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Ko te kite i tētahi puku ki tou tuara ka kaha te whakapouri, otirā ki te kore koe e kite mārama ake. Ko te nuinga o ngā puku ka puta mai ki te tuara, he puku āhua noa (benign) te tikanga, arā, kāore he mate pukupuku, ā, he maha kaore rawa e kino. Ka taea e tō tinana te whanake ngā tipu iti, ngā māngō rānei mō ngā mano tini take, ā, ko te nuinga ka tau noa iho, ka ngāwari rānei te rongoā. A tātia tātou ngā mea ka puta mai, ngā tohu kia tūroa koe, me te wā e tika ai te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki tō tākuta.
Ko te puku ki tou tuara ka puta mai nō te mea ka tipu, ka māngō, ka kohikohi rānei te kopa i raro i tō kiri ki tētahi wāhi. Ka puta tēnei ki te kiri ake, ki te wāhi ngako kei raro tonu iho, tae atu ki te uaua, ki te kopa honohono rānei. Kei te whakahou tonu tō tinana i a ia anō, ā, i ētahi wā ka puta mai he puku iti ka kitea.
He rerekē te rahi, te āhua, me te pā o ēnei puku. Ko ētahi he ngāwari, he nekeneke, ko ētahi he pakeke, he mau rānei ki tētahi wāhi. Mā te mārama ki ngā take noa ka āwhina koe kia mārie ake te ngakau i a koe e whakatau ana i ngā mahi e whai ake nei.
Koinei ngā take tino maha ka puta mai ai tētahi puku ki tou tuara, me te āhua o ia tangata:
• Lipoma: He puku āta tipu, he ngāwari te āhua, nō ngā pūtau ngako te hanganga. He tino noa ngā lipoma, ā, kāore rawa e kino. He rite ki te paraoa pokepoke te pā, ka ngāwari te neke i raro i tō kiri i te pēhi, ā, kāore e mamae. Ka puta mai ki hea o te tinana, tae atu ki tou tuara, ā, ka tino āta tipu ki roto i ngā marama, ngā tau rānei.
• Sebaceous cyst (epidermoid cyst): Koia nei ngā puku iti, ā-porowhita, ka puta mai nō te aukati o te kohao makawe, o te repe kiri rānei. Kei roto ko tētahi matū matotoru, kowhai, ā, he kohao iti te wāhi ka kitea ki runga. Kāore ēnei cyst e mamae, engari ki te pangia e te mate, ka wāhine, ka māhana, ka mamae hoki.
• Skin abscess: He poka purulentē, ka puta mai nō te urunga o ngā kitakita ki te kiri, nō te mate, nō te makawe i uru, nō te mea rānei. Ka māhana, ka māngō, ka mamae hoki tēnei puku. Ka āhua whero, ka māhana rānei te kiri ki runga. Kei te whawhai tō tinana ki te mate, nō reira ka ngenge pea koe, ka kirikiri rānei.
• Dermatofibroma: He puku iti, pakeke hoki, ka puta mai i muri i ngā whara iti o te kiri pērā i te ngau o te kutu, te ngākaunui rānei. He parauri, he whero rānei te āhua, ā, he rite ki tētahi kowhatu iti pakeke i raro i te kiri. Kāore ēnei dermatofibroma e kino, ā, kāore e tika te rongoā mēnā kāore e whakararuraru i a koe.
• Kopa ngongo toto (Swollen lymph node): He wāhanga ēnei o tō punaha ārai mate, ā, ka māngō ki te whawhai tō tinana ki tētahi mate. Ki te kite koe i tētahi puku tata ki tō pokohiwi, ki tō tuara runga rānei, he kopa ngongo toto pea tēnei e tau nei ki tētahi mate, tētahi mamae rānei kei te taha. He ngāwari tēnei puku, ā, ka iti i te mea ka ora koe.
• Pilonidal cyst: Ka puta mai tēnei momo cyst tata ki te wheua kōpuku, ki te pito rawa o tō tuara. Ka tīmata hei kohao iti, hei poka rānei ki te kiri, ā, ka taea te māngō, te pangia e te mate. He maha ake ēnei pilonidal cyst i te hunga taitama, me te hunga e noho roa ana.
Ko te nuinga o ēnei take he mārama, ā, he ngāwari te whakahaere. Mā te mārama ki te momo puku kei a koe ka āwhina koe ki te whakatau me noho rānei koe ki te tirotiro i te kāinga, me kimihia rānei he āwhina.
