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ʻO ka virtual colonoscopy kahi hoʻokolohua kiʻi non-invasive e hoʻohana ana i nā scans CT e hana i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kou kolonā a me ka rectum. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi nānā pono i loko o kou ʻōpū me ka ʻole o ka pono e hoʻokomo i kahi paipu maʻalahi ma kou rectum e like me ka colonoscopy kuʻuna.
Hiki i kēia ʻano hana screening holomua ke ʻike i nā polyps, nā maʻi ʻaʻai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i loko o kou ʻōpū nui. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he ʻoluʻolu ia ma mua o ka colonoscopy maʻamau no ka mea ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i ka sedation a he liʻiliʻi ka manawa hoʻōla.
ʻO ka virtual colonoscopy, i kapa ʻia ʻo CT colonography, e hoʻohana ana i ka computed tomography scanning e nānā i kou kolonā mai loko mai. Hana ka hana i nā haneli o nā kiʻi cross-sectional e hōʻuluʻulu nā kamepiula i kahi ʻike ʻekolu-dimensional o kou kolonā holoʻokoʻa.
I ka wā o ka scan, hoʻokomo mālie ʻia kahi paipu liʻiliʻi, maʻalahi i loko o kou rectum e hoʻonui i kou kolonā me ka ea a i ʻole carbon dioxide. Kōkua kēia i ka wehe ʻana i nā paia kolonā i hiki i ka scanner ke hopu i nā kiʻi maopopo o nā ulu a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hana kiʻi holoʻokoʻa e lawe ma kahi o 10-15 mau minuke. E moe ʻoe ma luna o kahi papa e neʻe ana ma waena o ka scanner CT, ma kou kua mua, a laila ma kou ʻōpū e kiʻi i nā hiʻohiʻona piha mai nā kihi like ʻole.
He mea hana screening maikaʻi ka virtual colonoscopy no ka maʻi ʻaʻai colorectal, ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka poʻe ʻaʻole hiki ke hele i ka colonoscopy kuʻuna. Manaʻo ʻia no nā mākua e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 45-50, ma muli o kāu mau mea pilikia a me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia hoʻokolohua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, nā loli i nā hana ʻōpū, a i ʻole ke koko i loko o kāu ʻōpū. He mea pono nō hoʻi ia no ka poʻe i loaʻa i nā colonoscopies kuʻuna i hoʻopau ʻole ʻia ma muli o nā pilikia ʻenehana.
Ke koho nei kekahi poʻe maʻi i ka colonoscopy virtual no ka mea makemake lākou e pale i ka hoʻohiamoe ʻana a i ʻole he mau maʻi olakino e hoʻonui ai i ka pilikia o ka colonoscopy kuʻuna. Eia naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo inā loaʻa nā polyps, pono paha ʻoe i kahi colonoscopy kuʻuna e wehe iā lākou.
Hoʻomaka ka hana colonoscopy virtual me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka ʻōpū, e like me ka colonoscopy kuʻuna. Pono ʻoe e hahai i ka ʻai wai maʻemaʻe a lawe i nā laxatives i kuhikuhi ʻia e hakahaka loa i kou ʻōpū ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo.
I ka lā o kāu kaʻina hana, e hoʻololi ʻoe i ka ʻaʻahu haukapila a moe ma ka papa CT. E hoʻokomo mālie kahi mea loea i kahi paipu liʻiliʻi, maʻalahi ma kahi o 2 iniha i loko o kou rectum e hāʻawi i ka ea a i ʻole carbon dioxide i loko o kou ʻōpū.
Aia i loko o ke kaʻina hana scanning kēia mau ʻanuʻu:
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i ka ʻeha liʻiliʻi mai ka inflation ea, akā hoʻoponopono koke kēia ʻoluʻolu ma hope o ke kaʻina hana. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe i ka hoʻohiamoe ʻana, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele iā ʻoe iho i ka home a hoʻi i ka hana i ka lā like.
