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Ka puta te tukunga wai reo roro (CSF) ina rere te wai mā, tiaki kei te taha o tō roro me tō tūpū tuaiwi i roto i te pakaru, i te rua rānei o te hipoki tiaki. Whakaarohia he pūngāwerewere wai iti te pakaru – ka tīmata te rere o te wai i roto i te taha.
Ahakoa ka rongo pea tenei āhuatanga he wehi, he maha ngā tukunga wai reo roro e ora ana i a rātou ano me te okioki tika me te tiaki. Ko te mea nui ko te mohiotanga wawe i ngā tohu, me te whiwhi i te awhina hauora tika ina hiahia koe.
Ko te wai reo roro (CSF) he wai mā, karakara e mahi ana hei kāpeti mo tō roro me tō tūpū tuaiwi. Ka rere a tawhio noa i ēnei hanganga nui, ka tiaki i a rātou i ngā whara, ā, ka āwhina hoki i te tango i ngā hua paru i tō pūnaha io.
Ka hangaia e tō tinana te 500 milliliters o tēnei wai i ia rā, ka whakahou tonu i te tuku. Ina puta he tukunga, ka pakaru tēnei parepare tiaki, ka taea te arahi ki ngā tohu kore pai me ngā raruraru pea mēnā ka kore e tukatuka.
Ko te tohu tino kitea o te tukunga wai reo roro he mamae matua o te upoko e kaha ake ana ina noho koe, ina tū rānei, ā, ka pai ake ina takoto koe. Ka puta tēnei nā te whakaiti i te pehanga wai kei te taha o tō roro.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu ka pā atu ki a koe, mā te tīmata i ngā mea tino noa:
Ka kite hoki ētahi i ngā tohu kaore i te noa penei i ngā huringa tirohanga, te uaua ki te aro, te ngawari rānei o ngā taringa. Ka taea e te rere mai i tō ihu te reka tote, ka taea te āwhina i te wehewehe i te rere ihu noa.
Ka taea e ēnei tohu te puta ohorere i muri i te whara, i te wa roa rānei me ngā tukunga whaiaro. Kia aro ki te ahua o tō tinana, ina koa te tauira o ō mamae upoko.
Ka taka ngā tukunga wai reo roro ki ētahi momo nui e rua i runga i te wahi e puta ai, me te take i puta ai. Ko te mārama ki te momo ka āwhina i ngā tākuta ki te whakatau i te huarahi maimoatanga pai mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Ka puta ngā tukunga wai reo roro o te tuaiwi ina rere te wai i te taha o tō tūpū tuaiwi. Ka mate pea ēnei i ngā mamae upoko tino, ā, ka puta pea i muri i ngā mahi hauora penei i ngā wero lumbar, i ngā epidurals rānei, ahakoa ka puta pea i a rātou ano.
Ka puta ngā tukunga wai reo roro o te anga ina rere te wai i te taha o tō roro, te nuinga i tō ihu, i ō taringa rānei. Ka puta pea ēnei i muri i te whara o te upoko, te pokanga rānei, i etahi wā rānei kaore he take mārama.
I roto i ēnei momo, ka taea te whara (i puta mai i te whara, i ngā mahi hauora rānei) te whaiaro rānei (e puta ana i a rātou ano). He iti ake te noa o ngā tukunga whaiaro, engari ka puta pea nā te nui o te pehanga i roto i tō anga, i ngā wahi ngoikore rānei o te hipoki tiaki.
Ka taea te puta o ngā tukunga wai reo roro mō ngā take rerekē, mai i ngā mahi hauora tae atu ki ngā mahi o ia rā. Ko te nuinga, ka puta i muri i ngā mahi tuaiwi penei i ngā wero lumbar, ngā wero epidural rānei, te pokanga tuaiwi rānei.
Ko ēnei ngā take matua, i whakaritea mai i te tino noa ki te iti rawa:
I etahi wā, ka puta ngā tukunga wai reo roro kaore he whakaohooho mārama – ka kiia ēnei he tukunga whaiaro. He maha ake te noa i ngā wāhine me ngā tāngata taumaha, pea nā te nui o te pehanga i roto i te anga.
I ngā take onge, ka taea e ngā mahi penei i te kawe taumaha, te whakakori kaha rānei, te rere wāhine rānei te whakaohooho i te tukunga i te tangata he wāhi ngoikore kei roto i tōna hipoki tiaki.
