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He ʻano kūikawā ʻo Florbetaben F-18 o kahi mea kiʻi radioactive e kōkua ana i nā kauka e ʻike i nā papa amyloid i kou lolo. ʻO kēia mau papa he mau puʻupuʻu protein e kūkulu ʻia i loko o kekahi mau maʻi lolo, ʻo ia hoʻi ka maʻi Alzheimer. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea hana e hōʻike ana i kēia mau papa i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka PET scan, e hāʻawi ana i kāu hui lapaʻau i nā kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei i kou lolo.
He mea huli radioactive ʻo Florbetaben F-18 i hoʻolālā ʻia e ʻike i nā papa amyloid beta i loko o ka ʻiʻo lolo ola. Loaʻa iā ia kahi liʻiliʻi o ka fluorine-18, kahi mea radioactive palekana e ʻālohilohi ana ma lalo o nā mea hana kiʻi kūikawā. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele kēia mea huli i kou lolo a pili i nā papa amyloid inā loaʻa lākou.
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He mea waiwai nui kēia mea hana diagnostic ke maopopo ʻole kāu mau hōʻailona a i ʻole i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻole ai nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe i nā pane maopopo. Hiki iā ia ke kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻomaopopo inā e kōkua ana nā papa amyloid i kāu mau hōʻailona cognitive. Eia naʻe, he mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā papa amyloid e manaʻo maʻalahi ana he maʻi ʻo Alzheimer, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa nā papa me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka hoʻokolohua i nā hoʻonohonoho noiʻi e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i nā maʻi lolo a e nānā i ke ʻano o ka hopena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokolohua i ka hana ʻana o ka amyloid. Kōkua kēia noiʻi i ka holomua ʻana o kā mākou ʻike i ka dementia a hiki ke alakaʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi aʻe i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Hana ʻo Florbetaben F-18 ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā papa amyloid beta i loko o kāu ʻiʻo lolo. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele ka mea huli i ka pale koko-lolo a ʻimi i kēia mau waihona protein. Hoʻopuka ka fluorine radioactive i loko o ka mea huli i nā hōʻailona e hiki ai i ka mea nānā PET ke ʻike, e hana ana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kahi e waiho ai nā papa a me ka nui o lākou.
He ʻoluʻolu ka hana i kou kino. He pōkole ka hapalua o ka mea radioactive ma kahi o 110 mau minuke, ʻo ia hoʻi, e emi ana ka hana i ka manawa a ua hoʻopau ʻia mai kāu ʻōnaehana. Wehe ʻia ka hapa nui o ka mea huli mai kou kino ma kou mau puʻupaʻa i loko o 24 mau hola, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka radiation i koe.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he mea hana diagnostic ikaika. ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike waiwai, ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻouka e like me kekahi mau kaʻina hana lolo ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation i nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻohana pono ʻia.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e “lawe” maoli iā Florbetaben F-18 ma ke ʻano kuʻuna. Akā, e hāʻawi ʻia ana ma o ka pahu liʻiliʻi pololei i loko o ke aʻa ma kou lima, e like me ka huki ʻana i ke koko. He mau kekona wale nō ka pahu ponoʻī a hāʻawi ʻia ma ka haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi kūikawā e nā poʻe lapaʻau i aʻo ʻia.
Ma mua o kāu manawa, e noi ʻia ʻoe e pale i ka ʻai ʻana no kekahi mau hola, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i ka wai. E hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i kou kūlana pilikino. Hiki i kekahi mau kikowaena ke noi iā ʻoe e pale i ka caffeine a i ʻole kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻokolohua, no laila he mea nui e hahai pono i nā alakaʻi ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Ma hope o ka pahu, pono ʻoe e kali ma kahi o 90 mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka scan PET maoli. I loko o kēia manawa kali, hele ka mea huli ma kou kahe koko a hōʻiliʻili i loko o kou ʻiʻo lolo. E noi ʻia ʻoe e hoʻomaha mālie i kēia manawa, e pale ana i ka hana ikaika a i ʻole ke kamaʻilio nui ʻana, no ka mea, hiki i kēia mau hana ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka mea huli i kou lolo.
He hana diagnostic hoʻokahi manawa ʻo Florbetaben F-18, ʻaʻole he lapaʻau e hoʻomau nei. E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pahu hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia scan PET i kauoha ʻia e kāu kauka. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e pono wale i kēia hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi, akā i kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi scan ma hope o nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma hope e nānā i nā loli i kou lolo.
