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ʻO nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu a me nā sinuses he mau ulu lākou e ulu ana i loko o kou ihu a i ʻole nā wahi lewa e puni ana i kapa ʻia ʻo nā sinuses. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau ʻōpū he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa a ʻaʻole e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
ʻO kāu mau sinuses paranasal e komo pū ana i nā sinuses frontal ma luna o kou mau kuʻemaka, nā sinuses maxillary i loko o kou mau papalina, nā sinuses ethmoid ma waena o kou mau maka, a me nā sinuses sphenoid ma hope o kou ihu. I ka wā e ulu ai nā ʻōpū i kēia mau wahi, hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hōʻailona e like me nā maʻi sinus mau loa, ʻo ia ke kumu i nānā ʻole ʻia ai i kekahi manawa i ka hoʻomaka.
ʻO nā hōʻailona mua e like pinepine me ka anu paʻakikī a i ʻole ka maʻi sinus e hele ʻole. Malia paha e ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona e ulu mālie ana i nā hebedoma a i ʻole nā mahina, ma mua o ka puka koke ʻana.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e ʻike paha ʻoe:
I ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻōpū, ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka hopohopo. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā loli i kou ʻike, e like me ka ʻike pālua a i ʻole nā maka e like me ka puʻupuʻu i mua. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka ʻeha ʻole i ko lākou maka a i ʻole nā niho, a i ʻole e ʻike i ka pehu a puni ko lākou mau maka.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā ʻōpū nui ke hana i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui e like me nā poʻo ʻeha nui, ka huikau, a i ʻole nā loli i kou hiki ke noʻonoʻo maopopo. Hana ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona i ka wā e ulu nui ai nā ʻōpū e kaomi i nā ʻano nui i loko o kou poʻo.
Hāʻule kēia mau ʻōpū i ʻelua māhele nui: benign (ʻaʻole kanesa) a me malignant (kanesa). ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻōpū benign a maʻalahi hoʻi ke mālama.
ʻO nā ʻōpū benign maʻamau e komo pū ana:
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻōpū malignant akā pono i ka mālama ʻoi aku ka ikaika. ʻO ka squamous cell carcinoma ka ʻano maʻamau o ka kanesa i kēia wahi, pili pinepine i ka hōʻike kemika i ka wahi hana a i ʻole ka maʻi HPV.
ʻO nā ʻano kanesa kakaikahi ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana i ka adenocarcinoma, hiki ke ulu mai ka ʻiʻo gland, a me nā sarcomas, e ulu ana mai ka ʻiʻo connective. Hiki i nā lymphomas ke ulu i kekahi manawa i ka wahi ihu, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu a me nā sinuses, akā hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia. Loaʻa kahi kuleana nui i nā hōʻike ʻōiwi, ʻoi aku no nā poʻe e hana ana i kekahi mau ʻoihana.
ʻO nā mea kōkua maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic ke hana i nā ʻōpū ʻoi aku ka nui. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā poʻe me ka familial adenomatous polyposis i ka ulu ʻana o nā polyps ihu e hiki ke lilo i kanesa.
Loaʻa kahi kuleana i ka makahiki, me ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū ihu kanesa e hana ana i nā poʻe ma luna o 50. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne e ulu i kēia mau ʻōpū ma mua o nā wāhine, ma muli paha o nā kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻike ʻoihana i nā mea pilikia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ihu mau loa e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua mau pule, ʻoi aku inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi me nā lāʻau lapaʻau anu a i ʻole allergy maʻamau. Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i nā kahe koko ihu pinepine me ke kumu maopopo ʻole.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli ʻike, nā poʻo ʻeha nui e like ʻole me kāu ʻano maʻamau, a i ʻole ka ʻeha ʻole i kou maka. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ka ulu ʻana o kahi ʻōpū a ke kaomi nei i nā ʻano nui.
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona nui koke e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana ma o kou ihu, ka pehu nui o ka maka, a i ʻole nā loli i kou maopopo noʻonoʻo. ʻOiai he mea kakaikahi kēia, pono lākou i ka loiloi koke.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū ihu benign e hana i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi, pili nui i ka ea palahalaha a me nā pilikia sinus mau loa. Eia naʻe, inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole, hiki i nā ʻōpū benign ke ulu nui e hana i nā pilikia ʻoi aku ka nui.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau āu e ʻike ai e komo pū ana:
Hiki ke hana i nā pilikia ʻoi aku ka nui i ka wā e ulu nui ai nā ʻōpū a lilo i kanesa. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā pilikia ʻike inā kaomi ka ʻōpū i kou maka, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona pili i ka lolo inā ulu ia i kou poʻo.
