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Ko te HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) tētahi huaketo e whakaeke ana i te pūnaha ārai mate o tō tinana, ā, ko ngā pūtau CD4 ngā pūtau e ārai ana i ngā mate e taea ai te mate. Ki te kore te HIV e rongoā, ka taea te haere ki te AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), ko te wāhanga tino nui o te mate HIV. Ki ngā rongoā o nāianei, ka taea e te hunga HIV te noho roa, te ora hauora, me te aukati i te horapa ki ētahi atu.
Ko te HIV tētahi huaketo e whakawaiwai ana i tō pūnaha ārai mate mā te whakangaro i ngā pūtau anō e tiaki ana i a koe i te mate. Whakaarohia tō pūnaha ārai mate hei rōpū tiaki o tō tinana, ā, ko te HIV te whakaeke i ngā rangatira o taua rōpū. Ka tārua te huaketo i roto i ēnei pūtau ārai mate, ka iti haere te kaha o tō tinana ki te whawhai i ngā mate me ētahi mate pukupuku.
Ko te tikanga o te HIV ko te Human Immunodeficiency Virus, no te mea ko ngā tāngata anake te pānga, te mate kore ārai mate, ā, no tētahi whānau o ngā huaketo. Ko ngā pūtau CD4 T-helper te whakaeke motuhake a te huaketo, ko ēnei ngā pūtau toto ma e whakahaere ana i tō whakautu ārai mate. I te whakangaro o ēnei pūtau, ka ngoikore haere tō pūnaha ārai mate.
Ko te AIDS te wāhanga whakamutunga o te mate HIV, ka tautuhia ina he iti iho i te 200 te maha o ngā pūtau CD4 ia microliter, te mate rānei i ētahi mate kino, mate pukupuku rānei. Kāore te katoa o te hunga HIV e whiwhi AIDS, inā koa me te rongoā tika. Ka puta te AIDS ina kua pakaru rawa te pūnaha ārai mate e te HIV, ka waiho koe kia ngāwari ki ngā mate mate-kino e whawhai ana te pūnaha ārai mate hauora.
Ko te haere mai i te HIV ki te AIDS te tikanga he tau maha kaore he rongoā. Heoi, me te rongoā antiretroviral hou, kaore te tokomaha o te hunga HIV e haere ki te AIDS, ka taea te pupuri i te mahi ārai mate noa, te mahi ārai mate tata noa rānei i o rātou oranga.
He rerekē ngā tohu HIV i runga i te wāhanga o te mate, ā, kaore pea etahi e kite i ngā tohu mo ngā tau maha. Ka taea e ngā tohu o mua te ngawari, te whakaaro rānei he mate noa. Tērā tātou e haere tahi ai i ngā mea ka pā atu ki a koe i ngā wāhanga rerekē.
I te wāhanga mate koi (2-4 wiki i muri i te whakaeke), ka pā atu pea ki a koe ngā tohu rite ki te mate huaketo, tae atu ki:
Ko te tikanga ka roa enei tohu 1-2 wiki, ka ngaro ka tīmata tō tinana ki te whakaputa i ngā antibodies ki te HIV. He tokomaha te whakaaro he mate huaketo tēnei, he mate huaketo rānei.
I te wāhanga mate roa, ka iti pea ngā tohu HIV, kāore rānei, mo ngā tau maha. Koinei te wā kore tohu, engari ka haere tonu te huaketo ki te whakaputa me te whakangaro i tō pūnaha ārai mate. Ka pā atu pea etahi ki ngā tohu ngawari penei i ngā whekau lymph pupū tonu.
I te haere o te HIV ki te AIDS, ka puta pea ngā tohu nui ake:
Kia mahara, ehara i te tikanga he HIV tōu ina he tohu ēnei. He maha atu ngā āhuatanga ka puta mai ngā tohu rite, koia te take ko te whakamātautau anake te huarahi ki te mohio pono.
Ko te mate HIV te take o te mate i te Human Immunodeficiency Virus, e horapa ana mā ngā wai tinana motuhake. Kāore te huaketo e ora roa i waho o te tinana tangata, me te hononga tika ki ētahi wai hei horapa mai i te tangata ki te tangata.
