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He whakamātautau haumaru, kāore he mamae te ultrasound carotid e whakamahi ana i ngā ngaru oro hei hanga pikitia o ngā oko toto i tō kaki. Ko ēnei oko, e kīia ana ko ngā uaua carotid, e kawe ana i te toto mai i tō ngākau ki tō roro, he mea tino nui mō tō hauora.
Whakaarohia me te mea kei te tango koe i tētahi whakaahua, engari hei utu mō te mārama, ka whakamahi ngā tākuta i ngā ngaru oro ngawari e pā ana ki ō oko toto. Ka āwhina te whakamātautau i tō tākuta ki te kite i te pai o te rere o te toto i roto i ēnei uaua me te tirotiro mō ngā aukati, ngā whāiti rānei ka pā ki te tuku toto o tō roro.
Ko te ultrasound carotid he whakamātautau whakaahua kāore e poka ana e tirotiro ana i ngā uaua carotid i tō kaki. E rua ngā oko toto nui e rere ana i ngā taha e rua o tō kaki, e tuku ana i te toto whai hāora ki tō roro.
I te wā o te whakamātautau, ka neke tētahi taputapu iti e kīia ana ko te transducer e tētahi tohunga hangarau ki runga i tō kaki. Ka tukuna e tēnei taputapu ngā ngaru oro auau-nui e hanga ana i ngā pikitia i te wā tūturu o ō uaua i runga i te mata rorohiko. Kāore he mamae o te hātepe katoa, ā, ka roa te 30 ki te 45 meneti.
Ka taea e tō tākuta te kite i te hanganga o ō pakitara uaua, te ine i te tere o te rere o te toto, me te kite i ngā hanga o te pākirikiri, te whāiti rānei. Ka āwhina tēnei mōhiohio ki te aromatawai i tō tūponotanga mō te whiu me ētahi atu raruraru nui.
E tūtohu ana ngā tākuta i te ultrasound carotid i te tuatahi ki te tirotiro mō te mate uaua carotid, e pā ana tēnei i te wā e hanga ana ngā putunga momona e kīia ana ko te pākirikiri i roto i ēnei oko toto nui. Ka taea e te kitenga wawe te āwhina i te ārai i ngā whiu i mua i te puta.
Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i tēnei whakamātautau mēnā he tohu tō e tohu ana i te whakaheke i te rere o te toto ki tō roro. E tika ana kia aro ki ēnei tohu whakatūpato nā te mea ka tohu pea e whāiti ana ō uaua:
He mea nui hoki ēnei whakamātautau mō te aroturuki i te hunga whai āhuatanga mō te whiu, ahakoa e pai ana te tū. Mā te tātari auau ka kitea ngā raruraru i te wā wawe, i te wā e whai hua ana te rongoā.
I ētahi wā ka whakamahi ngā tākuta i te ultrasound carotid hei aroturuki i ngā tūroro kua whai tikanga kē i runga i ō rātou uaua carotid. Mā tēnei ka āwhina i te whakarite kia tika te mahi o ngā rongoā, me te kite i ngā raruraru hou ka puta i te wā.
He tika, he pai hoki te tikanga ultrasound carotid. Ka takoto koe ki tō tuara i runga i te tēpu whakamātau, ā, ka whakamahi tētahi tohunga hangarau i te hāmana mārama, i te wai hei pūtake ki ngā taha e rua o tō kaki.
Ka āwhina te hāmana i ngā ngaru ultrasound kia pai ake te haere i waenga i te transducer me tō kiri. Ka neke mārie te tohunga hangarau i te transducer i tō kaki, me te pēhi marie kia mārama ngā whakaahua o ō uaua carotid.
Anei te mea ka tupu i te wā o tō whakamātau, i te wāhanga i muri i te wāhanga:
Ko te katoa o te tukanga e 30 ki te 45 meneti te roa. Ka taea e koe te kōrero noa i te wā o te whakamātautau, ā, he maha ngā tāngata e whakaaro ana he whakangāwari. Ka horoia ngā hinu ki te tauera i te wā e oti ana te whakamātautau.
Ko tētahi o ngā mea pai mō te ultrasound carotid he iti noa te whakarite. Ka taea e koe te kai noa, te tango i ō rongoā auau, me te haere i ō mahi o mua i mua i te whakamātautau.
Ko te mea nui hei mahara ko te mau i ngā kākahu pai e taea ai te uru ki tō kaki. He pōtae e herea ana i mua, he rānei he kaki wātea te mahi pai.
Me tango e koe ngā whakapaipai katoa huri noa i tō kaki i mua i te whakamātautau, tae atu ki ngā rānei, ngā chokers, ngā taringa nui rānei e raru ai. Ki te mau koe i ngā āwhina whakarongo, ka taea e koe te pupuri i a rātou i te wā o te tukanga.
