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ʻO nā ʻūhū he mau hōʻemi koke, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia o kou diaphragm - ka ʻiʻo e kōkua ana iā ʻoe e hanu. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i kēia mau spasms liʻiliʻi hoʻonāukiuki i kekahi manawa, a maʻamau lākou he mea ʻino ʻole.
ʻO kou diaphragm e like me kahi ʻiʻo dome-shaped e noho ana ma lalo o kou mau māmā. I ka wā e hoʻoikaika koke ai a hoʻomaha koke, e hana ia i kēlā leo
Hiki mai nā ʻūhū ke hoʻonāukiuki kekahi mea i kou diaphragm a i ʻole nā nerves e kaohi ana iā ia. ʻO nā kumu maʻamau loa e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana, ka inu ʻana, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi koke i kou ʻōpū.
Eia nā kumu o kēlā me kēia lā e hiki ke hoʻoulu i kou mau ʻūhū:
ʻO ka maʻamau, hoʻoulu kēia mau kumu maʻamau i nā ʻūhū pōkole e hoʻonā i loko o nā minuke a i nā hola. Ke pane wale nei kou kino i ka hoʻonāukiuki manawa pōkole.
Eia naʻe, hiki i nā ʻūhū mau a lōʻihi ke loaʻa nā kumu hohonu ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia mau kūlana lapaʻau akā pono e ʻike:
Inā lōʻihi kou mau ʻūhū ma mua o 48 mau hola, makemake kāu kauka e noiʻi i kēia mau mea hiki. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, ʻoiai nā ʻūhū mau loa, loaʻa nā kumu hiki ke mālama ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā lōʻihi nā ʻūhū ma mua o 48 mau hola. Kūleʻa kēia manawa e hoʻokaʻawale i nā ʻūhū maʻamau, manawa pōkole a me nā mea e hōʻike paha i kahi kūlana hohonu.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā hele mai kou mau ʻūhū me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e hopohopo ai. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole ka pōkole o ka hanu.
E hoʻopili pū aku nō hoʻi i kāu mea mālama ola inā e pilikia ana nā hiccups i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe he paʻakikī ka ʻai ʻana, ka hiamoe ʻana, a i ʻole ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hana inā mau nā hiccups.
Kāhea aku no ka mālama pilikia inā loaʻa nā hiccups me ka ʻeha umauma, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka hahau. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia hui ʻana, he mea nui ia e kāpae i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa nā hiccups, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou. ʻO ka makahiki a me nā hana ola ke kuleana nui loa.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne i loaʻa nā hiccups lōʻihi ma mua o nā wāhine, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa i nā kauka ke kumu. Hiki i nā poʻe inu waiʻona maʻamau a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa loa ke ʻike pū i nā manawa hiccup hou aku.
Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau kūlana olakino ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia pū kekahi. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana i ka acid reflux, ka maʻi suka, ka maʻi puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole ka hana ʻoki mua a puni ka umauma a i ʻole ka ʻōpū.
Hiki i ke kaumaha a me ka hopohopo ke hoʻoulu i nā hiccups i kekahi poʻe. Inā ʻike ʻoe e loaʻa ana kāu mau hiccups i nā manawa kaumaha, ʻo kēia paha ke ala o kou kino e pane ai i ke kaomi manaʻo.
ʻAʻole hana nā hiccups i nā pilikia a hoʻonā ʻia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā hiccups mau loa e mau ana no nā lā a i ʻole nā pule ke hoʻomaka e hoʻopilikia i kou ola.
Hiki i nā hiccups lōʻihi ke paʻakikī i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana i ka mea maʻamau. Hiki kēia ke alakaʻi i ka emi ʻana o ke kaumaha, ka nele i ka wai, a i ʻole nā pilikia o ka meaʻai inā mau nā hiccups no ka manawa lōʻihi.
ʻO ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka hiamoe kekahi pilikia maʻamau me nā hiccups mau. Hiki i nā hana ʻiʻo mau ke paʻakikī i ka hiamoe ʻana a i ʻole ka hiamoe ʻana i ka pō.
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka luhi, ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i ke ʻano ke hana nei me nā hiccups maʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻopilikia mau ʻana i nā ʻano hanu maʻamau ke luhi kino a me ka manaʻo.
I nā hihia maʻamau loa, hiki i nā ʻūhā koʻikoʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia o ka naʻau a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu. ʻO ia ke kumu e lawe ai nā kauka i nā ʻūhā mau loa me ke koʻikoʻi a hana e ʻimi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā ʻūhā ma ka pale ʻana i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki maʻamau. Hiki i nā loli maʻalahi i kāu ʻano ʻai a me ka inu ʻana ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui.
