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Ko te mate waiaroto frontotemporal (FTD) tētahi rōpū o ngā mate roro e pā ana te nuinga ki ngā wahi o mua me ngā taha o tō roro. Ko ēnei ngā wāhi e kawea ana te āhua, te whāinga, te reo, me te whakatau. Kāore i rite ki te mate Alzheimer, e pā ana te nuinga ki te mahara tuatahi, ka whakarerekē te FTD i tō āhua, i tō kōrero, i tō hononga ki ētahi atu i mua i te kitea o ngā raruraru mahara.
Ka whanaketia tēnei āhuatanga i waenga i ngā tau 40 me te 65, ā, ko tētahi o ngā take tino nui o te mate dementia i ngā tāngata pakeke kōeke. Ahakoa ka raru te whakatau, ka taea e te mārama ki te aha te mea e puta ana te āwhina i a koe me ō whānau kia haere tahi ai i tēnei haerenga me te mārama me te tautoko.
Ka rerekē haere ngā tōmhā o te FTD kia whakawhirinaki ki te wāhi o tō roro i pāngia tuatahi. Ka kite pea koe i ngā whakarerekētanga i te whāinga, te reo, te nekehanga rānei e kore e rite ki te āhua, te āwangawanga rānei.
Ko ngā tohu tuatahi tino noa e whakaatu ana i ngā whakarerekētanga o te āhua me te whāinga ka taea te ngawari i te tīmatanga, engari ka kaha ake te kitea.
Ko ngā whakarerekētanga o te whāinga me te āhua e whakaatu ana i te nuinga:
Ka puta mai ngā raruraru reo hei:
Ko ngā tohu e pā ana ki te nekehanga e āhei ana te whai:
Ko ēnei tohu te nuinga ka whanake haere mō ngā marama, ngā tau rānei. Ko te mea e tino wero ai te FTD, ko te taea te whakaaro he pouri, he ahotea, he koroheketanga noa iho ngā tohu o te tīmatanga, ā, ka whakaroa pea tēnei i te taumata tika me te maimoatanga.
Ko te FTD kei roto i ngā mate rerekē, e pā ana ki ngā wāhanga rerekē o te mahi o te roro. Ko te mārama ki ēnei momo ka āhei te whakamārama i te take he rerekē ngā tohu mai i te tangata ki te tangata.
Ko te momo FTD aronga-ā-mahinga (bvFTD) te momo tino noa, e pā ana ki te ahua me te whāinga tuatahi. Ka kite pea koe i ngā huringa nui ki te whāinga pāpori, ngā whakautu kare-a-roto, te tikanga horoi whaiaro rānei. Ko tēnei momo te nuinga ka pā ki te pūtake o mua, e whakahaere ana i ngā mahi rangatira me te whāinga pāpori.
Ko te mate reo matua e haere tonu ana (PPA) e pā ana ki ngā kaha reo. Kei roto i tēnei kāwai ētahi momo matua e rua: te momo PPA kōrero, e pā ana ki te tikanga kupu me te mārama, me te momo PPA kore-reo, e whakapakeke ana i te whakaputa kōrero me te tapahi.
Ko ngā mate nekehanga e hono ana ki te FTD kei roto i te mate ngakau e haere tonu ana (PSP) me te mate o te kiri-pūtau (CBS). Ko ēnei āhuatanga e whakakotahi ana i ngā huringa whakaaro me ngā raruraru nekehanga nui penei i ngā raruraru toenga, te pīngao o ngā uaua, te raruraru whakahaere rānei.
Ko ētahi tangata ka whanake i te whakakotahitanga o ēnei momo, ka taupokina rānei ngā tohu, ka huri rānei i te haere tonu o te āhuatanga. Ko tō momo motuhake ka āhei te awhina i ngā tākuta ki te mārama ki te aha e tumanakohia ana me te pehea te whakatakoto i tō tiaki i te huarahi tino whai hua.
