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Ko te asbestosis te mate pukupuku o ngā pūkahukahu e tino kino ana, e puta mai ana i te manawa atu i ngā muka asbestos i ngā tau maha. Ka mau ēnei muka iti ki roto i ō pūkahukahu, ka pāngia ai te kiri, ka uaua ai te manawa me te whiwhi hau nui ki roto i ō toto.
Ka tupu haere tenei mate, ka roa pea te 20 ki te 40 tau i muri i te whakamahinga i mua i te puta mai o ngā tōmhanga. Ka pakaru te kiri o ngā pūkahukahu, ka mātotoru, ka mātotoru hoki, koia te take i karanga ai ngā tākuta he pulmonary fibrosis. Ahakoa kāore he rongoā, ka taea e ngā maimoatanga te awhina i te whakahaere i ngā tōmhanga me te whakaheke i te tere o te mate.
Ko te tōmhanga matua ka kite tuatahi koe ko te poto o te manawa, ina koa i ngā mahi tinana penei i te piki i ngā kaupae rānei te hikoi ki runga i te puke. Ka puta mai tenei nā te kore e taea e ō pūkahukahu te hora me te whakaiti i te ngāwari penei i ngā pūkahukahu hauora.
Ko ēnei ngā tōmhanga e tupu ana i te wā e haere ana te mate:
I ngā take tino nui, ka puta pea he tae kikorangi ki ō ngutu rānei ō ngā makawe, ko te tikanga kāore ō toto e whiwhi hau nui. Koinei te tohu e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tonu.
Ka puta te asbestosis ina manawa koe i ngā muka asbestos āhua maha i ngā marama rānei ngā tau. He iti rawa ēnei muka microscopic kaore koe e kite, engari ka tae ki ō pūkahukahu, kāore e taea e ō tinana te wawahi rānei te tango atu.
Ka ngana tō pūnaha mate pukupuku ki te whakaeke i ēnei muka ke, engari ka puta mai tēnei i te mumura, ka arahina ai ki te pakaru tonu. Whakaarohia he rite ki te whiwhi i te waikeri e ngana tonu ana tō tinana ki te whakaora, engari kāore i te angitu.
Ko ngā puna tino noa o te whakamahinga asbestos ko:
Ahakoa ngā whānau ka raru pea mena ka kawea mai e tetahi ngā muka asbestos ki te kāinga i runga i ō rātou kakahu, makawe, rānei kiri. Koinei te whakamahinga tuarua, ā, koia te take he mea nui ngā tikanga haumaru mo te tangata e mahi ana i te asbestos.
Me haere koe ki te tākuta mena he hītori whakamahinga asbestos ōu me te whanaketanga o ngā raruraru manawa roa rānei te mare mare e kore e mutu. Ka taea e te kite wawe te awhina i te whakaheke i te tere o te mate me te whakapai ake i tō kounga ora.
Rapua te tiaki hauora tonu mena ka pāngia koe e te poto o te manawa, te mamae o te uma, rānei te kite i ō ngutu rānei ō ngā makawe e huri ana ki te kikorangi. Ka whakaatu ēnei tōmhanga kāore ō pūkahukahu e whakarato hau nui ki tō tinana.
Kaua e tatari mena kei te raru koe ki ngā mahi o ia rā nā te raruraru manawa. Ahakoa ngā tōmhanga ngawari, ka taea e tō tākuta te whakahaere i ngā whakamātautau hei tirotiro i te mahi o ō pūkahukahu me te tīmata i ngā maimoatanga ka taea te awhina i a koe ki te pai ake te rongo.
Ko tō morearea o te whanaketanga o te asbestosis ka whakawhirinaki nui ki te nui o te asbestos i whakamahinga e koe me te roa o te wā. Ko te hunga i mahi tika ki ngā rauemi kei roto te asbestos te tino morearea.
Ko ngā take matua e whakapiki ake ana i tō morearea ko:
Ka takaro hoki te tau, i te nuinga o te hunga i whakatauhia he asbestosis he 65 tau neke atu. Ko te take tenei he tekau tau te roa o te mate i muri i te whakamahinga. Ko ngā tāne te nuinga o te pānga atu i ngā wāhine, nā te ahua o te whakamahinga mahi i ngā tekau tau o mua.
