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ʻO TMJ ka pōkole no ka maʻi hui temporomandibular, kahi kūlana e pili ana i nā hui e hoʻopili ana i kou ihu i kou poʻo. E noʻonoʻo i kēia mau hui e like me nā hinge e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke wehe a pani i kou waha, ʻai, a ʻōlelo. Ke hewa kekahi mea i kēia mau hui a i ʻole nā muscle a puni lākou, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha, nā leo pā, a i ʻole ka paʻakikī e hoʻoneʻe i kou ihu maʻamau.
Hana ʻia ka maʻi TMJ i ka wā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi nā hui ihu pū. Aia nā hui temporomandibular o ʻoe ma mua o kou mau pepeiao, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui paʻakikī loa i kou kino.
Hana kēia mau hui me nā muscle, nā ligament, a me kahi diski liʻiliʻi e kōkua i kou ihu e neʻe i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole. Ke hoʻonāukiuki ʻia a i ʻole hōʻino ʻia kekahi ʻāpana o kēia ʻōnaehana, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokumu i ka hōʻiliʻili o nā hōʻailona a mākou e kapa nei he maʻi TMJ.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pilikia TMJ he manawa pōkole a e hoʻomaikaʻi me nā mālama maʻalahi. ʻAʻole ʻoe wale nō e hana pū me kēia, a nui nā ala maikaʻi e loaʻa ai ka hōʻoluʻolu.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona TMJ ke ʻokoʻa loa mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka, akā ʻo ka ʻeha ihu ka mea maʻamau loa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia ʻeha ke ʻai ʻoe, ke kamaʻilio nei, a i ʻole i ka hoʻomaha wale nō.
Eia nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai me ka maʻi TMJ:
Aia kekahi poʻe e ʻike pū ana i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole e like me ka hilo a i ʻole ka kani ʻana o nā pepeiao. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hele mai a hele aku, a ʻoi aku paha ka nui o ka pilikia i nā manawa kaumaha a i ʻole ke ʻānai nui ʻana i kou ʻāʻī ma mua o ka maʻamau.
ʻEkolu mau ʻano nui o nā maʻi TMJ, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i kāu mālama. Hoʻopili kēlā me kēia ʻano i kahi ʻāpana like ʻole o kāu ʻōnaehana ihu.
ʻO ka ʻano mua e pili ana i nā pilikia me nā ʻiʻo e kaohi ana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ihu. Ke kapa ʻia nei kēia he ʻeha myofascial, a ʻo ia ka ʻano maʻamau loa o ka maʻi TMJ. E ʻike maʻamau ʻoe i ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo a me ka palupalu a puni kou ihu, luakini, a me ka ʻāʻī.
ʻO ka ʻano lua e hana ana i ka pilikia me ka disc i loko o kou hui ihu. Hana kēia disc e like me kahi uluna ma waena o nā iwi. Ke haʻalele ia mai kona wahi a i ʻole e hōʻino ʻia, e lohe paha ʻoe i nā kani pā a i ʻole ka pā, a e like paha kou ihu me ka hopu ʻia.
ʻO ke kolu o ke ʻano e pili ana i ka maʻi ʻili a i ʻole nā kūlana inflammatory ʻē aʻe e hoʻopili ana i ka hui ihu ponoʻī. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻokumu i ka ʻeha, pehu, a me ka neʻe palena ʻole, e like me ka maʻi ʻili ma nā hui ʻē aʻe ma kou kino.
Hiki i nā maʻi TMJ ke ulu mai nā kumu like ʻole, a i kekahi manawa he hui pū ʻana o nā kumu e hana pū ana. ʻAʻole maopopo mau ke kumu pololei, hiki ke manaʻo huhū, akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki maʻamau e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou kūlana.
Eia nā kumu maʻamau loa o ka maʻi TMJ:
I kekahi manawa, ulu mālie ka TMJ me ka ʻole o kekahi kumu maopopo. I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā maʻi pili i nā pūnaewele a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i nā pilikia ihu. ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻoiai ʻo ke kumu, aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua ai iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu.
Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā lōʻihi kou ʻeha ihu ma mua o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole e hoʻi hou mai. ʻOiai he nui nā hōʻailona TMJ e hoʻomaikaʻi ma o lākou iho, pono nā pilikia mau loa i ka nānā ʻana o ka ʻoihana.
E kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole niho inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui e pilikia ai i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo ʻana. Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama inā paʻa kou ihu i kahi kūlana ākea a pani paha, ʻoiai pono kēia i ka mālama koke.
ʻO nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka hele ʻana, ʻo ia nā poʻo ʻeha e pili ana i ka ʻeha ihu, nā loli lohe, a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole kōkua nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter. ʻO ka mālama mua pinepine e alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi, no laila mai kānalua e hoʻopili aku no ke kōkua i ka wā e pono ai.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea nui e loaʻa ai ka maʻi TMJ, ʻoiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau mea pilikia ʻaʻole e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e pale aku i kou olakino ihu.
