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ʻO ka potassium iodide he paʻakai i loaʻa ka iodine, he meaʻai pono e pono ai kou ʻōpū thyroid e hana pono. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike maikaʻi loa ʻo ia he lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā o nā pilikia nuklea, akā he mau hana lapaʻau koʻikoʻi hoʻi i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka mālama ʻana i kekahi mau maʻi thyroid a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation i nā kūlana kūikawā.
ʻO ka potassium iodide he paʻakai keʻokeʻo, crystalline e maʻalahi ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka wai. He ʻano paʻa ia o ka iodine e hiki ai i kou kino ke komo a hoʻohana. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka iodine i kāu ʻōnaehana ma ke ʻano i mālama ʻia, ana ʻia.
Ua hala kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā makahiki he nui a ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana ke hoʻohana pono ʻia. Mālama ka World Health Organization a me nā keʻena olakino aupuni he nui i kā lākou lako hoʻomākaukau pilikia. Loaʻa nō hoʻi ma ke kauoha no kekahi mau maʻi lapaʻau.
He nui nā hana lapaʻau koʻikoʻi o ka potassium iodide. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, kauoha nā kauka iā ia e pale i kou ʻōpū thyroid mai ka ʻike ʻana i ka iodine radioactive i ka wā o nā pilikia nuklea a i ʻole kekahi mau kaʻina hana lapaʻau.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pilikia, kōkua ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi thyroid kikoʻī. Lawe kekahi poʻe me nā ʻōpū thyroid hana nui ma mua o ke ʻoki ʻana e hōʻemi i ka hana hormone thyroid. Hiki nō hoʻi ke kōkua i ka wāwahi ʻana i ka mucus mānoanoa i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana hanu, e maʻalahi ai ka ʻuʻu ʻana ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau maʻi māmā.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo iā ia inā ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻoe no kekahi mau hoʻokolohua kiʻi lapaʻau e hoʻohana ana i nā mea radioactive. I kēia mau hihia, hana ia ma ke ʻano he pale pale no kou ʻōpū thyroid.
Hana ʻo ka potassium iodide ma ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kou ʻāʻī thyroid me ka iodine paʻa, ʻaʻole radioactive. Hoʻopili maoli kou ʻāʻī thyroid i ka iodine mai kou kahe koko e hana i nā hormones e hoʻoponopono i kou metabolism a me nā pae ikehu.
Ke piha mua kou ʻāʻī thyroid i ka iodine paʻa, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili i ka iodine radioactive ʻino e hiki ke loaʻa i kou kaiapuni. He mea nui kēia i ka wā o nā hanana nukelea ke hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka iodine radioactive i ka lewa.
No nā maʻi thyroid, hoʻemi ka potassium iodide i ka nui o ka hormone thyroid e hana ai kou ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka thyroid hana nui ma mua o ke ʻoki ʻana a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika waena e hana wikiwiki ana, maʻamau i loko o nā hola a i ʻole nā lā.
E lawe i ka potassium iodide e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka a i ʻole e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana o nā luna pilikia i ka wā o kahi hanana nukelea. Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā papa, wai, a i ʻole ka pauka e hui pū me ka wai a i ʻole ka wai.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana me nā meaʻai e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpū. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ke ʻano wai, e ana pono me ka mea ana e hele pū me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. No nā papa, e ale iā lākou holoʻokoʻa me ke aniani wai piha.
Inā ʻoe e hāʻawi ana i nā keiki, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i nā papa a hui pū me ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu e like me ka waiū, ka wai, a i ʻole ka formula. He ʻono paʻakai, metala ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻike ʻia e kekahi poʻe he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, no laila hiki ke kōkua i ka hui ʻana me nā mea inu ʻono.
E mālama i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka lumi wela, mai ka mālamalama a me ka wai. E mālama i loko o kāna pahu mua a mai nā keiki.
Aia ka lōʻihi i ke kumu e lawe nei ʻoe. No ka pale ʻana i ka pilikia o ka radiation, lawe ʻoe ia no kekahi mau lā a hiki i ka hala ʻana o ka pilikia. E haʻi aku nā luna pilikia iā ʻoe i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai a e hooki i ka lawe ʻana.
No nā maʻi thyroid, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi iā ia no kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule ma mua o ke ʻoki ʻana a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Aia ke ana manawa pololei i kou kūlana a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Mai hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i ka potassium iodide ma mua o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia. Hiki i ka hoʻohana lōʻihi ke hōʻino i kāu hana thyroid a hoʻoulu i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. E hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka a i ʻole ke alakaʻi ulia pōpilikia.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka potassium iodide, ʻoiai ke lawe ʻia no nā manawa pōkole. Eia naʻe, e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
He maʻalahi kēia mau hōʻailona a pau i ka wā e pau ai ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau. Hiki i ka lawe ʻana me ka meaʻai ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka ʻōpū.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia mau mea. E nānā i nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia thyroid e like me ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, ka hou, ka hopohopo, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hiamoe. Hiki ke hana ʻia nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi akā he mea maʻamau.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka pehu ʻana o kou maka, nā lehelehe, ke alelo, a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole nā hopena ʻili koʻikoʻi, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He mau hōʻailona paha kēia o kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi.
Pono kekahi poʻe e pale i ka potassium iodide a i ʻole e hoʻohana wale nō ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kou palekana ka mea nui, no laila he mea nui e ʻike inā ʻoe e hāʻule i kekahi o kēia mau ʻāpana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i ka potassium iodide inā he maʻi ʻoe i ka iodine a i ʻole i loaʻa nā hopena koʻikoʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loaʻa ka iodine a i ʻole nā waihoʻoluʻu contrast i hoʻohana ʻia i nā kiʻi lapaʻau. Pono nō hoʻi ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi thyroid, me kekahi mau ʻano o nā nodules thyroid a i ʻole goiter, e pale aku iā ia.
Inā he maʻi kīkī kou, nā pilikia o ka naʻau, a i ʻole e lawe ana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ACE inhibitors a i ʻole potassium-sparing diuretics, e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka. Hiki i ka potassium keu i loko o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i kou kūlana.
Pono nā wāhine hāpai a me nā wāhine e hānai ana i ka waiū i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā. ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka potassium iodide i ka wā hāpai no ka pale ʻana i ka radiation, pono e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hana i kēia hoʻoholo.
Pono ka poʻe me ka dermatitis herpetiformis, kahi maʻi ʻili kakaʻikahi, e pale i ka potassium iodide no ka mea hiki ke hoʻonui i kā lākou mau hōʻailona.
Loaʻa ka potassium iodide ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻoiai he nui nā mana generic e hana maikaʻi ana. ʻO kekahi mau inoa inoa maʻamau e pili ana iā SSKI, Lugol's solution, a me nā hoʻomākaukau mākaukau pilikia like ʻole.
I ka wā pilikia, hāʻawi pinepine nā ʻoihana aupuni i ka potassium iodide ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole a i ʻole ma ke ʻano generic. ʻO ka mea nui, aia i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ka nui kūpono o ka potassium iodide, me ka nānā ʻole i ka inoa inoa.
Hiki i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻomākaukau kūpono no kāu mau pono kikoʻī. Hele mai kekahi mau hōʻailona ma ke ʻano o nā papa, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he mau waiwai wai me nā ʻano like ʻole.
No ka pale ʻana i ka radiation, ʻo ka potassium iodide ke kūlana gula a ʻaʻohe ona koho pololei. Eia naʻe, no nā maʻi thyroid ʻē aʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole e pili ana i kāu kūlana.
No nā maʻi thyroid hana nui, hiki i nā koho ʻē aʻe ke komo i nā lāʻau antithyroid e like me methimazole a i ʻole propylthiouracil. Hana ʻokoʻa kēia mau mea ma mua o ka potassium iodide akā hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena like i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana hormone thyroid.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka potassium iodide ma ke ʻano he expectorant e kōkua i ka mucus, hiki i nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe e like me guaifenesin ke koho. Eia naʻe, hana kēia mau mea ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole a ʻaʻole kūpono paha no nā mea a pau.
