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Karekau ngā pukupuku mata e whiriwhiri, ā, kāore hoki e aro ki te mea kua rongonui koe. Kua kite pea koe i ngā whakaahua o ngā kaiwhakaari me ngā pukupuku iti ki ō rātou ngutu, ā, i etahi wā ka puta ki ngā upoko korero, ki ngā pou kōrero kōrero rānei. Ko te huakita herpes simplex te take o ēnei pakū, ā, he tino noa ēnei ki ngā tāngata o ngā momo katoa o te ao. Ko te kite i ngā tāngata rongonui e hapai ana i te mate huakita rite tonu ki te hunga e pā ana ki ngā miriona ka tino whakahā o te ngākau, ā, ka āwhina ki te whakaiti i te whakama mō tētahi mea he meka noa o te ao mō te tini.
Ka puta ngā pukupuku mata nā te huakita ko te herpes simplex virus type 1, ko HSV-1 rānei mō te poto. Kei roto tēnei huakita i ngā pūtau io, ā, ka taea te whakahohe anō ina whakahihikohia e te taumaha, te mate, me ngā mea kē atu. Kei te ngāwari hoki ngā kaiwhakaari ki tēnei huakita pērā i ētahi atu nā te mea kāore te rōpū e whakawhiwhi parekareka mō ngā mate huakita noa.
Ka horapa te huakita mā te whakapā tika ki te kiri kua pangia, ki te matehu rānei. Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata ka pangia e te HSV 1 i te wā tamariki mā ngā taunekeneke mā te tiritiri i ngā taputapu, te whiwhi awhi rānei mai i ngā mema o te whānau. I te pakeketanga, e kii ana ngā rangahau, ko te 50 ki te 80 ōrau o ngā pakeke i te United States kei te mau i te huakita, ahakoa kāore te katoa e kite ana i ngā tohu.
Ina kei te kanohi o te iwi koe, ka tino kaha te taumaha. Ko te oranga o ngā kaiwhakaari ka nui te wā kaore i te rite te moe, te haerenga tonu, ngā tono mahi kaha, me te pehanga kia mau tonu te ahua. Ka taea e ēnei mea te whakaiti i te punaha ārai tinana mō te wā poto, ā, ka taea te whakahohe i te huakita kia hoki mai ai, ka puta ai he pakū i te wā e noho ana ngā kāmera ki hea noa.
Ka tīmata te pukupuku mata ki te ngunguru, ki te wera rānei o te ngutu. Ko tēnei tohu matatika e kīia ana ko te wāhanga prodrome, ā, ka puta i te kotahi ki te rua rā i mua i te putanga o te pukupuku. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e whiwhi ana i ngā pukupuku mata anō ka ako ki te mōhio ki tēnei tikanga, ā, ka taea te tīmata te rongoā i te wā tonu.
I muri i te wāhanga ngunguru, ka puta ngā pukupuku iti ki tonu i te wai, ka kohikohi hoki. Ko ēnei pukupuku ka mamae, ā, ka tino mamae te pā. Ka āhua whero, ā, ka pupuhi te wāhi huri noa i te pukupuku. Koinei te wāhanga e tino pā atu ana, ā, ka taea te huakita te horapa ki ētahi atu tāngata, ki ngā wāhi kē atu rānei o tō tinana.
Ka pakaru te pukupuku, ā, ka pupū te wai, ka pāhua te kirikiri rānei. Ka taea tēnei wāhanga te kore e pai, ā, ka āhua māpuna. Ka āta ora te kirikiri i roto i te whitu ki te tekau rā e whai ake nei. I te katoa o te tukanga, ka āhua hinengaro koe mō tō ahua, he mea mārama rawa.
Kia ora ai te pakū, ka hoki anō te huakita ki tōna āhua takatū i roto i ngā pūtau io. E kore e whakarere i tō tinana, engari kāore hoki e puta ai ngā tohu kia whakahihikohia ai anō. He maha ngā tāngata ka noho marama, ahakoa tau rānei i waenga i ngā pakū, i te mea ko ētahi ka kitea nuitia.
