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Hana ʻia ka maʻi kānā type 2 i nā keiki i ka wā e hiki ʻole ai i ko lākou kino ke hoʻohana pono i ka insulin a i ʻole ʻaʻole lawa ka hana ʻana. ʻO kēia kūlana, i ka wā ma mua he mea maʻamau ʻole i nā keiki, ua lilo i mea maʻamau i nā makahiki i hala iho nei a ke hoʻopili nei i nā keiki ʻōpio e like me 10 mau makahiki.
ʻAʻole like me ka maʻi kānā type 1, kahi e ulu koke ai a pono ai ka lapaʻau insulin koke, ulu mālie pinepine ka maʻi kānā type 2 i nā keiki. ʻAʻole ʻike koke nā ʻohana he nui i nā hōʻailona, ʻo ia ke kumu e kōkua ai ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia kūlana iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e pono ai kāu keiki i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka.
Hana ʻia ka maʻi kānā type 2 i ka wā e kū'ē ai ke kino o kāu keiki i ka insulin a i ʻole ʻaʻole lawa ka insulin e mālama ai i nā pae kō koko maʻamau. ʻO ka insulin kahi hormone e kōkua ana i ka glucose (kō) e neʻe mai ke kahe koko i nā sela kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai no ka ikehu.
E noʻonoʻo i ka insulin e like me ka kī e wehe ai i nā sela i hiki i ka glucose ke komo. I ka maʻi kānā type 2, ʻaʻole hana pono ka kī e like me ka mea e pono ai, a i ʻole ʻaʻohe lawa nā kī e hele ai. Hana kēia i ka glucose e kūkulu i loko o ke kahe koko ma mua o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā sela o ke kino.
ʻOkoʻa kēia kūlana mai ka maʻi kānā type 1, kahi e luku ai ka ʻōnaehana pale i nā sela hana insulin. Hana mau nā keiki me ka maʻi kānā type 2 i kekahi insulin, akā ʻaʻole pane pono ko lākou kino iā ia.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona maʻi kānā type 2 i nā keiki ke mālie a ulu mālie i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. ʻAʻole ʻike nā mākua he nui i loaʻa i kā lākou keiki kēia kūlana no ka mea hiki i nā hōʻailona mua ke like me nā ʻeha ulu maʻamau a i ʻole ke ʻano hana o nā keiki pīhoihoi.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e nānā ai:
Loaʻa i kekahi mau keiki nā hōʻailona palupalu loa a ʻaʻohe loa i nā wā mua. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i nā keiki i kekahi manawa he kūlana “ʻōlelo ʻole”.
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e komo pū ana me ka nausea, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole ka hanu ʻala hua. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe, he mea nui ia e kelepona koke i ke kauka o kāu keiki.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i nā keiki i ka wā e hui pū ai nā mea he nui i ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻAʻole i hana ʻia ke kūlana ma muli o ka ʻai nui ʻana i ke kō a i ʻole ka
Aia kekahi mau lāhui kikoʻī e lawe pū mai i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe, me nā keiki Hispanic, ʻApelika ʻAmelika, ʻAmelika ʻĀina, ʻAsia ʻAmelika, a me nā keiki Pākīpika. Ke nānā ʻia nei kēia pilikia kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i nā kumu kīneʻe e hoʻopilikia ana i ke ʻano o ke kino i ka insulin.
Ke ulu nei kekahi mau keiki i ka kū'ē ʻana i ka insulin i ka wā ʻōpio ma muli o nā loli hormone maoli. No ka hapa nui o nā keiki, e hoʻonā ʻia kēia i ka pau ʻana o ko lākou ulu ʻana, akā no kekahi poʻe, hiki ke holomua i ka maʻi diabetes type 2.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke kauka o kāu keiki inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hui o nā hōʻailona i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, ʻoi aku ka makewai nui, ka mimi pinepine, a me ka luhi wehe ʻole ʻia e lōʻihi ma mua o kekahi mau lā.
Mai kali a hiki i ka nui o nā hōʻailona. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke pale aku i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a kōkua i kāu keiki e mālama i ka olakino maikaʻi ma mua.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi kūkā koke inā loaʻa i kāu keiki nā hōʻailona mau e like me ka inu ʻana i ka nui o ka wai, ke ala ʻana i nā manawa he nui i ka pō e mimi ai, a i ʻole ke manaʻo mau nei i ka luhi ʻana ʻoiai he hoʻomaha lawa. Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau hōʻailona i ka paio ʻana o ko lākou kino e hoʻokele i nā pae kō koko.
E hele koke i ke kauka inā hōʻike kāu keiki i nā hōʻailona o ka diabetic ketoacidosis, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia ma ka maʻi diabetes type 2. ʻO kēia mau hōʻailona pilikia e komo pū ana ka luhi nui, ka luaʻi, ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka ʻala o ka hanu e like me ka hua, a i ʻole ka hiamoe nui loa.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu keiki i ka maʻi diabetes type 2. ʻAʻole manaʻo ia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia e loaʻa maoli i kāu keiki ka maʻi diabetes, akā ʻo ia hoʻi ke makaʻala nui aku i ko lākou olakino.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
Loaʻa i kekahi mau keiki nā kumu pilikia hou aku ʻaʻole maʻamau akā nui nō hoʻi. E komo pū ana kēia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) i nā kaikamāhine, ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e like me nā steroids, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia i nā pae hormone.
