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ʻO ka theophylline a me ka guaifenesin he lāʻau lapaʻau hui e kōkua iā ʻoe e hanu maʻalahi ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi hanu e like me ka maʻi hānō a i ʻole ka bronchitis maʻi. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻano ʻelua: wehe ka theophylline i kou mau ala ea ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā ʻiʻo a puni lākou, ʻoiai ʻo ka guaifenesin e kōkua i ka wehe ʻana i ka mucus i kou umauma i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻu maʻalahi.
E noʻonoʻo i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he kōkua ʻelua ʻāpana no kou mau māmā. Hana ka mea theophylline e like me ka mea hoʻomaha ʻiʻo mālie no kāu mau ala hanu, ʻoiai ʻo ka guaifenesin e hana ma ke ʻano he mea lahilahi mucus e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka congestion mai kou umauma a me kou ʻāʻī.
ʻO ka theophylline a me ka guaifenesin he lāʻau lapaʻau hui kauoha e loaʻa ana i ʻelua mau mea hana e hana pū ana. No ka hui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo bronchodilators ka Theophylline, ʻo ia hoʻi, kōkua ia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kou mau ala ea e maʻalahi ai ka hanu.
ʻO Guaifenesin kahi expectorant, ʻo ia ke ala maikaʻi e ʻōlelo ai e kōkua ana i ka lahilahi a me ka wehe ʻana i ka mucus i kou ʻōnaehana hanu. Ke hana pū kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke kōkua no ka poʻe i loaʻa nā pilikia hanu a me ka mucus mānoanoa a paʻakikī.
He mea kōkua nui kēia hui ʻana no ka mea he nui nā maʻi hanu e pili ana i ka constriction airway a me ka hana mucus nui. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia ʻelua i hoʻokahi lāʻau lapaʻau hiki ke maʻalahi a maikaʻi hoʻi ka mālama ʻana.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i nā maʻi hanu kahi e pono ai ʻoe i ka wehe ʻana i ka ea a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mucus. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi iā ia no ka maʻi hānō, bronchitis maʻi, a i ʻole nā maʻi māmā lōʻihi e hoʻoulu ai i nā pilikia hanu.
ʻO nā maʻi maʻamau i mālama ʻia me kēia hui pū ʻana, ʻo ia ka maʻi obstructive pulmonary maʻi (COPD), e komo pū ana me ka emphysema a me ka bronchitis maʻi. Hoʻohana ʻia nō hoʻi no ka maʻi hānō ke loaʻa i nā maʻi nā pilikia o ka ea a me ka hana ʻana i ka mucus nui.
I kekahi manawa, kuhikuhi nā kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi hanu ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā pilikia hanu a me nā pilikia mucus. E hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola inā kūpono kēia hui pū ʻana no kāu kūlana kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala olakino.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma o nā ʻano hana ʻelua e kōkua i kou hanu ʻana. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Theophylline he bronchodilator ikaika waena e hoʻomaha ai i nā ʻiʻo maʻemaʻe e pili ana i kou mau ala ea, e ʻae ana iā lākou e wehe ākea no ka maʻalahi o ke kahe o ka ea.
Hana ʻo Guaifenesin ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka wai i loko o kāu mucus, e lahilahi a emi ka paʻa. He mea maʻalahi kēia no kāu reflex cough maoli e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka mucus mai kou mau māmā a me kou ʻāʻī.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, ua hoʻoponopono kēia mau mea ʻelua i nā pilikia nui e kū nei i nā poʻe he nui me nā maʻi hanu: nā ala ea paʻa a me ka mucus mānoanoa. Kōkua ka theophylline iā ʻoe e komo a puka i waho o ka ea me ka maʻalahi, ʻoiai ke kōkua nei ka guaifenesin iā ʻoe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka mucus e hiki ke ālai i kou mau ala ea.
Hoʻomaka ka hopena i loko o 30 mau minuke a i hoʻokahi hola ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, me nā hopena kiʻekiʻe e hana ana i loko o 2-3 mau hola. Hāʻawi ka hui pū ʻana i ke kōkua mau no kekahi mau hola, ma muli o ke ʻano kikoʻī i kuhikuhi ʻia e kāu kauka.
E lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau me ke aniani wai piha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana me ka meaʻai e kōkua paha i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpū inā loaʻa iā ʻoe.
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ke ʻano hoʻokuʻu lōʻihi, e ale i nā papa a i ʻole nā capsules holoʻokoʻa me ka ʻole e ʻokiʻoki, nau, a i ʻole e wāwahi iā lākou. Kōkua kēia i ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻokuʻu mālie ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kino e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e lawe i kāu mau lāʻau i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae paʻa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kino. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ʻelua manawa i ka lā, e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i nā lāʻau ma kahi o 12 mau hola.
E inu i ka wai nui i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ka wai hoʻi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mea hana guaifenesin ke hydrated maikaʻi ʻoe, no ka mea, kōkua ia i ka lahilahi ʻana i kāu mucus.
Aia ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. No nā maʻi maʻi e like me ka maʻi hānō a i ʻole COPD, pono paha ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā lōʻihi ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau e hoʻomau nei.
E nānā kāu kauka i kāu holomua a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka lōʻihi o kāu mālama ʻana ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kāu mau hōʻailona. Pono kekahi poʻe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, ʻoiai e hoʻohana ana kekahi poʻe i ia mea no nā manawa pōkole i ka wā o nā flare-ups.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e lawe ana iā ia no kekahi manawa. Makemake paha kāu kauka e hōʻemi mālie i kāu lāʻau e pale ai i nā pilikia hanu mai ka hoʻi ʻana.
He mea nui nā koho maʻamau i hiki i kāu kauka ke nānā i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a inā pono ʻoe i nā hoʻololi i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, he maʻalahi ka nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a pinepine e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
E nānā kākou i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻaʻole e loaʻa i nā kānaka a pau kēia mau hopena:
ʻO kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e lilo pinepine i mea ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka wā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau me ka meaʻai hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka ʻōpū.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā pono e mālama koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Aia kēia mau mea i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi, ka puʻuwai ʻole, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka pōniuniu koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole ka luaʻi mau.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao laha akā koʻikoʻi e like me ka hopu ʻana, nā loli ʻano koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka ʻona theophylline e like me ka huikau, ka hanu wikiwiki, a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo twitching. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau, a e noʻonoʻo pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai, ka maʻi ate, a i ʻole nā maʻi hopu e pale i kēia hui ʻana a i ʻole e hoʻohana me ka mālama nui.
Pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu kauka e pili ana i kāu mau maʻi olakino a pau, akā he mea nui kēia mau mea e haʻi ai:
E kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. I kekahi manawa hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka nānā pono ʻana a me nā hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka dosis.
Pono nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kā lākou mea mālama ola, no ka mea, hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua ke hele i ka pēpē. E kōkua kāu kauka e hoʻoholo inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia.
He mea nui nō hoʻi ka makahiki, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka naʻau o nā mākua i nā hopena o ka theophylline a pono paha i nā lāʻau haʻahaʻa a i ʻole ka nānā pinepine ʻana.
Loaʻa kēia hui ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo ka mea maʻamau ʻo Quibron. ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe paha ʻo Bronchial, Slo-Phyllin GG, a me nā ʻano generic like ʻole.
Ua kapa ʻia ka mana generic ʻo "theophylline a me guaifenesin" a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi ma mua o nā mana inoa inoa. Loaʻa nā mea hana like i nā mana inoa inoa a me nā mana generic a hana like.
Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mana āu e loaʻa nei a pane i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā hōʻailona. ʻO ka mea nui e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka formulation like ke ʻole e hoʻololi kāu kauka i kāu kauoha.
Inā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi kēia hui ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻoulu ai i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia ai, he nui nā koho ʻē aʻe a kāu kauka e noʻonoʻo ai. Aia ke koho i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me nā pono olakino.
No ka mea bronchodilator, nā koho ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e like me nā inhalers albuterol, nā beta-agonists lōʻihi, a i ʻole nā ʻano bronchodilators like ʻole. He kūpono paha kēia mau mea inā pilikia ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka theophylline.
