ʻO ka puhi naʻau he ʻeha kuni ia ma kou umauma, ma hope pono o kou iwi umauma. Hoʻonui pinepine ka ʻeha ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, i ke ahiahi, a i ka moe ʻana paha a i ʻole ke kūlou ʻana. He mea maʻamau ka puhi naʻau i manawa pinepine ʻole a ʻaʻohe kumu e hopohopo ai. Hiki i ka hapanui o nā kānaka ke hoʻokele i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka puhi naʻau ma o lākou iho me nā hoʻololi ʻano ola a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻole i kauoha ʻia. ʻO ka puhi naʻau i pinepine aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i kāu hana i kēlā me kēia lā paha he hōʻailona ia o kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau.
Nā hōʻailona o ka puʻuwai kuni e komo pū ana:
Hiki i ka ʻeha umauma ke hōʻailona o ka maʻi naʻau. E ʻimi koke i ke kōkua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha umauma nui a i ʻole ka puʻe ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke hui pū ʻia me ka ʻeha i ka lima a i ʻole ka ihu a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu.
E hana i kahi kūkā me kāu mea mālama ola inā:
Hōʻike mai ka puʻuwai kuni i ka wā e hoʻi hou ai ka waikawa o ka ʻōpū i loko o ka paipu e lawe ai i ka meaʻai mai kou waha a i kou ʻōpū (esophagus).
Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, i ka wā e ʻai ʻia ai ka meaʻai, e hoʻomaha kahi hui o nā ʻiʻo a puni ka lalo o ka esophagus (lower esophageal sphincter) e ʻae ai i ka meaʻai a me ka wai e kahe i lalo i loko o ka ʻōpū. A laila, e hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia ka ʻiʻo.
Inā ʻaʻole hana pono ka lower esophageal sphincter, hiki i ka waikawa o ka ʻōpū ke kahe hou i luna i loko o ka esophagus (acid reflux) a hoʻokumu i ka puʻuwai kuni. Hiki ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ka waikawa backup i ka wā e kūlou ai ʻoe a moe paha.
Hiki i kekahi mau meaʻai a me nā mea inu ke hoʻoulu i ka puʻuwai kuni i kekahi poʻe, me kēia mau mea:
ʻO ka nui o ke kaumaha a i ʻole ka hapai keiki pū kekahi e hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka puʻuwai kuni.
ʻO ka puʻuwai kuni e kū pinepine ana a ke pale aku i kāu hana maʻamau, ua manaʻo ʻia he maʻi reflux gastroesophageal (GERD). Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi reflux gastroesophageal (GERD) ke koi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia a, i kekahi manawa, i ka ʻoki kino a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe. Hiki i ka GERD ke hōʻino nui i kou esophagus a i ʻole e alakaʻi i nā loli ma mua o ke kanesa i loko o ka esophagus i kapa ʻia ʻo Barrett's esophagus.
No ka hoʻoholo inā ʻo kou puʻuwai kuni he hōʻailona ia o ka maʻi gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi aku i kēia mau mea:
ʻO ka endoscopy o ka ʻōpū o luna e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi pahū māmā, māmā i kapa ʻia ʻo ka endoscope i lalo i kou puʻu a komo i loko o kou esophagus. Hāʻawi kahi kāmela liʻiliʻi ma ka hopena o ka endoscope i kāu kauka e nānā i kou esophagus, ʻōpū a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka duodenum.
Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui ʻole ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka puʻuwai. ʻO nā koho e komo pū ana:
Inā ʻaʻole hana nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻole a i ʻole e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻoe iā lākou, e ʻike i kāu mea mālama ola. Pono paha ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuhikuhi a me ka hoʻokolohua hou aku.
Hiki i nā loli o ke ola ke kōkua i ka ho'olu'olu 'ana i ka pu'uwai kuni:
Hiki paha ke kuhikuhi ʻia ʻoe i ke kauka akamai i nā maʻi o ka ʻōnaehana ʻai (gastroenterologist).
Ma waho aʻe o nā nīnau āu i hoʻomākaukau ai e nīnau i kāu kauka, mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau ʻē aʻe i ka wā o kāu kūkā.
He nui paha nā nīnau a kāu kauka e nīnau ai iā ʻoe. ʻO ka mākaukau e pane iā lākou e hiki ai ke hoʻolilo manawa e hele ai ma luna o nā kiko āu e makemake ai e hoʻolilo i ka manawa hou aku. Hiki paha ke nīnau ʻia ʻoe:
E ho'āʻo i nā loli o ke ola e kaohi i kou mau hōʻailona a hiki i kou ʻike ʻana i kāu kauka. No ka laʻana, e pale i nā meaʻai e hoʻonāukiuki i kou puʻuwai a pale i ka ʻai ʻana ma kahi o ʻelua hola ma mua o ka moe ʻana.
E makaʻala i nā palena ma mua o ke kūkā, e like me ka ʻai ʻole ʻana i ka meaʻai paʻa i ka lā ma mua o kāu kūkā.
E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona, me nā mea āpau i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ke kumu āu i hoʻonohonoho ai i ke kūkā.
E hana i ka papa inoa o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau āpau, nā wikamina a me nā mea hoʻohui.
E kākau i kāu ʻike lapaʻau nui, me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
E kākau i ka ʻike pilikino nui, me nā loli hou a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoikaika i kou ola.
E noi i kekahi hoa a i ʻole hoaaloha e hele pū me ʻoe, e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka mea a ke kauka e ʻōlelo ai.
E kākau i nā nīnau e nīnau ai i kāu kauka.
He aha ka mea hiki ke kumu o kaʻu mau hōʻailona?
He manawa pōkole anei a lōʻihi paha koʻu kūlana?
He aha nā ʻano ho'āʻo e pono ai iaʻu? Pono anei kēia mau ho'āʻo i kekahi hoʻomākaukau kūikawā?
He aha nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa?
Pono anei iaʻu ke wehe a hoʻohui paha i nā meaʻai i kaʻu meaʻai?
Loaʻa iaʻu nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe. Pehea ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau kūlana pū?
I ka manawa hea ʻoe i hoʻomaka ai e ʻike i nā hōʻailona, a pehea ka nui o lākou?
Ua mau anei a i ʻole manawa wale nō kāu mau hōʻailona?
He aha, inā he mea, e hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻopōʻino paha i kāu mau hōʻailona? ʻOi aku paha lākou ma hope o nā meaʻai a moe paha?
Ke ho'āla nei anei kāu mau hōʻailona iā ʻoe i ka pō?
Ke piʻi mai anei ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka mea ʻawaʻawa i ka hope o kou ʻāʻī?
Ke ʻike nei anei ʻoe i ka nausea a i ʻole ka luaʻi?
Ke pilikia nei anei ʻoe i ka ʻai ʻana?
Ua nalowale a loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ke kaumaha?
Hōʻole: He kahua ʻike olakino ʻo ʻAukake a ʻaʻole hōʻike kāna mau pane i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau. E kūkākūkā mau me kahi ʻoihana lapaʻau laikini kokoke iā ʻoe ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi.
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