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ʻO ka nephrotic syndrome kahi kūlana o ka puʻupaʻa kahi e hoʻokuʻu nui ai kou mau puʻupaʻa i ka protein i loko o kou mimi. E noʻonoʻo i kou mau puʻupaʻa e like me nā kānana e mālama mau ana i nā protein nui i loko o kou koko, ʻoiai e wehe ana i nā ʻōpala. Ke hōʻino ʻia kēia mau kānana, hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻokuʻu i nā protein waiwai ma o, kahi e hana ai i kahi pilikia ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i nā kānaka o nā makahiki a pau, ʻoiai e hōʻike ʻia ma nā ʻano like ʻole i nā keiki ma mua o nā mākua. ʻOiai ke kani nui nei, a pono maoli nō ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka, nui nā kānaka e hoʻokele pono i ka nephrotic syndrome me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me ka mālama.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui o ka nephrotic syndrome ka pehu, i kapa ʻia ʻo edema ma ka ʻōlelo lapaʻau. Hana kēia no ka mea, ke nalowale ʻoe i ka protein mai kou koko, hoʻomaka ka wai e hōʻiliʻili i loko o kou mau pūnaewele ma mua o ka noho ʻana i loko o kou mau kīʻaha koko.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau loa:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi e like me ka pehu o ka ʻōpū, ka pōkole o ka hanu ke moe, a i ʻole ka ʻili e paʻa ana mai ka pehu. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hoʻomaikaʻi nui kēia mau hōʻailona ke hoʻomaka ka lapaʻau.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka hopohopo e like me ka pōkole o ka hanu nui, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka pehu nui koke. Pono kēia mau mea i ka nānā koke ʻana o ke kauka no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i nā pilikia.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i ka nephrotic syndrome i ʻelua māhele nui ma muli o ka mea e hōʻino ana i ka puʻupaʻa. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
Hana ʻia ka nephrotic syndrome mua ke hoʻomaka ka pilikia pololei i kou mau puʻupaʻa. ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau loa e komo pū ana ka minimal change disease, kahi mea maʻamau loa i nā keiki, a me ka focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau i nā mākua. Aia nō hoʻi ka membranous nephropathy, kahi mea maʻamau i nā mākua ma mua o 40.
Hana ʻia ka nephrotic syndrome lua ke hōʻino kekahi kūlana ʻē aʻe i kou mau puʻupaʻa. ʻO ka maʻi suka ka mea hana maʻamau loa, ma hope o nā maʻi autoimmune e like me ka lupus. Hiki i nā maʻi, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me kekahi mau kanesa ke hoʻoulu i kēia ʻano.
E hoʻokō kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā e hoʻoholo ai i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai, no ka mea e hoʻopili nui kēia i kāu papahana lapaʻau a me ka manaʻolana.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka nephrotic syndrome ke hōʻino ʻia nā ʻāpana kānana liʻiliʻi i loko o kou mau puʻupaʻa, i kapa ʻia ʻo glomeruli. Hana mau kēia mau kānana e like me ka ʻupena maikaʻi, e mālama ana i nā protein i loko o kou koko ʻoiai e ʻae ana i nā ʻōpala e hele ma o.
Nui nā kūlana e hōʻino ai i kēia mau kānana nāwaliwali:
I kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka nui i nā keiki, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i ka kumu kumu. Kēia ka nephrotic syndrome idiopathic, a ʻoiai ke kani nui nei, pane maikaʻi pinepine ia i ka lapaʻau.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau mea ʻino, nā maʻi ʻālohilohi nui, a i ʻole nā kīʻaha koko i nā kīʻaha puʻupaʻa ke hoʻoulu i ke kūlana. E noiʻi kāu kauka i kēia mau mea hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia ma kāu mōʻaukala lapaʻau a me nā hōʻailona.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pehu mau, ʻoi aku hoʻi a puni kou mau maka a i ʻole i kou mau wāwae a me nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae. ʻO ka mimi ʻōhuʻohu ʻaʻole e nalowale ma hope o hoʻokahi a ʻelua lā kahi hōʻailona nui ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i ka loaʻa koke ʻana o ke kaumaha ma mua o 3-5 paona i loko o kekahi mau lā, no ka mea, hōʻike pinepine kēia i ka wai i mālama ʻia. Pēlā nō, inā ʻike ʻoe i ka luhi maʻamau me ka pehu, ua hiki ka manawa e nānā ʻia.
