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ʻO ka transient ischemic attack (TIA), he pani manawa ʻole ia o ke kahe koko i kahi ʻāpana o kou lolo. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he "mini-stroke" e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona stroke-like akā ʻaʻole ia e hōʻino mau i ka ʻiʻo lolo.
ʻOiai ʻo nā TIA e mau wale nō i nā minuke a i nā hola a hoʻopau loa nā hōʻailona, he mau hōʻailona ʻōlelo nui lākou. Ke hāʻawi nei kou kino iā ʻoe i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo e pono ai kekahi mea e nānā ʻia ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi stroke ʻoi aku ka nui.
Hana ʻia ka TIA i ka wā e pani ʻia ai ke kahe koko i kou lolo, ma kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ke koko e hana ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino a hele i kou lolo.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o ka TIA a me ka stroke, ʻo ia ka lōʻihi a me ka hōʻino. Hoʻopau loa nā hōʻailona TIA i loko o 24 mau hola (pinepine i ka manawa koke), ʻoiai nā strokes e hoʻoulu ai i nā hopena mau. Eia naʻe, pono nā ʻano ʻelua i ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke.
Ke kapa nei nā poʻe loea lapaʻau i nā TIA he "warning strokes" no ka mea, pinepine lākou i mua o nā strokes maoli. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi i ʻekolu mau kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka TIA e loaʻa i kahi stroke i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki inā waiho ʻia me ka ʻole o ka lapaʻau.
Hoʻohālikelike nā hōʻailona TIA i nā hōʻailona o kahi stroke akā nalowale loa. ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka pono o nā hōʻailona manawa pōkole i ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Hiki i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau akā nui nō hoʻi ke komo pū me ka nalowale koke ʻana o ka lohe, ka pilikia i ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo manawa pōkole. Pinepine nā hōʻailona e ulu koke mai a hiki ke hele mai a hele aku.
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka acronym FAST: Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call emergency services. ʻOiai inā me he mea lā e hoʻomaikaʻi nā hōʻailona, pono nō ʻoe i ka loiloi lapaʻau koke.
Hana ʻia nā TIA i ka wā e pani ʻia ai kekahi mea i ke kahe koko i kou lolo. ʻO ke kumu maʻamau loa, he mea liʻiliʻi o ke koko e hana ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino a hele i kou lolo.
ʻO kekahi mau kūlana kumu e alakaʻi ai i ka TIA:
ʻO nā kumu ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū me nā maʻi clotting koko, kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole nā kūlana maʻamau ʻole e like me ka arterial dissection. I kekahi manawa, hāʻule kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka plaque mai ka paia artery a pani koke i ke kahe koko lolo.
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i nā TIA ke hopena mai ka anemia nui, ke koko haʻahaʻa loa, a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi koko e hoʻopilikia ana i ke ʻano o ke kahe koko a me ke koko.
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi hōʻailona stroke-like, ʻoiai inā me he mea lā e hele aku ana lākou. E kāhea i ka 911 a hele i ka lumi ulia kokoke loa koke.
Mai kali e ʻike inā hoʻi nā hōʻailona a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole ka ʻano manawa pōkole o nā hōʻailona TIA e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ko lākou koʻikoʻi. Hiki i ka loiloi lapaʻau wikiwiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kahi stroke i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻOiai inā ʻoluʻolu loa ʻoe i ka wā e hōʻea ai ʻoe i ka haukapila, pono nā kauka e holo i nā ho'āʻo e hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu o kāu mau hōʻailona. Ke kōkua nei kēia loiloi e hoʻoholo i kou pilikia stroke a me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau kumu pilikia iā ʻoe e lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e pale aku ai i nā TIA a me nā strokes. ʻO kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia āu e hiki ai ke hoʻololi:
ʻO nā kumu pilikia āu e hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi, ʻo ia ka makahiki (piʻi ka pilikia ma hope o 55), ka wahine (ʻoi aku ka nui i nā kāne), ka lāhui (ʻoi aku ka nui i nā ʻAmelika ʻApelika), a me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka stroke a i ʻole TIA.
Ke hoʻonui nei kekahi mau kūlana lapaʻau i ka pilikia, e like me ka maʻi naʻau, atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea, a me ka mōʻaukala ma mua o TIA a i ʻole stroke. Hiki i nā pīni hānau a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hormone ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia i kekahi mau wahine.
