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ʻO ka varicocele, ma ke ʻano nui, he mau ʻūhā varicose ma kou ʻeke hua. E like me ka hiki ke ulu nā ʻūhā varicose ma kou mau wāwae, hiki i nā ʻūhā e hoʻokahe ana i ke koko mai kou mau hua ke ākea a huli, e hana ana i kahi kūlana e pili ana i kahi 15% o nā kāne.
Hana ʻia kēia kūlana i ka wā e hana pono ʻole ai nā valve i loko o nā ʻūhā, e hoʻokumu ana i ke koko e hōʻiliʻili a ākea nā ʻūhā. ʻOiai paha e lohe ʻia he mea hopohopo, ʻaʻole pinepine nā varicoceles he mea pōʻino a nui nā kāne e noho pū me lākou me ka ʻole o nā pilikia.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā varicoceles e hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona. Nui nā kāne e ʻike lākou he varicocele iā lākou i ka wā o kahi hōʻoia kino maʻamau a i ʻole ka loiloi hānau, me ka ʻole o ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi mea maʻamau ʻole.
Ke loaʻa nā hōʻailona, e ulu mālie lākou a hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma mua o ka manawa. Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai:
Hoʻokanoʻia nā varicocele i nā papa like ʻole ma muli o ka maʻalahi o ka ʻike ʻana a me ko lākou nui. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia mau papa, kōkua ia i nā kauka e hoʻoholo i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine nā kauka i nā varicocele i ʻekolu papa nui:
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā varicocele ma ka ʻaoʻao hema ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hoʻokahe koko mai ka ʻeke pēpē hema. Hoʻohui ka vein testicular hema i ka vein renal ma ke kihi pololei, e lilo ai i mea maʻalahi ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia ke koko.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā varicocele bilateral (e pili ana i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua) akā hiki ke loaʻa. Ke ʻike ʻia nā varicocele ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau wale nō, noiʻi pinepine nā kauka e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe i hiki ke kumu i nā ʻano kahe koko maʻamau ʻole.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā varicocele ke pau ka hana o nā valve liʻiliʻi i loko o nā veins e lawe i ke koko mai kou mau testicles. Hoʻopau maʻamau kēia mau valves i ke kahe ʻana o ke koko i hope, akā ke hāʻule lākou, e hōʻiliʻili ke koko i nā veins e hoʻonui ai iā lākou.
E noʻonoʻo e like me kahi pilikia kaʻa ma kou mau kīʻaha koko. Ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ke kahe maʻamau, e hoʻi nā mea a pau a e hoʻopiʻi ʻia a hoʻolōʻihi ʻia nā “ala” (kou mau veins).
He mau kumu e kōkua ai i kēia:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā varicoceles ke lua i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e like me nā tumors kidney a i ʻole nā clots koko e kāohi ana i ka kahe koko maʻamau. ʻO ia ke kumu i manaʻo ai nā kauka i nā haʻawina kiʻi, ʻoi aku no nā varicoceles e ulu koke ana i nā kāne kahiko a i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau wale nō.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi loli maʻamau i kou scrotum a i ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻoluʻolu mau. ʻOiai he palekana nā varicoceles, he mea nui ia e loaʻa kahi ʻike kūpono e kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau kūlana:
E ʻimi i ka mālama koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha scrotal koke, nui. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i ka testicular torsion a i ʻole kekahi kūlana pilikia ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka mālama koke.
ʻOiai he māmā kou mau hōʻailona, ʻo ka kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu kauka e hāʻawi i ka maluhia a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mau koho no ka hoʻokele ʻana i kekahi ʻoluʻolu.
Aia kekahi mau kumu e hoʻonui ai i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka varicocele. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea e nānā ai a me ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka loiloi.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa:
Ke manaʻo nei kekahi mau haʻawina e loaʻa paha i nā kāne ikaika loa a komo paha i kekahi mau haʻuki kahi pilikia iki aku, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa ka pilina.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo e hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia nā varicocele i kekahi kāne, me ka nānā ʻole i nā kumu pilikia. ʻAʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka varicocele, a nui nā kāne me ka ʻole o nā kumu pilikia e hoʻomohala mau ana iā lākou.
