Inā eʻimiʻoe i ka'ōlelo aʻo no nā wāwae a me nā kāmaʻa mai kahi podiatrist aiʻole ke kahuna papa?
ʻO ka manawa ka manawa eʻike ai i kahi podiatrist e pili ana i nā pilikia o kou wāwae? Ināʻoe heʻano maʻamau, ua ho'āʻo mua pahaʻoe e loaʻa ka hōʻoluʻolu mai kaʻeha o kou wāwae me nā'ōkuhi o luna . Hele kekahi poʻe i kahi hale kūʻai e loaʻa ana i kahi papahana e loaʻa i kahi kāleʻa maʻamau a me ka'ōlelo maikaʻi. ʻEkolu mau papalima e'ōlelo i nā palena o kēia mauʻano a i ka wā eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi eʻike i kahi podiatrist ma kahi.
ʻO Podiatrists vs. Pedorthists
Hoʻomalolei nā pilikino a me ke kūkoko i ka hanaʻana i nā wāwae a me nā wāwae. Hiki iā lākou ke kuhikuhi i ka lāʻau lāʻau, ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ke kauʻana. ʻO kā lākou hoʻonaʻauaoʻana heʻehā mau makahiki o ke kula lapaʻau podiatric aʻekolu makahiki o ke aʻoʻana o ka noho maʻi. Hiki i ke podiatrist ke hoʻohana i ka DPM inoa (ke kauka lāʻau podiatric). He nui nā papa e'āponoʻia a hiki i ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā pilikino e hoʻolako i nāʻoihana.
ʻO ka mea hana papahana he mea lapaʻau ola ola. ʻAʻole pono lākou e aʻo i ke kulanui. ʻO kā lākou aʻoʻana aia ma kahiʻoihana kūpono o ka wāwae o ka wāwae, ka hana a me ka hana maʻamau, a me ka hana kāmaʻa a me ka hoʻololiʻana. Hiki ke hana i kēia hoʻonaʻauao ma nā wahi i'āponoʻia a hiki ke hanaʻia ma ka pūnaewele e like me ke kanaka. Hoʻopiha lākou i 1,000 mau hola o kaʻike kūpono e hiki ai iā lākou ke lawe i ka hōʻike hoʻonā. Ke hele lākou i ka hoʻokolokolo, he loea iʻikeʻia (C.Ped).
Pono i kekahi mau moku'āina e noi i kahi laikini e hana ai ma keʻano he kālaika iʻikeʻia.
ʻO nā papalālia e hāʻawi ana i ko lākou manaʻo, penei:
- ʻO Dr. Brian Harley, ke poʻo o Podiatry, Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital, Marietta, Georgia
- Lisa Klemeyer o kaʻohana aloha a me Podiatry ma Sarasota, Florida
- ʻO Kauka Andrew J. Schneider, nā Kauka Hana'Ākauʻo Tanglewood
Nā Manaʻo e Pono ana i kahi Pōkā
Ua hōʻike nā kāhuna pākīpika e hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi hōʻoiaʻiʻo maoli no ke kumu o kou pilikia paewaewa ma kaʻikeʻana i ke kauka a kauka. ʻOiai e kōkua ai nā'ōkoi a me nā hoʻololi i kou mau kāmaʻa, e hana maikaʻiʻia kēia ma hope o ka hoʻokoloʻiaʻana e ke kauka lapaʻau. ʻO kekahi mau hōʻailona eʻike ana i keʻano o ka pakuʻi ko:
- ʻO ke kaniʻana, ka'ūʻana, a me ke ahi wela i kou mau wāwae a me kou manamana wāwae paha
- ʻO nāʻeha nui me ka'ōhūʻana, kaʻeha, a me kaʻehaʻeha
- Pain no kahi o hoʻokahi pule
- Pau o ka hana
E hoʻohana ka podiatrist i ka X-ray, ultrasound, a me nāʻano'ē aʻe e wehewehe i ka pilikia. Hiki i ke kalaka podiatrist ke hoʻomaopopo i nā kumu kumu o kaʻeha a me ke kaumahaʻole i hiki i nā kāmaʻa a me nā mīkini ke hoʻohana. Eia kekahi laʻana, no ka diabetic neuropathy, ka hopena a me ke kaniʻana,ʻo ia paha ka hōʻailona mua o ka diabetes i hōʻikeʻoleʻia. Hiki i kekahi podiatrist ke hoʻopuka i kēlā mau pilikia i nā kauka lapaʻau paha aiʻole paha hiki iā ia ke hilinaʻi i ka mālamaʻana i nā maʻiwae he maʻi.
