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Ko te arteriosclerosis me te atherosclerosis he āhuatanga e hono tata ana e pā ana ki ō kauae toto, engari ehara i te mea kotahi. Whakaarohia te arteriosclerosis hei kupu whānui mō te whakapakari, te mātotorutanga rānei o ngā pakitara o ō kauae toto, ā, ko te atherosclerosis te momo tino noa ka hangaia ngā whakatoa ngako i roto i ō kauae toto.
Ka whanaketia aua āhuatanga i roto i ngā tau, ā, ka pā ki te rere o te toto puta noa i tō tinana. Ko te mōhiotanga ki te rerekētanga me te mohiotanga ki te mea hei titiro atu ka āhei te awhina i a koe ki te tiaki pai ake i tō hauora ngākau.
Ko te tikanga o te Arteriosclerosis ko te 'whakapakari o ngā kauae toto' ā, e whakaahua ana i tetahi āhuatanga ka mātotoru, ka pakari, ka iti ake rānei te ngawari o ngā pakitara o ō kauae toto. He tikanga ngā pakitara o ō kauae toto he ngawari, ka horapa, ka whakaiti i ia whiu o te ngakau, ā, ka awhina i te rere o te toto puta noa i tō tinana.
Ina whanaketia te arteriosclerosis, ka ngaro te ngawari o aua pakitara, ka pakari. Ka uaua ake te rere o te toto, ā, ka nui ake te kaha o tō ngakau i te mahi ki te pupuhi i te toto puta noa i ngā oko i whakaitihia, i whakapakaritia rānei.
E toru ngā momo matua o te arteriosclerosis. Ko te momo tino noa ko te atherosclerosis, engari ka rongo pea koe i te arteriolosclerosis, e pā ana ki ngā kauae toto iti, ki te sclerosis o Mönckeberg rānei, e pā ana ki ngā whakatoa kōhatu i roto i ngā pakitara o ngā kauae toto, kāore he whakaiti nui.
Ko te atherosclerosis te momo tino noa me te āwangawanga o te arteriosclerosis. Ka puta mai ina hangaia ngā whakatoa ngako e kiia nei ko ngā plaques i roto i ngā pakitara o ō kauae toto, ka hangaia ngā mata kōtiti, koretake e whakaiti ana i te huarahi mo te rere o te toto.
Ko ēnei papāka kei roto te kolesterol, ngā mea ngako, ngā paru o ngā pūtau, te kārati, me te mea whakakino toto e kiia nei ko te fibrin. I te roanga o te wā, ka taea e rātou te tupu nui ake, me te pakeke ake, ka whakaiti nui i te rere o te toto ki ngā kōpū nui penei i tō ngākau, tō roro, tō whatukuhu, me ō waewae.
Ko te mea ka tino whakamataku te atherosclerosis, ko te taea e ngā papāka te pakaru i te wā kaore i te whakaarohia. I te wā e puta mai ana tēnei, ka hanga e tō tinana he toto kōtiti i te wāhi pakaru, ka taea te ārai katoa i te uaua toto, ka pā te mate ngākau, te mate roro rānei.
Ko te mea whakahianga mō ēnei āhuatanga, ko te tupu ngāwari tonu i ngā tau kaore he tohu e kitea ana. Ka taea pea te kore e mohiotia tetahi mea he, kia tae ra ano ki te whakaitihia rawa atu te uaua toto, te ārai rānei.
Ina puta mai ngā tohu, ka whakawhirinaki ki tehea ngā uaua toto e pā ana, me te nui o te whakaiti i te rere o te toto. Ko ēnei ngā tohu whakatūpato matua hei titiro atu:
I ētahi wā, ka taea e koe te wheako i ngā tohu kaore i te noa penei i te ngoikoretanga o te taangata i ngā tāne, ka taea pea te tohu whakatūpato wawe o te mate ngākau. Ka taea hoki te whanake i ngā raruraru mahara, te whakapohehe rānei ki te whakaitihia te rere o te toto ki tō roro i te roanga o te wā.