He mea whai hua ki te tae mai i mua i te wā ki te whakaoti i ngā pepa e tika ana, me te noho. Whakauruhia he rārangi o ō rongoā o nāianei me ngā hua whakamātautau o mua e pā ana ki tō hauora cardiovascular.
Ko ō hua ultrasound carotid e arotahi ana ki te ine i te nui o te whāiti o ō uaua me te tere o te rere o te toto i roto i a rātou. Ko te ine matua ko te ōrau o te stenosis, e whakaatu ana ki a koe te nui o tō uaua kua aukatia.
Ko ngā hua noa e whakaatu ana i te iti iho i te 50% stenosis, ko te tikanga he mārama ngā uaua me te rere noa o te toto. Ki te tae te stenosis ki te 50-69%, ka whakaaro ngā tākuta he whāiti ngawari tēnei e hiahia ana ki te aroturuki me ngā huringa o te oranga.
Anei te pēhea e whakamārama ai ngā tākuta i ngā taumata rerekē o te whāiti o te uaua:
Ka titiro hoki to taakuta ki nga tere o te rere toto, e whakaatu ana ki a ratou te kaha o to ngakau ki te pana toto i roto i nga waahi whaiti. Ko nga tere teitei ake e tohu ana i nga aukati nui ake.
Ka whakaatu hoki nga hua i nga ahuatanga o nga tohu i kitea, tae atu ki te pumau, te kore ranei. Ko nga tohu kore pumau e nui ake ana nga tupono na te mea ka pakaru nga wahi ka puta he whiu.
Ko te whakapai ake i o hua ultrasound carotid e pa ana ki te kaha o te whaiti i kitea me to hauora katoa. Mo te stenosis ngawari ki te ngawari, ko nga huringa oranga te nuinga ka whai painga nui ki te whakaroa, ki te huri ranei i te hanga tohu.
Ko te huarahi tino whai hua e whakakotahi ana i nga tikanga oranga hauora me te whakahaere rongoa ina hiahiatia. Ka mahi tahi to taakuta me koe ki te hanga mahere e pai ana ki to ahuatanga me o raru.
Ka taea e enei huringa oranga te awhina i te whakapai ake i to hauora uaua i roto i te waa:
Mō te stenosis mōrearea ki te kaha, ka tohua pea e tō tākuta ngā rongoā pēnei i te statins hei whakaheke i te cholesterol, ngā rongoā mō te pēhanga toto, rānei ngā rongoā whakaheke toto hei whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te pūkohu. E mahi tēnei i te taha o ngā huringa oranga hei whakarato i te whakamarumaru pai.
I ngā tūāhua o te stenosis kaha (70% neke atu rānei), ka tūtohutia pea ngā kōwhiringa pokanga pēnei i te carotid endarterectomy, te carotid artery stenting rānei. Ka taea e ēnei tikanga te whakahoki i te rere toto noa, me te whakaiti nui i te tūponotanga o te whiu.
Ko ngā hua pai o te ultrasound carotid e whakaatu ana i te stenosis iti (iti iho i te 50%) me ngā tere rere toto noa. E tohu ana tēnei he hauora ō carotid arteries, me te whakarato i te tuku toto tika ki tō roro.
Ko ngā hua pai ko te nuinga he pakitara artery maeneene kāore he hanga pūkohu nui, me ngā tere rere toto i roto i ngā awhe noa. E titiro ana tō tākuta ki ngā tauira rere toto rite tonu, kāore i te aukati e tohu ana i ngā artery hauora, ngāwari.
Heoi, ko te mea e kiia ana he
He mea nui te pakeke me ngā ira, e kore e taea e koe te huri, engari mā te mōhio ki a rātou ka āwhina i a koe kia tūpato. Ko te tikanga ka pā te mate o te uaua carotid ki ngā tāne i mua i ngā wāhine, ā, mā te whai i ngā mema o te whānau e mate ana i te mate ngākau, i te whiu rānei, ka piki ake tō tūponotanga.
Ko te rongo pai he maha ngā āhuatanga tūpono kei raro i tō mana. Ko ēnei āhuatanga ka taea te whakarerekē te mea nui ki te hauora o ō uaua:
Ko ētahi tāngata he āhuatanga ira onge e pā ana ki te pākia cholesterol, ki te whakaheke toto rānei, e kaha ake ai te mate uaua i ngā tau taitamariki. Ka taea hoki e te moe moe me ngā āhuatanga mumura mau tonu te whai wāhi ki te piki ake o te tūponotanga.
