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Ko te hūpē asthma tamariki he āhuatanga manawa roa e pupū ana, e whakaiti ana, e whakaputa ana i te waiū nui atu i ngā ara hau o tō tamaiti, ā, ka uaua ai te manawa. Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga pūmau noa i ngā tamariki, e pā ana ki ngā miriona o ngā tamariki puta noa te ao. Ahakoa ka rangona pea tenei he nui rawa, ko te rongo pai ko te tiaki tika me te whakahaere, ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te hūpē te noho ora, hauora, me te whakauru ki ngā mahi katoa e arohaina ana e rātou.
Ko te hūpē asthma tamariki te mate kotahi me te hūpē asthma pakeke, engari ka puta mai i ngā tamariki ka pā ki ō rātou mahi o ia rā penei i te takaro, te moe, me te haere ki te kura. Ki te pangia tō tamaiti e te hūpē, ka tino mārō ngā ara hau ki ētahi whakaohooho kaore e raru i ētahi atu tamariki.
Whakaarohia ngā ara hau o tō tamaiti he ngā pūtau māori. Ka tūtaki rātou ki ngā whakaohooho penei i te puehu, te pōrehu, te paowa rānei, ka pupū ngā “taiepa pūtau”, ka pēhi ngā uaua kei tō rātou taha, ka hanga te waiū piri i roto. Ka whakaitihia te tuwhera, no reira ka uaua te haere o te hau.
Ka tīmata te āhuatanga i te tīmatanga, me te maha o ngā tamariki e whakaatu ana i ngā tohu i mua i te 5 tau. Ka mutu te hūpē o ētahi tamariki i te pakeketanga, ka haere tonu ētahi ki te whakahaere i te pakeketanga. He rerekē te wheako o ia tamaiti, ā, he mea noa tērā.
Ko te mohio ki ngā tohu hūpē i tō tamaiti ka āwhina i a koe ki te tiki i te tiaki e hiahiatia ana e rātou. Ka rere ke ngā tohu mai i te ngawari ki te kitea atu, ā, ka haere mai, ka haere atu.
Koinei ngā tohu noa ka kitea pea e koe:
Ka pāngia ētahi tamariki e te mea e kiia nei ko te ‘huango wahangu’, kāore rātou e whīu, engari kei te uaua tonu te manawa. Arā atu pea ka tōki noa, ka ngāwari te whakaaro he mate huka noa e kore e ngaro.
I te wā o te whakaeke huango, ka kaha ake ngā tohu. Pea ka uaua tō tamaiti ki te kōrero i ngā rerenga kōrero katoa, pea ka neke ake te uma ki roto, ki waho rānei, ki te āwangawanga rānei, ki te wehi rānei. Me whakarongo tonu ki ēnei wāhanga, engari ka taea te whakahaere me te mahere rongoā tika.
Ka wehewehe ngā tākuta i te huango tamariki ki ngā huarahi rerekē hei awhina i te hanga i te mahere rongoā pai mō tō tamaiti. Ka āwhina te mōhiotanga ki ēnei momo ki a koe ki te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero pai ake me tō rōpū hauora.
I runga i te auau o te puta mai o ngā tohu, ka wehewehea te huango ki:
Ka titiro hoki ngā tākuta ki te aha ngā mea whakaohooho i te huango o tō tamaiti. Ka whakaohooho te huango mate pāwera e ngā mea penei i te paura, ngā pepeke puehu, te huruhuru kararehe rānei. Pea ka whakaohooho te huango kore mate pāwera e te whakakori tinana, te hau makariri, te mate manawa rānei.
Ko ētahi tamariki kei a rātou te mate huango e pā ana ki te whakakori tinana, ā, ko ngā tohu e puta ana i te nuinga o te wā i te wā rānei, i muri rānei i te mahi tinana. Kāo te tikanga ka kore e kaha te tamaiti – ko te tikanga anake me whakahaere tika kia ora ai ia i te wā e takaro ana i ngā hākinakina, e oma ana rānei.
