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ʻO Florbetapir F-18 he mea hana radioactive kūikawā e kōkua ana i nā kauka e ʻike i nā papa amyloid i loko o kou lolo ma o kahi ʻano scan kūikawā i kapa ʻia he PET scan. Hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi Alzheimer a me nā ʻano dementia ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā waihona protein abnormal ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia me nā scans lolo maʻamau.
Inā ua ʻōlelo kāu kauka i kēia hoʻokolohua, no ka mea, makemake lākou e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei i loko o kou lolo e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kāu mālama. Hoʻopili ke kaʻina hana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi injection liʻiliʻi ma o kou vein, a ukali ʻia e kahi kaʻina hana scanning e lawe ana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kou lolo.
ʻO Florbetapir F-18 he mea diagnostic radioactive e hana ana e like me ke kukui uila molecular no kou lolo. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele ia i kou lolo a paʻa pono i nā papa amyloid, ʻo ia nā puʻupuʻu protein abnormal e hōʻiliʻili i ka maʻi Alzheimer.
ʻO ka ʻāpana
Hiki i ka scan ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā ʻano dementia like ʻole ma ka hōʻike ʻana inā aia nā papa amyloid i loko o kou lolo. He mea nui kēia ʻike no ka mea ʻaʻole nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo a pau i hana ʻia e ka maʻi Alzheimer, a ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ke kumu kikoʻī e kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO nā kūlana maʻamau kahi e kauoha ai kāu kauka i kēia hoʻokolohua, ʻo ia:
Kōkua nā hopena hoʻokolohua i kāu hui mālama ola e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻike maikaʻi e pili ana i kou kūlana.
Hana ʻo Florbetapir F-18 ma ka ʻimi ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā papa amyloid beta i loko o kou ʻiʻo lolo. Hana ʻia kēia mau papa i nā protein i hoʻopili ʻia i hui pū ʻia a he hōʻailona hōʻailona o ka maʻi Alzheimer.
Ma hope o ka injection, hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kou kahe koko a hele i loko o kou ʻiʻo lolo. I ka manawa ma laila, hana ia e like me ka magnet, e hoʻopili pono ana i nā papa amyloid i loaʻa. A laila hoʻopuka ka mea fluorine radioactive i nā hōʻailona e hiki ai i ka mea scan PET ke ʻike a hoʻololi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he mea diagnostic maʻalahi ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka mahele radioactive me ka mālama pono e hāʻawi i nā kiʻi maopopo me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation. Hoʻopau maoli kou kino i ka mea i loko o 24 mau hola ma o kou mau puʻupaʻa a me nā hana hoʻopau ʻōpala maʻamau.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Florbetapir F-18 ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi pololei i loko o ke aʻa i kou lima e kahi ʻoihana mālama ola i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home a i ʻole e mālama i kekahi papa hana dosing iā ʻoe iho.
Ma mua o kāu manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai a inu maʻamau ke ʻole e hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai a pale paha i kekahi mau meaʻai ma mua o ke kaʻina hana. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e noho hydrated maikaʻi ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui i nā hola e alakaʻi ana i kāu scan.
Eia ka mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana:
ʻO ka manawa holoʻokoʻa e lawe ma kahi o 2 a 3 mau hola mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a hiki i ka pau ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia manawa e kali ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hiki i nā wahi kūpono o kou lolo.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Florbetapir F-18 ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi wale nō no nā kumu diagnostic. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe hou i kēia lāʻau a i ʻole e hahai i kekahi papa hana lapaʻau e hana nei.
Noho ka mea ʻimi radioactive i loko o kou kino no kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka injection, ʻo ia ka manawa e pono ai no ka scan PET e hopu i nā kiʻi maopopo. Ma hope o kēlā, hoʻopau maoli kou kino i ka mea ma o kou mau puʻupaʻa a me nā hana ʻōpala maʻamau.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i kā lākou hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka pau ʻana o ka scan. Haʻalele ka nui liʻiliʻi o ka radioactivity i kāu ʻōnaehana i loko o 24 mau hola, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā hana kūikawā a i ʻole nā lapaʻau e pili ana i ka injection ponoʻī.
