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He aha ka Lichen Sclerosus? Nā Hōʻailona, Nā Kumu, a me ka Lapaʻau

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ʻO ka lichen sclerosus kahi maʻi ʻili mau loa e hana ai i nā wahi keʻokeʻo, ʻāpana o ka ʻili lahilahi, ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā wahi genital a me anal. ʻOiai hiki ke pā i kekahi kanaka, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana i nā wāhine ma hope o ka menopause a i kekahi manawa i nā keiki.

ʻAʻole pili kēia maʻi a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa mai kekahi. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me kāu ʻōnaehana pale kino e hoʻouka hewa ana i nā cell ʻili olakino, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka mumū a me nā loli i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano o ka ʻili ma hope o kekahi manawa.

He aha nā hōʻailona o ka lichen sclerosus?

ʻO ka hōʻailona i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo, ʻālohilohi o ka ʻili e like paha me ka pepa lole. Hoʻololi pinepine kēia mau ʻāpana mai kāu ʻili maʻamau a hiki ke ʻoluʻolu loa ke pā.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau hōʻailona e hiki ke ʻano māmā a ʻoi aku ka pilikia:

  • Nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo, ʻālohilohi o ka ʻili e hiki ke ʻano ʻiliʻili a palahalaha paha
  • Ka ʻiliʻili e hiki ke ikaika loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka pō
  • ʻEha a ʻoluʻolu ʻole paha i ka wā e mimi ai a i ʻole ka hele ʻana i ka ʻōpū
  • ʻEha ka moekolohe i nā wāhine
  • Ke kahe ʻana a i ʻole ka haehae ʻana o ka ʻili, ʻoiai me ka pā māmā
  • ʻIli e ʻūlū maʻalahi i nā wahi i pā ʻia
  • Ka hōʻino ʻana e hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ka wahi genital ma hope o kekahi manawa

I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole pinepine e like me nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ​​pūpū ma ka ʻili i pā ʻia. Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke hele mai a hele aku, me kekahi poʻe e loaʻa ana nā flare-ups i hahai ʻia e nā manawa kahi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai nā hōʻailona.

He aha nā ʻano o ka lichen sclerosus?

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka lichen sclerosus ma kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ma kou kino. Hoʻopili ka ʻano genital i ka vulva i nā wāhine a me ka penis i nā kāne, ʻoiai hiki i ka ʻano extragenital ke ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma kou kino.

ʻO ka lichen sclerosus genital ka ʻano maʻamau loa. I nā wāhine, hoʻopili pinepine ia i ka vulva, me ka wahi a puni ka puka vaginal a i kekahi manawa e hoʻolōʻihi ai i ka wahi anal. I nā kāne, hoʻopili pinepine ia i ke poʻo o ka penis a me ka foreskin.

Hiki i ka lichen sclerosus extragenital ke ʻike ʻia ma kou mau poʻohiwi, umauma, lima, a i ʻole nā ​​wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia ʻano a hana pinepine i nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke ʻano genital.

He aha ke kumu o ka lichen sclerosus?

ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi e pili ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale kino e hoʻouka hewa ana i nā cell ʻili olakino. Hana kēia pane autoimmune i ka mumū e alakaʻi ai i nā loli ʻili i ʻike ʻia.

Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kēia maʻi:

  • Nā maʻi autoimmune e like me ka maʻi thyroid a i ʻole ka maʻi diabetes
  • Nā mea genetic, ʻoiai ke holo nei i nā ʻohana
  • Nā loli hormonal, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka estrogen ma hope o ka menopause
  • ʻEha ʻili ma mua a i ʻole ka hōʻino i ka wahi i pā ʻia
  • Kekahi mau maʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hōʻoia piha kēia pilina

I nā hihia kakaikahi, hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i ka lichen sclerosus ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka hōʻino kino i ka ʻili, e like me nā lole paʻa a i ʻole nā ​​ʻeha. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe kumu maopopo i ka hapanui o nā kānaka me kēia maʻi e hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike.

I ka wā e ʻike ai i ke kauka no ka lichen sclerosus?

Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo o ka ʻili, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma kou wahi genital, a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻiliʻili a i ʻole ka ʻeha mau loa. Hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou ʻoluʻolu.

Mai kali e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kahe ʻana, ʻeha nui, a i ʻole ka pilikia me ka mimi ʻana a i ʻole ka hele ʻana i ka ʻōpū. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama koke.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka moekolohe ʻeha a i ʻole ʻike ʻoe i nā loli i ke ʻano a i ʻole ke ʻano o kou wahi genital, he mea nui ia e kūkākūkā i kēia mau hopohopo me kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā ʻo ka lichen sclerosus ke kumu a paipai i nā koho lapaʻau kūpono.

He aha nā mea pilikia no ka lichen sclerosus?

