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Ko te mate huka noa i ngā pēpi he mate huaketo e pā ana ki o rātou ihu, korokoro, me ngā ara hau o runga. Ko tētahi o ngā mate tino noa e pā ana ki ngā pēpi, ina koa i te tau tuatahi o te ora. Ahakoa he awangawanga te kite i tō tamaiti iti e kore e pai ana te ahua, ko te nuinga o ngā mate huka pēpi he ngawari, ā, ka ora ake i a rātou ano me te tino okioki me te tiaki.
Ko te tikanga ka mau ngā pēpi ki te 6 ki te 8 o ngā mate huka i roto i tō rātou tau tuatahi, i te mea kei te whanake tonu o rātou pūnaha ārai mate. Ko ēnei mate huaketo e horapa ana ma te hau me ngā papa, ka āhei te karo i a rātou katoa.
Ka rerekē ngā tohutohu o te mate huka noa i ngā pēpi, engari ka kite pea koe i ngā huringa i ō rātou manawa, kai, me te harikoa whānui. Ka tupu auau ēnei tohu i roto i te rā, rua rā rānei.
Tāpiritia ngā tohutohu tino noa ka kite pea koe i tō pēpi:
Ko te tikanga ka roa ēnei tohutohu i te 7 ki te 10 rā, me te kōkō nui rawa atu i te 3 ki te 5 rā. Ka iti pea te hiahia kai o tō pēpi, he mea noa tenei i te wā e inu tonu ana rātou i ētahi wai.
I etahi wā, ka puta pea ngā tohutohu atu i ngā pēpi, penei i te kirika teitei tonu i runga ake i te 100.4°F (38°C), te uaua o te manawa, te tohu rānei o te maroke. Me rapu awhina tūturu i ēnei ahuatanga.
Ko ngā mate huka noa i ngā pēpi e puta ana i ngā huaketo, me te neke atu i te 200 o ngā momo rerekē e taea ai te whakaoho i ēnei mate. Ko te rhinovirus te take mo te 30-40% o ngā mate huka pēpi, ā, ko ētahi atu huaketo penei i te coronavirus, te huaketo syncytial manawa (RSV), me te huaketo parainfluenza te take mo te toenga.
Ka mau ngā pēpi i ēnei huaketo ma ngā huarahi noa. I te wā e kōhutia ana, e taikaka ana rānei tetahi tangata he mate huka, ka rere ngā kohinga iti e mau ana i te huaketo ki te hau, ka taea te manawa e tō pēpi. Ka taea hoki te horapa o te huaketo i te wā e pa ana tō pēpi ki ngā papa kī, ka waiho o rātou ringa ki o rātou mangai, ihu, kanohi rānei.
He ngoikore ngā pēpi taitamariki, nā te mea kei te ako tonu o rātou pūnaha ārai mate ki te mohio me te whawhai i ēnei huaketo. I tua atu, ka torotoro noa ngā pēpi i te ao ma te whakanoho i ngā mea katoa ki o rātou mangai, ka nui ake te pānga ki ngā mate.
Ko ngā pokapū tiaki tamariki, ngā hui whānau, me ngā wāhi tūmatanui ngā wāhi noa e mau ai ngā pēpi i ngā huaketo mate huka. Āe rawa ngā whānau e toro atu ana i te wā e whawhai ana i te mate huka ngawari ka taea te tuku i te huaketo ki tō tamaiti iti.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki tō tākuta pēpi mena kei raro i te 3 marama tō pēpi, ā, kei te whakaatu i ētahi tohutohu mate huka, ahakoa he ngawari.
Mō ngā pēpi neke atu i te 3 marama, ko ēnei ngā ahuatanga motuhake e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora:
Whakawhirinaki ki ō pūmanawa matua. Mena he rerekē te ahua o te whāinga o tō pēpi, te awangawanga rānei koe mō ō rātou tohutohu, he pai tonu te tirotiro atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
I etahi wā, ko te mea e puta ana he mate huka noa pea ko te tīmatanga o tetahi āhuatanga nui ake penei i te pneumonia, te bronchiolitis rānei, ina koa i ngā pēpi iti rawa.
