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Ko te mate Alpha-gal he mate pāwera kai nui e puta mai ana i muri i te ngau a etahi pepeke, ina koa te pepeke whetu kotahi. Ka whakaohooho tenei ahuatanga i to pūnaha mate kia whakautu ki te huka e kiia nei ko te galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) e kitea ana i roto i te mīti whero mai i ngā kararehe penei i te kau, te poaka, me te reme.
Ko te mea rereke o tēnei mate pāwera ko te kore o ngā tohu i te wa tonu i muri i te kai mīti. Engari, ka roa pea te 3 ki te 6 haora kia puta mai, he mea wero tonu tenei ki te hono atu te whakautu ki te mea i kai koe i mua i te ra.
Ka rereke ngā tohu o te mate Alpha-gal mai i te koretake o te puku ki ngā whakautu pāwera e wehi ai te ora. Ka puta mai enei tohu i muri i te maha o ngā haora i muri i te kai mīti whero, he mea rerekē tenei i te nuinga o ētahi atu mate pāwera kai e puta mai ana ngā tohu i te wa tonu.
Ko ētahi tohu noa ka pā ki a koe:
Ka puta mai ano ngā tohu nui ake, ā, me whakawātea tonu ki te taote. Ko ngā whakautu kino pea ka uru atu ki te uaua o te manawa, te pupuhi whānui, te heke o te toto, te māuiui, te ngaro o te ngakau. E tohu ana enei tohu ki te anaphylaxis, he mate āwhina e wehi ai te ora.
Ko te wā roa o ngā tohu ka whakapohehe i te iwi me ō rātou tākuta. Ka kai pea koe i te hamburger mō te tina, ā, kāore koe e mate kia tae ra ano ki te po, he uaua ki te mohio ko te mīti te take o tō whakautu.
Ka puta te mate Alpha-gal i muri i te ngau a ngā momo pepeke motuhake e kawe ana i te huka alpha-gal i roto i ō rātou wāhi. Ka ngau ēnei pepeke i a koe, ka hoatu e rātou tēnei huka ki roto i tō toto, ka taea e tēnei te whakaohooho i tō pūnaha mate kia hanga i ngā antibodi ki reira.
Ko te pepeke whetu kotahi te mea nui i te United States, ina koa i ngā rohe tonga-rāwhiti me te tonga-waenganui. Heoi, ko ētahi atu momo pepeke i ngā wāhanga rerekē o te ao ka taea hoki te whakaohooho i tēnei ahuatanga. Ko ēnei ko te pepeke riki kānga Pākehā me te pepeke pararaihi e kitea ana i Ahitereiria.
Ina kua whakaohoohohia tō pūnaha mate ki te alpha-gal mā te ngau pepeke, ka whakaarohia e ia tēnei huka he tūkino. Ka kai koe i te mīti whero e wātea ana te alpha-gal, ka whakaohooho tō pūnaha mate i te whakautu pāwera. E noho ana te huka alpha-gal i roto i te nuinga o ngā kararehe, koia te take i whakaohooho ai te mīti kau, te poaka, te reme, me ētahi atu mīti whero i ngā whakautu.
Kāore te katoa o te hunga e ngautia ana e ēnei pepeke e whanake ana i te mate Alpha-gal. E ako tonu ana ngā kairangahau he aha te take i pāwera ai ētahi tangata, ā, kāore ētahi, engari ko ngā take penei i te ira, te maha o ngā ngau pepeke, me ngā whakautu pūnaha mate takitahi pea te take.
Me haere koe ki te taote ki te pāwera koe i ngā whakautu pāwera i muri i te kai mīti whero, ina koa ki te puta mai ngā tohu i muri i ngā haora maha. Ahakoa ngā tohu iti penei i ngā hiwi, te koretake o te puku, me whakawātea ki te taote, na te mea ka kaha ake tenei ahuatanga i te wā.
Rapua te tiaki hauora āwhina tonu ki te puta mai ngā tohu o te whakautu pāwera nui. Ko ēnei tohu whakatūpato ko te uaua o te manawa, te pupuhi o tō mata, o tō korokoro, te tere o te ngākau, te māuiui, te hiwi whānui. Kaua e tatari kia pai ake ngā tohu.
