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ʻO ka hirsutism kahi kūlana kahi e ulu nui ai ka lauoho o nā wāhine ma nā wahi e ulu mau ai ka lauoho o nā kāne, e like me ka maka, ka umauma, a me ke kua. Hana kēia ma muli o ka nui o nā hormones kāne i kapa ʻia ʻo nā androgens i loko o kou kino.
Ma kahi o 5 a 10% o nā wāhine e ʻike i ka hirsutism i kekahi manawa o ko lākou ola. ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mea kaumaha, he mea nui ia e ʻike ʻoe aia nā lapaʻau pono, a ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō e kū nei i kēia kūlana.
Hana ʻia ka hirsutism i ka wā e hana nui ai kou kino i nā hormones kāne, ʻoiai ʻo ka testosterone. Hoʻoulu kēia mau hormones i nā follicle lauoho e ulu ai ka lauoho mānoanoa, ʻeleʻele, a me ka ʻili ma nā wahi kahi ʻaʻole nui ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho o nā wāhine.
Hoʻopili ka kūlana i nā ʻano ulu lauoho ma nā wahi a nā kauka i kapa ʻia ʻo nā wahi "androgen-sensitive." ʻO kēia mau mea ka lehelehe luna, ka ihu, ka umauma, ke kua luna, a me nā ʻūhā o loko. ʻO ka lauoho e ulu ana, he ʻeleʻele a mānoanoa hoʻi ia, e like me ka lauoho maka o nā kāne.
He ʻokoʻa ia mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lauoho lahilahi, māmā i loaʻa maoli i nā wāhine ma ko lākou kino. Kuhikuhi kūikawā ka hirsutism i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho o ke ʻano kāne e ʻike ʻia a hopohopo hoʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui ka ulu nui ʻana o ka lauoho ma nā wahi e ulu mau ai ka lauoho o nā kāne. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia mau loli e hana mālie ana i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki.
Eia nā wahi maʻamau kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka lauoho:
ʻO ka lauoho, he ʻeleʻele, mānoanoa, a mānoanoa ia ma mua o ka lauoho lahilahi, māmā i maʻamau no kēia mau wahi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā kiʻekiʻe androgen kiʻekiʻe, e like me ka acne, ka ʻili momona, a i ʻole nā loli i kāu pōʻai menstrual.
Hiki i kekahi mau wāhine ke ʻike i ka hohonu o ka leo a i ʻole ka lauoho baldness o ke ʻano kāne, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau mea a hōʻike pinepine i nā pilikia hormonal koʻikoʻi.
Hana ʻia ka hirsutism i ka wā e hana nui ai kou kino i nā hormones kāne a i ʻole e lilo i mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i nā kiʻekiʻe hormone maʻamau. Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana ma lalo ke hoʻoulu i kēia pane.
ʻO ke kumu maʻamau ka polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), kahi e hoʻopili ai ma kahi o 70% o nā wāhine me ka hirsutism. Hoʻoulu ka PCOS i kāu mau ovaries e hana i nā androgens nui, e alakaʻi ana i nā hōʻailona like ʻole e komo pū ana me ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho makemake ʻole.
ʻO nā kūlana hormonal ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka hirsutism:
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻoulu i ka hirsutism. ʻO kēia mau mea kekahi mau steroids, nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka epilepsy, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopilikia i nā kiʻekiʻe hormone. I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, holo ka kūlana i nā ʻohana ma muli o nā kumu genetic e hoʻolilo i nā follicle lauoho i mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i nā hormones.
No kekahi mau wāhine, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i ke kumu ma lalo. Kēia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo idiopathic hirsutism, a ʻo ia ka manaʻo maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kāu mau follicle lauoho i nā kiʻekiʻe hormone maʻamau.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ulu wikiwiki a wikiwiki paha o ka lauoho ma nā wahi o ke ʻano kāne. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā kūlana ma lalo a hoʻomaka i ka lapaʻau kūpono.
He mea nui loa ia e ʻimi i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona me ka hirsutism:
Mai kali inā ke hoʻoulu nei ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho iā ʻoe i ka manaʻo kaumaha nui a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ana i kou ola. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke kumu a kūkākūkā i nā koho lapaʻau e hana no kou kūlana.
