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He hoʻokolohua kiʻi maʻalahi a ʻeha ʻole ka X-ray o ka umauma e kiʻi ana i nā kiʻi o kou mau māmā, ka puʻuwai, a me nā iwi umauma me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka radiation haʻahaʻa. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he kiʻi e kōkua ana i nā kauka e ʻike i loko o kou umauma e nānā i nā pilikia e like me nā maʻi, ka hōʻiliʻili wai, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ʻē aʻe i kou mau ʻōpū.
ʻO kēia hoʻokolohua maʻamau e lawe wale i kekahi mau minuke a hāʻawi i ka ʻike nui e pili ana i kou olakino hanu a me ka cardiovascular. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi X-ray umauma i ko lākou ola ʻana, pinepine ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā loiloi maʻamau a i ʻole ke ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia hanu.
Hoʻokumu ka X-ray umauma i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o nā hale i loko o kou lua umauma me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka radiation electromagnetic. Hoʻouna ka mīkini X-ray i kahi kukuna i kāohi ʻia ma kou kino, a e komo nā ʻiʻo like ʻole i nā mea like ʻole o ka radiation, e hana ana i ka ʻokoʻa ma ke kiʻi hope loa.
Keʻokeʻo kou mau iwi no ka mea e komo lākou i ka radiation hou aku, a ʻeleʻele kou mau māmā no ka mea ʻaʻole e komo ka ea i ka radiation nui. Hōʻike kou puʻuwai a me nā ʻiʻo palupalu ʻē aʻe i nā aka hina like ʻole. Hāʻawi kēia ʻokoʻa i nā kauka e ʻike i nā mea ʻino e like me nā maʻi maʻi, nā maʻi, a i ʻole ka wai kahi e pono ʻole ai lākou.
ʻAʻole hoʻouka ka hoʻokolohua, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe mea e komo i kou kino. Kū a noho wale ʻoe i mua o ka mīkini X-ray i ka wā e kiʻi ai ka mea loea i nā kiʻi mai waho o ka lumi.
Kauoha nā kauka i nā X-ray umauma e noiʻi i nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻū mau, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka pōkole o ka hanu, a i ʻole ka luhi i wehewehe ʻole ʻia. He mea hana screening mua kēia hoʻokolohua kiʻi e ʻike i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana i kou mau māmā, ka puʻuwai, a i ʻole nā hale a puni.
Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia hoʻokolohua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka maʻi pneumonia, bronchitis, a i ʻole nā maʻi hanu ʻē aʻe. Hiki i nā x-ray umauma ke hōʻike i nā wahi o ka mumū, ka hōʻiliʻili wai, a i ʻole nā aka ʻano ʻē e pono ai ka noiʻi hou.
Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia ikaika, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā x-ray umauma no nā loiloi olakino maʻamau, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma mua o nā ʻoki a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā loiloi kino hana. Kōkua lākou i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kumu o kou olakino umauma a hiki ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona mua o nā maʻi ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
Eia nā kumu nui e kauoha ai nā kauka i nā x-ray umauma, mai ka loiloi maʻamau a hiki i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā hōʻailona e pili ana:
ʻAʻole maʻamau, hiki i nā x-ray umauma ke hōʻike i nā maʻi laha ʻole e like me nā māmā i hāʻule, nā ulu ʻano ʻē, a i ʻole nā ʻano congenital i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua. E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke kumu e ʻōlelo nei lākou i ka hoʻokolohua e pili ana i kāu kūlana.
He maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana x-ray umauma a maʻamau ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 15 mau minuke mai ka hoʻomaka a i ka pau ʻana. E noi ʻia ʻoe e wehe i nā lole mai ka pūhaka a kau i kahi ʻaʻahu haukapila e wehe ana ma ke kua, e hōʻoia ana ʻaʻohe mea e ālai i ka kukuna x-ray.
E kau ana ka mea loea radiologic iā ʻoe e kū pololei ana i kahi pā kūikawā i loaʻa ka kiʻi x-ray a i ʻole ka mea ʻike kikohoʻe. E kau ʻoe i kou mau lima ma kou pūhaka a i ʻole e hāpai i kou mau lima e hoʻoneʻe i kou mau poʻohiwi mai ke ala o kou mau māmā.
