E ʻike pono kākou i kou puʻu a i ʻole pharynx.

Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i kou puʻu? I kēlā me kēia lā, i ko kākou hanu ʻana, ʻai ʻana, a inu ʻana, he kōkua nui kēia puʻu iā kākou me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia. I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ua like ia me kahi ʻōmole kupaianaha i loko o ko kākou kino, e hana ana i nā hana like ʻole. No laila, i kēia lā e kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i kēia puʻu, a i ʻole e like me ke kapa ʻana o nā kauka, ʻo ka pharynx. Ua mākaukau anei ʻoe?

No laila, he aha kēia pharynx?

ʻAe, e nānā mua kākou i ke ʻano o ka pharynx. ʻO kou puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx, he ʻano funnel, ʻiʻo e hana ana i ka nui o ka hana i ka manawa hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole ia e kōkua wale iā ʻoe e hanu, akā e kuhikuhi pū ana hoʻi i ka meaʻai āu e ʻai ai a inu ai i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe. Hana ia i kahi hana koʻikoʻi loa, ʻeā? Inā makemake ʻoe e mālama i kou pharynx i ke olakino, he mea nui e pale i ka puhipaka a pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā maʻi.

He aha nā hana nui o ka pharynx?

I kēia manawa, e nānā kākou i ka hana a kēia puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx. I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, hana ia i ʻelua mau mea koʻikoʻi loa.

• Ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke ala ea: ʻO kekahi o nā hana nui o ka ʻōnaehana hanu, ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ʻana ua kuhikuhi pono ʻia ka hanu a mākou e lawe ai ma o ko mākou ihu a waha paha i lalo, ma o ko mākou larynx, i loko o ka trachea a mai laila aku i loko o nā māmā. Ua like ia me ka hoʻopololei pono ʻana i nā ala ea.
• Ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me nā wai i ke ala kūpono: ʻO kekahi mea nui, ʻo ia ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me nā mea inu a mākou e ʻai ai a inu ai i ke ala kūpono i ka ʻōpū, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka esophagus. Hana akamai ʻia hoʻi kēia.

E noʻonoʻo, i kou wā e ʻai ai, he aha ka mea e hana ʻia inā komo kēlā mau ʻāpana meaʻai i loko o ka ʻōpū hanu? He pilikia nui kēlā, ʻeā? Hana maikaʻi kēia pharynx i ka pale ʻana i kēlā mea, o ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā ʻāpana meaʻai a me nā wai pololei i loko o ka esophagus, ma kahi o ka trachea a me nā māmā. Ua like ia me kahi kiaʻi puka, e hoʻokaʻawale ana i nā mea i ʻelua ala kaʻawale.

Aia i hea ka pharynx?

ʻAe, ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i kahi o kēia puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx. Aia ia ma waenakonu o ko kākou ʻāʻī. I ka pololei, aia ia ma lalo pono o ke kumu o ke poʻo, ma luna pono o ka esophagus a me ka larynx. Inā ʻoe e hoʻopā i kou ʻāʻī, ma laila kēia ʻōkana kupaianaha.

He aha nā ʻāpana o ka pharynx?

ʻEkolu mau ʻāpana nui o kēia mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pharynx. E nānā kākou i ko lākou ʻano. ʻOiai paha e kani iki kēia mau inoa i ka ʻepekema, he maʻalahi ke hoʻomaopopo.

• Nasopharynx: ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana o ka puʻu ma luna. ʻO kēia kahi e pili ai kou ihu i kou ʻōnaehana hanu. Ke hanu mākou ma o ko mākou ihu, hele mua ka ea ma o kēia.
• ʻOropharynx:Aia kēia ma waenakonu o kou puʻu. Aia i loko nā tonsils (glands) ma ke kumu o kou alelo a pili i kou waha. ʻO nā mea a pau a mākou e hanu ai, ʻai ai, a inu ai, e hele ana ma o kēia oropharynx. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua like ia me kahi ala maʻamau no ka ea a me ka meaʻai.
• ʻO Hypopharynx: ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana haʻahaʻa loa o ka pharynx. Maanei e hana ʻia ai nā hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi loa. Hoʻomalu ia i ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana o ka meaʻai i loko o ka esophagus a i loko o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe, a pehea e hele ai ka ea ma o ka larynx a i loko o nā māmā.

Pehea ke ʻano o ka pharynx?

I kēia manawa, ke noʻonoʻo nei paha ʻoe i ke ʻano o kēia puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx. He ʻōmole wale nō ia ma kahi o 4 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi. I ka pololei, ua like kona ʻano me ka funnel. He ākea ma luna a he ʻūmiʻi iki ma lalo. Hana ʻia ka hapa nui me nā ʻiʻo. ʻO kēia mau ʻiʻo ka mea e neʻe ai ka puʻu i ka wā e moni ai ʻoe i ka meaʻai. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ke cartilage e hana ana i ke kua o ka pharynx, ka mea e hāʻawi iā ia i ka ikaika.