Inā hānau ʻia kāu keiki i ka makuahine i loaʻa ka maʻi gestational diabetes, ʻoi aku ka nui o ko lākou pilikia. Hōʻike kēia pilina i ka pehea e hiki ai i ka pilikia o ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā kūlana e hana ma mua o ka hānau ʻana.
ʻOiai he emi ka nui o nā pilikia mai ka maʻi diabetes type 2 ma nā keiki ma mua o nā mākua, hiki nō ia ke loaʻa, ʻoi aku inā kiʻekiʻe mau nā pae kō koko ma hope o ka manawa. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki i ka mālama pono ke pale aku a hoʻopaneʻe paha i ka hapa nui o nā pilikia.
Eia nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa e makaʻala ai:
Hiki i kekahi mau keiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia koke inā kiʻekiʻe loa ko lākou kō koko. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ka maloʻo nui, ka pilikia o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ma ke kula, a i ʻole nā maʻi pinepine e lōʻihi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
Hoʻonui ka pilikia o nā pilikia me ka mālama ʻole ʻana i ke kō koko a me ka lōʻihi o ka maʻi diabetes. Eia naʻe, loaʻa i nā keiki e mālama pono i nā pae kō koko ma o ka mālama pono ka manaʻo maikaʻi loa i ka wā lōʻihi a hiki ke ola i ke ola maʻamau a olakino.
Hiki pinepine ke pale ʻia a hoʻopaneʻe ʻia paha ka maʻi diabetes type 2 ma nā keiki ma o nā koho ola maikaʻi a hiki i ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa ke hoʻokō pū. Kuhi ʻia ka pale ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino, ka noho ʻana i ka hana, a me ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai momona.
Eia nā hana pale ʻana maikaʻi loa:
Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o kāu keiki ma muli o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana a i ʻole nā kumu ʻē aʻe, e hana pū me kā lākou kauka keiki e nānā pono aku i ko lākou olakino. Hiki i nā nānā maʻamau ke hopu i nā hōʻailona mua o ka pale ʻana i ka insulin ma mua o ka holomua ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole pili ka pale ʻana i ka hana ʻana i kahi wahi kaupalena. Ma kahi o ia mea, e kālele i ka hana ʻana i nā koho olakino e manaʻo maʻamau a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi no kou ʻohana holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i nā keiki e pili ana i nā hoʻokolohua koko he nui e ana i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ke kino o kāu keiki i ka glucose. E manaʻo paha kāu kauka i ka hoʻokolohua inā loaʻa i kāu keiki nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā kumu pilikia no ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua hōʻoia nui e komo pū ana:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha aku i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e kāpae i ka maʻi diabetes type 1 a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua no nā antibodies kūikawā a i ʻole nā pae C-peptide, kahi e kōkua ai e hoʻoholo i ka nui o ka insulin e hana nei ka pancreas o kāu keiki.
ʻO ka hana ʻike maʻamau e hana ʻia ma luna o nā kipa he nui e hōʻoia i nā hopena a e hōʻoia i ka pololei. E hana pū kāu kauka i kahi hōʻike kino a e nānā i ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau o kāu keiki a me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i nā keiki e kau i ka manaʻo i ke kōkua ʻana i ko lākou kino e hoʻohana maikaʻi i ka insulin a mālama i nā pae kō koko olakino. ʻO ke ala maʻamau he ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka lapaʻau makua a e hoʻoikaika mua i nā loli ʻano ola.
ʻO nā hana lapaʻau nui e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā keiki he nui me ka maʻi suka ʻano 2 ke hoʻokele maikaʻi i ko lākou kūlana me nā hoʻololi ʻano ola wale nō, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia. Eia naʻe, pono paha kekahi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ko lākou kino e hoʻohana maikaʻi i ka insulin.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā papahana mālama e pili ana i ka makahiki o kāu keiki, nā pae kō koko, nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe, a me nā kūlana ʻohana. E hana pū kāu hui mālama ola me ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi ala e kūpono i ke ola o kāu keiki a kōkua iā lākou e ulu.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka maʻi suka ʻano 2 ma ka home e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā hana kākoʻo e kōkua i kāu keiki e mālama i nā pae kō koko olakino ʻoiai e hauʻoli ana i ka wā kamaliʻi. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻokele maʻi suka e like me kahi ʻāpana maʻamau o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā ma mua o ka ukana.
Eia nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele home kūpono:
He mea nui ke komo pū ʻana o kāu keiki i kā lākou mālama ʻana ma nā ʻano kūpono i ko lākou makahiki. Hiki i nā keiki ʻōpio ke kōkua i ke koho ʻana i nā mea ʻono olakino, ʻoiai hiki i nā keiki nui ke aʻo e nānā i ko lākou kō koko ponoʻī a hoʻomaopopo pehea ka hopena o nā meaʻai like ʻole i ko lākou pae.
