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He aha ngā pūngāwerewere u? Ngā tohu, ngā take, me te rongoā
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He aha ngā pūngāwerewere u? Ngā tohu, ngā take, me te rongoā

October 10, 2025


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He aha ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ko ngā pūngāwerewere u he kohinga wai e whai hua ana i roto i te kiko o ō u. He tino noa, ā, tata tonu te kore kino, ā, e kore e piki ake te tūponotanga o te mate pukupuku.

Whakaarohia he pēpeha iti kua ki tonu i te wai ka puta i hea i roto i ō u. Ka whanake te nuinga o ngā wāhine i te iti rawa kotahi pūngāwerewere u i roto i tō rātou oranga, inā koa i waenganui i ngā tau 35 me te 50. Ka taea te whakarongo kia kaha, ngawari rānei, ki te pakeke rānei i runga i te nui o te wai kei roto.

Ka puta pinepine ēnei pūngāwerewere me te huringa o ō wā. Ka kite pea koe i ētahi wā o te marama, ā, ka ngaro pea rātou katoa.

He aha ngā tohu o ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ko te nuinga o ngā pūngāwerewere u kaore e puta he tohu. Ka kite pea koe i te whakamātautau u noa, i te mammogram rānei ina kitea e tō tākuta.

Ki te puta mai ngā tohu, ko ēnei ngā mea ka pā atu ki a koe:

  • He pūngāwerewere porowhita maeneene e neke haere ana i raro i tō kiri
  • Te mamae o te u, te ngawari rānei, inā koa i mua i tō wā
  • He āhua ki tonu, he taumaha rānei i roto i tō u
  • Ngā huringa i te rahi o te pūngāwerewere i roto i tō huringa wā
  • Te waiū mai i te pito o te u, he mā, he kōwhai, he matomato rānei

Ka taea te mamae mai i te kore ngāwari iti ki ngā āwangawanga koi, ngā wero rānei. Ka whakaahuahia e ētahi wāhine he mamae tonu, ētahi atu ka mamae noa i te pā atu ki te rohe, i te mahi tinana rānei.

He aha ngā momo pūngāwerewere u?

Ka whakarōpūtia e ngā tākuta ngā pūngāwerewere u ki ētahi wāhanga nui e rua i runga i tō rātou rahi me ngā āhuatanga. Ka āwhina te mōhiotanga ki ēnei momo ki te mohio ki te aha e tatari ana koe.

Ko ngā pūngāwerewere ngāwari te momo tino noa. Kei roto he wai anake, he pakitara angiangi, maeneene hoki. Ka puta mārama ēnei i runga i ngā ultrasound, ā, tata tonu te kore āwangawanga.

He pakitara mātotoru ake, he hanganga o roto rānei pēnei i ngā paru, i ngā wāhanga pūngāwerewere. Ahakoa he noa tonu te kore kino, ka hiahia pea ēnei ki te tirotiro tata atu, ki te whakamātautau atu rānei hei whakakore i ētahi atu āhuatanga.

Ko ngā microcysts he pūngāwerewere iti rawa kaore e taea te whakarongo, engari ka kitea i runga i ngā whakamātautau whakaahua. Ko ngā macrocysts he pūngāwerewere nui ake ka taea te whakarongo hei pūngāwerewere. Ka whai i ngā tauira kotahi ēnei momo e rua, ā, kaore e tino puta he raruraru.

He aha ngā take o ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ka whanake ngā pūngāwerewere u ina mau te wai i roto i ngā ngongo waiū o ō u me te kiko e karapoti ana. Ka puta tēnei hei wāhanga noa o te āhua o te kiko o ō u ki ngā huringa homoni i roto i tō oranga.

Ko ō huringa homoni o ia marama te tino wāhi nui ki te hanganga pūngāwerewere. I te piki haere, te heke haere rānei o ngā taumata estrogen me te progesterone i roto i tō huringa wā, ka piki, ka heke te kiko o te u. I etahi wā, ka aukati tēnei tukanga i ngā ngongo iti, ka taea te kohikohi wai.

He maha ngā take ka piki ake te tūponotanga o te whanaketanga pūngāwerewere:

  • Ngā tau i waenganui i te 35 me te 50 tau
  • Kaore i hapu
  • Te rongoā whakakapi homoni
  • Te kai caffeine (ahakoa kaore i whakamāramahia tēnei hononga)
  • Te hītori whānau o ngā pūngāwerewere u

He mea nui kia mōhio kei te kore he mea i mahi koe, i kore rānei i mahi e pā ana ki te hanganga o ō pūngāwerewere. He rerekētanga noa i te whanaketanga o te kiko u me te huringa i te wā.