Ka taea e te asbestosis te arahi ki ētahi raruraru hauora kino i te wā e haere ana te mate. Ko te pakaru o ō pūkahukahu ka whakapiki i te ahotea ki tō ngakau ka pāngia hoki ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru matua hei matawai:
Ko te rongo pai, mā te tiaki hauora tika me ngā huringa noho ora, ka taea e te tini o te hunga he asbestosis te whakahaere i ō rātou tōmhanga me te pupuri i te kounga ora tika mō ngā tau maha. Ka tirotiro tata atu tō tākuta ki a koe hei hopu i ngā raruraru i te wawe.
Ko te whakatau i te asbestosis ka tīmata mā tō tākuta e uiui ki tō hītori mahi me tetahi whakamahinga asbestos pea. He mea nui tēnei kōrero nā te rite o te ahua o te mate ki ētahi atu āhuatanga pūkahukahu i runga i ngā whakamātautau.
Ka tono pea tō tākuta i ētahi whakamātautau hei whakau i te whakatau. Ka taea e te X-ray uma te whakaatu i te pakaru o ō pūkahukahu, ahakoa ngā wāhanga wawe pea kāore e puta he rerekētanga. Ka whakarato te CT scan i ngā whakaahua tino taipitopito ka taea te kite i ngā huringa kaore e puta i runga i ngā X-ray noa.
Ka ine ngā whakamātautau mahi pūkahukahu i te pai o te mahi a ō pūkahukahu mā te manawa atu ki roto i te mīhini. Ka whakaatu ēnei whakamātautau mena kua whakaitihia tō kaha pūkahukahu me te pai o te neke hau ki roto me te puta atu.
I ētahi wā, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te biopsy pūkahukahu, kei reira te tauira iti o te kiri pūkahukahu ka tirotirohia i raro i te microscope. Ka taea e tēnei te whakau i ngā muka asbestos i roto i ō pūkahukahu, ahakoa kāore i te hiahiatia tonu mō te whakatau.
Kāore he rongoā mō te asbestosis, engari ka taea e ngā maimoatanga te awhina i te whakahaere i ō tōmhanga me te whakaheke i te tere o te mate. Ko te whāinga ko te awhina i a koe ki te manawa ngāwari ake me te pupuri i tō kounga ora.
Ka uru pea tō mahere maimoatanga ki:
I ngā take kino, ka whakaarohia pea te whakawhiti pūkahukahu, ahakoa koinei te tikanga mō ngā tāngata taitamariki he mate tino nui. Ka mahi tahi tō rōpū hauora ki a koe hei kimi i te whakakotahitanga o ngā maimoatanga e pai ana mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Ko te tiaki i a koe i te kāinga he wāhanga nui ki te whakahaere i ngā tōmhanga asbestosis. Ka taea e ngā huringa iti i tō mahi o ia rā te awhina i a koe ki te manawa ngāwari ake me te pai ake te rongo.
Mena ka kai paipa koe, ko te mutu te mea nui rawa ka taea e koe te mahi. Ka whakaiti te kai paipa i te pakaru o ngā pūkahukahu ka whakapiki nui i tō morearea o te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu. Ka taea e tō tākuta te awhina i a koe ki te kimi i ngā kaupapa mutu kai paipa me ngā rongoā e ngāwari ai te mutu.
Noho mahi i roto i ō rohe. Ka taea e te whakakori ngawari penei i te hikoi rānei te kauhoe te awhina i te pupuri i te mahi o ō pūkahukahu me te kaha whānui. Tīmata haere haere me te whakapiki haere i te mahi i te wā e pai ana koe.
Tīaki i a koe i ngā mate manawa mā te horoi i ō ringa maha me te karo i ngā wāhi nui i te wā o te mate huaketo. Whiwhi i tō werohinga mate huaketo o ia tau me te ui ki tō tākuta mō ngā werohinga mate pūkahukahu.
Whakamahia ngā kai horoi hau i tō kāinga me te karo i te whakamahinga o te puehu, ngā matū, me ētahi atu mea e whakaohooho ana i ngā pūkahukahu. Whakaarohia te kakahu i te peke i te wā e horoi ana rānei e mahi ana i ngā mahi ka taea te whakaohooho i ngā pūhui i te hau.
