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ʻO ka hydrocele kahi pehu ʻeha ʻole ma kou scrotum i hana ʻia e ka wai e hōʻiliʻili ana a puni kekahi a i ʻole nā testis ʻelua. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka pōpō wai e hana ana a puni kou testicle, e hana ana i ka hoʻonui palupalu, maʻamau ʻaʻohe pilikia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a loaʻa.
He mea maʻamau loa kēia kūlana, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki hānau hou a me nā kāne kahiko. ʻOiai paha e nānā aku ana ia he mea hopohopo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hydroceles he mea maikaʻi loa a ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia i kou hiki ke hānau keiki a i ʻole kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, nui ka nui e hoʻonā iā lākou iho, a i ka wā e pono ai ka lapaʻau, he mea pololei a maikaʻi loa ia.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai kahi pehu ʻeha ʻole ma kou scrotum e manaʻo ʻia he palupalu a me ka mālie. Hiki i kēia pehu ke hoʻopili i kekahi ʻaoʻao a i ʻole nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, a he mea maʻamau ia e like me ka lawe ʻana i kahi pōpō wai liʻiliʻi.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui e hōʻike ana paha iā ʻoe he hydrocele kāu:
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻeha me ka hydrocele. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, he ʻeha palupalu ia mai ke kaumaha a me ka nui ma mua o ka ʻeha ʻoi. ʻAʻole hele mai a hele aku ka pehu e like me kekahi mau kūlana ʻē aʻe.
Aia ʻelua ʻano nui o nā hydroceles, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu i ulu ai. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ka manawa a me ke ʻano o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka wai.
Hana ʻia nā hydroceles congenital i ka wā i hānau ʻia ai nā keikikāne me lākou. I ka wā o ka hoʻomohala maʻamau, hele nā testis mai ka ʻōpū i ka scrotum ma o kahi ala e pani maʻamau ma mua o ka hānau ʻana. Ke ʻaʻole pani pono kēia ala, hiki i ka wai mai ka ʻōpū ke leaka i lalo a hōʻiliʻili a puni ka testicle.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā hydroceles i loaʻa ma hope mai i ke ola, maʻamau ma nā kāne ma mua o 40. Hana ʻia kēia ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ke kaulike maikaʻi o ka hana wai a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana a puni ka testicle. Hana maoli kou kino i kahi liʻiliʻi o ka wai lubricating a puni kēlā me kēia testicle, akā i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole hana pono kēia ʻōnaehana e like me ka mea e pono ai.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā hydroceles ke hōʻiliʻili ka wai a puni kou testicle, akā ʻokoʻa nā kumu ma lalo, ma muli o kou makahiki a me kou kūlana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu ke kōkua i ka hoʻoluʻolu ʻana i kou manaʻo e pili ana i ka mea e hana nei i kou kino.
I nā pēpē hānau hou a me nā pēpē, ʻo ke kumu maʻamau loa kahi pilikia hoʻomohala i ka wā hāpai. Ma mua o ka hānau ʻana, hele kēlā me kēia testicle i lalo mai ka ʻōpū ma o kahi puka i kapa ʻia ʻo ka processus vaginalis. Pono e pani loa kēia puka, akā i kekahi manawa e waiho ʻia ana he ʻāpana wehe, e ʻae ana i ka wai ʻōpū e leaka i lalo a hōʻiliʻili a puni ka testicle.
No nā kāne makua, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka hana ʻana o ka hydrocele:
I kekahi manawa, ulu nā hydroceles me ka ʻole o kekahi kumu maopopo. Hiki i ke kaulike wai maoli o kou kino a puni nā testicles ke hoʻololi ma muli o ka ʻelemakule, nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi āu paha ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo, a i ʻole nā loli liʻiliʻi i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokahe ʻana o kou ʻōnaehana lymphatic i ka wai mai ka wahi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai me kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi pehu ma kou scrotum, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ia e ʻeha. ʻOiai he mea maikaʻi ʻole nā hydroceles, he mea nui ia e loaʻa kahi ʻike kūpono e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e like paha.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau wikiwiki inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona me ka pehu scrotal:
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi e like me ka testicular torsion a i ʻole ka maʻi e pono ai ka mālama koke. Mai kali a ho'āʻo e hoʻoholo iā ʻoe iho, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hopohopo ʻē aʻe.