E ʻimi i ka mālama ola koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pōkole o ka hanu nui, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka pehu nui koke ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻailona i nā pilikia nui e pono ai ka lapaʻau koke.
E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau ʻana o ka nephrotic syndrome ke pale aku i nā pilikia a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kāu hana puʻupaʻa no ka manawa lōʻihi.
ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ka nephrotic syndrome me ka mālama kūpono, hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia he nui inā waiho ʻole ʻia a i ʻole hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻole ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo a hana pili pono me kāu hui mālama ola.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i nā pilikia ʻoi aku ka nui e like me ka maʻi puʻupaʻa lōʻihi, hiki ke holomua i ka hōʻino ʻana o ka puʻupaʻa ma hope o ka manawa. Hiki i nā keiki ke loaʻa nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu inā ʻaʻole hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia ke kūlana.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i nā hihia koʻikoʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia weliweli e like me ka pulmonary edema, kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai ka wai i loko o nā māmā, a i ʻole peritonitis, kahi maʻi i loko o ka ʻōpū. Pono kēia mau mea i ka hoʻoponopono ola koke.
ʻO ka lono hoʻoikaika, me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana, hiki ke pale ʻia a hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau pilikia.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā ʻano o ka nephrotic syndrome, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā ʻano genetic, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā kūlana kumu a mālama i ke olakino maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi suka, he mea nui ka mālama pono ʻana i kāu kō koko. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka hahai ʻana i kāu papahana lāʻau, ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai kaulike, ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, a me ka nānā ʻana i kāu kō koko e like me ke kuhikuhi a kāu kauka.
No ka poʻe me nā kūlana autoimmune, ʻo ka hana pili pono me kāu rheumatologist a i ʻole mea kūikawā e mālama i ka mumū ma lalo o ka mana e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou mau puʻupaʻa. E lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi a hele i nā hālāwai nānā maʻamau.
ʻO nā hana pale maʻamau e komo pū ana ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino, ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau, ka ʻaʻole puhipaka, a me ka palena ʻana i ka inu waiʻona. Kākoʻo kēia mau mea ola i ke olakino puʻupaʻa holoʻokoʻa a hoʻemi i kou pilikia i nā kūlana e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka nephrotic syndrome.
E makaʻala i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha ma luna o ka counter, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā NSAIDs e like me ka ibuprofen, no ka mea, hiki i ka hoʻohana lōʻihi ke hōʻino i nā puʻupaʻa. E kūkākūkā mau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau me kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka nephrotic syndrome e komo pū ana i nā hoʻokolohua he nui e kōkua ai i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hana ana i kou mau puʻupaʻa a ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻomaka pinepine ke kaʻina hana me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau a me ka nānā kino piha.
E kauoha kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua mimi e ana i nā pae protein a e ʻimi i nā mea ʻē aʻe. Hiki i ka hōʻiliʻili mimi 24-hola a i ʻole kahi ratio protein-to-creatinine mimi maʻalahi ke hōʻike i ka nui o ka protein āu e nalowale nei. Nānā nā hoʻokolohua koko i kāu mau pae protein, hana puʻupaʻa, a me ka cholesterol.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū me nā haʻawina kiʻi e like me nā ultrasounds e nānā i ke ʻano o kāu puʻupaʻa. I nā hihia he nui, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka biopsy puʻupaʻa, kahi e lawe ʻia ai kahi ʻāpana pūnaewele liʻiliʻi e ʻike i ke ʻano kūikawā o ka hōʻino ʻana o ka puʻupaʻa.
