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Ko ngā tohu o te koroheketanga he ngā pūngāwerewere parauri, pango rānei e puta ana ki tō kiri i te wā e koroheke ana koe. He mea kore kino katoa rātou, ā, ka puta mai i te wā e whakaputa ana tō kiri i te tae nui atu i muri i ngā tau maha o te rā.
Ka kiia hoki ēnei pūngāwerewere he tohu ate, he solar lentigines rānei, ahakoa kāore he hononga ki tō ate. Ko te tikanga noa iho tēnei o tō kiri hei whakaatu i ngā pānga o te rā i te roa o te wā, pēnei i te kōwhiu o ngā whārangi o te pukapuka tino pai i te wā.
Ko ngā tohu o te koroheketanga ko ngā wāhi kei reira te whakaputa nui atu o te melanin, te tae e homai ana i te tae o tō kiri. Ka puta mai rātou hei ngā pūngāwerewere papatahi, porowhita-ā-roa, he parauri, pango, he hina rānei te tae.
Ka puta mai ēnei pūngāwerewere i ngā wāhi o tō tinana e whiwhi ana i te rā nui i ngā tau maha. Ko tō mata, ngā ringa, ngā pakihiwi, ngā ringa, me ngā pito o ō waewae ngā wāhi tino noa.
Ka rereke te rahi mai i te torutoru millimita ki te neke atu i te inihi te whānuitanga. I etahi wā ka huihui tahi rātou, ka puta he wāhi pouri nui atu i ngā pūngāwerewere takitahi.
He āhuatanga tino motuhake ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e ngāwari ai te kite. Ko ngā tohu matua ko ngā pūngāwerewere papatahi e pouri atu ana i tō kiri.
Ko ēnei ngā āhuatanga e kitea e koe:
Kāore i rite ki ngā moles, kāore ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e ara ake i te mata o tō kiri. Kāore hoki e huri te āhua, kāore hoki e puta he mamae tinana, ā, tēnei te āwhina i te whakamārama i a rātou i ētahi atu āhuatanga kiri.
Ka puta mai ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i te wā e whakaputa ana tō kiri i te melanin nui atu hei whakautu ki te pānga o te rā i ngā tau maha. Whakaarohia te melanin hei tiaki rā tūturu o tō kiri e whakauruhia ana ki ētahi wāhi.
Ko te take matua ko te pānga ultraviolet (UV) mai i te rā, i ngā moenga tāne rānei. I te wā e pā ana ngā hihi UV ki tō kiri, ka whakaoho rātou i te whakaputanga melanin hei whakautu tiaki.
I te roa o te wā, ka taea e tēnei melanin te huihui tahi i ētahi wāhi, kāore i te horapa noa i tō kiri. He tukanga māori tēnei, ā, ka kitea te nuinga i muri i te 40 tau te pakeke, ahakoa ka tīmata te kino i mua atu i te ora.
He wāhi anō te ira i te āwangawanga ki te whanaketanga o ngā tohu o te koroheketanga. Ki te mea he tohu o te koroheketanga ō mātua, ō tipuna rānei, ka nui ake te tūponotanga kia puta mai ki a koe.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tohu o te koroheketanga he mea kore kino katoa, kāore hoki e hiahiatia te rongoā hauora. Heoi, he mea whakaaro nui kia tirohia e te kaiwhakarato hauora tetahi tohu hou, tetahi tohu e hurihuri ana rānei.
Me whakarite e koe he whakatau i te wā e kitea ana e koe ēnei huringa:
Ka taea e ēnei huringa te tohu i tetahi mea nui atu i te tohu o te koroheketanga noa. Ka taea e te taote kiri te tirotiro i te wāhi, ka whakatau mēnā he hiahiatia te whakamātautau atu mō tō māhaki.
He maha ngā take ka nui ake te tūponotanga o te whanaketanga o ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i tō oranga. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei te āwhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā mahi aukati.
Ko ēnei ngā take tūponotanga tino noa:
Ka taea hoki e ngā tāngata kiri pouri te whānau i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga, ahakoa he iti ake te noa. Ko te melanin tiaki i te kiri pouri e whakarato ana i ētahi tiaki tūturu ki te kino UV.