Nōhea koe me haere ki te tākuta mō ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Me whakapiri atu koe ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora ina kite koe i te pūngāwerewere hou i roto i ō u, ahakoa kei te whakaaro koe he pūngāwerewere pea. Ahakoa ko te nuinga o ngā pūngāwerewere he kore kino, he pai tonu te arotake.

Whakaritea he whakatau ina pā atu ki a koe ēnei tohu:

  • He pūngāwerewere hou kaore e ngaro i muri i tō wā e whai ake nei
  • Ngā huringa i te rahi, te āhua, te pūngāwerewere rānei o te pūngāwerewere
  • Te mamae tonu o te u e āwangawanga ana i ngā mahi o ia rā
  • Te waiū mai i te pito o te u, inā koa he toto, he puta rānei kaore i te pehi
  • Ngā huringa kiri pēnei i te ngāwari, te pūngāwerewere, te whero rānei

Kaua e tatari ki te kite koe i ngā huringa tere, ki te rerekē rānei te mea i te noa. Ka taea e tō tākuta te whakatau tere mena he pūngāwerewere te mea kei te whakarongo koe, kei te hiahia rānei ki te whakamātautau atu.

He aha ngā take tūponotanga mō ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ka taea e ētahi take te piki ake i tō tūponotanga ki te whanaketanga o ngā pūngāwerewere u, ahakoa te whai i ēnei take tūponotanga kaore e whakamana ka whiwhi koe i a rātou. Ko te nuinga e pā ana ki te whakamahinga homoni i roto i tō oranga.

Ko tō tau te tino wāhi nui. Ko ngā pūngāwerewere te nuinga o te whanaketanga i roto i ō tau whānau tamariki, inā koa i ō tau 40. Ka iti pinepine i muri i te menopause ina pumau ngā taumata homoni.

Ko ētahi atu take ka piki ake ai tō tūponotanga ko:

  • Kaore i whānau tamariki, i whānau rānei i tō tamaiti tuatahi i muri i te tau 30
  • Te tīmatanga o tō wā i mua i te tau 12
  • Te haere atu i te menopause i muri i te tau 55
  • Te tango i te rongoā whakakapi homoni
  • Te whai i te kiko u matotoru
  • Te hītori whaiaro, te hītori whānau rānei o ngā āhuatanga u kore kino

Te whai i tetahi take tūponotanga, i te maha atu rānei kaore e tikanga ka whanake koe i ngā pūngāwerewere. He maha ngā wāhine e whai ana i ngā take tūponotanga maha kaore e whiwhi i a rātou, ētahi atu kaore he take tūponotanga.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Kaore ngā pūngāwerewere u e tino puta he raruraru nui, engari ko te mōhiotanga ki te aha pea ka puta ka āwhina ki te whakawātea i tō ngākau. Ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru he iti, he ngāwari hoki te whakahaere.

Ko te take tino noa ko te kore ngāwari, te mamae rānei e āwangawanga ana i ō mahi o ia rā. Ka kite ētahi wāhine he uaua te moe i runga i tō puku, te mamae rānei i te wā e whakakori tinana ana.

Ko ngā raruraru pea ko:

  • Te mate i roto i ngā take onge, te whero, te wera, te kirika rānei
  • Ngā pūngāwerewere e puta anō ana i te taua wāhi
  • Te manukanuka mō te tūponotanga mate pukupuku (ahakoa kaore ēnei pūngāwerewere e piki ake tēnei tūponotanga)
  • Te uaua ki te kite i ētahi atu huringa u nā te pūngāwerewere

Kaore rawa, ka taea e ngā pūngāwerewere u te whai i ngā pūtau koretake e hiahia ana ki te tirotiro, ki te tango rānei. Heoi, ka puta tēnei i raro i te 1% o ngā take, ā, kaore e tohu i te mate pukupuku.

Me pēhea te whakamātautau i ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ka tīmata tō tākuta me te whakamātautau tinana o ō u, te whakarongo ki ngā pūngāwerewere, ngā huringa pūngāwerewere rānei, ngā rohe ngawari rānei. Ka āwhina tēnei ki te whakatau i te momo whakaahua, te whakamātautau rānei pea e hiahiatia ana.

