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ʻO ka pilonidal cyst he ʻeke liʻiliʻi i piha i ka wai e ulu ana kokoke i ka iwi ʻāʻī, ma luna pono o ka ʻili o kou ʻūhā. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he pane o kou kino i ka lauoho a me nā ʻōpala i paʻa i loko o kahi lua liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kahi ʻili ma kou ʻili.
ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau cysts ma mua o kou manaʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o nā ʻōpio. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole e ʻeha, hiki ke mālama ʻia me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā.
E hana ʻia ka pilonidal cyst i ka wā e pani ʻia ai nā follicle lauoho a i ʻole e maʻi ma ka wahi ma waena o kou mau ʻūhā, ma luna pono o ka iwi ʻāʻī. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo “pilonidal” ʻo ia hoʻi “pūnana lauoho,” kahi e hāʻawi ai iā ʻoe i kahi kiʻi maopopo loa o ka mea e hana nei.
He mau lua liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā pores maoli kou ʻili ma kēia wahi. I ka wā e paʻa ai nā lauoho palahalaha, nā ʻili make, a i ʻole nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe i loko o kēia mau wehe ʻana, e mālama kou kino iā lākou me he mea ʻē aʻe lā. E hoʻonāukiuki kēia i ka mumū a hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana o ka cyst.
I kekahi manawa, e noho mālie kēia mau cysts a ʻaʻohe pilikia. I nā manawa ʻē aʻe, hiki iā lākou ke maʻi a lilo i mea a nā kauka i kapa ai he pilonidal abscess, kahi e pono ai ka nānā koke.
ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i ka pilonidal cyst i ka mua, ʻoiai he nui ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka liʻiliʻi a me ka ʻeha ʻole. Eia naʻe, i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona, maʻamau lākou a pili i kou wahi iwi ʻāʻī.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e nānā ai:
Ke maʻi ka cyst, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pū i ka mahana, ka luhi, a i ʻole ka manaʻo maʻamau o ka maikaʻi ʻole. Hiki ke lilo ka ʻeha i mea nui loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e noho ai a moe ana ma kou kua.
E ulu nā pilonidal cysts i ka wā e kipaku ʻia ai ka lauoho i loko o nā wehe liʻiliʻi ma kou ʻili, ma o ka hamo ʻana a me ke kaomi. A laila, e mālama kou kino i kēia lauoho i paʻa me he mea ʻole lā.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke kōkua i kēia:
He mea hoihoi, hiki i nā pilonidal cysts ke ulu ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi e paʻa ai ka lauoho, e like me nā manamana lima i nā poʻe e hana ana me ka lauoho (e like me nā mea ʻoki lauoho a i ʻole nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻīlio). Eia naʻe, ʻo ka wahi iwi ʻāʻī ka wahi maʻamau loa.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hōʻailona o ka maʻi a i ʻole inā ke kumu nei ka cyst i ka ʻoluʻolu nui iā ʻoe. Hiki i ka mālama mua ke pale aku i nā pilikia a kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu koke.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau mea:
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e pālahalaha ana. Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka mālama lapaʻau koke e pale aku i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻOiai hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilonidal cysts me ka mālama kūpono, akā hiki i ka waiho ʻana iā lākou me ka mālama ʻole ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, hiki i nā pilonidal cysts lōʻihi, me ka mālama ʻole, ke ulu i loko o kahi ʻano o ka maʻi ʻili i kapa ʻia ʻo squamous cell carcinoma. He mea maʻamau loa kēia, akā he kumu ʻē aʻe kēia no ke kumu e pono ai e loiloi ʻia nā cysts mau a i ʻole e hoʻi hou mai e kahi mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, me ka mālama kūpono, e ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka a hiki ke lawe i nā hana e pale aku ai i nā hanana e hiki mai ana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae loa i kou pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia maoli e like me ke ʻano o ka lauoho a i ʻole ke ʻano o ke kino, aia kekahi mau ala maikaʻi e hōʻemi ai i kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā pilonidal cysts.
Eia nā hana pale maikaʻi loa:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pilonidal cyst ma mua, e lilo kēia mau hana pale i mea nui aʻe, ʻoiai ʻoe i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻi hou ʻana. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka ʻoki ʻana a i ʻole ka wehe ʻana i ka lauoho laser ma ka wahi e hōʻemi nui ai i ko lākou pilikia o ka hana ʻana o nā cysts hou.
ʻO ka maʻamau, he mea maʻalahi ka diagnosis ʻana o ka pilonidal cyst no nā mea mālama ola, ʻoiai he mea ʻike ʻia ka wahi a me ke ʻano. Maʻamau e hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike iā ia ma o kahi nānā kino maʻalahi.
I kou manawa hālāwai, e nānā kāu kauka i ka wahi a puni kou iwi ʻāʻī a e ʻimi i nā hōʻailona e like me nā wehe liʻiliʻi, pehu, a i ʻole ka wai. E nīnau pū lākou e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, pehea ka lōʻihi o kāu loaʻa ʻana, a inā ua ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau ʻano.
