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ʻO ka Klinefelter syndrome kahi kūlana genetic e pili ana i nā kāne i hānau ʻia me kahi chromosome X keu. Ma kahi o ke ʻano chromosome XY maʻamau, loaʻa i nā keikikāne me kēia kūlana nā chromosomes XXY, ka mea e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ko lākou ulu kino a me ka hana hormone.
Loaʻa kēia kūlana ma kahi o 1 i 500 a 1 i 1,000 mau hānau kāne, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlana chromosomal maʻamau loa. Nui nā kāne me ka Klinefelter syndrome e ola ana i nā ola piha a olakino, ʻoiai paha lākou e pono ai i kekahi kōkua hou ma ke ala.
Hana ʻia ka Klinefelter syndrome ke hānau ʻia ke kāne me kahi chromosome X keu ma ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau loa ʻo XXY, ʻoiai aia kekahi mau ʻano ʻokoʻa maʻamau ʻole e like me XXXY a i ʻole XXXXY.
Hoʻopilikia kēia mea genetic keu i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ke kino, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā ʻōpio. Hoʻopili nui ka kūlana i ka hana testosterone, ʻo ia ka hormone kāne nui e kuleana no nā hiʻohiʻona kāne a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻohua keiki.
Ua wehewehe mua ʻia ka syndrome e ka Dr. Harry Klinefelter i ka makahiki 1942, a i kēia lā ua maopopo loa iā kākou. Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka lapaʻau, hiki i nā kāne me kēia kūlana ke alakaʻi i nā ola piha a hoʻokele pono i ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻokoʻa loa mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka, a hiki i kekahi mau kāne ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona māmā loa i ʻike ʻole ʻia no nā makahiki. Hoʻomaka pinepine nā hōʻailona i ka wā ʻōpio ke hana pinepine nā loli hormone.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Hiki i kekahi mau kāne ke ʻike pū i nā pilikia aʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka heluhelu, kākau, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole hōʻike kēia mau pilikia i nā pae naʻauao, a me ke kākoʻo kūpono, hiki i ka hapa nui ke holomua ma ke kula a me ka ʻoihana.
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i nā ʻano chromosome koʻikoʻi e like me XXXY a i ʻole XXXXY ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona hou e komo pū ana i nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu nui aʻe, nā pilikia naʻau, a i ʻole nā hiʻohiʻona maka kūikawā. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia mau ʻano, akā pono paha lākou i ka mālama lapaʻau koʻikoʻi.
Aia kekahi mau ʻano ma muli o ke ʻano chromosome kikoʻī, ʻoiai ʻo XXY ka mea maʻamau loa. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kou ʻano kikoʻī, kōkua ia i nā kauka e hāʻawi i ka mālama kūpono loa.
Hoʻokomo ka ʻano maʻamau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā chromosomes XXY i kēlā me kēia cell o ke kino. Hoʻokomo kēia i kahi 80-90% o nā hihia a hoʻokumu pinepine i nā hōʻailona maʻamau a mākou i kūkākūkā ai.
Hana ʻia ka Klinefelter syndrome mosaic ke loaʻa i kekahi mau cell nā chromosomes XXY ʻoiai kekahi mau cell i ke ʻano XY maʻamau. Loaʻa pinepine i nā kāne me kēia ʻano nā hōʻailona māmā no ka mea hana maʻamau kekahi o kā lākou mau cell.
ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau ʻole e komo pū ana me XXXY, XXXXY, a i ʻole nā hui ʻē aʻe me nā chromosomes X keu he nui. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia mau ʻano akā hiki ke hoʻokumu i nā pilikia ulu nui aʻe, nā kīnā noʻonoʻo, a me nā ʻano kino.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Klinefelter syndrome e kahi hewa kūpono ʻole i ka wā o ka hana ʻana o nā cell hoʻohua keiki (sperm a i ʻole nā hua). ʻAʻole kēia kahi mea i hana hewa ai nā mākua a i ʻole hiki ke pale aku.