ʻO ka pilikia koʻikoʻi loa o ka TIA, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi stroke maoli. Me ka ʻole o ka lapaʻau kūpono, ma kahi o 10-15% o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka TIA e loaʻa i kahi stroke i loko o ʻekolu mau mahina.
ʻOi aku ka nui o kou pilikia stroke i nā lā a me nā pule mua ma hope o ka TIA. ʻO ia ke kumu e koʻikoʻi ai ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke a me ka mālama mau ʻana no ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e hiki ke loaʻa, ʻo ia nā TIA hou, hiki ke hana inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia nā kumu kumu. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka hopohopo a i ʻole ka kaumaha ma hope o ka TIA, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hoʻomaopopo ai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ko lākou pilikia stroke.
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i nā TIA pinepine ke alakaʻi i nā loli noʻonoʻo iki i ka manawa, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia ma mua o nā strokes maoli. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka hoʻemi nui ʻana o ka lapaʻau kūpono i kēia mau pilikia.
Hiki ke pale ʻia nā TIA he nui ma ka mālama ʻana i nā kumu pilikia a me ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola maikaʻi. ʻO nā ʻano like e pale aku ai i ka maʻi naʻau e kōkua pū kekahi i ka pale ʻana i nā TIA a me nā strokes.
ʻO nā ʻano pale koʻikoʻi:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka atrial fibrillation, hiki i ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau lahilahi koko e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia TIA a me ka stroke. Ke kōkua nei nā nānā lapaʻau maʻamau i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu papahana pale.
No nā kānaka me ka maʻi carotid artery, hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia nā kaʻina hana e like me ka carotid endarterectomy a i ʻole stenting e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kahe koko a pale aku i nā TIA i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ka diagnosis ʻana o ka TIA no ka mea, pinepine nā hōʻailona e hoʻopau ʻia i ka wā e hōʻea ai ʻoe i ka mālama lapaʻau. E hilinaʻi kāu kauka i kāu wehewehe hōʻailona a me nā ho'āʻo like ʻole e hana i ka diagnosis.
E hoʻomaka kāu hui lapaʻau me ka mōʻaukala kikoʻī o kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, pehea ka lōʻihi o ko lākou mau ʻana, a me ka mea āna i manaʻo ai. Ke kōkua nei kahi hoʻokolokolo kino a me ka neurological i ka loiloi ʻana i kou kūlana i kēia manawa.
ʻO nā ho'āʻo diagnostic maʻamau:
I kekahi manawa, kauoha nā kauka i nā ho'āʻo hou aku e like me ka CT angiography a i ʻole MR angiography e kiʻi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o nā moku koko i kou lolo a me kou ʻāʻī. Ke kōkua nei kēia e ʻike i nā wahi o ka hoʻoemi ʻana a i ʻole ka pani ʻana.
Ke nānā nei ka lapaʻau TIA i ka pale ʻana i nā strokes a me nā TIA i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma ka mālama ʻana i nā kumu kumu. E hoʻopilikino ʻia kāu papahana lapaʻau i kāu mau kumu pilikia a me nā kūlana lapaʻau.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia:
Pono kekahi poʻe i nā kaʻina hana ʻoki e like me ka carotid endarterectomy e wehe i ka plaque mai nā arteries ʻāʻī, a i ʻole carotid stenting e wehe i nā arteries hoʻoemi ʻia. Pinepine nā kaʻina hana e kuhikuhi ʻia no nā kānaka me ka maʻi carotid artery nui.
E hoʻoikaika pū kāu kauka i nā hoʻololi ola ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu papahana lapaʻau. ʻO kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻololi meaʻai, nā ʻōlelo aʻo hoʻoikaika kino, ke kākoʻo haʻalele ʻana i ka puhipaka, a me nā ʻenehana hoʻokele kaumaha.
Ke nānā nei ka mālama home ma hope o ka TIA i ka lawe mau ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia a me ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi ola e pale aku ai i nā hanana i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO kāu ho'ōla ʻana, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana ma mua o ka ho'ōla ʻana mai ka hōʻino.
E lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā ʻoluʻolu loa ʻoe. Hiki i ka nalo ʻana o nā lāʻau lahilahi koko a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻonui nui i kou pilikia stroke.