Ahakoa te nuinga o ngā puku ki tou tuara kaore e kino, he take onge anō hei aro nui atu. Ehara ēnei i te mea hei whakawehi i a koe, engari hei āwhina i a koe kia mārama, kia tūroa hoki koe ki te wā e tika ai te titiro tata atu.
Ko ētahi āhua onge nei:
• Liposarcoma: He momo pukupuku mate pukupuku, ka puta mai ki te kopa ngako. Rerekē ki te lipoma, he tere te tipu o te liposarcoma, he pakeke te āhua, ā, ka mamae. He iti ake te noa i te lipoma āhua noa, engari he mea nui kia tirohia e tō tākuta ngā puku e tere ana te tipu, ngā puku pakeke kē rānei.
• Neurofibroma: Koia nei ngā puku ngāwari, ka tipu ki te taha o ngā uaua i raro i tō kiri. Ka honoa ki tētahi mate ira tūpuna ko te neurofibromatosis, ka taea te tuku i ngā whānau. Kāore ēnei neurofibroma e mamae, engari ka taea te mamae, te ngau rānei ki te pēhia e te uaua.
• Schwannoma: He puku āta tipu, āhua noa, ka puta mai i te kōpaki e āwhi ana i te uaua. He onge ngā Schwannoma, ā, he rite ki tētahi puku ātaahua, nekeneke. Ka taea te mate rānei, te ngoikore rānei ki te pēhia e te uaua.
• Metastatic tumor: I ngā wā onge, ka taea e tētahi puku ki tou tuara te tohu kei te horapa te mate pukupuku mai i tētahi wāhi kē o te tinana. He pakeke ngā puku nei, he mau ki tētahi wāhi, ā, ka puta mai me ētahi atu tohu pērā i te mate taimaha kore take, te ngenge, te mamae rānei. He onge tēnei, engari ki te mea he hītori koe mō te mate pukupuku, mō ētahi atu tohu whakararuraru rānei, he mea tika te whiriwhiri kōrero ki tō tākuta.
• Tipu wheua, pukupuku wheua rānei: I ētahi wā, ko tētahi puku ka pā ki tou tuara, he hononga ki te wheua tuarā, ki ngā rara rānei kei raro iho. Ko ngā osteochondromas he tipu wheua āhua noa ka taea te whakaputa i tētahi puku ka kitea, otirā ki te hunga taitama. He onge ngā pukupuku wheua pono engari me tirohia ki ngā whakaahua ki te whakapae.
He iti rawa te noa o ēnei mate i te kōpae, te lipoma, te abscess rānei. Heoi, mā te mōhio kei reira ēnei ka āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ki te take e pātai ai tō tākuta, ka tono rānei i ngā whakamātau hei whakakore i a rātou.
Ko te nuinga o ngā puku ki tou tuara kāore e whakaputa tohu i tua atu i te puku ake. Heoi, mā te aro ki te āhua o te puku, te pā o te puku, me te whakarerekētanga o te puku i roto i te wā, ka hoatu ki a koe me tō tākuta he kōrero whai hua.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu e kii ana he āhua noa tō puku, kāore hoki he tino take nui:
• He ngāwari te puku, he nekeneke, ā, he rite ki te paraoa pokepoke, ki te rapa te pā
• Kua roa kē tō wāhi ki te marama, ki te tau rānei, kāore i tino rereke
• Kāore e mamae ki te kore koe e pēhi atu
• He āhua noa te kiri ki runga, kāore he whero, he mahana rānei
• He pai te āhua o tō tinana, kāore he kirikiri, mate taimaha kore take, ngenge rānei
He tohu āwhina ēnei, ā, he maha ngā take noa, āhua noa pērā i te lipoma, te kōpae rānei.
Ki te pērā te taha, ko ētahi tohu e kii ana kia whakapā atu ki tētahi tohunga hauora, wawe atu, muri mai rānei:
• Ka tere te tipu o te puku ki roto i ngā rā, wiki rānei
• He pakeke te pā, he mau ki tētahi wāhi, he āhua kōpūpū rānei
• Ka kite koe i te mamae, te whero, te mahana, te pakarutanga rānei o te puku
• Ka whiwhi koe i te kirikiri, ka māuiui rānei koe
• He nui ake te puku i te rua inihi te whānui
• Kua ngaro te taimaha nei kore take, ka werawera i te pō, he ngenge tonu rānei
• Ka puta te puku i muri i tētahi whara tata nei, ka honoa rānei ki tō tuara
Ehara ēnei tohu i te mea ka puta he take nui, engari me tirohia e tētahi tohunga ki te whakakore i te mate, te mumura, me ētahi atu mate e whai hua ana te rongoā.
