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ʻO nā nodu thyroid he mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā mea ulu e hana ana i loko o kou gland thyroid, kahi ʻano pepeiao butterfly ma kou ʻāʻī. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā nodu thyroid he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa, a nui nā kānaka i loaʻa iā lākou me ka ʻike ʻole. ʻOiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻāpana ma kou ʻāʻī hiki ke hopohopo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā nodu thyroid he palekana a ʻaʻole pono i ka lapaʻau.
ʻO nā nodu thyroid he mau ʻāpana paʻa a i ʻole wai e ulu ana i loko o kou gland thyroid. Aia kou thyroid ma ke kumu o kou ʻāʻī, ma lalo pono o kou ʻāʻī Adam, a hana i nā hormones e kaohi i kou metabolism.
Hiki i kēia mau nodu ke liʻiliʻi e like me kekahi mau milimita a ulu nui e hiki ke ʻike ma o kou ʻili. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā nodu e ulu mālie ana ma ka manawa a ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia i ka hana maʻamau o kou thyroid. Ma kahi o 95% o nā nodu thyroid he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa.
ʻO kekahi mau nodu he mau nodu "wela" e hana ana i ka hormone thyroid hou aku, ʻoiai ʻo nā nodu ʻē aʻe he mau nodu "anuanu" ʻaʻole hana i ka hormone. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā nodu anuanu, akā he mea maʻamau ʻole ka lilo ʻana o nā nodu wela i kanesa.
ʻO ka nui o nā nodu thyroid ʻaʻole hana i nā hōʻailona a loaʻa i ka wā o nā hoʻokolohua kino maʻamau a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi no nā kūlana ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau nodu ke hana i nā loli i ʻike ʻia e hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo a i ʻole ʻike.
Ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Inā hana kāu nodu i ka hormone thyroid nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka hyperthyroidism. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana i ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, ka pohō kaumaha wehe ʻole, ka hopohopo, ka hou, a me ka pilikia i ka hiamoe.
Hiki i nā nodu nui ke kaomi i kou windpipe a i ʻole esophagus, e hoʻopilikia i ka hanu a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana. He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia akā pono e haʻi aku i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau hōʻailona.
Loaʻa nā nodu thyroid i kekahi mau ʻano like ʻole, kēlā me kēia me nā ʻano kūikawā. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻokoʻa ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kūkākūkā maikaʻi i kou kūlana me kāu mea lawelawe olakino.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO kahi hapa liʻiliʻi o nā nodu he kanesa paha, e komo pū ana i nā kanesa papillary, follicular, medullary, a i ʻole anaplastic thyroid. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai ma o nā hoʻokolohua a me nā nānā ʻana.
Hiki i nā nodu thyroid ke ulu no kekahi mau kumu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike mau nā kauka i ke kumu o ka hana ʻana i nā hihia pilikino. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā kumu hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e nānā i kou olakino thyroid.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau ʻole e komo pū ana i kekahi mau syndromes genetic, ka hana ʻoki thyroid mua, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea ʻino kūloko kūikawā. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā wahine e ulu i nā nodu thyroid ma mua o nā kāne, ma muli paha o nā kumu hormonal.
I kekahi manawa, ulu nā nodu me ka ʻole o ke kumu maopopo, he mea maʻamau loa kēia. Hiki i kāu ʻiʻo thyroid ke ulu wale i ka manawa, e hana ana i kēia mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli maʻamau ʻole ma kou wahi ʻāʻī a i ʻole loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e pili ana paha i kou thyroid. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke hāʻawi i ka maluhia o ka manaʻo a hōʻoia i ka nānā pono.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
E ʻimi i ka mālama olakino koke inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hanu a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i kahi nodu nui e kaomi ana i nā ʻano nui ma kou ʻāʻī. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia, pono ia i ka loiloi koke.
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka kanesa thyroid a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻike radiation i kou poʻo a i ʻole kou ʻāʻī. Hiki i kāu kauka ke loiloi i kou pilikia pilikino a hāʻawi i nā hoʻokolohua kūpono.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e ulu ai i nā nodu thyroid, ʻoiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻia e ulu maoli ʻoe iā lākou. Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea i kāu kauka e loiloi i kou kūlana pilikino.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā kumu pilikia hou aku e komo pū ana i ka noho ʻana ma nā wahi me ka lepo iodine-deficient, ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi thyroid autoimmune, a me nā pilikia thyroid mua. Hiki i ka hāpai ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia nodu ma muli o nā loli hormonal.
