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ʻO nā lymph nodes pehu nā gland i hoʻonui ʻia i loko o kou kino i lilo i nui aʻe ma mua o ka maʻamau, ma muli pinepine o ka hana nui ʻana e hakakā i kahi maʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi. E noʻonoʻo i nā lymph nodes e like me nā kānana liʻiliʻi i pālahalaha ʻia ma kou kino e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kou koko a hakakā i nā germs.
I ka hapanui o nā manawa, he hōʻailona maikaʻi loa nā lymph nodes pehu. Hōʻike lākou i ka hana ʻana o kou ʻōnaehana pale i kāna hana. Loaʻa iā ʻoe nā haneli o nā lymph nodes ma kou kino, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike wale i nā mea kokoke i ka ʻili o kou ʻili, e like me nā mea ma kou ʻāʻī, nā ʻūhā, a me ka ʻūhā.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui ka ʻike ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu i hoʻonui ʻia, palupalu ma lalo o kou ʻili i ʻole ma mua. Hiki i kēia mau puʻupuʻu ke like me ka nui o ka pea a hiki i ka nui o ka serise a i ʻoi aku paha i kekahi mau hihia.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lymph nodes pehu, e ʻike paha ʻoe i nā loli i ko lākou ʻano a me ke ʻano. E ʻae mai iaʻu e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i nā mea maʻamau a me nā mea e pono ai ka nānā:
E ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e pili ana i ka mea e hoʻopilikia ana i ka pehu. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ka mahana, ka ʻeha ʻāʻī, ka ihu kahe, a i ʻole ka manaʻo maʻamau ʻole.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā lymph nodes pehu ke hele pū me nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka hopohopo e like me ka nalowale kaumaha i wehe ʻole ʻia, nā sweat o ka pō e hoʻoinu i kou mau papa moe, a i ʻole ka mahana mau me ka kumu maopopo ʻole. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka koke.
ʻO nā maʻi ka kumu maʻamau loa o ka pehu ʻana o kou mau lymph nodes. E hoʻomaka koke ka ʻōnaehana pale o kou kino i ka hakakā ʻana i nā germs, e hoʻopilikia ana i nā lymph nodes kokoke e hana nui a ulu nui.
Eia nā kumu nui no ka pehu ʻana o nā lymph nodes, e hoʻomaka ana me nā kumu maʻamau loa:
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka pehu ʻana o ka lymph node ma ke ʻano he hopena ʻaoʻao. Hāʻule kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me kekahi mau antibiotics i kēia māhele.
ʻO nā kūlana autoimmune kekahi hui o nā kumu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine kēia mau mea. Hiki i nā kūlana e like me ka rheumatoid arthritis a i ʻole ka lupus ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā lymph nodes i ka wā e lilo ai kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka hana nui.
I nā kūlana kakaikahi, hiki i nā lymph nodes pehu ke hōʻike i kahi mea koʻikoʻi e like me ka lymphoma a i ʻole nā kanesa ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, he hapa liʻiliʻi loa kēia o nā hihia, a ʻo nā nodes pehu e pili ana i ka kanesa ka mea maʻamau loa he mau hiʻohiʻona kūikawā e ʻokoʻa mai ka pehu e pili ana i ka maʻi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi kou mau lymph nodes pehu i loko o ʻelua a ʻehā pule a i ʻole inā hoʻomau lākou i ka ulu ʻana. ʻO ka hapanui o ka pehu e pili ana i ka maʻi e iho iho ana i kou kino e ola hou.
ʻO kekahi mau hōʻailona hōʻailona e pono ai ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino ma mua o ka hope. Kēia mau hae ʻulaʻula e kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā pane pale maʻamau a me nā kūlana e pono ai ka loiloi ʻoihana:
Mai hopohopo inā loaʻa iā ʻoe hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha o kēia mau hōʻailona. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ke hoʻokolohua hou aku. I ka manawa pinepine, he wehewehe maʻalahi ka mea e manaʻo ai he hopohopo.
No nā keiki, pili nā rula maʻamau like, akā ʻoi aku ka pinepine o nā keiki i nā lymph nodes pehu ma mua o nā mākua no ka mea e hoʻomohala ana kā lākou ʻōnaehana pale a hui pinepine me nā germs hou.