Ko te mārama ki te mea ka taea te whakahihiko i ngā pukupuku mata kia hoki mai ai ka āwhina koe ki te whakahaere pai ake. Ka noho puku te huakita i roto i ngā pūtau io kia whakaiti ai ngā tikanga i tō punaha ārai tinana, kia hanga ai rānei tētahi taiao ka taea e te huakita te tini noa atu.
Ko ēnei ngā mea e tino whakahihiko ana i ngā pakū pukupuku mata, ā, ka kitea pea e koe ētahi o ēnei i tō wheako ake:
• Te taumaha me te pōraruraru hinengaro, hei whakaiti i tō punaha ārai tinana mō te wā poto
• Te ngenge me te kore moe, hei aukati i tō tinana kia mau tonu ai te pai o te mahi ārai tinana
• Te mate, te kirika rānei, otirā ngā makariri me te rewharewha e whakapau ana i tō punaha ārai tinana
• Te whiti o te rā me te mārama UV, hei whakapōrearea i te kiri ki ō ngutu
• Ngā huringa homoni, otirā i te wā o te paheketanga o ngā wahine
• Te mahi niho, te whara rānei ki te wāhanga o te waha
• Te whakaiti i te punaha ārai tinana mā ngā rongoā, ngā mate rānei
Kāore ēnei whakahihiko e kī ana ka puta he pakū, engari ka kaha te tupono. Ko te whakahaere i ēnei mea i te wā e taea ai ka āwhina ki te whakaiti i te maha o ngā wā ka kitea e koe ngā pukupuku mata.
Āe, ka pā atu ngā pukupuku mata mai i te wā e rongo ana koe i te ngunguru tuatahi tae noa ki te wā kua ora rawa te pukupuku. Ka horapa te huakita mā te whakapā tika ki te pukupuku, ki te wai rānei kei roto. Ka taea e koe te tuku te huakita ki tētahi atu mā te awhi, te tiritiri i ngā taputapu, te pā rānei ki te pukupuku katahi ka pā ki tētahi atu.
Ka taea hoki e koe te horapa te huakita ki ngā wāhi kē atu o tō tinana. E kīia ana ko te autoinoculation, ā, ka puta tēnei ina pā koe ki tētahi pukupuku mata kei te kaha, katahi ka pā ki tētahi atu wāhi, otirā ki ō kanohi, ki ngā wahi ira rānei. Ko ngā kanohi ka tino ngāwari, ā, ka taea e te panganga herpes i reira te tino kino, nō reira he mea nui te horoi o ō ringaringa i te wā o te pakū.
Ko te tiritiri i ngā taonga whaiaro i te wā o te pakū ka kaha te tupono o te horapa. Ko te rongoā ngutu, ngā tauera, ngā kutu, ngā karaehe inu rānei ka taea te pupuri i te huakita mō te wā poto. Kia maroke ai te taonga, ka āhua kore te huakita, engari he pai ke te karo i te tiritiri i ēnei taonga ina kei a koe tētahi pukupuku kei te kaha.
Ahakoa kāore koe e kite ana i ngā tohu, ka taea te huakita te maringi mai i tō kiri i ētahi wā. E kīia ana ko te maringi o te mate kaore e kitea, ā, ka puta iti iho i te horapa i te wā o ngā pakū kaha. Heoi, ka taea te horapa ahakoa kāore he pukupuku, ahakoa he iti noa te tupono.
He maha ngā kaiwhakaari ka mahi tahi me ngā tohunga kiri me ngā kaiwhakarongo hauora e āwhina ana ki a rātou kia tere te whakahaere i ngā pakū. Kei a rātou te uru atu ki ngā rongoā antiviral prescribing ka taea te whakapoto i te roa o tētahi pakū, ka taea rānei te aukati i te pakū kia kāore e oti te puta, mena ka tīmata wawe. Kei te wātea hoki ēnei rongoā rite ki a koe mā tō kaiwhakarongo hauora.
