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ʻO Xenon Xe-133 he kinoea radioactive e hoʻohana ai nā kauka e nānā i kou mau māmā a me ka lolo ma o nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi kūikawā. Kōkua kēia mea palekana, maʻi lapaʻau e hana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o ke kahe ʻana o ke koko ma o kēia mau ʻōkana koʻikoʻi, e hāʻawi ana i kāu hui mālama ola i ka ʻike nui e pili ana i kou olakino.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hoihoi a i ʻole ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea radioactive, a he mea maʻamau loa ia. Ke kōkua nei kēia mea hana diagnostic mālie i nā kauka no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, a he liʻiliʻi loa a me ka manawa ka nui o ka radiation āu e loaʻa ai.
ʻO Xenon Xe-133 kahi ʻano kūikawā o ke kinoea hanohano xenon e hāʻawi ana i kahi liʻiliʻi o ka radiation. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea huli manawa e hoʻomālamalama i kou mau ʻōkana ma nā scans lapaʻau i hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hana.
ʻO kēia kinoea ʻole, ʻaʻala ʻole e kū maoli ana akā ua hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā laboratories. E wāwahi koke ka ʻāpana radioactive i loko o kou kino, maʻamau i loko o nā hola, e palekana ai no nā kumu diagnostic.
ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau mau, hele wale ʻo Xenon Xe-133 ma o kāu ʻōnaehana ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā kiʻi waiwai. ʻAʻole mālama a komo paha kou kino iā ia, ʻo ia hoʻi he liʻiliʻi a pōkole ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation.
Hoʻohana nui nā kauka iā Xenon Xe-133 e nānā i ke kahe koko i loko o kou mau māmā a me ka lolo. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua e ʻike i nā poloka, nā clots, a i ʻole nā wahi kahi e hōʻemi ʻia ai ke kahe.
No nā hoʻokolohua māmā, hiki i kēia kinoea ke hōʻike i nā kūlana e like me ka pulmonary embolism (nā clots koko i loko o nā moku māmā) a i ʻole nā maʻi māmā maʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia hoʻokolohua inā he pilikia hanu ʻole a i ʻole ka ʻeha o ka umauma.
Hiki i nā haʻawina lolo e hoʻohana ana iā Xenon Xe-133 ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hahau ʻana, ka loiloi ʻana i nā ʻeha o ka lolo, a i ʻole ka loiloi ʻana i nā kūlana e pili ana i ke kahe koko i ka ʻiʻo lolo. Hāʻawi kēia mau scans i nā palapala kikoʻī o nā wahi lolo e loaʻa ana i ka lako koko kūpono.
I kekahi manawa hoʻohana nā kauka i kēia hoʻokolohua ma mua o ke ʻoki ʻana e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kāu hana māmā a i ʻole ka lolo. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hoʻolālā i nā lāʻau lapaʻau palekana a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i kūpono i kou kūlana.
Hana ʻo Xenon Xe-133 ma ka hui pū ʻana me kou koko no ka manawa pōkole a hōʻike ʻia ma nā kamera kūikawā e ʻike i ka radiation. I kou hanu ʻana i kēia kinoea, hele ia ma kou mau māmā a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko.
Hāʻawi nā ʻāpana radioactive i nā hōʻailona e hiki ai i nā mea hana kiʻi ke hopu, e hana ana i nā kiʻi manawa maoli o nā hiʻohiʻona kahe koko. He mālie kēia kaʻina hana a ʻaʻole ia e keakea i kāu hana kino maʻamau.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kou kino iā Xenon Xe-133 e like me ka ea maʻamau, no laila e hele maoli ana ia ma kou ʻōnaehana hanu a me ke kahe koko. E wāwahi koke ka radiation, maʻamau i loko o 5 mau lā, me ka hapa nui o ia mea i hala i loko o nā hola mua.
Manaʻo ʻia he mea hana diagnostic maʻalahi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. ʻOi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka dose radiation ma mua o ka mea e loaʻa iā ʻoe mai kahi scan CT, e lilo ia i ala mālie e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike olakino koʻikoʻi.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻo Xenon Xe-133 ma ka hanu ʻana ma o ka pale maka kūikawā a i ʻole nā mea hanu i loko o kahi keʻena lapaʻau. He maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana a manaʻo e like me ka hanu ʻana ma o ka pale maka i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana lapaʻau.
Ma mua o kāu hoʻokolohua, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e pale i ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu, ʻoiai e hāʻawi paha kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i kou kūlana. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
I ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua, e noi ʻia ʻoe e hanu maʻamau i ka wā e moe mālie ana ma luna o kahi papa hoʻokolohua. E alakaʻi ke kime lapaʻau iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu, a ʻo ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa e lawe maʻamau i 15 a 30 mau minuke.
Pono ʻoe e noho mālie i ka wā o ke kiʻi ʻana i hiki i nā kamera ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi maopopo. E kamaʻilio nā mea loea me ʻoe i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana e hōʻoia i kou hōʻoluʻolu a me kou palekana.
Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Xenon Xe-133 i ka wā o kāu hoʻokolohua diagnostic, e mau ana ma kahi o 15 a 30 mau minuke. ʻAʻole kēia he lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe ai i ka home a i ʻole e hoʻohana pinepine ai e like me nā pila i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka manawa inhalation maoli he mau minuke wale nō, a ma hope o ka manawa kiʻi ʻana i ka wā e hele ai ke kinoea ma kāu ʻōnaehana. E nānā kāu hui lapaʻau i ke kaʻina hana e hōʻoia e kiʻi lākou i nā kiʻi e pono ai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ke kinoea radioactive e haʻalele i kou kino i loko o nā hola ma o ka hanu maʻamau. I loko o 5 mau lā, ua hala nā mea a pau, ʻoiai ua nalowale ka hapa nui ma mua.
Inā pono ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua e hahai ai, e hoʻonohonoho kāu kauka iā lākou, e ʻae ana i ka manawa kūpono ma waena o nā kaʻina hana no kou kino e hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa i ka mahele mua.
ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai Xenon Xe-133 no ka mea he kinoea hanohano ia ʻaʻole e hana me nā ʻiʻo o kou kino. ʻO ka ʻike maʻamau ʻo ka hanu ʻana ma ka pale, a he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole kekahi poʻe.
Eia nā hopena maʻalahi āu e ʻike ai i ka wā a i ʻole ma hope koke o ke kaʻina hana:
He mau hopena liʻiliʻi kēia e pau ana i loko o kekahi mau minuke a i ʻole mau hola ma hope o kāu hoʻokolohua. ʻAʻole pinepine ka kinoea i nā hopena kino pololei no ka mea e mālama ana kou kino iā ia e like me ka ea maʻamau.
He mea maʻamau ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, akā pono ka mālama olakino koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia hanu nui, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole nā hopena maʻi maʻi i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana. Mālama pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua e hōʻoia i kou palekana.
Hopohopo kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation, akā he liʻiliʻi loa a he manawa pōkole. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka nui o ka radiation i ka radiation maʻamau āu e loaʻa ai i loko o kekahi mau mahina o ke ola maʻamau.
Pono nā wāhine hāpai e pale iā Xenon Xe-133 ke ʻole he mea pono loa no nā kūlana hoʻoweliweli i ke ola. Hiki i nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka radiation ke hoʻopilikia i nā pēpē e ulu ana, no laila e ʻōlelo maʻamau nā kauka i nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe i ka wā o ka hāpai ʻana.
Pono nā wāhine e hānai ana i ka waiū i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā, ʻoiai he haʻahaʻa ka pilikia. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻōki i ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū no 24 mau hola ma hope o ke kaʻina hana ma ke ʻano he hana palekana.
Pono paha nā kānaka me nā pilikia hanu nui i nā hoʻololi i ke kaʻina hana, akā ʻaʻole pono kēia e pale iā lākou mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻokolohua. Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke hoʻoponopono i ke ala e hoʻokō ai i nā kūlana hanu.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka claustrophobia a i ʻole ka hopohopo nui e pili ana i nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau, e hōʻike i kāu hui mālama ola ma mua. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo a i ʻole ka hōʻoluʻolu māmā e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua.
Loaʻa pinepine ʻo Xenon Xe-133 ma lalo o kona inoa maʻamau ma mua o nā inoa inoa kikoʻī. Hiki i nā mea hana like ʻole ke hana, akā maʻamau nā haukapila a me nā keʻena lapaʻau e kuhikuhi iā ia ma ke ʻano he
Loaʻa i nā keʻena lapaʻau kēia kinoea mai nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau nukelea kūikawā a i ʻole nā hui radiopharmaceutical. Hoʻoponopono ʻia nā kūlana hoʻomākaukau a me ka maikaʻi me ka nānā ʻole i ka mea hana.
E mālama kāu mea mālama ola i nā mea a pau o ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke kinoea xenon. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hōʻailona kikoʻī a i ʻole ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā koho, no ka mea, mālama ʻia kēia e kāu hui lapaʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe ke loiloi i ke kahe koko o ka māmā a me ka lolo, ma muli o kāu mau pono olakino. Hiki i nā scans CT me ka waihoʻoluʻu ke hōʻike i nā kīʻaha koko a me nā ʻano kaʻapuni, ʻoiai lākou e hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana like ʻole.
No ka loiloi ʻana i ka māmā, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā scans ventilation-perfusion me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea radioactive ʻē aʻe e like me Technetium-99m. Hāʻawi kēia mau hoʻokolohua i ka ʻike like akā hoʻohana i nā mea radioactive like ʻole.
Hiki i nā scans MRI ke loiloi i ke kahe koko me ka ʻole o ka radiation, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi i ka ʻike hana kikoʻī e like me nā haʻawina xenon. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kāu mōʻaukala olakino a me ke kūlana kikoʻī i ke koho ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo maikaʻi loa.
