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Ko te Diptheria he mate huaketo nui e pa ana ki tou korokoro me tou ihu. He huaketo e kiia nei ko te Corynebacterium diphtheriae te take, e whakaputa ana i te waiora kaha e taea ai te whakarawe i tou ngakau, whatukuhu, me te pūnaha io.
Ka hanga e te mate he paparanga matotoru, hina, i roto i tou korokoro ka uaua ai te manawa me te horomia. Ahakoa i mua ko te Diptheria te take nui o te mate tamariki, kua iti haere te mate i nga whenua whanake na te whakakakahu whānui.
Heoi, he tūkino tonu te mate ki nga wāhi he iti te whakakakahu. Ko te rongo pai, ka taea te aukati i te Diptheria ma te whakakakahu tika, ā, ka taea te whakaora ina kitea wawe.
Ka puta ngā tohu o te Diptheria i te 2 ki te 5 rā i muri i te pānga ki te huaketo. Ka rite ngā tohu tuatahi ki te mate huaketo noa, no reira he mea nui kia aro ki te ahuatanga o ngā tohu.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu tino noa ka kitea e koe:
Ko te kiri hina tohu i roto i tou korokoro te mea e wehewehe ana i te Diptheria i ētahi atu mate korokoro. Ka taea te toto i tēnei kiri mena ka ngana koe ki te tango, ā, ka taea te horapa ki raro i tou ngākau.
I etahi wa, ka pa te Diptheria ki tou kiri, ka puta he wheka mamae, pupuhi ranei, he mate ranei. He maha ake tenei momo i nga whenua wera, me nga tangata he iti te horoi, he maha ranei nga kainga.
E rua ngā momo matua o te Diptheria, e pā ana ia ki ngā wāhanga rerekē o tō tinana. Ka āwhina te mārama ki ēnei momo ki te whakamārama i te take ka rerekē ngā tohu mai i te tangata ki te tangata.
Ko te Diptheria manawa te momo tino nui, ā, e pā ana ki tou ihu, korokoro, me ngā ara manawa. Ka hanga e tēnei momo te kiri hina kino e taea ai te aukati i tō ara manawa, ā, ka taea te horapa o te waiora huaketo puta noa i tō tinana.
Ko te Diptheria kiri e pā ana ki tou kiri, ā, he iti te kino. Ka puta mai hei wheka mate, he mate ranei, te nuinga i ō ringa, i ō waewae rānei. Ahakoa he iti te tupono o tēnei momo ki te tupu hei mate kino, ka taea tonu te horapa o te mate ki ētahi atu.
He momo onge ano te Diptheria pūnaha, kei reira te horapa o te waiora puta noa i tō tinana, ā, ka taea te pā ki tou ngakau, whatukuhu, me te pūnaha io, ahakoa kaore he tohu korokoro marama.
Ko te huaketo Corynebacterium diphtheriae te take o te Diptheria. Ka noho ēnei huaketo ki roto i tou waha, korokoro, me te ihu o ngā tangata mate, ā, ka horapa ngāwari mai i te tangata ki te tangata.
Ka taea e koe te hopu i te Diptheria mā te maha o ngā huarahi:
Ka whakaputa te huaketo i te waiora kaha e whakarawe ana i ngā kiko ora, ā, ka taea te horapa puta noa i tō toto ki te pā ki ngā whekau tawhiti. Ko tēnei waiora te mea e tino kino ai te Diptheria, ahakoa he ngāwari te mate tuatahi.
Ka taea e ngā tangata te kawe me te horapa i te huaketo kaore he tohu. No reira he mea nui te whakakakahu hei tiaki i ngā hapori katoa, ehara i te hunga takitahi anake.
Me rapu wawe koe i te awhina hauora mena ka puta mai tētahi korokoro mamae nui ki a koe, ki tō tamaiti rānei, me te uaua ki te horomia, ki te manawa rānei. Me tirotiro wawe ēnei tohu, ina koa ki te kitea he paparanga matotoru i roto i te korokoro.
Waea atu ki tō taakuta inaianei mena ka kite koe i ēnei:
Kaua e tatari kia pai ake ngā tohu. Ka taea te tere o te Diptheria, ā, ka mate kino i roto i ngā haora. Ka pai ake nga hua o te maimoatanga wawe, ā, ka aukati i ngā raruraru kino.
Mena kua pā koe ki tētahi tangata he Diptheria, whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora inaianei, ahakoa kei te pai koe. Me āwhina koe ki te aukati i te mate.
He maha ngā take ka piki ai tō morearea ki te whiwhi Diptheria. Ka āwhina te mārama ki ēnei ki te tango i ngā whakaritenga tika hei tiaki i a koe me tō whānau.
Ko ēnei ngā take morearea tino nui:
He nui ake te morearea o ngā tamariki i raro i te 5 tau me ngā pakeke i runga i te 60 tau, na te mea kaore pea e whakautu pai o rātou pūnaha mate ki te mate. Heoi, ka taea e te tangata te whiwhi Diptheria mena kaore i whakakakahu tika.