No ka mea expectorant, loaʻa ka guaifenesin maʻalahi, a i ʻole e ʻōlelo kāu kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e lahilahi ai ka mucus. I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā hana maʻalahi e like me ka noho ʻana i ka wai a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka humidifier ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka mucus.
Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā inhalers hui e hāʻawi pololei i nā bronchodilators i kou mau māmā, hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia a hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
He hana ʻokoʻa kēia mau lāʻau a he mau hana ʻokoʻa kā lākou, no laila ʻaʻole like ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā ʻāpala i nā ʻāpala. He bronchodilator wikiwiki ʻo Albuterol i hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia a hana wikiwiki no nā pilikia hanu acute.
Hāʻawi ka hui ʻana o Theophylline a me guaifenesin i nā hopena lōʻihi a hoʻoponopono i ka constriction airway a me nā pilikia mucus. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia no ka mālama ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi ma mua o ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki ʻana i nā pilikia hanu.
Nui ka poʻe me nā maʻi hanu e hoʻohana i nā ʻano lāʻau ʻelua ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou hoʻolālā lapaʻau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka albuterol no ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki ʻana ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia hanu koke, ʻoiai e lawe ana i ka theophylline a me ka guaifenesin maʻamau no ka mana lōʻihi.
E kōkua kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, ke ʻano o ke ola, a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
Pono ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā i ka wā e lawe ai i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, hiki i ka theophylline ke hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai a me ka helu. E loiloi pono kāu kauka i kou kūlana puʻuwai ma mua o ke kau ʻana i kēia hui.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻuwai, e hoʻomaka paha kāu kauka me kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a nānā pono iā ʻoe. Hiki iā lākou ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua puʻuwai manawa e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e hana ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pilikia.
Mai manaʻo ʻaʻole palekana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe no ka mea he maʻi puʻuwai kou. Nui ka poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai e hiki ke hoʻohana palekana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o ka mālama olakino kūpono.
Inā ʻoe e lawe hewa i ka nui o kāu lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa. He mea koʻikoʻi ka lawe ʻana i ka theophylline nui loa a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona e like me ka nausea, ka luaʻi, ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, a i ʻole ka huikau.
Mai kali e ʻike inā e ulu ana nā hōʻailona. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau i kēia manawa, ʻoiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe. Hiki ke hoʻopaneʻe ʻia nā hopena o ka theophylline nui loa i kekahi manawa.
E mālama i ka ʻōmole lāʻau me ʻoe ke ʻimi ʻoe i ke kōkua lapaʻau, no ka mea, e kōkua kēia i nā mea mālama ola e ʻike pono i ka mea a me ka nui āu i lawe ai.
Inā poina iā ʻoe kahi mahele, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i poina a hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi mahele i poina, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka nui o ka lāʻau i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana. He mea nui kēia me ka theophylline, pono e mālama ʻia ma nā pae paʻa.
Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ma kāu kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala me kāu papa manawa lāʻau.
E hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau i ka wā e haʻi aku ai kāu kauka iā ʻoe he palekana ke hana pēlā. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka hikiwawe hiki ke hoʻihoʻi i kou pilikia hanu, i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau.
E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka wā e mākaukau ai ʻoe e hooki a hoʻemi paha i kāu mahele e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻia ʻana o kou kūlana a inā paha e hoʻohana ana ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Inā makemake ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau ma muli o nā hopena ʻaoʻao, e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele a i ʻole e hōʻike i nā koho ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau.
Pono ʻoe e kaupalena i kāu ʻai caffeine i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, ʻo ka theophylline a me ka caffeine he mau mea like e hiki ke hoʻonui i nā hopena o kekahi. ʻO ka nui loa o nā mea ʻelua i hui pū ʻia e hiki ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea ʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ke kumu o ka puʻuwai.
ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo e pono ʻoe e pale loa i ke kofe a i ʻole ke kī, akā pono ʻoe e kūpono. ʻO ke kofe hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i ka lā maʻamau, akā e pale i ka nui o ka caffeine mai nā kumu he nui.
E hoʻolohe i ke ʻano o kou manaʻo i ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka caffeine i ka wā e lawe ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hopohopo, ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hiamoe, pono paha ʻoe e hōʻemi hou i kāu ʻai caffeine.
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