Hana pinepine ʻia ka hewa i ka wā meiosis, ʻo ia ke kaʻina hana e māhele ai nā cell e hana i ka sperm a i ʻole nā hua. I kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole hoʻokaʻawale pono nā chromosomes X, e alakaʻi ana i ka hua a i ʻole ka sperm me kahi chromosome X keu.
Ke hui pū kēia cell hoʻohua keiki maʻamau ʻole me kahi cell maʻamau i ka wā o ka hāpai ʻana, loaʻa i ke pēpē i hānau ʻia nā chromosomes XXY ma kahi o XY. He hanana kūpono ʻole kēia e hiki ke hana i kēlā me kēia ʻohana.
Hiki i ka makahiki makua wahine kiʻekiʻe (ma mua o 35) ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia, akā hiki ke hana ʻia ka Klinefelter syndrome me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki o ka makuahine. ʻAʻole ia i hoʻoilina ʻia mai nā mākua ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻoiai ma nā hihia maʻamau loa, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano mosaic ke loaʻa kahi ʻāpana hoʻoilina.
Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona i ka wā kamaliʻi e like me ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻōlelo, nā pilikia aʻo, a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻano e like ʻole me ka makahiki o ke keiki.
I nā makahiki ʻōpio, he mea nui ia e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ka wā ʻōpio a ʻokoʻa mai nā hoa. ʻO nā hōʻailona e komo pū ana me ka nele i ka hoʻoikaika leo, ka ulu liʻiliʻi o ka lauoho maka, a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻiʻo umauma.
Pono nā mākua e kūkā me kahi mea mālama ola inā ʻike lākou i ka infertility i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, nā pae ikehu haʻahaʻa, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia hormone. Nui nā kāne e ʻike i ko lākou kūlana i ka wā e noiʻi ana i nā pilikia hānau.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe i ka Klinefelter syndrome iā ʻoe iho a i ʻole kahi lālā ʻohana, hiki i kahi kākāʻōlelo genetic ke kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā koho hoʻokolohua a me ka mea e hiki ai i nā hopena no kou ʻohana.
ʻO ka mea pilikia nui loa ʻo ka makahiki makua wahine kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā makuahine ma mua o 35 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, he mea nui ia e ʻike he nui nā pēpē me ka Klinefelter syndrome i hānau ʻia i nā makuahine ʻōpio no ka mea nui nā pēpē i hānau ʻia i nā wahine ʻōpio ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau kūlana genetic, ʻaʻohe ʻano mōʻaukala ʻohana ikaika no ka Klinefelter syndrome. ʻAʻole hoʻonui nui ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi keiki me ka kūlana i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kekahi keiki i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻAʻole like ka lāhui, ka lāhui, a me ka wahi honua i ka pilikia. Loaʻa ka kūlana ma nā heluna kanaka a pau ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma kahi o ka nui like.
ʻAʻole i hōʻoia ʻia nā mea pili i ke kaiapuni i ka wā hāpai, e like me ka hōʻike ʻia i nā kemika a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau, e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka Klinefelter syndrome. Hana pinepine ʻia ka hewa chromosome ma mua o ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā o ka hana cell.
ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻokele pono i ka nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama kūpono, he mea kōkua ia e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hiki mai ai i hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me kāu hui mālama ola ma mua.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana me:
Hiki i kekahi mau kāne ke loaʻa ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia ma mua o nā kāne maʻamau akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā wahine. Hiki i nā nānā maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i nā loli i ka wā mua.
I nā ʻano maʻamau ʻole me nā chromosomes X keu he nui, hiki ke koʻikoʻi nā pilikia a hiki ke komo pū me nā kīnā noʻonoʻo, nā hemahema naʻau, a i ʻole nā pilikia kino ʻē aʻe. Pono kēia mau hihia i ka mālama lapaʻau kūikawā mai nā loea he nui.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe ala e pale aku ai i ka Klinefelter syndrome no ka mea he hopena ia o kahi hewa chromosome kūpono ʻole i ka wā o ka hana cell. ʻAʻole kēia i hoʻokumu ʻia e kekahi mea i hana a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana nā mākua i ka wā hāpai.