E ho'āʻo e ʻai i nā ʻaina liʻiliʻi me ka lohi ma mua o nā ʻāpana nui me ka wikiwiki. E ʻai pono i kāu meaʻai a pale i ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka wā e ʻai ana e hoʻemi i ka nui o ka ea āu e ʻai ai.
E kaupalena i nā mea inu kalapona, nā meaʻai wela loa, a me nā mea inu anu loa. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau mea, e ʻai mālie a me ka liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha hiki ke kōkua inā ʻike ʻoe ua hoʻonāukiuki ke kaumaha i kāu mau ʻūhā. Hiki i nā hana hanu hohonu, ka noʻonoʻo, a i ʻole ka hana kino mau ke pōmaikaʻi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka acid reflux a i ʻole GERD, hiki i ka mālama pono ʻana i kēia mau kūlana ke hoʻemi i nā hanana ʻūhā. E hana pū me kāu kauka e mālama i nā pilikia ʻai ʻole.
No nā ʻūhā maʻamau e lōʻihi ana ma lalo o 48 mau hola, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokolohua kūikawā e pono ai. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike pinepine i nā ʻūhā ma muli o kāu wehewehe a me kahi nānā kino.
Inā mau nā ʻūhā no ʻelua lā a ʻoi aku paha, e nīnau kāu kauka i nā nīnau kikoʻī e pili ana i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou, ka mea i hoʻonāukiuki paha iā lākou, a me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe āu e ʻike nei.
No nā ʻūhā lōʻihi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua e ʻimi i nā kumu kumu. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i nā pilikia metabolic, nā haʻawina kiʻi e like me nā X-ray a i ʻole nā CT scan, a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua e loiloi i kou ʻōnaehana ʻai.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻouna iā ʻoe i kahi loea. Hiki i kēia ke lilo i gastroenterologist no nā pilikia ʻai, kahi neurologist no nā pilikia pili i nā aʻalolo, a i ʻole nā loea ʻē aʻe ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hikihiki e pau iho lākou ma o lākou iho me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau ala e hiki ai i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku inā mau a pilikia paha nā hikihiki.
No nā hikihiki mau, hoʻomaka pinepine nā kauka me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka diaphragm a i ʻole e hōʻemi i ka huhū o nā aʻalolo. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā mea hoʻomaha ʻiʻo, nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka ʻōpū ʻino, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopilikia i ka hana o nā aʻalolo.
Inā ʻaʻole hana nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ho'āʻo i nā ala ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā poloka aʻalolo, kahi e hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau kokoke i nā aʻalolo e kaohi ana i ka diaphragm, a i ʻole nā hana ʻokiʻoki ma nā hihia kakaikahi loa.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā e hilinaʻi ana i ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i kāu mau hikihiki. Inā he kūlana ma lalo e like me ka acid reflux ka mea hana, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kēlā kūlana e hoʻonā pinepine i nā hikihiki pū kekahi.
E hana pū kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā hikihiki mau e loaʻa iā lākou ka hōʻoluʻolu me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
He nui nā lāʻau home e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hikihiki maʻamau, ʻoiai ua kaupalena ʻia ka hōʻike ʻepekema no ka hapa nui o lākou. Hana kēia mau ʻano hana ma ka hoʻopio ʻana i ka hikihiki reflex a i ʻole ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā aʻalolo i komo.
Eia kekahi mau ʻano hana kaulana i ʻike nui ʻia e nā kānaka he kōkua:
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ua palekana kēia mau lāʻau home e hoʻāʻo ai no nā hikihiki i manawa pōkole. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mea e hana maikaʻi loa no ʻoe, ʻoiai he ʻano like ʻole nā ʻano hana no nā kānaka like ʻole.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻo nā lāʻau home wale nō ka mea kūpono no nā hikihiki pōkole a manawa pōkole. Inā mau kāu mau hikihiki no ka lā a ʻelua paha, ua hiki ka manawa e kūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e kākau i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai kāu ʻōhū a me ka pinepine o ka hanana ʻana. E hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻano i ʻike ʻia e ʻoe, e like me ka hanana ʻana ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai a i ʻole i nā manawa pilikia.
E hana i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei, me nā mea kūʻai aku ma luna o ka pākaukau. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i nā ʻōhū mau loa, no laila, kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka.
