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ʻO ka injection OnabotulinumtoxinA he lapaʻau lapaʻau e hoʻohana ana i kahi protein i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e hoʻomaha ai i nā ʻiʻo no ka manawa a i ʻole e hōʻemi i kekahi mau hana kino. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike maikaʻi aʻe ma kona inoa inoa, Botox, ʻoiai ua hoʻohana ʻia no nā maʻi lapaʻau he nui ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau cosmetic. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona nerve e hoʻoulu ai i nā ʻiʻo e ʻaelike a i ʻole nā glands e hana i nā mea huna nui.
ʻO OnabotulinumtoxinA he lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia mai kahi protein i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i hana ʻia e ka bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā mea liʻiliʻi loa, i mālama ʻia, palekana ia i nā hōʻailona nerve i nā wahi i manaʻo ʻia o kou kino. Hiki i kēia hopena pale manawa ke mau i kekahi mau mahina, e lilo ia i mea pono no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi lapaʻau like ʻole.
Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka lawelawe ʻana. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻokomo iā ia i loko o kou mau ʻiʻo (intramuscular), ma lalo pono o kou ʻili (intradermal), a i ʻole i nā wahi kikoʻī e pili ana i kou maʻi. Hoʻopili kēlā me kēia ʻano i nā pilikia like ʻole a hāʻawi i ke kōkua ma kāna ʻano ponoʻī.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e wehewehe i ka injection iā ia iho e like me ka manaʻo e like me ka pinprick liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka nahu pi. He pōkole a maʻalahi ka hōʻoluʻolu, e mau ana no kekahi mau kekona no kēlā me kēia wahi injection. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi nila lahilahi loa e hōʻemi i kekahi hōʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
Ma hope o ka injection, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ma ka pūnaewele injection. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i ka pehu liʻiliʻi, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ke aloha e hele maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau hola a i ʻole kekahi mau lā. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka ʻeha liʻiliʻi, he mea maʻamau loa a nalowale wale nō.
Hoʻomaka ka hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole ʻelua pule ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. E ʻike mālie ʻoe i nā loli i manaʻo ʻia, e like me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā spasms ʻiʻo, ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka hou, a i ʻole ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou kūlana.
Hiki i kekahi mau maʻi lapaʻau ke lilo iā ʻoe i moho no kēia lapaʻau. Pili pinepine ke kumu i nā aʻalolo hana nui e hoʻouna ana i nā hōʻailona he nui i nā ʻiʻo a i ʻole nā ʻōpū. Hiki ke hana ʻia kēia hana nui ma muli o nā kūlana neurological like ʻole, nā mea genetic, a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
Eia nā kumu nui e ʻōlelo ai nā kauka i kēia lapaʻau:
E loiloi kāu kauka i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me ka mōʻaukala olakino e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono kēia lapaʻau no kou kūlana. Aia ka hoʻoholo i ke koʻikoʻi o kou kūlana a inā ua maikaʻi nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole he hōʻailona kēia injection, akā he lapaʻau no nā kūlana neurological a i ʻole muscular. Ke ʻōlelo ke kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, hōʻike pinepine ia e hoʻouna ana kāu ʻōnaehana nerve i nā hōʻailona nui i kekahi mau ʻiʻo a i ʻole nā ʻōpū.
ʻO ka pono no kēia lapaʻau e kuhikuhi pinepine ana i nā maʻi e pili ana i ka hana ʻole o ke aʻalolo a i ʻole ka hana nui o ka ʻiʻo. Hiki ke loaʻa kēia mau maʻi mai ka wā hānau, e ulu ana i ka manawa, a i ʻole e hopena mai ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka maʻi. E ʻike kāu kauka i kahi maʻi kikoʻī ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia lapaʻau.
Pono kekahi poʻe i kēia lapaʻau no nā maʻi i ulu mālie, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e pono ai ma muli o nā loli koke mai ka hahau ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻeha. Hoʻoholo ke kūlana kumu i ka pinepine o kāu pono e mālama ʻia a me nā wahi e kuhikuhi ʻia.
ʻAe, he manawa pōkole nā hopena o kēia injection a e pau mālie wale nō. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi o ka lapaʻau, no ka mea, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mālama e like me ka mea e pono ai. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena e mau ana ma waena o ʻekolu a ʻeono mahina, ʻoiai e ʻokoʻa ana kēia ma muli o ke kanaka a me ke kūlana.