Kāore ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e puta mai he raruraru hauora, no te mea he mea ngāwari. Ko te take nui ko te whakamārama i a rātou i ngā āhuatanga kiri pea ka kino.
I etahi wā ka taea te whakapohehe i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga ki te melanoma, he momo mate pūngāwerewere. Koia te take he mea nui te tirotiro i ngā huringa i ō pūngāwerewere, me te whakamātautau e te kaiwhakarato hauora.
Ka taea te nui o te pānga hinengaro ki ētahi tāngata. Ko ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i ngā wāhi e kitea ana, pēnei i ngā ringa me te mata, ka pāngia ai te whakaaro, te manukanuka rānei ki te ahua o te koroheketanga.
He iti rawa te wā, ka uaua ake te kite i ngā moles hou, ngā moles e hurihuri ana rānei i te taha, ki te maha ngā tohu o te koroheketanga. Ka nui ake te hiranga o te whakamātautau kiri tūturu ki a koe mēnā he maha ō tohu o te koroheketanga.
Ko te huarahi pai ki te aukati i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga ko te tiaki i tō kiri mai i te pānga UV i te tīmatanga o te wā. No te mea ka kohia te kino i ngā tekau tau, ka utua ngā mahi aukati i te roa o te wā.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki aukati whai hua:
Ahakoa kei a koe kē ētahi tohu o te koroheketanga, ka taea e ēnei mahi te aukati i te puta mai o ētahi hou. Kei te ngoikore tonu tō kiri ki te kino UV i tō oranga katoa.
Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakarato hauora te whakamātautau i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga mā te tirotiro noa i tō kiri. He tukanga ngāwari, kore mamae tēnei.
Ka titiro tō taote ki ngā pūngāwerewere mā te whakamahi i te mārama pai, ā, ka taea te whakamahi i te taputapu whakanui e kiia nei he dermatoscope. Ka āwhina tēnei taputapu i a rātou ki te kite i ngā mōhiohio kāore e kitea e te kanohi.
Ka tirotirohia e rātou te rahi, te āhua, te tae, me te āhua o ia tohu. He āhuatanga mau ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e mohiotia ana e ngā tohunga whakangungu.
Mēnā he kore whakapono mēnā he tohu o te koroheketanga tētahi tohu, ka taea e tō taote te tūtohutia he biopsy kiri. Kei roto i tēnei te tango i te tauira iti o te tohu hei tirotiro i raro i te microscope.
Kāore ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e hiahiatia te rongoā hauora, no te mea he mea kore kino. Heoi, he maha ngā kōwhiringa kei reira mēnā kei te hiahia koe ki te whakamārama, ki te tango rānei i a rātou mō ngā take ataahua.
Ko ēnei ngā kōwhiringa rongoā ngaio:
Ka taea e ngā kiri whakamārama rongoā kei roto te hydroquinone, te tretinoin rānei te whakamārama i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i roto i ngā marama maha. He mahi puhoi ēnei, engari he iti ake te whakauru i ētahi atu tukanga.
Ko ngā hua ka hokona e kore e hiahiatia te rongoā, kei roto ngā kai pēnei i te kojic acid, te vitamin C rānei, ka taea te whakarato i ngā pānga whakamārama ngawari, ahakoa he iti ake te hua i ngā rongoā ngaio.
Ahakoa kāore e taea te tango katoa i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i te kāinga, ka taea e koe te tango i ngā mahi hei aukati i ētahi hou, ā, ka taea te whakamārama i ngā tohu o mua.
Ko te tiaki rā i ia rā tonu te mahi tiaki kāinga nui rawa atu. Ka aukati tēnei i ngā tohu o mua kei te pouri haere, ka mutu te puta mai o ētahi hou.
Ka kitea e ētahi tāngata he whai hua te exfoliation ngawari, no te mea ka tangohia e ia ngā pūtau kiri mate, ā, ka taea te whakaiti i te kite o ngā pūngāwerewere. Whakamahia ngā horoi ngawari, ngā kākahu exfoliating rānei i te torutoru wā i te wiki.
Ko te makuku tūturu e pupuri ana i tō kiri hauora, ā, ka taea te whakaiti i te kite o ngā tohu o te koroheketanga. Rapua ngā makuku kei roto ngā kai pēnei i te niacinamide, te vitamin C rānei, e whakaatu ana etahi rangahau he āhuatanga whakamārama ngawari pea.