Eia ka mea e hana ʻia i ka wā o kāu x-ray umauma, i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu, i ʻike maopopo ai ʻoe i ka mea e manaʻo ai:
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā x-ray umauma e komo pū ana i nā hiʻohiʻona mua a me nā ʻaoʻao e hāʻawi i nā kauka i ke kiʻi piha o kou mau hale umauma. Kōkua ka ʻaoʻao i ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi i hūnā ʻia ma hope o kou puʻuwai a i ʻole nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe i ka hiʻohiʻona mua.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka x-ray umauma e koi i ka hana liʻiliʻi ma kāu ʻaoʻao. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai, inu, a lawe i kāu mau lāʻau maʻamau ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea e pono ai ke kaupalena ʻia.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau nui e pili ana i kāu mea e ʻaʻahu ai i kāu manawa. E koho i nā lole maʻalahi e wehe mai kou kino luna, no ka mea, pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i ka ʻaʻahu haukapila. E pale i ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā mea nani, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā lei a i ʻole nā mea pepeiao, no ka mea, hiki i nā mea metala ke keakea i nā kiʻi x-ray.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e manaʻo ana e hāpai ana, e haʻi i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. ʻOiai e hoʻohana ana nā x-ray umauma i nā lāʻau haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, makemake nā kauka e pale i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation pono ʻole i ka wā hāpai inā hiki.
Eia nā ʻanuʻu maʻalahi e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu manawa x-ray umauma:
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai a i ʻole e hana i nā loli meaʻai kūikawā. He maʻamau loa ka hoʻokolohua i hiki i ka hapa nui o nā keʻena ke hoʻokipa i nā maʻi hele wāwae, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi manawa e hōʻemi pinepine ai i ka manawa kali.
Pono ka heluhelu ʻana i nā x-ray umauma i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa olakino, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano maʻamau hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mau hopena. ʻIke ʻia nā māmā maʻamau he ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha ma ke kiʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole e komo ka ea i nā x-ray, ʻoiai e hōʻike ʻia nā iwi keʻokeʻo no ka mea e komo lākou i ka radiation hou.
E nānā ʻōnaehana kāu radiologist i nā wahi like ʻole o ke kiʻi, e ʻimi ana i nā mea ʻokoʻa i nā kahua māmā, ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka puʻuwai, nā hale iwi, a me nā wahi ma waena o nā ʻōkana. E hoʻohālikelike lākou i kāu mau kiʻi i nā kūlana maʻamau a e hoʻomaopopo i nā mea ʻokoʻa.
Hōʻike ka x-ray umauma maʻamau i nā kahua māmā maopopo a ʻeleʻele me ka ʻole o nā kiko a i ʻole nā aka maʻamau. Pono e ʻike maʻamau kou puʻuwai i ka nui a me ke kūlana, a pono e nānā pono kou iwi ʻaoʻao a me ke kuamoʻo me ka ʻole o nā haʻihaʻi a i ʻole nā mea ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe.
Eia ke ʻano o nā mea i loaʻa ma kāu x-ray umauma, akā e hoʻomanaʻo wale nō nā poʻe loea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e wehewehe i kēia mau kiʻi:
E wehewehe kāu kauka i kāu mau hopena kikoʻī a me ke ʻano o lākou no kou olakino. Nui nā mea i loaʻa i ka x-ray umauma he maikaʻi a maʻalahi paha ke mālama ʻia, no laila e hoʻāʻo ʻaʻole e hopohopo inā ʻike ʻia kekahi mea ʻano ʻē.
Aia ka mālama ʻana i nā hopena x-ray umauma ʻano ʻē i nā mea a nā kiʻi e hōʻike ai. E hoʻomohala kāu kauka i kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, ka mōʻaukala olakino, a me nā mea ʻano ʻē i loaʻa ma kāu x-ray.
Inā hōʻike kāu x-ray umauma i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e like me ka pneumonia, e kuhikuhi paha kāu kauka i nā lāʻau antibiotic a paipai i ka hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka inu wai. Nui ka maʻi hanu e pane maikaʻi i ka mālama kūpono a hoʻoponopono i loko o kekahi mau pule.
No nā mea i loaʻa i ka paʻakikī, hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua hou e like me nā CT scans, nā hana koko, a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua hana pulmonary e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻia he ʻano ʻē ma ka x-ray umauma e lilo i ʻano maʻamau a i ʻole kahi maʻi maikaʻi.
He ʻokoʻa loa nā ala lapaʻau ma muli o ka mea i ʻike ʻia, akā eia nā hana maʻamau no nā mea i loaʻa i ka x-ray umauma:
Nui nā mea ʻokoʻa o ka x-ray umauma i hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoiai ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. E alakaʻi kāu kauka iā ʻoe ma nā ʻanuʻu e hiki mai ana a e hoʻopili iā ʻoe me nā loea inā pono.
