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ʻO ka Tetralogy of Fallot ka hui ʻana o nā hemahema naʻau ʻehā i hānau ʻia nā pēpē me ia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka maʻi naʻau pilikia maʻamau loa. Hoʻopili kēia maʻi i ke ʻano o ke kahe koko ma o ka naʻau o kāu keiki a i ko lākou mau māmā, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lawa ka koko momona oxygen i ko lākou kino.
ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo nui ka lohe ʻana i kēia ʻike, he mea nui ia e ʻike ʻia ua maopopo loa ka tetralogy of Fallot i nā poʻe loea naʻau kamaliʻi. Me ka mālama pono a me ka lapaʻau, nui nā keiki me kēia maʻi e ola i nā ola piha a hana nui.
ʻO ka Tetralogy of Fallot kahi maʻi naʻau e komo pū ana i nā pilikia ʻehā kūikawā e hana pū ana. Mai ka kauka Farani ʻo Étienne-Louis Arthur Fallot ka inoa, nāna i wehewehe mua i nā hemahema ʻehā a pau e hana pū ana i ka makahiki 1888.
ʻO kēia mau hemahema naʻau ʻehā he puka ma waena o nā keʻena naʻau haʻahaʻa, kahi ala i hoʻonui ʻia i nā māmā, kahi ʻiʻo naʻau ʻākau mānoanoa, a me ke kumu moku nui i kau ʻia ma luna o ka puka ma mua o ka keʻena hema wale nō. Ke hui pū kēia mau hemahema, pale lākou i ka naʻau o kāu keiki mai ka puʻunaue ʻana i ke koko momona oxygen i ko lākou kino.
Hoʻomohala ʻia kēia maʻi i loko o nā hebedoma ʻewalu mua o ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā e hoʻokumu ana i ka naʻau o kāu pēpē. Hana ʻia ia ma kahi o 3 a 5 paha i nā pēpē 10,000 i hānau ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi he mea maʻamau ʻole akā ʻaʻole maʻamau loa.
ʻO ka hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai he kala uliuli i ka ʻili, nā lehelehe, a me nā kui o kāu pēpē, i kapa ʻia ʻo cyanosis. Hana ʻia kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole lawa ka oxygen i lawe ʻia e ko lākou koko e hoʻokō i nā pono o ko lākou kino.
E ʻae mai iaʻu e hele pū me ʻoe i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomanaʻo ana he ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia keiki a hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā hōʻailona mai ka māmā a i ʻoi aku ka ʻike ʻia:
Hoʻomohala kekahi mau keiki i ka mea i kapa ʻia e nā kauka ʻo "tet spells" - nā hanana koke kahi e lilo ai lākou i uliuli loa a me ka manaʻo kaumaha paha. I kēia mau manawa, e ʻike paha ʻoe i kāu keiki e kūlou iho, kahi e kōkua ai e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kahe koko i ko lākou māmā.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia he ʻokoʻa loa nā hōʻailona mai ke keiki a i ke keiki. Hōʻike kekahi mau pēpē i nā hōʻailona maopopo ma hope koke o ka hānau ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e hoʻomohala kekahi i nā hōʻailona ʻike ʻia a hiki i ko lākou lilo ʻana i mea hana ma ke ʻano he mau kamaliʻi.
Hana ʻia ka Tetralogy of Fallot i ka wā ʻaʻole i hoʻomohala maʻamau ka naʻau o kāu pēpē i loko o nā mahina ʻelua mua o ka hāpai ʻana. ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu kikoʻī o kēia, a he mea nui ia e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻoe i hana a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana i ka wā hāpai i kēia kūlana.
Eia nā kumu e hoʻonui ai i ka hiki ke loaʻa kēia hemahema naʻau, ʻoiai ka nui o nā pēpē me ka tetralogy of Fallot i hānau ʻia i nā mākua me nā kumu pilikia ʻole.
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i ka tetralogy of Fallot ke lilo i ʻāpana o kahi syndrome genetic. Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona hou e like me nā ʻokoʻa aʻo a i ʻole nā hoʻopaneʻe ulu, akā nui nā keiki me ka tetralogy of Fallot e ulu maʻamau loa ma waho o ko lākou kūlana naʻau.
E hoʻomanaʻo he mea maʻamau loa nā hemahema naʻau congenital, e pili ana i kahi kokoke i 1 i 100 mau pēpē. ʻO ka mea nui, ua ʻike ʻia ke kūlana o kāu keiki i hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ka mālama e pono ai.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi kala uliuli i ka ʻili, nā lehelehe, a i ʻole nā manikū o kāu pēpē, e kelepona koke i kāu pediatrician. He mea nui loa kēia inā ʻike ʻia ke kala uliuli i ka wā e uē ai, e hānai ai, a i ʻole ka hana.