Ka whanake enei āhuatanga mā tētahi tukanga whakawhāiti e tīmata ana i te kino o te papanga o roto o ō uaua toto. I te wā kua whara tēnei parenga tiaki, ka taea e te whakautu ora taiao o tō tinana te whakauru ki te hanganga o te papura.
Ko te tikanga ka tīmata te tukanga ina pakaru ngā pakitara o ō uaua toto e ngā take penei i te toto teitei, te kai hikareti, teitei rānei ngā taumata o te kolesterol. Ka whakautu tō pūnaha ārai mā te tuku i ngā pūtau toto ma teitei ki te wāhi kua pakaru, engari ka taea e ēnei pūtau te mau, ā, ka whakauru ki te hanga papura.
He maha ngā take e hono ana e mahi tahi ana ki te whakaeke me te whakaiti i enei āhuatanga:
Kaore i te tino noa, ka taea e ētahi āhuatanga ira onge te tere ake i te whanaketanga o te atherosclerosis. Kei roto i ēnei ko te familial hypercholesterolemia, e hanga ana i ngā taumata kolesterol teitei rawa mai i te whānau, me te progeria, he mate pakeketanga onge e pā ana ki ngā tamariki.
Me rapu wawe koe i te tiaki hauora mena ka pā atu ki a koe ētahi tohu e taea ai te tohu i te ngākau, te pōkairangi rānei. He āwangawanga hauora enei e hiahia ana ki te rongoā tere kia kore ai e pakaru tonu, te mate rānei.
Whakapa atu ki ngā ratonga mō te urutā atu tonu mēnā he mamae ngā pakihau e roa atu ana i ngā meneti torutoru, te ngoikore rānei te mānukanuka ohorere ki tētahi taha o tō tinana, te uaua ki te kōrero, te mamae o te mahunga nui, te ngaro ohorere rānei o te tirohanga. Kaua e tatari kia kite mena ka pai ake ngā tohu ake anō.
Me whakarite hoki koe i te whakatau wā maha ki tō tākuta mēnā he tūponotanga morearea koe mō te mate ngākau, ahakoa kāhore he tohu. Kei roto i ēnei te pēhanga toto teitei, te mate huka, te kolesterol teitei, te hītori whānau o te mate ngākau, te kai paipa rānei.
Ka tino nui ngā tirotiro auau i muri i te tau 40 mō ngā tāne, ā, i muri i te whakamutunga o te wā o te whakaotinga mō ngā wāhine. Ka taea e tō tākuta te aromatawai i tō morearea ngākau katoa, me te tūtohutia ngā whakamātautau matawai e tika ana hei kimi wawe i ngā raruraru.
Ko te mārama ki ō morearea ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora me te tango i ngā mahi hei tiaki i tō pūnaha ngākau. Ko ētahi morearea kaore e taea e koe te whakarereke, ko ētahi atu kei roto i tō mana whakahaere.
Ko ngā morearea kaore e taea e koe te whakarerekē ko tō tau, ko tō ira tangata, me ngā ira. Ko ngā tāne te nuinga e whāiti ana i ēnei āhuatanga i mua atu i ngā wāhine, ahakoa ka piki haere te morearea o ngā wāhine i muri i te whakamutunga o te wā o te whakaotinga ina he iti ngā taumata o te estrogen whakamarumaru.
Koinei ngā morearea ka taea te whakarerekē e taea ana e koe te whakauru mā ngā whakarerekētanga oranga rānei mā te rongoā:
He maha ngā take morearea atu ētahi atu tāngata, pēnei i te mate whatukuhu roa, ngā āhuatanga autoimmune, te hītori rānei o te rongoā radiation ki ēnei. E tika ana kia aro nui ki ēnei take kaore i te noa, me te kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Ka tino kino, ka mate pea ngā raruraru mai i ēnei āhuatanga, nā te mea ka pā ki te rere o te toto ki ngā tūpuna nui puta noa i tō tinana. Ko te kaha me te momo o ngā raruraru e whakawhirinaki ana ki tehea ngā āti e pā ana, me te nui o te rere o te toto i whakaitihia.