No nā mākua o nā pēpē hānau hou, e hoʻonā ka hapa nui o nā hydroceles congenital iā lākou iho ma mua o ka lā hānau mua o ke keiki. Eia naʻe, pono nō ʻoe e loaʻa i kāu pediatrician e loiloi i kekahi pehu scrotal e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a nānā i ke kūlana.
ʻAʻole hana ka hapa nui o nā hydroceles i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, akā aia kekahi mau pilikia hiki ke loaʻa. He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e nānā pono ʻia ai nā hydroceles a mālama ʻia i ka wā e pono ai.
ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau loa ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole mai ka nui a me ke kaumaha o ka hydrocele nui. Ke ulu nui nā hydroceles, hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka hele ʻana, ka noho ʻana, a i ʻole ka lole ʻana i kekahi mau lole. Manaʻo kekahi mau kāne i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ke ʻano, ka mea hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ko lākou hilinaʻi a me nā pilina pili.
Hiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi akā he mea maʻamau ʻole ke komo:
He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi, a hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono i ka wā e pono ai. E nānā kāu kauka i ka nui a me nā loli i kāu hydrocele e hopu i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa koke.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia nā hydroceles i ka hiki ke hānau keiki a i ʻole ka hana hormone. Ke hoʻomau nei ka testicle e hana maʻamau ʻoiai ke hoʻopuni ʻia e ka hōʻiliʻili wai.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻohe ala hilinaʻi e pale aku ai i ka hapa nui o nā hydroceles ʻoiai e ulu pinepine ana lākou ma muli o nā mea ma waho o kou mana, e like me nā pilikia hoʻomohala i nā pēpē hānau hou a i ʻole nā loli pili i ka makahiki i nā mākua. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kekahi mau hana e hoʻemi i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hydroceles.
ʻO ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe mai ka ʻeha kekahi o nā hana pale maikaʻi loa. E komo i nā mea pale kūpono i ka wā o nā haʻuki, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā haʻuki pili a i ʻole nā hana kahi e nui ai ka ʻeha groin. Inā hana ʻoe ma nā wahi kahi e hiki ai ke ʻeha scrotal, e noʻonoʻo i nā mea pale.
Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i ka olakino holoʻokoʻa ke kōkua pū kekahi. ʻO kēia ke komo:
No nā mākua, ʻaʻohe mea āu e hiki ke hana e pale aku ai i nā hydroceles congenital ʻoiai e ulu ana lākou i ka wā hāpai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hoʻonā ka hapa nui o kēia mau mea iā lākou iho me ka ʻole o kekahi hana e pono ai.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka ʻike ʻana o ka hydrocele me kāu kauka e nīnau ana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka nānā ʻana i kou scrotum. ʻO kēia nānā kino ka mea nui loa o ke kaʻina hana ʻike a hiki ke hāʻawi pinepine i kahi pane maopopo.
I ka wā o ka nānā kino, e ʻike mālie kāu kauka i ka wahi pehu e loiloi i kona nui, kūpaʻa, a inā paha ia he ʻoluʻolu ʻole. ʻO kekahi hōʻailona o ka hydrocele ka hiki ke hele ka mālamalama ma o ia, kahi ho'āʻo i kapa ʻia ʻo transillumination. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻomālamalama i kahi mālamalama mālamalama i ka pehu e ʻike inā e hoʻomālamalama ia, ka mea e hōʻike ana i ka wai ma mua o ka ʻiʻo paʻa.
Inā ʻaʻole hāʻawi ka nānā kino i kahi ʻike maopopo, hiki i kāu kauka ke manaʻo e hana i nā ho'āʻo hou aku:
He mea kōkua loa ka ultrasound no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hōʻike maopopo i nā hōʻiliʻili wai a kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā hydroceles a me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e like me nā hernias a i ʻole nā tumors. He mea ʻeha ʻole loa ia a hāʻawi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī e kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻolālā i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
Makemake pū kāu kauka e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hana i ka pehu scrotal, e like me nā inguinal hernias, nā tumors testicular, a i ʻole nā maʻi. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike pololei e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama kūpono loa.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka hydrocele ke hilinaʻi nui ma kou makahiki, ka nui o ka hydrocele, a inā paha e hana ana ia i kekahi ʻoluʻolu ʻole. ʻAʻole pono ka nui o nā hydroceles, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā pēpē, i kekahi lapaʻau a e hoʻonā maoli i ka manawa.
