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ʻO ka halulu naʻau, he kani hou ia o kou naʻau ma waena o kāna mau hahau maʻamau. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he kani ʻūhā a i ʻole kani ʻāwili e lohe ai kāu kauka ma o kahi stethoscope. ʻAʻole pilikia ka nui o nā halulu naʻau a ʻaʻole pono i kahi lapaʻau.
ʻOiai he mea hopohopo paha ka huaʻōlelo “halulu,” he mea nui ia e ʻike ai he nui nā kānaka e ola ana i ko lākou ola holoʻokoʻa me nā halulu naʻau ʻino ʻole me ka ʻole o ka pilikia. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau halulu ke hōʻailona i nā kūlana naʻau i hiki ke pono i ka nānā.
Hana ʻia ka halulu naʻau i ka wā e kahe ai ke koko ma kou naʻau ma ke ʻano e hana ai i ka haunaele, e hana ana i kahi kani hou. Hana maʻamau kou naʻau i ʻelua kani ʻokoʻa i kona hahau ʻana, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo “lub-dub.” Hoʻohui ka halulu i kahi kani ʻekolu, e like me kahi ʻūhā mālie a i ʻole ʻāwili.
Hāʻawi ʻia nā halulu naʻau i ʻelua māhele nui: ʻino ʻole (i kapa ʻia hoʻi he hana) a me ka ʻino ʻole. ʻAʻohe pilikia o nā halulu naʻau ʻino ʻole a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia i ka hiki o kou naʻau ke pūpū i ke koko me ka maikaʻi. Hiki i nā halulu naʻau ʻino ʻole ke hōʻike i nā pilikia kūkulu me kou naʻau e pono ai ka loiloi lapaʻau.
He nui nā keiki i loaʻa nā halulu naʻau ʻino ʻole e nalowale i ko lākou ulu ʻana. Hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa nā halulu hou ma muli o nā loli i ko lākou naʻau a i ʻole nā ʻano kahe koko i ko lākou ola.
ʻAʻole hana nā halulu naʻau i nā hōʻailona. Loaʻa pinepine nā halulu naʻau ʻino ʻole i nā nānā maʻamau i ka wā e hoʻolohe ai kāu kauka i kou naʻau me kahi stethoscope.
Eia naʻe, inā pili kāu halulu naʻau i kahi kūlana naʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kekahi mau hōʻailona. Eia nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka nānā:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona me kahi murmur naʻau i ʻike ʻia, he mea akamai ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pili kāu mau hōʻailona i kāu murmur a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā murmur naʻau i ʻelua ʻano nui ma muli o ka hōʻike ʻana a i ʻole ʻaʻole i kahi pilikia me ka hoʻolālā a i ʻole ka hana o kou naʻau.
Nā Murmur Naʻau Innocent: He mau kani ʻinoʻino kēia ʻaʻole e hōʻike i kekahi pilikia naʻau. He mea maʻamau loa lākou i nā keiki a hiki ke hele mai a hele aku i loko o ke ola. Hoʻonui pinepine ʻia nā murmur innocent i ka wā e hoʻonui ai kou helu naʻau ma muli o ka maʻi wela, ka hoʻoikaika kino, a i ʻole ka pīhoihoi.
Nā Murmur Naʻau Abnormal: Hōʻike kēia mau murmur he pilikia paha i ka hoʻolālā o kou naʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa mai ka hānau ʻana (congenital) a i ʻole e ulu ma hope i ke ola (loaʻa). Pono nā murmur abnormal i ka loiloi hou aku e hoʻoholo i ke kumu kumu.
Hoʻokaʻawale pū nā kauka i nā murmur ma o kā lākou manawa i ka wā o kou kuʻi naʻau, ko lākou leo nui, a me ko lākou wahi i kou umauma. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hiki ke hana nei i ka murmur a inā pono ia i ka mālama.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā murmur naʻau i ka wā e lilo ai ke kahe koko ma o kou naʻau i ka pōʻino ma mua o ka palupalu. Hiki i kēia pōʻino ke hana no nā kumu like ʻole, mai nā hoʻololi maʻamau loa a hiki i nā pilikia naʻau hoʻolālā.