Ka puta te FTD ina pakaru, ka mate ngā pūtau io i ngā wahi o mua me ngā taha o tō roro. Ko te tukanga nei, e kiia nei ko te neurodegeneration, ka whakaroa i te whakawhitiwhiti korero noa i waenga i ngā pūtau o te roro, ā, ka āhei ai ngā tohu e pā ana ki a koe.
Ko te take i raro i te āhua nei ko te whakarahi koretake o te pūmua i roto i ngā pūtau o te roro. Ko ngā pūmua tino noa e pā ana ko te tau, te FUS, me te TDP-43. Heoi, i roto i te FTD, ka koretake te whakakotahitanga o enei pūmua, ka kotia, ka whakarahi, ka mutu ka pakaru, ka whakamate i ngā pūtau o te roro.
He tino nui te wāhi o ngā take ira i roto i te tini o ngā take:
I roto i ngā take kahore he take ira mārama, kei te rangahau ngā kairangahau:
I tēnei wā, ko te nuinga o ngā take o te FTD kahore he take kotahi e taea te whakatau. Kei te haere tonu te rangahau ki te torotoro me pēhea te mahi tahi a te ira, te taiao, me te pakeketanga hei whakaoho i tēnei āhuatanga.
Me rapu awhina hauora koe ki te kite koe i ngā huringa mau tonu i te hinengaro, i te whāinga, i te reo rānei e whakaroa ana i te oranga o ia rā. He mea nui te aromatawai wawe, nā te mea ka taea e te whakatau tika te awhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i ngā rongoā me ngā ratonga tautoko e tika ana.
Whakapa atu ki tō tākuta mena ka pāngia koe, kē koe rānei e te tangata e arohaina ana e koe, e ngā huringa nui o te whanonga pāpori, pēnei i te ngaro o te ngākau mahaki, ngā kōrero e kore e tika, te wehe atu rānei i ngā hononga. Ko ēnei huringa whanonga te nuinga o te wā he tohu wawe o te FTD, ā, kaua e whakaarohia he koroheketanga noa, he ahotea rānei.
Rapua te tiaki hauora tūturu mena ka kite koe i ēnei:
Kaua e tatari mena ka kaha ake te raruraru reo, ka tere te whanake mai rānei o ngā raruraru nekehanga. Ka tohu pea ēnei tohu i te whanake o te FTD, i ētahi atu āhuatanga kino rānei e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai hauora tūturu.
Kia mahara he maha ngā āhuatanga ka rite ki ngā tohu o te FTD, tae atu ki te pouri, ngā raruraru tairoirī, ngā pānga rānei o ngā rongoā. Ka taea e te aromatawai hauora tino pai te awhina i te kimi i ngā take e taea te whakaora, ā, kia whakarite ai koe e whiwhi ana i te tiaki tino tika.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake ai tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te FTD, ahakoa te mea kei a koe ngā take morearea, ehara tena i te tikanga ka whanake koe i te āhuatanga. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take te awhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō te aroturuki me te aukati.
Ko ngā take morearea tino nui:
Ngā take morearea kaore i te noa, engari he āhei:
Kāore te FTD, pēnei i ētahi atu momo mate ngākau, e whakaatu ana he hono kaha ki ngā take tūponotanga ngākau, pēnei i te toto teitei, te huka rāpoi rānei. Heoi, ko te pupuri i te hauora o te roro katoa mā te whakakori tinana, te kai pai, me te whakauru hapori pea ka whakawhiwhia ētahi painga tiaki.
Mēnā he hītori whānau kaha tōu mō te FTD, ka taea e te tohutohu ira te āwhina iā koe ki te mārama ki ō tūponotanga me ō kōwhiringa. Ko te tukanga nei kei roto te aromatawai tika o tō hītori whānau me te kōrero mō ngā painga me ngā whakawhitinga o te whakamātautau ira.