He whakaaro nui hoki te korero ki te kaiwhakarato hauora ki te kua ngautia koe e ngā pepeke, ā, ka kitea e koe ngā whakautu rerekē ki te mīti. He tokomaha kaore e mohio kei a rātou te mate Alpha-gal, na te mea ka uaua te hono i ngā tohu roa i waenga i ngā ngau pepeke me ngā whakautu kai.
Ka taea e te tākuta pāwera te mahi i ngā whakamātautau motuhake hei whakamātautau i te mate Alpha-gal, ā, hei āwhina i a koe ki te mārama me pēhea te whakahaere i tēnei ahuatanga. Ka taea e te whakamātautau me te whakahaere tika te aukati i ngā raruraru nui, ā, hei āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te kounga ora pai.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake ō tūmanako ki te whanake i te mate Alpha-gal, ko te wāhi whenua tetahi o ngā mea nui rawa atu. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take morearea te āwhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā whakarite tika, ina koa ki te whakapau wā koe i ngā wāhi e noho noa ana te pepeke whetu kotahi.
Ka piki tō morearea ki te:
Ka taea hoki e te tau te whai wāhi, na te mea ka kitea te mate Alpha-gal i roto i ngā pakeke atu i ngā tamariki, ahakoa ka taea e te tangata o tetahi tau te whanake i te mate. Kua pūrongohia te ahuatanga i roto i ngā rōpū tau rerekē, mai i ngā tamariki taitamariki ki ngā pakeke pakeke.
He mea nui te whakawhānui o te wāhi whenua. I te hora o ngā taupori pepeke ki ngā wāhi hou na te huringa o te rangi me ētahi atu take, kei te pūrongohia te mate Alpha-gal i ngā rohe i mua i te kore noa iho.
Ko te raruraru nui rawa atu o te mate Alpha-gal ko te anaphylaxis, he whakautu pāwera nui e wehi ai te ora. Ka taea e tēnei mate āwhina te heke o tō toto ki raro, te uaua o te manawa, ā, pea te arahi ki te ngaro o te ngakau, te mate ngakau rānei.
Ko te mea e awangawanga ana te anaphylaxis me te mate Alpha-gal ko te wā roa. Ka noho pea koe i te kāinga, te moe, te noho rānei i tetahi wāhi kāore e wātea te āwhina hauora i te wa tonu ka tīmata ngā tohu nui. Ka taea e tēnei wā roa te whakawhāiti i te āwhina āwhina tere.
I tua atu i ngā tūponotanga tinana tonu, ka taea e te mate Alpha-gal te pā kino ki tō oranga o ia rā me tō kai. Me karo koe i ngā mīti whero, engari i ngā kai tukatuka maha, ngā rongoā, me ētahi atu hua e wātea ana ngā kai kararehe. Ka taea e tēnei te whakapouri, te wero i ngā ahuatanga kai i waho, te haere, me ngā huihuinga pāpori.
Ka whanake ano ētahi i te manukanuka mo te kai, ina koa i te whakamātautau i ngā kai hou, te kai rānei i waho o te kāinga. Ka taea e te wehi ki te kai alpha-gal me te whai whakautu nui te pā ki tō hauora hinengaro me ō whanaungatanga pāpori.
Ka puta mai ngā ngoikore kai ki te kore e whakakapi tika i te pūmua me ngā matū e whiwhitia ana mai i te mīti whero. Heoi, mā te whakarite tika me te aratohu mai i ngā kaiwhakarato hauora, ka taea e koe te pupuri i te kai hauora, te rite.
Ko te huarahi pai ki te aukati i te mate Alpha-gal ko te karo i ngā ngau pepeke, na te mea ka puta noa tenei ahuatanga i muri i te ngau a ngā pepeke e kawe ana i te huka alpha-gal. Ko te tango i ngā whakarite aukati pepeke tonu ko tō parenga tino whai hua.
Ina whakapau wā koe i waho i ngā wāhi e noho noa ana ngā pepeke, ka taea e koe te tiaki i a koe mā te:
I muri i te whakapau wā i waho, tirohia ngā pepeke i a koe, i ō tamariki, i ō mokai rānei. Tātai atu ki ngā wāhi ngaro penei i te muri o ngā taringa, i raro i ngā ringa, i te hope, i te makawe rānei. Horomia i roto i ngā haora e rua o te haere mai ki roto, na te mea ka taea e tēnei te horoi i ngā pepeke kore hono.