Eia kākou e ʻimi i nā kumu maʻamau o nā murmur naʻau he pono ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi nā loli maʻamau loa:
Hiki i nā murmur naʻau kūpono ʻole ke hopena mai nā pilikia kūkulu me kou naʻau i hānau ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole e ulu ana ma hope. Eia nā kumu nui:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā murmur kūpono ʻole ke hōʻike i nā kūlana naʻau hānau paʻakikī a i ʻole nā maʻi naʻau i loaʻa. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka māhele o kāu murmur ma o ka loiloi akahele.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona e hopohopo nei ʻoe, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā pili lākou i kou naʻau. Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha umauma, ka hanu pōkole nui, a i ʻole nā manawa hiolo.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi murmur naʻau i ʻike ʻia, e hoʻonohonoho i kahi ʻaha kūkā me kāu mea lawelawe ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole ka hoʻopōʻino. Hiki i nā loli i kāu manaʻo ke hōʻike i ka pono o kāu murmur i ka nānā kokoke a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e ulu ana.
No nā keiki me nā murmur o ka naʻau, he mea nui nā nānā maʻamau e nānā inā e loli ana ka murmur i ka manawa. ʻAʻole pono ka nui o nā murmur maʻamau i nā keiki i kahi mālama kūikawā, akā makemake kāu kauka keiki e mālama iā lākou i ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki.
Eia kekahi, inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā e hāpai a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi murmur o ka naʻau i ʻike ʻia, he mea akamai ke kūkākūkā me kāu kauka ma mua. Hoʻonui ka hāpai ʻana i ka hana o kou naʻau, a pono kekahi mau kūlana o ka naʻau i ka nānā ʻana i ka wā hāpai.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i kahi murmur o ka naʻau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole loaʻa nā murmur i nā poʻe he nui me nā kumu pilikia.
Aia kekahi mau kumu pilikia mai ka hānau ʻana mai a pili paha i kou mōʻaukala ʻohana:
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā kumu pilikia ʻē aʻe i ke ola ma muli o kou olakino a me kou nohona ola:
ʻAʻole ʻo ia hoʻi ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi murmur o ka naʻau, a nui nā murmur i loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻaʻohe kumu pilikia. ʻO ka mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka olakino naʻau maikaʻi ma o nā nānā maʻamau a me nā koho ola maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia nā leo naʻau maʻemaʻe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike i kekahi mau pilikia naʻau i lalo. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ola i kahi ola maʻamau loa, hana nui me ka leo naʻau maʻemaʻe.
Eia naʻe, hiki i nā leo naʻau kūpono ʻole mai nā pilikia naʻau kūkulu ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO nā pilikia kikoʻī e hilinaʻi ana i ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i kāu leo:
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kūlana naʻau e hoʻoulu ai i nā leo kūpono ʻole hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono. Hoʻemi nui ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana i ka pilikia o nā pilikia.
Hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mau pilikia kakaikahi me nā hemahema naʻau hānau kūikawā, e like me ka maʻi Eisenmenger, kahi e hoʻomohala ai nā ʻano kahe koko kūpono ʻole ma mua o ka manawa. Pono kēia mau kūlana paʻakikī i ka mālama naʻau kūikawā mai ka hānau ʻana.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā leo naʻau maʻemaʻe no ka mea he hoʻololi maʻamau ia i ke ʻano o ke kahe koko ma kou naʻau. ʻAʻole hiki ke pale aku i nā hemahema naʻau hānau he nui e hoʻoulu ai i nā leo kūpono ʻole, no ka mea, e hoʻomohala ana lākou i ka wā o ka ulu ʻana o ka pēpē.
Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻemi i kou pilikia o nā kūlana naʻau i loaʻa i hiki ke alakaʻi i nā leo kūpono ʻole ma hope i ke ola:
No nā wāhine hāpai, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i nā huaora prenatal, ka pale ʻana i ka waiʻona a me ka puhi paka, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama prenatal kūpono hiki ke kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka naʻau olakino i kā lākou pēpē.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau kūlana naʻau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lāʻau antibiotic ma mua o nā kaʻina hana niho a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana e pale aku ai i nā maʻi naʻau. Ke kapa ʻia kēia he prophylaxis antibiotic a pono wale nō ia no nā kūlana pilikia kiʻekiʻe.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā murmurs naʻau i ka manawa mua i ka hoʻolohe ʻana o kāu kauka i kou naʻau me ka stethoscope i ka wā o ka nānā maʻamau. Hiki iā lākou ke lohe i ke kani hou ma waena o kou mau kuʻi naʻau maʻamau.
E hoʻomaopopo kāu kauka i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o kāu murmur, me ka wā e kū mai ai i kou kuʻi naʻau, pehea ka nui o kona leo, a ma hea kahi i lohe ʻia ai ma kou umauma. Kūkulu kēia ʻike iā lākou i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā he mea maʻamau kāu murmur a pono paha i ka noiʻi hou aku.
Inā manaʻo kāu kauka i kahi murmur kūpono ʻole, hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ke ʻano a me ka hana o kou naʻau:
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā murmur naʻau, pono wale nō kahi echocardiogram e hōʻoia inā he maʻamau a ʻaʻole paha kā lākou murmur. He hoʻokolohua ʻoluʻolu loa kēia a hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i ke ʻano o kou naʻau a me ka maikaʻi o kāna hana.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻouna aku iā ʻoe i kahi cardiologist, kahi loea naʻau, no ka loiloi hou aku. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo he pilikia nui, akā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ʻoe e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka loiloi akamai loa.
ʻAʻole pono nā murmurs naʻau maʻamau i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike i kahi pilikia naʻau. E nānā wale kāu kauka i kāu murmur i nā nānā maʻamau e hōʻoia ai he palekana ia.
No nā murmurs naʻau ʻaʻole maʻamau, hilinaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka maʻi naʻau i lalo e hoʻokumu ana i ka murmur. E kaukaʻi kāu kauka i ka mālama ʻana i ke kumu kumu ma mua o ka murmur ponoʻī.
ʻO nā ala lapaʻau maʻamau no nā kūlana e hoʻokumu ana i nā murmurs ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū me:
He nui ka poʻe me nā walaʻau naʻau kūpono ʻole e hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia me nā lāʻau wale nō. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe ke pono i nā hana ʻoki kino, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka holomua o ka ʻoki kino naʻau hou a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ke ola.
I nā hihia kakaikahi o nā hemahema naʻau hānau paʻakikī, hiki i ka mālama ke komo i nā hana ʻoki kino he nui ma luna o ka manawa a i ʻole nā hana kūikawā i hana ʻia e nā kauka naʻau keiki. Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka mālama mai nā hui lapaʻau kūikawā i ʻike nui i ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana naʻau paʻakikī.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi walaʻau naʻau hemolele, hiki iā ʻoe ke ola maʻamau me ka ʻole o nā makaʻu kūikawā. E hoʻomau me kāu mau hana maʻamau, e hoʻoikaika e like me kāu mau hana maʻamau, a e mālama i kahi ola olakino.
No nā walaʻau naʻau kūpono ʻole, e hilinaʻi kāu mālama home i kāu kūlana naʻau kūikawā. Eia nā kuhikuhi laulā e pili ana i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā walaʻau naʻau:
E makaʻala i kāu manaʻo i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hanu pōkole, ka ʻeha umauma, a i ʻole ka luhi maʻamau ʻole, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka ma mua o ka kali ʻana i kāu hālāwai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia.