Ko te whakarite mō tō hui ka awhina i te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te hua nui rawa atu i tō wā me tō tākuta. Kawea mai he hītori mahi taipitopito, tae atu ki ngā mahi katoa i te wā pea i whakamahinga ai koe ki te asbestos, ahakoa he poto noa iho.
Tuhia katoa ō tōmhanga, te wā i tīmata ai, me te mea e pai ake ana rānei e kino ake ana. Tāpirihia ngā kōrero mō ō raruraru manawa, penei i te mea kei te okioki rānei i te mahi anake.
Hangaia he rārangi o ngā rongoā katoa e inu ana koe, tae atu ki ngā rongoā-ā-te-kāinga me ngā taapiri. Tāpirihia hoki ngā X-ray uma o mua rānei ngā rēkōta hauora e pā ana ki ngā raruraru pūkahukahu.
Whakaritea ngā pānui mō tō āhuatanga, ngā whiringa maimoatanga, me te mea e tatari ana. Kaua e whakaroa ki te uiui mō ngā rōpū tautoko rānei ngā rauemi mō te hunga he asbestosis i tō rohe.
Ko te asbestosis he mate pūkahukahu kino engari ka taea te whakahaere, e tupu ana i ngā tau i muri i te whakamahinga asbestos. Ahakoa kāore he rongoā, ka taea e te whakatau wawe me te maimoatanga tika te awhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te kounga ora pai me te whakaheke i te tere o te mate.
Ko te mea nui rawa hei mahara ko kāore koe i te kotahi i roto i tēnei haerenga. Mā te tiaki hauora tika, ngā huringa noho ora, me te tautoko, ka ora tonu te tini o te hunga he asbestosis i ngā oranga whai hua.
Mena he hītori whakamahinga asbestos ōu, kaua e tatari kia puta mai ngā tōmhanga i mua i te kōrero ki tō tākuta. Ka taea e ngā tirotiro o ia tau te awhina i te hopu i te mate i te wawe i te wā e tino whai hua ana ngā maimoatanga.
Kāore, kāore he rongoā mō te asbestosis i tēnei wā. Heoi, ka taea e ngā maimoatanga te awhina i te whakahaere i ngā tōmhanga, te whakaheke i te tere o te mate, me te whakapai ake i tō kounga ora. Ko te pakaru o ngā pūkahukahu e puta mai ana he mau tonu, engari mā te tiaki hauora tika, ka ora pai te tini o te hunga me tēnei āhuatanga mō ngā tau maha.
Ka tupu te asbestosis i te 20 ki te 40 tau i muri i te whakamahinga tuatahi ki te asbestos. Ko tēnei whakaroa roa te take i whakatauhia ai te tini o te hunga i muri mai i te ora, ahakoa i puta mai ō rātou whakamahinga i ngā tekau tau o mua. Ka haere haere te mate, ā, pea kāore ngā tōmhanga e puta mai kia nui te pakaru o ngā pūkahukahu.
Kāore, ehara te asbestosis i te mate pukupuku. Kāore e taea te hopu mai i te tangata he mate. Ka tupu noa te asbestosis mai i te manawa atu i ngā muka asbestos tika, i te nuinga mā te whakamahinga mahi rānei te taiao ki ngā rauemi kei roto te asbestos.
Ko te asbestosis ka whakapiki ake i tō morearea o te whanaketanga o te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu, engari ehara te tikanga ka whiwhi koe. Ko te morearea teitei rawa mō te hunga e kai paipa ana rānei kua kai paipa. Ko te mutu kai paipa me te whai i ngā tūtohu a tō tākuta mō te tirotiro o ia tau ka taea te awhina i te whakaiti i tēnei morearea.
Ka taea e te tini o te hunga he asbestosis ngawari te haere tonu ki te mahi, ina koa i ngā mahi kaore e hiahiatia he mahi tinana nui. Heoi, me karo koe i tetahi atu whakamahinga asbestos rānei ētahi atu mea e whakaohooho ana i ngā pūkahukahu. Ka taea e tō tākuta te awhina i te whakatau i te taumata mahi e ora ana mōu i runga i te mahi o ō pūkahukahu me ngā tōmhanga.
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