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ʻO ka Lidocaine topical he lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopili pololei ʻoe i kou ʻili e hōʻoluʻolu i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he "off switch" no nā hōʻailona nerve ma kahi āu e hoʻopili ai. Hana kēia anesthetic kūloko ma ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona ʻeha mai ka hiki ʻana i kou lolo, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i ka hōʻoluʻolu mai nā ʻano ʻeha like ʻole me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole i ke koena o kou kino.
ʻO ka Lidocaine topical he anesthetic kūloko i loaʻa i nā ʻano like ʻole me nā creams, gels, sprays, a me nā patches. No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo amide anesthetics, e ālai ana i nā hōʻailona nerve i ka wahi kikoʻī kahi āu e hoʻopili ai iā lākou. ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha āu e ʻai ai, hana ka lidocaine ma luna a me nā papa pāpaʻu o kou ʻili.
Loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pā a me ke kau ʻana, ma muli o ka ikaika a me ka formulation. Loaʻa i nā mana ma luna o ka pā i nā ʻano haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai hiki i nā ʻano kau ʻana ke ikaika loa no nā kūlana ʻeha nui.
Kōkua ka Lidocaine topical i ka hōʻoluʻolu i nā ʻano ʻeha a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo iā ia no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha manawa a me nā kūlana hoʻokele ʻeha e hoʻomau nei.
Eia nā kūlana maʻamau kahi e hiki ai i ka lidocaine topical ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu:
No nā kūlana kūikawā hou aʻe, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kauoha i nā formulations ikaika. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka ʻeha nerve diabetic, nā kūlana ʻeha mau, a i ʻole ka hoʻōla ʻana mai kekahi mau kaʻina hana ʻoki.
Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe i ka lidocaine topical no nā kumu maʻamau ʻole akā kūpono nō hoʻi, e like me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu mai kekahi mau maʻi ʻili a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha mai nā mea lapaʻau e like me nā paipu hānai a i ʻole nā catheters.
Hana ʻo Lidocaine topical ma ka pale ʻana i nā kahawai sodium i loko o kāu mau cell nerve. He mau puka liʻiliʻi kēia mau kahawai e hiki ai i nā hōʻailona ʻeha ke hele mai ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia i kou lolo. Ke ālai ʻo lidocaine i kēia mau puka, ʻaʻole hiki i nā hōʻailona ʻeha ke hele, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka hōʻoluʻolu.
Manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he anesthetic kūloko ikaika. ʻOi aku ka ikaika ma mua o kekahi mau koho ma luna o ka pāʻani akā ʻoluʻolu ma mua o nā injections lidocaine i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kaʻina hana niho a i ʻole nā hana ʻoki. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻomaka ana e ʻike i ka hoʻomaha i loko o 5 a 10 mau minuke o ka noi ʻana, a maʻa mau ka hopena i 1 a 3 mau hola.
Noho ka hopena numbing i kahi āu e noi ai. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā wahi kikoʻī o ka ʻeha me ka ʻole e pili ana i kou kino holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole ke kumu o ka hiamoe e like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lidocaine topical i ka pololei e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha maikaʻi loa i ka noho palekana. Aia ke ʻano pololei i ke ʻano āu e hoʻohana nei, akā aia kekahi mau alakaʻi maʻamau e pili ana i ka hapa nui o nā kūlana.
E hoʻomaka me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia me ke kopa maʻalahi a me ka wai, a laila e maloʻo. E hoʻopili i kahi papa lahilahi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau pololei i ka wahi ʻeha, e hoʻohana ana i ka lawa e uhi ai i ka ʻili. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hamo ikaika - lawa ka noi mālie.
No nā ʻaila a me nā gels, e hoʻohana i nā lima maʻemaʻe a i ʻole kahi mea hoʻopili maʻemaʻe e pale aku i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i ka bacteria i ka wahi i mālama ʻia. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻehu, e paʻa iā ia 3 a 6 iniha mai kou ʻili a e pīpī like. Me nā pā, e wehe i ke kākoʻo a hoʻopili i ka ʻaoʻao pipili pololei i ka ʻili maʻemaʻe a maloʻo.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana maʻamau i ka lidocaine topical a hiki i 3 a i ʻole 4 mau manawa i ka lā, akā e hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī ma kāu huahana a i ʻole mai kāu mea mālama ola. Mai uhi i ka wahi i mālama ʻia me nā bandages paʻa a i ʻole nā pad wela ke ʻole e ʻōlelo kikoʻī kāu kauka iā ʻoe, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka absorption a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka manawa āu e hoʻohana ai i ka lidocaine topical e pili ana i kāu mea e mālama nei a pehea e pane ai kou kino. No nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi e like me nā ʻoki a i ʻole nā nā nahu pepeke, pono paha ʻoe iā ia no kekahi mau lā a hiki i ka emi ʻana o ka ʻeha ma ke ʻano maoli.
No nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka ʻeha o ke aʻalolo ma hope o ka shingles, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi ma lalo o kā lākou mākaʻikaʻi. Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe i ka lidocaine topical no nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻolālā hoʻokele ʻeha, akā pono e hana mau ʻia me ke alakaʻi olakino.
Ma keʻano laulā, inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i kahi mana over-the-counter no ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi pule me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana, pono e nānā me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoholo inā pono ʻoe i kahi formulation ikaika a i ʻole inā he maʻi maʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi i ka lidocaine topical, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi ke hoʻohana ʻoe iā ia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau hopena maʻalahi i ka wā e maʻa ai kou ʻili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke hooki ʻoe i ka hoʻohana ʻana. Inā mau lākou a i ʻole e ʻino, e noʻonoʻo e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana a kamaʻilio me kāu mea mālama ola.
He maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā pono e mālama koke ʻia. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi me nā hōʻailona e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala ākea. ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e komo pū ana me ka ʻūlū, ka huikau, ka puʻuwai ʻole, a i ʻole nā hōʻeha.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā mea nui ma luna o nā wahi nui o ka ʻili, a i ʻole inā he ʻili haki a i ʻole i pōʻino nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, e hoʻonui ana i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao systemic.
ʻOiai palekana ka lidocaine topical, pono kekahi poʻe e pale aku a i ʻole e hoʻohana wale nō ma lalo o ka mālama olakino. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka maʻi i ka lidocaine a i ʻole nā anesthetics kūloko ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau.
Pono ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai e akahele, no ka mea, hiki i ka lidocaine ke hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai inā e komo i nā mea nui. Inā he pilikia nui kou ate, ʻaʻole paha e hana pono kou kino i ka lāʻau, e alakaʻi ana i nā pilikia.
Pono nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū e kūkākūkā i kā lākou mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lidocaine topical, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā ʻano kauoha. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana nā mea liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke alakaʻi ʻoihana i kēia mau manawa koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i nā keiki ke hoʻohana i ka lidocaine topical, akā pono lākou i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka mālama pono. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ko lākou ʻili a komo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka ʻili makua.
Loaʻa ka lidocaine topical ma lalo o nā inoa brand like ʻole, kēlā me kēia me nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ikaika. ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau ma luna o ka pāʻani ʻo Aspercreme me Lidocaine, Bengay Ultra Strength, a me nā hōʻailona hale kūʻai maʻamau.
ʻO nā inoa inoa lapaʻau e komo pū ana me nā pā Lidoderm, i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā maʻi ʻeha mau, a me Xylocaine i nā ikaika like ʻole. Hele mai nā ʻaila LMX i nā ʻano like ʻole no nā ʻano ʻeha like ʻole.
ʻO ka mea hana like nō ia ma nā inoa inoa, akā hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā mea hana ʻole, ka nui, a me ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana. Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻokoʻa a koho i ke koho kūpono loa no kāu mau pono kikoʻī.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka lidocaine topical iā ʻoe, hiki i kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha like. ʻO nā mea hoʻomaʻi topical ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me ka benzocaine a me ka pramoxine, e hana like ana akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻae ʻia e kekahi poʻe.
Hiki i nā lāʻau anti-inflammatory topical e like me ka gel diclofenac ke kōkua i ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo a me nā hui, ʻoiai ke komo ka mumū. Hāʻawi nā huahana i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka menthol i ka hōʻoluʻolu hoʻoluʻu a hiki ke maikaʻi no nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi.
No ka ʻeha o ke aʻalolo, hana ʻokoʻa ka ʻaila capsaicin ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hōʻailona ʻeha i ka manawa. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he maikaʻi nā NSAID topical a i ʻole ka therapy anu maʻalahi no kā lākou ʻano ʻeha.