Kāo te take tino pono o te mate huango tamariki i te whakamārama tino pai, engari e whakapono ana ngā kairangahau i puta mai i te whakakotahitanga o ngā take ira tūranga me ngā take taiao. Ki te whakahekehia te mate huango i roto i tō whānau, ka nui ake te tūponotanga o tō tamaiti ki te whanake.
He maha ngā take ka āwhina ki te whanaketanga o te mate huango o tō tamaiti:
He mea nui kia mōhio kei te kore te mate huango i puta mai i tetahi mea i mahi he ai koe hei mātua. I etahi wā ka whanake te mate huango i ngā tamariki ahakoa kahore he take tūponotanga marama. Ko te arotahi kia whakahaere pai te āhuatanga, kaua e manukanuka ki te aha pea i puta ai.
Kāo ngā mea whakapataritari taiao e puta ai te mate huango, engari ka taea e rātou te whakaiti i ngā tohu i ngā tamariki kua pangia e te āhuatanga. He rerekē ēnei mea whakapataritari mai i te tamaiti ki te tamaiti, koia te take i pai ai te kimi i ngā mea whakapataritari motuhake o tō tamaiti.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki te taote o tō tamaiti ki te kite koe i te maremare tonu, te wheez, te raruraru manawa rānei e kore e pai ake. Ka taea e te whakamārama me te maimoatanga wawe te aukati i ngā tohu kia kore e kino ake, ā, ka āwhina i tō tamaiti kia pai ake te āhua.
Whakamaheretia he whakaritenga kore-āwangawanga mena:
Heoi, he wā e hiahiatia ana te tiaki hauora tūturu. Waea atu ki te 111, ki te rūma mō te urupare rānei, ki te kore e māmā te manawa o tō tamaiti, ki te kore e taea te kōrero i ngā rerenga kōrero katoa nā te poto o te manawa, ki te kikorangi, ki te hina rānei ōna ngutu, ōna maihao rānei.
Whakaarohia ō whakaaro hei mātua. Ki te mea he rerekē te manawa, te taumata kaha rānei o tō tamaiti, he pai tonu te tirotiro ki te kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e rātou te āwhina ki te whakatau he mate huango, he mea ke rānei.
Ka taea e te mārama ki ngā take tūpono te awhina i a koe ki te mōhio atu ki ngā tohu pea, engari kia mahara kei te whakaatu ngā take tūpono ka whanake tō tamaiti i te mate huango. He maha ngā tamariki he maha ngā take tūpono kaore e whanake i te mate, ā, ko ētahi atu he torutoru ngā take tūpono ka whanake.
Ko ngā take tūpono matua ko:
Ko ētahi atu take tūpono kaore i te noa ko te mate reflux gastroesophageal (GERD), te taumaha nui, te nui rānei o te ahotea. He nui ake te tūpono o ngā tama ki te whanake i te mate huango i te tamarikitanga, ahakoa ka rite te rerekētanga i te tipu o ngā tamariki.
Ahakoa he maha ngā take tūponotanga o tō tamaiti, arotahi ki ngā mea ka taea e koe te whakahaere, pēnei i te pupuri i tō kāinga kia kore e wātea te paowa, me te whakahaere i ngā mea pāwera. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te āwhina i a koe ki te whakawhanake i ngā rautaki hei whakaiti i te whakawhāiti o tō tamaiti ki ngā tūponotanga ka taea te aukati.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki e whakahaeretia pai ana te mate huango e ora ana i ngā oranga noa katoa kahore he raruraru nui. Heoi, he pai kia mōhio koe ki ngā mea ka puta mai mena ka kore te mate huango e whakahaeretia tika, kia taea ai e koe te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora hei aukati i ēnei take.
Ko ngā raruraru tino noa e whai ake nei:
Ko ngā raruraru nui ake engari he iti te tūponotanga ka uru atu ngā huringa pumau ki te mahi o ngā pūkahukahu, ki ngā whakaeke mate huango kino hoki e wehi ai te ora. Ka whanake pea etahi tamariki i te mea e kiia nei ko te "mate huango pakaru," kei reira ngā tohu kaore i te tūpono, ka tere te kino.