He aha nā maʻi maʻamau e hoʻopilikia ai i ka pharynx?

Hiki i ko kākou puʻu koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole pharynx, ke loaʻa i nā ʻano maʻi like ʻole. He mea maʻamau loa kekahi, aʻo kekahi he mea koʻikoʻi loa. E nānā kākou i kekahi o nā kūlana maʻamau.

• ʻEha ʻāʻī (Pharyngitis): He mea kēia e loaʻa mau ana iā kākou a pau, ʻeā? Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke komo pū me ka ʻeha ʻāʻī, ka ʻeha i ka wā e moni ai, a me ka loli paha o ka leo.
• Nā kumu: ʻO ka Tonsillitis, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mumū o nā tonsils, nā maʻi like ʻole (bacteria a viral paha), nā allergies, a i ʻole ka hanu ʻana o ka waha e hiki ke hana i kēia ʻeha puʻu.
• Nā maʻi: Hiki i nā ʻano maʻi like ʻole ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻāʻī.
• Nā maʻi bacteria: ʻO kahi laʻana maikaʻi o kēia he maʻi ʻāʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo strep throat, hiki ke hōʻeha nui i ka ʻāʻī a me ke kuni.
• Nā maʻi viral: Hiki ke hana ʻia nā maʻi ʻāʻī e nā virus, e like me ke anu maʻamau, ka maʻi palū, a i ʻole ka mononucleosis. I loko o kēia mau manawa, hiki ke hele pū ʻia ka ʻeha ʻāʻī me nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha o ke kino a me ka ihu wai.
• Kanesa: Hiki i nā kanesa ke loaʻa i loko o ka puʻu. He mau kūlana koʻikoʻi kēia. He mea nui loa ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea i ka wā mua.
• Nā Laʻana: Ka maʻi ʻaʻai Nasopharyngeal, Ka maʻi ʻaʻai Oropharyngeal, a me ka maʻi ʻaʻai Hypopharyngeal.
• Paʻakikī ke ale ʻana (Dysphagia): I kekahi manawa paʻakikī paha iā ʻoe ke ale i ka meaʻai a mea inu paha. Manaʻo paha ʻoe ua paʻa ka meaʻai i loko o kou puʻu, a i ʻole e ʻeha paha ʻoe i ka ale ʻana.
• Nā kumu:Hiki paha kēia ma muli o kahi maʻi e like me ka hahau ʻana, kahi maʻi e hoʻopilikia ai i ka ʻōnaehana nerve e like me ka multiple sclerosis (MS), a i ʻole kekahi maʻi ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia ai i ka ʻōnaehana nerve waena, ʻoiai ke kaʻina hana o ka moni ʻana e ka ʻōnaehana nerve.

Nā hōʻailona maʻamau o nā pilikia ʻāʻī

I kēia manawa, e nānā kākou i nā hōʻailona maʻamau e hōʻike ana i kahi pilikia me ka puʻu, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka pharynx. Akā e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau hōʻailona ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo he maʻi koʻikoʻi kou. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻaʻole e emi kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau lā, a inā paha e hoʻomau lākou, he manaʻo maikaʻi anei ke ʻike i ke kauka? ʻO ia ka mea palekana loa e hana ai.

Eia kekahi mau hōʻailona maʻamau:

• ʻO ka ʻeha puʻu mau loa ʻaʻole e mae i loko o kekahi mau lā.
• Ka paʻakikī i ka ale ʻana i ka meaʻai a mea inu paha, a i ʻole ka ʻeha i ka wā e ale ai.
• ʻEha pinepine ka pepeiao (i kekahi manawa hiki i ka pilikia o ka puʻu ke hoʻopilikia i ka pepeiao).
• He kuni ma luna o 39 kekelē Celsius (103 kekelē Fahrenheit). He hōʻailona paha kēia o kahi maʻi.
• Manaʻo e like me he puʻu lā ma ka ʻāʻī, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ke kua.
• Ua nāwaliwali ka ʻāʻī, ʻoʻoleʻa, a paʻakikī paha ke huli.
• Ka loli koke a i ʻole ka palahalaha o ka leo, e mau ana no kekahi mau pule.
• Ka pohō kaumaha me ke kumu ʻole.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau hōʻailona, ​​e ʻoluʻolu e ʻimi i ke kōkua lapaʻau.

He aha nā hoʻokolohua maʻamau i hana ʻia e nānā i koʻu pharynx?

