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ʻO Flutemetamol F-18 he mea kiʻi kiʻi radioactive i hoʻohana ʻia e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike i nā papa amyloid i ka lolo ma o kahi scan kūikawā i kapa ʻia he PET scan. ʻO kēia mau papa he mau waihona protein e hiki ke kūkulu i ka lolo a pili pū me ka maʻi Alzheimer a me nā ʻano dementia ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he lapaʻau no kekahi maʻi. Akā, hana ia e like me kahi waihoʻoluʻu kūikawā e ʻike ʻia ai nā loli lolo ma kekahi mau kiʻi lapaʻau. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he kukui e kōkua ana i nā kauka e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei i kou lolo ke hopohopo nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka Flutemetamol F-18 e ʻike i nā papa amyloid i loko o nā lolo o nā mākua e loiloi ʻia nei no ka maʻi Alzheimer a i ʻole nā maʻi cognitive ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia scan inā e ʻike ana ʻoe i nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo, huikau, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana i ka dementia.
Kōkua ka scan i nā kauka e hoʻokaʻawale ma waena o ka maʻi Alzheimer a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona like. Eia naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole hiki i kēia hoʻāʻo wale nō ke ʻike i ka maʻi Alzheimer. E hoʻohana kāu kauka i nā hopena me nā ʻike lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, nā hoʻokolohua cognitive, a me kāu mau hōʻailona e hana i kahi hōʻailona.
I kekahi manawa hoʻohana nā kauka i kēia scan e kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka holomua o nā hōʻailona cognitive. Hiki ke kōkua nui ka ʻike ke maopopo ʻole nā hōʻailona a i ʻole i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻole ai nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe i ka ʻike.
Hana ʻo Flutemetamol F-18 ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā papa amyloid i kou lolo, e ʻike ʻia lākou ma kahi PET scan. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, hele kēia mea huli radioactive i kou lolo a pili i kēia mau waihona protein inā aia lākou.
Hoʻopuka ka ʻāpana radioactive o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā hōʻailona e hiki ai i ka mea nānā PET ke ʻike. E hōʻike ʻokoʻa nā wahi me nā amyloid plaques ma nā kiʻi scan, e ʻālohilohi a ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā wahi me ka ʻole o nā plaques.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he mea hana kiʻi diagnostic ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika a nāwaliwali paha ma ke ʻano kuʻuna. ʻAʻole ia e mālama i kekahi maʻi a hoʻololi paha i ka hana lolo. Akā, kōkua wale nō ia i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī e hiki ai i nā kauka ke hoʻohana e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka mea e hana nei i kou lolo.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Flutemetamol F-18 ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi ma o ka vein i kou lima, maʻamau ma kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi kūikawā. ʻAʻole ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home, a ʻaʻohe ʻano pill i loaʻa.
Ma mua o kāu scan, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai a inu maʻamau ke ʻole e hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī. ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻokē ʻai a pale paha i kekahi mau meaʻai ma mua o ke kaʻina hana. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e like me ke kau ʻana ke ʻole e haʻi kāu kauka iā ʻoe.
He mau kekona wale nō ka injection ponoʻī, akā pono ʻoe e kali ma kahi o 90 mau minuke ma hope o ka injection ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka scan PET maoli. I loko o kēia manawa kali, hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou lolo a paʻa i nā amyloid plaques e hiki ke loaʻa.
Makemake ʻoe e noho mālie a pale i ka hana ikaika i ka wā kali. Hāʻawi kekahi mau kikowaena i kahi lumi ʻoluʻolu kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha, heluhelu, a i ʻole hoʻolohe i ke mele i ka wā e hana ana ka tracer i kāna hana.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Flutemetamol F-18 ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi no ke kaʻina scan PET hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke kumu e like me kāu e hana ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
E holoi maoli ka mea ʻike radioactive mai kou kino i nā lā ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana. E hoʻopau ʻia ka hapa nui ma o kou mimi i loko o 24 mau hola, a e emi nui ka radioactivity i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Inā pono i kāu kauka nā kiʻi hou aʻe i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻonohonoho lākou i kahi manawa kaʻawale me kahi hoʻokomo ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā scans hou no ka mea ʻaʻole e loli wikiwiki nā papa amyloid i nā manawa pōkole.
ʻAʻole nui nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka hapanui o nā kānaka mai Flutemetamol F-18, a ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena koʻikoʻi. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hōʻike pinepine ʻia he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻaʻole nui nā hopena ʻaoʻao o nā kānaka:
ʻAʻole pono kēia mau hopena maʻalahi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a nalowale wale nō. Hiki ke ʻoluʻolu iki a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka ʻeha o ka wahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai, e like me ka mea āu e ʻike ai me kekahi hoʻokomo.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau, hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokomo ʻia. ʻO nā hōʻailona o kahi hopena koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, ka wili nui, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala ākea. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hopohopo kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation, akā he haʻahaʻa ka nui o ka radioactivity i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana no nā kumu diagnostic. Holoi maoli a wikiwiki ka mea radioactive mai kou kino.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale aku iā Flutemetamol F-18 a i ʻole e kūkākūkā pono i nā pilikia me kā lākou kauka ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka scan. ʻO kou palekana ka mea nui i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai i kekahi kaʻina hana lapaʻau.