ʻO nā koho kūlohelohe e komo pū ana me ka aloe vera no nā wela a me ka huhū o ka ʻili, a i ʻole arnica no nā ʻeha a me ka ʻeha o nā ʻiʻo, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia mau mea.
ʻO Lidocaine topical a me benzocaine he mau anesthetics kūloko, akā he mau ʻokoʻa nui ko lākou. Hāʻawi ʻo Lidocaine i ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha lōʻihi, maʻamau 1 a 3 mau hola i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 30 mau minuke a 1 hola o benzocaine.
Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo Lidocaine ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka ʻeha hohonu no ka mea e komo maikaʻi i ka ʻili. Hana nui ʻo Benzocaine ma ka ʻili a loaʻa pinepine ʻia i nā huahana no nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi, ka lā, a me ka ʻeha o ka ʻāʻī.
Mai ka manaʻo palekana, he haʻahaʻa ka pilikia o ka lidocaine i ka hana ʻana i kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo methemoglobinemia, hiki ke hana me ka benzocaine, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā keiki. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paha e hana ka benzocaine i ka huhū o ka ʻili i nā kānaka naʻau.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e hilinaʻi pinepine ana i ka mea āu e mālama nei a pehea e pane ai kou ʻili. No ka hapa nui o nā pono hoʻomaha ʻeha liʻiliʻi, hāʻawi ka lidocaine topical i ka versatility a me nā hopena lōʻihi.
Hiki ke palekana ka lidocaine topical no ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi, akā pono ka mālama hou. Hoʻōla pinepine ka ʻili maʻi maʻi i ka lohi a hiki ke ʻoi aku ka naʻau i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha o ke aʻalolo maʻi maʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo pololei i nā pā lidocaine a i ʻole nā kirimina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka nānā pono ʻana i ka pūnaewele noi no nā hōʻailona o ka huhū a i ʻole ka lohi o ka hoʻōla. Pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi e nānā mau me kā lākou mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau topical hou, ʻoiai inā he maikaʻi ʻole ko lākou kahe a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻili.
Inā ua hoʻopili ʻoe i ka nui o ka lidocaine topical, holoi mālie i ka nui me ke kopa maʻalahi a me ka wai. Wehe i nā pā inā e hoʻohana ana ʻoe iā lākou, a pale i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou a hiki i ka lā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka nui o ka absorption, e like me ka dizziness, nausea, confusion, a i ʻole nā puʻuwai puʻuwai maʻamau. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona a i ʻole e maʻi, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ka mana hoʻomalu ʻona. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka hoʻohana nui ʻana e hana wale i ka huhū ʻili maʻalahi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka makaʻala.
Inā e hala ʻoe i ka lāʻau o ka lidocaine topical, e hoʻopili koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole e kokoke ana ka manawa no kāu hoʻopili ʻana e hiki mai ana. Ma ia hihia, e lele i ka lāʻau i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai hoʻopili i ka lāʻau hou e uku ai i ka lāʻau i hala. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao me ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha maikaʻi aʻe. Hana maikaʻi ka lidocaine topical ke hoʻohana mau ʻia, akā ʻo ka hala ʻana i kahi lāʻau i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole ia e hōʻino i kāu mālama ʻana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lidocaine topical ke hoʻomaikaʻi a hele loa paha kou ʻeha. No nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi, hiki paha kēia ma hope o kekahi mau lā. No nā maʻi maʻi, e hana pū me kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hooki ai i ka hoʻohana.
ʻAʻohe hilinaʻi kino me ka lidocaine topical, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona haʻalele ke hooki ʻoe. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻi hou mai kou ʻeha mua ke pau nā hopena o ka lāʻau. Inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe iā ia no kahi maʻi maʻi, e kūkākūkā i ka hoʻemi ʻana a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe me kāu kauka.
Manaʻo ʻia nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka lidocaine topical he palekana i ka wā hāpai, akā pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā mau me kāu mea mālama ola mua. Hiki i ka lāʻau ke hele i ka placenta i nā mea liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia i ka wā e hoʻohana ʻia ai e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana ma nā wahi liʻiliʻi.
E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha e kūʻē i nā pilikia hiki ke hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo i nā formulations kikoʻī a i ʻole nā ʻano hana e palekana loa i ka wā hāpai. Mai hoʻohana i nā huahana lidocaine ikaika i kākau ʻia me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau i ka wā hāpai.
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