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ʻole, e like me ka Cowden syndrome a i ʻole Carney complex, ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā nodu thyroid kekahi o kēia mau kūlana maʻamau ʻole.
ʻOiai he mea palekana ka hapa nui o nā nodu thyroid, hiki i kekahi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia e hoʻopilikia i kou olakino a me kou ola. Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai a i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama hou aku.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO ka pilikia koʻikoʻi akā maʻamau ʻole ka kanesa thyroid. Ma kahi o 5% o nā nodu thyroid he kanesa, akā ʻoiai ʻo ka kanesa thyroid pinepine loa he prognosis maikaʻi loa ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua a mālama ʻia me ka kūpono.
Hiki i kekahi mau nodu ke ulu nui i ka manawa, e hoʻonui ana i nā hōʻailona. Hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke lilo i multinodular goiter, kahi e hana ai nā nodu he nui i ka ulu ʻana o kou thyroid holoʻokoʻa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā nodu thyroid a pau, hiki i kekahi mau koho nohona ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia. ʻO ke kī ka mālama ʻana i ka olakino thyroid maikaʻi ma o ka ʻai kūpono a me ka pale ʻana i nā kumu pilikia i ʻike ʻia ke hiki.
ʻO nā hoʻolālā pale e komo pū ana:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā pilikia thyroid, e kūkākūkā i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nānā me kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo i nā nānā thyroid pinepine a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā ma muli o kou pilikia pilikino.
Hiki i ka pale ʻana i ka puhi ʻana ke kōkua pū, ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei kekahi mau haʻawina e hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paka ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia nodu thyroid. Ke kākoʻo nei ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha a me ka mālama ʻana i ka olakino maikaʻi i kou ʻōnaehana pale a hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā kūlana thyroid autoimmune.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā nodu thyroid e komo pū ana i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu e hoʻoholo ai i ko lākou nui, nā ʻano, a inā pono lākou i ka lapaʻau. E hoʻohana kāu kauka i ka hui pū ʻana o ka nānā kino, nā hoʻokolohua koko, a me nā kiʻi e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana diagnostic e komo pū ana:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e like me ka thyroid scan, kahi e hoʻohana ai i ka iodine radioactive e ʻike i ka hana ʻana o kou thyroid. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā he wela a anuanu nā nodu.
ʻO ka biopsy FNA ka hoʻokolohua nui loa no ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā he kanesa kahi nodu. He kaʻina hana maʻalahi loa ia i hana ʻia ma ke keʻena, a ʻoiai paha e manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hāʻawi ia i ka ʻike nui e pili ana i ke ʻano o kāu nodu.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no nā nodu thyroid e hilinaʻi ana i ko lākou nui, ʻano, a inā hana lākou i nā hōʻailona. Nui nā nodu pono wale nō ke nānā ʻana, ʻoiai nā mea ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka hoʻopili hou aku e pale i kou olakino.
ʻO nā koho lapaʻau e komo pū ana:
No nā nodu benign ʻaʻole hana i nā hōʻailona, e manaʻo paha kāu kauka i ka nānā maʻamau me nā ultrasounds i kēlā me kēia 6 a 18 mau mahina. ʻAe kēia ala i ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā loli me ka ʻole o ka lapaʻau pono ʻole.
Inā he kanesa kāu nodu, manaʻo pinepine ʻia ka hana ʻoki. ʻO ka nui o ka hana ʻoki e hilinaʻi ana i ke ʻano a me ke kahua o ka kanesa, mai ka wehe ʻana i kahi hapa o ka thyroid a hiki i ka thyroidectomy piha me ka mālama ʻana i ka iodine radioactive.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka lapaʻau lapaʻau no nā nodu thyroid, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻolālā mālama home ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i nā hōʻailona a kākoʻo i kou olakino thyroid holoʻokoʻa. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ala me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu kauka.