Hiki i ka biopsy ke kani hopohopo, akā hana pinepine ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he hana ma waho me ka anesthesia kūloko. Hāʻawi kēia hoʻokolohua i ka ʻike nui e pili ana i ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i kāu nephrotic syndrome a kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
Hiki paha i kāu kauka ke hoʻokolohua no nā kūlana kumu e like me ka maʻi suka, lupus, a i ʻole nā maʻi e hiki ke hoʻopili i kāu mau pilikia puʻupaʻa.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka nephrotic syndrome e kau nui ana i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka nalowale ʻana o ka protein, ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kumu kumu. E hilinaʻi kāu papahana lapaʻau kūikawā i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai a me ka mea e hoʻoulu ai.
Hoʻokumu nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ke kumu o ka lapaʻau. ʻO nā corticosteroids e like me ka prednisone ka lapaʻau mua loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki a no kekahi mau ʻano o ka nephrotic syndrome. Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau anti-inflammatory ikaika ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka mumū puʻupaʻa a me ka nalowale ʻana o ka protein.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e kuhikuhi ai kāu kauka e komo pū ana:
Inā ke kumu nei kekahi kūlana kumu i kāu nephrotic syndrome, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i kēlā kūlana. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me ka hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻana o ka maʻi suka, ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi autoimmune, a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā maʻi.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi kahi ʻaʻole hana nā lapaʻau maʻamau, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau hou a i ʻole nā lapaʻau hoʻokolohua. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke pono i ka dialysis a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka puʻupaʻa, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia me ka lapaʻau mua kūpono.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka nephrotic syndrome ma ka home e komo pū ana i nā hoʻoponopono ola he nui e hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hana kēia mau hana pū me kāu lapaʻau lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike maikaʻi a pale aku i nā pilikia.
He kuleana nui nā hoʻololi ʻai i kāu mālama. ʻO ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka sodium e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka pehu a me ke koko kiʻekiʻe. E pahuhopu i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 2,000 mg o ka sodium i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka pale ʻana i nā meaʻai i hana ʻia, nā meaʻai hale ʻaina, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka paʻakai liʻiliʻi i kāu kuke ʻana. E lilo ka heluhelu ʻana i nā lepili meaʻai i mea nui.
Pono ka protein i ka kaulike. ʻOiai ʻoe e nalowale ana i ka protein i loko o kou mimi, hiki i ka ʻai nui ʻana i ka protein ke hoʻoikaika i kou mau puʻupaʻa. E kuhikuhi kāu kauka a i ʻole mea ʻai i ka nui kūpono no kāu kūlana kūikawā, ma kahi o 0.8-1.0 grams no kēlā me kēia kilogram o ke kaumaha kino.
E nānā i kou kaumaha i kēlā me kēia lā a mālama i kahi moʻolelo. Hiki i ka loaʻa koke ʻana o ke kaumaha o 2-3 paona i ka lā a i ʻole 5 paona i ka hebedoma ke hōʻike i ka wai i mālama ʻia a pono e hōʻike ʻia i kāu kauka. Hiki i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i kou mau wāwae ke noho a moe i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pehu.
E noho ikaika i loko o kāu mau palena. Hiki i ka hoʻoikaika kino māmā e like me ka hele ʻana ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka holo koko a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, akā e pale i nā hana ikaika e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pehu. E hoʻolohe i kou kino a hoʻomaha ke pono.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu mau kipa kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui loa mai kāu manawa pū a ʻaʻole poina i nā ʻike nui. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo mālama a me ka lapaʻau maikaʻi.
E mālama i kahi moʻolelo hōʻailona e hoʻomaopopo ana i ka wā e hana ai ka pehu, pehea ka nui, a me ka mea e hiki ai ke hoʻomaikaʻi a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana. E hoʻopaʻa i kāu mau kaumaha i kēlā me kēia lā, nā heluhelu koko kiʻekiʻe inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mea nānā home, a me nā loli i ke ʻano o kou mimi.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā mea hoʻōla lāʻau. E komo pū me nā dosages a me ka pinepine āu e lawe ai. He mea nui kēia ʻike no ka mea hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopili i ka hana puʻupaʻa.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea āu ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo, me nā koho lapaʻau, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ola. E kākau i nā pane a lawe mai i kekahi me ʻoe e kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā ʻike nui.
