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He hoʻokolohua kiʻi lapaʻau ka CT scan e lawe ana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o loko o kou kino me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā X-ray a me ka ʻenehana kamepiula. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mana holomua o ka X-ray maʻamau e hiki ke ʻike i kou mau ʻōkana, nā iwi, a me nā ʻiʻo i nā ʻāpana lahilahi, e like me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao o kahi puke.

Kōkua kēia hana ʻeha ʻole i nā kauka e ʻike i nā ʻeha, nā maʻi, a me ka nānā ʻana i kou olakino me ka pololei nui. E moe ʻoe ma luna o kahi papa e paheʻe ana ma kahi mīkini nui, ʻano donut i ka wā e hopu mālie ana i nā kiʻi o kou kino.

He aha ka CT scan?

ʻO ka CT scan, i kapa ʻia ʻo CAT scan, ʻo ia hoʻi ka

  • Ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻeha mai nā ulia a i ʻole nā hāʻule ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻeha o ke poʻo a me ke kahe ʻana o loko
  • Ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi ʻaʻai, nā ʻōpū, a i ʻole nā ulu ʻana ʻē aʻe ma nā wahi a pau o kou kino
  • Ke nānā ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi ʻaʻai
  • Ke nānā ʻana i nā koko koko, ʻo ia hoʻi i kou mau māmā a i ʻole nā wāwae
  • Ka loiloi ʻana i ka maʻi puʻuwai a me nā pilikia o nā kīʻaha koko
  • Ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi i kou ʻōpū a i ʻole ka umauma
  • Ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā biopsies a me nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau ʻē aʻe
  • Ka ʻike ʻana i nā pōhaku kīkī a i ʻole nā pōhaku ʻōpū
  • Ka loiloi ʻana i nā haʻi iwi a me nā pilikia hui
  • Ke nānā ʻana i ke kahe ʻana o loko a i ʻole ke kūkulu ʻana o ka wai

Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau maʻi ke ʻike ʻia i ka wā mua, ʻo ia ke kumu he mea waiwai nui nā scans CT i ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi. Ke hōʻiliʻili wale nei kāu kauka i ka ʻike e pono ai e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.

He aha ke kaʻina hana no ka scan CT?

He maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana scan CT a maʻa mau i 10-30 mau minuke mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a hiki i ka pau ʻana. E hoʻololi ʻoe i ka ʻaʻahu haukapila a wehe i nā mea kāhiko metala a i ʻole nā mea e hoʻopilikia ai i ke kiʻi.

E hoʻonoho ke kanaka loea iā ʻoe ma luna o kahi papa ʻuʻuku e paheʻe ana i loko o ka scanner CT, e like me ka donut nui. Ua lawa ka ākea o ka puka ʻaʻole e manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka claustrophobic, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike ma kēlā ʻaoʻao.

Eia ka mea e hana ʻia i ka wā o kāu scan, i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu, i ʻike maopopo ʻoe i ka mea e manaʻo ai:

  1. E moe ana ʻoe ma luna o ka papa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ma ke kua maʻamau
  2. Hiki i ka mea loea ke hoʻohana i nā uluna a i ʻole nā kaula e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho i ke kūlana kūpono
  3. Inā pono ʻoe i ka waihoʻoluʻu, e hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka IV a i ʻole ma ka waha
  4. E paheʻe mālie ka papa iā ʻoe i loko o ka puka scanner
  5. E hana ka mīkini i nā leo wili a i ʻole ke kaomi ʻana i ka wā e kiʻi ai i nā kiʻi
  6. Pono ʻoe e paʻa i kou hanu no nā manawa pōkole (10-20 kekona) ke kuhikuhi ʻia
  7. Hiki ke neʻe iki ka papa ma waena o nā pūʻulu kiʻi like ʻole
  8. E kamaʻilio ka mea loea me ʻoe ma o ka intercom
  9. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kaomi i ke pihi kelepona inā pono ʻoe i ke kōkua i kēlā me kēia manawa

He mau minuke wale nō ka scanning maoli, ʻoiai paha e lōʻihi ka manawa o ka manawa holoʻokoʻa inā pono ʻoe i ka waihoʻoluʻu a i ʻole nā scans he nui. E hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka home ma hope koke iho a hoʻi i kāu mau hana maʻamau.

Pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu scan CT?

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā scans CT e koi i ka hoʻomākaukau liʻiliʻi, akā e hāʻawi kāu keʻena kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻāpana o kou kino e scan ʻia nei. ʻO ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻo e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā kiʻi maopopo a pololei.

Inā koi kāu scan i ka waihoʻoluʻu, pono paha ʻoe e pale i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana no kekahi mau hola ma mua. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i ka nausea a hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana o ka mea hoʻohālikelike.