ʻAʻole hana ka hapa nui o nā varicocele i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a nui nā kāne e noho pū me lākou me ka ʻole o nā pilikia. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau pilikia hiki ke hoʻomohala i ka manawa, ʻoiai inā nui ka varicocele a waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole.
ʻO nā pilikia nui e makaʻala ai:
ʻO nā pilikia hāpai kekahi o nā mea nui loa e hopohopo ai nā kāne he nui. Hiki i ka mahana kiʻekiʻe a me ka loli ʻana o ke kahe koko i nā varicocele ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana a me ka hana ʻana o ka sperm. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole nā kāne a pau me nā varicocele e loaʻa i nā pilikia hāpai.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā varicocele nui loa ke hoʻopilikia i ka nānā ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻeha nui e hoʻopilikia ai i ke ola. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, loaʻa nā koho mālama a maʻamau loa ia i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā pilikia.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe ala i hōʻoia ʻia e pale aku ai i nā varicocele, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea nui ma muli o ke kino a me nā genetics. ʻO nā pilikia valve e hoʻokumu ai i nā varicocele he mea maʻamau ia i hānau ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole e ulu kūlohelohe i ka wā ʻōpio.
Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hōʻemi paha i kou pilikia a hoʻemi paha i nā hōʻailona inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka varicocele:
ʻAʻole hōʻoia kēia mau hana ola e pale aku, akā hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka ʻoluʻolu inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka varicocele. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i nā loli i kou kino a ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau i ka wā e pono ai.
Hiki i ka nānā ponoʻī mau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike koke i nā loli, he mea pono mau ia no ka mālama koke ʻana i nā pilikia olakino.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka varicocele e hoʻomaka pinepine me ka nānā kino. E nānā kāu kauka i kou ʻeke waihoʻoluʻu ʻoiai ʻoe e kū ana a moe ana, e ʻimi ana i nā veins nui a e nānā ana i ko lākou manaʻo.
ʻO ka nānā kino maʻamau e komo pū ana iā ʻoe e hana i ka hana Valsalva (e hoʻoikaika e like me kou hele ʻana i ka lua) ʻoiai ʻoe e kū ana. Hoʻonui kēia i ka puʻe i loko o kou ʻōpū a hoʻolilo i nā varicoceles i ʻike maʻalahi ʻia.
Inā ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka nānā kino, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku:
ʻO ka ultrasound ka hoʻokolohua hou maʻamau loa no ka mea ʻaʻohe ʻeha, ʻaʻohe ʻino, a pololei loa. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i nā varicoceles liʻiliʻi paha i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka wā o ka nānā kino.
Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke loiloi i kou hiki ke hānau keiki inā ʻoe e ho'āʻo ana e hānau, no ka mea hiki kēia ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ka mālama. He pololei ka hana hōʻoia holoʻokoʻa a hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia i hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau kipa.
ʻAʻole pono mau ka mālama ʻana i nā varicoceles. ʻAʻole pono ka mālama ʻana i nā kāne he nui me nā varicoceles māmā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā pilikia hānau.
E ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i ka mālama inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha mau, loaʻa nā pilikia hānau, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka atrophy testicular. ʻO nā koho mālama nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā koho ʻokiʻoki he holomua loa ia, me nā helu holomua o 85-95% no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hiki ke hānau keiki. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kaʻina hana he outpatient, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka home i ka lā like.
E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e koho i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā, nā hōʻailona, a me nā pahuhopu lapaʻau. Hoʻololi ka manawa hoʻōla akā hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kāne ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau pule.
Inā hana kāu varicocele i ka ʻoluʻolu iki, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻolālā mālama home ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou aʻe ʻoiai ʻoe e hoʻoholo ana i nā koho lapaʻau me kāu kauka.