Ma te māramatanga ki ō āhuatanga tūpono ka āwhina i a koe me tō tākuta ki te whakatau i te auau e hiahia ana koe ki te tirotiro ultrasound carotid me ngā tikanga ārai e pai ana mō tō āhuatanga.
He pai ake te stenosis carotid iti, nā te mea he nui ake te tuwhera o ō uaua, ā, ka taea te tuku toto tika ki tō roro. Mā te iti ake o te stenosis ka whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te whiu me ētahi atu raruraru nui.
Inā he iti te stenosis (kei raro i te 50%), ka taea e ō uaua te tuku i te toto katoa e hiahiatia ana e tō roro i ngā mahi noa, tae noa ki ngā wā e piki ana te hiahia. Ka hoatu tēnei ki a koe he haumaru nui.
Ka nui haere te tūponotanga o te stenosis i te wa e haere ana. Ko te stenosis ngawari (50-69%) me āta aroturuki me te rongoā hei aukati i te pōraruraru, i te mea ko te stenosis kaha (70% neke atu rānei) e tūpono tonu ana, ā, he maha ngā wā e hiahia ana ki te wawaotanga.
Heoi anō, he mea nui anō te wāhi me ngā āhuatanga o te stenosis. I ētahi wā, ko te tangata e whai stenosis ngawari ana i te wāhi nui, e hiahia ana ki te rongoā kaha ake i te tangata e whai stenosis paku teitei ana i te wāhi iti ake te nui.
Ka taea e te stenosis carotid kaha te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui, ko te whiu te mea nui rawa atu. Ki te whāiti rawa ō uaua carotid, kāore pea tō roro e whiwhi i te nui o te toto whai hāora hei mahi tika.
Ko te tūponotanga tonu ko te whiu ischemic, e puta ana i te wā e aukatia katoatia ana te rere o te toto ki tētahi wāhanga o tō roro. Ka taea tēnei te puta ki te hanga he pūtau toto i roto i te uaua whāiti, ki te pakaru rānei tētahi wāhanga o te pāti ka haere ki ngā oko roro iti ake.
Ka taea e ēnei raruraru te puta mai i te stenosis carotid kaha:
He uaua te stenosis carotid ngawari (iti iho i te 50%) te whakaputa i ngā raruraru tonu, engari e tohu ana kua tīmata te atherosclerosis i roto i ō uaua. Ko te āwangawanga nui ko te mea ka taea e te stenosis ngawari te piki haere ki te whaiti nui ake i te roanga o te wā.
Ko te nuinga o te tangata e ngawari ana te stenosis karekau he tohu, ā, ka taea e rātou te noho i te ora noa, i te ora kaha. Heoi, ko te noho mai o te hanga o te plaque e tohu ana kei te nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā raruraru cardiovascular a muri ake nei.
Ngā āwangawanga pea mō te wā roa me te stenosis ngawari ko:
I ngā wā tino onge, ka taea e te stenosis ngawari te whakaputa raruraru mēnā he kore pūmau te plaque, ā, ka ngāwari te pakaru. Heoi, he mea noa tēnei, ā, e pā ana ki ētahi atu āhuatanga tūponotanga.
Ko te kī me te stenosis ngawari ko te ārai - te mahi i ngā mahi hei ārai i te piki haere i te wā e mau tonu ana tō kounga o te ora. Ka taea e te nuinga o te tangata te whakahaere i te stenosis ngawari mā te huri i te oranga me te aroturuki auau.
Me kite koe i te tākuta i te wā tonu mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi tohu e tohu ana i te hekenga o te rere toto ki tō roro, ahakoa ngā hua o tō ultrasound carotid i mua. E hiahia ana ēnei tohu ki te āwhina hauora tonu.
Whakapā atu ki tō tākuta i te wā tonu mēnā ka pā ki a koe te ngoikore ohorere, te ngongo, te uaua ki te kōrero, te huringa o te tirohanga, te mamae nui rānei o te upoko. E tohu ana tēnei i te whiu, i te whakaeke ischemic transient rānei, he ohorere hauora.
Mō te aroturuki i ia wā, ka whakarite tō tākuta i ngā tūpono i ia wā i runga i ngā hua o tō ultrasound. Ko te stenosis ngawari te tikanga me aroturuki ia 1-2 tau, engari ko te stenosis āhua e hiahia ana kia nui ake te arotake i ia 6-12 marama.
Me kite hoki koe i tō tākuta mēnā ka whanake koe i ngā mea tūpono hou, mēnā rānei ka uaua ake te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te mate huka, te toto tiketike rānei. Ka pā pea ngā huringa i tō mana hauora ki tō mahere maimoatanga.
