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ʻO ka radiation enteritis ka mumū ʻana o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia e ka radiation therapy i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka maʻi kanesa. E huhū a mumū kou mau ʻōpū i ka wā e hōʻike ʻia ai i ka radiation, e alakaʻi ana i nā pilikia digestive e hiki ke emi mai ka māmā a hiki i ka nui.
Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i nā kānaka he nui e loaʻa ana i ka radiation treatment no nā maʻi kanesa ma ka pelvis, ʻōpū, a i ʻole hope haʻahaʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia me ka mālama pono a me ka lapaʻau.
Hana ʻia ka radiation enteritis i ka wā e hōʻino ai ka radiation therapy i ka papa o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ka sunburn, akā i loko o kou digestive tract. ʻO ka radiation e hoʻopilikia ana i nā cell kanesa e hoʻopilikia pū ana i nā pūnaewele olakino kokoke.
Loaʻa i kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi kahi papa palupalu e kōkua i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai mai ka meaʻai. I ka wā e hōʻino ai ka radiation i kēia papa, e mumū a hakakā e hana pono. E alakaʻi kēia i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole āu e ʻike ai.
Hiki i ke kūlana ke ulu i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana (acute radiation enteritis) a i ʻole mau mahina a mau makahiki ma hope (chronic radiation enteritis). Hoʻokumu nā ʻano ʻelua i nā pilikia digestive like, ʻoiai ʻo nā hihia maʻi lōʻihi e mau loa.
Hoʻopili nā hōʻailona o ka radiation enteritis i kou digestive system a hiki ke paʻakikī i ka ʻai ʻana a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau e like me ka maʻi wela, ka dehydration, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka malnutrition. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke ʻokoʻa loa mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka, me kekahi e ʻike ana i ka ʻoluʻolu māmā ʻoiai kekahi e kūʻē ana i nā pilikia nui.
Hele mai ka radiation enteritis i ʻelua ʻano nui ma muli o ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona. Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā a ma hope o kāu mālama ʻana.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka acute radiation enteritis i ka wā a i ʻole koke ma hope o ka radiation therapy, maʻamau i loko o nā pule mua. Maʻamau ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona i ka pau ʻana o ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻōla ʻana o kou intestinal lining.
ʻIke ʻia ka chronic radiation enteritis i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka radiation treatment. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kēia ʻano a pono paha e mālama mau. Hana ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana no ka mea hiki i ka hōʻino radiation ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kāu pūnaewele intestinal ma ka manawa.
Hana ʻia ka radiation enteritis i ka wā e hōʻino ai nā kukuna radiation kiʻekiʻe i nā cell e uhi ana i kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. Hoʻopilikia ka radiation i nā cell kanesa akā hoʻopilikia pū i nā pūnaewele olakino kokoke i ke kaʻina hana.
Hoʻololi maʻamau kou intestinal lining iā ia iho i kēlā me kēia mau lā me nā cell hou. Hoʻopilikia ka radiation i kēia kaʻina hana hou maoli, e hoʻokumu ana i ka mumū a me ka hōʻino ʻana ma mua o ka hiki i kou kino ke hoʻoponopono.
Nui nā mea e hoʻopilikia ai i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia kūlana:
He mea nui hoʻi kahi o kāu mālama kanesa. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka radiation no ka prostate, cervical, rectal, a i ʻole nā maʻi kanesa bladder no ka mea kokoke kēia mau wahi i kou mau ʻōpū.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona digestive mau i ka wā a ma hope paha o ka radiation therapy. Hiki i ka hoʻomaka koke ke pale aku i nā pilikia a hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ʻoluʻolu.
E ʻimi i ka mālama ʻana i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona nui e like me ka diarrhea koko, nā hōʻailona o ka dehydration, a i ʻole ka hiki ʻole ke mālama i ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā wai. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo i ka loiloi a me ka mālama koke.
Mai kali e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona e hoʻopilikia ana i kou ola o kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke hoʻoponopono i kāu papahana mālama a i ʻole e hāʻawi i ka mālama kōkua e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu aʻe i ka wā e hoʻomau ana i kāu mālama kanesa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka radiation enteritis hiki ke mālama ʻia, akā hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama hou aku. Ke kōkua nei ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama hou aku.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā pilikia maikaʻi ʻole akā koʻikoʻi ke komo pū me ka blockage intestinal, perforation, a i ʻole ka koko nui. He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia akā pono e mālama koke ʻia i ka wā e loaʻa ai.
Hiki i ka chronic radiation enteritis ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia digestive lōʻihi e hoʻopilikia ana i kou ola. Eia naʻe, me ka mālama pono, aʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e kaohi pono i kā lākou mau hōʻailona.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale loa i ka radiation enteritis, hiki i kekahi mau hana ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia a hoʻemi i nā hōʻailona. E hana pū kāu hui lapaʻau me ʻoe e hoʻokō i kēia mau hana pale.
Kōkua nā ʻenehana radiation hou i ka pale ʻana i nā pūnaewele olakino ma mua o nā ʻano kahiko. Hiki i kāu radiation oncologist ke hoʻohana i ka intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) a i ʻole nā ʻenehana holomua ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia pono i nā cell kanesa.
Hiki i nā hoʻololi ʻai i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou mau ʻōpū:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau pale a i ʻole e kuhikuhi i nā probiotics e kākoʻo i kou olakino digestive i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
Hoʻomaopopo kāu kauka i ka radiation enteritis ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona, mōʻaukala lapaʻau, a me ka manawa o kāu radiation treatment. He mea pololei ka diagnosis i ka wā e ulu ai nā hōʻailona digestive i ka wā a ma hope paha o ka radiation therapy.