Ko te rongo pai ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru ka taea te aukati mā te whakahaere tika i te mate huango. Ko ngā tirotiro auau, te whai i tō mahere maimoatanga, me te ako ki te mohio ki ngā tohu whakatūpato wawe ka āwhina i te pupuri i tō tamaiti kia hauora, kia kaha hoki. Ka mahi tahi tō rōpū hauora me koe ki te whakaiti i ngā tūponotanga katoa i te wā e whakanui ana i te kounga o te ora mō tō tamaiti.
Ahakoa kaore e taea e koe te aukati katoa i te whanaketanga o te mate huango, ina koa ki te rere i roto i tō whānau, he tāpui kei a koe hei whakaiti i te tūponotanga o tō tamaiti, hei whakaroa rānei i tōna tīmatanga. Ko ēnei rautaki e arotahi ana ki te hanga i te taiao hauora ake mō ngā pūkahukahu e whanake ana o tō tamaiti.
I te wā hapu me ngā tau tuatahi o tō tamaiti, whakaarohia ēnei huarahi:
E whakaatu ana etahi rangahau ka āwhina pea te whakapiri atu wawe ki ētahi mate ki te ārai i te mate huango, engari ehara tēnei i te tikanga me whakarere e koe te horoi mā. Engari, arotahi ki te tuku i tō tamaiti ki te takaro noa i te wā e pupuri ana i te horoi tika.
Mēnā kua pangia kē tō tamaiti e te mate huango, ka taea e koe te ārai i ngā āwangawanga mā te kimi me te karo i ō rātou take whakaoho motuhake, mā te whai tonu i tō rātou mahere maimoatanga, me te pupuri i te hononga tonu ki tō rātou kaiwhakarato hauora. Ko te ārai i te nuinga o te wā he whakahaere i te āwangawanga, ehara i te karo katoa i te mate.
Ko te whakatau i te mate huango i ngā tamariki e pā ana ki te aromatawai tika o ngā tohu, o te hītori hauora, ā, i etahi wā ngā whakamātautau motuhake. Ka hiahia te taote o tō tamaiti ki te mārama ki te āhua katoa o ō rātou āhuatanga manawa me te hauora whānui.
Ko te tukanga whakatau i te nuinga o te wā e whakauru ana:
Mō ngā tamariki kōhungahunga kaore e taea te whakahaere i ngā whakamātautau manawa, ka whakawhirinaki atu ngā tākuta ki ngā tauira tohu me te whakautu ki te rongoā. Ka taea e rātou te tuhi rongoā mate huango kia kite mena ka awhina i ngā tohu o tō tamaiti kia pai ake.
I etahi wā, kaore te whakatau i te marama tonu, na te mea he maha ngā mate tamariki ka taea te whakaputa i ngā tohu rite. Ka tirotiro pea tō tākuta i tō tamaiti i te wā, ka tono ranei koe ki te taote pūkahukahu pēpi (tohunga pūkahukahu) mō te aromatawai atu. Ko te whiwhi i te whakatau tika he mea nui te tatari, na te mea ka arahina ki te rongoā pai ake.
Ko te rongoā mō te mate huango tamariki e arotahi ana ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu kia taea ai e tō tamaiti te manawa ngāwari me te whai wāhi ki ōna mahi tino pai. Ko te whāinga ko te aukati i ngā tohu mai i te tīmatanga, kaore i te rongoā i muri i te puta.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki mate huango e whakamahi ana i te rua o ngā momo rongoā:
Ko ngā rongoā whakahaere tino noa ko ngā corticosteroids whakahihi, he tino haumaru mō ngā tamariki ina whakamahia e ai ki te whakahau. He rerekē ēnei i ngā steroids ka raru pea ngā kaitākaro – i hanga motuhaketia rātou hei whakaiti i te mumura i roto i ngā pūkahukahu.