No ka nui o nā hopena o ka maʻi, hiki i kahi podiatrist ke kuhikuhi i ka lāʻau, lawelawe i nā kiʻini , e kau i nā polokalamu pilikino maʻamau , a, inā pono, e hana i ke kīʻaha.
Ke hoʻohanaʻana i ka Pedorthist
ʻAʻole i laikiniʻia nā Pedorthists eʻike i nā pilikia nui, akā, ua akamai lākou i ka'ōleloʻana i nā kāmaʻa a me nā wāwae.
Hiki ke kūkākūkāʻia kekahi kumuhana i ka wā e loaʻa ai i kaʻeha mau i ka wā e holo aiʻole e holo ana, e like me kā Dr. Schneider. "A laila e kū ka luna i kahi kūpono e'ōlelo aku i kahi kāmaʻa, hoʻokomo, a hui pū paha e hoʻonui i ke kūlana, ka maikaʻi o ka wāwae, a ho'ēmi i ke kiʻekiʻe o kaʻeha."
Ua'ōlelo nā kāhuna pāpālina e hiki iā lākou ke kuhikuhi i kekahi mea maʻi i ka mea papahana ma hope o kaʻikeʻana i kahi kūlana e hiki ke mālamaʻia me nā hoʻololi a me nā pale. Akā,'ōlelo lākou he mea maikaʻi loa ke hana pū kekahi mea pū me kahi kauka pōlapa.
ʻO ka heleʻana i kahi kāmaʻa kālepa aiʻole kahi hale kūʻai hōʻoluʻolu paha he mea waiwai. Eia kekahi mauʻano i hōʻikeʻia e nā podiatrist:
- No ka loaʻaʻana o ka'ōlelo no kahi kāmaʻa, e hoʻonui ka mea i ka pono o kahi o nā kuʻuna maʻamau i'ōleloʻia e kekahi podiatrist
- No ka loaʻaʻana o kahi kōkuhi a me ka'ōlelo hoʻoholo no kahi kākoʻo o ka hānai aʻoiʻole paha
- I loaʻa ka papa hana hoʻopukaʻia e kākoʻo i kou wāwae i kūpono, e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka hoʻokala a me ke kālaiʻana
- No ka loaʻaʻana o ka palapala kau pīlapa e hoʻopihaʻia no nā kāmaʻa lapaʻau maʻi a me nā hiʻona komo, nā kāmaʻa maʻamau, a me nā hoʻololi hou i nā kāmaʻa.
- I ka huliʻana i nā kāmaʻa no nā pilikia likeʻole e like me nā wāwae pālahalaha , nāʻiliʻeha, nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae, nā huʻi, nā hammertoes, ka maʻi diabetes, a me nā maʻi ohe.
Ke'ōlelo neiʻo Kauka Harley,ʻaʻole pono e hoʻopunipuniʻia nā kānaka e nā luna āpau a iʻole ka pūnaewele maʻamau "maʻamau" i kūʻole keʻano maʻamau,ʻo ka mālama waleʻana i kekahi kālā. "Me nā maʻi a me nā pale kaua, loaʻa iāʻoe nā mea āu e uku ai.ʻAʻoleʻoe wale nō i kahi huahana maikaʻi, akā,ʻo ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana ma hope o ka mea nāna eʻae i ka pilikino eʻike i ka pilikia, e hoʻoholo i nā mea e pono ai, ae hana pono i nā mea hoʻokomo."
> Kālā:
> Harley, Brian. Ka nanele Email. Mei, 2010.
> Klemeyer, Lisa. Ka nanele Email. Mei, 2010.
> Schneider, Andrew J. Email interview. Mei, 2010.
> Ke Ala e lilo ai i Pedorthist . Kula Hui Pūʻali Pedorthic. https://www.abcop.org/individual-certification/Documents/ABC%20Pedorthic%20Brochure%202-10-16final.pdf.
> He aha ka pilikino? HuiʻAmelika Hui Pūʻali Pelekikena. http://www.apma.org/Education/content.cfm?ItemNumber=992.