E hoʻomākaukau e wehewehe i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe āu i ʻike ai me nā ʻōhū. Hiki ke komo pū me ka nausea, ka heartburn, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i kou makemake a i ʻole ke kaumaha.
E noʻonoʻo i nā hoʻololi hou i kou olakino, ʻai, a i ʻole ke ola e pili ana paha. Hiki ke komo pū me nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou, nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻoikaika nui o ke ola.
E kākau i kāu mau nīnau ma mua o ka manawa i ʻole ʻoe e poina e nīnau iā lākou i ka wā o ke kūkā. Kōkua kēia iā ʻoe e hoʻohana pono i kou manawa me ke kauka.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻōhū he mea ʻino ʻole a he manawa pōkole, e hoʻopau ana ma o lākou iho i loko o nā minuke a i nā hola. He ʻāpana maʻamau ia o ke ola e kokoke ana nā kānaka a pau e ʻike ai i kekahi manawa.
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ke kānāwai 48-hola. Inā lōʻihi nā ʻōhū ma mua o ʻelua lā, a i ʻole inā hele mai lākou me nā hōʻailona pilikia ʻē aʻe, pono ke nānā aku i kāu kauka.
ʻOiai hiki i nā ʻōhū mau loa ke hoʻonāukiuki a hoʻopilikia, loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻimi ana i ka mālama lapaʻau no nā ʻōhū lōʻihi e loaʻa ka hōʻoluʻolu me ka mālama kūpono.
Mai kānalua e hoʻopili aku i kāu mea hoʻolako mālama ola inā ke hoʻopilikia nei nā ʻōhū i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. Kūpono ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a hana maʻamau, a aia nā limahana olakino e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokō i kēlā.
ʻAʻole pōʻino nā ʻōhū maʻamau a ʻaʻohe pilikia olakino. Eia naʻe, ʻo nā ʻōhū lōʻihi ma mua o 48 mau hola, hiki ke hōʻike i nā kūlana olakino i lalo e pono ai ka nānā. Ma kahi kakaikahi loa, hiki i nā ʻōhū lōʻihi loa ke pale i ka ʻai ʻana, ka hiamoe ʻana, a i ʻole ka hanu ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu e lilo ai ka loiloi lapaʻau i mea nui no nā hihia lōʻihi.
Hiki i ka ʻai ʻana ke hoʻoulu i nā ʻōhū ma kekahi mau ʻano. Ke ʻai wikiwiki ʻoe, e ʻai nui ʻoe i ka ea, hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou diaphragm. Hiki i nā ʻaina nui ke hoʻolōʻihi i kou ʻōpū, e kau ana i ka kaomi ma ka diaphragm. Hiki i nā meaʻai wela a anuanu loa, nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa, a me nā mea inu kalapona ke hoʻoulu i nā aʻalolo e kaohi ana i kou diaphragm, e alakaʻi ana i nā ʻōhū.
Hana nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻōhū kuʻuna he nui ma ka hoʻopio ʻana i nā hōʻailona aʻalolo e hoʻoulu ai i nā ʻōhū a i ʻole ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka aʻalolo vagus. ʻOiai ua palena ʻia ka hōʻike ʻepekema, hiki i nā ʻano hana e like me ka paʻa ʻana o kou hanu, ka inu ʻana i ka wai, a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i ke kō ke kūpono no kekahi poʻe. ʻO ka mea nui, kōkua kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻonohonoho hou i ke ʻano maʻamau o ka diaphragm.
ʻAe, loaʻa pinepine i nā pēpē nā ʻōhū, a he mea maʻamau loa ia. Hoʻomaka maoli nā pēpē e ʻōhū i loko o ka ʻōpū i ka wā hāpai. Hoʻoulu ʻia nā ʻōhū o nā pēpē e ka ʻai wikiwiki ʻana, ka ʻai ʻana i ka ea, a i ʻole ka piha ʻana o ka ʻōpū. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau lākou iā lākou iho a ʻaʻohe pilikia i ka pēpē, ʻoiai paha e manaʻo ʻia he mea hopohopo i nā mākua hou.
Hoʻokō nā ʻōhū o nā keiki i nā rula maʻamau e like me nā ʻōhū o nā mākua. E kelepona i kāu kauka keiki inā lōʻihi nā ʻōhū o kāu keiki ma mua o 48 mau hola, pale i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka hiamoe ʻana, a i ʻole e hele pū me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e like me ka maʻi wela, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻōhū o nā keiki he mea ʻino ʻole a hoʻoponopono koke ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻalahi a i ʻole ma o lākou iho.
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