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ʻO nā ʻehu ihu Corticosteroid he mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mumū i loko o kou ihu a me nā sinuses. Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau mālie akā maikaʻi ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka pane ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pale i loko o kou mau ala ihu, e maʻalahi ai ʻoe e hanu a ʻoluʻolu.
Inā ʻoe e hana nei me ka ihu paʻa, ka hū ʻana, a i ʻole ke kaomi sinus ʻaʻole e pau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kekahi o kēia mau ʻehu ihu. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou e kuhikuhi i ka mumū ma kahi āu e pono ai, me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole i kou kino holoʻokoʻa e like me ka hana ʻana o nā steroids waha.
ʻO nā ʻehu ihu Corticosteroid he mau lāʻau anti-inflammatory āu e pīpī pololei ai i loko o kou mau puka ihu. E noʻonoʻo iā lākou he kōkua i kuhikuhi ʻia e hele pololei i ke kumu o kou mumū ihu, ma mua o ka hele ʻana i kou kino holoʻokoʻa.
Aia i loko o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau nā mana synthetic o ka cortisol, he hormone e hana maoli ai kou kino e hakakā i ka mumū. ʻO ke ala ihu ʻo ia ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kou ihu a me nā sinuses, e kōkua ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai me nā steroids waha.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau e pili ana i ka fluticasone (Flonase), budesonide (Rhinocort), a me mometasone (Nasonex). Hana like kēlā me kēia akā loaʻa paha nā ikaika iki a i ʻole nā papa hana.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia mau ʻehu ihu i nā kūlana like ʻole e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū i kou ihu a me nā sinuses. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha iā lākou ke pehu a huhū kou mau ala ihu, e paʻakikī ai ka hanu ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO nā kūlana maʻamau e kōkua ai kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau me nā allergies kau, nā allergies a puni ka makahiki, a me ka sinusitis maʻi. He mea kōkua nui lākou ke hoʻomau kāu mau hōʻailona me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā antihistamines a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Eia nā maʻi nui e hiki ai i nā pīpī ihu corticosteroid ke hāʻawi i ke kōkua:
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i nā kauka ke kuhikuhi i kēia mau pīpī no nā maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me kekahi mau maʻi autoimmune e pili ana i ka ihu. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola inā kūpono kēia lapaʻau no kāu kūlana.
Hana kēia mau pīpī ihu ma ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka mumū i loko o kou mau ʻiʻo ihu, e like me ke kōkua ʻana o ka hau i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pehu i loko o ka kuʻekuʻe wāwae i wili ʻia. Pale ka lāʻau i kekahi mau kemika i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū, ka pehu, a me ka hana mucus.
Ke pīpī ʻoe i ka lāʻau i loko o kou ihu, uhi ia i nā ʻiʻo mumū. ʻO kēia ala i manaʻo ʻia e hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi āu e pono ai, e hōʻoluʻolu ana i ka pane mumū i loko o kou mau ala ihu a me nā sinuses.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka ikaika o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau he mea maʻamau i ka ikaika no nā hopena anti-inflammatory kūloko. Eia naʻe, no ka mea, hana lākou ma ka ihu ma mua o kou kino holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka mālie ma mua o nā steroids waha.
ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻomaha koke e like me kāu e hana ai me ka pīpī decongestant. Akā, kūkulu kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kā lākou hopena anti-inflammatory i nā lā a i nā pule, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻomaha lōʻihi mai kāu mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i kāu pīpī ihu e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pōmaikaʻi piha o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hana maikaʻi loa ke hoʻohana lākou i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā, maʻamau i ke kakahiaka.
Ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu pīpī, e puhi mālie i kou ihu e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā mucus. Kōkua kēia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki aku i nā ʻiʻo mumū me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. E lulu i ka ʻōmole inā ʻōlelo nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi pēlā.
Eia ke ʻano e hoʻohana pono ai i kāu pīpī ihu:
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka waiū no ka mea e hana kūloko ana ia i kou ihu. Eia naʻe, inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ihu ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou ma ka liʻiliʻi o 15 mau minuke e pale aku i ka holoi ʻana i ka corticosteroid.
Aia ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i kou kūlana kikoʻī a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. No nā maʻi allergies kau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā ia i ka wā o ke kau allergy, ʻoiai nā kūlana maʻi mau e koi ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi.
He nui ka poʻe me nā maʻi allergies kau e hoʻomaka ana e hoʻohana i kā lākou pīpī ihu ma kahi o ʻelua pule ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā lākou kau allergy maʻamau. Hāʻawi kēia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa e kūkulu ai i kāna mau hopena anti-inflammatory ma mua o kou hōʻike ʻia ʻana i nā allergens.
