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ʻO ka ala estrogen vaginal e pili ana i ka lāʻau hormone i hāʻawi pololei ʻia i loko o ka vagina ma o nā ʻaila, nā papa, a i ʻole nā apo. Kōkua kēia lapaʻau i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā pae estrogen i nā ʻiʻo vaginal, ʻo ia hoʻi no nā wahine e ʻike nei i nā loli ma muli o ka menopause a i ʻole nā kūlana hormonal ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole like me ka estrogen waha e pili ana i kou kino holoʻokoʻa, hana ka estrogen vaginal ma kahi o ka wahi vaginal. ʻO kēia ala i manaʻo ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pōmaikaʻi ma kahi āu e pono ai, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka komo ʻana i loko o kou kahe koko.
ʻO ka ala estrogen vaginal he lāʻau lapaʻau hormone e hāʻawi pololei i ka estrogen i nā ʻiʻo vaginal. Hele mai ia i ʻekolu mau ʻano nui: nā ʻaila āu e hoʻopili ai me kahi mea noi, nā papa liʻiliʻi āu e hoʻokomo ai, a i ʻole nā apo maʻalahi e noho ana no nā mahina.
Aia i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻano like o ka estrogen e hana maoli ai kou kino. Ke hāʻule nā pae estrogen i ka wā menopause a i ʻole ma muli o nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, hiki i nā ʻiʻo vaginal ke lahilahi, maloʻo, a ʻaʻole elastic. Kōkua ka estrogen vaginal i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kēia mau ʻiʻo i kahi kūlana olakino.
ʻO ka nani o kēia lapaʻau ʻo ia kona pololei. Ma kahi o ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa me nā hormones, hana ia ma kahi āu e pono ai. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka estrogen e noho ana ma ka wahi vaginal, me ka liʻiliʻi loa e komo ana i loko o kou kahe koko.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui ka ala estrogen vaginal i ka atrophy vaginal, kahi maʻi kahi e lahilahi ai nā ʻiʻo vaginal a maloʻo ma muli o nā pae estrogen haʻahaʻa. Hana maʻamau kēia i ka wā menopause, akā hiki nō ke hana ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, i ka wā e hānai ai i ka umauma, a i ʻole ma hope o kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke pōmaikaʻi mai kēia lapaʻau inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole e pili ana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke paʻakikī i nā pilina pili a me ka hōʻoluʻolu mau e pili ana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
Eia nā maʻi nui e kōkua ai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau:
Hoʻopaʻa pū kekahi mau kauka i ka estrogen vaginal no nā maʻi liʻiliʻi e like me ka lichen sclerosus a i ʻole e kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana o nā ʻiʻo ma hope o kekahi mau kaʻina hana. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola inā kūpono kēia lapaʻau no kāu kūlana.
Hana ka estrogen vaginal route ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hormone pololei i nā ʻiʻo e pono ai. Ke hoʻopili a hoʻokomo ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, komo ka estrogen i loko o nā paia o ka ʻōpū a me nā ʻiʻo a puni, e kōkua ana iā lākou e loaʻa hou i ka mānoanoa, ka wai, a me ka elasticity.
E noʻonoʻo e like me ka wai ʻana i kahi mea kanu i maloʻo loa. Kōkua ka estrogen i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka wai maoli a me ka hana olakino o nā ʻiʻo o ka ʻōpū. Lawe maʻamau kēia kaʻina hana i kekahi mau pule e hōʻike i nā hopena piha, ʻoiai ua ʻike kekahi mau wahine i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka wā mua.
Manaʻo ʻia he lapaʻau ikaika waena e maikaʻi loa no nā hōʻailona kūloko. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau hormone systemic ikaika, kālele ka estrogen vaginal i kāna hana ma kahi āu e pono ai. Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke kaulike pH maoli o kou ʻōpū a hoʻonui i ke kahe koko i ka wahi.
ʻO ke ala āu e lawe ai i ka estrogen vaginal route e hilinaʻi ana i ke ʻano i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi kikoʻī, a ʻo ka hahai ʻana iā lākou me ka mālama e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā hopena maikaʻi loa me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi.
No nā ʻaila vaginal, e hoʻohana maʻamau ʻoe i kahi mea hoʻopili e hoʻokomo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou ʻōpū, maʻamau i ka wā e moe ai. E hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono i kou mau lima ma mua a ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana. Nui nā wahine i ʻike he mea kōkua ke komo ʻana i ka panty liner e pale i ko lākou lole.