Ka taea e te FTD te arahi ki ngā raruraru maha i te whakawhānui o te āhua, e pā ana ki te hauora tinana me te kounga o te ora. Ko te mārama ki ēnei wero pea ka āwhina iā koe ki te whakarite me te rapu tautoko tika ina hiahiatia.
I te whakawhānui o te FTD, ka kaha ake te uaua o te mahi o ia rā. Ka pāngia pea koe e ngā raruraru ki te tiaki whaiaro, te whakahaere putea, te pupuri rānei i ngā hononga. Ka tino uaua ēnei huringa, nā te mea ka tupu pinepine i te wā e pai tonu ana te hauora tinana.
Ngā raruraru noa e uru ana:
Ka taea te whanake i nga raruraru nui ake i te wa roa:
Ngā raruraru onge engari nui ka uru atu:
He rerekē te roanga o te wā e puta ai ngā rerekētanga i waenga i ngā tangata. Ka raru pea etahi i ngā huringa tere i roto i ngā tau torutoru, ā, ka mau tonu ētahi atu ki ētahi āheinga mō te roa atu o te wā. Ko te mahi tata atu ki tō rōpū hauora ka āhei te whakahaere i ngā raruraru me te pupuri i te kounga o te ora kia roa rawa atu.
I tēnei wā, kāore he huarahi kua whakamāramahia hei aukati i te FTD, inā koa i ngā take e puta mai ana i ngā rerekētanga ira. Heoi, ko te pupuri i te hauora o te roro katoa ka āhei te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga, te whakaroa rānei i te tīmatanga o ngā tohu.
Nō te mea he maha ngā take o te FTD he take ira, ka āta whakaarohia te aukati ki te kite wawe me ngā rautaki whakaiti i te tūponotanga. Mēnā kei a koe te hītori whānau o te FTD, ka āhei te tohutohu ira ki te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ki ō kōwhiringa me te whakatau whakamārama mō te tirotiro.
Ngā rautaki hauora roro whānui ka pai pea:
Mō te hunga he tūponotanga ira:
Ahakoa kaore enei rautaki e taea te whakamana i te aukati, ka tautoko ratou i te hauora neurology katoa, ā, āhei pea te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te mahi hinengaro mō te wā roa. Kei te haere tonu te rangahau ki te torotoro i ngā huarahi aukati pea, tae atu ki ngā rongoā ka taea te whakaheke i te kohikohi pūmua i roto i te roro.
Ko te whakatau i te FTD e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai tika e ngā tohunga, i te mea kaore he whakamātautau kotahi e taea te tohu pono i te āhuatanga. Ko te tukanga e whakauru ana i ngā aromatawai maha hei whakakore i ētahi atu take me te whakau i te whakatau.
Ka tīmata tō tākuta me te hītori hauora taipitopito me te whakamātautau tinana, me te aro nui ki te wā i tīmata ai ngā tohu me te āhua o tō rātou ahu whakamua. Ka hiahia hoki ratou ki te mohio ki tetahi hītori whānau o te mate dementia, te āhuatanga neurological rānei.
Ko te tukanga whakatau e whakauru ana i te nuinga:
Ko te whakamātautau motuhake pea e whakauru ana:
Ko ngā taputapu whakatau matatau kei te whakawhanakehia e whakauru ana:
Ka taea te roa o te tukanga whakatau i ngā marama maha, ā, pea ka hiahia ki ngā haerenga ki ngā tohunga maha. Ko tēnei whakawhāinga tino pai e āwhina ana ki te whakarite i te whakatau tika me te mahere maimoatanga tika. I etahi wā, ka mārama noa te whakatau tino i te wā e ahu whakamua ana ngā tohu i te wā.
Ahakoa kāore he rongoā mō te FTD, he maha ngā rongoā ka taea te awhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te whakapai ake i te kounga o te ora. Ko te kaupapa e aro ana ki te whakautu i ngā tohu motuhake me te whakarato tautoko ki ngā tūmanako me ngā whānau.