ʻO ka hapanui o nā lymph nodes pehu e hoʻonā piha me ka pilikia mau ʻole. E hoʻi maʻamau ka pehu i ka wā e hakakā ai kou kino i ka maʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā pilikia, akā hiki iā lākou ke hana inā ʻaʻole i mālama pono ʻia ke kumu a i ʻole inā lilo ka pehu i ka nui. Eia ka mea e hiki mai ana i nā kūlana kakaikahi:
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, hiki i nā maʻi bacterial i mālama ʻole ʻia i nā lymph nodes ke pālahalaha i nā pūnaewele kokoke a komo i ke kahe koko. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ke ʻimi i ka mālama olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻulaʻula mai ka wahi pehu, a i ʻole ka manaʻo maʻi loa.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka mālama olakino kūpono i ka wā e pono ai, hiki ke pale ʻia nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. He maikaʻi loa kāu ʻōnaehana lymphatic o ke kino i ka hoʻōla ʻana iā ia iho.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka nānā ʻana i nā wahi pehu ma ka ʻoluʻolu ʻana iā lākou me ko lākou mau lima. ʻO kēia nānā kino e haʻi iā lākou i ka nui, ka ʻano, a me ka neʻe ʻana o kou mau lymph nodes.
I ka wā o ka nānā ʻana, e nānā kāu kauka i nā wahi lymph node he nui, ʻaʻole wale nā mea āu i ʻike ai. E ʻimi pū lākou i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e like me ka mahana, ka ʻeha ʻāʻī, a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻili e hiki ke wehewehe i ka pehu.
I ka hapanui o nā manawa, ʻaʻole pono nā hoʻokolohua hou aku inā hōʻike kou mau hōʻailona a me ka nānā ʻana i kahi maʻi maʻamau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i ka nānā ʻana a me ka kali ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke kumu.
Eia naʻe, inā pono i kāu kauka ka ʻike hou aku, hiki iā lākou ke kauoha i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua hou aku:
E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke kumu no kekahi hoʻokolohua kūikawā a me ka mea a lākou e ʻimi nei. ʻAʻole pono ka hapanui o nā kānaka me nā lymph nodes pehu i ka hoʻokolohua nui.
ʻO ka lapaʻau e kau nui ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mea e hoʻopilikia ana i kou mau lymph nodes e pehu ma mua o ka pehu ponoʻī. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, e hoʻi nā nodes i ka nui maʻamau ke hoʻonā ka pilikia.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi bacterial, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā antibiotics e kōkua i kou kino e hakakā i nā germs me ka maikaʻi. ʻO nā maʻi viral, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, pono wale nō ka manawa a me ka mālama kākoʻo e hoʻonā.
Eia nā ala lapaʻau nui āu kauka e kuhikuhi ai:
No ka hapanui o nā kānaka, e hoʻomaka ka pehu e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama kūpono. Hiki i ka hoʻonā piha ke lawe i kekahi mau pule, a he mea maʻamau loa kēlā.
E hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe kāu kauka inā pono ʻoe i nā hālāwai hope e nānā i kou holomua a i ʻole inā pono e hoʻoponopono i ka papahana mālama.
ʻOiai e hoʻōla ana kou kino, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau home maʻalahi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou a kākoʻo i kou ola hou. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ala me kekahi mālama lapaʻau āu kauka i kuhikuhi ai.
ʻO ka hoʻomaha kekahi o nā mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana. Hana maikaʻi loa kou ʻōnaehana pale ke ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻoikaika nui iā ʻoe iho, no laila e ho'āʻo e hiamoe hou a pale i nā hana ikaika.
Eia nā hana hana āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home e ʻoluʻolu hou aku:
Hiki i ka lomilomi mālie a puni nā wahi pehu ke hāʻawi i kekahi ʻoluʻolu, akā e pale i ke kaomi pololei ʻana ma nā lymph nodes palupalu no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
E mālama i kou mau hōʻailona a hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻino nā mea a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi e like me ka manaʻo. Hiki i ka lawe ʻana i nā kiʻi o nā wahi pehu ke kōkua iā ʻoe e nānā i nā loli ma mua o ka manawa.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e lawe i ka manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai i nā lymph nodes pehu a me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe āu i ʻike ai. Kēia ʻike e kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hoʻopilikia ana i ka pilikia.
