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He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Tenapanor e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻōpū huhū me ka paʻa ʻana (IBS-C) i nā pākeke. He lāʻau lapaʻau hou kēia e hana ʻokoʻa ana mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau IBS ʻē aʻe ma ka manaʻo ʻana i nā hana kikoʻī i loko o kou ʻōpū e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū.
Inā ʻoe e hana nei me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole ʻana o ka ʻai ʻana a me ka paʻa ʻana, ua ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka iā tenapanor ma ke ʻano he koho lapaʻau. E hele kākou i nā mea a pau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā huaʻōlelo maʻalahi a maopopo.
He lāʻau liʻiliʻi ʻo Tenapanor e ālai ana i kekahi mau kahawai i loko o kou ʻōpū. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he ala i manaʻo ʻia e hana pono ana i loko o kou ʻōpū ma mua o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i kou kino holoʻokoʻa.
Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano papa a lawe ʻia e ka waha. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e noho nui i loko o kou ʻōpū, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole nui ka mea i komo i loko o kou kahe koko. Kōkua kēia hana kūloko i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
Ua loaʻa iā Tenapanor ka ʻae ʻana o ka FDA i ka makahiki 2019 ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā haʻawina lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua i ka poʻe me IBS-C e ʻike i ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū a me nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū maʻamau. Hōʻike ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi ala hou e mālama ai i kēia maʻi ʻai maʻamau.
Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Tenapanor e mālama i ka maʻi ʻōpū huhū me ka paʻa ʻana (IBS-C) i nā pākeke. Hoʻopilikia kēia maʻi i nā miliona o nā kānaka a hoʻoulu i ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, ka pehu ʻana, a me ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū maʻamau.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo iā tenapanor inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū mau me ka paʻa ʻana e pili nui ana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. He mea kōkua nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe i loaʻa ʻole ka hōʻoluʻolu kūpono me nā loli meaʻai, nā mea hoʻohui fiber, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau laina mua.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia ʻo tenapanor no nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka paʻa ʻana a i ʻole nā maʻi digestive. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ia no ka hui pū ʻana o nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka IBS-C, kahi e loaʻa ai ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū a me ka paʻa pū.
Hana ʻo Tenapanor ma ka pale ʻana i nā kahawai sodium-hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3) i loko o kou ʻōpū. Kōkua maʻamau kēia mau kahawai i kou ʻōpū e komo i ka sodium a me ka wai mai ka meaʻai āu e ʻai ai.
Ke pale ʻo tenapanor i kēia mau kahawai, ʻaʻole i komo hou ka sodium a me ka wai i loko o kou kino. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka wai e noho ana i loko o kou ʻōpū, e kōkua ana i ka palupalu ʻana i ka ʻōpū a maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū.
Me he mea lā e hōʻemi ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka naʻau o nā aʻalolo i loko o kou paia ʻōpū. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole e hele pinepine mai me IBS-C. Hoʻoponopono ka hopena hui i nā mea paʻa a me ka ʻeha o ke kūlana.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Tenapanor he lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi no IBS-C. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e hana no nā mea a pau, hōʻike nā haʻawina lapaʻau e ʻike ka nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau pule o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau.
E lawe iā tenapanor e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, ʻelua manawa i ka lā ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana. ʻO ka maʻamau ka 50 mg i lawe ʻia ma kahi o 30 mau minuke ma mua o ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me 30 mau minuke ma mua o ka ʻaina ahiahi.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana iā tenapanor ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana digestive. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka wai liʻiliʻi, akā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e lawe me ka waiū a i ʻole kekahi ʻano meaʻai.
E hoʻāʻo e lawe i kāu mau lāʻau i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae kūlike o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu ʻōnaehana. Hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokumu i kēia hana maʻamau, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka mua ʻoe i ka lāʻau.
Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ʻai ʻana i nā papa, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā ʻenehana e kōkua ai. Mai ʻoki a wāwahi paha i nā papa, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau i loko o kou kino.
Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona IBS-C i loko o 2 a 4 mau pule o ka lawe ʻana i ka tenapanor maʻamau. Eia naʻe, pono paha kekahi poʻe i 8 mau pule e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi piha o ka lāʻau.
Makemake maʻamau kāu kauka e loiloi i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka tenapanor iā ʻoe ma hope o ka lawe ʻana iā ia no kahi o 4 a 6 mau pule. Hāʻawi kēia i ka manawa kūpono e ʻike ai inā e hāʻawi ana ka lāʻau i ke kōkua nui mai kāu mau hōʻailona.
Inā kōkua ka tenapanor i kāu mau hōʻailona, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻomau iā ia no ka lōʻihi e like me ka maikaʻi a me ka ʻae ʻia. Lawe kekahi poʻe iā ia no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻolālā hoʻokele IBS-C lōʻihi.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka tenapanor e pili ana i kāu pane pilikino, nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, a me kāu mau pahuhopu lapaʻau holoʻokoʻa. E kōkua nā loiloi maʻamau me kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka tenapanor ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā kānaka a pau iā lākou. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he maʻalahi a maʻamau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao e ʻike nui ai ʻoe, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e ʻae maikaʻi ka poʻe he nui i ka tenapanor:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e lilo pinepine i mea liʻiliʻi ma hope o nā pule mua o ka mālama ʻana. Inā lilo ka pāpaʻa i mea koʻikoʻi a mau loa, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka, no ka mea, pono paha lākou e hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele a i ʻole e hōʻike i nā ala e mālama ai i kēia hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻAʻole i maʻamau akā hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i ka maloʻo nui mai ka maʻi maʻi mau, nā pilikia electrolyte, a i ʻole nā hopena maʻi. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, nā hōʻailona o ka maloʻo e like me ka make wai nui a i ʻole ka noʻonoʻo ʻole, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā loli o ka naʻau a i ʻole ka hopohopo, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli ʻokoʻa i ke ʻano o kou manaʻo, e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Tenapanor no nā mea a pau, a e noʻonoʻo pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi olakino a me nā kūlana e hana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono ʻole a i ʻole ka pilikia.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe iā tenapanor inā ʻoe ma lalo o 18 mau makahiki, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia kona palekana a me ka pono i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. ʻAʻole hoʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hāpai a i ʻole ka wā e hānai ai ma muli o ka palena o ka ʻikepili palekana.
Pono nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi digestive e pale i ka tenapanor. Aia kēia i ka poʻe me ka maʻi ʻōpū inflammatory (e like me ka maʻi o Crohn a i ʻole ulcerative colitis), ka maʻi ate koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻōpū.
Inā he pilikia kou puʻupaʻa, nā maʻi puʻuwai, a i ʻole e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i kāu kaulike electrolyte, pono kāu kauka e loiloi inā palekana ʻo tenapanor iā ʻoe. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i nā pae sodium, hiki ke pilikia no ka poʻe me kēia mau maʻi.
E haʻi i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau āu e lawe nei, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke launa pū me tenapanor a i ʻole e hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Loaʻa ʻo Tenapanor ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Ibsrela ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kēia wale nō ka inoa inoa i kūʻai ʻia ai ʻo tenapanor no ka mālama ʻana i ka IBS-C.
Hana ʻia ʻo Ibsrela e Ardelyx, ka hui nāna i hoʻomohala i ka tenapanor. Hiki ke loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, akā ʻo Ibsrela ka inoa āu e hālāwai ai ma nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa nā ʻano generic o tenapanor, no ka mea, aia nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o ka pale palapala. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo Ibsrela wale nō ke koho i kēia manawa no ka loaʻa ʻana o tenapanor, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana.
Nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e hiki ke mālama i ka IBS-C inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo tenapanor iā ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole e hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu kūpono. Hana ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia a hiki ke kūpono i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me ke olakino.