ʻO ka hopena x-ray umauma maikaʻi loa he mea e hōʻike ana i nā māla māmā maʻamau a olakino me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, ka mumū, a i ʻole nā pilikia structural. Pono e maopopo a ʻeleʻele kou mau māmā, pono e maʻamau ka nui a me ke kūlana o kou puʻuwai, a pono e nānā pono kou mau iwi.
ʻO ka x-ray umauma maʻamau e komo pū ana me nā māla māmā maopopo me ka ʻole o nā kiko keʻokeʻo, nā aka, a i ʻole nā kaha ʻokoʻa. Pono e hāʻule ke aka o kou puʻuwai i loko o nā palena maʻamau, a ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka hōʻiliʻili wai i loko o kou lua umauma.
ʻOiai inā hōʻike kāu x-ray umauma i nā mea ʻokoʻa liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole pono kēia e hōʻike i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi. Nui nā mea i loaʻa he benign a i ʻole e hōʻike i nā ʻano maʻamau ma waena o nā kānaka. E wehewehe kāu kauka i nā hopena i ka pōʻaiapili me kāu mau hōʻailona a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena x-ray umauma ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e wehewehe i nā hopena a hoʻolālā i ka mālama e pono ai.
ʻO ka puhi paka ka mea pilikia nui loa no nā mea ʻokoʻa i ka x-ray umauma, no ka mea, e hōʻino ana i ka ʻiʻo o ka māmā a hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā maʻi, nā maʻi maʻi, a me nā ʻōpū. ʻOiai nā mea puhi paka ma mua e hōʻike ana i nā loli i ka māmā ma nā x-ray i nā makahiki ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana.
He hana nō hoʻi ka makahiki, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mākua kahiko i nā loli e pili ana i ka makahiki i ko lākou mau māmā a me ka puʻuwai e hōʻike ana ma ke kiʻi. Eia naʻe, nui ka poʻe ʻelemakule i nā x-ray umauma maʻamau loa i ko lākou ola.
Eia nā mea pilikia nui e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou mau manawa o nā mea i loaʻa i ka x-ray umauma ʻokoʻa:
ʻO nā mea pilikia laha ʻole e pili ana i nā kūlana genetic e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka māmā, ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation ma mua i ka wahi umauma, a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea kikoʻī e like me ka asbestos. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻokoʻa, akā kōkua ia i kāu kauka e wehewehe pono i nā mea i loaʻa.
ʻO ka maopopo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka x-ray umauma maʻamau ma mua o ka mea ʻokoʻa. Hōʻike nā hopena maʻamau i ka maikaʻi o kou mau māmā, puʻuwai, a me nā hale umauma a ke hana pono nei i ka manawa o ka hoʻāʻo.
Akā, ʻaʻole he kumu e hopohopo ai nā hopena x-ray umauma ʻokoʻa. He mea liʻiliʻi nā ʻokoʻa he nui, hiki ke mālama ʻia, a i ʻole e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano maʻamau ʻaʻole e pili i kou olakino. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hana pū me kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o nā mea i loaʻa no kou kūlana.
I kekahi manawa, alakaʻi nā hopena ʻokoʻa i ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi i hiki ke lilo i mea koʻikoʻi inā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia. Ma kēia ʻano, hiki i ka x-ray umauma ʻokoʻa ke lilo i mea pono ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā e hiki ai ke mālama ʻia.
Aia nā pilikia mai nā hopena x-ray umauma ʻokoʻa i ke kūlana e hana ana i ka ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole i hana ka x-ray umauma i nā pilikia no ka mea he mea hana diagnostic wale nō e kiʻi ana i nā kiʻi o kou mau hale umauma.
Inā hōʻike kāu x-ray umauma i ka pneumonia i mālama ʻole ʻia, hiki i nā pilikia ke komo i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou mau māmā a i ʻole ke kahe koko. Akā naʻe, me ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic kūpono, hoʻoponopono ka hapa nui o nā hihia pneumonia me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau.
ʻO nā mea i loaʻa i ke koʻikoʻi e like me nā maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole nā pilikia puʻuwai nui e koi i ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pale ai i nā pilikia. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana ma o nā x-ray umauma e pale pinepine i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi mai ka ulu ʻana.