Ko ngā kaitoi whakapaipai e mahi tahi ana me ngā kaiwhakaari he tino tohunga ki te huna i ngā pukupuku mata ina kore e taea te whakaroa te kiriata, te whakaahua rānei. Ka whakamahi rātou i ngā tikanga motuhake me ngā kaitautoko ā-rongoā hei whakaiti i te ahua. Heoi, kāore te hipoki i te pukupuku mata mā te whakapaipai e aukati i te pā atu, ā, ka taea te whakapaipai te horapa te huakita ki ngā wāhi kē atu o te kanohi.
He maha ngā kaiwhakaari ka haere tonu ki ā rātou mahi kua whakaritea ahakoa kei a rātou he pukupuku mata e kitea ana. Ka āwhina tēnei huarahi whai kiko ki te noho noa o te mate. Ina horapa ngā whakaahua paparazzi e whakaatu ana i tētahi kaiwhakaari me tētahi pukupuku mata, ka whakapūmau tēnei i te karere ko ēnei pakū he noa, ā, ka taea te whakahaere, ehara i te mea me aukati koe i te ora i tō ao.
Ko ngā whiringa rongoā ka puta mai i ngā rongoā kore-tūtohu tae noa ki ngā rongoā prescribing. Ko te whäinga ko te whakaiti i te mamae, te tere o te ora, me te whakaiti i te tupono o te horapa o te huakita. Ko te tīmatanga o te rongoā i te wā tuatahi e rongo ana koe i te ngunguru tuatahi ka homai ki a koe ngā hua pai rawa atu.
Ko ngā rongoā antiviral te rongoā tino whai hua. Ko ngā rongoā prescribing pērā i te acyclovir, te valacyclovir, me te famciclovir ka taea te whakapoto i tētahi pakū mā te kotahi ki te rua rā ina tīmata wawe. Ka taea e tō tākuta te whakahau i ēnei rongoā mō te rongoā whakaheke ia rā mena ka maha ngā pakū ki a koe, hei whakaiti i te hokinga mai mā te 70 ki te 80 ōrau.
Ko ngā kirīmi kore-tūtohu kei roto te docosanol ka āwhina i ētahi ka pā ana i te tīmatanga o ngā tohu. Ka taea e ēnei kirīmi te whakapoto i te wā ora mā te kotahi rā. Ko ngā rongoā mamae pērā i te ibuprofen, te acetaminophen rānei ka taea te whakaora i te mamae, ā, ko ngā pouaka tio e āta pā ana ki te wāhi ka taea te whakaora mō te wā poto.
Ko ētahi tāngata ka kitea ko ngā rongoā lysine, ko ngā kirīmi rānei e nui ana te lysine ka āwhina ki te whakaiti i te auau o te pakū, te taumaha rānei. Kua whakaranua ngā rangahau mō te lysine, engari e kii ana ētahi rangahau ka taea te pokanoa ki te tini o te huakita. Ko ētahi atu rongoā kāinga pērā i te aloe vera, te rēmana balm rānei ka taea te whakaora mā te whakamāru, ahakoa ka rereke te taunakitanga pūtaiao mō te whai hua.
Mō te nuinga o ngā tāngata, he mamae, he kore e pai te pukupuku mata, engari kāore i te kino. Ka ora ake ki a rātou ake i roto i ngā wiki e rua kaore he raruraru roa.
Ko ngā raru tino noa e pā ana ki te panganga huakita o te pukupuku. Ina pakaru te pukupuku, ka puta te whero, te pupuhi, te mahana, me te ngutu. Ko tēnei panganga tuarua e hiahiatia ana te rongoā patu huakita hei tāpiri ki te rongoā antiviral.