Me rapu awhina hauora wawe koe mēnā ka puta he mamae matua o te upoko e kaha ake ana ina tū koe, ka pai ake ina takoto koe. Ko tēnei tauira motuhake he tohu whakatūpato nui e kore e tika te whakakahore.
Waea atu ki tō taote inaianei mēnā ka kite koe i te wai mā, karakara e rere ana i tō ihu, i ō taringa rānei, ina koa mēnā he reka tote, he kino ake rānei ina pēhi koe ki mua. Ka taea e tēnei te tohu i te tukunga wai reo roro o te anga e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai wawe.
Rapua te tiaki ohorere mēnā ka pā atu ki a koe te mamae matua o te upoko me te kirika, te whakapohehe rānei, i ngā tohu mate rānei. Ka taea e ēnei tohu te tohu kua tomo ngā pūkohukohu i roto i te wahi tukunga, te hanga i te āhuatanga kino e kiia nei ko te meningitis.
Kaua e tatari mēnā kua mutu tētahi mahi tuaiwi ki a koe, ka puta te mamae upoko tino i roto i ngā rā, i ngā wiki rānei i muri mai. Ko te maimoatanga wawe te nuinga o te arahi ki ngā hua pai ake me te ora tere ake.
He maha ngā mea ka taea te whakanui i ō tūmanako ki te whanake i te tukunga wai reo roro, ahakoa te whai i ngā take morearea kaore e tikanga ka pā atu ki a koe. Ko te mārama ki ēnei ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te noho mataara ki ngā tohu pea.
Ko ēnei ngā mea ka taea te whakaputa i a koe ki te morearea teitei:
Ka taea hoki e te tau te whai wāhi – ko ngā tukunga tuaiwi whaiaro te nuinga o te noa i ngā tāngata kei waenga i te 30 me te 50 tau te pakeke. Ko te whai i ngā take morearea maha kaore e whakamana ka whanake koe i te tukunga, engari he mea tika te noho mataara ki ngā tohu.
Ko ētahi āhuatanga ira tino onge e pā ana ki te kiko hononga ka taea te whakapakari i te hipoki tiaki kei te taha o tō roro me tō tūpū tuaiwi, te whakanui i te morearea tukunga i te ora katoa.
Ahakoa he maha ngā tukunga wai reo roro e ora ana i a rātou ano, ka taea e ngā tukunga kore e tukatuka te arahi ki ngā raruraru kino. Ko te morearea tino awangawanga ko te mate, nā te mea ka hanga e te tukunga he huarahi mō ngā pūkohukohu ki te tae atu ki tō roro, ki tō tūpū tuaiwi rānei.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru pea, i whakarārangihia mai i te tino noa ki te iti rawa:
Ko te rongo pai ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru ka taea te aukati me te tiaki hauora tika. Ko te tautuhi wawe me te maimoatanga tika ka whakaiti nui i te morearea o ēnei hua kino.
Ko te meningitis te raruraru pea tino kino, engari he iti te noa ina whakahaeretia tika ngā tukunga. Koia te take i nui ai te rapu awhina hauora mēnā ka whakaaro koe he tukunga wai reo roro.
He maha ngā tukunga wai reo roro e puta ana nā ngā mahi hauora, nā ngā aituā rānei kaore e taea te aukati katoa, engari he taahiraa ka taea e koe te tango hei whakaiti i tō morearea. Ko te whai i ngā tohutohu a tō taote kia tika i mua, i muri rānei i ngā mahi tuaiwi he mea nui.
Mō ngā tukunga whaiaro, ko te pupuri i te taumaha hauora ka taea te āwhina i te whakaiti i te pehanga i roto i tō anga. Ko te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga penei i te pehanga toto teitei me te moe apnea ka taea te whakaiti i tō morearea.
Mēnā he mate hononga kiko koe, mahi tata atu ki tō rōpū hauora ki te tirotiro i ngā tohu wawe o ngā tukunga. Ko te karo i ngā mahi e whakanui nui ana i te pehanga i roto i tō upoko me tō tuaiwi, penei i te kawe taumaha ina kore koe i te whakangungua mōna, ka taea te tiaki.
I muri i te whara o te upoko, o te tuaiwi rānei, kia aro ki ngā tohu e whanake ana, me te rapu awhina hauora mēnā ka kite koe i ngā tohu whakatūpato i kōrerohia e mātou i mua.