ʻO ka mālama home kākoʻo e komo pū ana:
E pale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ponoʻī me nā mea hoʻohui iodine ke ʻole kāu kauka e ʻōlelo aku, ʻoiai hiki i ka iodine nui ke hoʻopilikia i kekahi mau kūlana thyroid. Pēlā nō, mai ho'āʻo e lomilomi a hoʻopili i nā nodu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia e kōkua a hiki ke hoʻopilikia.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hiki i nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen ke kōkua. Eia naʻe, e nīnau mau i kāu kauka ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau hou, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lāʻau thyroid.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu manawa e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu kipa a hāʻawi i kāu kauka i ka ʻike nui no ka ʻike pololei a me ka hoʻolālā mālama. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke kōkua i ka hoʻoluhi i kekahi hopohopo e pili ana i kou kūlana.
Ma mua o kāu manawa:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a i ʻole hoaaloha e kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo. Mai kānalua e noi i ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomaopopo i kahi mea i wehewehe ʻia e kāu kauka.
E kūpaʻa e pili ana i nā hopohopo a i ʻole nā makaʻu āu e loaʻa nei. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoia a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou kūlana kikoʻī ke ʻike lākou i ka mea e hopohopo nui nei iā ʻoe.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau loa nā nodu thyroid a he mea maʻamau loa. ʻOiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻāpana ma kou ʻāʻī hiki ke hopohopo, ʻaʻole pilikia nui ka hapa nui o nā nodu thyroid a hiki ke nānā ʻia a mālama ʻia me ka maikaʻi.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka loiloi lapaʻau kūpono kou mau mea hana maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā nodu thyroid me ka holomua. ʻO nā nānā maʻamau a me ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu kauka e hōʻoia i ka hopu ʻia ʻana o nā loli i ka wā mua a mālama ʻia me ka kūpono.
Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā nodu thyroid ke hoʻomau i ka noho ʻana i ka ola maʻamau, olakino. ʻOiai ke pono ai ka lapaʻau, he mea maikaʻi loa nā ala lapaʻau o kēia lā a he mea liʻiliʻi loa ka hoʻopilikia.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i ka hana ʻana me nā nodu thyroid, a aia kāu hui olakino e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke ala. Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike me nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo e pili ana i kou kūlana.
Hiki i kekahi mau nodu thyroid, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā mea liʻiliʻi cystic, ke emi a nalowale i ka manawa me ka ʻole o ka lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā nodu paʻa e mau a ulu mālie ana. Ke kōkua nei ka nānā maʻamau me kāu kauka e hahai i nā loli a hoʻoholo inā pono ka lapaʻau.
ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine i ʻekolu a ʻehā mau manawa e ulu i nā nodu thyroid ma mua o nā kāne. Manaʻo ʻia kēia ʻokoʻa e pili ana i nā kumu hormonal, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā pae estrogen. Pono nā wahine e makaʻala nui i ka olakino thyroid, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā hāpai a me ka menopause i ka wā e loli nui ai nā pae hormone.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hana pololei ke kaumaha i nā nodu thyroid, hiki i ke kaumaha mau ke hoʻopilikia i kou ʻōnaehana pale a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā kūlana thyroid autoimmune e like me Hashimoto's thyroiditis, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka hana ʻana o nā nodu. Ke kākoʻo nei ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā koho nohona olakino i ka olakino thyroid holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine ʻia nā nodu benign me ka ultrasound i kēlā me kēia 6 a 18 mau mahina, ma muli o ko lākou nui a me nā ʻano. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka papahana nānā maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī. Hiki i nā nodu e mau ana i ka manawa ke pono i ka nānā pinepine ʻole.
Ke kākoʻo nei ka ʻai kaulike me ka iodine lawa i ka hana olakino thyroid, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopau i nā nodu i loaʻa. Hiki i ka nele iodine a me ka nui ke hoʻopilikia i nā pilikia thyroid. E nānā i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai like ʻole me ka paʻakai iodized, nā mea kai, nā huahana waiū, a me nā meaʻai selenium-rich e like me nā nati Brazil no ka olakino thyroid maikaʻi loa.
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