E hana i nā hoʻolālā kākoʻo no nā kūlana kūikawā e like me nā pāʻina lā hānau, nā hanana kula, a i ʻole ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoʻolālā mākaukau e kōkua i kāu keiki e komo piha i nā hana ʻoiai e mālama ana i ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no nā kūkā maʻi diabetes e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana nui i kou manawa me ka hui mālama ola a hōʻoia i ka nānā ʻia ʻana o nā kumuhana koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi e alakaʻi i ka kamaʻilio ʻana maikaʻi a me nā hoʻoponopono lapaʻau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike ma lalo nei:
E paipai i kāu keiki e komo i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka ʻaha kūkā inā ua lawa ko lākou makahiki. Loaʻa paha iā lākou nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo ponoʻī e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka maʻi suka i kā lākou mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole nā hoaaloha.
Mai kānalua e lawe mai i nā kumuhana i hiki ke liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā mea e like me nā loli i nā pae ikehu, ke ʻano, a i ʻole nā ʻano hiamoe hiki ke lilo i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nui e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi suka.
ʻO ka maʻi suka Type 2 ma nā keiki he kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia ʻaʻole pono e kaupalena i ka hiki a i ʻole ka hauʻoli o kāu keiki. Me ka mālama kūpono, ke kākoʻo, a me ka mālama ʻana i ke ola, hiki i nā keiki me ka maʻi suka Type 2 ke ola i nā ola maʻamau loa, ikaika.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena lōʻihi. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā hopohopo e pili ana i nā kumu pilikia o kāu keiki, mai kānalua e kamaʻilio me kā lākou kauka keiki.
E hoʻomanaʻo he hana ʻohana ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi suka. Ke hoʻokō ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa i nā maʻamau olakino pū, e lilo ia i mea maʻalahi no kāu keiki ke mālama i ka kaohi koko maikaʻi me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo ʻokoʻa a i ʻole ka palena.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻaʻole ia he hewa kāu a i ʻole kā kāu keiki. He maʻi ia e hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia me ke ala kūpono, ka ʻōnaehana kākoʻo, a me ka hui olakino.
Hiki i kekahi manawa ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka maʻi diabetes type 2 ma nā keiki ma o ka hoʻololi nui ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ola, ʻoiai ka lilo ʻana o ke kaumaha a me ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka hana kino. Eia naʻe, pono kēia i ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana i nā maʻamau olakino, a pono e nānā mau ʻia nā pae kō koko. ʻOiai i ka remission, ke mau nei ka manaʻo i ka maʻi diabetes, no laila, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano olakino no ka holomua lōʻihi.
ʻO ka maʻi diabetes type 1 kahi kūlana autoimmune kahi e luku ai ke kino i nā sela hana insulin, e pono ai ka mālama insulin koke. Hoʻomohala ʻia ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i ka wā e kū'ē ai ke kino i ka insulin a i ʻole ʻaʻole lawa ka hana ʻana. Hana pinepine nā keiki me ka maʻi diabetes type 2 i kekahi insulin a hiki ke hoʻokele mua ʻia me nā hoʻololi ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ola a me nā lāʻau waha ma mua o nā inikini insulin.
Hiki i nā keiki he nui me ka maʻi diabetes type 2 ke hoʻokele i ko lākou kūlana me ka ʻole o nā pana insulin, ʻoiai inā ʻike koke ʻia a me ka hoʻokele ola maikaʻi. Eia naʻe, pono paha i kekahi mau keiki ka insulin i ka wā o ka maʻi a i ʻole nā manawa o ka kaohi ʻole o ke kō koko. Pono paha i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ka insulin ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou papahana mālama maʻamau, ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o kā lākou pancreas.
ʻAe! ʻO ka hana kino kekahi o nā lāʻau maikaʻi loa no ka maʻi diabetes type 2. Hiki i kāu keiki ke komo i nā haʻuki a me nā hana ʻē aʻe me ka hoʻolālā kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana i ke kō koko. E hana pū me kāu hui olakino e hoʻomohala i nā hoʻolālā no ka mālama ʻana i ke kō koko i ka wā o ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka hoʻokūkū. He nui nā mea pāʻani ʻoihana i mālama holomua i ka maʻi diabetes i ka wā e hoʻokūkū ana ma nā pae kiʻekiʻe loa.
E hoʻohana i ka ʻōlelo kūpono i ka makahiki a e kau i ka manaʻo ma nā ʻaoʻao maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā palena. E wehewehe aku ʻo ka maʻi diabetes he kūlana hiki ke kaohi ʻia me nā koho olakino, a e hoʻoikaika aku hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā mea a pau a lākou e makemake ai e hana. E paipai i nā nīnau a komo pū iā lākou i kā lākou mālama ʻana me ke ala mālie. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻopili me nā ʻohana ʻē aʻe e mālama ana i ka maʻi diabetes o nā keiki no ke kākoʻo hou aku a me ka manaʻo.
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