Ko te tautuhi i te tukunga wai reo roro ka tīmata ki tō taote e whakarongo ana ki ō tohu, ina koa te tauira o ō mamae upoko. Ko te mamae upoko tino e pai ake ana ina takoto he tohu nui te nuinga o te wā.
Ka mahi pea tō taote i te tirotiro tinana, ka whakamātau pea i tetahi wai rere mai i tō ihu, i ō taringa rānei. Ka taea e te whakamātautau ngāwari te tirotiro mēnā kei roto i te wai he pūmua e kiia nei ko te beta-2 transferrin, e kitea ana i roto i te wai reo roro anake.
Ka āwhina ngā whakamātautau whakaahua ki te kimi i te puna tika o te tukunga. Ka uru pea ēnei ki ngā tātaritanga CT, ngā tātaritanga MRI rānei, i ngā ako motuhake e kiia nei ko ngā myelograms CT, i ngā myelograms MR rānei, kei hea te tae whakaatu e werohia ana hei whakaatu i te wahi tukunga.
I etahi wā ka tūtohu pea tō taote i te mahi e kiia nei ko te wero lumbar hei ine i te pehanga o tō wai reo roro. Ka taea e tēnei te āwhina i te whakau i te tautuhi, me te arahi i ngā whakatau maimoatanga.
Ko te maimoatanga mō ngā tukunga wai reo roro e whakawhirinaki ana ki te wahi, te rahi, me te take o tō tukunga. He maha ngā tukunga iti, ina koa ngā mea mai i ngā mahi tuaiwi, e ora ana i a rātou ano me te maimoatanga māori me te wā.
Ko te maimoatanga māori te nuinga o te tīmata me te takoto moe, te noho pai te wai, me te karo i ngā mahi e whakanui ana i te pehanga i roto i tō upoko me tō tuaiwi. Ka tūtohu pea tō taote ki te takoto mo etahi rā hei tuku i te tukunga ki te hiri i a ia ano.
Mēnā kaore te maimoatanga māori e mahi, ka tūtohu pea tō taote i te mahi whakapiri toto. Ka uru tenei ki te wero i te iti o tō toto ake i te taha o te wahi tukunga, kei hea ka hangaia he hiri taiao hei mutu i te rere o te wai.
Mō ngā tukunga roa, nui rānei, ka hiahiatia pea te whakatikatika pokanga. Ka uru pea tenei ki te whakapiri i te rua me ngā whakapiri kiko, i ngā piri motuhake rānei hei hiri i te tuwhera. Ko te huarahi motuhake e whakawhirinaki ana ki te wahi e noho ana tō tukunga.
Ka whai hua ētahi i ngā rongoā e whakaiti ana i te hanga wai reo roro mo te wa poto, te tuku i te tukunga atu ki te ora i a ia ano.
Ko te tiaki kāinga e aro ana ki te hanga i ngā āhuatanga pai mō tō tukunga ki te ora, me te whakahaere i ō tohu kia ora. Ko te takoto moe te nuinga o te maimoatanga tuatahi nui, ina koa te takoto papatahi rawa.
Kia pai te wai mā te inu i te nui o ngā wai, ina koa te wai me ngā inu me ngā electrolytes. Ka āwhina tenei i tō tinana ki te pupuri i te hanga wai reo roro tika i te wa e ora ana te tukunga.
Karohia ngā mahi e whakanui ana i te pehanga i roto i tō upoko me tō tuaiwi, penei i te kawe taumaha, te kaha, te mare kaha rānei, te pēhi ki raro. Ā, me karo hoki ngā mahi ngāwari penei i te pupuhi i tō ihu.
Whakahaerehia ō mamae upoko me ngā rongoā kore-whakahaunga e taunakitia ana e tō taote. I etahi wā ka hoatu e te caffeine te whakaora atu mō ngā mamae upoko e hono ana ki ngā tukunga wai reo roro.
Kia mau ki ō tohu, kia tuhi i ngā huringa, i ngā whakapainga rānei. Ka nui te uara o tēnei mōhiohio mō tō rōpū hauora i te tirotiro i tō ahunga whakamua.
I mua i tō hui, tuhia ō tohu katoa, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou, me te mea e pai ake ai rātou, e kino ake rānei. Kia aro nui ki te tauira o ō mamae upoko me tetahi wai rere kua kite koe.