Mai hoʻololi i nā huahana i loaʻa ka iodine e like me nā antiseptics a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui meaʻai no ka potassium iodide i kauoha ʻia. ʻAʻole hāʻawi kēia mau mea i ka pale like a hiki ke pilikia.
ʻAʻole pono ka potassium iodide i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka ʻino ma mua o nā lāʻau thyroid ʻē aʻe. He mau kumu like ʻole kāna a hana i nā ala kū hoʻokahi e lilo ai i koho kūpono no nā kūlana kikoʻī.
No ka pale ʻana i ka radiation, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hana like. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka potassium iodide e ālai i ka lawe ʻana i ka iodine radioactive e kou ʻāʻī thyroid. ʻAʻole hāʻawi nā lāʻau thyroid ʻē aʻe i kēia ʻano pale.
No ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi thyroid hana nui, hāʻawi ka potassium iodide i ka mana wikiwiki a me ka manawa. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau antithyroid ʻē aʻe no ka mālama lōʻihi. E koho kāu kauka i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kou kūlana kikoʻī, ka manawa, a me nā pahuhopu lapaʻau.
ʻO ka lāʻau
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau ka potassium iodide no nā keiki ke hoʻohana pono ʻia. I ka wā o nā pilikia radiation, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā keiki mai ka potassium iodide ma mua o nā mākua no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ko lākou mau ʻāʻī thyroid i ka pōʻino radiation.
Aia ka dosage no nā keiki ma ko lākou makahiki a me ke kaumaha. Loaʻa i nā pēpē a me nā keiki ʻōpio nā mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā mākua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻoki i nā papa a hui pū me ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu e maʻalahi ai ka lawe ʻana. E hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi dosing i hāʻawi ʻia e nā luna pilikia a i ʻole kāu kauka.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua lawe nui ʻoe i ka potassium iodide, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu lāʻau make. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi me kāu hana thyroid a me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka overdose e komo paha i ka nausea koʻikoʻi, ka luaʻi, ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, ke kuni, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu. Mai kali e ʻike inā e ulu nā hōʻailona. E kiʻi koke i ke kōkua olakino, ʻoiai inā ua lawe ʻoe i ka nui ma mua o ka nui i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Inā hala ʻoe i kahi dosage, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu dosage aʻe. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka dosage i hala a hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau. Mai pāpālua i nā dosages e hana i kahi i hala.
No ka pale ʻana i ka radiation i ka wā pilikia, he mea nui ka manawa. Inā hala ʻoe i kahi dosage, e lawe koke iā ia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke lawe ʻia ma mua a i ʻole ma hope koke o ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation.
E hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka potassium iodide ke haʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe a i ʻole ke hoʻolaha nā luna pilikia ʻaʻole pono hou ka pale radiation. Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka wā mua i ka wā pilikia radiation, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke waiho i kou ʻāʻī thyroid me ka pale ʻole.
No nā lapaʻau olakino, e haʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe i ka manawa e pau ai. ʻO ka maʻamau, ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāu ʻoki a i ʻole nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. E hahai pono i kā lākou ʻōlelo aʻo, no ka mea, ʻo ka pau ʻana i ka wā mua a i ʻole ka wā lōʻihi loa hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka holomua o kāu lapaʻau.
Hiki i ka potassium iodide ke launa pū me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, no laila he mea nui e haʻi aku i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā mea a pau āu e lawe nei. Aia kēia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia, nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kūʻai ʻia ma luna o ka pāʻālua, a me nā mea hoʻohui.
ʻO kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e launa pū ana me nā mea hoʻopaʻa ACE, nā diuretics e mālama ana i ka potassium, a me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau puʻuwai. Hiki i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke nānā i nā pilina kūpono a hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau inā pono. Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka.
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