No nā kūlana maʻi mau e like me nā allergies a i ʻole nā polyps ihu, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka pīpī mau no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. He palekana kēia i ka wā e hoʻohana ʻia e like me ke kauoha ʻia, no ka mea, hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi kūloko ma mua o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kou kino holoʻokoʻa.
E nānā mau kāu kauka i ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka lōʻihi ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona. Mai hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana iā ia no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā corticosteroids ihu, me ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole paha. Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi lākou a pili pinepine i nā hopena kūloko i kou ihu a me kou ʻāʻī.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai he mea liʻiliʻi ia a hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. Loaʻa kēia mau hopena kūloko no ka mea e pili pono ana ka pīpī i kou mau ʻiʻo ihu.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hōʻike pinepine ʻia:
Hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi a i ʻole nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau kēia, he mea nui e ʻike iā lākou a e kelepona i kāu kauka inā lākou e ulu.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao laha akā hiki ke koʻikoʻi e pili ana:
I nā manawa liʻiliʻi loa, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena maʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e hoʻoulu ana i ka congestion ihu, ka ʻili, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu. Inā ʻike ʻoe e ʻoi aku ana kāu mau hōʻailona ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka pīpī, e kelepona i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻOiai palekana nā corticosteroids ihu no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, pono kekahi poʻe e pale iā lākou a i ʻole e hoʻohana iā lākou me ka akahele hou. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia mau lāʻau.
Pono nā kānaka me nā maʻi ihu e kali a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka maʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka pīpī ihu corticosteroid. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i nā maʻi ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāu pane immune kūloko.
Pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā i nā koho ʻē aʻe me kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau maʻi:
Pono nā hana kūikawā no kekahi mau pūʻulu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono e kaupalena ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono nā keiki, nā wahine hāpai, a me nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana immune i hoʻopilikia ʻia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka dosage a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka glaucoma, cataracts, a i ʻole osteoporosis, e ana kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia me ka akahele. ʻOiai he liʻiliʻi nā hopena systemic o nā pīpī ihu, hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi ke hoʻopilikia i kēia mau maʻi.
Loaʻa nā corticosteroids ihu inoa inoa, kēlā me kēia me nā mea hana like ʻole. Loaʻa kekahi ma luna o ka pāʻani, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e koi i kahi kauoha mai kāu kauka.
Loaʻa ʻo Fluticasone ma ke ʻano he Flonase (ma luna o ka pāʻani) a me Flonase Sensimist, e hāʻawi ana i ke komo maʻalahi no nā kānaka he nui me nā maʻi allergies. Hele mai ʻo Budesonide ma ke ʻano he Rhinocort, loaʻa pū kekahi me ka ʻole o ka palapala kauoha.
ʻO nā koho kauoha wale nō e komo pū me mometasone (Nasonex), triamcinolone (Nasacort), a me beclomethasone (Beconase). Hiki i kāu kauka ke koho i kahi inoa inoa kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, ka uhi ʻinikua, a i ʻole pehea ʻoe i pane maikaʻi ai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa pū kekahi nā mana generic o nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka pono like me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa. Hiki i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka inoa inoa a me nā koho generic.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono nā corticosteroids nasal iā ʻoe, hiki i nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka mumū a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka ihu. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻāʻo i kēia mau koho ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me ka mōʻaukala olakino.
Hana ʻokoʻa nā sprays nasal antihistamine e like me azelastine (Astelin) ma ka pale ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa histamine ma mua o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mumū. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke kōkua nui i ka poʻe me ka rhinitis maʻi e ʻike i ka hū a me ka ʻū.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe e noʻonoʻo ai kāu kauka:
No nā hihia koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole e pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā i nā koho ʻoki e like me ka septoplasty a i ʻole ka ʻoki sinus endoscopic. Hiki i kēia mau kaʻina hana ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kahe ʻana o ka ea nasal a me ka hoʻokahe.
He kūpono nā sprays nasal corticosteroid a me antihistamine, akā hana lākou ma nā ʻano like ʻole a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā ʻano hōʻailona like ʻole. Aia ke koho i ke kumu o kāu mau pilikia nasal a me nā hōʻailona e hoʻopilikia nui iā ʻoe.
Manaʻo ʻia nā sprays nasal Corticosteroid ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka mana hōʻailona piha, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka paʻa ʻana a me ka mumū. Hana lākou ma nā ala he nui e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona nasal, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻomaha ākea ma mua o nā antihistamines wale nō.