Ki te kite koe i tetahi pepeke hono, tangohia tonu mā te whakamahi i ngā toka ngawari. Kia mau ki te pepeke i te taha tata ki tō kiri, ā, toia ki runga me te pehanga pumau. Horomia te wāhi ngau me ō ringa mā te wai horoi, te wai me te hopi rānei i muri mai.
Ko te whakamātautau i te mate Alpha-gal e hiahia ana ki te hono i ō tohu ki te kai mīti whero me te whakau i te wātea o ngā antibodi motuhake i roto i tō toto. Ka tīmata tō taote mā te tango i te hītori taipitopito o ō tohu, tae atu ki te wā e puta mai ana rātou e pā ana ki te kai mīti.
Ko te tohu whakamātautau matua ko te wā o ō whakautu. Kāore i rite ki te nuinga o ngā mate pāwera kai e puta mai ana ngā tohu i te wa tonu, ka puta mai ngā whakautu roa o te mate Alpha-gal i te 3 ki te 6 haora i muri i te kai mīti whero. Ka ui tō taote mo ngā ngau pepeke hou, ahakoa kaore pea koe e mahara kua ngautia koe.
Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau toto te whakau i te whakamātautau mā te ine i ngā taumata o ngā antibodi alpha-gal-motuhake (ngā antibodi IgE) i roto i tō pūnaha. He tino tika ēnei whakamātautau ina mahia e ngā taiwhanga wheako. Ko te wātea o ēnei antibodi, me tō hītori tohu, te tikanga ka hoatu he whakamātautau mārama.
I ētahi wā, ka tūtohutia e tō taote ngā whakamātautau atu hei whakakore i ētahi atu ahuatanga, hei mārama pai rānei ki te kaha o tō mate pāwera. Kāore ngā whakamātautau pīki kiri e whakamahia ana mō te mate Alpha-gal, na te mea kāore i rite te whakawhirinaki ki ngā whakamātautau toto mō tēnei ahuatanga motuhake.
Ka tūtohutia pea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te pupuri i te tātai kai me ngā tohu hei āwhina i te kite i ngā tauira me te whakau i ngā kai e whakaohooho ana i ō whakautu.
Ko te maimoatanga matua mō te mate Alpha-gal ko te karo katoa i ngā kai me ngā hua e wātea ana te alpha-gal. Ko te tikanga tenei te whakakore i te mīti whero mai i ngā kararehe, tae atu ki te kau, te poaka, te reme, te venison, me ētahi atu mīti kēmu mai i tō kai.
Ka tohutohu pea tō taote i ngā rongoā āwhina kia wātea ki te wā o te whakamahinga whakarawe. Ko ēnei ko ngā antihistamine mō ngā whakautu iti me ngā kaitautoko epinephrine (penei i ngā EpiPens) mō ngā whakautu nui. He mea nui te kawe i ēnei rongoā i ngā wā katoa, me te mohio ki te whakamahi tika.
Mō ngā whakautu pāwera iti, ka taea e ngā antihistamine e hokona ana i te toa penei i te diphenhydramine (Benadryl) te loratadine (Claritin) te whakahaere i ngā tohu penei i ngā hiwi, te ngau rānei. Heoi, kāore e whakawhirinaki ki ēnei mō ngā whakautu nui.
Ki te pāwera koe i te whakautu nui, whakamahia tonu tō kaitautoko epinephrine, ā, karangahia ngā ratonga āwhina. Ahakoa te āwhina a te epinephrine, e hiahia tonu ana koe ki te aromatawai hauora āwhina, na te mea ka taea te hoki mai ngā tohu i te wa e mutu ana te rongoā.
Ko te mahi tahi me te kaiwhakahaere kai rehitatia ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te whakarite i ngā kai kai rite ki te kore mīti whero. Ka taea e rātou te whakaaro i ngā puna pūmua atu, ā, hei whakarite kei te whiwhi koe i ngā matū katoa e hiahiatia ana. He tokomaha te angitu o te pupuri i ngā kai hauora mā te aro ki te manu, te ika, ngā pūmua tipu, me ngā hua waiu.
Ko te whakahaere angitu o te mate Alpha-gal i te kāinga e hiahia ana ki te aro nui ki ngā tohu kai, te whakarite kai, me te whakarite āwhina. Ko te rongo pai ko te whakarite tika, ka taea e koe te pupuri i te kai rerekē me te kai hauora i te wa e karo ana i ngā mea whakaohooho.