I teie nei, me kōrero tātou mō ngā raruraru iti ake, engari he kino ake hoki, e tika ana te aro, ahakoa e pā ana ki te hunga iti noa nei:
Ko te herpes keratitis he panganga o te kanohi ka puta ina tae te huakita ki te kōrere. Ka puta tēnei mena ka pā koe ki tētahi pukupuku mata kei te kaha, katahi ka pā ki tō kanohi. Ko ngā tohu ko te mamae o te kanohi, te tirohanga kohuru, te roimata, me te ngāwari ki te mārama. Ki te kore e rongoatia, ka taea e tēnei mate te hanga kirikiri me ngā raruraru tirohanga mau, nō reira he mea nui te rongoā tere.
Ko te eczema herpeticum he raruraru onge engari he kino hoki ka pā ki te hunga whai atopic dermatitis, eczema rānei. Ka taea te huakita herpes te horapa tere puta noa i ngā wāhanga o te kiri pakaru, ka puta ngā pukupuku mamae puta noa. Ka hiahiatia tēnei mate te noho ki te hōhipera me te rongoā antiviral intravenous nā te mea ka mate ai te tangata ki te horapa te panganga ki te tinana katoa.
Ko te herpes encephalitis he panganga tino onge engari he kino hoki ka tae te huakita ki te roro. Ka puta te kirika, te upoko, te raruraru, te ngongoro, me te huringa o te hinengaro. He mate ohorere tēnei e hiahiatia ana te noho ki te hōhipera me te rongoā kaha me ngā rongoā antiviral intravenous. Waihoki, he tino onge tēnei raruraru ki te hunga whai punaha ārai tinana noa.
Ko te hunga whai punaha ārai tinana kua whakaitia ka nui ake te tupono o ngā raruraru. Mena kei a koe te HIV, kei te whai koe i te chemotherapy, kei te tango rongoā whakaheke i te punaha ārai tinana, kua whakatokia rānei tō whekau, ka taea te pukupuku mata kia tino kino, kia horapa. Ka hiahiatia e ēnei tāngata te aroturuki hauora āta, ā, ka hiahiatia he rongoā antiviral kaha ake.
Ko ngā kohungahunga ka tino ngāwari ki te herpes simplex virus. Mena kei a koe tētahi pukupuku mata kei te kaha, me karo koe ki te awhi i te tamaiti, ki te pā atu rānei ki a ia i muri i te pā atu ki tō pukupuku. He onge te herpes kohungahunga engari ka tino kino, ka pā ki te kiri, ngā kanohi, te waha, te punaha pokapū rānei o te pēpi. Me tino tupato ngā mātua me ngā kaitiaki i te wā o ngā pakū.
Ko te ārai i te hokinga mai ko te tautuhi i ō ake whakahihiko me te tango i ngā tikanga hei whakaiti. Ahakoa kāore e taea e koe te whakakore i te huakita ina kei a koe, ka taea e koe te whakaiti i te auau o te whakahohe anō. Ko ngā whakarerekē iti o te oranga ka nui te rerekētanga ki te auau o te pakū.
Ko te whakahaere i te taumaha mā te korikori tinana auau, te moe rawaka, me ngā tikanga whakatā ka āwhina ki te pupuri i tō punaha ārai tinana kia kaha. Ina pai te okioki me te taurite o tō tinana, ka iti ake te tupono ka whakahohehia te huakita. Ko tēnei tētahi take ka kitea te hunga kaiwhakaari e mau ana i ngā tikanga hauora tino kaha ahakoa ō rātou wāhi pukumahi ka iti ake te kite i ngā pakū.
Ko te tiaki i te rā he mea nui rawa atu nā te mea ko te whiti o te UV te whakahihiko noa o ngā pukupuku mata. Ko te whakamahi i te rongoā ngutu me te SPF 30 neke atu rānei ina kei waho koe ka āwhina ki te ārai i ngā pakū i puta mai i te rā. Whakahouhia te rongoā puta noa i te rā, otirā mena kei te kauhoe koe, kei te werawera rānei.
