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Ka puta te mate waewae aorta ina kore te waewae aorta o tō ngakau e mahi tika ana, ka pā te rere o te toto i tō ngakau ki te toenga o tō tinana. Ko tēnei waewae te mahi rite ki te tatau kotahi-ara i waenganui i te ruma pupuhi matua o tō ngakau me te uaua nui rawa atu o tō tinana, te aorta.
Whakaarohia tō waewae aorta hei kaitiaki tino nui e tuwhera ana, e kati ana i te tata ki te 100,000 nga wa ia rā. Ina hauora, ka tuwhera whānuitia kia rere te toto whai-hākonga atu ki tō tinana, katahi ka kati kaha kia kaua te toto e rere whakamuri ki tō ngakau.
Ko te mate waewae aorta he kupu whānui mō ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te waewae aorta o tō ngakau. Ka taea e te waewae te iti rawa (stenosis) te rereke rānei (regurgitation), ā, i etahi wā ka taea te puta ngā āhuatanga e rua ngātahi.
E toru ngā rau o tō waewae aorta e tuwhera ana, e kati ana i te whakawhānui ki ia whiti ngakau. Ina pakaru, ina ngākau, ina pakaru ēnei rau, kaore e taea e rātou te mahi tika. Ka whakapau kaha ake tēnei i tō ngakau ki te pupuhi toto puta noa i tō tinana.
Ka taea te whanake haere mō te maha o ngā tau, koia te take kaore etahi i kite i ngā tohu tika tonu. He tino pai tō ngakau ki te whakarite ki ngā huringa haere, engari i te mutunga, ka raru pea ki te pupuri i te mahi taapiri.
E rua ngā momo matua o te mate waewae aorta, ā, ko te mārama ki te rerekētanga ka āhei te awhina i a koe ki te mohio pai ki te mea pea kei te puta i roto i tō ngakau.
Aortic stenosis ka puta ina iti haere tō waewae, ka pakaru, ka uaua te rere o te toto i tō ngakau. Ka iti haere te tuwhera o te waewae, penei i te inu i tetahi kakau kua piri. Ka whakapau kaha ake tēnei i te uaua o tō ngakau ki te pehi toto i roto i te tuwhera iti.
Aortic regurgitation ka puta ina kore tō waewae e kati tika ana, ka tuku i te toto ki te rere whakamuri ki tō ngakau. Ki te kore e haere whakamua ki te whāngai i tō tinana, ka rere whakamuri etahi toto i ia whiti ngakau. Ko te tikanga tenei me pupuhi atu e tō ngakau te toto hei utu mō te mea e rere ana whakamuri.
Ka taea e etahi te whai i ngā āhuatanga e rua i te wa kotahi, e kiia ana ko te mate waewae aorta whakauru. Katahi ka anga tō ngakau ki te wero rua o te pehi toto i roto i te tuwhera iti me te whakahaere i te toto e rere ana whakamuri.
He tokomaha ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate waewae aorta ngawari kaore e kite i ngā tohu i te tīmatanga. He tino whakarite tō ngakau, ā, ka taea te utu mō ngā raruraru waewae mo ngā tau i mua i tō kite i tetahi mea rerekē.
Ina puta ngā tohu, ka taea te whanake haere, ā, ka uru pea ki:
Ka kite etahi kaore e taea te piki i ngā arawhata, te haere tawhiti rānei kaore e ngenge. Ka kite ētahi ka ngenge ratou i ngā mahi i harikoa ai rātou, penei i te mahi māra, te takaro rānei me ngā mokopuna.
I etahi wā, ko te tohu tuatahi pea ko te mamae uma ohorere, te ngākau rānei i te wā e mahi tinana ana. Ahakoa kaore i te noa, me whai āwhina hauora tonu ēnei tohu, na te mea ka taea te tohu i te mate waewae nui.
Ka taea te whanake o te mate waewae aorta mai i ngā take rerekē, mai i ngā tukanga koroheketanga taiao ki ngā āhuatanga i whānau mai koe.
Ko ngā take tino noa ko:
Ko ngā take iti ake ko ngā mate ā-tinana penei i te lupus, te rongoā radiation ki te rohe uma, te rongoā rānei. Ka whanake etahi i ngā raruraru waewae i muri i te whakahaere, i ngā pokanga rānei o te ngakau.