He maha ngā take ka nui ake te tupono o tō pēpi ki te mau i ngā mate huka auau. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take morearea te awhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā whakarite tika i te wā e pupuri ana i ngā tumanakohanga pono.
Ko ngā take morearea tino nui ko:
Ka taea e te whāngai u te tuku i ētahi tiaki ki ngā mate huka ma te tuku i ngā antibodies mai i te whaea ki te pēpi. Engari, ka mau tonu ngā pēpi i whāngai u ki ngā mate huka i te wā e whakaatuhia ana ki ngā huaketo hou kaore i tūtaki o rātou whaea.
He mea nui te mahara ko te mau i ngā mate huka he wāhanga noa o te whanaketanga pūnaha ārai mate o tō pēpi. Ka awhina ia mate huka i tō tinana ki te ako ki te mohio me te whawhai i ngā huaketo nui ake i te heke mai.
Ko te nuinga o ngā mate huka pēpi ka mutu kaore he raruraru, engari he mea whai hua te mohio ki ngā tohu e whakaatu ana i tetahi raruraru nui ake. He nui ake te morearea o ngā pēpi taitamariki ki ngā raruraru, nā te mea he iti ake ō rātou ara hau, kei te whanake tonu hoki ō rātou pūnaha ārai mate.
Ko ngā raruraru tino noa ka puta ko:
He mea onge ēnei raruraru, ina koa me te tiaki tika me te tirotiro. Engari, he nui ake te tupono ka puta i ngā pēpi iti rawa, ngā pēpi wawe, te hunga rānei he āhuatanga hauora kei raro.
I etahi wā, ko te mea e puta ana he mate huka noa pea he huaketo syncytial manawa (RSV), ka taea te arahi ki ngā raruraru manawa nui ake i ngā pēpi taitamariki. Koinei te take i nui ai te tirotiro i ngā tohutohu o tō pēpi.
Ahakoa kaore e taea te aukati katoa i tō pēpi mai i te mau i ngā mate huka, ka taea e koe te whakaiti nui i tōna morearea ma te whai i ētahi rautaki aukati mahi. Ko te whāinga ehara i te hanga i te taiao kore mate, engari ki te whakaiti i te pānga i ngā marama tino ngoikore o tō pēpi.
Ko ēnei ngā tikanga aukati tino whai hua:
Mahara ko etahi pānga ki ngā mate he mea whai hua mō te pūnaha ārai mate e whanake ana o tō pēpi. Ko te matua ko te rapu i te taurite i waenga i ngā whakarite tika me te tuku i te hononga pāpori noa.
I te wā e puāwai ana tō pēpi, ka kaha ake tōna pūnaha ārai mate, ka nui ake te ārai ki ēnei huaketo noa. Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi ka iti ake ngā mate huka i muri i tō rātou tau tuatahi.
Ko te whakatau i te mate huka noa i ngā pēpi he mea ngāwari, ā, e hāngai ana ki te tirotiro i ō rātou tohutohu. Ko te tikanga ka taea e tō tākuta pēpi te whakatau i te mate huka ma te whakarongo ki tō whakaahuatanga me te tirotiro i tō pēpi.
I te wā o te tirotiro, ka tirotirohia e tō taote te ihu, te korokoro, me ngā taringa o tō pēpi mō ngā tohu mate. Ka whakarongo rātou ki ngā ngāwari me te ngakau o tō pēpi kia kore ai he reo e whakaatu ana i ngā raruraru.
Ka ui atu tō tākuta pēpi mō te raupapa o ngā tohutohu, ngā tauira whāngai o tō pēpi, me te mea kei te mate tetahi atu i te kāinga i te wā tata nei. Ka awhina ēnei mōhiohio ki te whakau ko koe kei te whakahaere i te mate huka huaketo noa, kaua ko tetahi mea nui ake.