Ke mae nā hopena o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e hoʻi maʻamau kāu mau hōʻailona mua. Hana kēia no ka mea e hoʻomau mālie nā hōʻailona aʻalolo i ālaina ʻia i kā lākou hana maʻamau. ʻOkoʻa ka manawa no kēia mai kēlā kanaka i kēia kanaka a pili i nā mea e like me kāu metabolism, ka nui i hoʻokomo ʻia, a me ka wahi i mālama ʻia.
E hoʻonohonoho kāu kauka i nā manawa e hahai ai e nānā i kāu holomua a e hoʻoholo i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe i kahi lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike me nā lapaʻau hou, hiki iā lākou ke mālama i ka mana hōʻailona maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia injection, aia kekahi mau ala mālie e kākoʻo i kāu hoʻōla a hoʻonui i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka lapaʻau. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i kou kūlana a me nā wahi i mālama ʻia.
Eia kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mālama maʻamau e hiki ke kōkua:
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i kā lākou hana maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā palena kikoʻī e pili ana i kou kūlana a me nā wahi i mālama ʻia.
Hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana lapaʻau me ka loiloi piha e kāu kauka. E nānā lākou i kāu mōʻaukala olakino, e nānā i kāu mau hōʻailona, a e hoʻoholo inā kūpono kēia lapaʻau no kou kūlana. Kōkua kēia loiloi iā lākou e hoʻolālā i ke ana pololei a me nā wahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau.
I ka wā o ka manawa lapaʻau, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe kāu kauka i nā wahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka lāʻau a hiki ke hoʻohana i ka ʻaila numbing topical e hōʻemi i ka ʻoluʻolu. A laila e hoʻohana lākou i kahi nila lahilahi loa e hoʻokomo i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o nā ʻiʻo a i ʻole nā wahi kikoʻī. ʻO ka hana holoʻokoʻa e lawe maʻamau i 15-30 mau minuke, ma muli o ka nui o nā wahi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana, e nānā ʻia ʻoe no kahi manawa pōkole e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa i nā hopena koke. E hoʻonohonoho kāu kauka i nā manawa e hahai ai e loiloi i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lapaʻau a e hoʻolālā i nā lapaʻau e hiki mai ana inā pono.
He ʻokoʻa ka papa hana lapaʻau ma muli o ke kūlana. Pono kekahi poʻe i nā injections i kēlā me kēia ʻekolu mahina, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e hele lōʻihi paha ma waena o nā lapaʻau. E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i ka manawa kūpono no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e pili ana ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia injection. ʻOiai he kakaikahi nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, he mea nui e ʻike i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E kelepona koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe:
Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi kou mau hōʻailona e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a i ʻole he nīnau kāu e pili ana i kāu lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono nā hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou kūlana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kūlana e koi ai i kēia lapaʻau. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i kāu mālama.
He hana ko ka makahiki i kekahi mau kūlana, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o kekahi mau pilikia neurological i ka wā e ʻelemakule ai mākou. Eia naʻe, hoʻohana ʻia kēia lapaʻau ma nā hui makahiki āpau, me nā keiki me nā kūlana kikoʻī e like me ka cerebral palsy a i ʻole nā migraines maʻi.
Eia nā mea pilikia nui e noʻonoʻo ai:
ʻAʻole ia he manaʻo e pono maoli ʻoe i kēia lapaʻau inā loaʻa kēia mau mea pilikia, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e hoʻomohala i nā maʻi e hiki ke pōmaikaʻi mai ia mea.
ʻOiai ua palekana kēia lapaʻau i ka wā e hana ʻia e nā poʻe lapaʻau kūpono, aia nā pilikia e pono e ʻike. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana injection a i ʻole nā hopena manawa pōkole o ka lāʻau. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau a maʻalahi e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā pilikia kakaʻikahi akā koʻikoʻi e komo pū ana:
E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i kēia mau pilikia me ʻoe a e nānā pono iā ʻoe e hōʻemi i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa.
