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He aha te Ngau Pūtau? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga
He aha te Ngau Pūtau? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

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He aha te Ngau Pūtau? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

October 10, 2025


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Ko ngā ngau pūtau he ngau uaua rawa e puta mai ana i ngā tauira, i ngā pūtau rānei, e puta ana i te wā kotahi i ia rā mō ngā wiki, mō ngā marama rānei. Ko tētahi o ngā momo ngau tino kino ka pā ki a koe, engari ko te rongo pai, kei reira ngā maimoatanga whai hua hei awhina i te whakahaere i aua mea.

Ka whiwhi ngā ngau nei i tō rātou ingoa nā te mea ka puta mai i ngā tauira pūtau, i ngā pūtau rānei. Ka pea he maha ngā ngau i te rā mō ngā wiki, katahi ka whiwhi koe i ngā marama, i ngā tau rānei kahore he mamae. Ahakoa he iti rawa te nui o ngā ngau pūtau, kaore e pā atu ki te 1% o te taupori, ko te mārama ki a rātou ka taea te awhina i a koe ki te mohio ki ngā tohu me te rapu i te tiaki tika.

He aha ngā tohu o ngā ngau pūtau?

Ka puta mai ngā ngau pūtau i te mamae nui, e wera ana, e noho ana i te taha, i muri rānei o tetahi kanohi. Ko te tikanga ka whakaahuatia te mamae hei whakamahinga i te rakau wera i roto i te kanohi, ā, he nui ake te kino i ētahi atu momo ngau.

I te wā o te ngau pūtau, ka kite pea koe i ētahi tohu e whakaatu ana i tēnei āhuatanga:

  • Te mamae nui, koi, i te taha, i muri rānei o tetahi kanohi ka horapa pea ki tō rae, ki tō temepara, ki tō paparinga rānei
  • Te kanohi whero, wai i te taha e pā ana
  • Te ihu kōkō, te ihu rere rānei i te taha kotahi me te mamae
  • Te kamo o te kamo, te iti o te tauira rānei i te taha mamae
  • Te kore e ata noho, te kore e taea te noho marie i te wā o te whakaeke
  • Te werawera i tō rae, i tō mata rānei
  • Te ngawari ki te mārama me te tangi

Ko te tikanga ka roa ngā whakaeke mai i te 15 meneti ki te 3 haora, me te nuinga ka roa i te 45 meneti ki te haora. Kāore i rite ki ngā migraines, ka raru pea koe, ka hiahia ki te hikoi, ki te wiri rānei i muri i te takoto marie. Ko te tikanga ka noho tonu te mamae ki tetahi taha o tō ūtū i te wā katoa o te pūtau.

He aha ngā momo ngau pūtau?

Ka wehewehea e ngā tākuta ngā ngau pūtau ki ētahi momo nui e rua i runga i te auau o te putanga me te roa o ngā wā kahore he mamae. Ko te mārama ki te momo kei a koe ka awhina i tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te whiriwhiri i te huarahi maimoatanga tino whai hua.

Ngā ngau pūtau wā poto ko te momo tino noa, e pā ana ki te 80-90% o te hunga e pā ana ki tēnei āhuatanga. Me ngā pūtau wā poto, ka whiwhi koe i ngā wā ngau e roa ana mai i ngā wiki ki ngā marama, ka whai muri mai i ngā wā whakaora e roa ana i ngā marama, i ngā tau rānei kahore he ngau. Ko te tikanga ka puta ngā wā pūtau i te wā kotahi i ia tau, pēnei i te puna, i te ngahuru rānei.

Ngā ngau pūtau roa ka puta mai ina he ngau kei a koe mō te tau neke atu kahore he wā kahore he mamae, i te poto o ngā wā whakaora i raro i te marama kotahi rānei. He iti te noa o tēnei momo, engari he uaua ake te maimoatanga. I etahi wa ka taea e ngā ngau pūtau wā poto te huri ki ngā mea roa, ahakoa ka taea ano te huri ki tetahi atu me te maimoatanga tika.

He aha ngā take o ngā ngau pūtau?

Kāore i tino mārama te take pono o ngā ngau pūtau, engari e whakapono ana ngā kairangahau kei roto i ngā raruraru ki te karaka o tō tinana me ētahi matū roro. Kei te rite tō hypothalamus, te wāhanga o tō roro e whakahaere ana i ngā huringa moe-āhua me ētahi atu huringa tinana, ki te takaro i tētahi wāhi matua.

