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ʻO nā polyp ihu he mau ulu palupalu, ʻaʻohe ʻeha e ulu ana i loko o kou ihu a me kou mau sinuses. E noʻonoʻo iā lākou he mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, e like me nā hua waina, e hana ana i ka wā e pehu a ʻā aʻela ka papa o kou mau ala ihu ma ka manawa lōʻihi.
He maikaʻi loa kēia mau ulu, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa. ulu mālie lākou a hiki ke ʻokoʻa ko lākou nui mai nā kiko liʻiliʻi a hiki i nā mea nui e hiki ke pani i kou hanu. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka mālama ʻana, he mea maʻamau loa nā polyp ihu a maʻalahi loa ke mālama.
ʻO ka hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana ma o kou ihu, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e pani ʻia ai nā lua ihu ʻelua. Hana kēia no ka mea hiki i nā polyp ke pani hapa a piha paha i kou mau ala ihu.
Eia nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai, mai ka mea maʻamau loa a hiki i nā mea ʻaʻole pinepine:
ʻAʻole pinepine, ʻike kekahi poʻe i ka ʻeha o ka maka, ka ʻeha niho i ko lākou mau niho luna, a i ʻole ka manaʻo e like me ka mea i paʻa i ko lākou ʻāʻī. ulu mālie nā hōʻailona ma nā hebedoma a i ʻole nā mahina, no laila ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike koke iā lākou.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā polyp ihu e komo i loko o ʻelua mau māhele nui ma muli o kahi i ulu ai lākou. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano ke kōkua i kāu kauka e koho i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
ʻO nā polyp ethmoidal ka ʻano maʻamau loa. Ulu lākou mai nā sinuses ethmoid, kahi i waena o kou ihu a me kou lolo. Hoʻopili pinepine kēia i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o kou ihu a pili pinepine ʻia i nā maʻi ʻaleʻale a i ʻole ka maʻi hanu.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā polyp Antrochoanal a ulu pinepine ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi o kou ihu. Hoʻomaka lākou i ka sinus maxillary (aia ma kou wahi papalina) a hiki ke ulu nui, i kekahi manawa e hoʻolōʻihi i kou ʻāʻī. ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio.
E ulu nā polyp ihu i ka wā e hoʻomau ai ka papa o kou ihu a me nā sinuses no ka manawa lōʻihi. Hoʻokumu kēia mumū maʻi i ka pehu ʻana o ka ʻiʻo a hoʻokumu hope i kēia mau ulu palupalu, ʻāʻī.
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana ke hoʻonāukiuki i kēia mumū mau:
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic e like me ka Churg-Strauss syndrome a i ʻole nā maʻi sinus hou ke alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana o ka polyp. Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i nā polyp me ka ʻole o ke kumu maopopo, kahi i kapa ʻia e nā kauka he nā polyp ihu idiopathic.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka congestion ihu mau no kahi pule ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter. He mea nui loa kēia inā hoʻopilikia ka stuffiness i nā lua ihu ʻelua.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe ua emi nui kou ʻono a i ʻole kou ʻono. Hiki i kēia mau loli ke hoʻopilikia maoli i kou ola a hiki ke hōʻike i ka hoʻopilikia ʻana o nā polyp i kāu hana ihu.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻeha nui o ka maka, ke kuni kiʻekiʻe, nā loli ʻike koke, a i ʻole nā poʻo ʻeha koʻikoʻi. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole, hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻailona i ka maʻi sinus koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama koke.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole weliweli nā polyp ihu iā lākou iho, hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole pinepine inā ulu nui nā polyp a i ʻole ke pālahalaha ʻana o nā maʻi. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā pilikia ʻike inā hiki i ka maʻi ke hiki i ka wahi a puni kou mau maka, a i nā hihia maʻamau ʻole loa, nā maʻi lolo. Eia nō naʻe, he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi me ka mālama lapaʻau hou.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale mau i nā polyp ihu, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia genetic, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā hana e hoʻemi ai i ka mumū maʻi i kou mau ala ihu. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana maʻi kou pale maikaʻi loa.
E mālama pono i kou mau maʻi ʻaleʻale me nā antihistamines a i ʻole nā mea pīpī ihu e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu kauka. Hiki i ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i ka humidifier ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou mau ala ihu a emi iho ka huhū.
E hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka mālama ihu maikaʻi ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā rinses saline, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā o ka wā ʻaleʻale a i ʻole i ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka anu. E pale i nā mea ʻaleʻale i ʻike ʻia i ka hiki, a mai puhi a hōʻike iā ʻoe i ka uahi puhi lua, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka mumū ihu.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike pinepine i nā polyp ihu i ka wā o ka nānā kino maʻalahi me kahi mea uila kukui i kapa ʻia he nasal speculum. E nānā lākou i loko o kou mau lua ihu e nānā i nā ulu e like me nā hua waina.
Inā liʻiliʻi nā polyp a aia i loko o kou mau sinuses, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi tube lahilahi, flexible me kahi kāmela i kapa ʻia he nasal endoscope. ʻAe kēia iā lākou e ʻike i nā wahi ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka nānā maʻamau.
