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ʻO ka tricuspid atresia kahi kūlana naʻau maʻamau loa i loaʻa i ka wā hānau, kahi i hana ʻole pono ai ka valve tricuspid. ʻO kēia valve maʻamau e noho ana ma waena o ka atrium ʻākau a me ka ventricle ʻākau, e ʻae ana i ke koko e kahe mai ka lumi ʻākau luna a i ka lumi ʻākau lalo o kou naʻau.
Ke nalowale a pani loa paha kēia valve, ʻaʻole hiki i ke koko ke kahe maʻamau ma o ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o kou naʻau. Ma kahi o kēlā, e ʻimi ana ke koko i nā ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i kou mau māmā a me kou kino, akā naʻe, e hana nui kēia i kou naʻau a ʻaʻole lawa ka oxygen i nā pūnaewele o kou kino.
ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka tricuspid atresia e ʻike pinepine ʻia i loko o nā lā mua a i ʻole nā pule ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pēpē me kēia kūlana e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻailona maopopo e pono ʻole kekahi mea me ka hana o ko lākou naʻau.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai:
Hiki i kekahi mau pēpē ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me nā maʻi hanu pinepine a i ʻole nā hanana kahi e lilo ai ko lākou mau lehelehe a me ko lākou ʻili i uliuli loa i ka wā e uē ai a i ʻole ke kaumaha. E hana ana kēia mau hōʻailona no ka mea ʻaʻole lawa ke koko momona oxygen i ke kino o kāu pēpē.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, ʻaʻole paha e hōʻike kekahi mau keiki me nā ʻano māmā o ka tricuspid atresia i nā hōʻailona maopopo a hiki i ko lākou wā ʻelemakule a lilo i mea hana nui. Eia naʻe, ʻike mua ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia no ka mea ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona.
E ulu ana ka tricuspid atresia i loko o nā hebedoma ʻewalu mua o ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā e hana ana ka naʻau o kāu pēpē. ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei, akā e hana ia ke hāʻule ka valve tricuspid e ulu pono i kēia manawa koʻikoʻi.
ʻAʻole i hana ʻia kēia kūlana e kekahi mea āu i hana ai a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana i ka wā hāpai. E hana nā hemahema naʻau e like me ka tricuspid atresia ma ka manawa i ka wā e ulu ai ka naʻau, a ʻaʻohe ala e pale aku ai.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia, ʻoiai ka hapa nui o nā pēpē me ka tricuspid atresia i hānau ʻia i nā mākua me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole nui ka manawa o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pēpē me ka tricuspid atresia, ʻoiai me kēia mau mea pilikia. Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i kahi 1 i 10,000 mau pēpē i hānau ʻia.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i ka tricuspid atresia i nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā ʻano o ka naʻau a me nā hemahema naʻau ʻē aʻe i loaʻa. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano kikoʻī o kāu keiki e kōkua i nā kauka e hoʻolālā i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻano i nā ʻano liʻiliʻi ma muli o ka maʻamau, nalowale, a i ʻole ke pani ʻia paha o ka pulmonary valve. E wehewehe pono kāu cardiologist i ke ʻano o kāu keiki a me ka manaʻo o ia mea no kā lākou mālama.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka tricuspid atresia ma hope koke o ka hānau ʻana ke ʻike nā kauka i ka kala uliuli o ka ʻili o kāu pēpē a i ʻole nā hōʻailona pilikia ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻoholo e komo pū ana i nā ʻanuʻu he nui e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha o ke ʻano o ka naʻau o kāu keiki.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka me kahi hoʻokolokolo kino, e hoʻolohe pono ana i ka naʻau o kāu pēpē me kahi stethoscope. Ke nānā nei lākou i nā leo naʻau maʻamau ʻole a i ʻole nā murmurs e hōʻike paha i kahi pilikia me ke kahe ʻana o ke koko.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua hoʻoholo nui e komo pū ana:
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka tricuspid atresia i ka wā hāpai ma o kahi fetal echocardiogram, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hōʻike nā ultrasounds maʻamau i nā hemahema naʻau hiki ke loaʻa. E ʻae kēia i nā kauka e hoʻomākaukau no ka mālama ʻana i kāu pēpē ma hope koke o ka hānau ʻana.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka tricuspid atresia e pono mau i ka ʻoki kino no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ke kūlana me nā lāʻau wale nō. ʻO ka pahuhopu ke hoʻohuli i ke kahe ʻana o ke koko i loaʻa i ke kino o kāu keiki i ka nui o ke koko momona oxygen.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā keiki i kahi moʻo o nā ʻoki kino i hana ʻia ma nā makahiki he nui. E ʻae kēia ala hana i ka manawa e hoʻololi mālie ai ka naʻau o kāu keiki a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ke ola olakino.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻoki maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Ma waena o nā ʻoki kino, pono paha kāu keiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i kā lākou naʻau e hana maikaʻi aʻe a i ʻole e pale aku i nā clots koko. E nānā pono pū kāu hui cardiology i ka ulu ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki.