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka injection Florbetapir F-18. Ke hana ʻia nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi a pōkole, e hoʻoponopono ana iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau hola.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hōʻike pinepine ʻia e pili ana:
Hele maʻamau kēia mau hōʻailona a ʻaʻole pono i ka lāʻau kūikawā ma mua o ka hoʻomaha a me ka noho wai.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā he mea nui e ʻike i nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ulia pōpilikia.
He palekana ʻo Florbetapir F-18 no ka hapa nui o nā mākua, akā aia kekahi mau mea nui e kūkākūkā ai kāu kauka me ʻoe ma mua o ke kaʻina hana. E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau i kāu mōʻaukala olakino e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o kēia hoʻokolohua iā ʻoe.
ʻO nā kānaka e pono e pale a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo pono i kēia hoʻokolohua:
Makemake nō hoʻi kāu kauka e ʻike e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, ʻoiai he kakaikahi loa nā lāʻau e launa pū me Florbetapir F-18. E hōʻoia e haʻi i nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau hou e pili ana i ka radiation a i ʻole nā wai kala.
Inā he claustrophobia kou a i ʻole he hopohopo e pili ana i nā wahi paʻa, e hōʻike i kāu hui mālama ola ma mua. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi pinepine i nā hoʻolālā a i ʻole nā lāʻau hoʻomaha māmā e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana scanning.
ʻO Florbetapir F-18 ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia e kona inoa inoa ʻo Amyvid. ʻO kēia ka inoa kalepa i hoʻohana ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā halemai a me nā kikowaena kiʻi i ka wā e pili ana i kēia tracer PET scan.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke ʻike ʻia e kona inoa kemika a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole radioactive no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka dementia, e komo pū ana me nā MRI brain scans, nā hoʻokolohua cognitive, ka nānā ʻana i ka wai cerebrospinal, a me nā hoʻokolohua koko hou e hiki ke ʻike i kekahi mau protein e pili ana me ka maʻi Alzheimer. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paha e hāʻawi kēia mau ʻano hana i ka pae like o nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka amyloid plaque e hāʻawi ai ka PET scanning.
Ua like ʻo Florbetapir F-18 me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e amyloid PET tracers e pili ana i ka pololei a me ka palekana. Hāʻawi nā mea a pau i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA amyloid tracers i ka ʻike like e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka plaque i loko o ka lolo, me nā pae like o ka hilinaʻi a me ka waiwai diagnostic.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o nā mea ʻokoʻa e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i nā kumu hana ma mua o ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu kikowaena kiʻi ke makemake i hoʻokahi tracer ma mua o kekahi ma muli o ka loaʻa, ke kumukūʻai, a i ʻole ka kamaʻāina o nā limahana me ka hoʻomākaukau kikoʻī a me nā protocols scanning.
Aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi ma waena o nā tracers e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ke kiʻi a i ʻole ka wehewehe ʻana, akā he mea liʻiliʻi kēia a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia nui i ka pololei diagnostic. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ka hana ʻana i ka scan ma kahi hale me nā ʻenehana akamai a me nā radiologists i loea i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā scans amyloid PET.
E koho kāu kauka i ka tracer kūpono loa ma muli o ka mea i loaʻa ma kāu hale kūloko a me nā ʻano kikoʻī o kāu mōʻaukala olakino e makemake ai i hoʻokahi koho ma mua o kekahi.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo Florbetapir F-18 no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka injection ke kō a ʻaʻole ia e pili pono i kāu pae glucose koko a i ʻole e keakea i ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes.
Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi diabetes e like me ke kauoha a nānā i kou kōpaʻa koko maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o ke kaʻina hana. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka insulin, ʻaʻohe pono e hoʻoponopono i kāu papa manawa dosing ke ʻole ke kauka e ʻōlelo kikoʻī i nā loli.