He maha ngā take e āhei ana ki te whānuitanga o ngā ngau pūtau:

  • Ngā raruraru i roto i tō karaka circadian, i tō karaka tinana rānei
  • Ngā huringa i ngā taumata o ētahi matū roro pēnei i te serotonin me te histamine
  • Ngā raruraru ki te whānui o ngā oko toto i roto i tō ūtū
  • Te mahi rerekee i te uaua trigeminal, e whakahaere ana i te āhua i tō mata
  • Ngā take ira, i te mea ka puta mai ngā ngau pūtau i roto i ngā whānau

Ko ngā kaiwhakaoho noa e taea ai te whakatū ngā ngau pūtau i te wā o tō pūtau ko te waipiro, ngā kakara kaha pēnei i te hinu kakara, i te peita rānei, ngā mārama mārama, ngā huringa i ngā tauira moe, me ētahi rongoā pēnei i te nitroglycerin. He mea whakamīharo, ko ēnei kaiwhakaoho kotahi kaore e puta he raruraru i ngā wā kahore he ngau.

I ngā take onge, ka pea ngā ngau pūtau hei hua o ētahi atu āhuatanga pēnei i ngā mate pūtau roro, ngā raru o ngā oko toto, i ngā mate rānei. Engari, ko te nuinga o ngā ngau pūtau he ngau matua, arā, kāore i puta mai i tētahi āhuatanga hauora kei raro.

Nōhea te kite i te tākuta mō ngā ngau pūtau?

Me kite koe i te kaiwhakarato hauora i te wa tonu ki te pāngia koe e ngā ngau nui e rite ana ki te tauira ngau pūtau. He mea nui te whiwhi i te tautuhi tika, nā te mea kei reira ngā maimoatanga whai hua e taea ai te whakaiti nui i tō mamae me te aukati i ngā whakaeke o muri.

Rapua te awhina hauora tonu ki te pāngia koe e ētahi o ēnei tohu whakatūpato me ō ngau:

  • Te ngau ohorere, nui, kāore i rite ki ētahi atu ngau i pā ki a koe i mua
  • Te ngau me te kirika, te kaki mārō, te whakapohehe, i ngā huringa tirohanga rānei
  • Te ngau i muri i te whara o te ūtū
  • Ngā ngau e kino haere ana i ngā rā, i ngā wiki rānei
  • Te ngau me te ngoikore, te ngenge, i te uaua ki te kōrero rānei

Ahakoa kāore ō ngau i ngā tohu whakatūpato nei, kaua e mamae pūngāwerewere. Ka taea e tō tākuta te awhina ki te whakatau mēnā kei a koe ngā ngau pūtau me te whakawhanake i te mahere maimoatanga hei whakahaere i ō tohu i te huarahi whai hua. Ko te maimoatanga wawe te tikanga ka pai ake te mahi i te tatari tae noa ki te whakatūria te tauira.

He aha ngā take tūponotanga mō ngā ngau pūtau?

Ko te mārama ki te hunga e tino pā ana ki te whānuitanga o ngā ngau pūtau ka taea te awhina i a koe ki te mohio mēnā kei te nui ake tō tūponotanga. Ahakoa tetahi ka taea te whānuitanga o ngā ngau pūtau, he maha ngā take e tino pā ana ki te putanga.

Ko ngā take tūponotanga tino nui ko:

  • Ko te tane - he 3-4 wā te nui o te tūponotanga o ngā tāne ki te whānuitanga o ngā ngau pūtau i ngā wāhine
  • Te tau - ko te nuinga o te hunga ka whiwhi tuatahi i ngā ngau pūtau i waenga i ngā tau 20-40
  • Te wāhine, te nui o te inu waipiro rānei
  • Te hītori whānau o ngā ngau pūtau
  • Te whai i ētahi āhua tinana pēnei i te kauae rongonui, i te kauae pakaru rānei
  • Te whara o te ūtū i mua

He maha ngā take tūponotanga onge kua kitea e ngā kairangahau, tae atu ki te whai kanohi hazel, te teitei, me te hītori o te mate nekehanga i te tamarikitanga. Engari, kāore i tino mārama ēnei hononga, ā, kāore e tikanga ka tino whānuitanga koe i ngā ngau pūtau.

He mea tika te kōrero, ahakoa kāore te wāhine me te inu e tino puta mai ngā ngau pūtau, ka taea e rātou te whakaoho i ngā whakaeke i ngā wā pūtau, ā, ka pea ka kino ake te āhuatanga. Ka kite te nuinga o te hunga i te pai ake o ō rātou ngau ina mutu te wāhine, i te whakaiti rānei i te inu waipiro.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o ngā ngau pūtau?

