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Ko te whakaurunga taiheke he mea tino noa, ā, he mea nui hoki, hei wāhanga o te pūnaha uri uri hauora. Engari ka taea te nui, te tae, me te kakano o te whakaurunga te puta - i etahi wa mai i tetahi ra ki tetahi ra. Na, me pēhea koe e mōhio ai ki te manawataki noa o tō tinana me te tohu kei te he tetahi mea?
I mua i te urunga ki te wāhanga "he aha te nui", me whakarite e tātou he paearu. Whakaarohia te whakaurunga taiheke hei ratonga horoi a tō taiheke, he mea hanga ki roto, he mea nui. He wai tēnei i puta mai i ngā repe kei roto i te taiheke me te ngutu uric e kawe ana i ngā pūtau kua mate me ngā huakita. Kei te horoi tēnei tikanga i tō taiheke, kei te whakaputa i te hinu, ā, kei te āwhina hoki ki te aukati i ngā mate pūtake.
Na, he pēhea te whakaurunga taiheke noa? Ahakoa he rerekē te katoa, ka taea e tātou te whakaatu i te nuinga o te wā mā te whakamahi i te "4 C's" (tae, kakano, nui, kakara):
Ki te kite koe i te nui ake o te whakaurunga i te mea noa, engari kei te rite tonu ki ngā paearu "noa" i runga ake nei, he nui pea tēnei nā te rerekee o ngā homoni. Anei ngā take e rima tino noa mō te take o te whakaurunga taiheke nui e tino pai ana.
Ko tō huringa tapa ora te tino take o ngā huringa whakaurunga. I te taha o waenganui o tō huringa, ka whakaritea tō tinana ki te tuku i te hua manu (te tukunga ovu). Ka piki ngā taumata estrogen, ka nui ake ai te hūpē o te ngutu uric, kia mārama, kia totoro hoki—i te nuinga o te wā ka whakaritea ki te kakano o te hua manu mata. Ko te pikinga o te whakaurunga i te wā o te ovu tēnei te huarahi pai a tō tinana kia ngāwari ake te haere o ngā parameki me te whai hua.
A, no te wā e whakaihi ana koe, ka piki te rere o te toto ki ō kōpā me te nui ake o te whakaputa hinu. Ka puta tēnei hei whakaurunga mārama, reti, whakaurunga wai hei āwhina ki te whakaoho i te mahi ira kia pai ake, kia koa hoki. He pikinga rangitahi tēnei, ā, he tino noa.
Ko te pikinga o te whakaurunga kikokore, ma-miraka (e kīia ana ko te leukorrhea) tetahi o ngā tohu tuatahi o te haputanga. Ka puta tēnei pikinga nā te piki o ngā taumata estrogen me te progesterone, me te pikinga o te rere o te toto ki te rohe o te kōpū. I te roanga o te haputanga, ka āwhina tēnei whakaurunga i te wā o te haputanga ki te hanga i te puru hūpē hei tiaki i te kōpū i te mate pūtake.
Ki te whakamahi koe i te rongoā whakawhānau homoni pērā i te pire, te kiriata, te mowhiti rānei, ka kite pea koe i ngā huringa ki tō tauira whakaurunga. Ka mahi ēnei tikanga mā te whakahaere i ō homoni, ka taea te pā ki te nui me te kakano o tō hūpē ngutu uric. Mō ētahi, tēnei pea ko te nui ake o te whakaurunga puta noa i te marama.
Ko te wā i mua i te paheketanga, e mōhiotia ana ko te perimenopause, he wā o te rerekee nui o ngā homoni. I te piki me te heke o ngā taumata estrogen, ka kite pea koe i ngā huringa ki tō whakaurunga, tae atu ki ngā wā o te whakaurunga nui.
Ināianei ka tae tātou ki te pūtake o te take mō te tini e pātai ana, he aha te take kia nui ai taku whakaurunga? I ētahi wā, he huringa nui, ā, ina koa ka honoa ki ētahi atu tohu, ko tō tinana tenei e whakaara ana i tōna mīhini whakatūpato. Anei he aratohu ki te tikanga o te tae o te whakaurunga ina rānei he tohu o te mate.
He raru noa, ko te mate huakita taiheke he pikinga o te harore e kīia nei ko Candida. Ka puta tēnei i te mamae nui me te momo whakaurunga motuhake.
Ko te Bacterial Vaginosis, te BV rānei, te mate taiheke tino noa i roto i ngā tāngata 15-44 te pakeke. Ka puta tēnei nā te kore taurite o ngā huakita o te taiheke, kei reira te maha o ngā huakita "kino" e nui ake ana i ngā huakita "pai" (Lactobacilli).
Ko te Trichomoniasis he mate ira kawe noa (STI) e puta mai ana nā te kutu. Ka taea te rongoa ki te paturopi engari me tika te tātaritanga.
Ko ēnei mate ira kawe huakita (STIs) hoki ngā take nui o te whakaurunga taiheke nui he mea rereke. He maha ngā tāngata kāore he tohu, nā reira nui ana te whakamātau auau. A, no te puta mai ngā tohu, ka taea te whakauru atu ki:
Ko tēnei tae e tohu ana i te noho toto. I te nuinga o te wā ka kitea i te tīmatanga, te mutunga rānei o tō paheketanga, ā, he toto tawhito noa tēnei e puta mai ana i te kōpū. Heoi, ki te kite koe i te whakaurunga parauri, toto rānei i te wā kaore i te paheketanga, i muri mai rānei i te mahi ira, he pai kia tirohia e te tākuta.
Whakawhiria tō ngākau. Ki te ahua rereke tō whakaurunga ki a koe, he pai tonu te tiki whakaaro nō te tohunga. Ma tēnei rārangi ngāwari koe e āwhina ki te whakatau ā, no te kite i tētahi tākuta mō te whakaurunga.
Whakaritea he hui ki te kite koe:
Ko tō taiheke he pūnaha e whakahaere ana i a ia anō. Ko te mea pai ka taea e koe ko te tautoko i tō taurite māori, kāore e takahia. Anei ētahi "Me Meāriki me Kāore e Meāriki" mō te me pēhea te pupuri i te hauora taiheke pai.
Na, hoki atu ki te pātai nui: he aha te take kia nui ai taku whakaurunga? I te nuinga o te wā, ko te rerekee o te nui o tō whakaurunga he urupare hauora noa o tō tinana ki ngā homoni, te whakaoho ira, te haputanga rānei. Ko te whai whakaurunga ma ia rā ka taea te mea noa māu.
Ko te mea nui ko te ako ki te ahua o tō "noa". Aro ki tō tinana. Ko tō whakaurunga he tohu nui o tō hauora uri uri. Ahakoa ko te whakaurunga nui kaore he kino, ko ngā huringa ki te tae, ki te kakara, ki te kakano rānei, ā, ina koa ka honoa ki te ngiha, te mamae rānei, he tohu ēnei nō tō tinana kia rapu tiaki. Kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapā atu ki tētahi kaiwhakarato hauora. Kua rongo kē rātou i ngā mea katoa, ā, ko te mahi tēnei he mahi kaha, hei manaaki i tō hauora.
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