Ka uru atu hoki ki te mahere maimoatanga a tō tamaiti te kimi me te karo i ō rātou tūāwhiorangi motuhake, te ako i te tikanga tika o te whakamahi i te inhaler, me te mohio ki te wā hei rapu awhina hauora. He maha ngā tamariki e whai hua ana hoki i te whai mahere mahi mate huango – he aratohu tuhituhi e whakamārama ana i ngā mea hei mahi i roto i ngā āhuatanga rerekē.
Ka huri ngā mahere maimoatanga i te tipu o ngā tamariki, na reira he mea nui ngā tirotiro auau hei whakarite i ngā rongoā me te whakarite kua pai te mahi o nga mea katoa. Ma te maimoatanga tika ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tamariki te whakauru katoa ki ngā hākinakina, ki te kura, me ngā mahi pāpori.
Ko te whakahaere i te mate huango a tō tamaiti i te kāinga e pā ana ki te hanga i te taiao tautoko me te mohio ki te whakautu ina puta mai ngā tohu. He tūnga nui tōu i te awhina i tō tamaiti kia maia me te ora i te whakahaere i tōna āhuatanga.
Ko te whakahaere o ia rā e whakauru ana ki:
I te wā o ngā whakaeke tohu ngawari, kia mārama, me whai i tō mahere mahi mate huango. Āwhina i tō tamaiti ki te whakamahi i tōna inhaler tere-whakaora me te tirotiro i tōna manawa. Ko te nuinga o ngā wāhanga ngawari ka mutu wawe me te maimoatanga tika.
Hangaia he āhuarangi tautoko kei reira te tamaiti e pai ana te kōrero mō ōna tohu. Whakatenatena ia ki te kōrero mena kei te raruraru ia ki te manawa, kaua rawa e whakakore i ōna awangawanga. Ko te whakaako ia ki te waihanga i te mana mō tōna ake hauora ka hanga i te maia me te motuhake.
Ko te whakarite mō ngā hui mate huango a tō tamaiti e āwhina ana ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i ngā korero me ngā aratohu tino whai hua. Ka taea e te whakarite iti te whakaputa i ēnei haerenga kia tino hua ake mō te katoa e uru ana.
I mua i te hui, kohikohia ēnei korero:
Kawe mai i ngā inhalers me ngā spacers o nāianei a tō tamaiti kia taea ai e te taote te tirotiro i tōna tikanga. He maha ngā tamariki kaore e whakamahi tika i ō rātou inhalers, ka taea te whakaiti i te whai hua o ngā rongoā.
Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui pātai mō tetahi mea kaore koe i te mārama. Tonohia ngā tohutohu tuhituhi, ngā rauemi rānei ka taea e koe te tohutoro ki te kāinga. Mena kei te pakeke tō tamaiti, whakatenatena ia ki te whakauru ki te kōrero me te ui i ōna ake pātai mō tōna āhuatanga.
Ko te mea nui rawa hei mahara ko te mate huango tamariki he āhuatanga ka taea te whakahaere kaore e tika kia whakataupokina ngā moemoea, ngā mahi rānei a tō tamaiti. Ma te maimoatanga me te tautoko tika, ka taea e ngā tamariki mate huango te whakauru ki ngā hākinakina, te angitu i te kura, me te noho ora, ora tonu.
Ko te angitu i te whakahaere i te mate huango tamariki e puta mai ana i te mahi tata me tō rōpū hauora, te whai i ngā mahere maimoatanga tonu, me te hanga i te taiao tautoko i te kāinga. He mea tino nui tō tūnga hei mātua, engari kaore koe e tika kia whakaoti i ngā mea katoa e koe anake.
He rerekē te mate huango o ia tamaiti, na reira ko te mea e mahi ana mō tētahi tamaiti kaore pea e mahi mō tētahi atu. Kia manawanui i a koe me tō rōpū hauora e kimi ana i te huinga tika o ngā maimoatanga me ngā rautaki mō tō tamaiti. Ko te nuinga o ngā whānau e kite ana ka nui ake te ngāwari o te whakahaere i te mate huango i te wā me te wheako.