Āe, he taputapu pai te ultrasound carotid mō te kite i te tūponotanga o te whiu, inā koa mō ngā whiu ischemic i puta mai i te aukati i te rere o te toto ki te roro. Ka taea e ia te tautuhi i te whāiti i roto i ō uaua carotid i mua i te whanake o ngā tohu.
He mea nui te whakamātautau nā te mea kāore i te pāngia, kāore he mamae, ā, he tino tika ki te kite i te stenosis nui. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ka taea e te ultrasound carotid te tautuhi i ngā tāngata e tūpono nui ana ki te whiu, e āhei ana ki te maimoatanga ārai.
Heoi, he mea nui kia mahara ko te ultrasound carotid te tuatahi e kite ana i te tūponotanga mai i te mate uaua carotid. Ko ētahi atu momo whiu, pēnei i te hunga i puta mai i ngā raruraru o te manawa, i te mate rānei o ngā oko iti, kāore pea e kitea e tēnei whakamātautau.
Ka pā pea te stenosis carotid tiketike ki te whanoke i ētahi wā, inā koa mēnā ka whakaiti te whāiti i te rere o te toto ki tō roro. Heoi, he maha ngā take ka puta te whanoke, ā, ko te stenosis carotid tētahi noa iho o aua mea.
Mēnā ka pā te stenosis carotid ki te whanoke, ka haere tahi tonu me ētahi atu tohu pēnei i te ngoikore, te uaua ki te kōrero, te huringa rānei o te tirohanga. Ka nui ake pea te kite i te whanoke i te wā e huri ana koe i ngā tūnga i te tere, i te wā rānei o te mahi tinana.
Mena kei te pā koe i te whanoke tonu, he mea nui kia kite i tō tākuta mō te arotake tika. Ka taea e rātou te whakatau mēnā e pā ana ō tohumate ki te stenosis carotid, ki tētahi atu āhuatanga rānei e hiahia ana ki te rongoā rerekē.
Ko te ultrasound carotid te mea nui ki ngā uaua carotid i tō kaki, ā, kāore e tirotiro tika ana i tō ngākau. Heoi, ka taea e ia te whakarato tohu mō tō hauora ngākau me ngā uaua toto katoa, nā te mea ka pā te atherosclerosis ki ngā uaua toto maha.
Mēnā e whakaatu ana tō ultrasound carotid i te hanga nui o te pātai, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i ētahi atu whakamātautau hei tirotiro i tō ngākau me ētahi atu uaua toto. Ko ngā āhuatanga tūpono kotahi e pā ana ki te mate uaua carotid ka whakanui hoki i tō tūponotanga ki te mate ngākau.
Mō ngā raruraru ngākau motuhake, ka tonoa e tō tākuta ētahi atu whakamātautau pēnei i te echocardiogram, EKG, i te whakamātautau taumahatanga ngākau rānei. I hangaia ēnei whakamātautau hei arotake i te pai o te mahi a tō ngākau.
E whakawhirinaki ana te auau o te ultrasound carotid ki ō āhuatanga tūpono me ngā hua o mua. Kāore te nuinga o te tangata kāore he tohumate, he āhuatanga tūpono rānei e hiahia ana ki te arotake auau, engari ka whai hua pea te hunga e whai ana i ngā āhuatanga tūpono mai i te whakamātautau wā.
Mēnā he stenosis ngawari tō, ka tūtohu te tākuta i ngā ultrasound whai muri i ngā tau 1-2 hei aroturuki i te haere whakamua. Ko te stenosis āhua e hiahia ana ki te aroturuki auau, i ngā wā katoa i ngā marama 6-12.
Ko ngā tāngata e whai ana i te stenosis kaha kāore e tika ana mō te pokanga ka hiahia pea ki ngā ultrasound i ngā marama 3-6. Ka hangaia e tō tākuta tētahi hōtaka whaiaro i runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake me ngā āhuatanga tūpono.
He tino haumaru te rāpoi oro carotid, kāore he tūponotanga, he pānga taha rānei. E whakamahi ana te whakamātautau i ngā ngaru oro, kaua i te iraruke, he mea haumaru mō ngā tāngata o ngā tau katoa, tae atu ki ngā wāhine hapū.
Ko te raruraru iti noa iho ko te hāteke e whakamahia ana i te wā o te whakamātautau, e kitea ana e ētahi tāngata he mātao, he paku rānei te raruraru. He ngāwari te horoi i te hāteke, ā, kāore e pā ana ki te riri kiri mō te nuinga o ngā tāngata.
I ngā wā onge, ka pāngia pea e ngā tāngata he kiri tairongo te riri ngawari mai i te hāteke, engari he mea noa tēnei, ā, ka tere te ngaro. Kāore te whakamātautau e hiahia ana ki ngā werohanga, ngā rongoā, ngā tikanga rānei e pā ana ki te tinana.