Tīmata mā te ako ki te pānui i ngā tohu kai. Ka huna te alpha-gal i ngā wāhi kore e tumanakohia, tae atu ki ngā kai e wātea ana te gelatin, ētahi rongoā, ngā mea ataahua, me ngā kai tukatuka. Rapua ngā kai penei i te gelatin, ngā reka taiao, te waikawa stearic, me te magnesium stearate, ka puta mai pea i ngā puna kararehe.
Hangaia he taiao umu haumaru mā te horoi pai i ngā papa tunu, ngā taputapu, me ngā ipu tunu pea kua whakamahia mō te mīti whero. Whakaarohia te whakarite i ngā taputapu tunu motuhake mō ō kai ki te kai tonu ētahi atu mema whānau i te mīti whero.
Ina kai koe i waho, korero mārama ki ngā kaimahi o te wharekai mō tō mate pāwera. Ui i ngā pātai taipitopito mō ngā kai me ngā tikanga whakarite. Ka taea e te maha o ngā wharekai te whakarite i ō hiahia me te whakamōhio i mua, engari he haumaru tonu te whiriwhiri i ngā wharekai e mohio ana ki ngā mate pāwera kai.
Pupurihia ngā rongoā āwhina kia ngāwari te wātea i te kāinga, te mahi, me tō waka. Kia mohio ngā mema whānau me ngā hoa tata ki tō ahuatanga me te āwhina ki a koe ki te pāwera koe i te whakautu nui.
Whakaarohia te kakahu i te poroporo āwhina hauora, te kawe rānei i te kāri mate pāwera e whakamārama ana i tō ahuatanga, ina koa na te mea kei te iti tonu te mohio o te nuinga o te iwi ki te mate Alpha-gal.
Ko te whakarite pai mō tō hui taote ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i te whakamātautau tino tika me te mahere maimoatanga pai. Tīmata mā te hanga i te raupapa taipitopito o ō tohu, tae atu ki te wā e puta mai ana rātou e pā ana ki ō kai.
Pupurihia he tātai kai me ngā tohu mō te wiki kotahi i mua atu i tō hui. Tātaihia ngā mea katoa e kai ana koe, te wā e kai ana koe, me ētahi tohu e puta mai ana. Tātai atu ki te wā i waenga i ngā kai me ngā tohu, na te mea ko tēnei tauira roa he mea nui mō te whakamātautau i te mate Alpha-gal.
Hangaia he rārangi o ngā rongoā, ngā taapiri, me ngā hua e hokona ana i te toa e tangohia ana e koe. Ka wātea pea ētahi o ēnei i ngā kai e puta mai ana i ngā kararehe ka pā pea ki ō tohu. Tātaihia hoki ngā ngau pepeke hou, ngā mahi i waho rānei i te wā e taea ai te whakamahinga pepeke.
Kawe mai he rārangi o ngā pātai hei ui ki tō taote, penei i ngā kai me ngā hua e hiahia ana koe ki te karo, ngā rongoā āwhina e hiahia ana koe ki te kawe, me te whakahaere i ngā ahuatanga pāpori e pā ana ki te kai. Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui mō ngā rautaki whakahaere roa, me te pai ake pea o tō ahuatanga i te wā.
Ki te taea, kawe mai he mema whānau, he hoa rānei ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā korero nui mai i te hui. Ka taea e ngā whakamārama hauora te whakapouri, ā, ko te wātea o tētahi atu ka taea te whakarite kāore koe e ngaro i ngā kōrero nui mō te whakahaere i tō ahuatanga.
Ko te mate Alpha-gal he ahuatanga e taea te whakahaere i te wa e mārama ana koe ki te karo i ngā mea whakaohooho me te whakautu ki te whakamahinga whakarawe. Ahakoa te whakamātautau pea e tino whakapouri ana i te tīmatanga, he tokomaha te angitu o te whakarite i ō rātou oranga, ā, kei te mau tonu te pai o te kai rerekē, te kai hauora.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mahara ko tēnei ahuatanga e hiahia ana ki te karo tika i te mīti kararehe me ngā hua e wātea ana te alpha-gal. Kāore i rite ki ētahi mate pāwera kai ka taea e te iwi te tipu ake, ka mau tonu te mate Alpha-gal mo te wā roa, ahakoa ka kite pea ētahi i te heke o ō rātou māra i muri i ngā tau maha kaore he ngau pepeke atu. Kaua rawa e whakamātautau i tēnei mā te kai mīti whero, na te mea ka taea tonu te puta mai ngā whakautu nui ahakoa kua heke tō māra. Me mahi tonu tahi me tō taote ki te tirotiro i tō ahuatanga me te whakarite i ngā huringa ki tō mahere whakahaere.