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama ola kino koke inā loaʻa i kāu keiki ka uliuli nui koke, ka pilikia hanu, ka hiolo ʻana, a i ʻole ke ʻano huhū a luhi paha. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻailona o kahi
I kekahi mau hihia kakaikahi, hele mai ka tetralogy of Fallot ma ke ʻano he hapa o kahi syndrome genetic nui aʻe. Hiki i nā keiki me kēia mau syndromes ke loaʻa nā pilikia olakino hou aku ma mua o ko lākou kūlana puʻuwai, akā ʻokoʻa ka kūlana o kēlā me kēia keiki.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole ia e manaʻo e loaʻa i kāu keiki nā pilikia puʻuwai, a ʻaʻole ka loaʻa ʻole ʻana o nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole ia e hōʻoia ʻaʻole lākou e loaʻa. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hele mai me ke kumu maopopo ʻole.
Me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana, hiki i ka tetralogy of Fallot ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, hiki ke pale ʻia a mālama ʻia paha ka nui o kēia mau pilikia.
E wehewehe wau i nā pilikia a nā kauka e nānā ai, i ʻike ʻoe i ka mea e hana nei kāu hui lapaʻau e pale aku ai:
Hiki ke nui aku ka nui o nā pilikia i nā keiki i loaʻa ʻole ka ʻoki kino hoʻoponopono, ʻoiai hiki ke ulu kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe ma hope o ka mālama kūleʻa. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka pono nui o ka mālama mālama mau me ka cardiologist pediatric ma ke ola holoʻokoʻa o kāu keiki.
He ʻano like ʻole ka pilikia o nā pilikia mai ke keiki a ke keiki. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka pae pilikia o kāu keiki a me nā hana āu e hiki ai ke hana e hoʻemi i nā pilikia.
Ua ʻike mua ʻia nā hihia he nui o ka tetralogy of Fallot i ka wā o nā ultrasound hāpai maʻamau, ma waena o 18 a me 22 mau pule. Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma mua o ka hānau ʻana, maʻamau ka hōʻoia ʻana o nā kauka i loko o nā lā mua a i ʻole nā pule o ke ola ke ʻike lākou i nā hōʻailona.
E komo ana ka hōʻoia ʻana o kāu keiki i nā hoʻokolohua he nui e kōkua i nā kauka e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka hana ʻana o ko lākou naʻau. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hōʻoluʻolu loa i kāu ʻōpiopio:
ʻO ka echocardiogram ka hoʻokolohua nui loa ma ka mea maʻamau no ka mea e hōʻike ana i nā kauka i nā hemahema ʻehā āpau. Hoʻohana kēia hoʻokolohua ʻeha ʻole i nā nalu leo e hana i nā kiʻi neʻe o ka naʻau o kāu keiki, a hiki ke hana ʻia ʻoiai e hiamoe ana kāu pēpē.
I kekahi manawa, pono nā kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe e hoʻolālā i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa. E wehewehe kāu cardiologist pediatric i nā hoʻokolohua e pono ai kāu keiki a me ke kumu o kēlā me kēia mea nui no ko lākou mālama.
ʻO ka ʻoki kino ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui no ka tetralogy of Fallot, a ʻo ka mea maikaʻi, ua holomua nui nā ʻano ʻoki kino i nā makahiki i hala. Pono ka hapa nui o nā keiki i ka ʻoki kino hoʻoponopono, maʻamau i hana ʻia i loko o ka makahiki mua a ʻelua paha o ke ola.
E hilinaʻi kāu papa hana lapaʻau no kāu keiki i ka nui o kona ʻano maʻi. E ʻae mai iaʻu e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma nā ala lapaʻau nui:
ʻO ka ʻoki kino hoʻoponopono piha maʻamau e komo pū ana i ka pani ʻana i ka puka ma waena o nā keʻena naʻau, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke ala ʻāpana i nā māmā, a i kekahi manawa e pani ana i ka puka pulmonary. ʻO kēia ʻoki kino nui maʻamau e lawe i nā hola he nui a pono i kahi noho ma ka ʻāpana mālama koʻikoʻi pediatric ma hope.
Pono paha kekahi mau pēpē i ka ʻoki kino manawa pōkole ma mua, ʻoiai inā he liʻiliʻi loa lākou a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. Hana kēia i kahi pilina pūpū liʻiliʻi e ʻae ai i ka nui o ke koko e kahe i nā māmā a hiki i ka wā e mākaukau ai lākou no ka hoʻoponopono piha.
E kūkākūkā kāu kauka naʻau pediatric i ka manawa kūpono a me ke ala kūpono no ke kūlana kikoʻī o kāu keiki. E noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea e like me ka nui o kāu keiki, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka nui o kā lākou mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke keiki me ka tetralogy of Fallot ma ka home, ʻo ia ka nānā pono ʻana i kā lākou mau pono, me ka kōkua ʻana iā lākou e ola maʻamau e like me ka hiki. E hāʻawi mai kāu hui lapaʻau i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī, akā eia nā kumu nui e kōkua ai.
ʻO ka mālama i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i ke olakino o kāu keiki a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā lākou ulu ʻana:
Inā loaʻa i kāu keiki nā "tet spells" kahi e lilo koke ai lākou i uliuli loa, e kōkua iā lākou i ka kūlana kuli-umauma (e like me ka kūlou ʻana) a e noho mālie ʻoe i ka wā e kāhea ai i kāu kauka. Hoʻoponopono koke ka hapa nui o nā spells, akā pono mau lākou i ka nānā ʻana o nā kauka.
