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He aha ka Ultrasound ʻōpū? Ke Kumu, ke Kaʻina Hana & nā Hōʻike

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ʻO ka ultrasound ʻōpū he hoʻokolohua kiʻi ʻaʻole ʻeha e hoʻohana ana i nā hawewe kani e hana i nā kiʻi o nā ʻōkana i loko o kou ʻōpū. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he ala palekana a mālie no nā kauka e nānā i loko o kou ʻōpū me ka ʻole o nā nila a i ʻole ka radiation.

Kōkua kēia hoʻokolohua maʻamau i nā kauka e nānā i kou ate, gallbladder, puʻupaʻa, pancreas, a me nā ʻōkana ʻōpū ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole invasive loa ke kaʻina hana a lawe ma kahi o 30 mau minuke e hoʻopau ai.

He aha ka ultrasound ʻōpū?

Hoʻohana ka ultrasound ʻōpū i nā hawewe kani kiʻekiʻe e hana i nā kiʻi manawa maoli o kou mau ʻōkana i loko. Hoʻouna kahi mea liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia he transducer i nā hawewe kani ma kou ʻili, a lele hou kēia mau hawewe e hana i nā kiʻi ma ka pale kamepiula.

Hana like ka ʻenehana me ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā dolphins i ka echolocation e hoʻokele ai ma lalo o ka wai. Palekana loa nā hawewe kani a ʻaʻole hiki ke lohe ʻia e nā pepeiao kanaka.

I ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua, e moe ʻoluʻolu ʻoe ma kahi papa hoʻokolohua ʻoiai e hoʻoneʻe ana kahi technologist i ka transducer ma kou ʻōpū. Kōkua ka gel i hoʻopili ʻia i kou ʻili i ka hele ʻana o nā hawewe kani.

No ke aha e hana ʻia ai ka ultrasound ʻōpū?

Paipai nā kauka i nā ultrasound ʻōpū e noiʻi i nā hōʻailona like ʻole a nānā i ke olakino o nā ʻōkana. Hiki i kēia hoʻokolohua versatile ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia e hiki ke kumu i kou hōʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole hopohopo.

Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia hoʻokolohua inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i ka ʻeha ʻōpū i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, nausea, a i ʻole nā ​​hoʻololi i kāu mau hana ʻōpū. Hoʻohana ʻia nō hoʻi ia i ka maʻamau e nānā i nā maʻi maʻi e pili ana i kāu mau ʻōkana ʻōpū.

Eia nā kumu maʻamau e kauoha ai nā kauka i nā ultrasound ʻōpū:

  • Ke nānā ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū a i ʻole ka ʻūlū
  • Ke nānā ʻana i nā pōhaku ʻōpū a i ʻole nā pilikia o ka ʻōpū
  • Ke nānā ʻana i nā pōhaku kīkī a i ʻole ka hana o ke kīkī
  • Ke nānā ʻana i ke olakino o ke akepaʻa a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi akepaʻa momona
  • Ke ʻimi nei i nā ʻōkana nui a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu ʻano ʻē
  • Ke loiloi ʻana i ke kahe koko ma nā moku ʻōpū
  • Ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā biopsy nila a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe

I kekahi manawa hoʻohana nā kauka i kēia hoʻokolohua e nānā i nā maʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka manawa. He mea kōkua nō hoʻi ia no ka ʻike ʻana i ka wai i loko o ka ʻōpū, hiki ke hōʻailona i nā pilikia olakino like ʻole.

He aha ke kaʻina hana no ka ultrasound ʻōpū?

He maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu ka hana ultrasound ʻōpū no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka. E noi ʻia ʻoe e moe ma kou kua ma luna o kahi papa hoʻokolohua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi lumi pōʻeleʻele.

E hoʻopili kahi sonographer i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i kahi gel maopopo a mehana i kou ʻōpū a e hoʻoneʻe i kahi mea hoʻololi lima ma kou ʻili. Hiki ke ʻoluʻolu iki ka gel i ka wā mua, akā e mahana koke ia.

