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ʻO ka potassium haʻahaʻa, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo hypokalemia, hiki ke hana ke loaʻa ʻole i kou kino ka nui o kēia mineral koʻikoʻi i loko o kou koko. Pono kou kino i ka potassium e kōkua i kou mau ʻiʻo, nā aʻalolo, a me ka puʻuwai e hana pono, no laila ke emi loa nā pae, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau hōʻailona e pono ai kou manaʻo.
ʻO ka potassium haʻahaʻa ke manaʻo nei ua hāʻule kou pae potassium koko ma lalo o 3.5 millimoles no ka lita. E noʻonoʻo i ka potassium ma ke ʻano he mea kōkua ʻōnaehana uila o kou kino - mālama ia i kou puʻuwai e paʻi mau ana a me kou mau ʻiʻo e ʻaelike mālie.
Ke emi nā pae potassium, hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia nā hana maʻamau o kou kino. Hoʻopilikia kēia maʻi i nā miliona o nā kānaka a puni ka honua a hiki ke loli mai ka maʻalahi a i ka paʻakikī e pili ana i ka haʻahaʻa o kou pae.
ʻO nā hōʻailona mua o ka potassium haʻahaʻa e like me ka luhi maʻamau a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻomaha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kou mau ʻiʻo e kaumaha a luhi paha, ʻoiai ke piʻi i ke alapiʻi a i ʻole ka hana i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ke hoʻomau ka emi ʻana o nā pae potassium, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka ʻike e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e haʻi ana kou kino iā ʻoe e pili ana i ka potassium haʻahaʻa:
Hiki ke hoʻomohala mālie kēia mau hōʻailona, no laila ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike koke iā lākou. He mea maikaʻi loa kou kino i ka hoʻopili ʻana, akā he mea nui e nānā i ka wā e manaʻo ai kekahi mea.
Hiki pinepine ka haʻahaʻa o ka potassium ke nalowale kou kino i ka potassium ma mua o ka lawe ʻana mai, ma mua o ka ʻai ʻole ʻana i nā meaʻai waiwai i ka potassium. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka nalowale ʻana i ka nui ma o kāu ʻōnaehana digestive a i ʻole nā puʻupaʻa.
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana o kēlā me kēia lā ke alakaʻi i ka nalowale ʻana o ka potassium, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e pilikia ai ʻoe. Eia nā kumu nui e hiki ai ke emi nā pae potassium:
ʻAʻole maʻamau, hiki i kekahi mau maʻi lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o kou kino i ka potassium. Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻoponopono i ke kumu kumu.
Hiki i ka haʻahaʻa o ka potassium ke hōʻailona i nā kūlana olakino ma lalo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o kou kino i kēia mineral koʻikoʻi. I kekahi manawa he hopena manawa pōkole ia o ka maʻi, akā i nā manawa ʻē aʻe e kuhikuhi ana i nā pilikia olakino e pono ai ka nānā ʻana.
Ke mau mau ka haʻahaʻa o ka potassium, hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i kekahi o kēia mau kūlana maʻamau:
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i ka haʻahaʻa o ka potassium ke hōʻailona i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo inā e kuhikuhi ana kāu potassium haʻahaʻa i kahi maʻi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia ke ʻike ʻia ke kumu.
Hiki i nā hihia maʻalahi o ka potassium haʻahaʻa ke hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho, ʻoiai inā ua hana ʻia e nā mea manawa e like me ka maʻi pōkole a i ʻole ka dehydration. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hilinaʻi i kēia e hana me ka hana ʻole i kekahi mau loli.
Inā hana ʻia kāu potassium haʻahaʻa e ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke olakino mau, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻomaikaʻi a hiki i kou hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kumu. Pono kou kino i nā pae potassium mau e hana pono, no laila e pōmaikaʻi nā hemahema maʻalahi mai ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO ke kī ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai i kāu potassium i ka wahi mua. Ke ʻike ʻoe i ke kumu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā hana e pale ai i ka hana hou ʻana a kākoʻo i ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla maoli o kou kino.
No nā hihia maʻalahi o ka potassium haʻahaʻa, hiki i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāu ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai waiwai i ka potassium ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ke kaulike maoli. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia ala ke ʻaʻole haʻahaʻa loa kāu pae potassium a ʻaʻole ʻoe e hana nei me nā maʻi olakino mau.
Eia kekahi mau ala mālie e kākoʻo i kāu pae potassium ma ka home:
E inu i ka wai a pale i ka waiʻona nui, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke keakea i ka lawe ʻana o ka potassium. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i ka pae potassium, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka ma mua o ka hoʻololi nui ʻana i ka meaʻai.
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā pae potassium haʻahaʻa loa, ʻaʻole wale nā hoʻololi ʻana i ka meaʻai. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau home ma ke ʻano he ana kākoʻo me ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
Aia ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka potassium haʻahaʻa i ka paʻakikī o kou hemahema a me ke kumu. E hoʻomaka maʻamau kāu kauka me ke ala mālie e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i kou pae potassium.
No nā hemahema waena, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā mea hoʻohui potassium waha e lawe ʻoe ma ka waha. Loaʻa kēia mau mea i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ikaika, a e koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana.