No nā pēpē i hānau ʻia me nā hydroceles, manaʻo maʻamau nā kauka i kahi ala kali-a-ʻike. Hoʻopau ka hapa nui o nā hydroceles congenital iā lākou iho ma mua o ka lā hānau mua o ke keiki ke hoʻoponopono maoli ke kino i ka wai nui a pani pono ka ala ma lalo.
I nā mākua, komo nā koho lapaʻau:
Manaʻo ʻia ka hana ʻoki maʻamau ke nui ka hydrocele e hana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hoʻopilikia i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā, a i ʻole ke hoʻomau nei i ka ulu ʻana. ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻoki, i kapa ʻia ʻo hydrocelectomy, ke komo pū me ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi e hoʻokahe i ka wai a wehe a hoʻoponopono i ka ʻeke i mālama ai.
He hopena manawa pōkole ka aspiration needle e hiki ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha, akā hoʻi pinepine ka wai no ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia ke kumu ma lalo. Hiki i kāu kauka ke manaʻo i kēia ala inā ʻaʻole ʻoe he moho maikaʻi no ka hana ʻoki a i ʻole inā makemake ʻoe i ka hoʻomaha manawa pōkole i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai i kāu mau koho.
I ka wā e kali ana no ka lapaʻau a i ʻole inā manaʻo kāu kauka e nānā i kāu hydrocele, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ke hana ma ka home e noho mālie a kākoʻo i kou ho'ōla. ʻAʻole e ho'ōla kēia mau ala i ka hydrocele, akā hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kekahi ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Hiki i ka lole ʻana i nā lole lole kākoʻo ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i kou pae ʻoluʻolu. E koho i nā briefs a i ʻole nā boxer briefs e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo mālie me ka ʻole o ka paʻa loa. Loaʻa i kekahi mau kāne ka manaʻo e hāʻawi nā mea kākoʻo athletic a i ʻole nā lole kākoʻo scrotal i hana ʻia no nā kūlana lapaʻau i ka hui maikaʻi loa o ke kākoʻo a me ka ʻoluʻolu.
Eia nā hana mālama home ʻē aʻe e kōkua:
E makaʻala i nā loli i ka nui, ka pae ʻeha, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe. E mālama i kēia mau loli e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka ma nā hālāwai hahai. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo inā pono e hoʻoponopono i kāu papahana lapaʻau.
E hoʻomanaʻo he mau hana kākoʻo wale nō kēia mau lāʻau home. ʻAʻole lākou e hoʻopau i ka hydrocele, akā hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ʻoluʻolu aʻe i ka wā e ho'ōla ai kou kino a i ʻole i ka wā e hoʻomākaukau ai ʻoe no ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi no kāu hālāwai kauka e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mea maikaʻi loa mai kāu kipa a kōkua i kāu mea mālama ola e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai i ka pehu a me nā loli āu i ʻike ai mai ia manawa.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau. E hoʻomaopopo i kekahi ʻeha, ʻoluʻolu ʻole, a i ʻole nā loli i ka nui o ka pehu. E noʻonoʻo pū i kekahi mau ʻeha, maʻi, a i ʻole nā hana ʻoki āu i loaʻa ai, ʻoiai inā ʻano pili ʻole lākou.
E lawe mai i kēia ʻike i kāu hālāwai:
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e nīnau i kāu kauka. Makemake paha ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i nā koho lapaʻau, ka mea e manaʻo ai inā koho ʻoe e kali a nānā, a i ʻole pehea paha e hoʻopilikia ai kēia kūlana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe, ʻoiai inā he mea liʻiliʻi ia.
E komo i nā lole ʻoluʻolu, lahilahi e maʻalahi ke wehe no ka nānā kino. E ho'āʻo e ʻauʻau ma mua o kāu hālāwai, a e noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole ʻohana hilinaʻi inā manaʻo ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka kipa.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i nā hydroceles ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau ʻole a maʻalahi loa ke mālama. ʻOiai ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi pehu ma kou wahi genital hiki ke hopohopo, nā hydroceles ʻaʻole pinepine e hōʻike i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi a ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia i kou hiki ke hānau keiki a i ʻole ka hana hormone.