ʻO Linaclotide (Linzess) kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia i ʻae ʻia no ka IBS-C. Hana ia ma ka hoʻāla ʻana i kekahi mau mea hoʻokipa i loko o kou ʻōpū e hoʻonui i ka huna wai a hoʻemi i nā hōʻailona ʻeha. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he pono, akā hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi maʻi ma ke ʻano he hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO Lubiprostone (Amitiza) kekahi koho e hana ana ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka wai i loko o kou ʻōpū. Ua loaʻa ia no ka lōʻihi ma mua o tenapanor a he palekana maikaʻi, akā ʻike kekahi poʻe i ka nausea i ka wā e lawe ai.
ʻO Plecanatide (Trulance) kahi lāʻau lapaʻau hou e hana like me linaclotide. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi i kekahi poʻe, e lilo ana ia i koho maikaʻi inā hoʻoulu nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i nā hōʻailona hōʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e hoʻomaka me nā koho ma luna o ka pāʻani e like me ka polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX) a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kauoha ʻia e like me rifaximin (Xifaxan) no kekahi mau ʻano hōʻailona IBS.
He mau lāʻau lapaʻau pono ʻo Tenapanor a me linaclotide no ka IBS-C, akā hana lākou ma nā ʻano like ʻole a hiki ke kūpono i nā poʻe like ʻole. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi ma mua o kekahi.
Hiki paha i ka Tenapanor ke hana i ka maʻi palahī ʻaʻole i koʻikoʻi e like me ka linaclotide i kekahi poʻe, he mea nui paha kēia inā hopohopo ʻoe no kēia hopena ʻaoʻao. Eia naʻe, ua loaʻa ka linaclotide no ka manawa lōʻihi a he nui aku nā ʻike lapaʻau ma hope ona.
Pane maikaʻi kekahi poʻe i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o kekahi, a ʻaʻohe ala hilinaʻi e wānana ai i ka mea e hana maikaʻi loa ai iā ʻoe me ka hoʻāʻo ʻole ʻana iā lākou. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻomaka me kekahi a hoʻololi i kekahi inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa ka hōʻoluʻolu kūpono a i ʻole e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao hoʻonāukiuki.
ʻO ka koho ma waena o tenapanor a me linaclotide e pili pinepine ana i kāu ʻano hōʻailona pilikino, nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe, a me ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana i kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua manaʻo ʻia lāua ʻelua he mau lāʻau lapaʻau laina mua kūpono no IBS-C.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka Tenapanor he palekana no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopilikia nui i nā pae kōpaʻa koko. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kahi o kou ʻōpū a ʻaʻole ia e keakea i nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i ka glucose.
Eia naʻe, inā he maʻi diabetes ʻoe a ʻike i ka maʻi palahī koʻikoʻi i ka wā e lawe ana i ka tenapanor, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i kāu mālama ʻana i ke kōpaʻa koko. E hōʻoia e nānā pono i kāu kōpaʻa koko a noho maikaʻi i ka wai inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia hopena ʻaoʻao.
E hōʻike mau i kāu kauka he maʻi diabetes kāu ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka tenapanor, no ka mea, makemake paha lākou e nānā pono iā ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā mālama diabetes inā pono.
Inā lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o ka tenapanor ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau no ke alakaʻi. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka maʻi palahī koʻikoʻi a me ka dehydration.
E nānā iā ʻoe iho no nā hōʻailona e like me ka maʻi palahē mau, ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, ka wili, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka maloʻo ʻana o ke kino e like me ka make wai nui, ka waha maloʻo, a i ʻole ka mimi liʻiliʻi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
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Pono kāu kauka e loiloi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau IBS ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka hoʻohana ʻana me tenapanor. Hiki i kekahi mau hui ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole e hōʻemi i ka pono o kekahi lāʻau.
Ma keʻano maʻamau, hiki ke lawe ʻia ʻo tenapanor me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, me nā mea hoʻemi waikawa, nā antispasmodics, a me ka hapa nui o nā mea kōkua digestive ma luna o ka counter. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui e pili ana i nā neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi.
Hāʻawi mau i kāu kauka i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā huahana ma luna o ka counter āu e hoʻohana nei. Kōkua kēia iā lākou e hana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau palekana a maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
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