Eia kekahi mau ala maikaʻi e mālama ai i nā hōʻailona:
Loaʻa i kekahi mau kāne ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā pōkole compression i ka wā o ka hoʻoikaika kino a i ʻole ka hana kino e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Hiki i ka ʻauʻau mahana ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu manawa pōkole no kekahi poʻe.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻia, hiki i nā lāʻau home ke kōkua i ka hōʻoluʻolu akā ʻaʻole e hoʻōla i ka varicocele ma lalo. Inā mau a ʻoi aku ka ʻino o kou mau hōʻailona, he mea nui ke hahai aku i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i nā koho mālama.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana pono i kou manawa me ke kauka a hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa nā ʻike āpau āu e pono ai e pili ana i kāu varicocele.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e noʻonoʻo e hana i kēia mau mea:
ʻO nā nīnau maikaʻi e nīnau aku i kāu kauka, ʻo ia: “Pono anei wau i ka mālama ʻana i kēia manawa?” “He aha nā koho mālama iaʻu?” “Pehea paha kēia e hoʻopilikia ai i kaʻu hānau keiki?” a me “He aha kaʻu e nānā ai e hōʻike mai iaʻu e pono ai ka mālama?”
Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i nā mea āu i ʻike ʻole ai. Makemake kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i kou olakino, a ʻaʻohe nīnau liʻiliʻi a mea ʻole.
He mea maʻamau nā varicocele a ʻaʻole pinepine he mea weliweli. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokūpaʻa a i ʻole nā pilikia hānau keiki no kekahi mau kāne, nui nā kānaka me nā varicocele e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau, olakino me ka ʻole o ka mālama.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia kou mau koho. Inā pono ʻoe i ka mālama ʻana e hilinaʻi ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, nā pahuhopu hānau keiki, a me ke ʻano o ka varicocele i kāu ola.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi loli i kāu scrotum a i ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha mau, mai kānalua e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke hāʻawi i ka maluhia o ka manaʻo a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mau koho inā pono ka mālama.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou no ka varicocele he palekana a maikaʻi hoʻi ke pono. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kāne i koho i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana o ko lākou mau hōʻailona a me ka māʻona holoʻokoʻa me nā hopena.
ʻAʻole maʻamau ka varicocele e hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho ke hoʻomohala ʻia. Eia naʻe, hiki ke loli nā hōʻailona a ʻike kekahi mau kāne i ka emi ʻana o ko lākou ʻeha ma hope o kekahi manawa. ʻO nā varicocele liʻiliʻi e ulu ana i ka wā ʻōpiopio kekahi manawa ʻaʻole e holomua a i ʻole e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia i kou wā e ulu ai.
ʻAʻole nā varicocele a pau e hoʻopilikia i ka hānau keiki, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o ka sperm a me ka maikaʻi i kekahi mau kāne. Inā ke ho'āʻo nei ʻoe e hānau a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka varicocele, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi loiloi semen e nānā i ke olakino o kāu sperm. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine i nā hopena hānau ke kōkua nā varicocele i nā pilikia hānau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kaʻina hana varicocele e hana ʻia ma lalo o ka anesthesia, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻeha i ka wā o ka ʻoki ʻana. Ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i kekahi ʻeha no kekahi mau lā a hiki i hoʻokahi pule, akā maʻamau kēia me nā lāʻau ʻeha ma luna o ka counter. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kāne e ʻike i ka hana hoʻōla maikaʻi loa.
Hoʻololi ka manawa hoʻōla ma muli o ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kāne ke hoʻi i ka hana papaʻaina i loko o kekahi mau lā a me nā hana maʻamau i loko o 1-2 mau pule. Pono ʻoe e pale i ka hāpai kaumaha a me ka hoʻoikaika nui no ma kahi o 2-4 mau pule. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī ma muli o kāu kaʻina hana.
Hiki i nā varicocele ke hoʻi hou mai ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, akā ʻo kēia ka mea e hana ai ma lalo o 10% o nā hihia me nā ʻenehana ʻoki hou. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hoʻi hou ʻana me kekahi mau ala ʻoki a emi iho ka nui me ka hoʻoponopono micro-surgical. Inā hoʻi mai nā hōʻailona, loaʻa nā koho mālama hou aku.
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