Pono kekahi mau keiki i nā kaʻina hana hou aku, e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka pacemaker inā ulu nā pilikia rhythm naʻau, a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana catheter-based e mālama i nā moku koko i wehe ʻia. ʻO ka papahana lapaʻau kikoʻī e hilinaʻi ana i ke ʻano kūikawā o kāu keiki a pehea lākou e pane ai i kēlā me kēia ʻoki kino.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kahi keiki me ka tricuspid atresia ma ka home e pono ai ka nānā ʻana i nā wahi nui, akā me ka alakaʻi kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua i kāu keiki e ulu ma waena o nā hālāwai lapaʻau a me nā ʻoki kino.
ʻO ka hānai ʻana a me ka meaʻai he mea nui loa ia no ka mea pono pinepine nā keiki me nā kūlana naʻau i nā calorie hou aku e kākoʻo i ko lākou ulu ʻana. Pono paha ʻoe e hānai pinepine i kāu pēpē me nā nui liʻiliʻi, a loaʻa i kekahi mau keiki nā pōmaikaʻi mai nā pūhui kiʻekiʻe calorie a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui.
ʻO nā hana mālama home nui e komo pū ana:
E hilinaʻi ka pae hana o kāu keiki i ko lākou kūlana kikoʻī a me ke kahua ʻoki kino. Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke komo i nā hana maʻamau, ʻoiai pono paha kekahi i nā hoʻololi. E hāʻawi kāu cardiologist i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hana palekana.
He mea maʻamau ke manaʻo hopohopo e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu keiki ma ka home. Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui lapaʻau me nā nīnau a i ʻole nā manaʻo hopohopo, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi paha lākou.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no nā hālāwai me ka hui cardiology o kāu keiki e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike waiwai loa a manaʻo hilinaʻi e pili ana i ka papahana mālama o kāu keiki. Hiki i kahi hoʻomākaukau iki ke hana i kēia mau kipa i mea hana nui loa.
Ma mua o kēlā me kēia hālāwai, e kākau i lalo i nā nīnau a i ʻole nā manaʻo hopohopo āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i ke kūlana o kāu keiki, ka lapaʻau, a i ʻole ka mālama o kēlā me kēia lā. He mea maʻalahi ke poina i nā nīnau nui i ka wā āu e noho ana ma ke keʻena kauka, no laila ke kōkua nei ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi papa inoa i kākau ʻia.
ʻO ka ʻike e lawe mai e komo pū ana:
Mai makaʻu e noi i kāu kauka e wehewehe i nā mea ma nā huaʻōlelo maʻalahi inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomaopopo i kekahi mea. He mea maʻamau loa ke manaʻo kaumaha ʻia e ka ʻike lapaʻau, a makemake nā kauka maikaʻi e hōʻoia e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i ke kūlana a me ka papahana lapaʻau o kāu keiki.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha i nā hālāwai nui no ke kākoʻo manaʻo a e kōkua i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka ʻike i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā kipa.
ʻO ka tricuspid atresia kahi kūlana naʻau koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau kūikawā a maʻamau nā ʻoki kino he nui ma nā makahiki he nui. ʻOiai hiki i kēia hoʻoholo ke manaʻo kaumaha, nui nā keiki me ka tricuspid atresia e ola ana i nā ola hana, piha me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ka hoʻoholo mua a me ka lapaʻau e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā ʻenehana ʻoki kino hou i ka prognosis no nā keiki me kēia kūlana.