E nānā i kou koko kiʻekiʻe maʻamau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hypertension. E mālama i kahi moʻolelo o nā helu e kaʻana like me kāu hui mālama ola. Nui nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā kikowaena kaiāulu e hāʻawi ana i nā nānā koko kiʻekiʻe manuahi.
E makaʻala i nā hōʻailona ʻōlelo a ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua koke. Inā loaʻa hou iā ʻoe kekahi hōʻailona stroke-like, e kāhea koke i ka 911 ma mua o ka kali ʻana e ʻike inā hoʻopau lākou.
E hana i kahi papahana ʻai olakino naʻau me nā hua, nā mea kanu, nā huaola holoʻokoʻa, a me nā protein liʻiliʻi. E kaupalena i ka sodium, nā momona saturated, a me nā meaʻai i hana ʻia. E noʻonoʻo e hui pū me kahi mea ʻai no ke alakaʻi pilikino.
Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu ʻaha kūkā e hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa i ka mālama piha loa. E lawe mai i kahi moʻolelo kikoʻī o kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka manawa pololei a me nā hiʻohiʻona.
E kākau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau over-the-counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. E komo pū i nā dosages a me ka pinepine o kāu lawe ʻana iā lākou. Ke kōkua nei kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e pale aku i nā pilina weliweli.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau. Hiki i nā kumuhana koʻikoʻi ke komo pū me kou pilikia stroke, nā hopena lāʻau lapaʻau, nā ʻōlelo aʻo ola, a me nā hōʻailona ʻōlelo e nānā ai.
E lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha inā hiki. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻike i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i ka wā e manaʻo ʻia ai he manawa kaumaha.
E hōʻiliʻili i kāu mau moʻolelo lapaʻau, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā hopena ho'āʻo hou, ka mōʻaukala TIA a i ʻole stroke ma mua, a me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā kūlana naʻau a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino pili.
ʻO ka TIA, he hōʻailona ʻōlelo aʻo ia mai kou kino e pilikia ana ʻoe i kahi stroke. ʻOiai e nalowale koke nā hōʻailona, ke waiho nei ka pilikia kumu a pono i ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka mālama nui ʻia ʻana o nā TIA, a hiki i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi stroke. Nui nā kānaka e ola mau ana i nā ola maʻamau, olakino ma hope o ka TIA me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me nā hoʻololi ola.
E noʻonoʻo i ka TIA ma ke ʻano he manawa e kaohi ai i kou olakino. Ma ka hana pū ʻana me kāu hui mālama ola a me ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi pono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou nānā lōʻihi a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻAe, ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona TIA māmā loa a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokuʻu ma ke ʻano he luhi, pohihihi, a i ʻole ka huikau manawa pōkole. Eia naʻe, pono kekahi hōʻailona neurological koke i ka loiloi lapaʻau, ʻoiai inā me he mea lā he mea liʻiliʻi a hoʻopau koke ʻia.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona TIA e mau ana ma waena o kekahi mau minuke a i kekahi mau hola. Ma ke ʻano, pono e hoʻopau loa nā hōʻailona i loko o 24 mau hola. Eia naʻe, ʻoiai inā mau nā hōʻailona i nā minuke wale nō, pono nō ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole pololei ke kaumaha wale nō e hoʻoulu i nā TIA, hiki i ke kaumaha lōʻihi ke hoʻopilikia i nā kumu pilikia e like me ke koko kiʻekiʻe, nā puʻuwai ʻole, a me nā koho ola maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻoponopono olakino he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o ka pale ʻana i ka TIA.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokele kaʻa koke ma hope o ka TIA a hiki i ka loiloi ʻia ʻana e ke kauka a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e hana pēlā. E loiloi kāu kauka i kou kūlana pilikino, me kou pilikia stroke a me nā hōʻailona mau, ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka wā palekana e hoʻomaka hou ai i ka hoʻokele kaʻa.
Ke hilinaʻi nei kou pilikia i nā mea he nui, me kāu mau kūlana olakino kumu a me ka maikaʻi o kāu hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me nā hoʻololi ola, nui nā kānaka ʻaʻole loa e ʻike hou i ka TIA a i ʻole stroke. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou pae pilikia kikoʻī.
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