Ahakoa kāore ngā ngau pūtau i te mate kino, ka taea e rātou te arahi ki ētahi raruraru e pā ana ki tō kounga ora. Ko te mamae nui me te āhua kore whakarite o ēnei ngau ka pā ki ngā āhuatanga maha o tō mahi i ia rā.

Ko ngā raruraru noa ka pāngia koe ko:

  • Te raruraru moe, i te mea ka puta mai ngā whakaeke i te pō
  • Te pouri me te manukanuka mai i te whakahaere i te mamae nui, e puta ana
  • Te wehe atu i te hapori me te raruraru whanaungatanga
  • Ngā ngāwari mahi, kura rānei i ngā wā pūtau
  • Ngā ngau rongoā nui mai i te whakamahinga o ngā kaiwhakaora mamae
  • Ngā pānga o ngā rongoā aukati

I ngā take onge, ka whānuitanga ētahi atu raruraru nui ki ētahi tangata. Ka pea ko ēnei ko te tūponotanga rongoā, te pouri nui e arahi ana ki ngā whakaaro whakamomori, i ngā ngau o ia rā roa rānei. Ka whiwhi ano ētahi i te mamae iti tonu i waenga i ngā whakaeke pūtau, ahakoa he onge tēnei.

Kaua e whakaiti i te āhua o ngā ngau pūtau. Ko te mamae nui me te kore whakarite ka arahi ki te manukanuka nui mo te wā e puta mai ai te whakaeke e whai ake nei. Ko te whai i tētahi pūnaha tautoko kaha me te mahi tahi me ngā kaiwhakarato hauora e mārama ana ki ngā ngau pūtau ka taea te awhina i te aukati, i te whakahaere rānei i ēnei raruraru i te huarahi whai hua.

Me pēhea te tautuhi i te ngau pūtau?

Ko te tautuhi i ngā ngau pūtau ko te tikanga nui i runga i tō tauira tohu me tō hītori hauora i tua atu i ngā whakamātautau motuhake. Ka ui tō tākuta i ngā pātai taipitopito mō ngā āhuatanga o tō ngau, te wā, me ngā tohu e hono ana ki te mahi i te tautuhi tika.

Ka titiro tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki ngā tikanga motuhake e whakamārama ana i ngā ngau pūtau. Kei roto i ēnei te whai i te iti rawa e rima ngā whakaeke o te mamae nui e roa ana i te 15 meneti ki te 3 haora, te mamae i tetahi taha o tō ūtū i te taha o te rohe kanohi, me te iti rawa o tetahi o ngā tohu āhua pēnei i te whero o te kanohi, i te kōkō ihu rānei i te taha kotahi me te mamae.

I te nuinga o ngā take, kāore he whakamātautau motuhake e hiahiatia ana mēnā ō tohu e rite ana ki te tauira ngau pūtau. Engari, ka tūtohutia pea e tō tākuta ngā ako whakaahua pēnei i te MRI, i te CT scan rānei mēnā he āhua rerekee ō ngau, i te whakaaro rānei rātou he take tuarua. He onge te hiahiatia o ngā whakamātautau toto, ki te kore e hiahiatia te whakakore i ētahi atu āhuatanga.

I etahi wā ka tono ngā tākuta kia pupuri koe i te puka ngau hei whai i te wā, te nui, me ngā kaiwhakaoho o ō whakaeke. Ka awhina tēnei mōhiohio ki te whakau i te tautuhi, ā, ka whai hua pea mō te whakarite maimoatanga. Ko te āhua pūtau me te wā o ngā ngau pūtau ka tino whakaatu i te wā kua kitea te tauira.

He aha te maimoatanga mō ngā ngau pūtau?

Ko te maimoatanga mō ngā ngau pūtau e arotahi ana ki ētahi whāinga nui e rua: te mutu tere o ngā whakaeke takitahi me te aukati i ngā ngau o muri i ngā wā pūtau. Ko te rongo pai, kei reira ngā maimoatanga whai hua e maha ana, ahakoa te mea e pai ana te mahi ka rerekē mai i te tangata ki te tangata.

Mō te mutu i ngā whakaeke koi, ka tūtohutia pea e tō tākuta:

  • Te maimoatanga hau oksikena nui mā te kanohi kanohi
  • Ngā weronga sumatriptan, i te whakamahinga ihu rānei
  • Te whakamahinga ihu zolmitriptan
  • Te whakamahinga ihu dihydroergotamine, i te weronga rānei
  • Ngā weronga octreotide i ngā take onge

Ka awhina ngā rongoā aukati ki te whakaiti i te auau me te nui o ngā whakaeke i ngā wā pūtau. Ko ngā whiringa noa ko te verapamil (he kaiwhakahaere hongere kāratiuma), te lithium, te topiramate, me ngā corticosteroids mō te whakaora poto i te tīmatanga o te wā pūtau.