I mua i tō whakatau, tangohia te wā ki te tirotiro marie i tō kiri, kia tohutohu i ngā pūngāwerewere e awangawanga ana koe. Ka āwhina tēnei whakarite i a koe ki te whakamahi pai i tō haerenga.
Hangaia he rārangi o ngā pūngāwerewere kua huri te rahi, te tae, te āhua rānei i te tata nei. Tangohia ngā whakaahua mēnā e taea ana, no te mea ka taea tēnei te āwhina i tō taote ki te aroturuki i ngā huringa i te roa o te wā.
Whakarite ki te kōrero mō tō hītori pānga rā, tae atu ki ngā tahuna tamariki, te wā e noho ana i waho, me tetahi whakamahinga o ngā moenga tāne. Ka āwhina tēnei mōhiohio i tō taote ki te aromatawai i ō take tūponotanga.
Mauria he rārangi o ngā rongoā e inu ana koe, no te mea ka taea e ētahi te whakanui i te ngawari ki te rā. Whakahuahia hoki tetahi hītori whānau o te mate pūngāwerewere, o ngā pūngāwerewere kiri rerekē rānei.
Ko ngā tohu o te koroheketanga he wāhi noa, kore kino o te koroheketanga e whakaatu ana i te hītori o tō kiri me te pānga rā. Ahakoa kāore e taea te aukati katoa mēnā kua pā te rā nui ki a koe, kāore rātou e whakaatu i ngā tūponotanga hauora.
Ko te mea nui ko te whakamārama i ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i ngā āhuatanga kiri pea ka kino. Ki te kore e tino mohio, kia tirohia e te kaiwhakarato hauora tetahi tohu hou, tetahi tohu e hurihuri ana rānei.
Mēnā ka awangawanga koe ki ngā tohu o te koroheketanga, he kōwhiringa rongoā whai hua kei reira. Heoi, ko te huarahi pai ko te aukati i ngā pūngāwerewere hou mā te tiaki rā tūturu i tō oranga katoa.
Kāore ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e huri hei mate pūngāwerewere. He mea ngāwari rātou, ā, ka noho kore kino i tō oranga katoa. Heoi, he mea nui te tirotiro i a rātou mō ngā huringa, me te whakamātautau e te taote tetahi tohu whakapae, no te mea ka taea te whakapohehe i ētahi atu momo mate kiri ki ngā tohu o te koroheketanga.
Ahakoa ka puta mai ngā tohu o te koroheketanga i muri i te 40 tau te pakeke, ka taea te puta mai i ngā tāngata kōhungahunga kua pā te rā nui, kua maha ngā tahuna rānei. Ka taea e ngā tāngata kiri mā, e ngā tāngata e noho ana i waho te roa rānei te kite i ngā pūngāwerewere i ō rātou tekau tau rua tekau, tekau tau toru tekau rānei, ahakoa he iti ake tēnei te noa.
Kāore ngā tohu o te koroheketanga e ngaro noa iho, ahakoa ka iti ake pea te kite i te roa o te wā mēnā ka tiaki tonu koe i tō kiri mai i te kino rā atu. Kaore he rongoā, ka noho tonu ngā tohu o te koroheketanga hei wāhi o tō kiri.
Kāore te utu e tohu ana i te whai hua i te wā e pā ana ki ngā kiri whakamārama. Ka taea e ētahi hua ka hokona e kore e hiahiatia te rongoā kei roto ngā kai kua whakamāramahia, pēnei i te vitamin C, te kojic acid rānei te rite ki ngā kōwhiringa utu nui. Ko te mea nui ko te whakamahinga tūturu, me ngā tumanakohanga pono mō ngā hua māori.
Ka rereke ngā hua i runga i te tikanga rongoā. Ka taea e ngā tukanga ngaio pēnei i te rongoā laser te whakaatu i te whakapai i roto i ngā wiki torutoru, ahakoa ka hiahiatia e ngā kiri i runga i te 2-6 marama o te whakamahinga tūturu. Ka hiahiatia pea ētahi rongoā ngā hui maha mō ngā hua pai, ā, he mea nui te manawanui i te tukanga katoa.
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