e hoʻopilikia ana i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai paha ke ʻano nui ke loaʻa kēia ʻike, ʻo ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia me ka lapaʻau kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke ola i kahi ola maʻamau a olakino.
ʻO ke kī i ka holomua ka hana pili loa me kāu mea mālama ola, ka lawe mau ʻana i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ka hele ʻana i nā manawa nānā ma hope. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maikaʻi nui i loko o kekahi mau mahina o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau.
Mai kānalua e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i kou manaʻo. Hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia kāu lapaʻau inā pono, a loaʻa nā koho like ʻole inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka hana mua no ʻoe.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe iā ʻoe a i ʻole ka palena o kāu hiki ke hoʻokō. Me ka hoʻokele kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kou ikehu, alualu i kāu mau pahuhopu, a hauʻoli i nā hana āpau e pili ana iā ʻoe.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi Hashimoto, akā hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia a hoʻokele ʻia. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ke kaʻina hana autoimmune e hoʻopōʻino ana i ka thyroid, akā hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ka lapaʻau hoʻololi hormone i ka hypothyroidism hopena. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka lapaʻau kūpono i ka maʻamau a ola i nā ola piha a olakino. Ke hoʻomau nei ka noiʻi i nā ala hiki ke hoʻololi i ka pane autoimmune, akā he mea maikaʻi loa nā lapaʻau o kēia manawa no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia.
ʻO ka hoʻonui kaumaha kahi hōʻailona maʻamau o ka Hashimoto i mālama ʻole ʻia no ka mea e hoʻolohi ana nā hormones thyroid haʻahaʻa i kou metabolism. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka lapaʻau kūpono a hoʻoponopono ʻia kāu pae hormone, ʻike ka nui o nā kānaka i ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino. ʻO ka nui o ke kaumaha e hoʻonui ai e ʻokoʻa loa ma waena o nā kānaka, a ʻaʻole ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hoʻololi kaumaha nui. Me ka lapaʻau kūpono, ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, a me ka ʻai kaulike, lilo ka hoʻokele kaumaha i mea maʻalahi loa.
ʻAe, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā wahine me Hashimoto ke hāpai keiki a loaʻa nā pēpē olakino me ka hoʻokele lapaʻau kūpono. He mea nui ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu mau pae thyroid ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hāpai keiki a hana pili loa me kāu hui mālama ola i ka wā hāpai. Hiki i ka hypothyroidism i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻopilikia i ka hāpai keiki a me nā hopena hāpai keiki, akā me ka nānā pono a me nā hoʻoponopono lāʻau, e emi iho nā pilikia. Pono paha kāu kauka e hoʻoponopono i kāu mau nui lāʻau i ka wā hāpai ʻoiai e hoʻonui pinepine ana nā pono hormone thyroid.
ʻAe, loaʻa i ka maʻi Hashimoto kahi ʻāpana genetics ikaika a holo pinepine i nā ʻohana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoahānau kokoke me Hashimoto, nā kūlana thyroid ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā maʻi autoimmune, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou pilikia. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kūlana. Loaʻa nā mea hoʻonāukiuki o ke kaiapuni a me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki ʻē aʻe i nā kuleana nui. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala ʻohana, pono ia e kūkākūkā i ka nānā ʻana me kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona.
I ka wā mua, pono ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua koko i kēlā me kēia 6-8 pule ʻoiai e hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka nui lāʻau kūpono no ʻoe. Ke hoʻoponopono ʻia kāu mau pae, pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻokolohua i kēlā me kēia 6-12 mahina e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o kā lākou lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka hoʻokolohua pinepine inā hāpai ʻoe, ʻike i nā hōʻailona, a i ʻole inā loaʻa nā hoʻololi i kou olakino a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau. He mea nui ka nānā maʻamau no ka mea hiki i kāu mau pono hormone thyroid ke loli i ka manawa ma muli o nā mea e like me ka ʻelemakule, nā hoʻololi kaumaha, a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe.
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