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Hana ʻia ka maʻi o ka puka puʻuwai i ka wā e hana pono ʻole ai ka puka ma waena o ka ventricle ʻākau o kou puʻuwai a me ka artery pulmonary. Hana kēia puka e like me ka puka hoʻokahi wale nō, e ʻae ana i ke koko e kahe mai kou puʻuwai i kou mau māmā akā ke pale aku nei i ka kahe ʻana ma hope.
Ke lilo kēia puka i ka liʻiliʻi loa (stenosis) a i ʻole ka leaki (regurgitation), pono e hana nui kou puʻuwai e pūpū pono i ke koko. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, he nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi māmā o ka puka puʻuwai e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau, olakino, a loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi ke pono.
ʻAʻohe hōʻailona o ka maʻi māmā o ka puka puʻuwai i nā kānaka he nui. He mea hoʻololi maikaʻi loa kou puʻuwai a hiki ke hoʻokō pinepine i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi o ka puka me ka ʻike ʻole ʻoe.
Ke hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, hoʻomohala mālie lākou i ka holomua ʻana o ka pilikia o ka puka. Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka maʻi koʻikoʻi o ka puka puʻuwai ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ka maʻi ʻōhū mau, ka hoʻonui wikiwiki o ke kaumaha mai ka wai e mālama ʻia, a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu koʻikoʻi ʻoiai i ka hoʻomaha. Pono koke kēia mau hōʻailona i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka.
ʻElua mau ʻano nui o ka maʻi o ka puka puʻuwai, ʻo kēlā me kēia e hoʻopilikia ana i ke kahe ʻana o ke koko ma kou puʻuwai. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka mea e hana nei i kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Ke hiki mai ka stenosis pulmonary, e lilo ana kāu valve i mea ʻāpana a paʻakikī paha, e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke kahe ʻana o ke koko mai kou naʻau a i kou māmā. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka ho'āʻo ʻana e kāʻili i ka wai ma o kahi faucet i pani ʻia hapa - pono kāu naʻau e pūʻiwa me ka ikaika hou aku e kipaku i ke koko ma o ka puka ʻāpana.
Ke hiki mai ka regurgitation pulmonary, ʻaʻole e pani pono kāu valve, e ʻae ana i ke koko e kahe hou i loko o kou naʻau. ʻO ia hoʻi, kekahi koko e pono ke hele i kou mau māmā e kahe hou i loko o ka lumi o kou naʻau, e koi ana iā ia e hana ikaika e mālama i ka holo koko kūpono.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa nā kūlana ʻelua i ka manawa hoʻokahi, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka maʻi valve hui. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai ma o ka nānā pono ʻana a me ka ho'āʻo ʻana.
Hiki i ka maʻi valve pulmonary ke ulu mai nā hemahema hānau a loaʻa paha ma hope o ka manawa ma muli o nā kumu like ʻole. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia mai nā hemahema naʻau hānau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole i hana pono ka valve i kou ulu ʻana i loko o ka ʻōpū.
Eia nā kumu nui āu kauka e kūkākūkā ai me ʻoe:
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, nā kūlana autoimmune, a i ʻole ka hōʻeha umauma ke hōʻino i ka valve pulmonary ma hope o ka manawa. ʻO ka ʻelemakule a me ka haʻalulu he mea maʻamau loa ia me kēia valve kūikawā, ʻaʻole e like me kekahi mau valves naʻau ʻē aʻe.
E pono ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona mau loa e hoʻopilikia ana i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Mai kali inā ke ʻike nei ʻoe i ka pōkole o ka hanu e hoʻonui nei, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ke ʻino nei ia ma luna o ka manawa.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi kūkā koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha umauma me ka hana, ka luhi pinepine, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana o kou mau wāwae ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe. Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau hōʻailona e hana nui paha kāu naʻau ma mua o ka mea e pono ai.
E ʻimi i ka mālama olakino koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hanana hiolo, ka ʻeha umauma nui, a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu nui koke. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau kūlana me ka maʻi valve pulmonary, pono lākou i ka loiloi koke e hōʻoia i kou palekana.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi valve pulmonary, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia e manaʻo ai e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ke kūlana. Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e nānā pono aku i kou olakino naʻau.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ola a me nā mea kūlohelohe ke pāʻani pū kekahi, e komo pū ana ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, ka radiation umauma, a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau intravenous. Eia naʻe, nui nā kānaka me kēia mau kumu pilikia ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa i nā pilikia valve, a loaʻa i kekahi poʻe me nā kumu pilikia ʻole ke kūlana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka maʻi palupalu o ka puʻupuʻu, ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike i nā pilikia nui, ʻoiai me ka nānā pono a me ka mālama. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama lapaʻau hou aku.