I ka hapa nui o nā hihia, ʻaʻohe pono o nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā no ka diagnosis. Eia naʻe, inā manaʻo kāu kauka i nā pilikia a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole maopopo ka diagnosis, hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hana hou aku e like me ka lawe ʻana i kahi laʻana o kekahi wai e nānā ai i nā bacteria kūikawā a, kakaikahi, nā noiʻi kiʻi inā manaʻo lākou i ka pilikia hohonu.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā pilonidal cysts e hilinaʻi ana i ka maʻi a i ʻole ka nui o kāu mau hōʻailona. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, aia kekahi mau koho mālama maikaʻi loa.
No nā cysts liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻohe maʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia:
Inā maʻi kāu cyst a i ʻole ke kumu nei i nā pilikia nui, pono paha ka mālama ikaika:
No nā cysts e hoʻi hou mai ana, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka ʻoki nui e wehe i nā ʻili a pau i pilikia a pale aku i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana. E ʻokoʻa ka manawa hoʻōla ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana, akā hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau pule.
ʻOiai ʻoe e ho'ōla ana mai ka pilonidal cyst, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kākoʻo i ka ho'ōla a noho ʻoluʻolu. E hana kēia mau hana me kekahi mālama lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e kāu kauka.
Eia pehea e mālama ai iā ʻoe iho i ka wā e ho'ōla ai:
E nānā i nā hōʻailona e pono ai ʻoe i ka mālama lapaʻau hou aku, e like me ka ʻeha nui, ka mahana, a i ʻole ka wai e hoʻonui ana. Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā pilikia ʻoe i ke ʻano o kou ho'ōla ʻana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa a pane ʻia kāu mau nīnau a pau. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke hana i ka hālāwai e hele maikaʻi.
Ma mua o kāu manawa hālāwai, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole ka mea e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a me nā mālama āu i ho'āʻo mua ai. E hoʻomaopopo pū i nā hanana mua o nā pilikia like.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kiʻi o ka wahi e hōʻike ana i nā loli ma luna o ka manawa, hiki i kēia mau mea ke kōkua i kāu kauka e ʻike.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me nā koho mālama, ka manawa hoʻōla i manaʻo ʻia, a me nā hana pale. Mai hilahila e pili ana i ka wahi o ka pilikia - ʻike pinepine nā mea mālama ola i kēia mau kūlana a ua kaupaona lākou i ke kōkua ʻana iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO nā pilonidal cysts he mau kūlana maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia e ulu pinepine ana kokoke i ka iwi ʻāʻī i ka wā e paʻa ai ka lauoho a me nā ʻōpala i loko o nā wehe liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole e ʻeha, e pane maikaʻi lākou i ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka nānā mua ke pale aku i nā pilikia a hōʻemi i kou ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona, mai kali iā lākou e hoʻonui - e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau e loaʻa ka mālama kūpono.
Me ka mālama maikaʻi a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hana pale, e ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka a hiki ke lawe i nā hana maikaʻi e pale aku ai i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻeha i ka noho mālie a i ʻole e hilahila e ʻimi i ke kōkua no kēia kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia.
I kekahi manawa, e hoʻonā nā pilonidal cysts liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻohe maʻi, me ka mālama ʻole, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka maʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka pale ʻana i ke kaomi ma ka wahi. Eia naʻe, pono nā cysts maʻi i ka mālama lapaʻau e ho'ōla pono a pale aku i nā pilikia.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole he mea hoʻopilikia nā pilonidal cysts. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu iā lākou mai kekahi a hoʻolaha iā lākou i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. E ulu lākou ma muli o nā mea pilikino e like me ke ʻano o ka lauoho, ke ʻano kino, a me nā hana e hana ai i ka hamo ʻana ma ka wahi iwi ʻāʻī.
E ʻokoʻa ka manawa hoʻōla ma muli o ka mālama e pono ai. Hiki i nā kaʻina hana hoʻokahe maʻalahi ke ho'ōla i loko o 2-4 mau pule, ʻoiai hiki i ka ʻoki nui ke lawe i 6-8 mau pule a i ʻoi aku paha. ʻO ka hahai ʻana i nā kuhikuhi mālama a kāu kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻōla maikaʻi.
ʻAe, hiki i nā wāhine ke loaʻa nā pilonidal cysts, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau lākou i nā wāhine ma mua o nā kāne. Hiki i nā wāhine i loaʻa ka lauoho kino mānoanoa, e noho lōʻihi ana, a i ʻole nā mea pilikia ʻē aʻe ke loaʻa nō kēia mau cysts.
Hiki ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia nā mea pilikia. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hahai ʻana i nā hana pale e like me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe maikaʻi, ka pale ʻana i ka noho lōʻihi, a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i ka lauoho e hiki ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia o nā cysts e hiki mai ana.
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