Me ka mālama pono ʻole, hiki i ka lichen sclerosus ke alakaʻi i ka hōʻino ʻana e hiki ke hana i nā pilikia hana. Hiki i ka hōʻino ʻana ke hoʻonui i ka puka vaginal i nā wāhine a i ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa i ka foreskin i nā kāne, e hana ai i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā ʻoluʻolu ʻole.

ʻO nā pilikia e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike:

  • Ka hōʻino ʻana e hoʻololi i ke ʻano o nā ʻano genital
  • Ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka puka vaginal a i ʻole urethral
  • Ka moekolohe ʻeha e hoʻopilikia i nā pilina a me ke ola maikaʻi
  • Ka pilikia me ka mimi ʻana a i ʻole ka hele ʻana i ka ʻōpū
  • Ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka pilikia o nā maʻi ʻili ma muli o ka ʻiliʻili
  • Ka pilikia manaʻo mai ka ʻeha a me nā loli ʻano

I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, hiki i ka lichen sclerosus lōʻihi ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa ʻili ma ka wahi i pā ʻia. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka nānā mau ʻana e kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoi aku inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi no nā makahiki he nui.

Pehea e pale aku ai i ka lichen sclerosus?

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻohe ala i ʻike ʻia e pale aku ai i ka lichen sclerosus ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā hana e pale aku ai i nā mea e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā flare-ups a i ʻole ka hoʻoino ʻana i nā hōʻailona i loaʻa.

Hiki i ka mālama ʻili māmā ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka huhū. E hoʻohana i nā kopa māmā, ʻaʻohe ʻala a pale aku i nā kemika koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā ​​huahana ʻala ma ka wahi genital. Hiki i nā lole lole a me nā lole palahalaha ke hoʻemi i ka hamo ʻana a me ka huhū.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi autoimmune ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hana pū ʻana me kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻokele maikaʻi iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i nā nānā maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i nā loli mua inā hoʻomohala ʻoe i ka maʻi.

Pehea ka ʻike ʻana o ka lichen sclerosus?

Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike pinepine i ka lichen sclerosus ma ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻili i pā ʻia a nīnau e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona. He ʻano kūikawā loa ke ʻano keʻokeʻo, ʻālohilohi o nā ʻāpana a kōkua i nā mea mālama ola e ʻike i ka maʻi.

I kekahi manawa hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i ka biopsy ʻili e hōʻoia i ka ʻike. Hoʻopili kēia i ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili i pā ʻia e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope, kahi e hiki ai ke kāpae i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e like paha.

E nīnau nō hoʻi kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe āu e ʻike nei a hiki ke nānā i nā maʻi autoimmune ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole pono nā hoʻokolohua koko e ʻike i ka lichen sclerosus, akā hiki iā lākou ke kōkua inā manaʻo kāu kauka i nā maʻi pili ʻē aʻe.

He aha ka lapaʻau no ka lichen sclerosus?

ʻO ka lapaʻau nui ʻo nā ʻaila corticosteroid topical a i ʻole nā ​​ointment, kahi e kōkua ai e hoʻemi i ka mumū a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i nā hōʻailona. E kuhikuhi paha kāu kauka i kahi ʻaila steroid ikaika āu e hoʻopili ai i nā wahi i pā ʻia maʻamau.

Hoʻopili pinepine ka lapaʻau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā no kekahi mau pule, a laila hoʻemi i kahi papa hana mālama. ʻIke ka nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻiliʻili a me ka ʻeha i loko o kekahi mau pule, ʻoiai paha e lōʻihi ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke ʻano o ka ʻili.

ʻO nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e noʻonoʻo ai kāu kauka:

  • Nā mea hoʻoikaika calcineurin topical e like me tacrolimus a i ʻole pimecrolimus
  • Ka lapaʻau hoʻololi hormone no nā wāhine ma hope o ka menopause
  • Phototherapy (lapaʻau māmā) i kekahi mau hihia
  • Ka ʻoki kino no ka hōʻino nui a i ʻole nā ​​pilikia
  • Nā lapaʻau hou e like me ka lapaʻau platelet-rich plasma

I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi e hana ʻole ai nā lapaʻau mālama, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i nā koho ʻoki kino. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū i nā kaʻina hana e wehe ai i ka ʻili hōʻino a i ʻole ke kūkulu hou i nā wahi i pā ʻia, ʻoiai ua mālama ʻia ka ʻoki kino no nā hihia koʻikoʻi.

Pehea e hoʻokele ai i ka lichen sclerosus ma ka home?

Hiki i ka mālama ʻili maikaʻi ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a pale aku i nā flare-ups. E mālama i nā wahi i pā ʻia i ka maʻemaʻe a maloʻo, a pale aku i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kopa koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā ​​huahana me nā ʻala e hiki ke huhū i kou ʻili.