Hiki i kāu hoʻomākaukau ke komo i kēia mau ʻanuʻu koʻikoʻi, a ʻo ka mālama ʻana iā lākou ma mua o ka manawa e maʻalahi ai kāu manawa:

  • E wehe i nā mea nani a pau, nā mea e hou ai, a me nā mea hao ma mua o ka nānā ʻana
  • E ʻaʻahu i nā lole ʻoluʻolu, ākea me ka ʻole o nā mea hao a i ʻole nā pihi
  • E haʻi i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei
  • E haʻi aku i nā limahana inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hāpai ana paha
  • E haʻi i nā maʻi āpau, ʻoiai i ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻokoʻa a i ʻole iodine
  • E hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻo no ka ʻai ʻole inā pono kāu nānā ʻana i ka mea ʻokoʻa
  • E inu i ka wai nui ma mua o nā nānā e pono ai ka mea ʻokoʻa waha
  • E hoʻonohonoho i ka halihali inā e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka sedation
  • E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa
  • E hōʻea 15-30 mau minuke ma mua no ka nānā ʻana a me ka pepa hana

Inā he pilikia kou puʻupaʻa a i ʻole maʻi diabetes, e hōʻoia e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka ma mua. Pono paha lākou e hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻomākaukau a i ʻole e hoʻohana i nā mea ʻokoʻa like ʻole e mālama iā ʻoe.

Pehea e heluhelu ai i kāu hopena CT scan?

E kālailai ke kauka lapaʻau, he kauka i aʻo kūikawā ʻia i ka heluhelu ʻana i nā kiʻi lapaʻau, i kāu CT scan a e kākau i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī no kāu kauka. E loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena i loko o kekahi mau lā o kāu scan.

E wehewehe kāu kauka i ke ʻano o nā hopena no kou olakino a e kūkākūkā i nā hana e pono ai. Hiki ke paʻakikī nā hōʻike CT scan, akā e unuhi kāu mea mālama ola i nā huaʻōlelo lapaʻau i ka ʻōlelo āu e hiki ai ke hoʻomaopopo.

Eia nā mea e hōʻike ai nā hopena like ʻole ma kāu CT scan, akā e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo kāu kauka ka mea maikaʻi loa e wehewehe i ke ʻano o kēia mau mea no kāu kūlana kikoʻī:

  • ʻO nā hopena maʻamau, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā mea ʻokoʻa i ka wahi i nānā ʻia
  • Hōʻike paha nā hopena ʻokoʻa i nā maʻi ʻaʻai, nā maʻi, a i ʻole nā pilikia o ke kūkulu ʻana
  • Hiki i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi o ka mumū a i ʻole ke kahe koko ʻano ʻē
  • Kōkua nā ana nui i ka nānā ʻana i nā loli i ka manawa
  • Hōʻike ka ʻike o ka iwi i nā haʻi a i ʻole nā maʻi iwi
  • Hōʻike ke ʻano a me ke kūlana o nā ʻōkana inā aia nā mea a pau ma kahi kūpono
  • Hōʻike paha nā hōʻiliʻili wai i nā maʻi a i ʻole ke kahe ʻana
  • Hiki i ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kīʻaha koko ke hōʻike i nā poloka a i ʻole nā mea ʻokoʻa

E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole manaʻo mau nā mea i loaʻa ʻokoʻa he mea koʻikoʻi ka hewa. Nui nā maʻi i loaʻa ma nā scan CT hiki ke mālama ʻia, a ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana e alakaʻi pinepine i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe.

He aha nā pilikia a me nā pilikia o nā scan CT?

He palekana loa nā scan CT, akā e like me nā kaʻina hana lapaʻau, loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mau pilikia liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hopohopo maʻamau ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation, ʻoiai ua mālama ʻia ka nui i hoʻohana ʻia i nā scanners CT hou i ka haʻahaʻa e like me ka hiki ke hana i nā kiʻi maopopo.

ʻOi aku ka nui o ka radiation mai ka scan CT ma mua o ka X-ray maʻamau akā he haʻahaʻa nō naʻe. No ka manaʻo, ua like ia me ka radiation background maoli āu e loaʻa ai i nā mahina he nui a i ʻole kekahi mau makahiki.

Eia nā pilikia hiki ke ʻike ʻia, ʻoiai he kakaikahi nā pilikia koʻikoʻi:

  • Hōʻike ʻia ka radiation, e hoʻonui iki ana i ka pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi i ke ola
  • Nā hopena maʻi i ka wai ʻokoʻa, mai ka maʻalahi a i ka koʻikoʻi
  • Nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa mai nā mea ʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻupaʻa
  • Nausea a i ʻole ka luaʻi ʻana mai ka mea ʻokoʻa waha
  • Hoʻonāukiuki i ka pūnaewele injection inā e kahe ka wai ʻokoʻa mai ka IV
  • Ka hopohopo a i ʻole claustrophobia, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia ma muli o ka hoʻolālā hāmama

Pono nā wāhine hāpai e pale i nā scans CT ke ʻole he mea pono loa, no ka mea, hiki i ka radiation ke hōʻeha i ka pēpē e ulu ana. E haʻi mau i kāu kauka inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hāpai ana.

Lawe kāu hui mālama ola i nā mea āpau e hōʻemi i nā pilikia i ka wā e kiʻi ai i nā kiʻi e pono ai no kāu mālama. ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hōʻailona pololei e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia liʻiliʻi i pili.

I ka manawa hea wau e ʻike ai i ke kauka e pili ana i nā hopena scan CT?