E pono i kāu keiki kahi hahai mau me kahi cardiologist, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e noho ana ko lākou ola e ka mālama lapaʻau. Nui nā keiki me ka tricuspid atresia e komo i nā hana kula, nā haʻuki (me kekahi mau hoʻololi), a me nā ʻike wā kamaliʻi maʻamau.
He mea paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi keiki me kahi kūlana naʻau, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau, ʻohana, a me nā hui kākoʻo ke hāʻawi i ka alakaʻi a me ka hoʻoikaika āu e pono ai e kōkua i kāu keiki e ulu.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hiki ke pale ʻia ka tricuspid atresia no ka mea e hana ia ma ka manawa i ka wā e ulu ai ka naʻau i loko o nā hebedoma ʻewalu mua o ka hāpai ʻana. ʻAʻole i hana ʻia kēia kūlana e kekahi mea a nā mākua e hana ai a i ʻole ʻaʻole e hana i ka wā hāpai.
ʻOiai kekahi mau mea e like me ka maʻi diabetes makuahine a i ʻole nā kūlana genetic e hiki ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia, nui nā pēpē me ka tricuspid atresia i hānau ʻia i nā mākua me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i nā huaora prenatal a me ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino maikaʻi i ka wā hāpai e paipai mau ʻia, akā ʻaʻole lākou e pale aku i nā hemahema naʻau i hānau ʻia.
Hiki i nā keiki he nui me ka tricuspid atresia ke komo i nā hana kino a me nā haʻuki, akā ʻo ka pae hana e hilinaʻi ana i ko lākou kūlana kikoʻī a me nā hopena ʻoki kino. E hāʻawi kāu cardiologist i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī e pili ana i nā pae hana palekana.
Pono paha kekahi mau keiki e pale aku i nā hana ikaika loa a i ʻole nā haʻuki hoʻopili, ʻoiai hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke komo i ka hapa nui o nā hana wā kamaliʻi maʻamau. ʻO ke kī ke hana pū me kāu hui lapaʻau e ʻimi i ke kaulike kūpono e mālama i kāu keiki i ke olakino ʻoiai e ʻae ana iā lākou e leʻaleʻa i kahi ola hana.
ʻO ka pono no nā lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻokoʻa nui ana ma muli o ke kūlana kikoʻī o kāu keiki a pehea lākou e pane ai i ka ʻoki kino. Pono paha kekahi mau keiki i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe koko lōʻihi e pale aku i nā clots, ʻoiai pono paha kekahi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau wale nō ma hope o ka ʻoki kino.
E nānā mau kāu cardiologist i ko lākou pono lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoponopono i nā kuhikuhi e like me ka ulu ʻana o kāu keiki a me ka loli ʻana o ko lākou kūlana. Mai hoʻōki a hoʻololi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole o ka nīnau ʻana i kāu hui lapaʻau mua, no ka mea he mea nui kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau no ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
Me ka lapaʻau ʻoki kino hou, hiki i nā keiki he nui me ka tricuspid atresia ke manaʻo e ola a hiki i ka wā ʻelemakule. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka prognosis ma nā makahiki he nui i hala iho nei i ka holomua ʻana o nā ʻenehana ʻoki kino.
Eia naʻe, ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia kūlana keiki, a ʻo ka lōʻihi o ke ola e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka tricuspid atresia, nā hemahema naʻau ʻē aʻe i loaʻa, a pehea lākou e pane ai i ka lapaʻau. Hiki i ka hui cardiology o kāu keiki ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī hou aku ma muli o ko lākou kūlana pilikino.
ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā keiki me ka tricuspid atresia i nā transplants naʻau. ʻO ke ala hana ʻoki kino i ka manawa (Fontan circulation) maʻamau e holomua i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ke kahe ʻana o ke koko a ʻae i nā keiki e ola i nā ola maʻamau.
Eia naʻe, i kekahi mau hihia kahi i holomua ʻole ai nā ʻoki kino a i ʻole nā pilikia e ulu ana i ka manawa, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia kahi transplant naʻau. E hoʻoholo pono ʻia kēia hoʻoholo e ka hui lapaʻau o kāu keiki ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
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