Hoʻomohala ka hapa nui o nā hydroceles i ka mālie a ʻaʻole hana i ka ʻeha, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke lilo i mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole inā ulu nui lākou. I nā pēpē, hoʻonā ka hapa nui o lākou iā lākou iho me ka ʻole o kekahi lapaʻau e pono ai. No nā mākua, loaʻa nā koho lapaʻau maikaʻi ke lilo nā hōʻailona i mea hopohopo a i ʻole ke hoʻopilikia nei ka hydrocele i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ke kī ʻaʻole e nānā ʻole i ka pehu scrotal, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ia e ʻeha. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi loiloi lapaʻau kūpono e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e loaʻa kahi ʻike pololei a me ka mālama kūpono. Hiki i ka kūkākūkā mua me kāu mea mālama ola ke pale aku i nā pilikia a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka maluhia o ka manaʻo e pili ana i kou kūlana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hōʻike ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hydrocele i kāu mau hana olakino a i ʻole nā koho nohona. Hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke ulu no nā kumu like ʻole, nui ka nui o lākou ma waho o kou mana. E kau i ka manaʻo ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ka hahai ʻana i nā manaʻo o kāu kauka no ka hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia nā hydroceles i ka hiki ke hānau keiki a i ʻole ka hana moekolohe. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili wai e hoʻopuni ana i ka testicle akā ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia i ka hana sperm a i ʻole nā pae hormone. Ke hoʻomau nei kāu testicle e hana maʻamau ʻoiai ke loaʻa ka hydrocele. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā hydroceles nui loa ke hana i ka hana moekolohe ʻoluʻolu ʻole ma muli o ko lākou nui a me ke kaumaha, akā he pilikia mīkini kēia ma mua o ka pilikia hana me kāu ʻōnaehana hoʻohua.
Hiki i nā hydroceles ke ulu nui i ka manawa, akā hana mālie kēia, maʻamau ma nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma mua o nā lā a i ʻole nā hebedoma. Noho paʻa kekahi mau hydroceles i ka nui no nā manawa lōʻihi, ʻoiai kekahi e hoʻonui mālie. ʻokoʻa ke ʻano ulu mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka a hilinaʻi ia i ke kumu ma lalo. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ulu wikiwiki a i ʻole nā loli koke, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka no ka mea hiki ke hōʻike i kahi kūlana a i ʻole pilikia ʻē aʻe.
Hana ʻia ka hana ʻoki hydrocele ma lalo o ka anesthesia kūloko a i ʻole ka nui, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻeha i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana. Ma hope, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i kekahi ʻoluʻolu ʻole a me ka pehu no kekahi mau lā a hiki i hoʻokahi pule. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i nā hana māmā i loko o kekahi mau lā a hoʻomaka hou i nā hana maʻamau i loko o 1-2 mau pule. Hoʻopau maʻamau ka ho'ōla piha ma kahi o 4-6 mau pule. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ho'ōla kikoʻī a me nā manaʻo hoʻokele ʻeha.
He mea haʻahaʻa loa nā helu hoʻi hou ma hope o ka mālama ʻoki kūpono, maʻamau ma lalo o 5%. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā hydroceles ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono piha ʻia ke kumu ma lalo a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole hana ʻia ka ho'ōla e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. Loaʻa i ka aspiration needle kahi helu hoʻi hou kiʻekiʻe loa no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoponopono i ke kumu ma lalo. Inā hoʻi mai kāu hydrocele ma hope o ka lapaʻau, e kūkākūkā i nā koho hou aku me kāu kauka.
He mea maʻamau loa nā hydroceles congenital i nā pēpē a ʻaʻole ia he kumu hopohopo. Ma kahi o 80-90% o kēia mau hydroceles e hoʻonā maoli iā lākou iho ma mua o ka lā hānau mua o ke keiki me ka ʻole o kekahi lapaʻau e pono ai. E nānā kāu pediatrician i ke kūlana i ka wā o nā nānā maʻamau. Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā lilo koke ka hydrocele i nui loa, inā manaʻo ʻia kāu pēpē e ʻeha, a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi ʻulaʻula a i ʻole ka mahana ma ka wahi scrotal.
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