E hoʻokaʻaʻike kāu kauka iā ʻoe ke mākaukau nā hopena scan CT, ma waena o kekahi mau lā. E hoʻonohonoho lākou i kahi manawa e hahai ai e kūkākūkā i nā mea i loaʻa a me nā hana i ʻōlelo ʻia no kāu mālama.

Mai hopohopo inā makemake kāu kauka e ʻike iā ʻoe i ke kanaka e kūkākūkā i nā hopena. He hana maʻamau kēia a ʻaʻole pono e manaʻo he hewa kekahi mea. Nui nā kauka e makemake i nā kamaʻilio maka-a-maka no nā hopena a pau, maʻamau a maʻamau ʻole.

Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke keʻena o kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau kūlana ma hope o kāu scan CT:

  • ʻAʻole ʻoe i lohe e pili ana i kāu mau hopena i loko o hoʻokahi pule o kāu scan
  • Hoʻomohala ʻoe i nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole e ʻino ana i ka wā e kali ana i nā hopena
  • He mau nīnau kāu e pili ana i kāu mau hopena a i ʻole ka lāʻau i ʻōlelo ʻia
  • ʻIke ʻoe i nā hopena lohi i ka wai kala, e like me ka ʻula a i ʻole ka pehu
  • Pono ʻoe i nā kope o kāu mau kiʻi no kekahi kauka ʻē aʻe a i ʻole ka manaʻo lua
  • Ke hopohopo nei ʻoe e pili ana i nā hopena a pono e hōʻoia

E hoʻomanaʻo aia kāu hui mālama ola e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i kēia kaʻina hana. Mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e hōʻike i nā hopohopo e pili ana i kāu scan CT a i ʻole nā hopena.

Nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i nā scans CT

Q1: ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka scan CT ma mua o ka MRI?

He mea hana kiʻi maikaʻi nā scans CT a me nā MRI, akā he mau hana like ʻole kā lākou. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o nā scans CT a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ke kiʻi ʻana i nā iwi, ka ʻike ʻana i ke kahe ʻana, a me nā kūlana pilikia, ʻoiai hāʻawi nā MRI i nā kikoʻī maikaʻi o nā ʻiʻo palupalu me ka ʻole o ka radiation.

Ko kāu kauka e koho i ka hoʻokolohua kiʻi maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka mea e pono ai lākou e ʻike a me kou kūlana olakino kikoʻī. I kekahi manawa pono paha ʻoe i nā ʻano scans ʻelua e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha o kou olakino.

Q2: Hiki i nā scans CT ke ʻike i nā ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai a pau?

Hiki i nā scans CT ke ʻike i nā ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai he nui, akā ʻaʻole lākou i kūpono no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ʻaʻai a pau. He mea maikaʻi lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōpū nui a me nā puʻupuʻu, akā ʻaʻole paha e ʻike maopopo ʻia nā maʻi ʻaʻai liʻiliʻi loa ma nā kiʻi.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau maʻi ʻaʻai me nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe e like me nā MRI, PET scans, a i ʻole nā hoʻokolohua koko kikoʻī. E ʻōlelo kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua screening a me nā diagnostic kūpono loa e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā mea pilikia.

Q3: Pehea ka pinepine e hiki ai iaʻu ke loaʻa i nā scans CT me ka palekana?

ʻAʻohe palena i ka nui o nā scans CT āu e loaʻa ai, no ka mea, pili ka hoʻoholo i kāu mau pono olakino a me nā pōmaikaʻi kūpono e kūʻē i nā pilikia. Hoʻomaopopo pono nā kauka i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation a kauoha wale i nā scans ke pono ka ʻike diagnostic no kāu mālama.

Inā pono ʻoe i nā scans CT he nui, e nānā kāu hui mālama ola i kāu ʻike radiation cumulative a hiki ke hōʻike i nā ʻano hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe ke kūpono. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi olakino o ka hōʻailona pololei e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia radiation liʻiliʻi.

Q4: E manaʻo anei au i ka claustrophobic i ka wā o ka scan CT?

ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka claustrophobia i ka wā o nā scans CT no ka mea he hoʻolālā nui a hāmama ka mīkini. ʻOi aku ka laulā o ka puka ma mua o kahi mīkini MRI, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike ma waena i kekahi ʻaoʻao i ka wā o ka scan.

Inā ʻoe e hopohopo, hiki i ka mea loea ke kamaʻilio me ʻoe i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka sedation māmā inā pono. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki o ka scan ma mua o ka MRI, e lawe ana i kekahi mau minuke.

Q5: Hiki iaʻu ke ʻai maʻamau ma hope o ka scan CT me ka ʻokoʻa?

ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i kāu ʻai maʻamau ma hope koke o ka CT scan me ka ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui ma hope o ka scan e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i ka mea ʻokoʻa mai kou kino me ka wikiwiki.

Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i ka nausea māmā a i ʻole ka ʻono metala i ko lākou waha ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai ʻokoʻa, akā he manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena a maʻa mau i loko o kekahi mau hola. E kelepona i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona mau a i ʻole nā ​​hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi.

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