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ʻO ka Levonorgestrel intrauterine route e pili ana i kahi mea liʻiliʻi, T-shaped i waiho ʻia i loko o kou ʻōpū e hoʻokuʻu i ka hormone levonorgestrel ma kahi e pono ai. Hoʻohui kēia ʻano hana i ka mana hānau maikaʻi loa me ka hoʻomaha ʻana mai nā manawa kaumaha, e lilo ia i koho kaulana no nā wahine he nui e ʻimi nei i ka contraception lōʻihi.
Hana ka mea hana ma ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka progesterone synthetic (levonorgestrel) i loko o kou ʻōpū no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO kēia hāʻawi ʻana i ka hormone kūloko ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pōmaikaʻi me ka haʻahaʻa o ka hormone holoʻokoʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā pila mana hānau, ʻoiai e hauʻoli ana i ka maʻalahi o ka pono ʻole e hoʻomanaʻo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka Levonorgestrel intrauterine route he mea hana intrauterine (IUD) e hoʻokuʻu ana i ka hormone e hāʻawi ana i ka contraception hiki ke hoʻohuli ʻia. ʻO ka nui o ka mea hana e like me ka hapahā a loaʻa iā ia kahi waihona o levonorgestrel, kahi ʻano synthetic o ka hormone progesterone.
Ke hoʻokomo ʻia e kāu mea mālama ola, noho ʻoluʻolu ka mea hana i loko o kou ʻōpū a hoʻokuʻu mālie i nā mea liʻiliʻi o levonorgestrel pololei i loko o ka ʻōpū. ʻO kēia ala i manaʻo ʻia e hana ka hormone ma kahi e pono ai, me ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea e komo ana i loko o kou kahe koko i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
Hiki i ka mea hana ke noho pono no 3 a 8 mau makahiki e pili ana i ka brand kikoʻī, ma hope o ka pono e hoʻololi ʻia inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻomau i kēia ʻano o ka contraception. Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe iā ia i kēlā me kēia manawa inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e makemake e hoʻāʻo e hāpai a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kahi ʻano contraceptive ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hoʻohana mua ʻana o nā mea hana intrauterine levonorgestrel ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana, me ka helu pono o ka ʻoi aku o 99%. Eia naʻe, hāʻawi kēia mau mea hana i nā pōmaikaʻi hou aʻe e waiwai nui ai lākou no kekahi mau wahine.
He nui nā wahine e ʻike i nā wā menstrual māmā loa ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, a hiki i kekahi ke hooki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā wā menstrual. ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai ka mea hana i koho maikaʻi loa no nā wahine e ʻeha nei i ke kahe nui ʻana o ka menstrual (menorrhagia) a i ʻole nā wā ʻeha.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia mea hana inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka endometriosis, no ka mea, hiki i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka hormone kūloko ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻiʻo endometrial ma waho o ka ʻōpū. Eia kekahi, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka therapy pani hormone i nā wahine postmenopausal e pale i ka laina uterine i ka wā e lawe ana i ka estrogen.
Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe mālama ola i kēia mau mea hana e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano o ke kahe ʻana o ka uterine maʻamau a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he koho lapaʻau no nā wahine me nā fibroids e makemake e pale i ke ʻoki.
Hana kēia ʻano hana contraceptive ma o nā ʻano hana he nui e pale pono ai i ka hāpai ʻana. Hoʻopaʻa ka hormone levonorgestrel i kāu mucus cervical, e paʻakikī loa ai i ka sperm ke hiki a hoʻomomona i kahi hua.
Hoʻopōkole ka hormone i ka laina o kou ʻōpū (endometrium), kahi e hōʻemi ai i ka hiki ʻana o kahi hua i hoʻomomona ʻia. I kekahi mau wahine, hiki i ka mea hana ke kāohi i ka ovulation, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia kāna hana mua.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻano contraceptive, ua manaʻo ʻia nā levonorgestrel IUD he mea pono loa akā ʻaʻole ikaika e like me nā kaʻina hana sterilization mau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pila hoʻomalu hānau, nā pā, a i ʻole nā apo no ka mea ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka hewa o ka mea hoʻohana e like me ka poina ʻana e lawe i kahi pila.
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana hāʻawi hormone kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pale ʻana i ka contraception mau me ka ʻole e hoʻomanaʻo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā. Hoʻomaka ka mea hana e hana koke ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana a hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka contraception hilinaʻi no nā makahiki.
ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha, ʻaʻole ʻoe e “lawe” i kēia ʻano hana contraceptive ma ke ʻano kuʻuna. Akā, hoʻokomo kahi mea mālama ola i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i ka mea hana i loko o kou ʻōpū i ka wā o kahi hana wikiwiki ma ke keʻena.
Ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai a pale i ka ʻai ʻana, ʻoiai ke ʻōlelo nei kekahi poʻe lawelawe e lawe i kahi mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me ka ibuprofen ma kahi o 30-60 mau minuke ma mua o kāu manawa. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha i ka wā a ma hope o ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka hana hoʻokomo ʻana e lawe maʻamau i kekahi mau minuke. E hoʻohana kāu mea lawelawe i kahi speculum e ʻike i kou ʻāʻī, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wahi, a laila e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻokomo kūikawā e waiho i ka mea hana ma kou ʻāʻī i loko o kou ʻōpū. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha e like me ka ʻeha menstrual i ka wā o ka hoʻokomo ʻana.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mea kūikawā e mālama i ka mea hana. E hana mau ia me ka ʻole o ka hana e koi ʻia mai iā ʻoe. E ʻoki kāu mea lawelawe i nā kaula wehe i mea e laha iki ai lākou i loko o kou ʻōpū, e ʻae iā ʻoe e nānā inā aia nō ka mea hana.
Aia ka lōʻihi i ka levonorgestrel IUD āu i loaʻa ai, no ka mea, ua ʻae ʻia nā hōʻailona like ʻole no nā manawa like ʻole. He kūpono ka hapa nui o nā mea hana no 3 a 8 mau makahiki, me kekahi mau mana hou e mau ana a hiki i 8 mau makahiki.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ka mea hana no kona lōʻihi i ʻae ʻia inā hauʻoli ʻoe me ia a ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā pilikia. Nui nā wahine e koho e hoʻololi i kā lākou mea hana me kahi mea hou ke pau ia e hoʻomau i ka leʻaleʻa i nā pōmaikaʻi like.
Akā, ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e mālama i ka mea hana no kona ola holoʻokoʻa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe iā ia i kēlā me kēia manawa inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo e hāpai, ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻae, a i ʻole makemake wale nō e hoʻololi i kahi ʻano hana pale ʻē aʻe.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka mea hana no ke kahe nui ʻana ma mua o ka pale ʻana, e hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona a me kāu mau pono olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā wahine e ʻae maikaʻi i nā levonorgestrel IUD, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, he manawa pōkole ka nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka mea hana i nā mahina mua.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana e pono ana kou kino i ka manawa e hoʻololi ai i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka hormone localized:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hopena maʻamau i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka mea hana. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā wahine e hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā ʻano kahe ʻole mua ma hope o nā mahina mua.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau, hiki ke hana kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. ʻO kēia mau pilikia maʻamau akā koʻikoʻi e pili ana:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻūhā, ke kahe nui ʻana, ke kuni, a i ʻole ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i nā kaula o ka mea hana i ka wā o kāu nānā ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahina, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola no ka loiloi.
ʻOiai palekana nā IUD levonorgestrel no ka hapa nui o nā wahine, aia kekahi mau maʻi a i ʻole nā kūlana e hana ai i kēia ʻano hana pale hāpai ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia. E nānā pono kāu mea mālama ola i kāu moʻolelo olakino e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o kēia mea hana iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka IUD levonorgestrel inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau maʻi, no ka mea, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā pilikia:
ʻO kēia mau hōʻike kūʻē loa, ʻo ia hoʻi, he pilikia nui ka mea hana a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻia ma lalo o kēia mau kūlana.
Eia kekahi, pono kekahi mau kūlana i ka mālama nui a me ka noʻonoʻo pono, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou e kāpae ʻakomi i ka mea hana. E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
E kūkākūkā ana kāu mea mālama ola i kēia mau mea me ʻoe a e ʻōlelo paha i nā hana hou a i ʻole nā ʻano hana pale hāpai ʻē aʻe inā pono.
He nui nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau e hana ana i nā IUD e hoʻokuʻu ana i ka levonorgestrel, me nā kikoʻī like ʻole a me ka lōʻihi o ka pono. ʻO nā inoa inoa i loaʻa pinepine ʻia ʻo Mirena, Skyla, Liletta, a me Kyleena.
ʻO Mirena ka IUD levonorgestrel mua i ʻae ʻia a hoʻokuʻu i 20 micrograms o ka hormone i kēlā me kēia lā i ka wā mua, e mau ana ka pono no 8 mau makahiki. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o Skyla a hoʻokuʻu i 14 micrograms i kēlā me kēia lā, i hoʻolālā ʻia no 3 mau makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, e lilo ana ia i koho maikaʻi no nā wahine i loaʻa ʻole nā keiki.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻo Liletta i 18.6 micrograms i kēlā me kēia lā a ua ʻae ʻia no 8 mau makahiki, ʻoiai ʻo Kyleena e hoʻokuʻu i 17.5 micrograms i kēlā me kēia lā a mau no 5 mau makahiki. E kōkua kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe e koho i ke koho kūpono loa e pili ana i kāu mau pono, anatomy, a me nā makemake.
