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He aha te huaketo? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga
He aha te huaketo? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

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He aha te huaketo? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

October 10, 2025


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He aha te huaketo?

Ko te huaketo he mate huaketo tino ngawari e puta ai te pupuhi, te pupuhi i te kiri i to tinana katoa. Ko te huaketo varicella-zoster te take, he mema o te whānau huaketo herpes.

Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka whiwhi huaketo i te wa o te tamarikitanga, ā, ahakoa kaore e pai, he ngawari te nuinga, ka ngaro ake i roto i te wiki, rua rānei. Kia whiwhi koe i te huaketo, ka whakawhanakehia e to tinana te aukati, na reira ka tino iti te tupono ka whiwhi ano koe.

Ka horapa ngāwari te mate ma ngā matū hau i te wa e kōhutia ana e tetahi, e ngunguru ana rānei, mā te pā atu rānei ki te wai mai i ngā pupuhi huaketo. Ko koe te tino ngawari mai i te rua rā i mua i te puta mai o te pupuhi tae noa ki te kōwhatu katoa o ngā pupuhi.

He aha ngā tohu o te huaketo?

Ko ngā tohu o te huaketo ka tīmata ki ngā āhuatanga rite ki te mate huaketo i mua i te puta mai o te pupuhi. Ko te pupuhi te tohu tino mohiotia, engari ka raru pea koe mo te rā, rua rānei i mua.

Ko ēnei ngā tohu noa e tumanakohia ana e koe:

  • Te pupuhi whero, te pupuhi e tīmata ana hei pito iti ka whanake hei pupuhi kapi i te wai
  • Te kirika, te nuinga he iti ki te waenga
  • Te mamae o te upoko me te mamae o te tinana katoa
  • Te ngenge me te kore pai
  • Te ngaro o te hiahia kai
  • Te mamae o te korokoro i etahi wā

Ko te pupuhi ka puta tuatahi ki tō mata, ki tō uma, ki tō tua, ka horapa ki ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana. Ka haere tonu te puta mai o ngā pito hou mō ngā rā maha, i te wa e kōwhatu ana ngā mea tawhito ka ora.

I etahi wā, ka raru pea etahi tangata ki ngā tohu nui ake. Ka uru atu ki ēnei te kirika nui neke atu i te 102°F, te mamae nui o te upoko, te uaua o te manawa, te tohu rānei o te mate huaketo o te kiri i te taha o ngā pupuhi. Hei tāpiri atu, ka whanake pea etahi tangata i ngā raruraru penei i te mumura o ngā pūkahukahu, te mumura rānei o te roro, ahakoa he onge ēnei i ngā tamariki hauora me ngā pakeke.

He aha te take o te huaketo?

Ko te huaketo varicella-zoster te take o te huaketo, ka horapa ngāwari atu i te tangata ki te tangata. Ka taea e koe te hopu mā te manawa i ngā matū iti kei roto te huaketo i te wa e kōhutia ana e tetahi, e ngunguru ana rānei, e kōrero ana rānei.

Ka taea hoki e koe te mate mā te pā atu ki ngā papa kua whakapokea e te huaketo, mā te pā tika rānei ki te wai mai i ngā pupuhi huaketo. Ka ora te huaketo i runga i ngā papa mo etahi haora, ka tino ngawari ai.

Kia tomo te huaketo ki roto ki tō tinana, ka haere ia i roto i tō pūnaha manawa ka tīmata te tupu. I muri i te wā whakarite o te 10 ki te 21 rā, ka tīmata ngā tohu. I tenei wā, kaore pea koe e mate, engari ka taea tonu e koe te horapa i te huaketo ki ētahi atu.

He mea tika te kōrero ko te huaketo kotahi e pā ana ki te huaketo ka taea te whakahoki i roto i tō tinana hei tātaramoa, te nuinga i te wa e koroheke ana koe, te ngoikore rānei o tō pūnaha aukati.

Nōhea te haere ki te taote mō te huaketo?

Ko te nuinga o ngā take o te huaketo ka taea te whakahaere i te kāinga mā te okioki me ngā tikanga whakamarie. Heoi, me whakapiri atu koe ki tō taote ki te kite koe i ētahi tohu raru, ki te nui ake rānei tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru.

Karanga atu ki tō taote tonu ki te pāngia koe e:

  • Te kirika nui neke atu i te 102°F (38.9°C) te kirika rānei e roa atu i te whā rā
  • Te mamae nui o te upoko, te ngoikore rānei o te kaki
  • Te uaua o te manawa, te mamae rānei o te uma
  • Nga tohu o te mate huaketo i te taha o nga pupuhi (te whero nui ake, te mahana, te pus, te whero ranei)
  • Te mamae nui o te kopu, te ruaki ranei e mau tonu ana
  • Te pohehe, te moe nui rawa ranei, te uaua ranei ki te ara

Me rapu hoki koe i te tiaki hauora mena kei te hapu koe, he ngoikore tō pūnaha aukati, neke atu rānei i te 65 tau tōu pakeke ka whanake te huaketo. Ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ēnei rōpū ki ngā raruraru, ka hiahia pea ki te maimoatanga motuhake.