Ka horapa te HIV mā ēnei wai tinana ina pā ana ki ngā kiri kiri, ngā kiko pakaru, te tomo rānei tika ki te toto:
Ko ngā huarahi tino noa o te horapa HIV ko te hononga taikaha kore tiaki ki te tangata kua pā, te whakamahi tahi i ngā ngira, te whakamahi rānei i ngā pūtau werohanga tarukino, me te whakawhiti mai i te whaea ki te tamaiti i te wa hapu, i te whānau, i te whāngai u rānei. I mua, he huarahi horapa te whakawhitinga toto, engari kua tino onge tenei i ngā whenua whānui mai i te 1985.
He mea nui te mōhio kāore te HIV e horapa mā te hononga noa penei i te awhi, te kihi, te whakamahi kai tahi, te pā atu rānei ki ngā papa. He tino ngoikore te huaketo, ka mate wawe ina pā ki te hau.
Me haere koe ki te taote mō te whakamātautau HIV mēnā kua whakaekea koe e te huaketo, te mahi rānei i ngā mahi e whakapiki ana i tō tūponotanga. He mea nui te kite wawe me te rongoā mō te pupuri i te hauora pai me te aukati i te horapa ki ētahi atu.
Rapua te tiaki hauora wawe mēnā ka kite koe i ngā tohu rite ki te mate huaketo 2-4 wiki i muri i te whakaeke pea ki te HIV. Ahakoa he maha ngā take o ēnei tohu, he pai ake te whakamātautau me te mohio pono. Ka taea e te rongoā wawe te whakapai ake i ngā hua hauora roa.
Whakaarohia te whakamātautau HIV auau mēnā he maha ngā hoa taikaha tōu, te whakamahi rānei i ngā tarukino werohanga, he hoa HIV tōu, te tāutuhia rānei koe ki tētahi atu mate taikaha. E tūtohutia ana e te CDC kia whakamātautau te katoa i waenga i ngā tau 13-64 kotahi te wā hei wāhanga o te tiaki hauora noa.
Mēnā kei te hapu koe, kei te whakaaro rānei ki te hapu, he mea nui te whakamātautau HIV, no te mea ka taea e te rongoā te aukati i te horapa ki tō pēpi. Me te tiaki hauora tika, ka taea te whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te whakawhiti mai i te whaea ki te tamaiti ki raro i te 2%.
Ka taea e ētahi whāinga me ngā āhuatanga te whakapiki i tō tūponotanga ki te mate HIV, engari he mea nui te mahara ka taea te pānga ki te tangata, ahakoa te tau, te ira tangata, te iwi, te aronga taikaha rānei. Ka āwhina te mōhio ki ngā take tūponotanga ki te mahi i ngā whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora.
Ko ngā take tūponotanga taikaha ko:
Ko ngā take tūponotanga e pā ana ki ngā tarukino ko te whakamahi tahi i ngā ngira, ngā pūtau werohanga rānei, ki te tangata he HIV. Ka uru atu ki ēnei te whakamahi tahi i ngā taputapu werohanga tarukino, homoni, steroids rānei.
Ko ētahi atu take tūponotanga ko te whiwhi i ngā whakawhitinga toto, te whakawhiti kiko rānei i ngā whenua kāore he tirotiro tika, he mahi e whakaatu ana koe ki te toto HIV-kē, te whānau rānei ki te whaea he HIV kāore i whiwhi rongoā i te wa hapu.
Ehara i te tikanga ka whiwhi koe i te HIV ina he take tūponotanga, ā, he tokomaha ngā tāngata he take tūponotanga kāore i pā. Ko ēnei take anake te tohu ina he mea whai hua ngā tupato atu me te whakamātautau auau.
Kaore he rongoā, ka taea e te HIV te arahi ki ngā raruraru kino i te wa e ngoikore haere ai tō pūnaha ārai mate. Heoi, me te tiaki hauora tika me te rongoā, ka taea te aukati, te whakahaere rānei i te nuinga o ēnei raruraru.