He manawa pōkole nā hopena o ka pahu. E wāwahi maoli ka mea huli radioactive a haʻalele i kou kino i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola. ʻAʻohe pono no nā mea e hoʻomau nei a i ʻole ka hoʻokele maʻamau e like me kāu e loaʻa ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā.
Inā pono nā scans hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e pili ana kēlā me kēia i kahi pahu kaʻawale. E noʻonoʻo pono kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kekahi mau hana hou, e hōʻoia mau ana e hōʻoia ana ka ʻike diagnostic i loaʻa i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation liʻiliʻi.
ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka Florbetaben F-18 injection. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole, e kū ana i loko o ka 2% o nā maʻi. Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he mea liʻiliʻi lākou a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau hola.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi āu e ʻike ai, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kekahi mea ʻokoʻa:
ʻO kēia mau hopena liʻiliʻi ka pane maʻamau o kou kino i ka injection a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
He mea maʻamau loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi me Florbetaben F-18. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona maʻamau akā hopohopo:
Loaʻa kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi i loko o ka 0.1% o nā maʻi, akā he mea nui e ʻike iā lākou a ʻimi koke i ke kōkua inā loaʻa lākou.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale a noʻonoʻo pono i ka kiʻi ʻana o Florbetaben F-18. ʻO ka mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai, ʻo ia ka hāpai ʻana, no ka mea, hiki i ka radiation ke hōʻino i kahi pēpē e ulu ana. Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e manaʻo ana e hāpai ana, e haʻi koke i kāu hui lapaʻau ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Pono nā makuahine e hānai ana i ka waiū i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā. ʻOiai hiki i ka mea huli ke hele i loko o ka waiū umauma, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka hānai ʻana me kekahi mau hana e mālama ai. E aʻo aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe inā e pauma a hoʻolei i ka waiū umauma no 24 mau hola ma hope o ka injection a i ʻole inā palekana ke hoʻomau i ka hānai maʻamau.
Pono paha ka poʻe me nā pilikia kīkī koʻikoʻi i nā hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mahele a i ʻole nā ʻano hoʻāʻo ʻē aʻe. Ma muli o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka mea huli ma o kou mau kīkī, hiki i ka hana kīkī i hōʻino ʻia ke hoʻopilikia i ka wikiwiki o ka haʻalele ʻana o ia mea mai kou kino. E loiloi kāu kauka i kāu hana kīkī ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana me ka hoʻāʻo.
ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio kēia hoʻāʻo ke ʻole he mau kūlana olakino kūikawā. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi, e pale ʻia i nā maʻi ʻōpio ke ʻole ka pōmaikaʻi diagnostic e ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā pilikia.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Florbetaben F-18 ma lalo o ka inoa inoa ʻo Neuraceq ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia ka inoa inoa i ʻike nui ʻia ke hoʻonohonoho ʻoe i kāu manawa a i ʻole ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ke kaʻina hana me kāu hui mālama ola.
Hiki i kekahi mau kikowaena olakino a i ʻole nā ʻoihana ʻinikua ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kona inoa maʻamau, florbetaben F-18, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻohana i ka inoa inoa ʻo Neuraceq. E pili ana nā huaʻōlelo ʻelua i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ke kaʻina hana like, no laila, mai hopohopo inā lohe ʻoe i nā inoa like ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia.
Ke hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kāu manawa a i ʻole ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka uhi ʻinikua, he mea kōkua ke haʻi i nā inoa ʻelua e hōʻoia i ke kamaʻilio maopopo me kāu mau mea mālama ola a me nā ʻelele ʻinikua.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea hana kiʻi amyloid ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike diagnostic like me Florbetaben F-18. ʻO Florbetapir F-18 (Amyvid) kekahi mea huli i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e hana ana ma ke ʻano like loa, e paʻa ana i nā papa amyloid a hāʻawi i nā hopena kiʻi like.
ʻO Flutemetamol F-18 (Vizamyl) kekahi koho ʻē a kāu kauka e noʻonoʻo ai. He mau ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi ko kēia mau mea ʻimi like ʻole i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o kou kino iā lākou, akā ua like ka hana nui o lākou a pau i ka ʻike ʻana i nā papa amyloid i loko o ka ʻiʻo lolo.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole radioactive e komo pū ana me nā hoʻokolohua wai cerebrospinal e hiki ke ʻike i nā protein amyloid, akā pono kēia mau mea i ka lumbar puncture (spinal tap). Ke hoʻomohala ʻia nei nā hoʻokolohua koko no nā protein e pili ana i ka amyloid, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nui a i ʻole definitive e like me ke kiʻi PET.