Mena ka maha ngā pakū ki a koe, kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarongo hauora mō te rongoā antiviral whakaheke. Ko te tango i te rongoā antiviral ia rā ka taea te whakaiti i te auau o te hokinga mai. He tino pai tēnei huarahi mena ka pā te pakū ki te kounga o tō ora, ka puta rānei neke atu i te ono ngā wā i te tau.
Ko te pupuri i te hauora katoa o te tinana ka tautoko i tō punaha ārai tinana. Ko te kai kai whai hua, te noho wai, te karo i te waipiro nui, me te kore paipa ka āwhina katoa ki te pai ake o te mahi ārai tinana. Ko ēnei tikanga ka pai ki tō tinana katoa i te wā e pupuri ana i te huakita herpes kia kaua e puta.
Karekau rawa. Ko ngā pukupuku mata tetahi o ngā mate huakita tino noa i te ao. Ko te meka ka tae atu ki ngā kaiwhakaari me te uru atu ki te tiaki hauora pai rawa atu me te tiaki kiri ka kitea te mea kāore tēnei mate e whiriwhiri. Ko te whai pukupuku mata kāore e whakaatu kino ana ki tō akuaku, ki ngā tikanga hauora, ki tō tangata rānei.
Ko te whakama huri noa i ngā pukupuku mata ka puta mai i te māramatanga kino mō ngā huakita herpes. He maha ngā tāngata e raruraru ana i te HSV 1, hei te nuinga o te wā ka puta te pukupuku mata, ki te HSV 2, hei te nuinga o te wā ka puta te herpes taihemahema. Ahakoa he huakita herpes ngā rua, ā, me te aroha ki a rāua kaua ko te kōhukihuki, he mate rerekē ō rāua me ngā wāhi me ngā tikanga horapa.
Ko te ako mō ngā pukupuku mata ka āwhina i a koe kia kaha ake te whakahaere. Ko te mārama ko tēnei he mate huakita noa me ngā rongoā whai hua e wātea ana ka whakawātea te nuinga o te manawapa. Kei te hapai koe i tētahi mea ka whai i ngā miriona ētahi atu ia rā, tae atu ki ngā tāngata kua puta te kanohi ki runga i ngā uhi makatīni.
Ko te kite i ngā kaiwhakaari e hapai ana i ngā pukupuku mata ka taea te whakamarie. Ka whakamaumahara ki a koe ko tēnei mate huakita noa ka pā ki ngā tāngata o ngā papamuri me ngā mahi. Kāore te huakita e aro ki te rongonui, ki te taonga, ki te uru atu rānei ki ngā rongoā tiaki kiri utu nui.
Ko ngā pukupuku mata ka taea te whakahaere mā te mātauranga me ngā taputapu tika. Ko te mārama ki ō whakahihiko, ko te tīmatanga wawe o te rongoā, ko te tango i ngā tikanga ārai ka taea te whakaiti i te pā o ngā pukupuku mata ki tō ao. Ko ngā rongoā antiviral ka mahi pai ahakoa kei te hikoi koe i te whariki whero, kei te haere rānei ki tō mahi ia rā.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu, ko te whai pukupuku mata ehara i te mea hei whakama. Kei te kamupene pai koe me te tata ki te haurua o te taupori pakeke. Ina kite koe i tētahi kaiwhakaari e haere tonu ana ki ā rātou mahi ngaio ahakoa he pukupuku mata e kitea ana, kia mahara ko tēnei mate kāore e tautuhi i a koe, kāore hoki e aukati i te mea ka taea e koe.
Mena ka pā te pukupuku mata ki te kounga o tō ora, ki te kore rānei koe e tino mōhio ki te huarahi pai hei whakahaere, whakapā atu ki tētahi kaiwhakarongo hauora. Kei te wātea ngā rongoā whai hua, ā, ko te whai mahere ka āwhina i a koe kia kaha ake te maia ina puta mai te ngunguru e mōhiotia ana. E tika ana kia whiwhi koe i te tiaki me te tautoko rite ki te hunga e āwhina ana i ētahi, rongonui, kāore rānei, ki te hapai i tēnei mate noa.
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