Ina ka tino whakaitihia, ka aukati rānei ngā āti e whakarato ana i tō ngakau, ka puta pea te mate o te āti koroni. Ka āhei tenei ki te mamae o te uma, ngā tūāhuatanga o te ngakau, ngā āwangawanga o te ngakau, te kore rānei o te ngakau e pupuhi pai ai te toto.
Ko ngā raruraru nui tino noa ko:
Ko ngā raruraru kaore i te tino noa engari he kino tonu ka uru atu te mate ngākau ohorere, te kore o te whatukuhu roa e hiahia ana ki te dialysis, te mate kino o ngā uaua o te taha e arahina ana ki te tapahi. Ka puta pea etahi atu i te raruraru hinengaro ki te iti tonu te rere o te toto ki te roro.
Ko te rongo pai, he maha o ēnei raruraru ka taea te aukati, kāore rānei te whakaiti i te tūpono mā te rongo tika me ngā huringa noho. He nui te rerekētanga o ngā hua i te kitenga wawe me te whakahaere.
He tino taea te aukati, ā, ko tō taputapu kaha rawa atu tēnei hei tiaki i tō hauora ngākau. Ko ngā huringa noho kotahi e āwhina ana ki te aukati i ēnei āhuatanga ka taea hoki te whakaheke i tō rerenga ki te mea kua tīmata kē te whanake.
Ko te turanga o te aukati kei te pupuri i te noho hauora ngākau e whakautu ana ki ngā take tūpono nui ka taea te whakarereke. Kua whakamāramahia te whai hua o tēnei huarahi i roto i ngā rangahau nui maha, ā, ka taea te whakaiti i tō tūpono ki te 70-80% neke atu rānei.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki aukati matua ka taea te whakarereke pono:
He tino mahi nui ngā tirotiro hauora ā-rangi ki te aukati mā te tātari wawe me te whakahaere i ngā take morearea. Ka taea e tō tākuta te tirotiro i tō pehanga toto, ngā taumata kolesterol, me te huka toto, me te whakarite i te maimoatanga kia rite ki te hiahia kia ora koe.
Ka tīmata te whakatau i te nuinga o te wā mā tō tākuta e tango i te hītori hauora taipitopito, ā, ka mahi i te whakamātautau tinana. Ka ui ia ki ō tohu, te hītori whānau, ngā take oranga, me ētahi rongoā e inu ana koe.
I te whakamātautau tinana, ka whakarongo tō tākuta ki tō ngākau, ā, ka tirotiro i ngā tohu o te rere toto iti, pēnei i ngā pūngāwerewere ngoikore i ō ringa, i ō waewae rānei, ngā oro ngākau pērā, te rerekētanga rānei o te pehanga toto i waenganui i ō ringa.
He maha ngā whakamātautau ka taea te awhina i te whakau i te whakatau, ā, te whakatau i te kino o tō āhuatanga:
I ētahi wā, ka taea e tō tākuta te tūtohutia ngā whakamātautau motuhake penei i te taumaha kārati hei ine i ngā tāpiringa kārati i roto i ō uaua koroni, i ngā rangahau whakaahua whānui rānei hei whiwhi i ngā whakaahua taipitopito o ō oko toto.
Ka arotahi te rongoā ki te whakaheke i te whāinga o te mate, ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu, me te aukati i ngā raruraru kino penei i ngā ngā mate ngakau me ngā pōka.
Ko te huarahi pai ka whakakotahitia ngā huringa noho ora me ngā rongoā e rite ana ki ō hiahia motuhake me ō tūponotanga.
Ka āhei pea tō mahere rongoā ki te whakauru i ngā rongoā hei whakautu i ngā āhuatanga maha o tō āhuatanga. Ka āhei pea enei ki te whakauru i ngā statins hei whakaheke i te kolesterol, ngā rongoā toto toto, ngā kaiwhakaheke toto hei aukati i ngā kōwhiti, i ngā rongoā huka rānei ki te hiahiatia.