E koho kāu kauka i ka hoʻokolohua kūpono loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī, ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea ʻimi like ʻole ma kāu kikowaena lapaʻau, a me kou mau manaʻo olakino pilikino.
Ua like loa ʻo Florbetaben F-18 a me Florbetapir F-18 i ko lākou pono a me nā ʻano palekana. ʻIke nā mea ʻimi ʻelua i nā papa amyloid me ka pololei like a hāʻawi i ka ʻike diagnostic like i kāu hui lapaʻau. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e pili pinepine ana i ka loaʻa ʻana ma kāu kikowaena lapaʻau a me ka ʻike o kāu kauka me kēlā me kēia mea ʻimi.
Aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi i ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o kēlā me kēia mea ʻimi mai kou kino a me ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻike ʻana i ke kiʻi. Hiki iā Florbetaben F-18 ke hāʻawi i nā kiʻi maopopo iki aʻe i kekahi mau wahi lolo, ʻoiai e hana ʻia ʻo Florbetapir F-18 e kou mau puʻupaʻa. Eia naʻe, he mea liʻiliʻi kēia mau ʻokoʻa a ʻaʻole pili nui i ka waiwai diagnostic.
E koho kāu kauka i ka mea ʻimi kūpono loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Ua ʻae ʻia nā mea ʻelua e ka FDA a he mau moʻolelo palekana maikaʻi loa, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi me ka nānā ʻole i ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia no kāu scan.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo Florbetaben F-18 no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole pili nui ka mea huli i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, a ua like ke kaʻina hana injection me nā kaʻina hana olakino maʻamau ʻē aʻe āu i kamaʻāina ai. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu hui lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu maʻi diabetes a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei.
Inā ʻoe e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes, e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana iā lākou e like me ke kauoha ʻana ke ʻole e haʻi pololei kāu kauka iā ʻoe. He mea maʻalahi ka manawa hoʻokē ʻai pōkole ma mua o ka hoʻokolohua no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, akā e kūkākūkā i nā hopohopo me kāu hui mālama ola ma mua.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka nui o Florbetaben F-18 no ka mea ua ana pono ʻia ka mahele a hāʻawi ʻia e nā poʻe loea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. Inā hopohopo ʻoe no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka nui, ʻo ka mea nui e noho mālie a haʻi koke i kāu hui lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu mau hopohopo.
I ka hanana laha ʻole o ka overdose, e kālele ana ka mālama ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kino i ka hoʻopau maoli ʻana i ka mea huli. Hiki i kēia ke inu i nā wai hou e kōkua i kou mau puʻupaʻa e hana i ka lāʻau wikiwiki a me ka nānā pinepine ʻana e hōʻoia i kou maikaʻi.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kikowaena lapaʻau i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. No ka mea ua hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia ʻo Florbetaben F-18 no kou manawa, ʻo ka hala ʻana i ka manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono e hoʻomākaukau hou ʻia ka mea huli no kāu manawa hou.
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena olakino mai ka hala ʻana i ka manawa. Aia wale nō ka mea huli i loko o kou kino i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana maoli, no laila ʻaʻohe hopena haʻalele a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino mai ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i ka hoʻokolohua. E hoʻonohonoho hou i ka wā e kūpono ai iā ʻoe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka pau ʻana o kāu scan PET. ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ka tracer i kou hiki ke kalaiwa, hana, a i ʻole e hana i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka he maʻamau loa lākou a hiki ke hoʻi i kā lākou hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka mea wale nō e noʻonoʻo ai, he mau mea liʻiliʻi o nā mea radioactive i loko o kou kino no kahi o 24 mau hola. ʻOiai ʻaʻole kēia e hōʻeha iā ʻoe a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe, manaʻo kekahi mau kikowaena lapaʻau e pale i ka pilina pili loa me nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole nā keiki ʻōpio no nā hola mua ma hope o ke kaʻina hana.
ʻAʻole pili ʻo Florbetaben F-18 me ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau kauoha maʻamau e like me ka maʻamau. Hoʻopau ʻia ka tracer mai kou kino me ka wikiwiki a ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Eia naʻe, e haʻi mau i kāu hui lapaʻau e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau lāʻau āu e lawe nei. I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka tracer i kou lolo, e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o kāu mau kiʻi. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu papa inoa lāʻau lapaʻau a e aʻo iā ʻoe inā pono kekahi hoʻoponopono manawa.
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