Pono ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka colonoscopy virtual i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kou ʻōpū i nā mea ʻōpala a pau, e like me ka colonoscopy kuʻuna. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī, akā hoʻomaka ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i 1-2 mau lā ma mua o kāu hoʻāʻo.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka ʻōpū e pili ana i:
Hoʻonohonoho kekahi mau kauka i nā mea ʻokoʻa kūikawā āu e inu ai i nā lā ma mua o ka hoʻokolohua. Kōkua kēia mau mea e hoʻokaʻawale ma waena o nā mea i koe a me nā polyps maoli a i ʻole nā mea ʻino i ka wā o ka scan.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka lawe ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau ke ʻole e ʻōlelo ʻia e kāu kauka. No ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa i ka sedation, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i ka halihali, akā hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi e hele pū me ʻoe ke hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo naʻau.
Loaʻa nā hopena colonoscopy virtual i loko o 24-48 mau hola ma hope o kāu kaʻina hana. E nānā pono ke kauka lapaʻau i nā kiʻi a pau a hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī i kāu kauka, a laila e kūkākūkā i nā ʻike me ʻoe.
ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā polyps, nā maʻi ʻaʻai, a i ʻole nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe i loko o kou kolonā. Hōʻike kēia i ka haʻahaʻa o kou pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi colorectal, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hahai i nā manawa screening maʻamau i ʻōlelo ʻia e kāu kauka.
Hiki i nā hopena maʻamau ke hōʻike:
Inā loaʻa nā mea ʻokoʻa nui, e ʻōlelo kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hou, ʻo ka maʻamau ka colonoscopy kuʻuna me ka hiki ke wehe i nā polyps a i ʻole e lawe i nā laʻana ʻiʻo. ʻAʻole pono kēia e manaʻo he maʻi ʻaʻai kou, akā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e mālama pono ʻia nā mea i loaʻa.
Hāʻawi ka colonoscopy virtual i nā pōmaikaʻi he nui e hoʻopiʻi ai i nā maʻi he nui. ʻAʻole pono ke kaʻina hana i ka sedation, no laila e pale aku ʻoe i ka grogginess a me ka manawa hoʻōla e pili ana me ka colonoscopy kuʻuna.
ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi nui e komo pū ana:
Hāʻawi pū ka hana i nā kiʻi o nā ʻōkana a puni kou colon, e ʻike ana i nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe e like me nā pōhaku kīkī a i ʻole nā aneurysms ʻōpū. Nui nā maʻi e ʻike i ka ʻike ʻana i ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻoweliweli ma mua o ka colonoscopy kuʻuna.
ʻOiai he mea hana screening maikaʻi ka colonoscopy virtual, aia kekahi mau palena āu e hoʻomaopopo ai. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hoʻokolohua ke wehe i nā polyps a i ʻole e lawe i nā laʻana ʻiʻo, no laila pono nā hopena ʻokoʻa i ka colonoscopy kuʻuna.
ʻO nā palena ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana:
Hiki i ka hoʻokolohua ke ʻike i nā mea i loaʻa i loko o nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka hopohopo a me ka hoʻokolohua hou ʻana inā ʻaʻole lākou he mea nui i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e loiloi i kēia mau mea e kūʻē i nā pōmaikaʻi.
Pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā i ka colonoscopy virtual me kāu kauka inā pono ʻoe e nānā i ka maʻi maʻi colorectal, e hoʻomaka ana ma ka makahiki 45-50. He mea nui kēia kamaʻilio inā he mau mea pilikia kāu e like me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi maʻi colorectal a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻāʻī.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi kūkākūkā inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā hōʻailona e like me nā loli mau i nā hana ʻōpū, ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, a i ʻole ke koko i loko o kāu ʻōpala. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo inā kūpono ka colonoscopy virtual no kou kūlana.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke kūkākūkā i kēia koho inā ua pale ʻoe i ka colonoscopy kuʻuna ma muli o ka hopohopo a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino. Hiki i ka colonoscopy virtual ke hāʻawi i kahi koho ʻoluʻolu aʻe i ka wā e hāʻawi mau ana i ka nānā pono.