Ko te taputapu whakamātautau tino noa ko te ultrasound u. Ka whakamahi tēnei whakamātautau kore mamae i ngā ngaru oro hei hanga whakaahua o te kiko o ō u, ā, ka taea te wehewehe ngā mea pūngāwerewere i ngā pūngāwerewere kua ki tonu i te wai.

Ko ētahi atu whakamātautau pea ka tūtohutia e tō tākuta ko:

  • Mammography hei whiwhi i te tirohanga whānui ake o te kiko o ō u
  • Te whakamahinga o te ngira angiangi hei whakaheke wai me te whakamana i te whakamātautau
  • MRI i roto i ngā take uaua, ki te kore rānei e mārama ngā whakaahua atu
  • Te biopsy ngira matotoru mō ngā pūngāwerewere uaua e whai āhuatanga rerekē ana

Ka taea te whakamātautau i te nuinga o ngā pūngāwerewere ngāwari me te ultrasound anake. Ko te tukanga katoa he tere, he ngāwari tonu, he maha ngā whakautu tika e pā ana ki te mea kei te whakarongo koe.

He aha te rongoā mō ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ko te nuinga o ngā pūngāwerewere u kaore e hiahia ki tetahi rongoā. Ki te kore e puta he tohu tō pūngāwerewere, ā, he ngāwari te ahua i runga i te whakaahua, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta kia titiro noa koe ki a ia.

Mō ngā pūngāwerewere mamae, nui rānei, ka taea e te whakamahinga o te ngira angiangi te whakaora tere. I te wā o tēnei tukanga, ka whakauru tō tākuta he ngira angiangi ki te pūngāwerewere, ka whakaheke i te wai, ka ngaro pea te pūngāwerewere katoa.

Ko ngā whiringa rongoā ko:

  • Te tatari atawhai mō ngā pūngāwerewere iti, kore mamae
  • Te rongoā mamae pēnei i te ibuprofen mō te kore ngāwari
  • Te whakaheke (aspiration) mō ngā pūngāwerewere nui, mamae rānei
  • Ngā whakatikatika rongoā homoni ki te tango koe i ngā homoni
  • Te tango pokanga mō ngā pūngāwerewere uaua e puta anō ana

Kaore e hiahiatia te pokanga, ā, ka whakaarohia noa mō ngā pūngāwerewere e puta anō ana i te taua wāhi, i ngā āhuatanga rānei e awangawanga ana i runga i te whakaahua. Ka kite te nuinga o ngā wāhine he pai te whakaora i ngā rongoā ngāwari.

Me pēhea te whakahaere i ngā pūngāwerewere u i te kāinga?

He maha ngā rongoā kāinga ka taea te whakaiti i te kore ngāwari mai i ngā pūngāwerewere u, ahakoa kaore e ngaro ngā pūngāwerewere. Ka arotahi ēnei whakaaturanga ki te whakahaere i te mamae me te tautoko i te hauora o ō u.

Ka taea e te bra pai te whakaiti i te kore ngāwari, inā koa i te wā e whakakori tinana ana, i te wā rānei e kino ake ai ngā tohu i mua i tō wā. Ka kite ētahi wāhine he tino whai hua ngā bra hākinakina mō te tautoko atu.

Ko ngā rautaki whakahaere mamae ko:

  • Te whakamahi i ngā kāpeka wera, makariri rānei mō te 10-15 meneti
  • Te tango i ngā kaiwhakaora mamae kore-whakahaunga pēnei i te ibuprofen
  • Te whakaiti i te kai caffeine (ahakoa he whakakotahitanga ngā mōhiohio)
  • Te whakaiti i te tote i mua i tō wā hei whakaiti i te pupuhi
  • Te mirimiri ngawari i te u me te moisturizer

Ka pūrongo ētahi wāhine he āwhina te hinu primrose o te ahiahi, te taapiri hua e rānei ki te mamae o te u, ahakoa he iti ngā mōhiohio pūtaiao. Kōrero atu ki tō tākuta i mua i te tīmatanga o ētahi taapiri.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō whakatau tākuta?

Ko te haere ki tō whakatau whakaritea ka āwhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i te whakamātautau tika me te tiaki pai. Tīmatahia ma te tuhi i te wā i kite tuatahi ai koe i te pūngāwerewere me ētahi atu huringa kua kitea e koe.