ʻO ka pilikia ʻoi aku ka hopohopo ke hoʻololi nā ʻōpū benign i ka kanesa, hiki ke hana me kekahi mau ʻano e like me nā papillomas inverted. ʻO ia ke kumu i pono ai ka nānā mau a me ka mālama kūpono, ʻoiai no nā ulu ʻaʻole kanesa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu a me nā sinuses a pau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola maikaʻi a me ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe iho mai nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO nā hana pale maikaʻi loa e kau nui ana i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻike ʻino. Inā hana ʻoe i kahi ʻoihana pilikia kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻohana mau i nā lako pale kūpono e komo pū ana i nā pale a me nā ʻōnaehana ea. Mai haʻalele i nā hana palekana, ʻoiai inā paʻakikī lākou.
ʻO nā loli ola e hiki ke kōkua e komo pū ana:
E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka inoa HPV inā aia ʻoe i ka hui makahiki i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke pale aku i nā ʻōpū pili i ka maʻi. E mālama i kou mau wahi noho a me ka hana i ka ea maikaʻi, a e hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ea inā noho ʻoe i kahi wahi haumia.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau ʻōpū me kāu kauka e nīnau ana i kou mau hōʻailona a e nānā ana i kou ihu a me kou maka. E hoʻohana lākou i kahi kukui kūikawā a me nā aniani liʻiliʻi e nānā i loko o kou mau ala ihu i ka wā o kāu kipa mua.
Inā manaʻo kāu kauka he ʻōpū, manaʻo paha lākou i kahi nasal endoscopy. Hoʻokomo kēia i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi tube lahilahi, flexible me kahi kamera i loko o kou ihu e kiʻi i kahi hiʻohiʻona kikoʻī o kou mau ala ihu a me nā sinuses. Hana pinepine ʻia ka hana ma ke keʻena me ka pīpī ʻana i ka wahi.
Kōkua nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi e hoʻoholo i ka nui a me ka wahi pololei o ka ʻōpū. Hāʻawi nā CT scans i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kou ʻano iwi a hiki ke hōʻike i kahi i pālahalaha ai ka ʻōpū. Hāʻawi nā MRI scans i nā kiʻi maikaʻi o nā ʻiʻo palupalu a hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā ʻano ʻōpū like ʻole.
Pono pinepine kahi biopsy e hoʻoholo inā he benign a kanesa paha kahi ʻōpū. E wehe kāu kauka i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo, maʻamau i ka wā o ka endoscopy, a e hoʻouna aku i kahi labo no ka nānā ʻana ma lalo o ka microscope.
I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe. Hiki i nā PET scans ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka kanesa i pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino, ʻoiai hiki i nā hoʻokolohua koko kūikawā ke nānā no kekahi mau hōʻailona genetic a i ʻole nā maʻi e like me ka HPV.
Aia ka mālama ma ke ʻano, ka nui, a me ka wahi o kāu ʻōpū, a me ka mea benign a kanesa paha. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke mālama holomua ʻia nā ʻōpū ihu he nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai.
No nā ʻōpū benign, ʻo ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻoki pinepine ka mālama i makemake ʻia. ʻO ka ʻoki endoscopic, i hana ʻia ma o kou ihu me ka ʻole o nā incisions waho, ʻo ia ke ala maʻamau. ʻAe kēia ʻenehana liʻiliʻi i nā kauka e wehe i nā ʻōpū me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻiʻo olakino.
ʻO nā koho mālama no nā ʻōpū benign e komo pū ana:
Pono nā ʻōpū kanesa i ka mālama ʻoi aku ka ikaika, e hoʻohui pinepine ana i ka ʻoki me ka radiation therapy a i ʻole chemotherapy. Aia ka ala ʻoki ma ka wahi a me ka nui o ka ʻōpū, mai ka wehe ʻana i ka endoscopic a i nā hana ʻoki nui aʻe.
Malia paha e ʻōlelo ʻia ka radiation therapy ma hope o ka ʻoki e hoʻopau i nā sela kanesa i koe. Hoʻohana ʻia kekahi manawa ka chemotherapy no nā kanesa holomua a i ʻole i ka wā ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ʻoki. E hana pū kāu hui mālama me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kūikawā.
ʻOiai e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe ka mālama a i ʻole ke kali nei no nā kaʻina hana, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau home ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a hoʻokele i kou mau hōʻailona me ka maikaʻi.
ʻO nā rinses saline ihu kekahi o nā mea kōkua loa āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home. E hoʻohana i kahi neti pot a i ʻole ka pīpī saline i nā manawa he nui i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i kou mau ala ihu i ka maʻemaʻe a e hoʻemi i ka mumū. E hōʻoia e hoʻohana i ka wai maʻemaʻe a i ʻole ka wai paila pono no ka palekana.
ʻO nā hana kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā mea hoʻomaha ʻeha ma luna o ka counter ke kōkua me ka ʻeha maka a me nā poʻo ʻeha, akā mai hoʻohana i ka aspirin inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kahe koko ihu pinepine. Hiki i nā pīpī decongestant ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha manawa pōkole, akā mai hoʻohana iā lākou no ka lōʻihi ma mua o ʻekolu mau lā i ka lālani.