I kekahi manawa, he mea kōkua nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe. Hiki i kahi CT scan ke hōʻike i ka nui a me kahi o nā polyp, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā manaʻo ʻia ka ʻoki kino. Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka hoʻokolohua ʻaleʻale e ʻike i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki, a i kekahi manawa, lawe ʻia kahi ʻāpana ʻiʻo liʻiliʻi e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka lapaʻau me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻemi i ka mumū a hoʻemi i nā polyp. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o kekahi mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau.
E hoʻomaka paha kāu kauka me nā mea pīpī corticosteroid ihu, ʻo ia ka lapaʻau mua maikaʻi loa. Hana kēia ma ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka mumū pololei i kou mau ala ihu. ʻO nā koho maʻamau e komo pū me ka fluticasone, mometasone, a i ʻole budesonide.
Inā ʻaʻole lawa nā mea pīpī ihu wale nō, hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia nā corticosteroids waha e like me ka prednisone no ka manawa pōkole. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻemi nui i nā polyp akā hoʻohana ʻia no kekahi mau pule wale nō ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
No nā hihia koʻikoʻi a i ʻole i ka wā e hoʻi hou ai nā polyp, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka ʻoki kino. ʻO ka ʻoki kino sinus endoscopic he mea liʻiliʻi loa ia a wehe i nā polyp ʻoiai e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka wai o ka sinus. Hoʻōla maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā kānaka a ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
Hiki i ka mālama home ke hoʻokō i kāu mālama lapaʻau a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā polyp mai ka hoʻi ʻana. He mea kōkua loa nā saline nasal rinses no ka mālama ʻana i kou mau ala ihu maʻemaʻe a pulu.
E hoʻohana i kahi neti pot a i ʻole saline spray i nā manawa he nui i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i nā mea ʻaleʻale a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonāukiuki. E hōʻoia e hoʻohana i ka wai distilled a i ʻole ka wai i hoʻolapalapa mua ʻia e pale aku i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā bacteria.
E mālama i kou wahi home e like me ka mea ʻaleʻale maikaʻi e like me ka hiki. E hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ea, holoi i nā moe i ka wai wela i kēlā me kēia pule, a mālama i nā pae pulu ma waena o 30-50%. E pale i nā mea ʻala ikaika, nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me ka uahi sigareta e hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou mau ala ihu.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau a me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou. E hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole ka hoʻopilikia ʻana iā lākou, a e papa inoa i nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau maʻi ʻaleʻale i ʻike ʻia a me kekahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā polyp ihu, asthma, a i ʻole nā pilikia sinus maʻi. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mau pilikia a koho i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā koho mālama, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā hoʻōla inā kūkākūkā ʻia ka ʻoki kino. Mai kānalua e noi i ka wehewehe ʻana i kekahi mea āu ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo.
ʻO nā polyp ihu he mau ulu maʻamau, maikaʻi ʻole e hiki ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou hanu a me kou ola, akā he mea maʻalahi loa ke mālama. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i ko lākou mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ke kī i ka mālama holomua, ʻo ia ka hana pū ʻana me kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoponopono i nā polyp iā lākou iho a me nā kūlana maʻi e kōkua ana i ka mumū maʻi. ʻO ka mālama mua pinepine ke alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi a hiki ke pale aku i nā pilikia.
E hoʻomanaʻo he kaʻina hana mau ka mālama ʻana i nā polyp ihu ma mua o ka hoʻoponopono hoʻokahi. Me ka hui kūpono o ka mālama lapaʻau a me ka mālama home, hiki iā ʻoe ke hanu maʻalahi a hauʻoli i ka olakino ihu maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole, ʻo nā polyp ihu he mau ulu maikaʻi a ʻaʻole lilo i kanesa. Eia nō naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā ulu maʻamau ʻole e like ʻole me nā polyp maʻamau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kahi biopsy e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe. He mea maikaʻi mau nā polyp ihu maoli.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā polyp ihu e nalowale me ka ʻole o ka mālama. ʻOiai hiki i nā polyp liʻiliʻi ke emi iki i ka wā e hoʻomalu maikaʻi ʻia ai kou mumū maʻi, pono ka hapa nui i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lapaʻau e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hōʻailona. He mea maikaʻi loa ka mālama mua me nā mea pīpī ihu.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o 2-4 mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mea pīpī corticosteroid ihu. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke lawe i 2-3 mau mahina e ʻike i ka pono piha. Hana wikiwiki nā steroids waha, hāʻawi pinepine i ka hoʻomaha i loko o nā lā, akā hoʻohana ʻia lākou no ka manawa pōkole ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā polyp ihu i nā keiki ma lalo o 10 mau makahiki. I ka wā e loaʻa ai lākou i nā keiki, hoʻokolohua pinepine nā kauka no ka cystic fibrosis ʻoiai hiki i nā polyp ke lilo i hōʻailona mua o kēia kūlana. Inā loaʻa i kāu keiki ka congestion ihu mau, ʻoi aku ka nui ma muli o nā maʻi ʻaleʻale a i ʻole nā adenoids nui.
ʻAʻole pinepine ka ʻeha o ka ʻoki kino sinus endoscopic hou. Wehewehe ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻoluʻolu iki ma mua o ka ʻeha nui. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i ka lāʻau ʻeha, a hoʻi hou ka nui o nā mea maʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi pule. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā pono lōʻihi o ka hanu maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻoluʻolu pōkole.
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