Eia nā pilikia e hiki ke loaʻa mai nā kūlana like ʻole i ʻike ʻia ma nā x-ray umauma:
ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana ma o nā x-ray umauma e pale pinepine i kēia mau pilikia ma ka hiki ʻana i ka mālama wikiwiki. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā maʻi i loaʻa ma nā x-ray umauma me ka mālama olakino kūpono.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i ka hōʻailona e ʻino nei i ka wā e kali ana i nā hopena x-ray umauma, ʻoiai inā he ʻeha umauma nui kou, pilikia i ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole ke kuni kiʻekiʻe. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i nā maʻi e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke.
Inā hōʻike nā hopena x-ray umauma i nā mea ʻokoʻa, e hoʻokaʻaʻike maʻamau kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe i loko o kekahi mau lā e kūkākūkā i nā mea i loaʻa a me nā hana e hiki mai ana. Mai kānalua e kelepona inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i lohe i hope i loko o hoʻokahi pule a i ʻole inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i nā hopena.
No ka nānā maʻamau ʻana i nā x-ray umauma me nā hopena maʻamau, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e lohe mai ke keʻena o kāu kauka ke ʻole he mea e pono ai ka hahai ʻana. Nui nā ʻōnaehana mālama ola e hoʻohana i nā puka maʻi kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā hopena ma ka pūnaewele.
Eia nā kūlana kikoʻī i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i nā hopohopo x-ray umauma:
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka hapa nui o nā mea i loaʻa i ka x-ray umauma he maʻamau a i ʻole e hōʻike ana i nā maʻi hiki ke mālama ʻia. Aia kāu hui mālama ola e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma nā hana e hiki mai ana a pane i kāu mau nīnau e pili ana i kāu mau hopena.
Hiki i nā x-ray umauma ke ʻike i kekahi mau maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi, akā ʻaʻole lākou ka hoʻāʻo maʻalahi loa no ka ʻike mua ʻana. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻōpū a i ʻole nā mea i kekahi mau wahi e ʻike ʻia ma nā x-ray umauma, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā maʻi maʻi liʻiliʻi.
No ka poʻe i pilikia nui i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, ʻōlelo pinepine nā kauka i nā scans CT ma kahi o nā x-ray umauma no ka nānā ʻana. Hiki i nā scans CT ke ʻike i nā mea liʻiliʻi loa a hāʻawi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o ka ʻiʻo māmā.
He haʻahaʻa loa ka nui o ka radiation mai kahi x-ray umauma hoʻokahi a he mea liʻiliʻi loa ka pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻoe i ka radiation hou aku i ka wā o ka lele mokulele ma waena o ka ʻāina ma mua o ka x-ray umauma.
Eia naʻe, hoʻāʻo mau nā kauka e kaupalena i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation pono ʻole, ʻoiai i nā keiki a me nā wahine hāpai. ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike lapaʻau e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia radiation liʻiliʻi mai nā x-ray umauma.
Hiki i nā x-ray umauma ke hōʻike i kekahi mau pilikia o ka naʻau, ʻoiai inā ua hoʻonui ʻia kou puʻuwai a i ʻole inā he wai e kūkulu ana a puni. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka naʻau, e like me ka wai i loko o nā māmā.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻike nā x-ray umauma i ka hana kikoʻī o ka naʻau a i ʻole nā pilikia o ke kahe koko. No ka loiloi naʻau piha, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā hoʻokolohua hou e like me nā electrocardiograms a i ʻole echocardiograms.
ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka olakino i nā x-ray umauma maʻamau ke ʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia e kā lākou kauka no nā kumu lapaʻau kikoʻī. Ua neʻe nā alakaʻi mai nā x-ray umauma makahiki no nā kānaka olakino no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike i nā pilikia e hoʻololi ai i ka mālama ʻana.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i nā x-ray umauma i kēlā me kēia manawa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi māmā maʻi, nā pilikia o ka naʻau, a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka nānā ʻana. Aia ke alapine i kou kūlana olakino pilikino a me nā mea pilikia.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka x-ray umauma, me ka hoʻoikaika kino. ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kekahi manawa hoʻōla no ka mea ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻopilikia a ʻaʻole hoʻi e pili ana i nā lāʻau a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka mea wale nō e koe, inā he mau hōʻailona kāu i hoʻokumu i ka x-ray umauma i ka wā mua. Ma ia hihia, e hahai i ka ʻōlelo a kāu kauka e pili ana i nā pae hana a hiki i kou loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau.