ʻAʻole hiki ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻāʻī me ke kūkākūkā ʻole ʻana no kāna kāohi. He maʻalahi a maopopo ia: pono ʻoe e haʻalele i ka puhipaka. ʻAʻole maʻalahi, akā hiki ke hiki (ʻike i kā mākou ʻāpana Puhi).

ʻO kekahi o nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻāʻī ka hoʻololi pinepine ʻana i ka leo, ʻeha ke ale ʻia, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana ma ka ʻāʻī. No laila e nīnau koke ʻia ke kauka inā hoʻomau kēia mau ʻōuli ma mua o 2 a 3 mau pule. ʻO ka hapanui pinepine, ma ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ʻike ke kauka ua pili kēia mau hōʻailona i kahi maʻi ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, no ka laʻana, he polyp benign ma ke kaula leo. Akā ke hiki mai i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, he mea nui e ʻike i ka hiki wawe. ʻIke ʻia i kona wā mua, mālama maikaʻi ʻia ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka ʻāʻī a waiho i nā hopena liʻiliʻi.