Eia ka mea e hana ʻia i ka wā o kāu ultrasound:

  1. E hoʻonoho ʻia ʻoe ma luna o ka papa hoʻokolohua
  2. Hoʻopili ka sonographer i ka gel ultrasound i kou ʻōpū
  3. Hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka mea hoʻololi i nā wahi like ʻole o kou ʻōpū
  4. Hiki ke noi ʻia ʻoe e paʻa i kou hanu no ka manawa pōkole no nā kiʻi maopopo
  5. Hiki i ka sonographer ke noi iā ʻoe e hoʻololi iki i nā kūlana
  6. Hopu ʻia nā kiʻi a mālama ʻia no ka radiologist e nānā

ʻO ka hana holoʻokoʻa e lawe maʻamau i 30 a 45 mau minuke. E hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā kiʻi ma ka monitor, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i ka sonographer ke kūkākūkā i nā mea i loaʻa iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua.

Ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi koke i kāu mau hana maʻamau. Holoi maʻalahi ka gel, a ʻaʻohe hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole ka manawa hoʻōla e pono ai.

Pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu ultrasound ʻōpū?

He maʻalahi ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu ultrasound ʻōpū a kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā kiʻi maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka mea nui e pono ai, ʻo ka hoʻokē ʻai ʻana no 8 a 12 mau hola ma mua o kāu manawa.

ʻO ka hoʻokē ʻai ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pale ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu a pau koe ka wai i kēia manawa. Kōkua kēia hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kinoea i loko o kou ʻōpū, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā hawewe kani a paʻakikī i nā ʻōkana ke ʻike maopopo.

E komo pū ana kāu mau ʻanuʻu hoʻomākaukau:

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  • E hoʻokē ʻai no 8-12 mau hola ma mua o ka hoʻokolohua (maʻamau ka wai)
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  • E lawe i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau ke ʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia
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  • E ʻaʻahu i nā lole ʻoluʻolu a me nā lole ʻaʻole paʻa
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  • E wehe i nā mea nani a puni kou pūhaka a me kou ʻāʻī
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  • E hōʻea 15 mau minuke ma mua e hoʻopau i nā palapala e pono ai
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Hiki i kekahi mau keʻena ke loaʻa nā koi hoʻokē ʻai ʻokoʻa iki, no laila e hahai mau i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī i hāʻawi ʻia e kāu mea mālama ola. Inā he maʻi diabetes kāu a i ʻole e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pono ai ka meaʻai, e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka ma mua.

No kekahi mau ʻano ultrasound ʻōpū, hiki ke noi ʻia ʻoe e inu wai ma mua o ka hoʻokolohua e hoʻopiha i kou ʻōpū. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i nā ʻōlelo maopopo e pili ana i nā ʻōkana e pono ai ke nānā ʻia.

Pehea e heluhelu ai i kāu hopena ultrasound ʻōpū?

Pono ka heluhelu ʻana i nā hopena ultrasound i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa olakino, akā hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hōʻike kumu ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku. E kālailai kahi radiologist i kāu mau kiʻi a hoʻouna i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī i kāu kauka e kuhikuhi ana.

E wehewehe kāu hōʻike i ke ʻano, ka nui, a me ke ʻano o kēlā me kēia ʻōkana i nānā ʻia. Hoʻākāka ʻia nā hopena maʻamau e like me

  • ʻEkokenekia: Pehea ka mālamalama a i ʻole ka pōʻeleʻele o kahi ʻōkana ma ka ultrasound
  • Homogeneous: ʻO ke ʻano like ma waena o ka ʻōkana
  • Heterogeneous: ʻO ke ʻano like ʻole a i ʻole ka ʻokoʻa i loko o ka ʻōkana
  • Hyperechoic: ʻOi aku ka mālamalama ma mua o ka maʻamau, e hōʻike pinepine ana i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka paʻa
  • Hypoechoic: ʻOi aku ka pōʻeleʻele ma mua o ka maʻamau, e hōʻike ana i ka emi ʻana o ka paʻa
  • Anechoic: Pōʻeleʻele loa, e hōʻike pinepine ana i ka wai