Hiki i ke koʻikoʻi o nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i nā pae kōpaʻa koko, no laila he mea naʻauao ke nānā i kāu glucose ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kikowaena kiʻi inā ʻoe e nānā ma ka home.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka overdose me Florbetapir F-18 no ka mea ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia a lawelawe ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā protocols dosing pololei. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka nui i hāʻawi ʻia e pili ana i kou kaumaha kino a me nā koi kiʻi kikoʻī.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka mahele āu i loaʻa ai, e kamaʻilio koke me kāu hui mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke wehewehe pono i ka nui o ka lāʻau i hāʻawi ʻia a me ka mea e manaʻo ai. I ka hanana laha ʻole o ka overdose, ʻo ka mālama nui ʻana e hōʻoia i ka hydration kūpono e kōkua i kou mau puʻupaʻa e hoʻopau i ka mea huli wikiwiki.
Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kikowaena kiʻi nā protocols palekana koʻikoʻi i kahi e pale ai i nā hewa dosing, me ka nānā pālua ʻana i nā helu a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana dispensing automated ke hiki.
Inā e hala ʻoe i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. No ka mea ua hoʻomākaukau hou ʻia ʻo Florbetapir F-18 no kēlā me kēia maʻi a he ola pōkole, pono nā manawa i hala i ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka hoʻonohonoho hou.
Hoʻomaopopo ka hapa nui o nā keʻena i hiki i nā manawa lapaʻau ke paʻakikī i kekahi manawa e mālama a e hana pū me ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi manawa hou e hana ai no kāu papa manawa. Eia naʻe, pono paha ʻoe e kali i kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule no ka manawa i loaʻa.
Inā ʻike mua ʻoe e pono ana ʻoe e hoʻololi i ka manawa, e hoʻāʻo e hāʻawi i ke kikowaena kiʻi ma ka liʻiliʻi he 24 mau hola ma mua, inā hiki. Kōkua kēia iā lākou e pale i ka hoʻonele ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻomākaukau ʻia a hiki ke ʻae iā lākou e hāʻawi i ka manawa i kekahi maʻi.
Loaʻa nā hopena mai kāu scan Florbetapir F-18 PET ma waena o 1 a 2 mau pule ma hope o kāu manawa. Pono e nānā pono ʻia nā kiʻi scan e kahi radiologist loea i aʻo ʻia i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā scan amyloid PET.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike kāu kauka iā ʻoe ke mākaukau nā hopena e kūkākūkā i ke ʻano o nā mea i loaʻa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Hana ʻia kēia kamaʻilio ma ke kanaka a i ʻole ma ke kelepona, no ka mea, pono pinepine nā hopena i ka wehewehe kikoʻī a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā hana e hiki mai ana.
E hōʻike nā hopena scan inā loaʻa nā papa amyloid nui i loko o kou lolo, e kōkua ana i kāu hui mālama ola e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ke kumu o nā hōʻailona cognitive āu i ʻike ai a hoʻolālā i nā hoʻolālā lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻAe, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻokele palekana iā lākou iho i ka home ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o Florbetapir F-18 a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka scan PET. ʻAʻole maʻamau ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hiamoe a i ʻole ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kou hiki ke hana i kahi kaʻa me ka palekana.
Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke manaʻo iki i ka luhi a i ʻole ka ʻehaʻeha iki ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka hōʻoluʻolu o ke kaʻa. Inā ʻoe e manaʻo i ka dizziness, nausea, a i ʻole ka luhi ʻole ma hope o kāu scan, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻonohonoho i kekahi e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i ka home a i ʻole e kali a hiki i kou manaʻo maʻamau.
E noʻonoʻo i kāu pane pilikino i nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau i ka wā e hana ai i nā hoʻolālā halihali. Inā maʻamau ʻoe e hopohopo a luhi paha ma hope o nā manawa lapaʻau, ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole lālā ʻohana e hele pū me ʻoe e hāʻawi i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo.
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