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ʻO ka cromolyn inhalation he lāʻau palupalu, pale e kōkua ana e mālama i kou mau ala ea a hoʻemi i ka mumū i kou mau māmā. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he pale pale no kou mau ala hanu, e hana mālie ana ma ke kua e pale aku i nā hōʻeha hānō a me nā hopena maʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana.
No kahi papa i kapa ʻia ʻo mast cell stabilizers kēia lāʻau, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke kāohi nei ia i kekahi mau cell i kou mau māmā mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū a me nā pilikia hanu. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he inhaler hoʻomaha wikiwiki no nā pilikia, hana mau ka cromolyn i ka manawa e hoʻemi ai i ka pane ʻana o kou mau māmā i nā mea hoʻoulu e like me nā allergens, hoʻoikaika kino, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonāukiuki.
ʻO ka cromolyn inhalation ka mea nui e pale ai i nā hōʻailona hānō a me nā hopena maʻi i kou mau māmā. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi iā ia inā he hānō māmā a me ka maʻi, ʻoiai inā hoʻoulu ʻia e nā maʻi, hoʻoikaika kino, a i ʻole nā mea kaiapuni.
Hana maikaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe nona ka hānō e pili ana i nā mea hoʻoulu kikoʻī. Manaʻo kekahi mau kauka iā ia no ka hānō i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hoʻoikaika kino, kahi e lawe mai ai ka hana kino i ka wheezing, ka ʻū, a i ʻole ka pōkole o ka hanu. Hiki nō hoʻi ke kōkua i ka hānō hana, kahi e hoʻoulu ai nā pilikia hanu i ka wahi hana.
I kekahi mau hihia, kōkua ka cromolyn i ka mālama ʻana i nā hopena maʻi i nā māmā i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā mea e like me ka lauoho holoholona, ka pollen, a i ʻole nā mite lepo. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hoʻolālā mālama hānō piha, pinepine me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe.
Hana ʻo Cromolyn ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mast cell, ʻo ia nā cell immune kūikawā i kou mau māmā e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea mumū ke hoʻoulu ʻia. Ke hālāwai kēia mau cell i nā allergens a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonāukiuki, hoʻokuʻu maʻamau lākou i nā kemika e like me ka histamine e hoʻoulu ai i ka pehu, ka hana mucus, a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka ea.
Ma ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau pūnaewele i ke kūpaʻa, pale ʻo cromolyn i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kēia mau mea hoʻopāʻani ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā pilikia. ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai i lāʻau lapaʻau pale ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻopakele. Hoʻonaʻauao maoli ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou mau ala ea e emi ai ka pane ʻana i nā mea hoʻoulu i ka manawa.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo cromolyn he lāʻau lapaʻau maʻalahi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā corticosteroids a i ʻole bronchodilators. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao, hiki ke lawe i kekahi mau pule o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana e hiki ai i kona pono piha. ʻO kēia ala mālie e kūpono ai ia no ka mālama ʻana i ka hānō wā lōʻihi.
E lawe i ka cromolyn inhalation e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau 3-4 manawa i ka lā ma nā manawa i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole me nā inhalers metered-dose, nā hoʻonā nebulizer, a me nā inhalers pauka maloʻo, no laila e hilinaʻi kāu ʻenehana i ke ʻano āu e hoʻohana nei.
