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