He tino whaiaro ngā mahere rongoā e hāngai ana ki ō tohu me ō hiahia motuhake. Ko tō rōpū hauora pea ka whakauru ki ngā tākuta neurologist, ngā kaitātari hinengaro, ngā kaiwhakaora kōrero, me ngā kaimahi pāpori e mahi tahi ana ki te whakarato i te tiaki whānui.
Ka taea e ngā rongoā te awhina i ngā tohu motuhake:
He mahi nui ngā rongoā kore-rongoā:
Ngā rongoā hou kei te akohia:
Ka tukuna e ngā whakamātautau hauora te uru atu ki ngā rongoā whakamātautau me te whakauru ki te ahunga whakamua rangahau. Ka taea e tō tākuta te awhina i a koe ki te whakatau mena he tika tetahi whakamātautau kei te wā mō tō āhuatanga.
Ko ngā whāinga rongoā e aro ana ki te pupuri i te motuhake kia roa rawa te taea, te whakahaere i ngā whāinga wero, me te tautoko i ngā tūmanako me ngā kaiwhakahaere i te wa e haere ana te mate.
Ko te whakahaere i te FTD i te kāinga e hāngai ana ki te hanga i tetahi taiao haumaru, whakaritea, me te pupuri tonu i te mana me te kounga o te ora. Ko te matua ko te whakarereke i tō huarahi i te wā e huri haere ana ngā tohu.
Ko te whakatū i ngā mahi o ia rā e mau ana ka āhei te whakaiti i te whakawareware me ngā raruraru whānau. Whakamātauria te pupuri i ngā wā tika mō ngā kai, ngā mahi, me te okioki, i te mea ko te tūmanako e whakarato ana i te whakamarie me te whakaiti i te awangawanga.
Ko te hanga i tetahi taiao kāinga tautoko e whakauru ana:
Ko te whakahaere i ngā huringa whānau e hiahia ana ki te manawanui me te auaha:
Te tautoko i te kōrero i te wā e huri haere ana te reo:
He mea nui te tautoko i te kaiwhakahaere mō te whakahaere angitu o te kāinga. Whakaarohia te uru atu ki ngā rōpū tautoko, te whakamahi i ngā ratonga tiaki wātea, me te pupuri i tō hauora tinana me te hinengaro puta noa i tēnei haerenga wero.
Ko te whakarite pai mō ō haerenga ki te taakuta ka āhei te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te whakatau tino tika me ngā tohutohu rongoā e tika ana. Ka āhei hoki te whakarite pai kia okioki koe, ā, kia kore e tino pouri i ngā wā whakarite.
Tīmata mā te tuhituhi i ngā tohu katoa kua kitea e koe, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou me te āhua o te huringa i te wā. Kia tino mōhio ki ngā whāinga, ngā raruraru reo, ngā huringa tinana rānei, ahakoa iti rawa atu rānei, whakama rānei.
Kawe mai ngā mōhiohio nui ki tō whakatau:
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau whakawhirinaki, hoa rānei e taea te:
Whakaritea ngā pātai i mua, pēnei i:
Kaua e whakaroa ki te tono mārama mena he whakapohehe ngā kupu hauora. E hiahia ana tō rōpū hauora kia mohio koe ki tō āhuatanga me ngā whiringa rongoā katoa.
Ko te FTD he rōpū uaua o ngā mate roro e pā ana ki te whāinga ki te whāinga, te reo, me te tuakiri, kaua ki te mahara. Ahakoa ka wehi te whakatau, ko te mārama ki te āhuatanga ka manaaki koe ki te whakatau whakamārama me te uru atu ki te tautoko tika.