Mō te hunga e pā ana ki ngā ngau pūtau roa, i te hunga kaore e whakautu ki ngā maimoatanga noa rānei, kei reira ngā whiringa whakamua. Ka pea ko ēnei ko ngā poraka uaua, te whakaohooho roro hohonu, i te whakaohooho uaua occipital rānei. Ko ēnei tukanga te tikanga ka waiho mō ngā take nui, ā, ka mahihia e ngā pokapū ngau motuhake.

I ngā āhuatanga onge ka kore e mahi ngā maimoatanga noa, ka whakaaro pea ētahi tākuta ki ngā maimoatanga whakamātautau, i ngā whakamātautau hauora rānei. Engari, ka kite te nuinga o te hunga i te whakaora nui me ngā rongoā noa ina whakaritea tika me te whakamahi.

Me pēhea te whakahaere i ngā ngau pūtau i te kāinga?

Ahakoa he mea nui te maimoatanga hauora ngaio mō ngā ngau pūtau, he maha ngā mea ka taea e koe te mahi i te kāinga hei awhina i te whakahaere i tō āhuatanga me te whakaiti pea i te auau o ngā whakaeke. Ko ēnei rautaki te mahi pai ina whakakotahitia ki te mahere maimoatanga a tō tākuta.

I ngā wā kahore he pūtau, arotahi ki te pupuri i ngā tauira moe noa me te karo i ngā kaiwhakaoho e mohiotia ana. Ko te moe me te ara i te wā kotahi i ia rā ka awhina i te pupuri i tō karaka tinana, ka awhina pea i te aukati i ngā wā pūtau hou mai i te tīmatanga.

Ina kei te wā pūtau mahi koe, whakaarohia ēnei huarahi awhina:

  • Karo rawa te waipiro, i te mea ka taea te whakaoho i ngā whakaeke i roto i ngā haora
  • Kaua e noho tata ki ngā kakara kaha pēnei i te hinu kakara, te penehi, i te peita rānei
  • Whakamahia ō oksikena rongoā rānei i te tohu tuatahi o te whakaeke
  • Whakamātauria te noho marie me te rapu i tētahi wāhi mārama, pouri i ngā wā whakaeke
  • Whakamahia ngā kākahu makariri ki te rohe e pā ana
  • Whakamahia ngā tikanga whakahaere i waenga i ngā whakaeke

Ka kite ētahi i te awhina o te whakakori ngawari i ngā wā kahore he ngau ki te whakaiti i te ahotea me te pupuri i te hauora whānui. Engari, karohia te whakakori kaha i ngā wā pūtau, i te mea ka taea te whakaoho i ngā whakaeke ki ētahi tangata. Pupuri i te puka ngau hei whakatau i ō kaiwhakaoho me ō tauira whaiaro.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō whakatau tākuta?

Ko te whakarite pai mō tō whakatau tākuta ka taea te awhina i te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te tautuhi tika me te mahere maimoatanga whai hua. Ko te kawe mai i ngā mōhiohio tika ka awhina i tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te mārama ki tō āhuatanga motuhake me te tūtohutia i ngā maimoatanga pai mōu.

I mua i tō whakatau, tuhia ngā mōhiohio taipitopito mō ō ngau. Kei roto i ēnei te tīmatanga o te putanga, te auau o te putanga, te roa o te roa, me te wāhi tonu o te mamae. Tātarihia ngā tauira kua kitea e koe, pēnei i te mea ka puta i ētahi wā o te rā, i ngā kaupeka o te tau rānei.

Whakaritehia ēnei mōhiohio nui hei whakawhiti ki tō tākuta:

  • Rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā o nāianei, tae atu ki ngā rongoā-ā-kaute me ngā tāpiri
  • Te hītori whānau o ngā ngau, i ngā āhuatanga neurological rānei
  • Te whakaahuatanga o te āhua o ō ngau me ngā tohu e hono ana
  • Ngā kaiwhakaoho kua kitea e koe
  • Ngā maimoatanga i mua kua whakamātautauhia e koe me tō hua
  • Me pēhea te pānga o ngā ngau ki tō oranga o ia rā me tō mahi

Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau whakawhirinaki, i tētahi hoa rānei kua kite i ō ngau. Ka taea e rātou te whakarato i ngā kōrero atu mō ō tohu me te awhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā mōhiohio nui i kōrerotia i te whakatau. Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui pātai mō tō tautuhi, ngā whiringa maimoatanga, me te mea e tatari ana koe ki te haere tonu.