I te nuinga o ngā wā, kaore i te marama te take tika, ina koa ina whanake haere te mate waewae me te tau. Ko te mea nui ko te whiwhi i te maimoatanga tika, kaua ko te tohu tika he aha te take i puta ai.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki tō taakuta ki te kite koe i ngā tohu e taea ai te tohu i ngā raruraru ngakau, ahakoa he ngawari i te tīmatanga. Ka taea e te kite wawe me te aroturuki te whakarereke nui i ngā hua hauora roa.
Rapua te awhina hauora ki te kite koe i te poto o te manawa, te kore ngāwari o te uma i te wā e mahi ana, te ngenge rānei kaore e pai ake me te okioki. Ka taea te whanake haere ēnei tohu kia kaua e mohio koe ki te iti o tō taumata mahi i te wā.
Waea atu mō te tiaki ohorere ina kite koe i te mamae uma nui, te poto ohorere o te manawa i te okioki, te ngākau rānei. Ahakoa kaore i te noa ēnei tohu nui, ka taea te tohu kua haere nui tō mate waewae, me te arotake wawe.
Ahakoa kei te pai koe, he mea nui ngā tirotiro noa ki te whai koe i ngā take morearea penei i te hītori whānau o te mate ngakau, te waewae bicuspid rānei. Ka taea e tō taakuta te aroturuki i tō hauora ngakau me te hopu i ngā raruraru pea i mua i te whanake o ngā tohu.
He maha ngā take ka taea te whakanui ake i tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te mate waewae aorta, ahakoa ko te whai i ngā take morearea kaore e tikanga ka whanake koe i te āhuatanga. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take te awhina i a koe me tō taakuta ki te aroturuki i tō hauora ngakau.
Ko ngā take morearea matua ko:
Ko etahi take morearea iti ake ko te rongoā radiation o mua ki te uma, etahi āhuatanga ā-tinana, me te mate whatukuhu. Ka whakanui ake te whai i te waewae aorta bicuspid i tō morearea, na te mea he nui ake te tūponotanga o tēnei hanganga waewae rerekē ki ngā raruraru.
Kia mahara he tokomaha ngā tāngata e whai ana i ngā take morearea kaore e whanake i te mate waewae nui, engari ko ētahi kaore he take morearea marama e mahi ana. He pai te aroturuki hauora ngakau noa iho, ahakoa tō pūkete morearea.
Ina kore e tukatukahia te mate waewae aorta, ina nui rānei, ka taea te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui e pā ana ki te kaha o tō ngakau ki te pupuhi toto. Ko te mārama ki ēnei raruraru pea ka whakamārama he aha te mea nui o te aroturuki me te maimoatanga tika.
Ko ngā raruraru tino noa ko:
Ko te kore ngakau te raruraru tino noa, e whanake ana ina kore e taea e tō ngakau te pupuhi toto tika ahakoa te whakapau kaha atu i te noa. Ka taea tēnei te tuku i te wai ki te hoki whakamuri ki ō ngā paru me ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana.
I etahi wā, ka taea e te stenosis aorta nui te arahi ki te hinga ohorere i te wā e mahi tinana ana. Koia te take i whakahauhia ai ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate waewae nui kia kaua e mahi uaua kia tukatukahia rātou.
Ko te rongo pai ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru ka taea te aukati, te whakahaere rānei me te tiaki hauora tika me te maimoatanga tika ina hiahiatia.
Ko te whakataurite i te mate waewae aorta ka tīmata me tō taakuta e whakarongo ana ki tō ngakau me te stethoscope i te wā o te tirotiro noa. He tokomaha ngā raruraru waewae e hanga ana i ngā oro motuhake e kiia ana ko ngā murmurs e taea ai te kite e ngā kaiwhakarato hauora whakangungua.
Ki te whakaaro tō taakuta he mate waewae, ka tono pea rātou i te echocardiogram, he whakamātautau ultrasound kore mamae o tō ngakau. Ka whakarato tēnei whakamātautau i ngā whakaahua taipitopito o ō rau waewae, ā, ka whakaatu he pai te rere o te toto i roto i tō ngakau.
Ka uru pea ngā whakamātautau atu ki te electrocardiogram (ECG) hei tirotiro i ngā raruraru whiti ngakau, ngā X-ray uma hei kite mena kua nui tō ngakau, me ngā whakamātautau toto hei tirotiro i tō hauora whānui. Ka āhei ēnei whakamātautau te whakaatu i te whakaahua whānui o te pānga o tō mate waewae ki tō ngakau.