He nui ake te morearea o ngā tangata e noho ana i ngā whenua e whanake ana, i ngā wāhi rānei e pā ana ki te pakanga, ngā āhuatanga taiao, te koretake rānei o te ohanga, na te mea kua pakaru ngā kaupapa whakakakahu, me ngā āhuatanga noho kino.
Ahakoa ka aukati te maimoatanga wawe i ngā raruraru, ka taea e te Diptheria te tupu hei raruraru nui ina horapa te waiora huaketo puta noa i tō tinana. Ka taea e ēnei raruraru te mate kino, ā, me āwhina hauora nui pea.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru tino nui:
He tino awangawanga ngā raruraru ngakau, na te mea ka taea te puta ahakoa kua pai ake ngā tohu korokoro. Ka taea e te waiora te whakarawe i tō uaua ngakau, ka arahi ki ngā rereketanga rereke, ki te korenga rānei o te ngakau i muri i te mate tuatahi.
Ko te pararutiki io te nuinga e pā ana ki ngā uaua e whakamahia ana mō te horomia me te manawa tuatahi, katahi ka horapa ki ngā ringa me ngā waewae. Ahakoa he wa poto tēnei pararutiki, ka mate kino pea mena ka pā ki ngā uaua manawa.
Ka whakamārama ēnei raruraru i te take e hiahia ana te Diptheria ki te maimoatanga hauora wawe me te tirotiro ata, ahakoa ka tīmata te pai ake o ngā tohu.
Ka taea te aukati katoa i te Diptheria mā te whakakakahu. He tino whai hua te whakakakahu Diptheria, ā, ka hoatu he tiaki roa ina hoatu e ia te mahinga e tūtohutia ana.
Ko te tikanga aukati paerewa e whakauru ana ki:
I tua atu i te whakakakahu, ka taea e koe te whakaiti i tō morearea mā te mahi i te horoi pai. Horohorohia ou ringa, karohia te pā tata ki ngā tangata mate, ā, kaua e tutaki i ngā taonga whaiaro penei i ngā taputapu, i ngā tauera rānei.
Mena kei te haere koe ki ngā wāhi e noho ai te Diptheria, kia tino whakakakahu koe i mua i to haerenga. Ka tūtohu pea tō taakuta i ētahi atu whakaritenga e pā ana ki tō haerenga me ō mahere haere.
Ko te whakatau i te Diptheria e hiahia ana ki te whakamātautau tinana me ngā whakamātautau taiwhanga. Ka titiro tō taakuta ki ngā tohu tohu, ā, ka whakakore i ētahi atu āhuatanga e taea ai te tupu hei tohu rite.
I te whakamātautau tinana, ka tirotiro ata tō taakuta i tō korokoro ki te rapu i te kiri hina e tohu ana i te Diptheria. Ka tirotirohia ano e ia ngā whekau lymph pupuhi, ā, ka aromatawai i tō kaha ki te manawa me te horomia.
Hei whakau i te whakatau, ka tango tō taakuta i te tauira mai i tō korokoro, i tō ihu rānei mā te kāpia koati. Ka tukuna tēnei tauira ki te taiwhanga kei reira ngā kaimahi hangarau e taea ai te:
Ka taea ano te mahi i ngā whakamātautau toto hei tirotiro i ngā tohu o te whakarawe waiora ki tō ngakau, whatukuhu, ki ētahi atu whekau rānei. Ka taea te mahi i te electrocardiogram (ECG) hei tirotiro i tō rere ngakau.
Na te mea ka taea te tere o te Diptheria, ka tīmata te maimoatanga i mua i te putanga o ngā hua whakamātautau mena ka tino whakaaro tō taakuta ki te whakatau i runga i ngā tohu me ngā kitenga whakamātautau.
Ko te maimoatanga Diptheria e hiahia ana ki te noho whare hauora wawe, ā, e whakauru ana ki ngā huarahi e rua: te whakakore i te waiora huaketo, me te whakakore i te huaketo anō. He mea nui te maimoatanga tere hei aukati i ngā raruraru kino.
Ko ēnei ngā maimoatanga matua:
Ko te antitoxin Diptheria te maimoatanga tino nui, na te mea ka whakakore i te waiora kei roto i tō toto. Heoi, kaore e taea te whakakore i te whakarawe kua puta kē, no reira he mea nui te maimoatanga wawe.
Ka āwhina ngā rongoā ki te whakakore i te huaketo, ā, ka whakaiti i te wā mate, engari kaore e whakakore i te waiora kua puta kē. Ka hoatu e te whakakotahitanga o te antitoxin me ngā rongoā te maimoatanga tino whai hua.
Mena ka uaua te manawa, me āwhina koe ki te manawa hauora, ki te pūnaha manawa rānei. Ka hiahia pea ngā raruraru ngakau ki ngā rongoā hei tautoko i te mahi ngakau, hei whakahaere rānei i ngā rereketanga rereke.