A, no ka haere koe ki tō tākuta mō tētahi puku ki tou tuara, ka tīmata ia ki te pātai i a koe me te tirotiro i te wāhi. Mā tēnei tirotiro tuatahi e āwhina ia ki te kōpiko i ngā āhua ka puta mai, ka whakatau hoki mehemea e tika ana ngā whakamātau.
Ka pātai pea tō tākuta ki a koe te roa o te noho o te puku, te rereketanga o tō rahi, te mamae rānei, me ētahi atu tohu. Ka hiahia hoki ia ki te mōhio ki tō hītori hauora, tae atu ki ngā pokanga o mua, ngā mate, ngā mate rānei kei roto i tō whānau.
I te wāhi o te tirotiro tinana, ka ata pā tō tākuta ki te puku ki te whakatau i tō rahi, te āhua, te matotoru, me te nekeneke. Ka tirohia hoki e ia te kiri ki runga mō te whero, te mahana, me ngā tohu o te mate. Ko tēnei āwhina a-ringaringa ka maha ngā mōhiohio ki te tautuhi i ngā take noa pērā i te lipoma, te kōpae rānei.
Ki te hiahiatia e tō tākuta ētahi atu mōhiohio, ka taea e ia te tūtohu ētahi o ngā whakamātau e whai ake nei:
• Ultrasound: Ko tēnei whakamātau whakaahua ka whakamahi i ngā oro ki te hanga pikitia o te puku me ngā kopa e āwhi nei. Kāore e mamae, ā, ka āwhina ki te wehewehe i waenganui i ngā papatipu mārō me ngā kōpae kei roto te wai.
• MRI, CT scan rānei: Ko ēnei whakamātau whakaahua taipitopito ka taea te whakaatu i ngā wāhanga hōhonu ake, tae atu ki ngā uaua, wheua, me ngā uaua. He tino whai hua ēnei ki te nui te puku, hōhonu rānei, ki te tata rānei ki tō tuara.
• Biopsy: Ki te puta mai he āwangawanga kei te kē te puku, kei te mate pukupuku rānei, ka taea e tō tākuta te tango i tētahi tauira kopa iti hei tirohanga mō raro i te miihiniro. Ka taea te biopsy ki te ngira, mā te poka iti rānei, me te rongoā nēnē ki te pupuri i a koe kia mārie.
• Ngā whakamātau toto: I ētahi wā, ka āwhina te toto ki te tautuhi i ngā tohu o te mate, te mumura, me ētahi atu mate kei raro e pā ana ki te puku.
Ko ēnei whakamātau he taputapu hei hoatu ki tō tākuta he ahua mārama ake. Ko te nuinga o ngā puku ka puta he āhua noa, ā, ko ngā whakamātau anake e whakapumau ana i taua kōrero āwhina.
Ko te rongoā mō tētahi puku ki tou tuara ka whakawhirinaki katoa ki te take. He maha ngā puku kaore e tika te rongoā, ka taea noa te tirotiro i roto i te wā. Ko ētahi ka hiahiatia he mahi iti, he rongoā rānei.
Ki te mea he lipoma tō puku, ā, kāore koe e whakararuraru, ka taea e tō tākuta te kii kia waiho noa iho. He iti rawa te whakaputa raruraru o ngā lipoma, ā, kāore e tika te tango mēnā ka mamae, ka tipu, ka pā rānei ki tō āhua. Ki te whiriwhiri koe ki te tango, he tere te mahi, ā, ka mahia i raro i te rongoā nēnē.
Ko ngā sebaceous cyst ka tau noa iho i ētahi wā, engari ki te pangia e te mate, ka mamae rānei, ka taea e tō tākuta te whakaheke, te tango katoa rānei. Ka tere te āwhina o te whakaheke, ko te tango mā te pokanga ka whakaheke i te tūponotanga ka puta mai anō.
Ko ngā abscess kiri me whakaheke kia ora ai te mate. Ka nēnete tō tākuta te wāhi, ka poka iti, ka horoi i te purulentē. Ka hiahiatia pea hoki koe ki te antibiotics ki te kua horapa te mate, ki te mea rānei kei a koe he kirikiri.
Mō ngā kopa ngongo toto kua māngō, ko te rongoā ka aro ki te take kei raro. Ki te mea kei a koe tētahi mate, ko te rongoā mā te antibiotics, mā te rongoā ā-wīrū rānei ka āwhina te kopa ngongo toto kia hoki ki tōna rahi noa.