Hiki i nā haʻawina ultrasound ke nānā i ke kahe koko i kekahi mau kūlana, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā kīʻaha koko e pili ana i ka ʻili. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i kēia mau mea ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike hohonu e hāʻawi ai nā haʻawina kinoea xenon.
Hāʻawi ʻo Xenon Xe-133 i ka ʻike kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i ke kahe koko ʻaʻole hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hana māmā ʻē aʻe ke hoʻohālikelike. ʻOiai e ana nā hoʻokolohua spirometry i ka nui o ka ea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hanu, hōʻike nā haʻawina xenon i ka maikaʻi o ke kahe ʻana o ke koko ma o kou ʻiʻo māmā.
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā scans CT, hāʻawi nā haʻawina xenon i ka ʻike hana manawa maoli ma mua o nā kiʻi structural wale nō. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i ka hana maoli ʻana o kou māmā, ʻaʻole wale nō ke ʻano o lākou.
ʻOi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation mai Xenon Xe-133 ma mua o nā scans CT, e lilo ia i koho mālie no ka hoʻāʻo hou ʻana inā pono. Hāʻawi pū ka gas i ka ʻike kahe koko kikoʻī ma mua o nā X-ray umauma maʻamau.
E koho kāu kauka i ka hoʻāʻo maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona kikoʻī a me nā nīnau olakino. I kekahi manawa hana pū nā hoʻāʻo he nui e hāʻawi i kahi kiʻi piha o kou māmā a i ʻole ke olakino lolo.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo Xenon Xe-133 no ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai. ʻAʻole pili ka gas me nā lāʻau lapaʻau puʻuwai a ʻaʻole pili pololei i ka hana puʻuwai.
Eia naʻe, e nānā kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino piha a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau o kēia manawa ma mua o ke kaʻina hana. Pono paha ka poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai koʻikoʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ka wā o ka hoʻāʻo, akā ʻaʻole kēia e pale iā lākou mai ka loaʻa ʻana.
Hiki i ka ʻike mai nā haʻawina xenon ke waiwai nui no ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai, no ka mea, hōʻike ia i ka maikaʻi o ke kahe koko ma nā ʻōkana i pili ʻia e nā pilikia o ke kahe.
He mea maʻamau loa ka nui o Xenon Xe-133 no ka mea ua ana pono ʻia ka gas a hāʻawi ʻia e nā poʻe loea lapaʻau i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. Inā hiki kēia, ʻo ka mālama nui ʻo ia ka mālama kākoʻo a me ka nānā ʻana.
E hanu paha kāu hui lapaʻau i ka ea hou e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke kino mai ke kino me ka wikiwiki. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu mau pae hōʻike radiation a hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo hou inā pono.
ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻo ka gas xenon e haʻalele maoli i kou kino ma o ka hanu maʻamau, no laila e hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke ʻia nā mea nui. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kāu hui mālama ola e mālama i nā pilikia e hiki ke kū mai.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hele i kāu hoʻokolohua Xenon Xe-133 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e kelepona i ke keʻena o kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi i ka wā hiki ke hoʻonohonoho hou. Pono kēia mau hoʻokolohua i ka hoʻomākaukau kūikawā a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana no ka mea he ola palena ko ke kinoea radioactive.
Pono ka hale lapaʻau e kauoha i ke kinoea xenon hou no kāu manawa hou, hiki ke lawe i kekahi mau lā. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena olakino mai ka nalo ʻana i ka manawa, no ka mea, he hoʻokolohua diagnostic wale nō kēia.
E hana kāu kauka me ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi manawa hou e kūpono i kāu papa manawa. Inā ua loli kāu mau hōʻailona mai ka wā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ai ka manawa mua, e hōʻike iā lākou i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoholo inā pono ke hoʻokolohua.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau ma hope koke o kāu hoʻokolohua Xenon Xe-133. ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ke kinoea i kou hiki ke kalaiwa, hana, a i ʻole e hana i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
Manaʻo kekahi mau kauka e inu i nā wai hou no ke koena o ka lā e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kinoea me ka wikiwiki, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono kēia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau a lawe i kāu mau lāʻau maʻamau e like me ke kauoha.
Inā ʻoe e hānai ana i ka waiū, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e kali i 24 mau hola ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana, ʻoiai he haʻahaʻa loa ka pilikia maoli. No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻaʻohe palena hana ma hope o ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka manawa kali ma waena o nā hoʻokolohua Xenon Xe-133 e hilinaʻi ana i kou kūlana olakino a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kāu kauka. No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻaʻohe manawa kali liʻiliʻi e pono ai.
Mai ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana o ke kinoea mai kou kino i loko o nā lā, hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana inā pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i kēia mau hoʻokolohua ma muli o ka pono lapaʻau ma mua o nā hopohopo radiation.
Na kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo i ka manawa kūpono e pili ana i kou kūlana, ka pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a pehea e kōkua ai ka ʻike i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kāu mālama. ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻāʻo hou ʻana me ke kinoea xenon.
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