E hiahia ana te Diptheria ki te maimoatanga whare hauora, no reira ko te tiaki kāinga e aro ana ki te tautoko i te ora i muri i to wehenga, me te aukati i te horapa ki ngā mema whānau. Ka hoatu e tō taakuta ngā tohutohu motuhake e pā ana ki tō āhuatanga.
I te wā e ora ana, ka taea e koe te tautoko i te ora mā te:
He mea nui te wehewehe hei aukati i te horapa o te Diptheria ki ētahi atu. Me wehe koe i te mahi, i te kura, i ngā wāhi tūmatanui rānei tae noa ki te whakamāramahia e tō taakuta kaore koe e kawe atu i te mate, te nuinga i muri i te mutunga o te maimoatanga rongoā.
Me aromatawai ngā mema whānau me ngā hoa tata e te kaiwhakarato hauora, ā, me āwhina pea ki ngā rongoā aukati, ki ngā whakakakahu whakahou rānei, ahakoa kaore he tohu.
Mena kei te whakaaro koe he Diptheria, he mate hauora tenei e hiahia ana ki te aro nui atu i te hui whakarite. Heoi, ka taea te awhina i ngā kaiwhakarato hauora ki te hoatu i te tiaki pai ki a koe mā te whakarite.
I mua i te haere ki te ruma mate urupare, kohia ēnei korero nui:
Waea atu ki mua ki te whakamārama ki te whare hauora kei te haere mai koe me te Diptheria pea. Ka taea e tenei te whakarite i ngā whakaritenga wehewehe tika, me ngā maimoatanga e hiahiatia ana.
Kawe mai tētahi mema whānau, tētahi hoa rānei mena ka taea, na te mea me āwhina koe ki te korero mena ka uaua te horomia, te manawa rānei. Ka taea ano e rātou te awhina ki te mahara ki ngā korero nui e hoatu ana e te taakuta.
Ko te Diptheria he mate huaketo kino engari ka taea te aukati katoa, ka mate kino pea kaore he maimoatanga tere. Ko te mea nui rawa kia mahara ko te whakakakahu te tiaki pai ki tenei mate.
Ahakoa he onge te Diptheria i ngā whenua he pai ngā kaupapa whakakakahu, kei te puta tonu, ā, ka taea te tere. Me āwhina wawe tetahi korokoro mamae nui me te uaua ki te manawa, ki te horomia rānei, ina koa ki te kite koe i te kiri hina i roto i te korokoro.
Ko te whakakotahitanga o te aukati mā te whakakakahu me te maimoatanga tere ina hiahiatia, ko te tikanga kaore te Diptheria e hiahia kia mate kino koe, ki tō whānau rānei. Kia whakakakahu tonu, ā, kaua e whakaroa ki te rapu awhina hauora mena ka puta mai ngā tohu awangawanga.
Ahakoa he onge rawa, ka taea te puta ngā mate tūkino i roto i ngā tangata kua whakakakahu, ina koa ki te ngoikore te ātete i te wā. Heoi, ko ngā tangata kua whakakakahu e whiwhi ana i te Diptheria, he iti ake ngā tohu, he iti ake te morearea o ngā raruraru. No reira he mea tūtohutia ngā whakakakahu whakahou i ia 10 tau hei pupuri i te tiaki.
Kaore he maimoatanga, ka taea e koe te horapa i te Diptheria mō te 2-4 wiki i muri i te tīmatanga o ngā tohu. Mā te maimoatanga rongoā tika, ka mutu te kawe mate o te nuinga o ngā tangata i roto i ngā haora 24-48. Ka whakamātautau tō taakuta i ngā kāpia korokoro hei whakau kaore koe e kawe i te huaketo i mua i te whakamārama kia hoki koe ki ngā mahi noa.
Kei te noho tonu te Diptheria hei raruraru i ētahi wāhi o Awherika, Āhia, Amerika ki te Tonga, me Ūropi ki te Raki kei reira te iti o te whakakakahu. Kua puta mai ngā mate hou i ngā whenua e pā ana ki te pakanga, ki te koretake rānei o te ohanga. Mena kei te haere koe ki ēnei wāhi, kia tino whakakakahu koe i mua i to haerenga.
Ahakoa e rua ngā mate korokoro, ka hanga e te Diptheria he kiri hina matotoru e hipoki ana i te korokoro me ngā tonsils, engari ko te korokoro strep te nuinga e whakaatu ana i ngā kiko korokoro whero, pupuhi me ngā wahi ma. Ka tupu ano te Diptheria hei uaua nui ki te manawa, ā, ka taea te pā ki te ngakau me te pūnaha io, kaore i rite ki te korokoro strep.
Ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru Diptheria ka ora katoa mā te maimoatanga tika, ahakoa pea ka roa ngā wiki ki ngā marama te ora. Ko te whakarawe ngakau me te pararutiki io te nuinga ka pai ake i te wā, engari ka taea e ngā mate kino te waiho i ngā pānga roa. No reira he mea nui te aukati mā te whakakakahu me te maimoatanga wawe hei karo i ngā raruraru katoa.
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