Inā manaʻo ke kauka he pilikia me kou puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx, hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā ʻano hoʻokolohua like ʻole. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau mea:

• Biopsy: Pili kēia i ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo mai kahi wahi kānalua o ka puʻu a nānā iā ia ma lalo o kahi microscope. He mea nui loa kēia inā he kānalua no kekahi mea e like me ke kanesa.
• Laryngoscopy a i ʻole Pharyngoscopy: Ma kēia, hoʻokomo ke kauka i kahi ʻōmole palupalu me kahi kāmela liʻiliʻi i loko o ka puʻu a nānā pololei i ka mea e hana nei i loko o ka puʻu.
• Moʻomeheu ʻāʻī / ʻUlu ʻāʻī: Lawe ʻia kahi ʻulu o ka mucus mai ka ʻāʻī a hoʻāʻo ʻia i loko o kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua e ʻike ai inā he bacteria a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​huakini ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi e like me ka strep throat.
• Nā hoʻāʻo kiʻi: ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua e like me ka CT scan (Computed Tomography scan) a i ʻole MRI scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan). Hiki i kēia mau mea ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi maopopo o loko a me nā ʻiʻo a puni o ka puʻu. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke kōkua i ka ʻike inā he mau puʻupuʻu a i ʻole nā ​​​​maʻi ʻaʻai.

Pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke mālama i koʻu puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx, i ke olakino?

No laila, pono kākou e mālama i ko kākou puʻu, ʻo ka pharynx, ka mea e hana ana i kahi hana koʻikoʻi, ʻeā? A i ʻole, hiki i ka hanu ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻana ke lilo i pilikia. Eia kekahi mau mea maʻalahi akā koʻikoʻi loa hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e pili ana i ia mea:

• E pale pono i ka puhipaka: ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paka (ʻaʻole wale nā ​​​​cigarettes, bidis, cigars, akā ʻo ka paka uahi ʻole) e hoʻonui nui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi ʻaʻai puʻu. No laila, inā he mea puhipaka ʻoe, e noʻonoʻo e haʻalele i kēia lā. ʻO ia ke kōkua nui loa hiki iā ʻoe ke hana no kou puʻu.
• E pale i ka uahi lua: ʻO ka hanu ʻana i ka uahi o nā cigarette a haʻi e hiki ke hōʻino i kou puʻu. Ua like ia me ka puhi ʻana iā ʻoe iho. No laila e noho mamao aku mai ia mau wahi i ka hiki.
• E pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā maʻi: E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima me ke kopa a me ka wai, ʻoiai ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lua. E mālama i kou mamao mai ka poʻe maʻi. Hiki i kēia mau hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻalahi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e pale aku i nā maʻi ʻāʻī e like me ka strep throat, ka maʻi palū, a me ke anu maʻamau.
• E inu i ka wai he nui: He mea nui loa ka mālama ʻana i kou puʻu i ka pulu. E hōʻemi kēia i ka manawa e maloʻo ai kou puʻu, ʻūlū, a me ka maneʻo. E hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka inu ʻana ma ka liʻiliʻi he 8 mau aniani wai i ka lā.
• E akahele i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kou leo: Inā he kanaka ʻoe e hoʻōho nui ana a i ʻole he hana kāu e pono ai ke kamaʻilio nui ʻana, e hoʻomaha iki ma waena. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ke hoʻoikaika nui i kou puʻu.

No laila, he aha kāu e makemake ai e hoʻomanaʻo mai nā mea a mākou i kamaʻilio ai i kēia lā?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he ʻōkana kupaianaha kou puʻu, a i ʻole pharynx, a he ʻōkana hana like ʻole. He mea nui ia no kāu ʻōnaehana hanu a me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe. Kōkua ia i ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka hanu i loko o kou mau māmā a me ka meaʻai i loko o kou ʻōpū. Ua like ia me kahi hui e hoʻomalu ana i ʻelua alanui e hele ana i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao.

No laila, he mea nui loa ka mālama ʻana i kou puʻu i ke olakino. ʻO nā mea maʻalahi e like me ka pale ʻana i ka puhipaka, ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe iho mai nā maʻi, a me ka inu ʻana i ka wai he nui e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i kēia. E hoʻomanaʻo, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona ʻē i kou puʻu, e like me ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka paʻakikī i ka moni ʻana, mai hoʻokaʻulua e ʻike i ke kauka.

No laila, mai poina e mālama i kou puʻu, ʻeā?

ʻO ka pharynx, ka ʻāʻī, ka ʻōnaehana hanu, ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe ʻana, ka ʻāʻī ʻeha, ke olakino o ka ʻāʻī