Hiki i nā hihia koʻikoʻi ke koi i ka potassium intravenous (IV), e hele pololei ana i loko o kou kahe koko ma o ka vein. He wikiwiki kēia ʻano hana akā pono ka nānā pono ʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e piʻi koke kou pae.
E kamaʻilio pū kāu kauka i nā kūlana e hoʻoulu ai i kāu potassium haʻahaʻa. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻololi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ke kaulike potassium.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka potassium haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai inā e keakea ana lākou i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i ka hana mua ke pale i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka ulu ʻana.
E ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻoe e ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona ʻōlelo aʻo:
E kiʻi koke i ka mālama olakino ulia pōpilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka paʻakikī nui o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole ka lōlō. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i nā pae potassium haʻahaʻa weliweli e pono ai ka mālama wikiwiki.
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i nā pae potassium, hiki i ka nānā mau ʻana me kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i mea koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e hoʻomohala ai i ka potassium haʻahaʻa, a ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hana pale. Aia kekahi mau mea pilikia hiki iā ʻoe ke kāohi, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he ʻāpana o kāu mōʻaukala olakino a i ʻole nā genetics.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke pilikia nui inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau mea maʻamau:
Ke kū nei kekahi poʻe i nā pilikia hou aʻe ma muli o nā mea liʻiliʻi:
Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea pilikia iā ʻoe e hana pū me kāu kauka e nānā i kāu pae potassium a hana i nā hoʻoponopono ke pono. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka nui o kēia mau pilikia me ka mālama olakino kūpono.
Ke mālama ʻole ʻia ka potassium haʻahaʻa, hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kou puʻuwai, nā ʻiʻo, a me nā ʻōkana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO nā pilikia e pili ana i kou puʻuwai a me ka hana ʻana o nā ʻiʻo. Eia ka mea e hiki ke hana inā e mau ana nā pae potassium i ka haʻahaʻa loa:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka potassium haʻahaʻa loa ke kumu i nā pilikia e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola:
Hōʻike kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi i ke kumu e pono ai ke lawe i ka potassium haʻahaʻa me ka koʻikoʻi a hana pū me kāu mea mālama ola e mālama i nā pae olakino. Hana maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka mālama kūpono.
Hiki ke huikau maʻalahi nā hōʻailona potassium haʻahaʻa me nā maʻi olakino maʻamau ʻē aʻe, i kekahi manawa e alakaʻi ana i ka lohi o ka ʻike. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia ka luhi a me ka nāwaliwali o nā ʻiʻo i ke koʻikoʻi, ka ʻelemakule, a i ʻole ka nele i ke ʻano.
Hiki ke kuhi hewa ʻia kāu mau hōʻailona no kēia mau maʻi:
I kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka potassium haʻahaʻa no ka mea e ulu mālie ana kāna mau hōʻailona a hiki ke like me nā pane maʻamau i ke koʻikoʻi o ke ola. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui e haʻi i nā hōʻailona a pau i kāu kauka, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole pili lākou.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua koko ke hoʻokaʻawale koke i ka potassium haʻahaʻa mai kēia mau maʻi ʻē aʻe. Inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona he nui ʻaʻole i kūpono, hiki i ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i nā pae potassium ke kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i ka mea e hana nei.
Hiki i ka inu ʻana i ka nui o ka wai ke hoʻoheheʻe i kāu mau pae potassium koko, akā hiki ke hana pinepine ʻia me ka inu wai nui loa. ʻAʻole i hana ka hydration maʻamau i ka potassium haʻahaʻa, a ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi e kākoʻo maoli i ke kaulike potassium olakino i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
ʻOiai he kumu maikaʻi nā maiʻa i ka potassium, ʻaʻole lākou ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻO nā meaʻai e like me nā ʻuala me ka ʻili, ka spinach, nā pī, a me nā avocados i loaʻa ka nui o ka potassium i kēlā me kēia lawelawe. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai like ʻole i waiwai i ka potassium ma mua o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i hoʻokahi kumu.
ʻAʻole i hana pololei ka potassium haʻahaʻa i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaumaha, akā hiki ke alakaʻi i ka paʻa ʻana o ka wai a me ka bloating e ʻoi aku ka kaumaha. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka luhi e hōʻemi ana i kā lākou hana, hiki ke kōkua i nā loli o ke kaumaha i ka manawa.
Hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka hemahema potassium maʻalahi i loko o nā lā a i ʻole nā pule me nā loli meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i nā hihia koʻikoʻi ke lawe i kekahi mau pule o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻihoʻi piha. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu holomua me nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomaikaʻi palekana.
ʻAe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka potassium nui loa (hyperkalemia) hiki ke pilikia e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO ia ke kumu e lawe ʻia ai nā mea hoʻohui potassium ma lalo o ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a no ke aha e nānā ai kāu kauka i kāu pae i ka wā e mālama ai i ka potassium haʻahaʻa. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kou mau puʻupaʻa i ka potassium, akā hiki i kekahi mau kūlana ke keakea i kēia kaʻina hana.
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