Tāruahia ō tohu e pā ana ki tō huringa wā. Tātari mena ka nui ake, ka iti ake, ka mamae ake rānei te pūngāwerewere i ētahi wā o te marama, i te mea ka āwhina tēnei mōhiohio i tō tākuta ki te mōhio ki te aha kei te puta.

Kawe mai ēnei mōhiohio ki tō whakatau:

  • Rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā me ngā taapiri o nāianei
  • Te hītori whānau o te mate pukupuku u, o te mate pukupuku ovaries rānei
  • Ngā hua whakaahua u o mua ki te wātea
  • Ngā kōrero mō te wā me te āhua i kitea ai e koe te pūngāwerewere
  • Ētahi pātai, āwangawanga rānei e hiahia ana koe ki te kōrero

Kaua e whakarite tō whakatau mō te wiki i mua i tō wā ina ngawari ake, pūngāwerewere ake ngā u. Ko te wā pai ko te wiki i muri i te mutunga o tō wā.

He aha te mea nui mō ngā pūngāwerewere u?

He tino noa ngā pūngāwerewere u, he kore kino katoa, ā, kaore he mea hei wehi. Ahakoa te kite i tetahi pūngāwerewere i roto i ō u, ka taea te wehi, ko te nuinga he pūngāwerewere kore kino kaore e hiahia ki te rongoā.

Ko te mea nui rawa atu ka taea e koe ko te noho mohio ki te āhua o ō u. Ka āwhina tēnei ki a koe ki te kite i ngā huringa i te tīmatanga, ā, ka hoatu he whakawhirinaki ki te mohio ki te aha te noa mō tō tinana.

Kia mahara kaore te whai i ngā pūngāwerewere u e piki ake ai tō tūponotanga mate pukupuku, te tikanga rānei ka whanake koe i ētahi atu raruraru u. Ko te nuinga o ngā wāhine e noho marie ana me ngā pūngāwerewere, ā, he maha kaore e mōhio kei a rātou.

Whakawhirinaki ki ō ngākau, ā, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō ētahi atu huringa ka kitea e koe. Kei reira rātou hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakawhirinaki me te mōhio ki tō hauora u.

Ngā pātai e ui pinepinetia ana mō ngā pūngāwerewere u

Ka taea e ngā pūngāwerewere u te huri hei mate pukupuku?

Kāo, kāore e taea e ngā pūngāwerewere u ngāwari te huri hei mate pukupuku. He kore kino katoa, ā, kaore e piki ake tō tūponotanga ki te whanaketanga o te mate pukupuku u. Ahakoa ngā pūngāwerewere uaua kaore e tino whai pūtau mate pukupuku, ā, ina puta, ka kitea wawe mā te tirotiro.

Ka ngaro ngā pūngāwerewere u i runga i a rātou ake?

Ae, ka ngaro ngā pūngāwerewere u maha kaore he rongoā, inā koa ngā pūngāwerewere iti. Ka puta pinepine me tō huringa wā, ā, ka taea te whakatau katoa i muri i te menopause ina pumau ngā taumata homoni. Heoi, ka mau tonu ētahi pūngāwerewere mō ngā tau maha kaore e puta he raruraru.

Ka taea te aukati i te hanganga o ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Kaore he huarahi kua whakamāramahia hei aukati i ngā pūngāwerewere u i te mea e pā ana ki ngā huringa homoni noa. Ka kite ētahi wāhine he āwhina te whakaiti i te caffeine, te pupuri rānei i te taumaha hauora hei whakaiti i ngā tohu, engari ka taea tonu te whanaketanga o ngā pūngāwerewere ahakoa ngā whiringa oranga.

E hā roa ngā pūngāwerewere u?

Ka taea e ngā pūngāwerewere u te mau mai i te torutoru wiki ki ngā tau maha. Ka puta, ka ngaro ētahi me ngā huringa wā, ētahi atu ka mau tonu mō ngā wā roa. He rerekē te roa i waenganui i ngā tangata, ā, kaore e tohu i tetahi mea e awangawanga ana mō te pūngāwerewere.

Me manukanuka koe ki te whai koe i ngā pūngāwerewere u maha?

He tino noa te whai i ngā pūngāwerewere u maha, ā, kaore he take hei awangawanga. Ka whanake ētahi wāhine i ngā pūngāwerewere atu i ētahi atu nā te hanganga o te kiko u me ngā tauira homoni. Ka tirotirohia e tō tākuta i ngā whakamātautau noa hei whakarite kia mau tonu rātou.

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