Ko ngā mate whakaeke te nuinga o ngā raruraru o te HIV kaore i te rongoā. Ko ēnei ngā mate kaore e tino puta he raruraru ki ngā tāngata he pūnaha ārai mate hauora, engari ka mate pea ina ngoikore te ārai mate:
He nui ake te tūponotanga o ētahi mate pukupuku ki te hunga he HIV nui, tae atu ki te mate Kaposi's sarcoma, te mate non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, te mate pukupuku cervix rānei i ngā wāhine. Ka karangatia ēnei i etahi wā ko ngā mate pukupuku e tautuhi ana i te AIDS, no te mea ka tohu pea i te haere ki te AIDS.
Ka puta pea ngā raruraru neurology ina pā te HIV ki te pūnaha io, ka puta pea ngā raruraru mahara, te whakapohehe, te uaua ki te aro, te huringa rānei i te whāinga. Ka puta pea te mate dementia e pā ana ki te HIV ki ētahi i ngā wāhanga nui.
Ko ētahi atu raruraru pea ko te mate whatukuhu, ngā raruraru ate (inā koa ki te hunga kua pā ano ki te mate hepatitis B, C rānei), te mate ngakau, me ngā raruraru wheua penei i te mate osteoporosis. He tino onge enei raruraru i ngā tāngata e whiwhi ana i te rongoā HIV tonu.
Ka tautuhia te HIV mā ngā whakamātautau toto e titiro ana ki te huaketo anō, ki ngā antibodies rānei e hanga ana tō tinana hei whawhai ki te HIV. He maha ngā momo whakamātautau, ia momo he matapihi kite rerekē me ngā taumata tika.
Ko ngā whakamātautau tirotiro tino noa ko ngā whakamātautau antibody, e titiro ana ki ngā pūtau e whakaputa ana tō pūnaha ārai mate hei whakautu ki te mate HIV. Ka taea te mahi i ēnei whakamātautau mā te whakamahi i te toto mai i te uaua, te toto mai i te maripi, te wai waha rānei. Ko te tikanga ka puta mai ngā hua i roto i ngā rā torutoru ki te wiki.
Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau tere te whakaputa i ngā hua i roto i te 20 meneti neke atu rānei, ā, kei te wātea i ngā klinik maha, ngā pokapū hapori, me te whakamahi kāinga. Ahakoa he ngāwari, ko ngā whakamātautau tere pai te tikanga me te whakau mā te whakamātautau taiwhanga tino pai.
Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau Antigen/antibody te kite i te HIV i mua atu i ngā whakamātautau antibody-ana no te mea e titiro ana ki ngā antibodies HIV me te p24 antigen, he pūtau tēnei he wāhanga o te huaketo. Ko te tikanga ka taea e ēnei whakamātautau whakakotahi te kite i te HIV 2-6 wiki i muri i te mate.
Mēnā he pai ngā whakamātautau tuatahi, ka tono tō taote i te whakamātautau whakau kia mohio ai te tika o ngā hua. Ka tono pea rātou i ngā whakamātautau hei ine i tō utaina huaketo (te nui o te huaketo kei roto i tō toto) me te maha o ngā pūtau CD4 (te kaha o tō pūnaha ārai mate).
Ko te rongoā HIV ko te tango i te whakakotahitanga o ngā rongoā e karangatia ana ko te rongoā antiretroviral (ART) i ia rā. Ka mahi ēnei rongoā mā te aukati i ngā wāhanga rerekē o te huringa ora HIV, te aukati i te whakaputa o te huaketo, te tuku rānei i tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te ora.
Ko te rongoā HIV hou te tikanga ko te tango i te 1-3 piritaka ia rā, i te nuinga ka whakakotahitia ki tētahi piritaka mō te ngāwari. Ko te whāinga ko te whakaiti i tō utaina huaketo ki ngā taumata kaore e kitea, ko te tikanga kaore e kitea te huaketo i ngā whakamātautau toto noa, kāore hoki e taea te whakawhiti ki ngā hoa taikaha.
Ko ngā momo rongoā HIV noa ko:
Ka tīpako tō taote i te whakakotahitanga pai i runga i ngā take penei i tō hauora whānui, ētahi atu rongoā e tango ana koe, ngā pānga taha pea, me ō hiahia. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e tīmata ana i te rongoā i muri tonu i te tautuhi, ahakoa tō maha o ngā pūtau CD4.