Ko ētahi rongoā noa ka taea e tō tākuta te tuhi, ko:
Mō ngā aukati nui e whakawehi ana i tō hauora, āta tirohia e tō tākua ngā tikanga hei whakahoki i te rere o te toto. Āhei pea ēnei te angioplasty me te whakanoho stent hei whakatuwhera i ngā ātiretā kua ārai, te mahi tātaritanga rānei hei hanga i ngā huarahi hou mō te rere o te toto i ngā oko kua ārai.
Ka iti ake te tūpono, āhei pea te whai hua ētahi atu i ngā rongoā hou ake pēnei i ngā kaihoroi PCSK9 mō ngā taumata kolesterol teitei rawa, te mahi tātaritanga motuhake rānei mō te whakaora i ngā raruraru motuhake o te mate whānui.
He tino mahi nui te whakahaere i te kāinga ki te whakahaere i tō āhua me te ārai i ngā raruraru. Ka pā nui ngā whiringa o ia rā e mahi ana koe mō te kai, te whakakori tinana, me ngā tikanga ora ki tō hauora ngākau.
Ko te hanga i te tauira kai hauora ngākau tētahi o ngā kaupae tino nui ka taea e koe te tango. Aro atu ki ngā kai katoa pēnei i ngā hua, ngā huawhenua, ngā witi katoa, ngā pūmua ngawari, me ngā ngako hauora i te wā e whakaiti ana i ngā kai tukatuka, te tote nui, me ngā huka tāpiri.
Ko ēnei ngā kaupae mahi ka taea e koe te tango i te kāinga hei whakahaere i tō āhua:
Ko te aroturuki whaiaro auau te āwhina ia koe ki te mōhio ki tō āhuatanga me te mohio ina hiahia pea koe ki te tiaki hauora. Tūhonohia ō tohu, ngā pānui pehanga toto, me te āhua o tō tinana ki ngā mahi rerekē.
Ko te whakarite mō tō hui te āwhina kia whiwhi koe i te uara nui rawa atu i tō wā me tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ko te whakarite pai te āwhina hoki i tō taote ki te whakatutuki i ngā aromatawai tika me ngā tūtohu maimoatanga.
I mua i tō haerenga, tuhonohia ō tohu katoa, tae atu ki te wā e puta mai ai, ngā mea e whakaohooho ana i a rātou, me ngā mea e pai ake ai, e kino ake ai rānei. Kia tino mōhio ki te wā, te roa, me te kaha hei āwhina i tō taote ki te mārama pai ake ki tō āhuatanga.
Kawe mai ngā korero e whai ake nei ki tō hui:
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tetahi hoa whakawhirinaki, i te mema whānau rānei hei āwhina i a koe ki te maumahara ki ngā kōrero nui i kōrerohia i te wā o te whakaritenga. Ka taea hoki e rātou te tautoko me te whakatairanga i ō hiahia mena he mea tika.
Whakaarohia ō whāinga mō te rongoā me ētahi awangawanga kei a koe mō ngā rongoā e whakaarohia ana. Ka āwhina tenei i tō tākua ki te whakarite i ngā tūtohu ki tō āhuatanga me ō hiahia motuhake.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mārama ko ēnei āhuatanga ka taea te aukati me te whakahaere i te huarahi tika. Ahakoa ka taea e rātou te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui, ka taea e te kitenga wawe me te rongoā tika te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te kounga ora pai.
He nui te pānga o ō whiringa o ia rā mō te kai, te whakakori tinana, te wāhine, me te whakahaere i te ahotea ki tō hauora ngākau. Ka taea e ngā huringa iti, pumau i ēnei wāhi te whakaputa i ngā painga nui i te roa o te wā, ahakoa kei a koe tetahi taumata o te mate ateri.