E nīnau kāu mea mālama olakino e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, a pehea lākou e hoʻopilikia ai i kou ola o kēlā me kēia lā. E nānā pū lākou i nā kikoʻī o kāu radiation treatment a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei.
Pono paha nā ho'āʻo hou aku e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e loiloi i ka nui:
Kōkua kēia mau ho'āʻo i kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa a nānā i kāu pane i ka therapy.
Hoʻokumu ka mālama ʻana i ka radiation enteritis i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia. E hana kāu kauka i kahi papahana pilikino ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me ko lākou nui.
Hoʻokumu ka mālama ʻai i ke kumu o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i kāu hui olakino ke kuhikuhi i ka hana pū ʻana me ka dietitian e hoʻomohala i kahi papa ʻai e hoʻemi i ka huhū digestive ʻoiai e hoʻokō ana i kāu mau pono meaʻai.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka radiation enteritis e komo pū ana:
No nā hihia koʻikoʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka sucralfate e pale aku i kou intestinal lining a i ʻole corticosteroids e hoʻemi i ka mumū. I nā hihia maikaʻi ʻole, pono paha ka hana ʻoki e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka radiation enteritis ma ka home e komo pū ana i ka hana ʻana i nā koho noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka mea āu e ʻai ai a inu ai. Hiki i kēia mau hana mālama ponoʻī ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou ʻoluʻolu a kōkua i kou kino e hoʻōla.
E nānā i nā meaʻai māmā, maʻalahi ke ʻai ʻana ʻaʻole e huhū i kou mau ʻōpū i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. ʻO ka laiki keʻokeʻo, nā panana, ka berena palaoa, a me nā ʻuala paila maʻamau he mau koho maikaʻi i ka wā o nā flare-ups.
E noho wai maikaʻi ma ka inu ʻana i nā wai maopopo i ka lā holoʻokoʻa. Kōkua ka wai, nā kī waiʻona, a me nā wai maopopo e hoʻololi i nā wai i nalowale ma o ka diarrhea. Pale i ka caffeine a me ka waiʻona, e hiki ke hoʻonui i nā hōʻailona digestive.
E mālama i kahi puke meaʻai e ʻike i nā meaʻai e hoʻonāukiuki ana i kāu mau hōʻailona. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā ʻoe a me kāu hui olakino e hana i nā manaʻo ʻai maikaʻi aʻe no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
He mea nui ka hoʻomaha no ka hoʻōla ʻana. Mai kānalua e lawe i ka manawa mai ka hana a hoʻololi paha i kāu mau hana i ka wā e pilikia ai nā hōʻailona. Pono kou kino i ka ikehu e hoʻōla a hoʻōla.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu hālāwai e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike kōkua loa a me nā manaʻo lapaʻau. E hele mai e kūkākūkā i kāu mau hōʻailona i ka kikoʻī a nīnau i nā nīnau e pili ana i kāu mālama.
E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona, e komo pū ana i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, pehea ka pinepine o ka loaʻa ʻana, a he aha ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi paha. E hoʻomaopopo i nā meaʻai a i ʻole nā hana e like me ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i nā hōʻailona.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka counter. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka digestion a i ʻole e launa pū me nā mālama āu e kuhikuhi ai kāu kauka.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e nīnau i kāu kauka, e like me ka lōʻihi o nā hōʻailona, he aha nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e nānā ai, a he aha nā hoʻololi ʻai e kōkua ai. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe.
ʻO ka radiation enteritis kahi hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka mālama kanesa e hoʻopilikia ana i kou digestive system. ʻOiai he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaha me ka mālama pono a me nā hoʻololi ʻai.
Maʻamau ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ke kūlana ma ka manawa i ka hoʻōla ʻana o kou intestinal lining. Ke hana pū nei me kāu hui olakino e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono a me ke kākoʻo i kou hoʻōla ʻana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation enteritis ʻaʻole ia he hōʻailona ʻaʻole hana kāu mālama kanesa. He pane wale nō ia o kou kino i ka therapy ola e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe. Me ke ahonui a me ka mālama pono, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama pono i kēia mau hōʻailona.
Maʻamau ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka acute radiation enteritis i loko o kekahi mau pule a mau mahina paha ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka radiation treatment. Hiki i ka chronic radiation enteritis ke mau loa a pono e mālama mau. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi mālie me ka mālama pono a me nā hoʻololi ʻai.
Pono paha ʻoe e hoʻololi i kāu meaʻai i ka manawa e pale aku ai i nā meaʻai e hoʻonāukiuki ana i kou mau ʻōpū. E nānā i nā meaʻai māmā, maʻalahi ke ʻai ʻana i ka wā o nā flare-ups. E hana pū me ka dietitian e hōʻoia e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe ka meaʻai kūpono ʻoiai e mālama ana i nā hōʻailona.
E nānā kāu hui oncology i kāu mau hōʻailona a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i kāu papahana mālama inā pono. Eia naʻe, maʻamau ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ka radiation enteritis i ka pono o kāu mālama kanesa. He mea nui ka kamaʻilio ʻana me kāu hui lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka radiation enteritis he manawa a hoʻomaikaʻi ma ka manawa. Hiki i ka chronic radiation enteritis ke hoʻokumu i nā hoʻololi digestive lōʻihi, akā hiki ke mālama pono ʻia kēia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hoʻololi nohona.
Pale i nā meaʻai kiʻekiʻe-fiber, nā huahana waiū inā lactose intolerant ʻoe, nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa, ka caffeine, a me ka waiʻona i ka wā o nā flare-ups. Hiki paha i nā hua a me nā huaʻai maka ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino no kou digestive system i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia. E hoʻopili i nā meaʻai māmā, kuke ʻia a hiki i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
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