ʻOiai inā he māmā kou mau hōʻailona, hiki i ka loiloi ke kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i nā kūlana e like me ka PCOS i ka wā mua, kahi e hiki ai ke loaʻa nā hopena olakino lōʻihi ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole weliweli ka hirsutism iho, hiki iā ia ke hōʻailona o nā kūlana ma lalo e pono ai ka nānā. Hiki nō hoʻi ke koʻikoʻi ka hopena o ka manaʻo no nā wāhine he nui.
ʻO nā hopena psychological pinepine:
Mai kahi kūlana lapaʻau, hiki i ka hirsutism ke hōʻike i nā kūlana e alakaʻi ai i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka PCOS, no ka laʻana, hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi naʻau, a me nā pilikia hānau ke waiho ʻole ʻia.
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i ka hirsutism ke hōʻailona o nā kūlana koʻikoʻi e like me nā tumors e hana i nā hormones nui. Pono kēia mau mea i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka a me ka lapaʻau koke.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka lapaʻau kūpono, hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho a me nā kūlana ma lalo.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, mōʻaukala lapaʻau, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei. Makemake nō hoʻi lākou e ʻike e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā kūlana like.
Hoʻokomo ka nānā kino i ka nānā ʻana i nā wahi kahi āu e ʻike ai i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi ʻōnaehana helu e ana i ka nui o ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho ma nā wahi kino like ʻole.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua koko, he mea pono ia e nānā i kāu mau kiʻekiʻe hormone, e komo pū ana:
Ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā hopena hoʻokolohua, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā ultrasounds pelvic e nānā i kāu mau ovaries a i ʻole nā CT scans e nānā i kāu mau adrenal glands.
Kōkua ka kaʻina hana hōʻoia i ka ʻike ʻana inā aia kekahi kūlana ma lalo e hoʻoulu ana i kāu hirsutism a alakaʻi i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono loa no kou kūlana.
Kuhikuhi ka lapaʻau no ka hirsutism i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia hormonal ma lalo. Hoʻoholo ka ala ma muli o ke kumu a me ka koʻikoʻi o kou kūlana.
ʻO nā lapaʻau hormonal, pinepine ka laina mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a komo pū me:
Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka androgen a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i ko lākou hopena ma nā follicle lauoho. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ia i ka 3 a 6 mau mahina e ʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻike ʻia, no laila he mea nui ka hoʻomanawanui.
No ka wehe koke ʻana i ka lauoho, loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau koho hoʻonaninani:
E hana pū kāu kauka me ʻoe e hana i kahi papahana lapaʻau e hoʻoponopono ai i ke kumu ma lalo a me kāu mau hopohopo hoʻonaninani. Loaʻa i nā wāhine he nui ka hui ʻana o ka lapaʻau lapaʻau me nā ʻano wehe lauoho e hāʻawi i nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka lapaʻau lapaʻau, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka hirsutism a kākoʻo i kāu papahana lapaʻau holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino ke kōkua nui inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pale ʻana i ka insulin a i ʻole PCOS. Hiki i ka emi ʻana o ke kaumaha o 5-10% ke hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kiʻekiʻe hormone a hoʻemi i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho ma hope o kekahi manawa.
Kōkua ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau i kou kino e hoʻohana i ka insulin me ka maikaʻi a hiki ke hoʻemi i nā kiʻekiʻe androgen. E pahuhopu no ka liʻiliʻi o 30 mau minuke o ka hana waena i ka hapa nui o nā lā o ka hebedoma.
No ka hoʻokele lauoho i kēlā me kēia lā, e noʻonoʻo i kēia mau koho palekana:
Hiki i ka ʻai ʻana i kahi meaʻai kaulike me ka nui o ka fiber a me ka palena ʻana i nā meaʻai i hana ʻia ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā kiʻekiʻe insulin. Loaʻa i kekahi mau wāhine ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka waiū a me nā kō i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e kōkua me ko lākou mau hōʻailona.
E hoʻomanaʻo he hana maikaʻi loa ka hoʻokele home i ka wā i hui pū ʻia me ka lapaʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he pani no ia.
ʻO ka hele ʻana i ka hālāwai me ka hoʻomākaukau e kōkua i kāu kauka e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomaka ma ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou.