Hei tāpiri atu, ki te tiaki koe i te tamaiti iti i raro i te 12 marama e whanake ana te huaketo, whakapiri atu wawe ki tō tākuta tamariki, na te mea ka nui ake pea ngā take o ngā pepeke.

He aha ngā take tūponotanga mō te huaketo?

Ko te tangata katoa kaore i whiwhi huaketo, i te werohanga rānei ka taea te mate, engari ka taea e ētahi take te whakanui ake i tō tūponotanga ki te hopu, ki te whanake rānei i ngā raruraru. He mea nui te pakeke i roto i te tūponotanga mate me te kaha.

Ko ngā take tūponotanga matua mō te whiwhi huaketo ko:

  • Kaore ano i whiwhi huaketo, i te werohanga rānei
  • Te noho tata ki tetahi kei te pāngia e te huaketo, e te tātaramoa rānei
  • Te noho tata penei i ngā kura, ngā pokapū tiaki tamariki, ngā whare rānei
  • He ngoikore tō pūnaha aukati
  • Kei te hapu (ki te kore koe i whiwhi huaketo)
  • Te mahi i ngā wāhi hauora, ngā wāhi tiaki tamariki rānei

Ahakoa ka ora te nuinga o ngā tamariki hauora i te huaketo kaore he raruraru, ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ētahi rōpū ki ngā raruraru. Ka nui ake ngā tohu o ngā pakeke e whiwhi ana i te huaketo i ngā tamariki.

Ko te hunga he ngoikore o te pūnaha aukati, ngā wāhine hapu, me ngā pēpi hou te nui rawa o te tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru nui. Mena kei roto koe i tētahi o ēnei rōpū, ka whakaaro rānei koe kua pāngia koe e te huaketo, whakapiri atu tonu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o te huaketo?

Ko te nuinga o te iwi, ina koa ngā tamariki hauora, ka ora i te huaketo kaore he raruraru roa. Heoi, ka puta pea ngā raruraru, ā, he mea whai hua te mohio ki te mea hei titiro atu, kia taea ai te rapu awhina mena e hiahiatia ana.

Ko ngā raruraru noa e puta mai ana ko:

  • Ngā mate huaketo o te kiri mai i te karaka i ngā pupuhi
  • Te tohu mai i ngā karaka hohonu, i ngā pupuhi kua pāngia rānei
  • Te ngau wai mai i te kirika me te kore inu wai
  • Te mumura o ngā pūkahukahu, ina koa i ngā pakeke me te hunga he ngoikore o te pūnaha aukati

Ko ngā raruraru iti ake, engari nui ake te kino, ka uru atu ki te mumura o te roro (encephalitis), ngā raruraru toto, ngā mate huaketo nui rānei e horapa ana puta noa i te tinana. Ko ēnei raruraru onge te tino tūponotanga i ngā pakeke, ngā wāhine hapu, ngā pēpi hou, me te hunga he ngoikore o te pūnaha aukati.

Ko ngā wāhine hapu e whiwhi ana i te huaketo he nui ake ngā tūponotanga, tae atu ki ngā hapa whānau pea mena ka pāngia i te timatanga o te haputanga, te mate nui rānei i ngā pēpi hou mena ka pāngia tata ki te wā whānau. Koinei te take i tino nui ai te werohanga i mua i te haputanga mō ngā wāhine kaore i whiwhi huaketo.

Me pēhea te aukati i te huaketo?

Ko te werohanga huaketo te huarahi pai ki te aukati i tēnei mate. He tino whai hua, kua whakaitihia te maha o ngā take huaketo mai i te wā i puta mai ai.

Ko te werohanga ka hoatu te nuinga i roto i ngā wāhanga e rua: te tuatahi i waenga i te 12 me te 15 marama te pakeke, me te tuarua i waenga i te 4 me te 6 tau. Me werohanga hoki ngā pakeke kaore ano i whiwhi huaketo ki ngā wāhanga e rua e hoatu ana i te 4 ki te 8 wiki te wehenga.

Ki te kore e taea e koe te werohanga, ki te kore koe i werohangahia, ka taea e koe te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga mā te karo i te hononga tata ki te hunga kei te pāngia e te huaketo, e te tātaramoa rānei. Ka horapa ngāwari te huaketo, no reira ko te noho atu i ngā tangata kua pāngia tō tiaki pai.