E nānā kākou i nā kūlana nui e pono ai ka mālama nui:
Inā he pilikia kīkī waena kāu, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka scan akā e nānā pono iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole e pale wale ka makahiki iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia scan, a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā mākua kahiko e loiloi ʻia nei no ka dementia.
Hiki i ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, nā maʻi puʻuwai, a i ʻole nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe ke loaʻa i kēia injection me ka palekana, akā e nānā mua kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino piha.
Loaʻa ʻo Flutemetamol F-18 ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Vizamyl. ʻO kēia ka inoa kalepa nui e hālāwai ai ʻoe i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kēia scan me kāu hui mālama ola.
Hiki i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kekahi inoa - Flutemetamol F-18 a i ʻole Vizamyl. ʻO lākou ka lāʻau lapaʻau like, e hoʻohana wale ana i nā ʻaha inoa like ʻole. Hiki i kekahi poʻe loea lapaʻau ke kapa wale iā ia he
Ma kēia mau koho ʻē aʻe e ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana amyloid ma ke ʻano like me Flutemetamol F-18, a ʻo ke koho ʻana ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i nā mea i loaʻa ma kāu kikowaena kiʻi a me ka makemake o kāu kauka. Ua manaʻo ʻia he kūpono nā mea ʻekolu no ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻāpana amyloid.
Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā ʻano kiʻi lolo ʻē aʻe, e like me ka MRI maʻamau a i ʻole nā scan CT, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike kikoʻī i nā ʻāpana amyloid. I kekahi manawa hoʻohana nā kauka i nā ʻenehana kiʻi he nui e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha o ke olakino lolo.
He kūpono loa ʻo Flutemetamol F-18 a me Florbetapir F-18 i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻāpana amyloid i ka lolo, a ʻaʻole ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o kekahi. Ua aʻo nui ʻia nā lāʻau ʻelua a ua ʻae ʻia no ke kumu like.
ʻO nā ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o lākou nā ʻano ʻenehana e pili nui ana i nā radiologists ma mua o nā maʻi. No ka laʻana, he mau koi manawa like ʻole ko lākou a me nā ʻano kiʻi, akā hāʻawi nā mea ʻelua i ka ʻike hilinaʻi e pili ana i nā ʻāpana amyloid.
ʻO ke koho a kāu kauka ma waena o kēia mau koho e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i nā mea e like me ka loaʻa ʻana ma kāu kikowaena kiʻi, ka ʻike o ka radiologist me ka unuhi ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻano scan, a i kekahi manawa nā manaʻo uhi ʻinikua. E hāʻawi nā mea ʻelua i kāu hui lapaʻau i ka ʻike e pono ai lākou e kōkua me kāu hōʻailona.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo Flutemetamol F-18 no ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai. ʻAʻole pili pololei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou puʻuwai a i ʻole ke keakea ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau puʻuwai. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e haʻi mau i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā maʻi puʻuwai ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai ke ʻike i ka piʻi iki ʻana o ke koko ma hope o ka injection, akā he maʻalahi kēia a ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia. E nānā kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana a hiki ke pane i nā hopohopo e kū mai.
He mea maʻamau loa ka overdose ulia pōpilikia o Flutemetamol F-18 no ka mea ua helu ʻia ka mahele a ua lawelawe ʻia e nā poʻe lapaʻau i aʻo ʻia. Inā hāʻawi ʻia ka nui, ʻo ka hopohopo nui ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka radiation ma mua o nā hopena ʻona koke.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka mahele āu i loaʻa ai, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka a i ʻole nā limahana kikowaena kiʻi i kēia manawa. Hiki iā lākou ke helu i kāu hōʻike radiation pololei a hoʻoholo inā pono ka nānā ʻana hou. E kālele ana ka lapaʻau i ke kōkua ʻana i kou kino e hoʻopau i ka tracer keu wikiwiki, ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka wai.
Inā e hala ʻoe i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke kikowaena kiʻi i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. No ka mea ua hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no kēlā me kēia maʻi a he ola pōkole kona ma muli o kona ʻano radioactive, ʻaʻole hiki ke mālama ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma hope.
Pono ke kikowaena kiʻi e kauoha i kahi mahele hou a hoʻonohonoho iā ʻoe no kekahi lā ʻē aʻe. E hoʻāʻo e hāʻawi i ka nui o ka hoʻolaha i ka hiki inā pono ʻoe e kāpae a hoʻonohonoho hou, no ka mea, kōkua kēia i ka hale e mālama pono i kā lākou waihona lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka radioactivity mai Flutemetamol F-18 e hoʻomaʻemaʻe mai kou kino i loko o 24 mau hola, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau ma hope koke o kāu scan. He haʻahaʻa ka hōʻike radiation a ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana no nā hana diagnostic.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke inu i nā wai hou no ka lā mua ma hope o kāu scan e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i ka tracer mai kāu ʻōnaehana me ka wikiwiki. Ma hope o 24-48 mau hola, ua haʻahaʻa loa nā pae radioactivity ʻaʻole pono e mālama kūikawā a puni nā lālā o ka ʻohana a i ʻole nā holoholona.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke kalaiwa ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o Flutemetamol F-18 a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i kā lākou 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 i ka luhi iki ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, ma kahi hapa mai ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ma kahi hapa mai ka moe ʻana i ka wā o ka scan. Inā ʻoe e hiamoe a ʻoluʻolu ʻole paha, maikaʻi loa ke loaʻa i kekahi e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i ka home a i ʻole e hoʻohana i nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe.
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