He palekana loa ka colonoscopy virtual, me ka liʻiliʻi o nā pilikia ma mua o ka colonoscopy kuʻuna. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau he maʻalahi a me ka manawa, me ka ʻeha mai ka ea a me ka hōʻoluʻolu liʻiliʻi i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO nā pilikia kakaʻikahi akā hiki ke komo:
He haʻahaʻa ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation mai ka colonoscopy virtual, e like me ka radiation background maoli āu e loaʻa ai ma luna o 2-3 mau makahiki. Ua ʻae ka hapa nui o nā loea i ka lanakila ʻana o nā pōmaikaʻi o ka ʻike maʻi maʻi i kēia pilikia radiation liʻiliʻi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, ke kuni, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka maloʻo ʻana ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama olakino wikiwiki.
He mea pono loa ka colonoscopy virtual i ka ʻike ʻana i nā polyps nui a me nā maʻi ʻaʻai, me nā helu pololei o 85-95% no nā polyps ma mua o 10mm. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka colonoscopy kuʻuna ka maʻamau gula no ka mea hiki iā ia ke ʻike i nā polyps liʻiliʻi a wehe iā lākou i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana like.
No nā kumu screening, hāʻawi ka colonoscopy virtual i ka ʻike maikaʻi loa o nā mea maʻamau koʻikoʻi. Inā aia ʻoe i ka pilikia maʻamau a ke ʻimi nei i ka screening, hiki i ka colonoscopy virtual ke koho maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i ka ʻoluʻolu iki i ka wā o ka colonoscopy virtual. Hiki i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ea ke hana i ka ʻeha e like me ka ʻeha kinoea, akā ʻo ka maʻamau e mau ana i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana a hoʻoponopono koke ʻia ma hope.
No ka mea ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia ka sedation, e ala ana ʻoe a hiki ke kamaʻilio me ka mea loea inā pono ʻoe i nā wā hoʻomaha. Nui nā maʻi e ʻike i ka colonoscopy virtual ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu ma mua o kā lākou i manaʻo ai.
ʻAe, maikaʻi loa ka colonoscopy virtual i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai colorectal a me nā polyps precancerous nui. Hōʻike nā haʻawina hiki iā ia ke ʻike ma luna o 90% o nā maʻi ʻaʻai a me nā polyps nui e hōʻike ana i ka pilikia nui.
Hiki i ka hoʻāʻo ke nalo i kekahi mau polyps liʻiliʻi loa, akā ʻaʻole lākou e ulu i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i loko o ka manawa screening maʻamau. Inā ʻike ʻia ka maʻi ʻaʻai, pono ʻoe i ka colonoscopy kuʻuna no ka laʻana ʻana o ka ʻiʻo a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Manaʻo ʻia ka virtual colonoscopy i kēlā me kēia 5 makahiki no nā kānaka me ka pilikia maʻamau me nā hopena maʻamau. Hiki ke pōkole kēia manawa inā he mau mea pilikia kou e like me ka moʻolelo ʻohana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai colorectal a i ʻole nā polyps ma mua.
Na kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka papa hana screening kūpono e pili ana i kāu mau mea pilikia pilikino a me nā hopena hoʻokolohua ma mua. Pono paha kekahi poʻe me ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe i ka screening pinepine a i ʻole ka colonoscopy kuʻuna.
Uhi ka hapa nui o nā hoʻolālā ʻinikua, me Medicare, i ka virtual colonoscopy ma ke ʻano he hoʻokolohua screening no ka maʻi ʻaʻai colorectal. Eia naʻe, hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā kulekele uhi, no laila he mea nui e nānā me kāu mea hoʻolako ʻinikua ma mua o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana.
Pono paha kekahi mau hoʻolālā i ka ʻae mua a i ʻole nā koi makahiki kikoʻī. Hiki i ke keʻena o kāu kauka ke kōkua maʻamau i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka uhi a mālama i nā kaʻina hana i ʻae mua ʻia.
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