Eia nā mea pilikia nui no ka TMJ:
Hiki nō hoʻi i ka Genetics ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana, ʻoiai ke holo nei ʻo TMJ i nā ʻohana. Eia naʻe, nui nā kānaka me nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa i nā pilikia TMJ, ʻoiai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me nā kumu pilikia maopopo ʻole e ʻike i nā hōʻailona.
Hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka maʻi TMJ me ka mālama kūpono, akā he mea maʻamau ke kānalua e pili ana i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke mālama ʻoe i nā hōʻailona i ka wā mua.
ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau loa ka ʻeha mau loa e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou ola. Hiki paha kēia ke paʻakikī i ka ʻai ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai, ke hoʻokūkū ma ka hana, a i ʻole ke loaʻa ʻana o ka hiamoe maikaʻi. Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i nā loli i kā lākou nahu a i ʻole ka ʻaʻahu niho mai ka wili ʻana.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka TMJ i mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i ka hōʻino nui aʻe i ka hui a i ʻole nā loli mau loa i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ihu. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā poʻo poʻo mau loa a i ʻole ke hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilikia lua e like me ka ʻeha ʻāʻī a i ʻole nā pilikia pepeiao.
Eia naʻe, me ka mālama a me ka mālama kūpono, hiki ke pale ʻia a i ʻole ke mālama pono ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia. E hana pū kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e hoʻemi i nā hopena lōʻihi a kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ka hana maikaʻi o ka ihu.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā hihia āpau o TMJ, aia kekahi mau hana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hoʻemi i kou pilikia a pale i kou mau hui ihu. Nui nā hoʻolālā pale ʻana e kau i ka manaʻo i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ke kaumaha ma kāu ihu a me ka mālama ʻana i nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi.
Eia kekahi mau ala kūpono e kōkua ai i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia TMJ:
Hiki i nā nānā niho maʻamau ke kōkua pū i ka hopu ʻana i nā pilikia ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kāu mau hono ʻāʻī. Inā ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e ʻāʻī ana i kou ʻāʻī i ka lā, hiki i nā hoʻomanaʻo mālie e hoʻomaha ke lilo i maʻa kōkua.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana o TMJ e hoʻomaka pinepine me kāu kauka a kauka niho paha e nīnau ana e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a e nānā ana i kou ʻāʻī. ʻAʻohe hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi no TMJ, no laila e hilinaʻi ka hōʻoia ʻana ma kāu moʻolelo hōʻailona a me ka nānā kino.
I ka wā o ka nānā ʻana, e hoʻolohe kāu mea lawelawe olakino i kāu mau hono ʻāʻī i kou wehe ʻana a me ka pani ʻana i kou waha. E ʻike pū lākou i nā ʻiʻo a puni kou ʻāʻī a e nānā i ka laulā o kou wehe ʻana i kou waha a inā neʻe maʻamau kou ʻāʻī.
I kekahi manawa, pono nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e kiʻi i kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi aʻe o kāu mau hono ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā X-rays, nā CT scans, a i ʻole nā kiʻi MRI. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hōʻoia a mālama ʻia nā hihia he nui o TMJ ma muli o nā hōʻailona a me ka nānā wale nō.
Hiki i kāu mea hoʻolako ke nīnau pū e pili ana i kou pae kaumaha, nā maʻa moe, a me kekahi hana niho hou, ʻoiai hiki i kēia mau mea āpau ke hoʻopili i nā hōʻailona TMJ.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana o TMJ e hoʻomaka pinepine me nā ʻano mālama mālie e hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka pinepine ma ka home. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka kahi hōʻoluʻolu nui me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻalahi, a ʻaʻole pinepine ka ʻoki ʻana.
ʻO ka lāʻau mua loa, maʻamau, ʻo ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā hono o kou ihu a me nā lāʻau anti-inflammatory e like me ka ibuprofen. Hiki i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā ʻeke hau no 10-15 mau minuke i ka manawa ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka pehu, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā lā mua.
Eia nā ʻano lapaʻau maʻamau e hiki ai i kāu mea lawelawe ola ke ʻōlelo aku:
I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi i kōkua ʻole ai nā lapaʻau mālama, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nā koho holomua e like me ka arthroscopy a i ʻole ka ʻokiʻoki hono. Eia naʻe, loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ka hōʻoluʻolu me nā ala mālie, no laila he mea hope loa nā lapaʻau hoʻopilikia.
He nui nā mea pono e hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona TMJ a kākoʻo i kou ola hou. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau hana mālama ponoʻī me ka lapaʻau ʻoihana a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu nui.
E hoʻomaka me nā hana ihu mālie e mālama i kou mau hono i ka neʻe a hōʻemi i ka paʻakikī. Hiki i nā neʻe maʻalahi e like me ka wehe mālie a me ka pani ʻana i kou waha a i ʻole ka lomilomi mālie i kou mau ʻiʻo ihu ke kōkua nui loa i ka hana mau.