Ke holomua a i ʻole ke mālama ʻole ʻia ka maʻi valve, hiki i kēia mau pilikia ke ulu:
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻo ka nānā mau a me ka mālama koke e hiki ke pale aku i ka hapa nui o kēia mau pilikia. E hana pū kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e loiloi i kou pilikia pilikino a hana i kahi hoʻolālā e mālama i kou naʻau olakino.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka maʻi valve pulmonary mai nā hemahema naʻau congenital, ʻaʻole hiki ke pale ʻia mau. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu koʻikoʻi e pale aku i kou olakino naʻau a pale aku i nā pilikia.
ʻO ka hana pale nui loa ka mālama koke ʻana i nā maʻi ʻāʻī strep me nā antibiotics e pale aku i ka maʻi rheumatic. Hiki i kēia hana hoʻokahi ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi naʻau rheumatic ma hope i ke ola.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe niho maikaʻi a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama niho maʻamau e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka infective endocarditis, ʻoi aku inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia valve. Hiki i kāu kauka niho a me ka cardiologist ke ʻōlelo aku i ka prophylaxis antibiotic ma mua o kekahi mau kaʻina hana niho.
ʻO ke ola kino olakino naʻau ke kākoʻo i kou olakino cardiovascular holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻopili kēia i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai kaulike, ka hoʻoikaika kino mau e like me ka ʻāpono ʻana a kāu kauka, ka pale ʻana i ka puhipaka, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana e like me ka maʻi diabetes a me ke koko kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maʻi valve pulmonary e hoʻomaka pinepine me kāu kauka e hoʻolohe ana i kou naʻau me ka stethoscope. Hana nui nā pilikia valve i nā murmurs naʻau kūikawā e hiki i nā limahana ola kino akamai ke ʻike i nā loiloi maʻamau.
Inā manaʻo kāu kauka i ka maʻi valve, e kauoha paha lākou i kahi echocardiogram ma mua. Hana kēia hoʻokolohua ultrasound ʻole ʻeha i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kou naʻau, e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi o ka wehe ʻana a me ka pani ʻana o kāu mau valves a me ka nui o ke koko e kahe ana ma o lākou.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū me ka electrocardiogram (ECG) e nānā i kou rhythm naʻau, nā X-ray umauma e ʻike i ka nui o kou naʻau a me ke kūlana o ka māmā, a me nā hoʻokolohua kaumaha hoʻoikaika e ʻike i ka hana ʻana o kou naʻau i ka wā o ka hana. I kekahi manawa, hāʻawi nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā e like me ka MRI naʻau a i ʻole ka catheterization naʻau i ka ʻike kikoʻī hou aku.
E nānā pū kāu kauka i kou mōʻaukala lapaʻau a me nā hōʻailona me ka mālama, ʻoiai kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka maʻi valve i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi valve pulmonary e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui o kou kūlana a me ke ʻano o kona hoʻopili ʻana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. Nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi māmā e pono wale nō ka nānā mau ʻana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopili koke.
No nā hihia māmā, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i ka
E hana pū kāu cardiologist me ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā, olakino holoʻokoʻa, makahiki, a me nā makemake pilikino. ʻO ka pahuhopu mau loa ke hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ola maikaʻi ʻoiai e hoʻemi ana i nā pilikia.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi pulmonary valve ma ka home e kau nui ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou olakino naʻau a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe i ka nānā ʻana o nā kauka. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka mālama ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā e pili ana i nā koho ola maʻalahi e pōmaikaʻi i kou ʻōnaehana cardiovascular holoʻokoʻa.
E noho ikaika i loko o kou pae ʻoluʻolu, akā e hoʻolohe i kou kino. Hiki i ka hoʻoikaika kino māmā a waena paha e like me ka hele wāwae, ka ʻauʻau, a i ʻole ka holo paikikala ke hoʻoikaika i kou naʻau, akā e pale i ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana i kahi e hiki ai i ka hanu pōkole nui a i ʻole ka ʻeha umauma.
E nānā mau i kou mau hōʻailona a mālama i kahi moʻolelo maʻalahi o kou manaʻo. E hoʻomaopopo i nā loli i kou pae ikehu, hanu, a i ʻole pehu, no ka mea, kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu hui mālama ola e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i kāu mālama.
E hahai i ka ʻai olakino naʻau me ka nui o nā hua, nā huaʻai, a me nā huaola holoʻokoʻa ʻoiai e kaupalena ana i ka paʻakai inā ʻoe e ʻeha ana i ka pehu. E lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, a mai haʻalele i nā doses inā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu ana.
E hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka mālama niho maikaʻi a e haʻi aku i nā mea mālama ola a pau e pili ana i kou kūlana valve, no ka mea, pono paha ʻoe i ka antibiotic prophylaxis ma mua o kekahi mau kaʻina hana. E noho hou i nā lāʻau inoa, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā pana flu, e pale aku i nā maʻi e hiki ke hoʻoikaika i kou naʻau.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ʻana e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻike waiwai loa a me ke alakaʻi mai kāu kipa. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka wā e kū mai ai a me nā mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻoi aku ka ʻino paha.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā wikamina āu e lawe nei, me nā nui. E hoʻomākaukau pū i ka papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka, ʻoiai he maʻalahi ke poina i nā manaʻo nui i ka wā o ke kūkā ʻana.
E hōʻiliʻili i nā hopena hoʻokolohua ma mua, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā echocardiograms a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua pili i ka naʻau mai nā mea mālama ola ʻē aʻe. Inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i kahi loea no ka manawa mua, e lawe mai i kahi hōʻuluʻulu o kāu mōʻaukala lapaʻau a me kekahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi naʻau.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana hilinaʻi a hoaaloha paha e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ke kūkā ʻana. Mai kānalua e noi i kāu kauka e hana hou a wehewehe paha i kekahi mea āu ʻaʻole i maopopo loa.
ʻO ka maʻi valve pulmonary kahi kūlana hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka ma nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o kona koʻikoʻi. Nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi māmā e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau loa me ka nānā mau ʻana a me ka mālama kūpono ke pono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka hoʻokele kūpono e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena. ʻO nā nānā maʻamau e hiki ai i kāu hui mālama ola ke nānā i nā loli a komo kūpono inā holomua kāu kūlana.
He kiʻekiʻe loa ka pono o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou, mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki i nā kaʻina hana liʻiliʻi invasive a hiki i nā koho ʻoki ke pono. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hana pili loa me kāu hui mālama ola e hana i kahi hoʻolālā pilikino e kūpono i kāu mau pono a me ke ʻano ola.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ke ʻano o ka maʻi valve e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe a i ʻole e kaupalena i kou hiki ke ola i kahi ola piha. Me ka mālama pono a me ka nānā pono, nui ka poʻe me ka maʻi valve pulmonary e hoʻomau i ka leʻaleʻa i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau a mālama i ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka maʻi valve pulmonary māmā a waena paha ke hoʻoikaika kino me ka palekana a pono e noho ikaika no ke olakino o ka naʻau. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī ma muli o ke koʻikoʻi o kou ʻano a me nā hōʻailona. Ma ke ʻano laulā, he pono nā hana haʻahaʻa a waena paha e like me ka hele wāwae, ka ʻauʻau, a i ʻole ka holo paikikala māmā, ʻoiai nā haʻuki hoʻokūkū kiʻekiʻe e pono ai ka ʻae mai kāu cardiologist.
ʻAʻole pono ka ʻoki kino no kēlā me kēia kanaka me ka maʻi valve pulmonary. Nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi māmā e pono wale nō ka nānā mau, ʻoiai ʻē aʻe e pōmaikaʻi mai nā kaʻina hana liʻiliʻi e like me ka balloon valvuloplasty. E paipai kāu kauka i ka ʻoki kino wale nō inā ke hoʻopilikia nui nei kāu mau hōʻailona i kou maikaʻi o ke ola a i ʻole inā hōʻike nā hoʻokolohua ua hoʻoikaika ʻia kou naʻau e ka pilikia valve.
ʻO kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi valve pulmonary, ʻoi aku ka pili i nā hemahema naʻau congenital, hiki ke loaʻa kahi ʻāpana genetic. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi naʻau congenital, hiki i kāu mau keiki ke loaʻa kahi pilikia kiʻekiʻe iki. Eia naʻe, nui nā hihia e kū mai me ka ʻole o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana, a ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kūlana ʻaʻole e hōʻoia e ulu kāu mau keiki.
ʻO ka pinepine o ka hahai ʻana ma hope mai e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui o kou maʻi valve a me nā hōʻailona. ʻO ka poʻe me ka maʻi māmā, maʻamau lākou e pono ai i ka nānā ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki 1-2, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe me ka maʻi waena paha e pono ai nā kūkākūkā i kēlā me kēia mahina 6-12. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi nui a i ʻole ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kaʻina hana valve, e pono paha iā ʻoe ka nānā pinepine ʻana. E hana kāu kauka i ka papa hana pilikino e pili ana i kou kūlana kūikawā.
Hiki i ka maʻi valve pulmonary ke holomua i ka manawa, akā hana mālie kēia i ka hapanui o nā hihia. Nui nā kānaka e noho kūpaʻa no nā makahiki me ka ʻole o nā loli nui, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi poʻe e ʻike i ka holomua mālie. Ke kōkua nei ka nānā mau ʻana i kāu hui olakino e ʻike i nā loli koke a hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana lapaʻau e like me ia. ʻO ka nui o ka holomua e ʻokoʻa loa ma waena o nā kānaka a hilinaʻi ia i ke kumu kumu o kou maʻi valve.
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