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ʻO ka tonsillitis kahi maʻi a i ʻole ka mumū o kou tonsils, ʻo ia nā ʻāpana ʻelua o ka ʻiʻo oval ma hope o kou puʻu. E noʻonoʻo i kou tonsils ma ke ʻano he laina pale mua o kou kino i nā germs e komo mai ana ma kou waha a me kou ihu.
ʻOiai hiki i ka tonsillitis ke manaʻo ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hopohopo, he mea maʻamau loa ia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka hapa nui o nā hihia i loko o hoʻokahi pule me ka mālama pono, a he mea maʻamau ʻole nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lapaʻau kūpono.
Hana ʻia ka tonsillitis ke pehu a maʻi kou tonsils, maʻamau ma nā mea hoʻomaʻi a i ʻole nā bacteria. ʻO kou tonsils kahi ʻāpana o kou ʻōnaehana pale, e hana ana e like me nā kiaʻi e hopu i nā germs ʻino ma mua o ka hele ʻana i loko o kou kino.
Ke lanakila nā germs i nā pale o kou tonsils, lilo lākou i ʻulaʻula, pehu, a ʻeha. ʻO kēia pane pale kūlohelohe ka ala o kou kino e hakakā ai i ka maʻi, ʻoiai ke hana nei ia iā ʻoe e manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole no kekahi manawa.
Hiki i ke kūlana ke ʻoi aku ka nui, e mau ana i kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule paha, a i ʻole ka maʻi lōʻihi inā hoʻomau ia e hoʻi mai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i ka tonsillitis ʻoi aku ka nui, kahi e pane maikaʻi ai i ka hoʻomaha a me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka hōʻailona maopopo loa o ka tonsillitis ka ʻeha o ka puʻu e hana ai i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai a i ʻole ka inu ʻana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia hōʻailona i ka kakahiaka mua a i ʻole ke ho'āʻo ʻana e ʻai a inu paha.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
I kekahi manawa, e hiki mai paha ka ʻeha pepeiao, no ka pili ʻana o kou pepeiao a me kou ʻāʻī. Hiki ke ʻoi aku ka ʻeha ma kekahi ʻaoʻao inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o kekahi tonsil.
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i nā hihia koʻikoʻi ke hoʻopilikia i ka wehe piha ʻana o kou waha, ka luhe ʻana ma muli o ka ʻeha o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole ka leo palupalu e like me ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka ʻuala wela i loko o kou waha.
Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine nā kauka i ka tonsillitis i ʻekolu ʻano nui ma muli o ka lōʻihi o nā hōʻailona a me ka pinepine o ka loaʻa ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā ho'ōla.
ʻO ka tonsillitis ʻoi aku ka maʻamau, e mau ana mai kekahi mau lā a hiki i ʻelua pule. E hele koke mai kāu mau hōʻailona a hoʻopau maʻamau me ka mālama kūpono a me ka hoʻomaha.
ʻO ka tonsillitis hou hou ka manaʻo o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hanana he nui i loko o ka makahiki, i kapa pinepine ʻia he ʻehiku a ʻoi aku paha nā maʻi i hoʻokahi makahiki, ʻelima a ʻoi aku paha i kēlā me kēia o nā makahiki ʻelua e pili ana, a ʻekolu a ʻoi aku paha i kēlā me kēia o nā makahiki ʻekolu e pili ana.
ʻO ka tonsillitis mau loa ka manaʻo o nā hōʻailona mau e mau ana no nā wiki a i ʻole nā mahina. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻeha mau ʻāʻī, ka hanu ʻino, a i ʻole nā nā huʻi lymph pehu ʻole e hoʻopau loa ma waena o nā flare-ups.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka Tonsillitis i ka wā e hoʻopili ai nā mea hoʻomaʻi a i ʻole nā bacteria i kāu tonsils, e lanakila ana i kā lākou mau ʻano pale kūlohelohe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā mākua, i hana ʻia e nā mea hoʻomaʻi maʻamau.