No nā inhalers metered-dose, e lulu maikaʻi i ka inhaler ma mua o kēlā me kēia hoʻohana, e hoʻokuʻu loa, e kau i kou lehelehe a puni ka waha, a e hanu mālie a hohonu i ka wā e kaomi ana i ka pahu. E paʻa i kou hanu no 10 kekona inā hiki, a laila e hoʻokuʻu mālie. E kali ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi minuke ma waena o nā puffs inā ua kauoha kāu kauka i nā puffs he nui.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka nebulizer, e ana i ka nui pololei o ka hopena i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka i loko o ke kīʻaha nebulizer. E noho pololei a hanu maʻamau ma ka waha a pau ka lāʻau lapaʻau, kahi e lawe ai i 10-15 mau minuke. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāu lako nebulizer ma hope o kēlā me kēia hoʻohana e like me nā ʻōlelo a ka mea hana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka cromolyn me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, a ʻaʻole ia e launa pū me ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu. Eia naʻe, e holoi i kou waha me ka wai ma hope o ka inhalation e pale ai i ka huhū o ka ʻāʻī a hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ka ʻōpū waha, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau inhaled ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻohana maʻamau ʻia ka hanu ʻana o Cromolyn ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau mālama lōʻihi, ʻo ia hoʻi e lawe paha ʻoe ia no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki e pili ana i kāu mana asthma. ʻAʻole like me nā inhalers hoʻomaha wikiwiki āu e hoʻohana ai i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai nā hōʻailona, hana maikaʻi ʻo cromolyn ke lawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻohana i ka cromolyn no ka liʻiliʻi o 2-4 mau pule ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona. Kūkulu mālie ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana, no laila he mea nui ka hoʻomanawanui i nā pule mua o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi ma mua, ʻoiai paha e pono nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i 6-8 mau pule e ʻike i nā hopena piha.
E loiloi mau kāu kauka i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hiki ke hoʻololi i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, nā hoʻokolohua hana māmā, a me ka mana asthma holoʻokoʻa. Inā mālama maikaʻi ʻia kāu asthma no ka manawa lōʻihi, hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke alapine a i ʻole ka hoʻopau ʻana iā cromolyn, akā ʻaʻole pono e hana ʻia kēia me ka nānā ʻole ʻia e ke kauka.
Hoʻomanawanui maikaʻi ʻia ka hanu ʻana o Cromolyn, me ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e pili ana i kou ʻāʻī a me kou waha no ka mea e pili ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kēia mau wahi i ka wā o ka hanu ʻana.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e ʻae maikaʻi ka poʻe he nui i ka cromolyn:
Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pule mua o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i ka holoi ʻana i kou waha me ka wai ma hope o kēlā me kēia hoʻohana ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻāʻī a me nā pilikia ʻono.
He liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā hiki ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole ka hōʻino ʻana o nā hōʻailona hānō. I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka paʻa o ka umauma, nā ʻū koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu ma hope koke o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka cromolyn. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a e kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻohana palekana i ka cromolyn inhalation, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi e koho ai kāu kauka i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi i ka cromolyn a i ʻole kekahi o kāna mau mea i hala, pono ʻoe e pale loa i kēia lāʻau.
Pono paha ka poʻe me ka hānō koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia i nā lāʻau ikaika ma mua o ka hiki i ka cromolyn ke hāʻawi. No ka mea, hana mālie a mālie ka cromolyn, ʻaʻole lawa paha ia no ka mālama ʻana i nā hānō koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia hanu koʻikoʻi e koi ai i ka hana koke a ikaika.
E hoʻohana kāu kauka i ka akahele keu inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa a i ʻole ke ake, hiki i kou kino ke hana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia he mea nui me ka cromolyn. Hiki i nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū ke hoʻohana palekana i ka cromolyn, no ka mea, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā lāʻau hānō palekana i ka wā o ka hāpai ʻana, akā pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā mau i kēia me kāu mea mālama ola.
Hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻohana maʻamau i ka cromolyn, akā pono lākou i ke aʻo kūpono e pili ana i ka ʻenehana inhaler a pono paha i ka mālama ʻana o nā mākua e hōʻoia e hoʻohana pono ana lākou i ka lāʻau. Pono paha nā keiki ʻōpio loa i kahi mana nebulizer ma mua o kahi inhaler lima.
Loaʻa ka cromolyn inhalation ma lalo o kekahi mau inoa inoa, me Intal kekahi o nā mea i ʻike nui ʻia. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia i kūʻai ʻia ʻo Gastrocrom i kekahi mau hoʻohuihui, ʻoiai e hoʻohana ʻia kēia no nā kūlana like ʻole.
Loaʻa nō hoʻi nā ʻano generic o ka cromolyn sodium inhalation a hana like nō me nā ʻano inoa inoa. He like nō ka mea hana ikaika me ka mea hana, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i nā hopena lapaʻau like mai ka cromolyn generic e like me kāu e loaʻa ai mai nā huahana inoa inoa.