E lawe mai i nā kope o nā hopena hoʻokolohua hou a i ʻole nā moʻolelo lapaʻau mai nā kauka ʻē aʻe. Inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i kahi mea kūikawā no ka manawa mua, kōkua kāu mōʻaukala lapaʻau a me nā hopena hoʻokolohua ma mua iā lākou e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kāu kūlana.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomaopopo ai e pili ana i ka nephrotic syndrome, ʻoiai he kūlana koʻikoʻi ia e pono ai ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka, hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia me ka mālama kūpono. Nui nā kānaka me ka nephrotic syndrome e ola ana i nā ola piha, ikaika me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me nā hoʻololi ola.
Hana ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau ʻana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pehu mau, mimi ʻōhuʻohu, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe, mai kali e ʻimi i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka. ʻO ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kou manawa e pale aku ai i nā pilikia a mālama i ka hana puʻupaʻa.
E hoʻomanaʻo he manawa pinepine ka lapaʻau e hana ai, a pono paha ʻoe e ho'āʻo i nā ala like ʻole ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea e hana maikaʻi loa no ʻoe. E noho hoʻomanawanui a mālama i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i kou manaʻo a me nā hopohopo āu e loaʻa nei.
Me nā koho lapaʻau o kēia manawa a me ka mālama kākoʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻolana no nā kānaka me ka nephrotic syndrome. E kau i ka hahai ʻana i kāu papahana lapaʻau, ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola olakino, a me ka noho pili me kāu mālama lapaʻau.
Aia ke pane i ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i kāu nephrotic syndrome. Hele pinepine kekahi mau ʻano, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka minimal change disease i nā keiki, i ka remission piha me ka lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, pono paha kekahi mau ʻano i ka hoʻokele mau ma mua o ka ho'ōla piha. Loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui nā manawa lōʻihi me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona me ka lapaʻau kūpono, kahi mea maikaʻi e like me ka ho'ōla ʻana ma ke ʻano o ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano o ka nephrotic syndrome ke holo i nā ʻohana, ʻoi aku hoʻi kekahi mau ʻano genetic e hoʻopilikia ana i nā keiki. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻoilina ka hapa nui o nā hihia a hoʻomohala ʻia ma muli o nā kūlana lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā kumu ʻike ʻole ʻia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi puʻupaʻa, he mea kūpono ke kūkākūkā me kāu kauka, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ke kūlana.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā keiki me ka nephrotic syndrome i hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia ke komo i nā hana maʻamau, me nā haʻuki. Eia naʻe, i ka wā o nā papa hana o ka maʻi kahi e nui ai ka pehu a i ʻole inā aia lākou ma nā steroids kiʻekiʻe, pono paha e palena ʻia ka hana. E hāʻawi kāu kauka keiki i nā kuhikuhi kūikawā ma muli o kā lākou kūlana pilikino a me nā hōʻailona o kēia manawa.
Hoʻololi nui ka lōʻihi o ka lapaʻau ma muli o ke ʻano o ka nephrotic syndrome a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane i ka lapaʻau. Pono paha kekahi poʻe i ka lapaʻau no kekahi mau mahina, ʻoiai pono kekahi i ka lāʻau mau no nā makahiki a i ʻole ke ola holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka pahuhopu ke loaʻa ka lapaʻau liʻiliʻi maikaʻi e mālama i kāu mau hōʻailona i hoʻokele ʻia me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi loa.
ʻO ka palena nui o ka ʻai ka palena ʻana i ka sodium e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka pehu a me ke koko kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka pale ʻana i nā meaʻai i hana ʻia, nā hupa kānana, nā ʻiʻo deli, a me nā meaʻai hale ʻaina ke hiki. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e kāpae loa i ka protein, akā hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā nui moderate. E pale i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka paʻakai i kāu meaʻai a heluhelu pono i nā lepili, no ka mea, hūnā ʻia ka sodium i nā wahi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e like me ka berena a me nā cereals.
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