E aʻo hou kākou e pili ana i kou mau ala ea - ke ʻano o kā kākou hanu ʻana.

Hanu mau kākou a pau. Akā, ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe pehea e komo ai kēia hanu i loko o ke kino, a pehea ke ʻano o ke ala? E like me ke alanui o ke kaʻa, aia kahi ʻōnaehana kūikawā o nā ala no ka hanu a kākou e lawe ai e hiki i ko kākou mau māmā. I kēia lā, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kēia 'ala hanu', a i ʻole ma ke ʻano lapaʻau, nā ala ea, he mea nui a koʻikoʻi loa no ko kākou ola.

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he aha kēia mau ala ea?

ʻO nā ala ea nā kahawai, a i ʻole nā ​​paipu, e ʻae ai i ka ea e komo a puka i waho o kou mau māmā. He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi loa kēia o kā mākou ʻōnaehana hanu. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ke ala holo no ka mokulele e lele a pae. ʻO nā ala ea ke ala a mākou e lawe ai i ka oxygen mai ka ea a mākou e hanu ai a hoʻokuʻu aku i ke kalapona ʻokikene (CO2) .

Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana hanu i ʻelua ʻāpana nui.

• Nā alaea o luna: Aia kēia mau mea a puni kou maka, ke poʻo, a me ka ʻāʻī. ʻO ia hoʻi ka ihu, nā lua ihu, nā sinuses, pharynx, a me ka larynx. ʻO kēia kahi e komo ai ka ea mai waho i ke kino.
• Nā alaea haʻahaʻa: Aia kēia mau mea ma kou ʻāʻī a me kou umauma. ʻO ia hoʻi ka trachea, bronchi, a me nā bronchioles. ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana e lawe pololei i ka ea i loko o kou mau māmā.

Hana anei kēia i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hoʻoneʻe wale ʻana i ka hanu a puni?

ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō! ʻOiai ʻo ka hana nui o ke ala hanu ka hana ma ke ʻano he ala no ka ea, ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia ʻōnaehana ma mua o kēlā. Hana ia ma ke ʻano he mea pale no ko mākou kino.

Nā maʻi maʻamau e hoʻopilikia ana i ke ala hanu

Hiki ke hoʻopilikia ʻia ko kākou ʻōpū hanu e nā ʻano maʻi like ʻole. Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale nui ʻia kēia mau mea i ʻekolu mau ʻano.

1. Nā kūlana olakino mau loa

Hiki ke hana pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea e nā kumu hoʻoilina, ka hōʻino ʻana i ke ala hanu, a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​maʻi hānau ʻole.

• Asthma
• Ka maʻi bronchial
• Ka maʻi pulmonary obstructive mau loa (COPD)
• ʻO ka fibrosis cystic

2. Ka mumū o nā alaea

Hiki i nā maʻi like ʻole (e like me ka maʻi palū a me COVID-19) a me nā maʻi ʻaleka ke hoʻoulu i ka pehu ʻana o nā alaloa hanu. ʻOkoʻa nā hōʻailona ma muli o kahi e kū ai ka pehu.

• Bronchitis - ka mumū o nā ʻōpū bronchial.
• Bronchiolitis - ka mumū o nā ʻōpū bronchial.
• Sinusitis - Ka mumū ʻana o nā lua sinus.

3. Nā mea e ālai ai ke ala ea (Blockages)

Hiki i kahi mea o waho, ʻiʻo kino, a i ʻole kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe ke ālai i ke alaea, e pilikia ai ka hanu ʻana.

• ʻUmiʻumi: Moni kekahi keiki liʻiliʻi i kahi mea e like me kahi ʻāpana o kahi mea pāʻani a i ʻole ka pi.
• Nā ulu maikaʻi.
• Nā puʻupuʻu kanesa.
• Ka hāiki ʻana o ke alaea (Stenosis).
• ʻApnea hiamoe obstructive (OSA): Ke ālai ʻia nei ke ala ea ma muli o ka ʻūmiʻi ʻana o ka ʻiʻo puʻu i ka wā hiamoe.

He aha nā hōʻailona maʻamau o kēia mau maʻi?