Mō ētahi, ka taea e ngā taakuta te tūtohutia te whakamātautau ahotea hei kite i te whakautu o tō ngakau ki te mahi tinana, te catheterization ngakau rānei hei whiwhi i ngā korero taipitopito atu mō ngā uaua toto o tō ngakau me ngā pehanga.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te mate waewae aorta e whakawhirinaki ana ki te nui o tō āhuatanga, me te kite rānei koe i ngā tohu. Ka taea te aroturuki noa i te tokomaha o ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate waewae ngawari kaore he maimoatanga tika.
Mō te mate ngawari ki te waenga kaore he tohu, ka tūtohu pea tō taakuta i te aroturuki noa me ngā echocardiograms ia 6 ki te 12 marama. Ka taea e tēnei huarahi tatari te āhei i tō rōpū hauora te aroturuki i ngā huringa i roto i tō mahi waewae i te wā.
Ka taea e ngā rongoā te awhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohu me ngā raruraru, ahakoa kaore e taea te whakatika i te waewae anō. Ka taea e tō taakuta te whakahau i ngā rongoā hei whakahaere i te toto teitei, te aukati i ngā toto, te whakahaere rānei i ngā raruraru whiti ngakau.
Ina nui haere te mate waewae, ina puta rānei ngā tohu nui, ka hiahiatia ngā whiringa pokanga. Ko ngā huarahi pokanga matua e rua ko te whakatikatika waewae (te whakatika i tō waewae o nāianei) te whakakapi waewae rānei (te tāpiri i te waewae hou).
Mō ngā tāngata he nui rawa te morearea mō te pokanga ngakau tuwhera, he mahi hou, iti ake te whakauru kei te wātea. Ka taea e te whakakapi waewae aorta transcatheter (TAVR) ngā taakuta te whakakapi i tō waewae i roto i te tapa iti, i tō waewae pea.
Ko te tiaki pai ia koe ina whai koe i te mate waewae aorta ka taea te awhina i a koe ki te pai ake te ahua, ā, ka taea te whakaheke i te whanake o tō āhuatanga. Ka taea e ngā whiringa iti ia rā te whakarereke nui i tō hauora ngakau whānui.
Arotake ki ngā tikanga noho hauora ngakau penei i te kai kai rite e whai hua ana i ngā hua, ngā huawhenua, me ngā witi katoa i te wā e whakaiti ana i te konutai me ngā ngako kōeke. Ka taea e te mahi tinana noa, ngawari, e whakaaetia ana e tō taakuta te pupuri i tō ngakau kaha kaore e nui rawa te whakapau kaha.
Tangohia ō rongoā katoa penei i te whakahaua, ahakoa kei te pai koe. Pupuri i ngā tohu hou, i ngā huringa rānei i tō ahua, ā, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō rōpū hauora me ngā pātai, ngā awangawanga rānei.
He mea nui hoki te aukati i ngā mate e taea ai te pā ki tō ngakau. Whakamahia te horoi niho pai, whakaora i ngā kotinga me ngā pakaru, ā, whakamōhio atu ki tō taakuta i mua i ngā mahi niho, i ngā pokanga rānei kia taea ai e rātou te whakatau mena me whai koe i ngā rongoā.
Kia hou ki ō huihuinga hauora noa me ngā whakamātautau aroturuki ngakau. Ka āhei ēnei haerenga ki tō taakuta te aroturuki i tō āhuatanga me te whakarite i tō mahere maimoatanga.
Ko te whakamahere mō tō huihuinga ka taea te awhina i a koe ki te whakamahi pai i tō wā me tō kaiwhakarato hauora, ā, kia whakarite kia whiwhi koe i ngā korero katoa e hiahia ana koe mō tō mate waewae aorta.
Tuhia ngā tohu katoa kua kite koe, tae atu ki te wā e puta ai, te roa o te roa. Kia tino marama mō ngā mahi e whakaoho ana i ngā tohu penei i te poto o te manawa, te kore ngāwari o te uma rānei, na te mea ka āhei tēnei korero ki tō taakuta te aromatawai i te nui o tō āhuatanga.
Kawe mai he rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā, ngā taapiri, me ngā huaora katoa e tangohia ana e koe, tae atu ki ngā horoinga. Huihuia hoki ngā korero mō te hītori hauora ngakau o tō whānau, na te mea ka taea e ngā take ira te pā ki te mate waewae.