Eia nā hana mālama home kūpono no ka TMJ:
E makaʻala i nā ʻano maikaʻi ʻole e hoʻonāukiuki ana i kou mau hōʻailona, e like me ka ʻai ʻana i nā peni a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī ʻana i ka ihu i ka wā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana. Hiki i nā loli liʻiliʻi i kou hana i kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻololi nui i ke ʻano o kou ihu.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kau ʻana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka pono loa mai kāu kipa a e hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu mea lawelawe ola kino nā ʻike āpau e pono ai e kōkua iā ʻoe. ʻO ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kekahi mau minuke e hoʻonohonoho i kou mau manaʻo ma mua e hana i ka kipa ʻoi aku ka hua.
E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona āpau, me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou a me nā mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. E hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻano āu i ʻike ai, e like me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hōʻailona i ke kakahiaka a i ʻole ma hope o nā lā kaumaha.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei, me nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter. Eia kekahi, e kākau i kekahi hana niho hou, nā hōʻeha, a i ʻole nā kaumaha nui o ke ola e pili ana paha i nā pilikia o kou ihu.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me nā koho lapaʻau i loaʻa, pehea ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻōla maʻamau, a me nā mea āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home e kōkua. Mai hopohopo e nīnau i nā nīnau he nui - makemake kāu mea lawelawe ola kino e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana.
He maʻi maʻamau ka TMJ e pili ana i nā hui a me nā ʻiʻo o kou waha, e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻeha a me ka pilikia i ka neʻe maʻamau o ka waha. ʻOiai he hōʻoluʻolu ʻole a hopohopo paha nā hōʻailona, ʻo ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻōla ʻana o ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka mālama kūpono.
Hoʻomaikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā hihia TMJ me nā lāʻau mālama mālama e like me ka hoʻomaha, ka mālama ʻeha, a me nā loli ola maʻalahi. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻeha i ka noʻonoʻo ʻole a hopohopo paha e ʻoi aku ka nui o kou mau hōʻailona ma hope.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i ka ʻeha o ka waha a i ʻole nā hōʻailona TMJ ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hoʻopili ʻana i kāu mea lawelawe olakino he hana maikaʻi ia e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Me ka hui kūpono o ka mālama ʻoihana a me ka mālama ponoʻī, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona a hoʻi i ka hana maʻamau o ka waha.
Hoʻomaikaʻi ka nui o nā hihia TMJ ma luna o lākou iho, ʻoi aku inā pili lākou i nā kumu manawa pōkole e like me ke kaumaha a i ʻole ka hōʻeha iki. Eia naʻe, pono e loiloi ʻia nā hōʻailona e mau ana ma mua o kekahi mau pule a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā e ka mea lawelawe olakino. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka mālama mua i ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki a hiki ke pale aku i nā hōʻailona mai ka lilo ʻana i maʻi mau.
ʻAe, hiki i ka TMJ ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona pili i ka pepeiao no ka mea kokoke loa nā hui o kou waha i kāu mau kahawai pepeiao. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻeha pepeiao, ka manaʻo piha i kou mau pepeiao, a i ʻole kekahi mau loli lohe. Loaʻa kēia mau hōʻailona no ka mea pili nā ʻiʻo a me nā aʻalolo a puni kou hui waha i nā ʻano i kou wahi pepeiao.
ʻOi aku ka pinepine o ka maʻi TMJ i nā wāhine ma mua o nā kāne, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā wāhine i ko lākou mau makahiki hānau keiki. He mea pili paha kēia i nā kumu hormonal, nā ʻokoʻa i ka ʻike ʻeha, a i ʻole nā helu kiʻekiʻe o ke kaumaha a me ka hopohopo. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka TMJ ke hoʻopili i kekahi me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki a i ʻole ka wahine, no laila mai hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā hōʻailona ma muli o nā helu demografik wale nō.
ʻO ke kaumaha kekahi o nā kumu nui e hoʻopilikia ai i ka maʻi TMJ. Ke kaumaha ʻoe, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou ʻāʻī ʻana i kou ihu, wili ʻana i kou mau niho, a i ʻole ka paʻa ʻana o ke kaumaha i kou mau ʻiʻo maka. Hiki i kēia hoʻoikaika hou aku ma kāu mau hono ihu a me nā ʻiʻo ke hoʻoulu a hoʻonāwaliwali paha i nā hōʻailona TMJ. ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha, nā hana hoʻoikaika kino, a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻo hiki ke lilo i ʻāpana nui o ka mālama.
Hoʻololi ka manawa ho'ōla no ka TMJ ma muli o ka nui o kou mau hōʻailona a me ke kumu kumu. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai ʻike kekahi poʻe i kekahi mau pule a i ʻole mau mahina e hoʻōla piha ai. Hoʻonā ka hapa nui o nā hihia TMJ koʻikoʻi i loko o kekahi mau pule me ka mālama kūpono. Hiki i kāu mea lawelawe olakino ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi manaʻo maikaʻi aʻe o ka mea e manaʻo ai ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī.
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