I te nuinga o ngā wā, kaore he whakamātautau motuhake e hiahiatia ana ki te whakatau i te mate huka noa. Engari, ka tūtohutia pea e tō taote te whakamātautau atu mena ka whakaaro rātou he raruraru, te nui rawa rānei o ngā tohutohu o tō pēpi.
He iti rawa, mena he tohutohu roa tō pēpi, he tohu rānei o tetahi mate nui ake, ka tono pea tō taote i te X-ray uma, te whakamātautau rānei i ngā waiū ihu ki te whakatau i te huaketo motuhake e whakaoho ana i te mate.
Ko te rongoā mō ngā mate huka pēpi e arotahi ana ki te pupuri i tō tamaiti iti kia harikoa i te wā e whawhai ana tōna pūnaha ārai mate i te huaketo. Kaore he rongoā mō te mate huka noa, engari ka taea e koe te mahi nui ki te awhina i tō pēpi kia pai ake te ahua i te wā o te ora.
Ko ngā huarahi rongoā matua ko:
He mea nui te karo i te tuku i ētahi rongoā mate huka ki ngā pēpi kei raro i te 2 tau. Kaore ēnei rongoā i whakamātautauhia he haumaru, he whai hua rānei mō ngā tamariki taitamariki, ka taea te whakaoho i ngā pānga kino.
Mō te whakahaere kirika, ka taea e koe te tuku i te acetaminophen pēpi ki ngā pēpi neke atu i te 3 marama, te ibuprofen pēpi rānei ki ngā pēpi neke atu i te 6 marama, ma te whai i ngā tohutohu horoinga a tō tākuta pēpi. Kaua rawa e tuku aspirin ki ngā pēpi, ki ngā tamariki rānei, nā te morearea o tetahi āhuatanga nui e kiia nei ko te mate Reye.
Ko te tiaki i te pēpi he mate huka i te kāinga e hiahia ana ki te manawanui me te aro ki ōna hiahia harikoa. Kei te mahi nui tō tiaki whakangāhau ki te awhina i a rātou ki te ora i te wā e aukati ana i ngā raruraru.
Koinei te huarahi ka taea e koe te whakarato i te tiaki kāinga pai rawa atu:
He mea nui te hanga i te taiao ata noho, harikoa mō te ora o tō pēpi. Pupuri i tōna ruma i te pāmahana harikoa, kia pai te rere o te hau kaore he tauira.
Mahara he mea noa mō ngā pēpi te piri atu me te hiahia atu ki te aroha i te wā e kore e pai te ahua. Ko tenei hiahia nui ake mō te whakamarie he wāhanga o tōna tukanga ora noa, ā, ka awhina i te whakakahangia o tō hononga.
Ko te whakarite mō tō toro atu ki te tākuta pēpi ka awhina i a koe ki te whakamahi pai i tō wā, kia nui hoki ngā mōhiohio a tō taote ki te whakarato i te tiaki pai rawa atu mō tō pēpi.
I mua i tō hui, kohikohia ēnei mōhiohio nui:
Kawe mai ngā mea whakamarie tino pai a tō pēpi ki te awhina i te pupuri i a rātou kia ata noho i te wā o te tirotiro. Ka taea e tetahi kakahu, tetahi taonga takaro iti rānei te whakaiti i te ahotea mō te katoa.
Tuhia ngā pātai motuhake, ngā awangawanga rānei e pā ana ki a koe i mua i te hui. He ngāwari te wareware i ngā mōhiohio nui i te wā e arotahi ana koe ki te tirotiro a tō pēpi, no reira he rārangi tuhituhi te whakarite kia whakautu koe i ngā mea katoa.