Hana wikiwiki nā sprays nasal Antihistamine no nā hōʻailona e like me ka hū a me ka ʻū, e hāʻawi pinepine ana i ka hoʻomaha i loko o kekahi mau minuke. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole lākou e like me ka maikaʻi no ka paʻa ʻana o ka ihu a i ʻole nā hōʻailona e pili ana i ka mumū.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā pīpī ihu corticosteroid inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka congestion mau, a ʻoi aku paha nā pīpī antihistamine inā ʻo kāu mau hoʻopiʻi nui ʻo ka hū a me ka ʻūlū. Pōmaikaʻi kekahi poʻe mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano pīpī ʻelua.
Manaʻo ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pīpī ihu corticosteroid he palekana i ka wā e hāpai ana, akā pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā mau i kēia me kāu kauka. Makemake pinepine ʻia ka pīpī ihu Budesonide i ka wā e hāpai ana no ka mea ʻo ia ka ʻikepili palekana loa i loaʻa.
ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona ihu koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hāpai ana e ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā pilikia liʻiliʻi mai nā corticosteroids nasal. Hiki i ka congestion nasal i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻopilikia i kāu hiamoe a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola, ʻaʻole maikaʻi iā ʻoe a i ʻole kāu pēpē.
E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e kaupaona i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia e pili ana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku e hoʻomaka me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka nānā ʻana iā ʻoe i ka wā e mālama ai.
ʻO ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana i ka nui o ka pīpī corticosteroid nasal i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole paha e hōʻeha nui, akā e ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao kūloko e like me ke kahe ʻana o ka ihu a i ʻole ka huhū nasal. Mai hopohopo inā hana kēia i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha.
Inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe i ka nui ma mua o ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia no kekahi mau lā, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka no ke alakaʻi. Makemake paha lākou e nānā iā ʻoe no nā hōʻailona o ka absorption systemic, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.
No ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻohana nui ʻana, e mālama i ka helu o nā pīpī āu e hoʻohana ai i kēlā me kēia lā a hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo inā pono. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo e pili ana i kāu dosage, e noi i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke kauka e nānā i nā ʻōlelo aʻo me ʻoe.
Inā e poina iā ʻoe ka lāʻau o kāu pīpī corticosteroid ihu, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu lāʻau i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hiki mai ana. Mai pāpālua i nā lāʻau e hoʻoponopono ai i ka mea i poina.
ʻAʻole e hōʻeha iā ʻoe ka poina ʻana i kahi lāʻau i kekahi manawa, akā e hoʻāʻo e mālama i kahi papa manawa kūlike no nā hopena maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau lāʻau i ka wā e hoʻohana mau ʻia ai, no ka mea, kūkulu lākou i kā lākou hopena anti-inflammatory i ka manawa.
Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā lāʻau, e hoʻāʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi mea hoʻomanaʻo i kēlā me kēia lā ma kāu kelepona a i ʻole e mālama i ka pīpī ma kahi e ʻike ʻia ai. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he mea kōkua ke hoʻohana i kā lākou pīpī ihu i ka manawa like e palaki ai lākou i ko lākou niho.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki maʻamau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pīpī corticosteroid ihu ke hoʻomalu maikaʻi ʻia kāu mau hōʻailona a ʻae kāu kauka he kūpono. No nā maʻi allergies kau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka hopena o ke kau allergy a hoʻomaka hou ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau aʻe.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka pīpī no nā maʻi maʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hōʻemi mālie i ke alapine ma mua o ka hooki ʻana. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona mai ka hoʻi koke ʻana.
Mai hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu pīpī ihu me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe ia no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i kahi hoʻolālā no ka hōʻemi palekana ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona i kēia manawa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana pinepine i nā corticosteroids ihu me nā lāʻau ihu ʻē aʻe, akā he mea nui ka manawa a me ke ʻano. E hoʻokaʻawale i nā pīpī ihu like ʻole ma kahi o 15 mau minuke e pale ai iā lākou mai ka holoi ʻana kekahi i kekahi.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka holoi saline, e hana i kēia ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu pīpī corticosteroid. Hiki i ka saline ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka mucus a me nā ʻōpala, e ʻae ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki i nā ʻiʻo mumū me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
E nīnau mau i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā lāʻau ihu. Hiki iā lākou ke aʻo iā ʻoe i ke ʻano maikaʻi loa a me ka manawa kūpono no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau ihu he nui me ka palekana a me ka pono.
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