E kākau i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, no ka mea he maʻalahi ke poina i nā kikoʻī ke ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu. E komo pū i nā maʻi hou, nā hōʻeha, a i ʻole nā loli i kāu hana maʻamau e pili ana paha.
Eia ka mea e hoʻomākaukau ai ma mua o kāu kipa:
E noʻonoʻo inā maʻi kekahi i kou hale a i ʻole kahi hana i kēia manawa, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka mea e hoʻopilikia ana i kou mau hōʻailona.
Mai hilahila e nīnau i nā nīnau i ka wā o kāu hālāwai. Makemake kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hana nei a me ka mea e manaʻo ai e hele mai.
ʻO nā lymph nodes pehu ka pane maʻamau o kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻē aʻe i kou olakino. I ka nui o nā hihia, ʻaʻole lākou he mea weliweli a e hoʻi i ka nui maʻamau i kou ola hou.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka pehu ʻana o ka lymph node i ka manawa pinepine he hōʻailona ia o ka hana pono ʻana o kou kino e pale aku iā ʻoe. ʻOiai hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hopohopo, he hōʻailona maʻamau ia o ka hana pono ʻana o kou ʻōnaehana pale.
E makaʻala i kou manaʻo maʻamau a hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama olakino. Hoʻonā ka hapanui o nā lymph nodes pehu me ka manawa a me ka mālama maʻalahi, akā hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ke maopopo ʻole ʻoe.
Me ka nānā a me ka mālama kūpono i ka wā e pono ai, ʻaʻole pinepine nā lymph nodes pehu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. E kau i ka kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaʻina hoʻōla kūlohelohe o kou kino ma o ka hoʻomaha, ka meaʻai maikaʻi, a me ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu kauka.
Hoʻi ka hapanui o nā lymph nodes pehu i ka nui maʻamau i loko o 2-4 mau pule i ka wā e ola hou ai kou kino mai ka maʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi. Hiki i kekahi ke lawe i 6 mau pule e hoʻonā piha ai, a he mea maʻamau nō kēia. Inā mau ka pehu ma mua o 4-6 mau pule a hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana, he mea kūpono ke nānā aku i kāu kauka.
ʻAʻole pololei ke kaumaha wale nō e hoʻopilikia i nā lymph nodes e pehu, akā hiki iā ia ke hoʻonāwaliwali i kou ʻōnaehana pale a hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea maʻalahi i nā maʻi e hoʻopilikia ana i ka pehu. Hiki i ke kaumaha mau ke hoʻopaʻakikī i kou kino e hakakā i nā germs me ka maikaʻi, e alakaʻi ana i nā manawa pinepine o nā lymph nodes pehu.
ʻAe, he mea maʻamau loa ka pehu ʻana o hoʻokahi lymph node a i ʻole hoʻokahi hui o nā nodes. Hoʻonui pinepine nā lymph nodes i ka wahi kokoke loa i kahi maʻi a i ʻole ka hōʻeha. No ka laʻana, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi ʻāʻī, hiki i nā lymph nodes ma kou ʻāʻī ke pehu ʻoiai e mau nā mea ma kou mau ʻūhā.
Hiki i ka lomilomi māmā, mālie a puni ka wahi pehu ke hāʻawi i kekahi ʻoluʻolu, akā e pale i ke kaomi pololei ʻana ma nā lymph nodes palupalu no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Ma kahi o kēlā, e ho'āʻo e hoʻopili i nā compresses mahana a i ʻole nā neʻe pōʻai mālie loa a puni ka wahi. Inā hoʻonui ka lomilomi i ka ʻeha, e hoʻōki a hoʻopili i nā hana ʻoluʻolu ʻē aʻe.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale i nā hihia a pau o nā lymph nodes pehu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi, ka holoi pinepine ʻana i kou mau lima, ka pale ʻana i ka pilina kokoke me nā kānaka maʻi i ka hiki, a me ka mālama ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana pale olakino ma o ka meaʻai maikaʻi, ka hiamoe lawa, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau. Eia naʻe, ʻo kekahi pehu he hapa wale nō ia o ka pane maʻamau o kou kino i nā germs o kēlā me kēia lā a ʻaʻole hiki ke pale loa ʻia.
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