Whakamahia he rārangi o ngā pātai e hiahia ana koe ki te ui ki tō taakuta. Whakaarohia te ui mō tō momo mate waewae motuhake, ngā whiringa maimoatanga, ngā herenga mahi, me ngā tohu e whakaoho ana i a koe ki te waea atu mō te awhina.
Ki te taea, kawe mai tētahi mema whānau, tētahi hoa rānei e whakawhirinaki ana ki tō huihuinga. Ka taea e rātou te awhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā korero nui me te whakarato i te tautoko ngākau i te wā e kōrero ana mō tō āhuatanga me ngā whiringa maimoatanga.
Ko te mate waewae aorta he āhuatanga e taea te whakahaere e pā ana ki te tokomaha o ngā tāngata, ina koa ina koroheke haere rātou. Ahakoa he āhuatanga nui, he maha ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate waewae e ora ana i ngā oranga whānui, mahi me te tiaki hauora tika me te aroturuki.
Ko te mea nui rawa hei mahara ko te kite wawe me te aroturuki noa te whakarereke nui i ngā hua. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate waewae ngawari kaore e hiahia ki te pokanga, ā, ka taea te whakahaere i tō āhuatanga me ngā huringa noho me ngā tirotiro noa.
Ahakoa ka hiahiatia te pokanga, he tino whai hua ngā maimoatanga hou, ā, ka taea te whakanui nui i tō kounga ora. Ko te matua ko te mahi tata me tō rōpū hauora, te whai i ōna tūtohu, me te noho mahi mō tō hauora ngakau.
Kaua e tuku i te whakatau o te mate waewae aorta ki te whakangaro i a koe. Me ngā maimoatanga hou me ngā tikanga aroturuki o nāianei, ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tāngata e whai ana i tēnei āhuatanga te whai tonu i ngā mahi me ngā hononga e tino nui ana ki a rātou.
Ka taea te whakaora tika i te mate waewae aorta, ā, i te nuinga o ngā wā, ka taea e te pokanga whakakapi waewae te whakahoki i te mahi ngakau noa. Ahakoa kua "whakatikaina" te raruraru waewae taketake me te pokanga, me whai koe i te aroturuki hauora haere tonu hei aroturuki i tō hauora ngakau me te mahi waewae mahi i tō oranga.
He tokomaha ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate waewae aorta ngawari e ora ana i ngā oranga noa me te aroturuki noa me te tiaki tika. Ahakoa te mate nui, ka taea e ngā maimoatanga hou penei i te whakakapi waewae te whakanui nui i te roa o te ora me te whakanui i te kounga ora. Ko tō tirohanga takitahi e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā take penei i tō hauora whānui, tō tau, me te pai o tō whakautu ki te maimoatanga.
Ko ngā tūtohu mahi tinana e whakawhirinaki ana ki te nui o tō mate waewae me ō tohu. Ka taea e ngā tāngata e whai ana i te mate ngawari te whai tonu i te nuinga o ngā mahi noa, engari ko ētahi e whai ana i te mate nui pea ka hiahia ki te karo i te mahi tinana uaua kia tukatukahia rātou. Kōrerohia tonu ngā mahere mahi tinana ki tō taakuta, ka taea te whakarato i ngā aratohu motuhake e whai ana ki tō āhuatanga.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata kaore e hiahia ki te pokanga tonu i muri i te whakataurite. Ka taea te aroturuki noa i te maha o ngā take o te mate waewae aorta me te whakamātautau waatea. Ko te pokanga ka tūtohuhia ina nui haere te mate, ina puta rānei ngā tohu nui. Ka aroturuki tika tō taakuta i tō āhuatanga me te kōrero mō ngā whiringa pokanga ina tika te wā mō koe.
Kaore e taea e ngā rongoā te whakatika, te whakaora rānei i ngā waewae ngakau pakaru, engari ka taea te awhina nui i te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te aukati i ngā raruraru. Ka taea te whakamahi i ngā rongoā hei whakahaere i te toto teitei, te aukati i ngā toto, te whakahaere i ngā raruraru whiti ngakau, te whakaiti rānei i te pupuhi wai. Ko te huarahi anake ki te whakatika i te waewae pakaru nui ko te whakatikatika pokanga, te whakakapi rānei.
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