He ora tonu te rongoā, engari me te pupuri tonu i te whakamahi rongoā, ka taea e te hunga HIV te tumanako ki te ora tata rite ki te hunga kāore he HIV. Ka āwhina te tirotiro auau ki te whakarite kei te mahi ngā rongoā, ā, ka taea te whakarereke mēnā e hiahiatia ana.
Ko te whakahaere i te HIV i te kāinga ko te tango i ō rongoā tika i te whakahau me te pupuri i ngā tikanga ora hauora e tautoko ana i tō pūnaha ārai mate. Ko te mau tonu ki tō kaupapa rongoā te mea tino nui ka taea e koe te mahi.
Tangohia ō rongoā HIV i te wā kotahi ia rā, kaua rawa e ngaro ngā horo, kaua hoki e mutu te tango ahakoa kei te pai koe. Whakatūria ngā karaka waea, whakamahia ngā kaiwhakarite piritaka, te kimi rānei i te pūnaha pai hei āwhina i a koe ki te mahara. Ka taea e ngā horo ngaro te tuku i te huaketo ki te whakaputa, te whāngainga rānei ki ō rongoā.
Tautokohia tō hauora whānui mā te kai pai, te whakakori auau, te moe tika, me te whakahaere ahotea. Kai i te kai rite e whai hua ana i ngā hua, ngā huawhenua, ngā pūtau ngako, me ngā witi katoa. Noho mahi tinana i roto i tō taumata ngāwari, e whai ana ki te 30 meneti neke atu rānei o te mahi ngawari i te nuinga o ngā rā.
Tīaki i a koe me ētahi atu mā te mahi taikaha haumaru, te karo i te whakamahi tahi i ngā ngira, me te pono ki ngā kaiwhakarato hauora mō tō tūāhua HIV. Pupuri i ngā whakaritenga hauora auau me ngā tirotiro e tūtohutia ana mō ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora.
Hangaia tētahi whatunga tautoko kaha o te whānau, ngā hoa, ngā kaiwhakarato hauora, me ngā rōpū tautoko HIV pea. He ngāwari ake te whakahaere i tetahi āhuatanga roa ina kāore koe e ngāwari ana i te mahi.
Ko te aukati HIV ko te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te whakaeke i te huaketo mā ngā rautaki rerekē. Ko te huarahi tino whai hua te whakakotahitanga i ngā tikanga aukati maha i runga i ō āhuatanga takitahi me ngā take tūponotanga.
Ko ngā mahi taikaha haumaru he mea taketake ki te aukati HIV. Whakamahia ngā koniti latex, polyurethane rānei tika, tonu i te wa o te taikaha waha, tūturu, waha rānei. Whakaitihia te maha o ō hoa taikaha, me te kōrero whakatūwhera mō te whakamātautau HIV me te tūāhua ki ngā hoa.
Ko te rongoā i mua i te whakaeke (PrEP) he rongoā ia rā ka taea te whakaiti i te tūponotanga HIV neke atu i te 90% ki te hunga he tūponotanga nui. Ka tūtohutia pea te PrEP mēnā he hoa HIV-pai tōu, he maha ngā hoa taikaha, te werohanga rānei i ngā tarukino.
Mēnā ka whakamahi koe i ngā tarukino, kaua rawa e whakamahi tahi i ngā ngira, ngā pūtau werohanga rānei. He maha ngā hapori e whakarato ana i ngā kaupapa whakawhiti ngira e whakarato ana i ngā taputapu ma. Whakaarohia te rapu i te rongoā mō te whakamahinga matū mēnā kua rite koe.
Ko te rongoā i muri i te whakaeke (PEP) he rongoā mate urutā ka taea te aukati i te mate HIV mēnā ka tīmata i roto i te 72 haora i muri i te whakaeke pea. Ko te PEP ko te tango i ngā rongoā HIV mō te 28 rā, ā, e tūtohutia ana i muri i te whakaeke mahi pea, te whakaeke wahine rānei.
Ka āwhina te whakamātautau HIV auau ki te mohio ki tō tūāhua me te rapu i te rongoā wawe mēnā e hiahiatia ana. Ka taea e te hunga he HIV-pai me te tango rongoā i te whakahau te whiwhi i te utaina huaketo kaore e kitea, ko te tikanga kāore e taea te whakawhiti i te HIV ki ngā hoa taikaha.