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā keiki me ka tetralogy of Fallot e hiki ke komo i nā hana kamaliʻi maʻamau, ʻoiai paha e pono lākou e hoʻomaha pinepine. E alakaʻi aku kāu cardiologist iā ʻoe ma nā palena hana ma muli o ke kūlana kikoʻī o kāu keiki.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no nā hālāwai cardiology ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana pono i kou manawa me ka loea o kāu keiki. E hele mākaukau e kūkākūkā i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā o kāu keiki a me nā hopohopo āu i ʻike ai.
Eia nā mea āu e lawe mai ai a hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu mau hālāwai:
Mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā mea āu i ʻike ʻole ai. Makemake kāu hui lapaʻau e ʻike ʻoe i ka hilinaʻi e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu keiki, no laila e hoʻolilo lākou i ka manawa e wehewehe ai i nā kaʻina hana, nā hopena hoʻokolohua, a me nā hoʻolālā mālama.
Hiki ke kōkua ke kākau i ka ʻike nui i ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā, a i ʻole e nīnau inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻāpana nui o ke kūkākūkā. He nui nā ʻohana i ʻike he pono ke lawe mai i kahi hoa a hoa ʻohana paha no ke kākoʻo a e kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā kikoʻī nui.
ʻO Tetralogy of Fallot kahi kūlana naʻau koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e pili ana i nā tausani o nā keiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Me nā holomua i ka ʻoki kino naʻau pediatric a me ka mālama lapaʻau mau, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā keiki me kēia kūlana e manaʻo ʻia e ola i nā ola piha a hana nui.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama kūpono e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena. Loaʻa i ka hui lapaʻau o kāu keiki ka ʻike nui me kēia kūlana a e hana pili pono me ʻoe e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻOiai paha e paʻakikī ka huakaʻi i kekahi manawa, he nui nā ʻohana i ʻike ua aʻo lākou e pili ana i ka hoʻomanawanui, ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau, a me ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēlā me kēia milepōhaku. Hiki i kāu keiki ke ulu e komo i nā haʻuki, alualu i ka hoʻonaʻauao, loaʻa nā ʻoihana, a hoʻomaka i nā ʻohana ponoʻī.
He nui nā keiki me ka tetralogy of Fallot i hoʻoponopono ʻia e hiki ke komo i nā haʻuki a me nā hana kino, ʻoiai paha e pono ai kekahi mau hoʻololi. E loiloi kāu kauka naʻau i ka hana kikoʻī o ka naʻau o kāu keiki a hāʻawi i nā kuhikuhi e pili ana i nā hana palekana. Pono paha kekahi mau keiki e pale aku i nā haʻuki hoʻokūkū loa a i ʻole nā haʻuki kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke komo piha me ka nānā mau.
Pono nā keiki me ka tetralogy of Fallot i ka nānā mau ʻana o ka naʻau i ke ola a pau, ʻoiai ma hope o ka ʻoki kūleʻa. I ka hoʻomaka, hiki ke kipa i kēlā me kēia mau mahina, a laila maʻamau i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha manawa i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka wā e ulu ai kāu keiki. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka pinepine i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ko lākou naʻau a inā paha e ulu ana kekahi mau pilikia. Ke kōkua nei nā nānā maʻamau e hopu i nā pilikia i ka wā mua a e hōʻoia i ka olakino o kāu keiki.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe ala e pale ai i ka tetralogy of Fallot ʻoiai e ulu ana ia i ka wā hāpai mua. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mālama pono ʻana i ka mālama hāpai, ka lawe ʻana i nā huaora hāpai me ka folic acid, ka pale ʻana i ka waiʻona a me ka puhipaka i ka wā hāpai, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana olakino makuahine hiki ke kākoʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka naʻau. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hana ʻia me ka ʻole o ke kumu i ʻike ʻia a i ʻole nā kumu pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia.
Pono paha kekahi mau keiki i nā kaʻina hana hou aʻe i ko lākou ulu ʻana, akā nui ka poʻe e hana maikaʻi me ka hoʻoponopono mua wale nō. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka pono no nā ʻoki hou aʻe i nā mea e like me ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono mua, inā pono e hoʻololi i nā valve naʻau, a pehea ka ulu ʻana o ka naʻau o kāu keiki. E nānā kāu kauka naʻau i ka hana o ka naʻau o kāu keiki i ka manawa a kūkākūkā i nā kaʻina hana e hiki mai ana e pōmaikaʻi paha.
He mea nui ke kamaʻilio me kāu keiki e pili ana i kona kūlana naʻau ma nā ʻano kūpono i ko lākou makahiki. Hiki i nā keiki ʻōpio ke hoʻomaopopo ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi naʻau kūikawā e pono ai ke hoʻoponopono, a ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻike ai lākou i ke kauka naʻau. I ko lākou ulu ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i nā wehewehe kikoʻī hou aku. ʻO ka pololei a me ka maikaʻi e kōkua i nā keiki e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻomaopopo olakino o ko lākou kūlana a kūkulu i ka hilinaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou olakino i ko lākou ulu ʻana.
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