Ko ngā pilonidal cyst kua pangia e te mate ka hiahiatia te whakaheke me te horoi. I ētahi wā, ka tūtohutia te pokanga hei tango i te cyst, hei ārai i te putanga mai anō. Mā te pupuri i te wāhi kia ma, me te ārai i te noho roa, ka āwhina i te wā o te whakaora.
Ki te kitea tō puku he mea onge pērā i te liposarcoma me ētahi atu pukupuku, ka mahi tahi tō tākuta ki a koe ki te hanga mahere rongoā. Ka taea te pokanga, te rāwatahi, me ētahi atu rongoā, kia rite ki te momo me te wāhanga o te tipu. Ko te kite wawe me te rongoā ka puta he hua pai ake, nā reira he mea nui te tirotiro i ngā puku kē.
Me whakapā atu koe ki tētahi tohunga hauora ki te mamae tō puku, ka tere te tipu, ka honoa rānei ki ētahi atu tohu whakararuraru. He pai hoki te tirotiro i tētahi puku hou ki te nui ake ia i te kohatu nei, he pakeke te pā, kāore e nekeneke, kāore hoki e rite ki ngā āhuatanga o ngā puku āhua noa.
Ki te mea he hītori koe mō te mate pukupuku, mō ngā mate ira tūpuna hoki, he mea nui kia tirohia wawe ngā puku hou. Ka taea e tō tākuta te hoatu kia rangimārie te ngākau, te hopu rānei i tētahi mea wawe i te wā e tino ngāwari ana te rongoā.
Kāore koe e tika kia tere ki te rūma ohorere mō te nuinga o ngā puku ki tou tuara. Heoi, ki te puta te puku ohorere mai i muri i tētahi whara, tino mamae, me te kirikiri teitei, te uaua ki te manawa, me ētahi tohu nēro pērā i te mate, te ngoikore rānei, kimihia te āwhina ohorere.
Ahakoa kāore koe e taea te ārai i ngā momo puku katoa, he mahi ka taea e koe hei whakaheke i te tūponotanga o ētahi take. Mā te pupuri i tō kiri kia mā, kia mākū hoki e āwhina te ārai i ngā kohao aukati me ngā kōpae. Mā te rongoā i ngā whara iti wawe nei e whakaheke i te tūponotanga o te puta mai o ngā abscess.
Ki te mate koe ki ngā pilonidal cyst, mā te ārai i te noho roa, te pupuri i te wāhi kia mā, kia maroke hoki, me te tango makawe i te wāhi kōpuku, ka āwhina te ārai i te riri. Mā te pupuri i te taumaha hauora me te noho kaha ka tautoko i te hauora katoa o te kiri me ngā kopa.
Aroha mai, ko ngā mate pērā i te lipoma me ētahi take ira o ngā puku, kāore e taea te ārai. Heoi, mā te noho mārama ki tō tinana me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki tō tākuta i te wā ka puta mai tētahi mea hou, ko te huarahi pai ki te hopu i ngā raruraru wawe.
Ki te mea kua kite koe i tētahi puku ki tou tuara, tangohia tētahi wa ki te manawa, ā, tirohia mārie. Ata pā ki te puku, ā, tuhia tōna rahi, te matotoru, me te mamae rānei. Tirohia te kiri e āwhi nei mō te whero, te mahana, me ētahi atu whakarerekētanga.
Ki te iti te puku, ngāwari, kāore hoki e mamae, he tikanga noa te tirotiro i roto i ētahi wiki kia kite mehemea ka puta mai he whakarerekētanga. He maha ngā puku āhua noa ka noho pērā tonu, ka whakaheke rānei i te wā. Kia mau ki ngā tohu katoa, ā, kia mahara ki te mea ka tipu te puku, ka mamae rānei.
Ki te kore koe e mārama, ki te mea rānei he āhuatanga whakararuraru tō puku, whakaritea tētahi hui ki tō tākuta. Ka taea e ia te tirotiro, te whakautu i āu pātai, me te hoatu kia rangimārie te ngākau, te rongoā rānei mehemea e tika ana. Ko te nuinga o ngā puku ki te tuara, kāore he take hei manukanuka, ā, mā te tirotiro ka whai rangimārie te ngākau.
Kia mahara, kei te tino huri, kei te urutau tō tinana, ā, ko ngā puku iti he wāhanga noa o te oranga mō te tini o te tangata. Mā te noho mārama me te kimihia he āwhina i te wā e tika ana, kei te tiaki koe i a koe anō, ā, kei te noho tūroa koe ki tō hauora.
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