ʻO ka mālama māmā i kēlā me kēia lā e komo pū ana me ka holoi ʻana me ka wai maʻemaʻe a i ʻole ka kopa māmā, ʻaʻohe ʻala a me ka pā ʻana i ka wahi maloʻo ma mua o ka hamo ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi moisturizer māmā, ʻaʻohe ʻala ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka huhū.

ʻO ka lole ʻana i nā lole palahalaha, lole a me ka pale ʻana i nā lole paʻa ke hoʻemi i ka hamo ʻana a me ka huhū. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻiliʻili i ka pō, e mālama i kou mau kui pōkole a me ka lole ʻana i nā mīkina lima lole i ka moe e pale aku i ka hōʻino ʻana i ka ʻiliʻili.

Hiki i nā hana hoʻokele kaumaha e like me ka noʻonoʻo a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika māmā ke kōkua, ʻoiai hiki i ke kaumaha ke hoʻoino i nā maʻi autoimmune. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai a i ʻole nā ​​hana e like me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā flare-ups ke kōkua.

Pehea ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu hālāwai kauka?

Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau a me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou. E komo i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole ka hoʻoino ʻana iā lākou, a me nā lapaʻau āu i ho'āʻo mua ai.

E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei, me nā huahana over-the-counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. Eia kekahi, e hoʻomaopopo i nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa nei, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā maʻi autoimmune a i ʻole nā ​​maʻi ʻili.

E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka. Makemake paha ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i nā koho lapaʻau, pehea ka lōʻihi o ka lapaʻau e hana ai, a i ʻole ka mea e manaʻo ai i ka lōʻihi. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe.

Inā manaʻo ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana, e hoʻomanaʻo he ʻike nā mea mālama ola me kēia mau maʻi a makemake e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noi i kahi mea mālama ola o ka wahine like inā ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o ia mea iā ʻoe.

He aha ka mea nui e pili ana i ka lichen sclerosus?

ʻO ka lichen sclerosus kahi maʻi hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e pane maikaʻi i ka lapaʻau ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. ʻOiai hiki ke hana i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hiki i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou ola maikaʻi a pale aku i nā pilikia.

ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo kēia maʻi e pono ai ka hoʻokele mau ma mua o ka ho'ōla hoʻokahi. Me ka lapaʻau mau a me ka mālama ʻili maikaʻi, hiki i ka hapanui o nā kānaka ke kaohi i kā lākou mau hōʻailona a mālama i nā hana maʻamau.

Mai ʻae i ka hilahila e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua. ʻIke nā mea mālama ola i kēia maʻi a loaʻa iā lākou nā lapaʻau maikaʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kāu mau hopena lōʻihi ke hoʻomaka koke ʻoe i ka lapaʻau.

Nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i ka lichen sclerosus

Ua pilikia anei ka lichen sclerosus?

ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pilikia ka lichen sclerosus. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa mai kekahi a hoʻoili paha i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana, me ka hoʻopili moekolohe. He maʻi autoimmune ia e hoʻomohala ana ma muli o kāu pane ʻōnaehana pale kino ponoʻī.

E hele anei ka lichen sclerosus ma kona iho?

Kakaikahi loa ka hele ʻana o ka lichen sclerosus me ka lapaʻau ʻole, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā mākua. ʻOiai hiki i nā hōʻailona ke hoʻomaikaʻi i kekahi manawa, pono pinepine ka maʻi i ka hoʻokele lapaʻau mau e pale aku i ka holomua a me nā pilikia. I kekahi mau keiki, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o ka puberty, akā ʻaʻole hōʻoia ʻia kēia.

Hiki iaʻu ke moekolohe mau me ka lichen sclerosus?

Hiki i nā kānaka he nui me ka lichen sclerosus ke hoʻomau i ka moekolohe, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka lapaʻau kūpono. Hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i nā ala e hoʻoluʻolu ai i ka moekolohe, e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka manawa lapaʻau. He mea nui ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu hoa a me kāu mea mālama ola.

Hoʻonui anei ka lichen sclerosus i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa?

Loaʻa kahi pilikia liʻiliʻi o ka maʻi kanesa ʻili ma nā wahi i pā ʻia e ka lichen sclerosus lōʻihi, mālama ʻole ʻia. Eia naʻe, he haʻahaʻa loa kēia pilikia a hiki ke hoʻemi ʻia me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me ka nānā mau ʻana e kāu mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole hoʻomohala ka hapanui o nā kānaka me ka lichen sclerosus i ka maʻi kanesa.

Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka lapaʻau e hana ai?

ʻIke ka nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻiliʻili a me ka ʻeha i loko o 2-4 mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā loli i ke ʻano o ka ʻili ke lōʻihi i kekahi mau mahina e lilo i mea ʻike. ʻO ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i nā lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia ka mea nui e loaʻa ai nā hopena maikaʻi loa.

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