Kawe tonu i ō rongoā āwhina, ā, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakamahi ki te pāwera koe i ngā tohu nui. Ko te mahi tere i ngā whakautu pāwera ka ora ai te ora. Mā te whakahaere tika, te whakarite āwhina, me te tautoko mai i ngā kaiwhakarato hauora, ka taea e koe te noho pai me te mate Alpha-gal.
Kia mohio koe ki te aukati pepeke, ina koa ki te pai koe ki ngā mahi i waho. Ko te aukati i ngā ngau pepeke atu ka āwhina pea i tō māra ki te kore e kaha ake, ā, ko tō tiaki pai ki te whanake i tēnei ahuatanga i te tīmatanga.
Ka taea e te mate Alpha-gal te pai ake i te wā, engari ko tēnei tukanga he tino puhoi, he kore e tumanakohia. Ka kite pea ētahi i te heke o ō rātou māra i muri i ngā tau maha kaore he ngau pepeke atu, ā, kei te mau tonu ētahi i te taumata māra kotahi. Kaua rawa e whakamātautau i tēnei mā te kai mīti whero, na te mea ka taea tonu te puta mai ngā whakautu nui ahakoa kua heke tō māra. Me mahi tonu tahi me tō taote ki te tirotiro i tō ahuatanga me te whakarite i ngā huringa ki tō mahere whakahaere.
Ae, he haumaru te kai moa mō te hunga e mate ana i te mate Alpha-gal, na te mea kāore ngā manu e wātea ana te huka alpha-gal. Ka taea hoki e koe te kai manu, te raati, me ētahi atu manu. Heoi, kia tupato ki ngā hua moa tukatuka pea e wātea ana ngā kai e puta mai ana i ngā kararehe penei i te gelatin, ngā reka rānei. Pānuihia ngā tohu i ngā wā katoa, ā, whiriwhiria ngā hua e whakamārama ana i ō rātou kai kia karo i te whakamahinga whakarawe ki te alpha-gal.
He haumaru te ika me te kai moana mō te hunga e mate ana i te mate Alpha-gal, na te mea kāore e wātea ana te huka alpha-gal. Koinei ngā ika wai māori me ngā ika wai moana, me ngā shellfish penei i te hiwi, te kākahi, me te kōura. Ka taea e te ika te waiwai nui o te pūmua me ngā matū i roto i tō kai kore alpha-gal. I rite ki tetahi kai, kia mahara ngā hua ika kāore e wātea ana ngā kai e puta mai ana i ngā kararehe i roto i ngā mea reka, te tukatuka rānei.
Ko te nuinga o te hunga e mate ana i te mate Alpha-gal ka taea te kai i ngā hua waiu penei i te waiu, te tīhi, te waiu kōkō, me te pata. Ahakoa e puta mai ana ēnei mai i ngā kararehe, ko te huka alpha-gal e kitea ana i roto i ngā kiko mīti, kāore i te waiu. Heoi, ka taea e ētahi tangata e mate nui ana i te mate Alpha-gal te pāwera ki ngā hua waiu, no reira he mea nui te kōrero ki tō taote. Ki te kua whakamātautau hou koe, ka tūtohutia pea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te whakauru i ngā hua waiu i te wā e tirotiro ana i ngā whakautu.
Ki te kai whakarawe koe i te mīti whero, tirohia koe tonu mō ngā tohu pāwera i roto i ngā haora 6 ki te 8 e whai ake nei. Tangohia he antihistamine ki te puta mai ngā tohu iti penei i ngā hiwi, te ngau rānei. Heoi, ki te pāwera koe i ngā tohu o te whakautu nui penei i te uaua o te manawa, te pupuhi o tō mata, o tō korokoro rānei, te māuiui rānei, whakamahia tonu tō kaitautoko epinephrine, ā, karangahia ngā ratonga āwhina. Kaua e tatari kia kino ake ngā tohu, na te mea ka taea e ngā whakautu nui te tere o te whakawhānui me te riro hei mea wehi te ora.