Eia pehea e hoʻohana pono ai i kēlā me kēia ʻano:
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau me ka meaʻai no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e hele i kāu ʻōnaehana digestive. Eia naʻe, e hoʻāʻo e hoʻohana ia mea i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae kūlike. Inā hana ʻoe i ka moekolohe, e kūkākūkā i ka manawa me kāu hoa, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke hoʻopilikia i ka pilina.
Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā wahine i ka estrogen vaginal route no ka lōʻihi o kā lākou mau hōʻailona, ʻo ia paha he mau makahiki a i ʻole ka wā lōʻihi. ʻAʻole like me ka lāʻau hormone waha, ua manaʻo ʻia ka estrogen vaginal he palekana no ka hoʻohana lōʻihi no ka mea liʻiliʻi loa e komo i loko o kou kahe koko.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻoe e ʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o 2-4 mau pule, me nā pōmaikaʻi piha e ulu ana ma luna o 2-3 mau mahina. E ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka e hoʻomaka me nā noi pinepine, a laila e hōʻemi i kahi papa hana mālama ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia kāu mau hōʻailona.
Makemake kāu mea mālama ola e nānā me ʻoe i kēlā me kēia manawa, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 6-12 mahina, e loiloi i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau. Pono kekahi mau wahine e hoʻomau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka manawa pau ʻole e mālama i ka hōʻoluʻolu, a hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke hōʻemi i ke alapine a i ʻole e hoʻomaha.
He maʻalahi nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka estrogen vaginal route no ka mea, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e noho ana ma ka wahi vaginal. Eia naʻe, e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ia ke hana i kekahi mau hopena he mea nui e ʻike.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he mea manawa pōkole a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. Hana pinepine kēia i nā pule mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana a hoʻoponopono pinepine iā lākou iho.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia:
He mea maʻamau ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā hiki nō ke hana. E kelepona i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kahe ʻana o ke koko ʻokoʻa, ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o nā koko koko e like me ka pehu ʻana o ka wāwae a i ʻole ka hanu ʻana. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke.
Hiki i kekahi mau wahine ke loaʻa nā hopena maʻi maʻi, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia. E nānā i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻūlū nui, ka ʻōpala, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a e ʻimi koke i ke kōkua olakino inā loaʻa kēia mau mea.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka estrogen vaginal ma mua o ka estrogen waha no nā wahine he nui, ʻo kekahi mau maʻi olakino e hana ʻole ai a i ʻole e koi ai i nā hana kūikawā. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia lāʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka estrogen vaginal inā he mōʻaukala kou o kekahi mau maʻi maʻi, nā koko koko, a i ʻole ke kahe ʻana o ka ʻōpū i wehewehe ʻole ʻia. Pono kāu kauka e kāpae i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau hormone.
ʻO nā kūlana e pale ai iā ʻoe mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e komo pū ana:
Pono kekahi mau kūlana i ka nānā ʻana hou aku akā ʻaʻole pono e pale i ka hoʻohana. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia i ka maʻi diabetes, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ka maʻi gallbladder, a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā koko koko. E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa no kou kūlana.
He nui nā inoa inoa i loaʻa no ke ala ʻōpū o ka estrogen, e hāʻawi ana kēlā me kēia i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa iki a i ʻole nā ʻano hāʻawi. E koho kāu kauka ma muli o kāu mau pono kikoʻī, ka uhi ʻinikua, a me nā makemake pilikino.
ʻO nā inoa inoa i kauoha pinepine ʻia e pili ana iā Premarin (conjugated estrogen cream), Estrace (estradiol cream), a me Vagifem (estradiol tablets). ʻO nā koho apo e pili ana iā Estring a me Femring, e hāʻawi ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hormone mau.