Ko te mahi tata me tō rōpū hauora me te mau tonu ki tō mahere rongoā te mea pai rawa atu hei aukati i ngā raruraru me te pupuri i tō hauora. Kia mahara ko te whakahaere i te mate ngākau he marathona, ehara i te tere, a he mea nui ake te pumau i te tino tika.
Kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mēnā he awangawanga tō, he pātai rānei mō tō mate. Kei reira rātou hei tautoko i a koe, hei āwhina hoki i a koe ki te whakahaere pai i ngā wero o te whakahaere i tō hauora ngākau.
Ahakoa kaore e taea te whakahoki katoa i ēnei mate, ka taea te whakaiti i te tere o te whanake, ā, ahakoa te mutu rānei mā te rongoā kaha. E whakaatu ana etahi rangahau ko ngā huringa oranga nui me te rongoā rongoā ka taea te whakapiki ake i te hauora o ngā ātiretā.
Ko te matua ko te whakauru wawe me te whakahaere tonu i ngā take tūpono. Ahakoa kaore e taea te whakakore katoa i te papa e noho ana, ko te aukati i te hanganga o te papa hou me te whakau i ngā papa e noho ana ka taea te whakaiti nui i tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru.
Ko te tikanga ka whanake te atherosclerosis i roto i ngā tau maha, i ngā tekau tau rānei. Ko te tikanga ka tīmata te tukanga i te tamarikitanga, i te taitamarikitanga rānei, engari ka tino puhoi te whanake, koia te take kaore e puta ngā tohu tae noa ki te tau waenganui, ki muri atu rānei.
He rerekē te tere o te whanake i waenga i ngā tangata, ā, kei runga i ngā take ira, ngā whiringa oranga, me te noho o ngā take tūpono penei i te mate huka, te toto teitei rānei. Ka taea e ētahi te whanake i te mate nui i ō rātou tau 40, ā, ko ētahi atu ka mau tonu ngā ātiretā hauora tae noa ki ō rātou tau 80.
Ko te mate ateri koroni he momo motuhake o te atherosclerosis e pā ana ki ngā ātiretā e whakarato ana i te toto ki tō uaua ngākau. Ka puta te mate ateri koroni ina whanake te atherosclerosis i roto i ngā ātiretā koroni.
Ka taea e te atherosclerosis te pānga ki ngā ātiretā puta noa i tō tinana, tae atu ki ngā ātiretā kei tō roro, waewae, whatukuhu, me ētahi atu whekau. Ko te mate o ngā ātiretā o te ngakau he tohu noa iho tētahi o te tukanga atherosclerosis whānui.
Ka puta he ngakau e tū ina aukati te rere o te toto ki tētahi wāhanga o te uaua o tō ngakau, te nuinga o te wā he toto kōtiti e hanga ana i te taha o te papa e pakaru ana. Ka tīmata te uaua o te ngakau ki te mate nā te kore o te hāora, engari ka mau tonu te whiti o te ngakau.
Ko te ngakau e mutu ana ina mutu te whiti o tō ngakau i te wā poto, ka mutu te rere o te toto ki tō roro me ētahi atu whekau nui. Ahakoa ka taea e ngā ngakau e tū te whakaoho i te ngakau e mutu ana, ka taea hoki te puta mai te ngakau e mutu ana i ētahi atu take penei i ngā raruraru hiko i roto i te ngakau.
Me tirohia te cholesterol o te nuinga o ngā tāngata pakeke i ia 4-6 tau, ā, tīmata mai i te tau 20. Heoi, ki te whai koe i ngā take morearea mō te mate ngakau, ka taea e tō tākuta te tūtohu kia whakamātauhia atu.
Ko te hunga e whai mate huka, te toto teitei, te hītori whānau o te mate ngakau, te hunga rānei e inu ana i ngā rongoā whakaheke cholesterol, te nuinga o te wā ka hiahia ki te aro turuki ia tau, ki te maha atu rānei, kia whakapumautia ai te mahi pai o tā rātou maimoatanga, ā, kia whakaritea ai ngā rongoā kia rite ki te hiahia.
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