He mea nui te mohiotanga wawe me te tautuhi tika mō te whiwhi i te rongoā tika me te whakamahere mō te heke mai. Ahakoa kāore he rongoā i tēnei wā, he maha ngā rongoā ka taea te awhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te pupuri i te kounga o te ora mō ngā wā roa.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu kia mahara koē kore koe i te noho kotahi i roto i tēnei haerenga. Ka taea e ngā rōpū hauora, ngā rōpū tautoko, me ngā mema whānau te whakarato i te awhina nui me te tautoko hinengaro. Kei te haere tonu te rangahau, kei te tuku i te tumanako mō ngā rongoā pai ake, ā, pea rānei ngā rongoā i te heke mai.
Aro atu ki te pupuri i ngā hononga, ki te whakauru ki ngā mahi whai kiko, me te tiaki i tō hauora whānui. He rerekē te wheako o te tangata ki te FTD, a he tokomaha tonu ngā tāngata e kitea ana te harikoa me te kaupapa ahakoa ngā wero e whakatakotoria ana e tēnei āhuatanga.
U1: E hā roa te ora o tētahi tangata me te mate ngakau o mua?
He rerekē rawa te ahu whakamua o te FTD mai i te tangata ki te tangata. I te toharite, ka ora ngā tāngata i te 7-13 tau i muri i te tautuhi, engari ka ora pea etahi atu i te roa atu, ka tere ake te heke o ētahi atu. Ko te momo FTD motuhake, te hauora whānui, me te uru atu ki te tiaki pai katoa e pā ana ki te roa o te ora. Aro atu ki te kounga o te ora me te whakamahi pai i te wā kei a koe.
U2: He kāinga te mate ngakau o mua?
E 40% te tata o ngā keehi FTD he wāhanga ira, arā, ka taea te rere o te āhuatanga i roto i ngā whānau. Ki te pēnei te matua i te FTD ira, he 50% te tūponotanga o ia tamaiti ki te whiwhi i te tauira ira. Heoi, kāore te whai i te ira e whakamana ana ka whanake koe i te FTD, a he maha ngā keehi ka puta mai kahore he hītori whānau. Ka taea e te tohutohu ira te awhina i a koe ki te mārama ki ō tūponotanga motuhake.
U3: Ka taea te whakapohehe i te mate ngakau o mua ki ētahi atu āhuatanga?
Ae, te kore e taea te whakatau tika i te FTD i te tīmatanga, nā te mea ka rite ngā tohu o te tīmatanga ki te pouri, te mate ngākau rua, te rerekētanga noa o te ora i waenganui. Ka taea te whakaaro he mate hinengaro ngā huringa o te whāinga me te āhua e tino kitea ana i te FTD, ā, ka rite pea ngā raruraru reo ki ngā take e pā ana ki te ahotea. Koia te take he mea nui te aromatawai tino pai e ngā tohunga.
Q4: He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te mate ngakau o mua me te mate Alzheimer?
Ko te tikanga ka pā te FTD ki te whāinga, ki te āhua, ki te reo i te tīmatanga, engari ko te mahara e mau tonu ana i te tīmatanga. Ko te mate Alzheimer e pā ana ki te mahara me te kaha ki te ako i ngā wā tīmatanga. Ka puta mai hoki te FTD i te tau iti ake (40-65) i te Alzheimer (i muri i te 65 te nuinga). He rerekē hoki ngā wāhanga o te roro e pā ana me ngā raruraru pūmua kei raro i ēnei āhuatanga.
Q5: He rongoā whakamātautau kei te wātea mō te FTD?
Kei te whakamātautauhia etahi rongoā whakaari i roto i ngā whakamātautau hauora, tae atu ki ngā rongoā e whai ana i ngā kohinga pūmua motuhake i roto i te roro, ngā rongoā anti-inflammatory, me ngā huarahi rongoā ira. Ahakoa he whakamātautau tonu ēnei rongoā, ka taea te uru atu ki ngā rongoā hou ma te whakauru ki ngā whakamātautau hauora, me te whai wāhi ki te rangahau ka awhina pea i ngā turoro o muri mai. Kōrero atu ki tō tākuta mō te pai o ētahi whakamātautau kei te wātea mōu.
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