E kākau i nā wahi kūikawā kahi āu e ʻike ai i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka lauoho a me ka lōʻihi o kou ʻike ʻana i kēia mau loli. E hoʻomaopopo inā ua mālie a wikiwiki paha ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa, e komo pū ana nā mea hoʻohui over-the-counter a me nā huaora. Hiki i kekahi o kēia mau mea ke hoʻopilikia i nā kiʻekiʻe hormone a i ʻole ke launa pū me nā lapaʻau.
E hoʻomākaukau i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāu pōʻai menstrual, e komo pū ana:
E nīnau i nā lālā ʻohana e pili ana i kekahi mōʻaukala o ka hirsutism, PCOS, a i ʻole nā kūlana hormonal ʻē aʻe i kou ʻohana. Hiki i kēia ʻike ke waiwai no kāu hōʻoia.
E noʻonoʻo i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau a kākau iā lākou. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā nīnau e pili ana i nā koho lapaʻau, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a i ʻole ka lōʻihi e pono ai e ʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi.
He kūlana hoʻokele ʻia ka hirsutism e hoʻopilikia ana i nā wāhine he nui, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kū nei iā ia wale nō. ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mea kaumaha, loaʻa nā lapaʻau pono e kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho a hoʻoponopono i nā kumu ma lalo.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i ka loiloi lapaʻau i ka wā mua hiki ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i kāu holomua lapaʻau. Pane maikaʻi nā kūlana ma lalo e hoʻoulu ana i ka hirsutism i ka lapaʻau i ka wā i hopu ʻia i ka wā mua.
Me ka hui kūpono o ka lapaʻau lapaʻau a me nā ʻano hoʻokele lauoho, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā wāhine i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i ko lākou mau hōʻailona. Hiki paha ke lawe i kekahi manawa e ʻike i ke ala e hana maikaʻi loa no ʻoe, akā uku pinepine ka hoʻomanawanui.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole wehewehe ka hirsutism iā ʻoe, a ʻaʻohe hilahila i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua. Aia kāu mea lawelawe olakino e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hopena e kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻo hilinaʻi a ʻoluʻolu i kou ʻili ponoʻī.
ʻAʻole hoʻonā pinepine ka hirsutism me ka lapaʻau ʻole, ʻoiai inā ua hoʻoulu ʻia e kahi kūlana hormonal ma lalo. Eia naʻe, me ka lapaʻau lapaʻau kūpono, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā wāhine i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i nā ʻano ulu lauoho. ʻO ke kī ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kumu kumu ma mua o ka kali ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi maoli.
ʻAʻole pololei ka hirsutism iho e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hānau, akā hiki i nā kūlana ma lalo e hoʻoulu ai. Hiki i ka PCOS, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i kahi 70% o nā hihia hirsutism, ke hoʻopilikia i ka ovulation a me ka hānau ʻana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana ma lalo e hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine i nā hopena ulu lauoho a me ka hānau ʻana.
ʻAe, he mea palekana loa ia e wehe i ka lauoho makemake ʻole ma o ka ʻoki ʻana, ka waxing, a i ʻole nā ʻano ʻē aʻe ʻoiai ʻoe e loaʻa ana i ka lapaʻau lapaʻau. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka manaʻo kaulana, ʻaʻole hana ka ʻoki ʻana i ka lauoho e ulu hou mai i ka mānoanoa a i ʻeleʻele paha. E koho i ke ala wehe lauoho e ʻoluʻolu loa iā ʻoe.
Lawe ka hapa nui o nā lapaʻau lapaʻau no ka hirsutism i 3 a 6 mau mahina e hōʻike i nā hopena ʻike ʻia, a hiki i nā pono piha ke lawe i hoʻokahi makahiki. ʻO kēia ma muli o ka lohi o nā pōʻai ulu lauoho, a lawe i ka manawa no nā lapaʻau hormonal e hoʻopilikia i ka ulu ʻana o ka lauoho hou. He mea nui ka hoʻomanawanui, ʻoiai he mālie nā hoʻomaikaʻi akā nui pinepine.
Hiki i ke kaumaha mau loa ke hoʻopilikia i ka hirsutism ma o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kāu mau kiʻekiʻe hormone, ʻoiai ʻo ka cortisol, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o ka androgen. Hiki i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha, ka hoʻoikaika kino, a me ka hiamoe lawa ke kākoʻo i kāu papahana lapaʻau holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hoʻōla wale ka hoʻokele kaumaha i ka hirsutism.
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