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ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka carbohydrate a me ka electrolyte he hopena rehydration waha e kōkua ana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā wai a me nā minerala pono e nalowale ana kou kino i ka wā o ka maʻi a i ʻole ka maloʻo. Hoʻohui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau maʻalahi akā maikaʻi i nā kō me nā electrolytes koʻikoʻi e like me ka sodium a me ka potassium e kōkua i kou kino e komo i ka wai me ka maikaʻi. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia mau hopena ma nā inoa inoa maʻamau e like me Pedialyte, Gatorade, a i ʻole nā hui paʻakai-kō homemade maʻalahi i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e kou kupuna wahine i ka wā o nā ʻōpū o nā kamaliʻi.
ʻO kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he hui ʻepekema o ka wai, nā kō, a me nā minerala pono e pono ai kou kino e hana pono. Hana pū nā carbohydrates (maʻamau ka glucose a i ʻole sucrose) me nā electrolytes e like me ka sodium, potassium, a me ka chloride e hana i ke kaiapuni kūpono no kou ʻōpū e komo i nā wai me ka wikiwiki a me ka maikaʻi.
E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kou kino i ka mea e pono ai e lele hou mai ka maloʻo. Ke maʻi ʻoe me ka luaʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi, nalowale kou kino ʻaʻole wale ka wai akā ʻo nā minerala koʻikoʻi e kōkua i kāu mau cell e hana pono. Hoʻololi kēia hui i nā mea ʻelua i ka manawa like, ʻo ia ke kumu e hana maikaʻi ai ma mua o ka wai maʻemaʻe wale nō.
Loaʻa ka hopena i nā ʻano like ʻole me nā ʻōmole mākaukau e inu, nā pūʻolo pauka āu e hui pū ai me ka wai, a me nā popsicles a i ʻole nā ʻano gelatin no nā keiki e kūʻē paha i ka inu ʻana i nā wai.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka maloʻo i hana ʻia e nā kūlana like ʻole, me ka maʻi maʻi a me ka luaʻi ʻana ʻo ia nā kumu maʻamau e ʻōlelo ai nā kauka. Kōkua ka hopena i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā wai a me nā minerala e nalowale ana kou kino i ka wā e hana ai kēia mau hōʻailona, e pale ana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka maloʻo.
Eia nā maʻi nui e kōkua nui ai kēia hui pū ʻana, mai nā kūlana o kēlā me kēia lā a i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi:
I nā kūlana laha ʻole, hiki i nā kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia lāʻau no nā maʻi me kekahi mau maʻi kīkī, ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka chemotherapy, a i ʻole nā kānaka me nā maʻi maʻi e pili ana i ke kaulike wai. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola inā kūpono kēia lapaʻau i kāu kūlana.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau mālie a me ka ikaika waena e hana ana ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻana o kou ʻōpū i nā meaʻai. Hana ʻia ke kilokilo ke hana pū ka glucose (sugar) a me ka sodium e hana i kahi ʻōnaehana lawe kūikawā i loko o kou mau paia ʻōpū.
Ke loaʻa pū ka glucose a me ka sodium, hoʻomaka lākou i kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo co-transport, e wehe ana i nā ala no ka wai e hahai iā lākou i loko o kou kahe koko. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i kou kino ke komo i nā wai me ka maikaʻi loa ma mua o ka inu ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe.
ʻO nā electrolytes ʻē aʻe e like me ka potassium a me ka chloride e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana cell kūpono a kākoʻo i ke kaulike uila o kou kino. He mea nui ka potassium no ka puʻuwai a me ka hana ʻana o nā ʻiʻo, aʻo ka chloride e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulike wai kūpono ma waena o kāu mau cell.
ʻAʻole kēia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika e hoʻololi nui ai i kou kino. Akā, kākoʻo mālie ia i nā hana hoʻōla maoli o kou kino ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana i ka mea e pono ai e ola mai ka nalowale ʻana o ka wai.
ʻO ke kī i ka holomua me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i nā sips liʻiliʻi a pinepine ma mua o ka inu ʻana i nā mea nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi. E hoʻomaka me kekahi mau teaspoon i kēlā me kēia mau minuke, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e manaʻo ana i ka nausea a i ʻole ua luaʻi nei.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia hoʻonā ma ka ʻōpū ʻole, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hana maikaʻi ia ke ʻai ʻole ʻoe i kēia manawa. Inā ʻoe e ola ana mai ka maʻi ʻōpū, e kali ma kahi o 30 mau minuke ma hope o ka luaʻi ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e inu mālie i ka hoʻonā.
No nā hopena maikaʻi loa, e inu i ka hoʻonā ma ka lumi wela a i ʻole e hoʻomaʻalili iki. Hiki i nā wai anuanu a wela paha ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōpū maʻalahi. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā pūʻolo pauka, e hui pū me ka nui o ka wai i kuhikuhi ʻia ma ka pūʻolo, no ka mea, he mea nui ka kaulike o nā meaʻai no ka absorption kūpono.