Manaʻo ʻia kēia injection he koho lapaʻau waiwai no nā maʻi neurological he nui ke hāʻawi ʻole nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka hōʻoluʻolu kūpono. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka maikaʻi o ke ola no ka poʻe me nā maʻi e like me nā migraines maʻi, ka spasticity muscle, a i ʻole nā maʻi neʻe.
Hana maikaʻi ka lapaʻau no ka mea e kuhikuhi ana i nā wahi pilikia kikoʻī me ka hoʻopilikia ʻole i kou kino holoʻokoʻa. Hāʻawi pinepine kēia ʻano hana i ka hōʻoluʻolu me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā lāʻau e pili ana i kāu ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa.
No nā maʻi e like me nā migraines maʻi, ua hōʻike nā haʻawina e hiki i kēia lapaʻau ke hōʻemi i ke alapine a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā ʻeha poʻo. ʻIke pinepine ka poʻe me ka spasticity muscle i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha ma hope o ka lapaʻau.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono kēia lapaʻau no nā mea a pau. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kou maʻi kikoʻī, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me nā pahuhopu lapaʻau i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono ia iā ʻoe. Aia ka hoʻoholo i nā mea e like me ke koʻikoʻi o kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Hui pinepine ʻia nā hopena o kēia injection me nā lapaʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā maʻi. No ka mea e hana mālie ana ka lāʻau, ʻaʻole paha e hoʻopili koke ka poʻe i ko lākou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka lapaʻau i loaʻa iā lākou i nā pule ma mua.
Kuhi hewa kekahi poʻe i nā wahi injection no nā nahu pepeke a i ʻole nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi, ʻoiai inā ʻike lākou i nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka pehu. Hiki i ke ʻano manawa o kēia mau māka ke maʻalahi ke poina iā lākou e pili ana i kahi lapaʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki ke pili ka hoʻomaka mālie ʻana o nā pōmaikaʻi i nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me nā loli i ke aniau, nā pae pilikia, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa nei. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui e mālama i kāu mau hōʻailona a kūkākūkā me kāu kauka i nā manawa e hiki mai ana.
I kekahi manawa, huikau ka poʻe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me nā ʻano injections ʻē aʻe a lākou e loaʻa ai no ka mālama ʻeha a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe. Hana ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano injection a loaʻa nā hopena like ʻole, no laila he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka lāʻau lapaʻau āu e loaʻa nei.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena i loko o 3-7 mau lā ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai hiki ke lawe i ʻelua pule e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi piha. ʻOkoʻa ka manawa ma muli o kou kūlana a me ka wahi i mālama ʻia. No nā migraines, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā poʻo poʻo liʻiliʻi i loko o ka pule mua, ʻoiai e lōʻihi paha ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka muscle spasticity e ʻike ʻia.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia 3-6 mahina, ma muli o ko lākou kūlana a me ka maikaʻi o kā lākou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i ka papa manawa kūpono e pili ana i ka wā e hoʻi mai ai kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka lōʻihi o nā pōmaikaʻi e mau ai iā ʻoe. ʻIke kekahi poʻe hiki iā lākou ke hele lōʻihi ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka manawa.
Pono ʻoe e pale i ka hoʻoikaika kino ikaika no 24 mau hola ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pale ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka laha ʻana i nā wahi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. He maikaʻi nā hana māmā e like me ka hele wāwae, akā e pale i ka hāpai kaumaha, ka cardio ikaika, a i ʻole nā hana e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻiʻo i mālama ʻia. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau wahi lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻē aʻe ke hui pū ʻia me kēia lapaʻau. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i nā mea e hoʻoheheʻe ai i ke koko, nā mea hoʻomaha ʻiʻo, a me kekahi mau lāʻau antibiotic. E haʻi mau i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau lāʻau āu e lawe nei ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lapaʻau. E aʻo lākou iā ʻoe e pili ana i nā hoʻoponopono e pono ai.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma hope o 2-4 mau pule, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka e kūkākūkā i kāu mau koho. I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā hoʻoponopono i ka dosage, nā wahi injection, a i ʻole ka papa hana lapaʻau ke hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena. Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e noiʻi i nā kumu ʻē aʻe no kāu mau hōʻailona. Mai nalowale ka manaʻolana inā ʻaʻole hana pono ka lapaʻau mua, no ka mea, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ke ala kūpono i kekahi manawa e lawe ai i ka manawa.
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