Eia naʻe, hiki i ka kākāʻōlelo genetic ma mua o ka hāpai ʻana ke kōkua i nā ʻohana e hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou mau pilikia a me nā koho. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā manaʻo e pili ana i nā kūlana genetic, hiki i kahi kākāʻōlelo ke kūkākūkā i nā koho hoʻokolohua a me nā koho hoʻolālā ʻohana.
Hiki i ka hoʻokolohua prenatal ke ʻike i ka Klinefelter syndrome i ka wā hāpai ma o nā kaʻina hana e like me ka amniocentesis a i ʻole ka chorionic villus sampling. Loaʻa i kēia mau hoʻokolohua nā pilikia liʻiliʻi, no laila e kūkākūkā i nā pono a me nā hemahema me kāu kauka.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke pale aku, hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ke pale a hoʻemi paha i nā pilikia he nui. ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai ka ʻike a me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono i mea nui loa no nā kānaka i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
Hoʻokomo pinepine ka diagnosis i kahi hoʻokolohua chromosome i kapa ʻia ʻo karyotype, ka mea e nānā ana i nā chromosomes i loko o kahi laʻana koko. Hiki i kēia hoʻokolohua ke ʻike maopopo iā XXY a i ʻole nā ʻano chromosome ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke manaʻo mua i ka kūlana ma muli o nā hōʻailona kino a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke kauoha pū i nā hoʻokolohua hormone e nānā i nā pae testosterone, luteinizing hormone (LH), a me nā pae follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).
I kekahi manawa, hana ʻia ka diagnosis i ka wā i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua hānau ke paʻakikī i nā kāne ke hāpai. I nā manawa ʻē aʻe, ua ʻike ʻia ia i ka wā kamaliʻi inā hoʻoikaika nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu a i ʻole nā pilikia aʻo i ka hoʻokolohua genetic.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū me nā scan bone density, nā loiloi naʻau, a i ʻole nā loiloi no nā kīnā aʻo. Kōkua kēia i ka hana ʻana i kahi kiʻi piha o ke ʻano o ka kūlana i kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Hoʻokomo ka lapaʻau i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia ma mua o ka "hoʻōla" ʻana i ke kūlana genetic iho. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, pane maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona i ka lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka testosterone replacement therapy ke kumu o ka lapaʻau no ka hapa nui o nā kāne me ka Klinefelter syndrome. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia kēia ma o nā inikini, nā pā, nā gels, a i ʻole nā pellets i waiho ʻia ma lalo o ka ʻili.
ʻO nā koho lapaʻau e komo pū ana me:
No nā ʻano maʻamau ʻole me nā chromosomes X keu he nui, hiki i ka lapaʻau ke komo pū me nā loea hou aku e like me nā cardiologists, endocrinologists, a i ʻole nā pediatricians hoʻomohala. Pono e hoʻopilikino ʻia ka papahana lapaʻau o kēlā me kēia kanaka i kā lākou mau pono a me nā hōʻailona kikoʻī.
Hoʻokomo ka mālama home i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa ʻoiai e hoʻokele ana i nā lapaʻau e hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kāu kauka. He mea nui ka kūpaʻa me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka testosterone therapy, no nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
Hiki i ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ikaika o nā ʻiʻo, ka mānoanoa o nā iwi, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. E nānā i nā hana cardiovascular a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ikaika, akā e hoʻomaka mālie a kūkulu mālie.
ʻO ka meaʻai olakino momona i ka calcium a me ka vitamin D e kākoʻo i ke olakino o nā iwi, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa no ka mea hiki i ka testosterone haʻahaʻa ke hoʻonāwaliwali i nā iwi ma hope o kekahi manawa. E noʻonoʻo e hana pū me kahi mea ʻai inā pono ʻoe i ke alakaʻi.
Hiki i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha, nā leʻaleʻa, a i ʻole ka kūkākūkā ke kōkua i nā pilikia manaʻo. Nui nā kāne e ʻike i nā hui kākoʻo he mea kōkua no ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou mau ʻike.