Ka taea hoki e ngā mahi hauora pai penei i te horoi ringa maha te āwhina i te aukati i te horapa o te huaketo. Mena kei te pāngia tetahi i roto i tō whare e te huaketo, ngana ki te pupuri i a rātou i ngā mema whānau kaore i whiwhi i te mate, i te werohanga rānei.

Me pēhea te whakatau i te huaketo?

Ka taea e ngā taote te whakatau i te huaketo mā te titiro noa ki te pupuhi, mā te whakarongo rānei ki ō tohu. He tino motuhake te tauira o ngā pito whero iti e whanake ana hei pupuhi kapi i te wai, ā, he ngāwari te kite.

Ka ui tō taote ki te wā i tīmata ai ō tohu, mehemea kua tata koe ki tetahi kei te pāngia e te huaketo, mehemea kua whiwhi koe i te mate, i te werohanga rānei i mua. Ka tirotirohia hoki e rātou tō pupuhi ki te kite i te wā kei roto ngā pupuhi.

I te nuinga o ngā take, kaore he whakamātautau motuhake e hiahiatia ana hei whakau i te huaketo. Heoi, ki te kore tō taote e tino mohio ki te whakatau, ki te nui ake rānei tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru, ka tango pea rātou i te tauira wai mai i te pupuhi hei whakamātautau mō te huaketo.

Ka taea hoki e ngā whakamātautau toto te tirotiro i ngā antibodies ki te huaketo varicella-zoster, engari he onge ēnei mō te whakatau. Ka tono pea tō taote i te mahi toto mena e hiahia ana rātou ki te whakatau mehemea kei te aukati koe i te huaketo, ki te whakapae rānei i ngā raruraru.

He aha te maimoatanga mō te huaketo?

Ko te maimoatanga mō te huaketo e arotahi ana ki te pupuri i a koe i te whakamarie i te wa e whawhai ana tō tinana i te huaketo. Kaore he rongoā mō te huaketo, engari ka taea e ētahi atu huarahi te āwhina i ō tohu me te aukati i ngā raruraru.

Mō te nuinga o ngā tamariki hauora me ngā pakeke, ko te maimoatanga ko:

  • Te okioki me te nui o te wai hei āwhina i tō tinana ki te ora
  • Ngā kaukau makariri me te oatmeal, te paura tunutunu rānei hei whakamarie i te kiri pupuhi
  • Te kirikiri karamine, te kāpeka makariri rānei i runga i ngā wāhi pupuhi
  • Acetaminophen mō te kirika me te kore pai (kaua rawa e hoatu te aspirin ki ngā tamariki kei te pāngia e te huaketo)
  • Ngā antihistamines hei āwhina i te whakaiti i te pupuhi

Ka tono pea tō taote i te rongoā antiviral penei i te acyclovir mena kei te nui tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru, ki te pakeke rānei koe me ngā tohu nui. Ka pai te mahi o ēnei rongoā mena ka tīmata i roto i ngā haora 24 tuatahi i te puta mai o te pupuhi.

Mō te hunga he ngoikore o te pūnaha aukati, ētahi atu take tūponotanga rānei, ka tono pea ngā taote i ētahi atu maimoatanga, i te tirotiro tata rānei. Ko te whāinga tonu ko te aukati i ngā raruraru i te wa e āwhina ana koe ki te pai o te whakamarie i te wa e ora ana.

Me pēhea te whakahaere i te huaketo i te kāinga?

Ko te tiaki i a koe, i tō tamaiti rānei kei te pāngia e te huaketo i te kāinga e pā ana ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te aukati i te horapa o te mate ki ētahi atu. Ko te matua ko te pupuri i te whakamarie i te wa e mahi ana tō pūnaha aukati.

Hei whakahaere i te pupuhi, ko te mea tino raru te nuinga, ngana ki ngā kaukau makariri me te oatmeal colloidal, te paura tunutunu rānei. Patuhia māori tō kiri ka whakamahi i te kirikiri karamine ki ngā pito pupuhi. Pupurihia ngā kuihi poto me te ma, hei aukati i te karaka me te mate pea.

Noho makariri mā te inu i te nui o te wai, ka kai i ngā kai ngawari, makariri mena he mamae ō ngutu. Ka taea e ngā popsicles me te hukaheke te whakamarie i te mamae o te korokoro. Okioki kia taea ai te āwhina i tō tinana ki te ora.

Hei aukati i te horapa o te huaketo, noho i te kāinga tae noa ki te kōwhatu katoa o ngā pupuhi, ko te tikanga he wiki pea. Horoihia ō ringa maha, karohia te whakamahi i ngā taonga whaiaro penei i ngā tauera, i ngā taputapu rānei ki ngā mema whānau.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō hui taote?