Pono kekahi poʻe me kekahi mau kūlana naʻau e lawe i nā lāʻau antibiotic ma mua o nā hana niho a i ʻole nā hana ʻoki kino. Inā pili kēia iā ʻoe, e hōʻoia i ka ʻike ʻana o kāu poʻe hoʻolako mālama ola a pau i kāu kūlana naʻau a me nā koi antibiotic.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e kākau i lalo i nā hōʻailona āpau āu i ʻike ai, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i kou naʻau. E hoʻokomo i ka wā e loaʻa ai, pehea ka lōʻihi o ko lākou mau ʻana, a he aha ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻino paha iā lākou.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūʻai ʻole ʻia, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kanu. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i kou naʻau a i ʻole ke launa pū me nā lāʻau lapaʻau naʻau.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka. Eia kekahi mau mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai:
Inā he mōʻaukala ʻohana kāu o nā pilikia naʻau, e lawe mai i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā kūlana naʻau o kou mau hoahānau. Hiki kēia ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kāu mau mea pilikia a hoʻoholo i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kāu mālama.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole hoa ʻohana hilinaʻi i kāu kūkā, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e manaʻo hopohopo e pili ana i ka leo ʻāneʻane o kou naʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā leo ʻāneʻane o ka naʻau he mea ʻino loa ʻole. Nui nā kānaka e ola ana i ko lākou ola holoʻokoʻa me nā leo ʻāneʻane o ka naʻau me ka ʻole o ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia a i ʻole ka pono ʻana i ka mālama.
ʻOiai inā hōʻike ka leo ʻāneʻane o kou naʻau i kahi kūlana naʻau ma lalo, hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou i nā mālama maikaʻi loa e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ka maikaʻi o kou ola. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hana pū ʻana me kāu hui mālama ola e nānā i kou kūlana a hahai i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aʻo.
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i kāu murmur naʻau e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka nohona piha. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me kahi ola olakino naʻau, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā murmur naʻau ke komo i nā hana a pau a lākou e leʻaleʻa ai.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomaopopo ʻia e ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi murmur naʻau a i ʻole ka palena ʻana i kou hiki. E noʻonoʻo pono e pili ana i kou kūlana, e mālama i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu poʻe lawelawe olakino, a e kālele i ka mālama pono ʻana i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAe, hiki i nā murmur naʻau he nui ke hele mai a hele aku i loko o kou ola. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine nā keiki i kā lākou murmur naʻau i ka wā e ulu ai lākou. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pinepine nā murmur i hana ʻia e nā pilikia naʻau ʻano kūkulu ke nalowale me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana kumu.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā murmur naʻau hemolele ke hoʻoikaika maʻamau me ka ʻole o nā palena. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi murmur naʻau ʻano ʻē, e hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā kuhikuhi kūikawā e pili ana i nā pae hoʻoikaika palekana ma muli o kou kūlana naʻau kumu. Hiki i nā kānaka he nui me nā kūlana naʻau ke hauʻoli mau i ka hana kino maʻamau me nā hoʻololi kūpono.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā murmur naʻau hemolele i hoʻoilina ʻia, akā hiki i kekahi mau hemahema naʻau i hānau ʻia e hana ana i nā murmur ʻano ʻē ke holo i nā ʻohana. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā pilikia naʻau, he mea nui ia e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka i hiki iā lākou ke loiloi i kou pilikia a paipai i ka nānā kūpono.
ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā murmur naʻau hemolele ma mua o ka manawa no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike i kekahi pilikia naʻau kumu. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi murmur ʻano ʻē i hana ʻia e kahi kūlana naʻau, hiki i ke kūlana kumu ke holomua me ka makahiki. Ke kōkua nei ka nānā maʻamau e ʻike i nā loli i ka wā mua i hiki ai ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka mālama inā pono.
Hiki i ka hāpai ke hoʻomaopopo hou aku i nā leo ʻūhā naʻau maʻamau ʻole, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke koko e pūʻiwa ana kou naʻau i ka wā hāpai. ʻAʻole kēia he mea hopohopo maʻamau. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi leo ʻūhā naʻau kūpono ʻole, pono ʻoe i ka nānā pono ʻana i ka wā hāpai e hōʻoia ai i kou olakino a me ke olakino o kāu pēpē. Loaʻa i ka hapanui o nā wāhine me nā leo ʻūhā naʻau nā hāpai holomua me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
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