E hōʻike pū ka hōʻike i nā mea ʻokoʻa i loaʻa, e like me nā pōhaku, nā cysts, a i ʻole nā loli i ka nui o ka ʻōkana. E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke ʻano o kēia mau mea i kou olakino a inā pono ka nānā hou ʻana.

E hoʻomanaʻo i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole maopopo nā kiʻi ultrasound ma muli o ke ʻano o ke kino, ke kinoea ʻōpū, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. Inā ʻaʻole maopopo nā hopena, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi hou.

He aha nā mea i loaʻa i ka ultrasound ʻōpū maʻamau?

Hōʻike nā hopena ultrasound ʻōpū maʻamau i nā ʻōkana olakino me ka nui maʻamau, ke ʻano, a me ke ʻano o loko. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻōkana nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau e ʻimi ai nā radiologists i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā maʻamau nā mea a pau.

Pono e ʻike ʻia kou ate he maʻalahi a like me ka nui a me ka echogenicity maʻamau. Hōʻike maʻamau ka gallbladder ma ke ʻano he ʻeke pōʻeleʻele, piha i ka wai me ka ʻole o nā pōhaku a i ʻole ka mānoanoa o ka paia.

ʻO nā mea i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻōkana:

  • Ate: ʻO ka outline maʻalahi, ke ʻano homogeneous, ka nui maʻamau
  • Gallbladder: Nā paia lahilahi, ʻaʻohe pōhaku, ka haku mele maʻamau
  • Puʻupaʻa: Ka nui maʻamau, ka cortex a me ka medulla, ʻaʻohe pōhaku
  • Pancreas: Ke ʻano like, ka nui maʻamau, ʻaʻohe puʻupuʻu
  • Spleen: Ka nui maʻamau, ke ʻano homogeneous
  • Aorta: Ke anawaena maʻamau, nā paia maʻalahi, ke kahe koko maʻamau

Hiki nō hoʻi i ka hōʻike ke hōʻike i nā mea maʻamau o ka wai ma kekahi mau wahi a me ka nele o nā puʻupuʻu a i ʻole nā hōʻiliʻili. Pono e hōʻike nā kīʻaha koko i nā hiʻohiʻona kahe kūpono me ka ʻole o nā poloka.

ʻOiai me nā hopena maʻamau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā ultrasound maʻamau inā he mau mea pilikia kāu no kekahi mau maʻi. Hāʻawi nā ʻike maʻamau i ka ʻike kumu waiwai no nā hoʻohālikelike e hiki mai ana.

He aha nā mea pilikia no nā hopena ultrasound ʻōpū maʻamau ʻole?

Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa nā ʻike ultrasound maʻamau ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hana pale a ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.

He mea nui ka makahiki, no ka mea, nui nā maʻi ʻōpū e lilo i mea maʻamau i ka wā e ʻelemakule ai mākou. He mea nui nō hoʻi ka mōʻaukala ʻohana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i kou pilikia no kekahi mau pilikia e pili ana i nā ʻōkana.

ʻO nā mea pilikia maʻamau e pili ana:

  • ʻOi aku ka makahiki ma mua o 40 mau makahiki
  • Mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka gallbladder, ate, a i ʻole ka maʻi kīkī
  • Ka momona a i ʻole nā loli kaumaha nui
  • Nā kiʻekiʻe cholesterol a i ʻole triglyceride
  • Diabetes a i ʻole ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ka insulin
  • Ka inu ʻana i ka waiʻona nui
  • Nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i ke ake
  • Mōʻaukala o ka ʻoki ʻōpū a i ʻole ka trauma

Hiki i nā mea ola e like me ka meaʻai, nā hana hoʻoikaika kino, a me ka puhi ʻana i ka paka ke hoʻopilikia i kou olakino ʻōkana ʻōpū. Hiki i nā maʻi maʻi e like me ke koko kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻōpū inflammatory ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia no nā pilikia.

ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena maʻamau ʻole, akā ʻo ia hoʻi e ʻōlelo aku kāu kauka i ka nānā pinepine ʻana a i ʻole nā hana pale hou.

He aha nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena ultrasound ʻōpū maʻamau ʻole?

Hiki i nā ʻike ultrasound maʻamau ʻole ke hōʻike i nā maʻi like ʻole, mai nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e koi ana i ka nānā koke. Aia nā pilikia kikoʻī i nā ʻōkana i hoʻopilikia ʻia a me ke ʻano o nā maʻamau i loaʻa.

ʻO nā pilikia o ka ʻōpū bile kekahi o nā mea maʻamau i loaʻa ʻole. Hiki i nā pōhaku ʻōpū bile ke hana i ka ʻeha nui, ka maʻi, a i ʻole ka paʻa ʻana o nā auwai bile, e koi ana i ka ʻoki ʻana.

ʻO nā pilikia e hiki mai ana mai nā mea maʻamau i loaʻa ʻole, penei:

  • Nā pōhaku ʻōpū bile: ʻEha nui, maʻi, paʻa ʻana o nā auwai bile
  • Nā pilikia o ke akepaʻa: Cirrhosis, ʻole o ke akepaʻa, hoʻonui ʻia ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa
  • Nā pōhaku kīkī: ʻEha nui, paʻa ʻana o ka mimi, pōʻino o ke kīkī
  • Nā ʻōkana i hoʻonui ʻia: ʻAʻole hana pono o nā ʻōkana, hoʻonui ʻia ka pilikia o ka maʻi
  • Nā puʻupuʻu i loko o ka ʻōpū: Hiki ke lilo i maʻi ʻino, kaomi ʻana o nā ʻōkana
  • Nā wai i hōʻiliʻili ʻia: Maʻi, ʻaʻole hana pono o nā ʻōkana, ʻoluʻolu ʻole

Hiki i kekahi mau mea i loaʻa ʻole ke maikaʻi, akā pono nō e nānā ʻia e hōʻoia ʻaʻole lākou e loli i ka manawa. ʻO nā cysts, no ka laʻana, he mea maʻamau ka maikaʻi, akā pono e nānā mau ʻia e hōʻoia e mau ana lākou.

ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana ma o ka ultrasound e hiki ai ke mālama koke ʻia ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o nā pilikia. E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i nā mea i loaʻa a hana i kahi hoʻolālā mālama kūpono e pili ana i kāu kūlana.

I ka manawa hea wau e ʻike ai i ke kauka no ka nānā ʻana i ka ultrasound o ka ʻōpū?

Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole e ʻinoʻino ana ma hope o kāu ultrasound, ʻoiai inā i loaʻa nā mea i loaʻa ʻole. Ke kōkua nei ke kamaʻilio mua ʻana i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

E hoʻonohonoho maʻamau kāu kauka i kahi manawa e kūkākūkā i nā hopena, akā mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e pili ana. Pono kekahi mau kūlana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke ʻana me ka nānā ʻole i nā hopena ultrasound.

E hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:

  • He ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻomaha
  • Luaʻi a me ka luaʻi mau
  • Liva me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū
  • Melemele o kou ʻili a i ʻole nā maka (jaundice)
  • Nā loli i ke kala mimi a i ʻole nā ʻano mimi
  • Ka pohō kaumaha a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaumaha i wehewehe ʻole ʻia
  • Nā hōʻailona digestive hou a i ʻole e ʻino nei

Inā maʻamau kāu ultrasound akā ke hoʻomau nei ʻoe i nā hōʻailona, mai kānalua e hahai me kāu kauka. I kekahi manawa pono nā hoʻokolohua hou a i ʻole nā ʻano hana kiʻi like ʻole e ʻike i ke kumu o kāu mau hōʻailona.