Hana like nā inoa inoa a pau akā loaʻa paha nā ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi i ka nui, nā helu hoʻokuʻu hormone, a me ka lōʻihi o ka pono. Hiki nō hoʻi ke ʻokoʻa ka uhi ʻinikua ma waena o nā inoa inoa, no laila he mea pono e kūkākūkā i nā mea e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai me kāu mea lawelawe.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka IUD levonorgestrel iā ʻoe, hiki i kekahi mau koho pale hāpai ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi. Hāʻawi ka IUD keleawe (ParaGard) i ka pale ʻana i ka hormone no 10 mau makahiki, ʻoiai e hoʻonui paha ia i ke kahe ʻana o ka menstrual.
ʻO nā koho hormonal ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka implant contraceptive (Nexplanon), e hoʻokuʻu ana i kahi hormone progestin ʻokoʻa ma lalo o kou ʻili no 3 mau makahiki. Hāʻawi nā injections mana hānau (Depo-Provera) i 3 mau mahina o ka pale ʻana i kēlā me kēia pana, ʻoiai nā pila mana hānau, nā pā, a me nā apo e hāʻawi i ka pale hormonal pōkole.
No nā wāhine e ʻimi nui ana i ke kōkua no ke kahe nui ʻana ma mua o ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana, nā koho ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me nā papa tranexamic acid, nā pila hoʻomalu hānau hormonal, a i ʻole nā hana e like me ka endometrial ablation. Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo e mālama i nā maʻi e like me nā fibroids a i ʻole endometriosis.
Hāʻawi nā koho sterilization mau e like me ka tubal ligation i ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana inā maopopo ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i nā hāpai ʻana e hiki mai ana. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohālikelike i kēia mau koho a pau e pili ana i kou olakino, ke ʻano o ke ola, a me nā pahuhopu hānau.
Hāʻawi nā Levonorgestrel IUD i nā mea maikaʻi he nui ma luna o nā pila hoʻomalu hānau, ʻoiai ʻo ke koho
He mea maikaʻi ka hoʻohālikelike kumukūʻai i nā IUD i ka wā lōʻihi, no ka mea, hoʻokahi mea hana e mau ana no nā makahiki he nui i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kauoha lāʻau i kēlā me kēia mahina. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loiloi i kēia mau mea e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala olakino, ke ʻano o ke ola, a me nā makemake pilikino.
ʻAe, palekana ka levonorgestrel IUD no nā wahine me ka maʻi diabetes a hiki ke makemake ʻia ma mua o kekahi mau lāʻau hoʻomalu hānau hormonal. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hormone i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena i nā pae kōpaʻa koko i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lāʻau hoʻomalu hānau.
Eia naʻe, makemake kāu kauka e nānā i kāu kōpaʻa koko ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi mau wahine ke ʻike i nā loli liʻiliʻi i ka metabolism glucose. ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻomalu hānau maikaʻi loa e ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia mau pilikia liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai hiki i ka hāpai ʻana i hoʻolālā ʻole ʻia ke hoʻopilikia nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke
Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e nānā i kēlā me kēia mahina inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā kaula wehe i loko o kou ʻōpū, e hōʻike ana aia nō ka mea hana ma kahi. Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā kaula a i ʻole he lōʻihi a pōkole paha ma mua o ka maʻamau, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e hōʻoia ʻaʻole i neʻe a i ʻole i kipaku ʻia ka mea hana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe i kāu levonorgestrel IUD i kēlā me kēia manawa e kekahi mea mālama ola i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia, me ka nānā ʻole i ka lōʻihi o kou loaʻa ʻana. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole o ke kaʻina hana wehe ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana.
Hoʻi koke mai kou momona ma hope o ka wehe ʻana, pinepine i loko o kekahi mau mahina. Inā ʻoe e wehe ana i ka mea hana no ka mea makemake ʻoe e hāpai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāpai koke ma hope o ka wehe ʻana, no laila e mākaukau no kēia hiki.
Koho kekahi mau wahine e wehe i kā lākou mea hana a hoʻololi koke me kahi mea hou ke pau, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻololi i nā ʻano hana pale ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻomaha mai ka contraception hormonal.
ʻAe, hiki ke hāpai koke ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ka IUD, ʻoiai ʻokoʻa ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka momona ma waena o nā kānaka. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā wahine e hoʻokuʻu i loko o kekahi mau pule a i ʻole mau mahina ma hope o ka wehe ʻana, a hiki ke hana ʻia ka manaʻo i ka wā o kāu pōʻai mua.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā nei e hoʻāʻo e hāpai, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻomaka i nā huaora prenatal ma mua o ka wehe ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hana ola olakino. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe mākaukau no ka hāpai ʻana, e kūkākūkā i nā ʻano hana pale ʻē aʻe me kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka wehe ʻana e hōʻoia i ka pale mau.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka hoʻohana mua ʻana o ka levonorgestrel IUD i ka hopena i ka momona a i ʻole nā hopena hāpai e hiki mai ana, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia kēia koho contraceptive i kou hiki ke hāpai ke mākaukau ʻoe.
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