He aha te tango matua mō ngā ngau pūtau?

Ko ngā ngau pūtau he ngau uaua, engari ka taea te whakahaere e puta mai ana i ngā tauira e whakaritea ana. Ahakoa ka taea te mamae nui, ko te mārama ki tō āhuatanga me te mahi tahi me ngā kaiwhakarato hauora mohio ka taea te arahi ki te whakapai ake nui i tō kounga ora.

Ko te mea nui rawa hei mahara ko te kore koe e mamae anake i ngā ngau pūtau. Kei reira ngā maimoatanga whai hua, ā, ka whiwhi te nuinga o te hunga i te mana whakahaere pai o ō rātou tohu me te whakakotahitanga tika o ngā rongoā koi me ngā rongoā aukati. Ko te tautuhi me te maimoatanga wawe te tikanga ka pai ake ngā hua.

Noho whakaaro pai me te mau tonu ki te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora. Ka uaua pea ngā ngau pūtau, engari me te tiaki hauora tika, ngā whakaritenga oranga, me te tautoko, ka taea e te nuinga o te hunga te whakahaere i tō rātou āhuatanga i te huarahi angitu me te haere tonu ki te noho i ngā oranga whai hua.

Ngā pātai e ui pinepinetia ana mō ngā ngau pūtau

Q.1 He nui ake te mamae o ngā ngau pūtau i ngā migraines?

Ae, ko te tikanga he nui ake te mamae o ngā ngau pūtau i ngā migraines. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e whakaahuatia ana te mamae o te ngau pūtau hei mamae kino rawa atu i pā ki a rātou, e tohu ana i te 10/10 i ngā tauira mamae. Ko te tikanga he koi, he wera, he wero te mamae, ahakoa ko te mamae migraine he pupuhi, he pupuhi rānei. Engari, ka taea e ngā āhuatanga e rua te tino ngoikore me te hiahia ki te maimoatanga hauora tika.

Q.2 Ka taea te whakaora tonu i ngā ngau pūtau?

I tēnei wā, kāore he rongoā tonu mō ngā ngau pūtau, engari ka taea te whakahaere pai rawa atu i te āhuatanga me te maimoatanga tika. Ka whiwhi te nuinga o te hunga i te mana whakahaere pai o ō rātou tohu me ngā maimoatanga aukati me ngā maimoatanga koi. Ka whiwhi ētahi i ngā wā whakaora roa e roa ana i ngā tau, ā, i ngā take onge, ka mutu pea te puta mai o ngā ngau pūtau i te wā e pakeke haere ana te tangata.

Q.3 He aha te tikanga ka puta mai ngā ngau pūtau i te pō?

Ko te tikanga ka puta mai ngā ngau pūtau i te moe, nā te mea e hono tata ana ki ngā karaka circadian o tō tinana me te karaka tinana. Kei te rite te hypothalamus, e whakahaere ana i ēnei karaka, ki te whai wāhi ki ngā ngau pūtau. Ko te nuinga o ngā whakaeke ka puta i ngā wā moe REM, i te 2-3 haora i muri i te moe. Ko tēnei tauira wā hetahi o ngā āhuatanga tautuhi e awhina ana i ngā tākuta ki te tautuhi i ngā ngau pūtau.

Q.4 Ka taea e ngā wāhine te whiwhi i ngā ngau pūtau?

Ae, ka taea e ngā wāhine te whiwhi i ngā ngau pūtau, ahakoa he noa ake i ngā tāne. Ko te 20-25% o te hunga e pā ana ki ngā ngau pūtau he wāhine. I ngā wāhine, ka pea ka pāngia ngā ngau pūtau e ngā huringa homoni, ā, ka kite ētahi wāhine i ō rātou tauira e huri ana i te wā hapu, i te menopause rānei. Ko te tikanga ko ngā tohu me ngā huarahi maimoatanga he rite tonu ahakoa te ira tangata.

Q.5 E hā o te roa o ngā wā pūtau?

Ko te tikanga ka roa ngā wā pūtau mai i te 2 wiki ki te 3 marama, me te nuinga ka roa i te 6-12 wiki. I tēnei wā, ka pea he 1-8 ngau i ia rā, e puta ana i ngā wā kotahi i ia rā. I muri i te mutunga o te wā pūtau, ko te tikanga ka whiwhi koe i ngā marama, i ngā tau rānei kahore he ngau i mua i te tīmatanga o te wā pūtau e whai ake nei. Ka taea te tino whakarite i te wā mō te nuinga o te hunga, i etahi wā ka puta mai i te kaupeka.

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