Ma mua o kāu manawa, e kākau i nā hōʻailona āpau āu i ʻike ai, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka mea nui paha kekahi mea e haʻi aku.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā huaora āu e lawe nei. E ʻohi pū i nā hopena hoʻokolohua mua a i ʻole nā moʻolelo lapaʻau e pili ana i kou kūlana.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau ma mua i ʻole ʻoe e poina e nīnau i nā mea nui i ka wā o kāu kipa. E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoa aloha a i ʻole kahi lālā ʻohana no ke kākoʻo a me ke kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo i ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kauka.
E noʻonoʻo i ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau ʻohana, ʻoi aku hoʻi kekahi mau kūlana genetic, nā pilikia hānau, a i ʻole nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu i nā hoahānau. Hiki i kēia ʻike ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i kāu kiʻi olakino piha.
ʻO ka Klinefelter syndrome kahi kūlana genetic hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e pili ana i nā kāne i hānau ʻia me kahi chromosome X keu. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona like ʻole, nui nā kāne me kēia kūlana e ola ana i nā ola piha a hua i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
Hana ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena. Hiki i ka testosterone therapy, ke kākoʻo hoʻonaʻauao, a me nā hana ʻē aʻe ke hoʻoponopono pono i ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona ke hoʻomaka ʻia i ka manawa kūpono.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hoʻoholo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Klinefelter syndrome i kou hiki a i ʻole ka palena i kāu mea e hiki ai ke hoʻokō. Me ke kākoʻo a me ka mālama kūpono, holomua nā kāne me kēia kūlana i nā ʻoihana, nā pilina, a me nā ʻaoʻao a pau o ke ola.
E noho pili me kāu hui mālama ola a mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e ʻimi i ke kākoʻo ke pono ʻoe.
ʻOiai ua emi ka hānau keiki o ka hapa nui o nā kāne me ka Klinefelter syndrome, hiki i ka nui ke loaʻa nā keiki me ke kōkua mai nā loea hānau keiki. Hoʻopuka kekahi mau kāne i kahi liʻiliʻi o ka sperm e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia me nā ʻano hana e like me ka intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Pono paha kekahi e noʻonoʻo i nā mea hāʻawi sperm a i ʻole ka ʻae ʻana, akā hiki ke loaʻa ke makua ma o nā ala like ʻole.
Hiki i ka testosterone therapy ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i nā hōʻailona he nui e like me ka nāwaliwali o nā ʻiʻo, ka mānoanoa o nā iwi, nā pae ikehu, a me ke ʻano. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i nā pilikia aʻo i hoʻomohala ʻia ma mua i ke ola, a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻihoʻi i ka hānau keiki i ka hapa nui o nā hihia. Hana maikaʻi loa ka therapy ke hoʻomaka ʻia i ka wā ʻōpio akā hiki ke hāʻawi i nā pono ke hoʻomaka ʻia i ka wā makua.
ʻAʻole, ʻokoʻa ka Klinefelter syndrome mai nā kūlana intersex. Loaʻa i nā kāne me ka Klinefelter syndrome ka anatomy kāne a ʻike lākou iā lākou iho he kāne, akā loaʻa iā lākou kahi chromosome X keu e hoʻopilikia i ka hana hormone. Hoʻokomo nā kūlana intersex i nā ʻano like ʻole i ka anatomy hoʻohua, nā chromosomes, a i ʻole nā hormone ʻaʻole kūpono i nā ʻano kāne a wahine maʻamau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kāne me ka Klinefelter syndrome he ola lōʻihi maʻamau a kokoke i ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono. ʻOiai paha he nui nā pilikia no kekahi mau kūlana olakino e like me ka maʻi diabetes a i ʻole nā clots koko, hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia kēia mau mea me ka mālama ola maʻamau a me nā koho ola olakino.
ʻAe, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e kaʻana like i ka ʻike kūpono i ka makahiki e pili ana i ka diagnosis me kāu keiki. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ko lākou kūlana e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia āpau a lākou e kū nei a e hoʻoikaika iā lākou e lawe i kahi kuleana hana i ko lākou mālama ola. E hoʻomaka me nā wehewehe maʻalahi i ka wā ʻōpio lākou a e hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī hou aku i ka wā e ulu ai lākou a nīnau i nā nīnau.
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