He mea nui nā manawa e hahai mau ai no ka nānā ʻana i nā mea ʻokoʻa i loaʻa ma kāu ultrasound. E hana kāu kauka i kahi papa manawa pilikino e pili ana i kāu mau ʻike kikoʻī a me ke kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa.

Nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i ka ultrasound ʻōpū

Q.1 He maikaʻi anei ka ultrasound ʻōpū no ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai?

Hiki i ka ultrasound ʻōpū ke ʻike i nā puʻupuʻu a me nā mea ʻokoʻa e hōʻike ana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike maopopo i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. He mea maikaʻi loa ka hoʻokolohua no ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi kānalua e pono ai ka hoʻokolokolo hou.

Inā hōʻike kāu ultrasound i kahi puʻupuʻu a i ʻole mea ʻokoʻa, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hou e like me nā scans CT, MRI, a i ʻole ka biopsy ʻiʻo e hoʻoholo ai inā aia ka maʻi ʻaʻai. He hana nui ka ultrasound i ka hana diagnostic.

Q.2 Hoʻopilikia anei ka ʻai ʻana i ka pololei o ka ultrasound?

ʻAe, hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka ʻai ʻana i ka pololei o ka ultrasound ma ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kinoea i loko o kou ʻōpū. Hiki i ke kinoea ke ālai i nā hawewe kani a paʻakikī ke ʻike maopopo i nā ʻōkana, e alakaʻi ana i nā hopena piha ʻole a i ʻole maopopo ʻole.

ʻO ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻai e hōʻoia i hiki i kāu sonographer ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi maikaʻi loa o kāu mau ʻōkana ʻōpū. Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i nā diagnoses pololei a hoʻemi i ka pono no nā hoʻokolohua hou.

Q.3 Hiki i ka ultrasound ke ʻike i nā pōhaku kīkī?

He kūpono loa ka ultrasound i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōhaku kīkī, ʻoi loa nā mea nui. Hiki i ka hoʻokolohua ke hōʻike i ka nui, kahi, a me ka helu o nā pōhaku i loko o kou mau kīkī a me ke ala mimi.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā pōhaku liʻiliʻi loa a i ʻole nā mea i kekahi mau wahi ma ka ultrasound. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi hou e like me nā scans CT inā manaʻo nui ʻia nā pōhaku kīkī akā ʻaʻole ʻike maopopo ʻia ma ka ultrasound.

Q.4 He aha nā pilikia mai ka ultrasound ʻōpū?

Ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana loa ka ultrasound ʻōpū me ka ʻole o nā pilikia a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ʻike ʻia. ʻAʻole ionizing nā hawewe kani i hoʻohana ʻia a ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻino i nā ʻiʻo.

ʻAʻole like me nā X-ray a i ʻole nā scans CT, ʻaʻole hoʻohana ka ultrasound i ka radiation, e palekana ai no nā wahine hāpai a me nā poʻe e pono ai ka nānā pinepine ʻana. Hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka hoʻokolohua e like me ka mea e pono ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole o nā hopohopo olakino.

Q.5 Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena ultrasound?

Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā hopena ultrasound i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola ma hope o kāu hoʻokolohua. Pono ka radiologist i ka manawa e nānā pono i nā kiʻi a pau a hoʻomākaukau i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī no kāu kauka e kuhikuhi ana.

E hoʻokaʻaʻike kāu kauka iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou nā hopena e kūkākūkā i nā mea i loaʻa a me nā hana e hiki mai ana. I nā kūlana wikiwiki, hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena mua i ka wā ma mua, a e kamaʻilio kāu kauka i nā hopohopo koke.

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