E makaʻala i kou mau hōʻailona a e mālama i kahi moʻolelo o nā mea kōkua a me nā mea e hana ai i nā mea ʻino. E waiwai kēia ʻike no kāu hui mālama ola i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā mālama.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi no kāu manawa e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea maikaʻi loa mai kāu kipa a ʻaʻole e poina i nā kikoʻī nui. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona a pau, e komo pū ana i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana i nā lāʻau ma luna o ka counter, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono kāu kauka e ʻike e pili ana i nā mea āpau e hiki ke launa pū me nā mālama hiki.
E hoʻomākaukau i ka ʻike e pili ana i:
E kākau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka lohe ʻana i ka mea lapuwale - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nīnau ʻana ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i ka huikau. E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole ʻohana hilinaʻi e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻike nui.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā haʻawina kiʻi a i ʻole nā biopsies mua i hana ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe, e hoʻonohonoho e hoʻouna ʻia kēlā mau moʻolelo i kāu kauka hou ma mua o kāu manawa. Hiki i kēia ke mālama i ka manawa a pale aku i ka pono no nā hoʻokolohua hou.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka pono o nā hōʻailona ihu mau loa i ka mālama lapaʻau, ʻoi aku inā lōʻihi lākou ma mua o kekahi mau pule a i ʻole pane ʻole i nā mālama maʻamau. Hana ka ʻike koke ʻana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena mālama.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu a me nā sinuses he benign a maʻalahi loa ke mālama ʻia me nā ʻenehana ʻoki hou. ʻOiai he kanesa nā ʻōpū, ʻo ka hopu koke ʻana iā lākou e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou manawa o ka mālama holomua a me ka hoʻōla piha.
Mai ʻae i ka makaʻu e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona hopohopo. ʻOi aku ka holomua a me ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea hana diagnostic a me nā koho mālama o kēia lā ma mua o ka wā ma mua, a aia kāu hui lapaʻau e kākoʻo iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke kaʻina hana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. ʻO kāu poʻe mālama ola, ʻohana, a me nā hoaaloha he mau kumu kākoʻo waiwai i kāu hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka mālama.
ʻO nā polyps ihu he ʻano o ka ʻōpū ihu benign, akā ʻaʻole nā ʻōpū ihu a pau he polyps. ʻO nā polyps he mau ulu palupalu, ʻaʻohe ʻeha e ulu pinepine ana mai ka mumū mau loa ma muli o nā allergies a i ʻole nā maʻi. ʻO lākou ke ʻano maʻamau o ka ʻōpū ihu benign a maʻalahi pinepine ke mālama. Hiki i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o nā ʻōpū ihu ke loaʻa nā kumu a me nā ʻano like ʻole, no laila he mea nui ke loiloi pono ʻia kekahi ulu ihu e ke kauka.
ʻAe, hiki i nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu a me nā sinuses ke hana i ka hanu ʻino mau loa, ʻoi aku inā alakaʻi lākou i nā maʻi sinus mau loa a i ʻole ke kāohi i ka hoʻokahe maʻamau. I ka wā e paʻa a maʻi ai ka mucus, hiki iā ia ke hana i kahi ʻala ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka hanu ʻino mau loa me nā hōʻailona ihu ʻē aʻe e like me ka congestion a i ʻole kahe, he mea kūpono ke kūkākūkā me kāu kauka ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu kiʻi hōʻailona holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻololi ka manawa hoʻōla ma muli o ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka ʻoki i hana ʻia. No ka wehe ʻana i ka endoscopic liʻiliʻi o nā ʻōpū benign, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā poʻe i ka maikaʻi nui i loko o 1-2 mau pule a hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi mahina. Hiki i nā ʻoki nui aʻe no nā ʻōpū kanesa ke pono i 6-8 mau pule no ka hoʻōla piha. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā manaʻo kūikawā ma muli o kāu kaʻina hana pilikino a me ka holomua hoʻōla.
Hopohopo ka nui o nā poʻe e pili ana i ka nalowale ʻana o ko lākou ʻike i ka ʻala, akā aia ka hopena ma kekahi mau mea e komo pū ana i ka wahi o ka ʻōpū, ka nui, a me ke ʻano o ka mālama e pono ai. Hoʻi hou kekahi poʻe i ka ʻala ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻōpū no ka mea ke kāohi nei ka ulu i ka ea maʻamau. Eia naʻe, inā hōʻino ka ʻōpū i nā mea hoʻokipa ʻala a i ʻole inā pono ka ʻoki nui, hiki ke hana kekahi mau loli mau i ka ʻala. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā i nā pilikia kūikawā ma muli o kāu kūlana.
Hiki i nā ʻōpū ihu benign ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā polyps ihu i nā poʻe me nā allergies mau loa a i ʻole kekahi mau kūlana genetic. ʻO ka nui o ka hoʻi hou ʻana he haʻahaʻa maʻamau ke wehe piha ʻia nā ʻōpū a mālama ʻia nā kumu kumu. No nā ʻōpū kanesa, he mea nui nā manawa nānā mau loa no ka ʻike koke ʻana i kekahi hoʻi hou. E hana kāu hui lapaʻau i kahi papa hana nānā kūpono no kāu ʻano ʻōpū a me ka mālama.
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