Hiki i nā mea hana like ʻole ke hoʻohana i nā mea hana ʻole i ka hana a i ʻole nā mea hana hāʻawi like ʻole, no laila inā hoʻololi ʻia ʻoe mai kekahi inoa i kekahi, e nānā i nā loli i ka ʻono, ka huhū o ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka pono. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻokoʻa nui, e kūkākūkā me kāu lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole kauka.
Nui nā koho ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ka cromolyn iā ʻoe a i ʻole inā pono ʻoe i ka mana asthma ikaika. ʻO nā corticosteroids inhaled e like me fluticasone (Flovent) a i ʻole budesonide (Pulmicort) he mau lāʻau anti-inflammatory ikaika a nā kauka e makemake ai no ka asthma mau.
Hana nā mea hoʻololi leukotriene e like me montelukast (Singulair) i nā mea ʻokoʻa mai ka cromolyn akā kōkua pū nō hoʻi i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona asthma. He mau pila kēia ma mua o nā inhalers, kahi e ʻike ai kekahi poʻe he mea maʻalahi. He mea kōkua nui lākou no ka poʻe i hoʻokumu ʻia ka asthma e nā allergies a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika kino.
No ka poʻe e pono ai i ka pale ikaika, hiki i nā inhalers hui pū e loaʻa ana i ka corticosteroid inhaled a me ka bronchodilator lōʻihi ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO nā laʻana e pili ana i ka fluticasone/salmeterol (Advair) a i ʻole budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort).
Loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou e like me omalizumab (Xolair) no ka poʻe me ka asthma allergic koʻikoʻi, akā ua mālama ʻia kēia mau mea no nā hihia i lawa ʻole ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. E kōkua kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ke koho ʻē aʻe e hana maikaʻi loa ma muli o kāu ʻano asthma a me ke koʻikoʻi.
He ʻokoʻa loa nā hana a ka cromolyn inhalation a me ka albuterol, no laila ʻaʻole kūpono ke hoʻohālikelike pololei iā lākou. He lāʻau pale ka Cromolyn āu e lawe mau ai e hōʻemi i ka mumū a pale i nā hōʻailona hānō, ʻoiai ʻo ka albuterol he lāʻau hoʻomaha wikiwiki āu e hoʻohana ai i ka wā o nā hōʻeha hānō e wehe koke i kou mau ala ea.
E noʻonoʻo i ka cromolyn ma ke ʻano he huaora i kēlā me kēia lā no kou mau māmā, e hana mālie ana ma ke kua e mālama i ka mumū haʻahaʻa. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka albuterol e like me kahi mea hana pilikia e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki ke loaʻa nei ʻoe i nā pilikia hanu. Pono ka hapa nui o ka poʻe me ka hānō i nā ʻano lāʻau ʻelua no ka mālama piha.
He ʻoluʻolu ka Cromolyn a he liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma mua o ka albuterol, akā he mau pule e hiki ai i ka pono piha a ʻaʻole ia e kōkua i ka wā o ka hōʻeha hānō ikaika. Hana ka Albuterol i loko o nā minuke akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoponopono i ka mumū kumu e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona hānō e ulu i ka wahi mua.
E kuhikuhi paha kāu kauka i nā lāʻau ʻelua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hānō mau, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka cromolyn no ka pale ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā a me ka mālama ʻana i ka albuterol no nā hōʻailona breakthrough a i ʻole nā kūlana pilikia.
Manaʻo ʻia ka cromolyn inhalation he palekana no ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau bronchodilators e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka helu o ka puʻuwai a me ke koko, hana ka cromolyn ma kahi o nā māmā a he liʻiliʻi nā hopena i kāu ʻōnaehana cardiovascular.
ʻAʻole maʻamau ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, ka jitteriness, a i ʻole nā loli koko e ʻike ai kekahi poʻe me ka albuterol a i ʻole nā lāʻau beta-agonist ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai ka cromolyn i koho maikaʻi no ka poʻe i loaʻa ka hānō a me nā maʻi puʻuwai.