Pono nā mākua ma kahi o 8-16 auneke i ka lā, ʻoiai nā keiki e pono i nā mea liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ko lākou kaumaha a me ko lākou makahiki. Hiki i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka nui kūpono no kāu kūlana.
Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia hoʻonā no kekahi mau lā a hiki i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kā lākou mau hōʻailona a hiki iā lākou ke hoʻi i ka ʻai a me ka inu maʻamau. No nā hihia maʻalahi o ka maʻi ʻōpū a i ʻole ka dehydration maʻalahi, pono paha ʻoe iā ia no 24-48 mau hola.
Inā ʻoe e hana nei me ka maʻi maʻi a i ʻole ka luaʻi ʻana, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hoʻonā no hoʻokahi pule, akā ma lalo o ke alakaʻi lapaʻau. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana a hiki i ka hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā wai maʻamau a me ka meaʻai me ka pilikia ʻole.
No nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka maʻi ʻōpū mumū, hoʻohana kekahi poʻe i kēia mau mea i ka wā lōʻihi ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻolālā mālama. E hana kāu kauka i kahi papa manawa kūikawā e kūpono i kāu mau pono olakino e mau nei.
E hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea a e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā e ʻino aʻe kou mau hōʻailona, inā e ulu ana nā hōʻailona hou, a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma hope o 2-3 mau lā o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana.
ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, palekana loa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. Ke hana ʻia nā hopena ʻaoʻao, maʻamau lākou he maʻalahi a pili i ka inu ʻana i ka nui loa a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea i hui pū ʻia.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena ke hoʻolohi ʻoe i kāu ʻai a i ʻole e lawe i nā sips liʻiliʻi. ʻO ke kī ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kou kino a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana.
Hiki ke hana ʻia nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui inā he maʻi olakino kou a i ʻole e hoʻohana hewa i ka mea:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea a e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
ʻOiai palekana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, pono kekahi poʻe e pale aku a i ʻole e hoʻohana wale nō ma lalo o ka mālama olakino. ʻO kou palekana ka mea nui, no laila he mea nui e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala olakino me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana.
ʻO nā kānaka e pono ke pale aku i kēia hoʻonā, penei:
Pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka mālama keu a e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka inā he maʻi diabetes, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, nā pilikia kīkī, a i ʻole ka maʻi puʻuwai. ʻAʻole pono kēia mau kūlana e pale iā ʻoe mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻonā, akā makemake paha kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono i ka dosage.
Hiki i nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū ke hoʻohana palekana i kēia mau hoʻonā, akā he mea naʻauao mau e nānā mua me kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoiai inā e ʻike ana ʻoe i ka maʻi kakahiaka nui a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
E ʻike ʻoe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kūʻai ʻia ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, kēlā me kēia me nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻono. ʻO ka inoa inoa kaulana loa ʻo Pedialyte, e hele mai ana i nā ʻono a me nā ʻano like ʻole me ka wai, ka pauka, a me nā mea hau.
ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau ʻē aʻe ʻo Gatorade (ʻoiai ʻo nā mea inu haʻuki pinepine i ka nui o ke kō a me ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaulike electrolyte), Powerade, CeraLyte, a me Rehydralyte. Nui nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau e lawe pū i kā lākou mau mana generic ponoʻī e hana like me ka maikaʻi me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa.
Ua kūʻai aku kekahi mau hōʻailona kūikawā e like me DripDrop a i ʻole Liquid IV iā lākou iho he mau ʻano hana i ʻoi aku ka nui, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me Normalyte e kālele ana i nā maʻi olakino kikoʻī. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mea e ʻono ai iā ʻoe a loaʻa ke kaulike kūpono o nā meaʻai no kāu mau pono.
Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e koho ma waena o nā hōʻailona ma muli o kāu kūlana kikoʻī, kālā, a me nā makemake ʻono. Hāʻawi pinepine nā mana generic i nā pōmaikaʻi like me nā hōʻailona inoa ʻoiai ke emi nui nei ke kumukūʻai.
Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa a kūpono paha nā hoʻonā rehydration kalepa iā ʻoe, hiki i kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i nā pōmaikaʻi like. ʻO ke koho kuʻuna loa, ʻo ia ka hoʻonā rehydration waha i hana ʻia ma ka home, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me nā meaʻai maʻamau o ka hale.
Paipai ka World Health Organization i ka hui ʻana i 6 teaspoon o ke kō a me 1/2 teaspoon o ka paʻakai i 1 lita o ka wai maʻemaʻe. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi hoʻonā rehydration maʻamau e hana maikaʻi no ka dehydration māmā a me ka waena, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e ʻono e like me nā mana kalepa.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia nā broths maʻemaʻe, e hāʻawi ana i ka sodium a me kekahi mau electrolytes, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa ke kaulike kōpono no ka absorption kiʻekiʻe. Loaʻa maoli ka wai niu i nā electrolytes a ua ʻae pinepine ʻia, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka potassium a me ka haʻahaʻa o ka sodium ma mua o nā hoʻonā rehydration kūpono.
No ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke ʻae i nā hoʻonā wai, hiki i nā koho ʻē aʻe ke komo i nā ʻāpana hau electrolyte, gelatin i hana ʻia me nā hoʻonā electrolyte, a i ʻole nā wai intravenous i lawelawe ʻia i nā hoʻonohonoho olakino no nā hihia koʻikoʻi.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea inu hoʻoulu wai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o nā mea inu haʻuki no ka mālama ʻana i ka maloʻo ʻana i hana ʻia e ka maʻi. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ma muli o ke kaulike pololei o nā mea i hana ʻia no ka omo maikaʻi ʻana i nā manawa i hoʻopilikia ʻia ai kāu ʻōnaehana digestive.
Loaʻa i nā mea inu haʻuki e like me Gatorade nā kiʻekiʻe o ke kō, hiki ke hoʻolohi i ka omo wai a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka maʻi maʻi i kekahi poʻe. Hoʻohana nā mea inu hoʻoulu wai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka lakio glucose-to-sodium e hoʻonui ai i ka omo wai i loko o kou ʻōpū.
Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku paha ka kūpono o nā mea inu haʻuki no nā kānaka olakino i maloʻo mai ka hoʻoikaika kino a i ʻole ka wela, no ka mea, ua hana ʻia lākou e pani i ka mea āu e nalowale ai ma o ka hou ʻana i ka wā o ka hana kino. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ko lākou ʻono, hiki ke paipai i ka poʻe e inu hou aku.
No ka maloʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka maʻi, ʻo nā mea inu hoʻoulu wai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ka mea lanakila. No ka nalowale ʻana o ka wai e pili ana i ka hoʻoikaika kino i nā kānaka olakino, hiki ke maikaʻi nā mea inu haʻuki, ʻoiai e hana maikaʻi ana nā mea inu lāʻau lapaʻau mai kahi manaʻo omo maʻemaʻe.
Hiki i ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes ke hoʻohana i kēia mau mea, akā pono lākou e nānā pono i kā lākou pae kō koko a pono paha e hoʻoponopono i kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes. Hiki i ka glucose i loko o nā mea hoʻoulu wai ke hoʻonui i ke kō koko, akā i ka wā e maloʻo ai ʻoe mai ka maʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pōmaikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia.
E kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mana ʻole i ke kō a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu insulin inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes. Hana kekahi mau hōʻailona i nā formulations kikoʻī no ka poʻe maʻi diabetes me ka hōʻemi ʻia o ke kō, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e like ka maikaʻi o kēia mau mea no ka hoʻoulu wai wikiwiki.
ʻAʻole pinepine ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o kēia mea i nā pilikia nui, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nausea, ka pehu ʻana, a i ʻole nā ʻōpū palupalu. Hoʻopau maʻamau ʻia ka wai nui a me nā electrolytes ma o kou mau puʻupaʻa a me nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū.
Inā ua ʻai ʻoe i ka nui loa a ʻaʻole maikaʻi, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawaʻawa no ke alakaʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke aʻo inā pono ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i ka nui āu i ʻai ai a me kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole e hahai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi papa hana maʻamau e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Akā, hoʻohana ʻoe ia e like me ka mea e pono ai e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me kou manaʻo. Inā ua lawe ʻoe ia mea maʻamau a ua hala i kekahi mau sips, e hoʻomau wale i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe.
ʻO ka mea nui e mālama i ka ʻai wai mau ma mua o ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka manawa kikoʻī. E hoʻolohe i kou kino a inu i ka wā e make wai ai ʻoe a i ʻole ke hōʻike ʻia kou mau hōʻailona e pono ai ʻoe i ka wai hou.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mea inā hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā wai maʻamau a me ka meaʻai me ka pilikia ʻole. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole ʻoe i luaʻi a i ʻole ka maʻi palahī no ka liʻiliʻi o 12-24 mau hola a ke manaʻo nei ʻoe e like me ʻoe iho.
E hoʻololi mālie i kāu ʻai maʻamau ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana me nā meaʻai palupalu a me ka wai maʻamau. Inā hoʻi mai nā hōʻailona ke hooki ʻoe i ka mea, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻomau iā ia no kekahi mau lā hou a e nīnau i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAe, palekana kēia mau mea no nā pēpē a me nā keiki, akā ʻokoʻa ka dosing mai nā mākua. No nā pēpē ma lalo o 6 mau mahina, pono ʻoe e nīnau mau i kāu pediatrician ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kekahi mea hoʻonā hydration, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka kūpono o ka waiū umauma a i ʻole ka formula.
No nā pēpē nui a me nā keiki, e hoʻomaka me nā mea liʻiliʻi loa (1-2 teaspoon) i kēlā me kēia mau minuke. Nui nā lama e hana i nā mea kūikawā no nā keiki me nā ʻono maʻalahi a me nā ʻano kūpona kūpono. Hiki i kāu kauka ke alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka nui kūpono e pili ana i ka makahiki a me ke kaumaha o kāu keiki.
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