Kia mahara kei te whakataurite te mate huango i tō tamaiti – he taha noa iho tētahi o tōna hauora e hiahia ana ki te aro. Aro atu ki te awhina ia ki te whakawhanake i te maia i te whakahaere i tōna āhuatanga i te whai i ngā mahi me ngā whāinga katoa e nui ana ki a ia.
He maha ngā tamariki e kite ana i te pai ake o ō rātou tohu mate huango, ahakoa ka ngaro, i te wā e pakeke ana, ina koa ētahi mate huango ngawari. Heoi, he mea kore e taea te kī he aha ngā tamariki ka tupu ake. He iti ngā tohu o ētahi tamariki i ō rātou tau taiohi, engari ka kite rātou kua hoki mai te mate huango i te pakeketanga. Ko te huarahi pai ko te whakahaere tika i te mate huango o tō tamaiti inaianei i te wā e tūmanako ana mō te heke mai.
Ae ra! He maha ngā kaitākaro ngaio he mate huango kei a rātou, kei te whakataetae i ngā taumata teitei. He pai te whakapakari tinana mō ngā tamariki mate huango, na te mea ka whakakahangia ō rātou pūkahukahu me te whakapai ake i te hauora whānui. Mahi tahi me te taote o tō tamaiti ki te whakawhanake i te mahere pea ka whakauru ki te whakamahi i te inhaler tere-whakaora i mua i te whakapakari tinana, te whiriwhiri rānei i ngā mahi ka iti ake te tūkino i ngā tohu. Ko te kaukau te nuinga o te wā e pai ana te manawanui, engari he maha ngā tamariki mate huango e whakauru pai ana ki te oma, ki te whutupaoro, me ētahi atu hākinakina kaha.
Ae, ko ngā rongoā mate huango i whakaritea mō ngā tamariki kua whakamātautau whānui mō te haumaru, a he nui atu te haumaru i te mate huango kore-whakahaere. Ko ngā rongoā whakahaere, tae atu ki ngā corticosteroids whakahihi, kua whakamahia haumaru i roto i ngā tamariki mō ngā tekau tau. Ko ngā horo e whakamahia ana mō te mate huango he iti ake i ētahi e puta mai ana ngā pānga taha, ā, ko ngā painga o te mate huango whakahaere nui atu i ngā tūponotanga pea. Ka tirotirohia e tō taote te tipu me te whanaketanga o tō tamaiti kia whakarite ai ngā rongoā e mahi pai ana.
Ko ngā tohu pea kei te kino haere te mate huango o tō tamaiti ko te hiahia ki te rongoā tere-whakaora neke atu i te rua i te wiki, te ara ake i te pō na te tohu, te hiahia ki te whakatau i ngā mahi na te raruraru o te manawa, te wheako rānei i ngā whakaeke mate huango maha atu. Mena ka kite koe i tetahi o ēnei huringa, whakapiri atu ki te taote o tō tamaiti ki te kōrero mo te whakarite i tōna mahere maimoatanga. Ko te tirotiro auau me te whakawhitiwhiti korero me tō rōpū hauora e āwhina ana ki te hopu i ngā huringa wawe.
Ko te whakautu e whakawhirinaki ana ki tō āhuatanga motuhake me ngā tūāwhiorangi a tō tamaiti. Mena kei te pāwera tō tamaiti ki ngā mite puehu, ka āwhina pea te dehumidifier, na te mea ka tupu ngā mite puehu i roto i ngā āhuatanga makuku. Heoi, mena ka tūkino te hau maroke i ngā tohu a tō tamaiti, ka pai pea te humidifier. Ko te kī ko te pupuri i te makuku o roto i waenga i te 30-50% me te pupuri i tetahi humidifier tino ma ki te aukati i te tipu o te mate.
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