Ko ngā mate huka noa i ngā pēpi he mea noa, ā, he mea kore e awangawanga, ahakoa ka taea te whakaiti i a koe me tō tamaiti iti mō te wiki, rua rānei. Kei te ako te pūnaha ārai mate o tō pēpi, kei te kaha ake hoki me ia mate huka e tūtaki ana rātou.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mahara ko tō aroha me tō tiaki ko te rongoā pai rawa atu i tēnei wā. Ahakoa kaore e taea te whakaora i te mate huka, ka taea e koe te whakarato i te whakamarie, te whakarite i te wai tika, me te tirotiro i ngā huringa awangawanga i ngā tohutohu.
Whakawhirinaki ki ō pūmanawa hei mātua. E mohio ana koe ki tō pēpi atu i tetahi atu, ā, mena he he, he rerekē rānei te ahua, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ko te nuinga o ngā mate huka ka mutu katoa i roto i te 7-10 rā kaore he pānga roa.
Mahara ka pai ake tēnei wā o ngā mate huka auau i muri i te tau tuatahi o tō pēpi i te wā e puāwai ana tōna pūnaha ārai mate, ka whanake hoki te ārai ki ngā huaketo noa i tō taiao.
Ae, haere tonu te whāngai u i te wā he mate huka tō pēpi. Kei roto i te waiū u ngā antibodies ka taea te awhina i te whawhai i te mate, ā, ka whakarato i te wai nui. Ka hiahia pea koe ki te whāngai i te maha atu, i te mea ka iti pea ngā rahinga e tangohia ana e tō pēpi nā te kōkō, engari ko te whāngai u tētahi o ngā mea pai rawa atu ka taea e koe te mahi i te wā o tōna mate.
Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi e pāngia ana i ngā rā tuatahi 2-3 o tō rātou mate huka i te wā e whanake ana ngā tohutohu, engari ka taea te horapa o te huaketo mō te 10 rā katoa. Ko te tikanga ka iti haere te wā pānga i te wā e pakaru ana te kirika, ka tīmata te pai ake o ngā tohutohu. Engari, ka taea te haere tonu etahi whakaheke huaketo ahakoa kua pai ake te ahua o tō pēpi.
Ko te nuinga o ngā pokapū tiaki tamariki e hiahia ana kia noho ngā tamariki i te kāinga mena he kirika rātou, he kore e harikoa rawa ki te whakauru noa, te hiahia rānei ki te tiaki nui atu i te taea e ngā kaimahi te whakarato i te wā e tiaki ana i ētahi atu tamariki. Tirohia te kaupapa mate motuhake o tō pokapū tiaki tamariki, engari ko te tikanga ka taea e ngā pēpi te hoki mai i te wā ka kore he kirika mō te 24 haora, ka kai noa, ahakoa kei te kōkō tonu rātou.
Ahakoa ko te nuinga o ngā mate huka e noho ngawari ana, ka mutu ake i a rātou ano, ka taea e ngā pēpi te whanake i ngā raruraru penei i ngā mate taringa, te bronchiolitis, te pneumonia rānei. Tirohia ngā tohu whakatūpato penei i te uaua o te manawa, te kirika teitei tonu, te whakakahore i te kai mō ngā kai maha, tetahi whāinga rānei e puta ana he rerekē nui atu i ngā tauira noa o tō pēpi. Whakapiri atu ki tō tākuta pēpi mena ka kite koe i ēnei huringa awangawanga.
Ae, he mea noa te mau i ngā pēpi ki te 6-8 o ngā mate huka i roto i tōna tau tuatahi o te ora. Kei te whanake tonu ō rātou pūnaha ārai mate, kei te whakaatuhia hoki ki ngā huaketo maha mō te wā tuatahi. Ka awhina ia mate huka ki te hanga i tōna ārai mō te heke mai. Ka kite pea koe i ngā mate huka iti ake i te wā e puāwai ana tō pēpi, ka kaha ake hoki tōna pūnaha ārai mate ki te whawhai i ēnei huaketo.
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