Inā he pilikia me kou ʻōnaehana hanu, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona ma lalo nei.

• Ihu wai a i ʻole ka ihu paʻa.
• Ke lohe nei i nā leo ʻē i ka wā e hanu ana, e like me ka wheezing a i ʻole ka stridor .
• Paʻakikī ka hanu ʻana, pōkole ka hanu (dyspnea).
• Ka hiamoe nui i ke ao (ʻoiai inā he OSA kou).

Nā hoʻāʻo e nānā i nā pilikia hanu

Ma muli o kāu mau hōʻailona, ​​​​hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā hoʻokolohua like ʻole e nānā i ke olakino o kou ʻōpū hanu.

• Nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻohana ana i kahi kāmela e nānā i loko: Nā hoʻāʻo e like me ka nasal endoscopy, kahi e nānā ai i loko o ka ihu, a me ka bronchoscopy, kahi e nānā ai i loko o nā ala ea e alakaʻi ana i nā māmā.
• Nā hoʻokolohua hana pulmonary: Nā hoʻokolohua e ana i kou hiki ke hanu i loko a i waho.
• ʻO ka pulse oximetry: He mea hana e ana i ka nui o ka oxygen i loko o kou koko, e like me kahi ʻūmiʻi liʻiliʻi e kūpono i kou manamana lima.
• Nā kiʻi X-ray o ka umauma a me nā scan CT: Kōkua kēia i ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi ma ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kiʻi maopopo o nā ala ea a me nā māmā.
• Nā haʻawina hiamoe: Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea no ka ʻike ʻana i ka snoring a me ka hiamoe apnea.

He aha nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ke ala hanu?

Aia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou kūlana olakino.

Nā ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau

• Nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻemi ai i ka pehu a wehe i nā alaloa: Hiki i kēia ke lilo i corticosteroids a i ʻole bronchodilators i hoʻohana ʻia e like me ka inhaler.
• Ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi: Nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me nā antibiotics no nā maʻi bacteria a me nā antivirals no nā virus.
• Nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi: Nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me nā antihistamines.

Nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe

• ʻO ke ʻoki kino: Inā he ālai a he puʻupuʻu paha, hiki ke hana ʻia ke ʻoki kino e wehe ai.
• Intubation: I nā hihia o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hanu, hoʻokomo ʻia kahi paipu ma ka waha a i ʻole ka ihu e wehe i ke ala ea a hāʻawi i ka ea mechanical.
• Tracheostomy: He hana e hana ʻia ai kahi lua ma ke alo o ka ʻāʻī e ʻae ai i ka hanu ʻana ma o ka ʻōpū hanu. Hiki i kēia ke hana no ka manawa pōkole a mau loa paha.
• Mīkini CPAP: Kōkua kēia mīkini i nā poʻe me ka obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) ma ka paipa ʻana i ka ea ma o kahi pale maka i kau ʻia ma luna o ka ihu i ko lākou hiamoe ʻana, e mālama ana i ke ala ea e wehe.

Nā mea hiki iā mākou ke hana e mālama i ke olakino o ko mākou ʻōnaehana hanu

E kōkua nui kēia mau mea maʻalahi i ka mālama ʻana i kou ala ea i olakino a ikaika hoʻi.

• E pale loa i ka puhipaka a me ka vaping. ʻO ka puhipaka ke kumu nui o nā pilikia hanu. Loaʻa pū kekahi mau kemika ʻino i ka vaping.
• E noho mamao aku mai nā mea haumia. E pale i ka hanu ʻana i nā mea e like me ka ʻōpala o ke kaʻa, nā kemika, a me ka uahi lua. E ʻaʻahu i ka pale maka inā ʻoe e hana ana ma nā wahi lepo a uahi.
• E inu i ka wai he nui. ʻO ka inu ʻana i ka wai lawa e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka mānoanoa o ka mucus a e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
• E pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā maʻi. E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima. E kiʻi i nā lāʻau pale e pono ai e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu kauka. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe mai nā maʻi e hoʻopilikia ana i ke ala hanu.
• E makaʻala i ka hoʻoikaika kino. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia hanu, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hanu kūpono iā ʻoe.