Loaʻa nā mana generic no kekahi mau formulations, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. ʻO ka mea hana like nō ia inā hoʻohana ʻoe i ka inoa inoa a i ʻole nā mana generic. Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā koho i loaʻa.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka estrogen vaginal route iā ʻoe, hiki i kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka maloʻo a me ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka ʻōpū. Hana ʻokoʻa kēia mau koho akā hiki ke hāʻawi i ke kōkua nui no nā wahine he nui.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau non-hormonal ka mea mua i koho ʻia no nā wahine ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana i ka estrogen. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i nā moisturizers vaginal, lubricants, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hormones akā kōkua nō i ke olakino vaginal.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e noʻonoʻo ai e pili ana:
ʻIke kekahi mau wahine ʻo ka hui ʻana i nā ala e hana maikaʻi loa. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka moisturizer vaginal maʻamau a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka lubricant i ka wā o ka moekolohe hiki ke hāʻawi i ke kōkua piha me ka ʻole o nā hormones.
No nā hōʻailona i loko o ka ʻōpū, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka estrogen vaginal ma mua o ka estrogen waha no ka mea e hāʻawi pololei ia i ka hormone i kahi e pono ai ʻoe. ʻO kēia hana i manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hormone i ke koena o kou kino.
Hoʻopilikia ka estrogen waha i kou ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa, hiki ke maikaʻi inā he mau hōʻailona menopause ʻē aʻe kāu e like me nā wela wela a i ʻole ka nalowale o ka iwi. Eia naʻe, inā ʻo ka hopohopo nui kāu e pili ana i ka maloʻo a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole o ka ʻōpū, ʻo ka estrogen vaginal ka koho maikaʻi.
ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka estrogen vaginal e komo pū ana me ka haʻahaʻa o ka pilikia o nā koko koko, ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena i kou ate, a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana palekana inā ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia ka estrogen waha no ʻoe ma muli o nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe.
E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ke ala maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me nā makemake pilikino. Loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o kekahi mau wahine mai ka hui ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ma lalo o ka mālama olakino.
ʻAe, palekana ka estrogen vaginal no nā wahine me ka maʻi diabetes no ka mea he liʻiliʻi loa ka hormone e komo i kou kahe koko. ʻAʻole hiki i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūloko ke hoʻopilikia i nā pae kō koko i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka estrogen waha.
Eia naʻe, makemake kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe inā he maʻi diabetes kāu. Hiki i kekahi mau wahine ke ʻike i nā loli liʻiliʻi i ke kō koko, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia me ka estrogen vaginal. E hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana i kāu mau pae glucose e like me ka maʻamau a hōʻike i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa i kāu mea mālama ola.
Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i ka nui ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, mai hopohopo. He mea maʻamau ka overdose estrogen vaginal a ʻaʻole pilikia maʻamau no ka mea ua kaupalena ʻia ka absorption. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao manawa e like me ka nausea, ka palupalu o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
E kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau no ke alakaʻi ʻana, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Hiki iā lākou ke aʻo inā pono ʻoe e lele i kāu mahele aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono i kāu papa. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻo ka hoʻi ʻana i kāu papa hana maʻamau he lawa ia.
Inā e hala ʻoe i kahi mahele, e hoʻopili iā ia i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe, ke ʻole ua kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Mai pāpālua e uku no kahi mahele i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻoulu i ka huhū a i ʻole nā hopena ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hala ʻana i nā mahele i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ia he pilikia, akā e hoʻāʻo e mālama i kāu papa hana maʻamau no nā hopena maikaʻi loa. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka estrogen ala ʻōpū i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻoholo ai ʻoe a me kāu kauka he kūpono. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻemi mālie. Eia naʻe, e hoʻi hou ana kāu mau hōʻailona inā aia nō ke kumu kumu (e like me ka menopause).
Nui nā wahine e koho e hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi no ka mea he palekana ia a hoʻi hou nā hōʻailona ke hooki ʻia. Hoʻāʻo kekahi i nā wā hoʻomaha e ʻike inā pono lākou i ka lāʻau. E hana pū me kāu mea mālama ola e ʻike i ke ala e hana maikaʻi ai no kou kūlana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka estrogen ala ʻōpū i ka wā menstruation inā loaʻa nō kāu mau manawa. ʻAʻole e keakea ka lāʻau i kāu pōʻai menstrual, a ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻohana mau e hāʻawi pinepine i ka hōʻoluʻolu hōʻailona maikaʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike he mea ʻoi aku ka lepo i ka wā o kou manawa, ʻoiai me nā ʻaila. Makemake kekahi mau wahine e hoʻohana i nā tampons ma mua o nā pads i nā lā lapaʻau, akā he koho pilikino kēia. E hana nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka nānā ʻole i kou kūlana menstrual.
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