Akā naʻe, pono nō ʻoe e haʻi i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka cromolyn. ʻOiai he mea kakaʻikahi nā pilina, pono i kāu mea mālama ola ke kiʻi piha o kou olakino e hana i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau maikaʻi loa a e nānā pono iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole paha e hōʻeha nui ka lawe hewa ʻana i ka nui o ka cromolyn inhalation, no ka mea, he palekana maikaʻi loa kēia lāʻau. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hou aku e ʻike paha i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka huhū o ka ʻāʻī, ka ʻū, a i ʻole ka ʻono ʻoluʻolu ʻole, akā he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena.
Inā ʻike ʻoe ua lawe ʻoe i ka nui ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, mai hopohopo. E holoi pono i kou waha me ka wai a nānā iā ʻoe iho no nā hōʻailona ʻano ʻē. ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau ka huhū o ka ʻāʻī, e hoʻoponopono ʻia ma kona iho i loko o kekahi mau hola.
E kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka nui āu i lawe ai a i ʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻano ʻē. ʻOiai he mea kakaʻikahi ka overdose cromolyn a ʻaʻole paha he mea weliweli, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻoihana ke maopopo ʻole ʻoe e pili ana i ka palekana o ka lāʻau.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o ka cromolyn inhalation, e lawe iā ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau. Mai pāpālua i nā mahele e hana i ka mea āu i hala.
ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia nui ka hala ʻana i hoʻokahi mahele i kāu kaohi ʻana i ka maʻi asthma, akā e hoʻāʻo e mālama i ke kūlike no nā hopena maikaʻi loa. No ka mea, hana ka cromolyn ma ka hana ʻana i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana i ka manawa, he mea nui ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā no ka mālama ʻana i kāna mau hopena pale.
Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā lāʻau, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole e mālama i kāu inhaler ma kahi e ʻike ʻia ai e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe e hoʻohana. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he mea kōkua ke hoʻopili i kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana i ka cromolyn i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka palaki ʻana i ko lākou niho a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka cromolyn inhalation me ka ʻole e kūkākūkā mua me kāu kauka. ʻOiai he lāʻau lapaʻau mālie, hiki i ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o nā hōʻailona asthma a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kou hanu i ka wā.
Na kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka manawa kūpono e hōʻemi ai a i ʻole e hooki i ka cromolyn ma muli o kāu mana asthma, nā hoʻokolohua hana māmā, a me ke kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hana ʻia kēia hoʻoholo ma hope o ka mālama maikaʻi ʻia ʻana o kāu asthma no ka manawa lōʻihi, maʻamau i kekahi mau mahina a i hoʻokahi makahiki.
Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe a me kāu kauka e hooki i ka cromolyn, hana ʻia ma ke ʻano mālie ma mua o ka manawa hoʻokahi. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻemi i ke alapine o nā lāʻau a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi papa hana e like me ka mea e pono ai ma mua o ka hooki ʻana. I loko o kēia kaʻina hana, pono ʻoe e nānā pono e hōʻoia i ka mālama maikaʻi ʻia ʻana o kāu asthma.
Manaʻo ʻia ka cromolyn inhalation he palekana i ka wā e hāpai ana a makemake pinepine ʻia ma mua o nā lāʻau asthma ʻē aʻe no nā wahine hāpai. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi o nā māmā a liʻiliʻi loa e komo i loko o kou kahe koko, ʻo ia hoʻi ka liʻiliʻi o ka hōʻike ʻana i kāu pēpē e ulu nei.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka mana asthma maikaʻi i ka wā e hāpai ana he mea nui ia no kou olakino a me ka ulu ʻana o kāu pēpē. Hiki i ka asthma i mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia e like me ke kaumaha hānau haʻahaʻa, ka hānau mua ʻana, a i ʻole ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka lako oxygen i ka pēpē, ʻoi aku ka hopohopo ma mua o nā pilikia liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka cromolyn.
Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā mau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau me kāu kauka obstetrician a me pulmonologist a i ʻole allergist. Hiki iā lākou ke hana pū e hana i ka hoʻolālā mālama asthma palekana a maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī i ka wā hāpai a me ka hānai ʻana.
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