He ʻano hoʻokolohua kiʻi ʻo ka computerized tomography (CT) urogram e hoʻohana ʻia ana e loiloi i ke ala mimi. ʻO ke ala mimi ka mea e komo ai nā puʻupaʻa, ka ʻōpū mimi, a me nā paipu (ureters) e lawe ana i ka mimi mai nā puʻupaʻa a i ka ʻōpū mimi. Hoʻohana ka CT urogram i nā X-ray e hana i nā kiʻi he nui o kahi ʻāpana o ka wahi o kou kino e aʻo ʻia ana, me nā iwi, nā ʻiʻo palupalu a me nā kīʻaha koko. A laila, hoʻouna ʻia kēia mau kiʻi i ka kamepiula a hoʻihoʻi koke ʻia i nā kiʻi 2D kikoʻī.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka CT urogram e nānā i nā puʻupaʻa, nā ureter a me ka ʻōpū. Hāʻawi ia i kāu kauka e ʻike i ka nui a me ke ʻano o kēia mau ʻano e hoʻoholo ai inā ke hana pono nei a e ʻimi i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e pili paha i kāu ʻōnaehana mimi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi CT urogram inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona a me nā hōʻailona - e like me ka ʻeha i kou ʻaoʻao a i ʻole kua a i ʻole ke koko i loko o kāu mimi (hematuria) - e pili paha i kahi maʻi o ke ala mimi. Hiki ke kōkua ka CT urogram i ka ʻike ʻana i nā kūlana o ke ala mimi e like me: nā pōhaku puʻupaʻa nā pōhaku ʻōpū nā maʻi paʻakikī nā tumors a i ʻole nā cysts ka maʻi nā pilikia o ke ʻano
Me ka CT urogram, aia kahi pilikia iki o kahi hopena ʻāleʻaleʻa i ka mea hoʻohālikelike. ʻO nā hopena maʻamau he māmā a maʻalahi hoʻi ke mālama ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ia mau mea: kahi manaʻo mahana a i ʻole ka pulu ʻana ka luaʻi ka ʻiliʻili nā ʻōpala ka ʻeha kokoke i ka wahi komo ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka radiation ma kahi CT urogram hoʻokahi. Akā, hiki i nā hoʻokolohua he nui a i ʻole nā hoʻolaha radiation ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pono o kahi ʻike pololei ma mua o kēia pilikia. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hana ma nā ala e hōʻemi ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka radiation i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua CT urogram. Inā hāpai ʻoe a manaʻo paha ʻoe e hāpai ana, e haʻi aku i kāu kauka ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi CT urogram. ʻOiai he liʻiliʻi ka pilikia i ka pēpē hāpai ʻole, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke kali a i ʻole ke hoʻohana i kahi hoʻokolohua kiʻi ʻē aʻe.
Ma mua o kahi CT urogram, e haʻi aku i kāu kime mālama ola inā ʻoe: Loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau allergies, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka iodine Ke hapai nei ʻoe a manaʻo paha ʻoe e hapai ana Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena koʻikoʻi ma mua i nā kala X-ray Ke lawe nei ʻoe i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, e like me ka metformin (Fortamet, Glucophage, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), nā lāʻau anti-inflammatory nonsteroidal (NSAIDs), nā lāʻau anti-rejection a i ʻole nā antibiotics Ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi maʻi hou Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kūlana olakino, e like me ka maʻi naʻau, ka maʻi hanu, ka maʻi diabetes, ka maʻi puʻupaʻa a i ʻole kahi hoʻololi kino ma mua Hiki ke noi ʻia ʻoe e inu wai ma mua o kahi CT urogram a mai mimi a ma hope o ke kaʻina hana. Hoʻonui kēia i kou ʻōpū mimi. Akā, ma muli o kou kūlana, hiki ke loli nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka mea e ʻai ai a inu ai ma mua o kāu CT urogram.
Ma mua o kāu CT urogram, hiki i kahi lālā o kāu hui mālama ola ke: Ninau iā ʻoe i nā nīnau e pili ana i kou mōʻaukala lapaʻau E nānā i kou koko koko, ka puʻuwai a me ka mahana o ke kino E noi iā ʻoe e hoʻololi i kahi kapa haukapila a wehe i nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā aniani a me nā mea hao āpau e hiki ke pale i nā kiʻi X-ray
Ua nānā a wehewehe ke kauka akamai i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā kiʻi X-ray (radiologist) i nā kiʻi X-ray mai kāu CT urogram a hoʻouna i kahi hōʻike i kāu kauka. Hoʻolālā e kūkākūkā i nā hopena me kāu kauka ma kahi hālāwai hope.
Hōʻole: He kahua ʻike olakino ʻo ʻAukake a ʻaʻole hōʻike kāna mau pane i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau. E kūkākūkā mau me kahi ʻoihana lapaʻau laikini kokoke iā ʻoe ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi.
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