ʻO nā maʻi viral ka mea nui o nā hihia tonsillitis a me:
ʻO nā maʻi bacterial, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi a koi pinepine i ka lāʻau antibiotic. ʻO ka hui A Streptococcus (strep throat) ka mea e hoʻokumu ai i ka hapa nui o nā hihia tonsillitis bacterial.
ʻO nā kumu bacteria ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, a ma nā hihia kakaikahi, nā bacteria ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole maʻamau. He kakaikahi loa, hiki i nā maʻi fungal ke hoʻoulu i ka tonsillitis, maʻamau i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka tonsillitis ma o nā kulu hanu ke ʻāʻī, ke ʻūhū, a i ʻole ke kamaʻilio kokoke mai kekahi me ka maʻi. ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā mea inu, nā mea hana, a i ʻole ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā ʻili haumia hiki ke hoʻolaha i ka maʻi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola kino inā lōʻihi kou ʻeha ʻāʻī ma mua o 24 a 48 mau hola, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke hele pū me ka mahana. Hiki i ka mālama ola kino koke ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ʻoe i nā lāʻau ʻalopona a pale aku i nā pilikia.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau hōʻailona hopohopo:
E kāhea no ka mālama pilikia koke inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hanu, paʻakikī loa ke ʻai, a i ʻole inā manaʻo ʻoe e pani ana kou ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻike i kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama wikiwiki.
No nā keiki, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu pediatrician inā hōʻole lākou e inu i nā wai, loaʻa iā lākou ka mahana no ʻekolu lā a ʻoi aku paha, a i ʻole ke ʻano huhū a luhi paha.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka tonsillitis, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i kēia maʻi maʻamau. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā palekana kūpono.
He mea nui ka makahiki, ʻo nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio ka poʻe i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. ʻO nā keiki ma waena o 5 a me 15 mau makahiki ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka tonsillitis, no ka mea, ke ulu nei ko lākou ʻōnaehana pale a hoʻopili pinepine ʻia lākou i nā germs ma ke kula.
Hiki i kou wahi a me nā koho noho ola ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā mākua me nā kūlana olakino lōʻihi e like me ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi naʻau, a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau immunosuppressive. Hiki i ka puhipaka a i ʻole ka hoʻopili ʻia i ka uahi puhipaka ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou ʻāʻī a hoʻonui i ka maʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e palekana mai ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ka tonsillitis inā ua loaʻa mua iā ʻoe. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ka maʻi i kekahi poʻe, ma muli paha o ke ʻano a i ʻole ka nui o ko lākou tonsils a i ʻole nā kumu ʻōnaehana pale pilikino.
Hoʻōla ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka tonsillitis me ka ʻole o nā pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama kūpono a me ka hoʻomaha. Eia naʻe, he mea kōkua ke ʻike i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke kōkua inā ʻoi aku ka ʻino o nā hōʻailona.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e hiki ke loaʻa:
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia ʻoi aku ka nui akā he mea maʻamau ʻole inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ka strep throat. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana i ka maʻi rheumatic, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia i kou naʻau, nā hono, a me ka lolo, a i ʻole ka post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, kahi kūlana o ka puʻupaʻa.
Lohi loa, hiki i ka tonsillitis koʻikoʻi ke hoʻopilikia i ka hanu inā nui loa ka pehu. Hiki i ka tonsillitis mau loa ke alakaʻi i ka hanu ʻino mau, ka ʻeha ʻāʻī mau, a i ʻole ka nele pinepine i ka hana a i ʻole nā lā kula.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi bacteria e pono ai ka lāʻau antibiotic.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale loa i ka tonsillitis, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma ka hahai ʻana i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale. Hiki i kēia mau hana maʻalahi ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana.
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima kou pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i ka maʻi. Holoi pono i kou mau lima me ka kopa a me ka wai mahana no ka liʻiliʻi he 20 kekona, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana, ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lumipaku, a ma hope o ka noho ʻana i nā wahi lehulehu.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kēia mau hana pale i kēlā me kēia lā:
Inā ua maʻi ʻoe, e pale i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma ka uhi ʻana i kou waha i ka wā e ʻae a i ʻole kuʻi ai, e noho ma ka home a hiki i kou wela ʻole no 24 mau hola, a e holoi pinepine i kou mau lima.
E pani i kāu pulu niho ma hope o ka ho'ōla ʻana mai ka tonsillitis e pale aku i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana iā ʻoe iho me nā germs e waiho ana.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike pinepine i ka tonsillitis ma ke nānā ʻana i kou ʻāʻī a nīnau e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona. He pololei ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻike ʻana a kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou hihia kūikawā.
I kou kipa ʻana, e nānā kāu mea mālama ola i kou ʻāʻī me ka kukui a me ka mea hoʻopā i ka lelo. E nānā lākou i ka ʻulaʻula, ka pehu, nā ʻāpana keʻokeʻo, a i ʻole ka pus ma kou tonsils a e nānā i kou ʻāʻī no nā lymph nodes pehu.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke hana i kēia mau hoʻokolohua hou aku:
Hāʻawi ka hoʻokolohua wikiwiki strep i nā hopena i loko o nā minuke, ʻoiai ka moʻomeheu ʻāʻī e lawe i 24 a 48 mau hola akā ʻoi aku ka pololei. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻomaka i ka lapaʻau ma muli o kou mau hōʻailona a me ka nānā kino ʻana ʻoiai e kali ana no nā hopena moʻomeheu.
I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi i manaʻo ʻia ai nā pilikia, pono paha nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e like me nā CT scans. Eia naʻe, ʻike ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia tonsillitis ma o ka nānā kino maʻalahi a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka tonsillitis e hilinaʻi ana inā he viral a bacterial paha ka maʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia he viral a maikaʻi ma luna o lākou iho me ka mālama kākoʻo, ʻoiai nā maʻi bacteria e pono ai nā antibiotics e pale aku i nā pilikia.
No ka tonsillitis viral, e kaukaʻi kāu kauka i ka kōkua ʻana iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu aʻe ʻoiai e hakakā ana kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka maʻi. Hana maikaʻi kēia ala no ka mea ʻaʻole kōkua nā antibiotics i nā mea virus.
ʻO ka lapaʻau tonsillitis bacterial e komo pinepine ana:
He mea nui ke hoʻopau i ka papa lāʻau āpau, ʻoiai inā ua maikaʻi kou manaʻo ma hope o kekahi mau lā. Hiki i ka hoʻōki koke ʻana ke alakaʻi i ka nele o ka mālama ʻana a me nā pilikia koʻikoʻi paha.
No ka tonsillitis e hoʻi hou mai ana, hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka tonsillectomy, ka wehe ʻana i nā tonsils ma ke ʻoki ʻana. Manaʻo pinepine ʻia kēia hana ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi pinepine e hoʻopilikia nui i kou ola.
He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha, ʻoiai ka kumu. Hiki i nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma ka hale kūʻai ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka wela, e ʻoluʻolu ai ʻoe i ka wā e ola hou ai.
He kuleana nui ka mālama home i kou ola hou ʻana mai ka tonsillitis, e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaʻina hoʻōla kūlohelohe o kou kino. Hiki i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau mālie ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu nui i kou wā e ola hou ai.
He mea nui ka hoʻomaha ʻana no ka hoʻōla ʻana, no laila e hoʻomaha i ka hana a i ʻole ke kula a loaʻa ka nui o ka hiamoe. Hana maikaʻi loa kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka wā ʻaʻole i kaumaha ʻia kou kino e nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.
E ho'āʻo i kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau home e hōʻoluʻolu ai:
E noho mau i ka wai maikaʻi ma ka inu ʻana i ka nui o nā wai, ʻoiai inā paʻakikī ke ʻai. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻūlū liʻiliʻi, pinepine ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e inu i nā nui nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi.
E pale i ka puhipaka a me ka ua puhipaka, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻoino i ka huhū o ka ʻāʻī a hoʻopaneʻe i ka hoʻōla ʻana. Inā puhipaka ʻoe maʻamau, he manawa maikaʻi kēia e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻōla i kou ʻāʻī.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa a ʻaʻole e poina i nā kikoʻī koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona. He lōʻihi ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke kōkua ʻana i kāu kauka e hana i kahi ʻike pololei.
E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona ma mua o ke kipa ʻana, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, pehea ka nui o ko lākou ʻino, a me nā mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻino paha iā lākou. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana kūikawā.
E lawe mai i kēia ʻike koʻikoʻi i kāu kūkā:
E noʻonoʻo e loaʻa i kekahi e hele pū me ʻoe inā ʻoe e manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole loa, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e pilikia ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā pono.
E hōʻea i kekahi mau minuke ma mua e hoʻopau i nā pepa hana pono ʻole me ka wikiwiki ʻole. Kōkua kēia e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāu kūkā i ka manawa a holo maikaʻi.
He maʻi maʻamau ka Tonsillitis, kahi maʻi māmā pinepine e hoʻōla piha ai ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha. ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo ʻole loa, he mea maʻamau nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono a hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mālama.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama lapaʻau. E kelepona i kāu mea lawelawe olakono no ka ʻeha ʻāʻī mau loa me ka mahana, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka nele o ka wai.
Me ka mālama kūpono, ka mālama home maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻomaha lawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi koke. Mai kānalua e hoʻopili aku i kāu mea lawelawe olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopohopo e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a i ʻole ka holomua o ka hoʻōla ʻana.
ʻO ka tonsillitis viral maʻamau e mau ana mai ka 7 a 10 mau lā, ʻoiai ʻo ka tonsillitis bacteria e maikaʻi maʻamau i loko o 2 a 3 mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lāʻau antibiotic. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hapanui o nā kānaka i loko o hoʻokahi pule, ʻoiai hiki ke lōʻihi ka hoʻōla piha a hiki i ʻelua pule. Inā mau nā hōʻailona ma mua o kēia, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola e kāpae i nā pilikia a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
ʻAe, he mea hoʻopilikia ka tonsillitis, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā lā mua o ka maʻi i ka wā i ʻoi aku ai ka nui o nā hōʻailona. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolaha i ka maʻi ma o nā kulu hanu i ka wā e ʻaeʻa ai, e kuhukū ai, a i ʻole e kamaʻilio ai. Me ka tonsillitis bacteria, maʻamau ʻoe e lilo i mea hoʻopilikia ʻole i loko o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lāʻau antibiotic. No nā hihia viral, e mau ana ʻoe i ka hoʻopilikia ʻana a hiki i kou loaʻa ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
Hiki i nā mākua ke loaʻa i ka tonsillitis, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maʻamau i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hihia o nā mākua he viral a hiki ke lōʻihi ke hoʻonā. Hiki i nā mākua ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui a pono e makaʻala i nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau, e like me ka wela kiʻekiʻe mau a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana.
E pale i nā meaʻai paʻakikī, ʻāʻī, a ʻawaʻawa paha e hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou ʻāʻī ʻeha. E noho mamao aku i nā hua citrus, nā tōmato, nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa, nā kīʻaha, nā kīʻaha, a me nā mea āpau me nā ʻano ʻili ʻili. Ma kahi o kēlā, e koho i nā koho palupalu a hoʻoluʻolu hoʻi e like me ka yogurt, pudding, smoothies, soup, a me ka ice cream. Hiki i nā wai mahana e like me ka tī herbal a i ʻole ka wai ʻai ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka hydration.
Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka tonsillectomy inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka tonsillitis e hoʻopilikia nui ana i kou ola, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻehiku a ʻoi aku paha mau maʻi i hoʻokahi makahiki, ʻelima a ʻoi aku paha i nā makahiki mau, a ʻekolu paha a ʻoi aku paha i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ʻekolu mau makahiki mau. E noʻonoʻo pū kāu kauka i nā mea e like me ka nui o nā hōʻailona, ka pane i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā pilikia. ʻAʻole pono ka nui o nā kānaka me ka tonsillitis i kēlā me kēia manawa i ka ʻoki ʻana.
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