Mena e hiahia ana koe ki te kite i te taote mō te huaketo, he mea nui te karanga i mua, na te mea he tino ngawari te huaketo. He maha ngā tari hauora he tikanga motuhake mō ngā turoro he mate ngawari hei tiaki i ētahi atu turoro.

I mua i tō hui, tuhituhia te wā i tīmata ai ō tohu, te āhua o rātou, me ētahi rongoā kua inu koe. Tātai mehemea kua tata koe ki tetahi kei te pāngia e te huaketo, e te tātaramoa rānei i ngā wiki kua pahure nei.

Kawe mai he rārangi o ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora kei a koe me ngā rongoā kei te inu koe. Ka āwhina tēnei i tō taote ki te whakatau i te huarahi maimoatanga pai me te tautuhi i ētahi raruraru pea.

Whakamahia te kōrero mō tō hītori werohanga. Ki te kore koe e tino mohio mehemea kua whiwhi koe i te huaketo i mua, i te werohanga rānei, whakahua atu ki tō taote, na te mea ka pā tenei ki tō mahere maimoatanga.

He aha te mea nui mō te huaketo?

Ko te huaketo he mate tamariki noa e, ahakoa kaore e pai, ka ora ake i a ia ano kaore he raruraru nui. He motuhake te pupuhi, te pupuhi rānei, ā, ka āwhina i ngā taote ki te whakatau ngāwari.

Ko te tiaki pai rawa atu i te huaketo ko te werohanga, he haumaru, he tino whai hua. Mena ka whiwhi koe i te huaketo, ka taea te whakahaere i te nuinga o ngā take i te kāinga mā te okioki, te wai, me ngā tikanga whakamarie tohu.

Kia mahara ahakoa he ngawari te huaketo i ngā tamariki hauora, ka nui ake ngā take o ngā pakeke me te hunga he take tūponotanga. Kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mena he awangawanga koe, ki te kite rānei koe i ētahi tohu whakatūpato o ngā raruraru.

Kia whiwhi koe i te huaketo, ka tiakina koe mō te ora mai te whiwhi ano, ahakoa ka noho pūmau te huaketo i roto i tō pūnaha io, ka taea te whakahoki hei tātaramoa. Ko te mārama ki tēnei hononga ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora roa.

Ngā pātai noa e ui ana mō te huaketo

Ka taea te whiwhi huaketo rua?

He tino onge te whiwhi huaketo rua. Kia whiwhi koe i te huaketo, ka whakawhanakehia e tō pūnaha aukati te tiaki roa ki te huaketo. Heoi, ka noho pūmau te huaketo i roto i tō pūnaha io, ka taea te whakahoki hei tātaramoa, he mate rerekē tēnei me ngā tohu rerekē.

E hia te roa o te huaketo?

Ko te huaketo te nuinga e roa ana mo te 7 ki te 10 rā mai i te wā i puta tuatahi mai ai te pupuhi. Ka mutu te puta mai o ngā pupuhi hou i muri i te 5 rā, ka kōwhatu ngā pupuhi kei reira i roto i te 5 rā anō. Kaore koe e tino ngawari i te wa kua kōwhatu katoa ngā pupuhi.

He mate te huaketo mō ngā pakeke?

Ko ngā pakeke e whiwhi ana i te huaketo ka nui ake ngā tohu i ngā tamariki, tae atu ki ngā kirika nui ake me ngā pupuhi whānui ake. Ka nui ake hoki tō rātou tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru penei i te mumura o ngā pūkahukahu. Heoi, mā te tiaki tika me te tirotiro, ka ora te nuinga o ngā pakeke i te huaketo.

Ka taea e ngā wāhine hapu te whiwhi werohanga huaketo?

Kaua ngā wāhine hapu e whiwhi werohanga huaketo, na te mea kei roto he huaketo ora. Ko ngā wāhine e whakaaro ana ki te hapu kaore i whiwhi huaketo me werohanga i te iti rawa kotahi marama i mua i te ngana ki te hapu. Mena kei te hapu koe, kaore ano i whiwhi huaketo, korero ki tō taote mō ngā tikanga tiaki.

Me pēhea te mohio ki te kore e tino ngawari te huaketo?

Kaore koe e tino ngawari i te wa kua maroke katoa ngā pupuhi huaketo, kua kōwhatu rānei. Ko te tikanga ka puta tēnei i muri i te 7 ki te 10 rā i te puta tuatahi mai o te pupuhi. Tae noa ki tera wā, ka taea e koe te horapa i te huaketo ki ētahi atu kaore i whiwhi huaketo, i te werohanga rānei.

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