Hangaia he rārangi o ngā mahi hauora hou, ina koa ngā mahi tuaiwi penei i ngā wero lumbar, i ngā epidurals rānei. Tāpirihia ngā rā me ngā ingoa o ngā wāhi i mahia ai ēnei.
Kawe mai he rārangi katoa o ō rongoā, tae atu ki ngā rongoā kore-whakahaunga me ngā taapiri. Kia tuhi hoki i ngā whara, i ngā whara hou rānei ki tō upoko, ki tō tuaiwi rānei, ahakoa i te iti rawa i taua wā.
Tuhia ngā pātai e hiahia ana koe ki te ui ki tō taote, penei i ngā whakamātautau pea e hiahiatia ana, ngā whiringa maimoatanga pea e wātea ana, me te roa o te ora te nuinga o te wā.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i te mema whānau, i te hoa rānei hei āwhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā mōhiohio i kōrerohia i te hui, ina koa mēnā kei te pā atu ki a koe ngā mamae upoko nui, i ngā tohu mohio rānei.
Ko ngā tukunga wai reo roro he āhuatanga e taea te tukatuka e ora ana te nuinga me te tiaki hauora tika me te wā. Ko te mea nui ko te mohiotanga i ngā tohu motuhake, ina koa te mamae upoko e pai ake ana ina takoto.
Ko te tautuhi wawe me te maimoatanga tika ka aukati i te nuinga o ngā rarurangi kino, ka arahi ki ngā hua pai ake. Ka ora te nuinga o ngā tāngata katoa, ahakoa ka hiahia pea ētahi ki ngā maimoatanga kaha ake penei i ngā whakapiri toto, i te pokanga rānei.
Kaua e whakaroa ki te rapu awhina hauora mēnā ka whakaaro koe he tukunga wai reo roro, ina koa i muri i ngā mahi tuaiwi, i te kite rānei i te wai mā e rere ana i tō ihu, i ō taringa rānei. Ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te arahi i a koe i roto i te tukanga tautuhi me te maimoatanga.
Kia mahara ahakoa ka awangawanga ngā tukunga wai reo roro, ka hoki te nuinga o ngā tāngata e whiwhi ana i te tiaki tika ki ō rātou mahi noa kaore he raruraru roa.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tukunga wai reo roro iti e ora ana i roto i ngā rā torutoru ki ngā wiki e rua me te maimoatanga māori penei i te takoto moe me te wai. Ko ngā tukunga nui ake, i ngā mea e hiahia ana ki ngā mahi penei i ngā whakapiri toto pea ka roa ngā wiki maha ki te ora katoa. Ka tirotirohia e tō taote tō ahunga whakamua, ka whakarite i te maimoatanga kia rite ki te hiahia.
Me karo koe i te whakakori me te mahi tinana kia ora rawa tō tukunga. Ko ngā mahi e whakanui ana i te pehanga i roto i tō upoko me tō tuaiwi ka taea te whaka kino i te tukunga, te whakaroa rānei i te ora. Kia whakamāramahia koe e tō taote, ka taea e koe te hoki haere ki ngā mahi noa, mā te tīmata ki ngā nekehanga ngawari.
Ahakoa ko ngā tukunga wai reo roro anō he iti te mate kino, ka taea te arahi ki ngā raruraru kino penei i te meningitis mēnā kaore i te tukatuka. Koia te take i nui ai te awhina hauora wawe. Me te maimoatanga tika, ka ora te nuinga o ngā tāngata katoa kaore he raruraru roa.
Ko te CSF te nuinga o te wā he mā, he karakara, he reka tote. Ka mate pea ina pēhi koe ki mua, ina kaha rānei. Ko te rere ihu noa te nuinga o te wā he mātotoru, ka tae pea ki te tae. Mēnā kaore koe i te tino mohio, kohikohia etahi o te wai ki roto i te ipu mā, ka kawea atu ki tō taote hei whakamātautau.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tukunga wai reo roro e ora ana me te maimoatanga māori penei i te takoto moe me te wai. Ko te pokanga te nuinga o te wā e waiho ana mō ngā tukunga kaore e whakautu ki ngā maimoatanga iti ake, nui rawa rānei. Ka whakamātau tō taote i te huarahi pai e mahi ana i te tuatahi, penei i te mahi whakapiri toto, i mua i te whakaaro ki te pokanga.
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