Ko te whakarite mō tō whakaritenga taote mō ngā āwangawanga HIV, te whakahaere rānei, ka āwhina ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te nuinga o tō haerenga. Ko te whakahaere me te pono ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora ka ārahi ki te tiaki me ngā hua pai ake.
Tuhia ō pūrongo i mua i te whakaritenga kia kaua e wareware i ngā āwangawanga nui. Whakauruhia ngā pūrongo mō te whakamātautau, ngā kōwhiringa rongoā, ngā pānga taha, ngā huringa ora, ngā rautaki aukati rānei. Kaua e manukanuka ki te maha o ngā pūrongo – e hiahia ana tō taote ki te āwhina i a koe ki te mōhio pono ki tō āhuatanga.
Mau mai he rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā, ngā taapiri, me ngā huaora katoa e tangohia ana e koe, tae atu ki ngā horo me te auau e tangohia ana e koe. Ka āwhina ēnei korero ki tō taote ki te karo i ngā mahi rongoā kino, ki te tīpako rānei i te huarahi rongoā pai.
Kia rite ki te kōrero pono mō tō hītori taikaha me te whakamahinga tarukino. E hiahia ana tō taote ki ngā korero tika hei aromatawai i tō tūponotanga, te tūtohutia rānei i ngā whakamātautau tika, me te whakarato i te tiaki pai. Kia mahara kei te herea ngā kaiwhakarato hauora e te tūpato, kāore hoki rātou hei whakawa i a koe.
Whakaarohia te mau mai i tētahi hoa whakawhirinaki, mema whānau rānei mō te tautoko, inā koa mēnā kei te manukanuka koe mō te whakaritenga. Ka taea e te tangata kei a koe te āwhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā korero nui me te whakarato tautoko ngākau i ngā kōrero uaua.
Ko te mea tino nui ki te mōhio mō te HIV ko te āhuatanga roa e taea te whakahaere me ngā rongoā o nāianei, ehara i te mate mate i mua. Ka taea e te hunga kua tautuhia he HIV me te whiwhi i te tiaki hauora tika te ora roa, te ora hauora, me te whai hononga whai hua.
He mea nui te kite wawe me te rongoā mō te whiwhi i ngā hua hauora pai. Ka taea e ngā rongoā HIV te whakaiti i te huaketo ki ngā taumata kaore e kitea, ko te tikanga kāore e taea te whakawhiti i te HIV ki ngā hoa taikaha, ā, ka taea te kaha o tō pūnaha ārai mate. Ko tēnei whakaaro, e mohiotia ana ko te "kaore e kitea te tikanga kaore e taea te whakawhiti" te U=U rānei, kua huri i te aukati HIV me te rongoā.
He mea nui tonu te aukati, ā, kei te wātea ngā taputapu whai hua ahakoa he HIV-kore koe, e hiahia ana rānei ki te noho pēnā, he HIV-pai rānei, e hiahia ana ki te tiaki i ētahi atu. Mai i ngā koniti me te PrEP ki te rongoā hei aukati, ka taea e ngā rautaki maha te whakaiti nui i te tūponotanga whakawhiti.
Kia mahara kāore te HIV e whakahe i runga i te tau, te iwi, te ira tangata, te aronga taikaha rānei. Ka taea te pānga ki te tangata, koia te take he mea nui te whakamātautau auau me te kōrero whakatūwhera mō te hauora taikaha mō te katoa. Me te mōhio, te whakarite, me te tiaki hauora tika, kāore te HIV e whakawhāiti i ō whāinga ora, ngā hononga rānei.
Ko te kihi hohonu, roa te tikanga he iti rawa te tūponotanga mēnā he toto ngā niho, ngā whekau waha rānei o ngā tāngata e rua, engari kāore he take i tuhia mai i te kihi anake. Kāore he tūponotanga te kihi noa no te mea kāore te HIV e whakawhiti mā te wai waha. E hiahia ana te huaketo ki te uru tika ki tō toto, ki ngā kiri kiri rānei mā te toto kua pā, te wī, ngā wai waha, te wai u rānei.
Kaore he rongoā, ko te tikanga ka haere te HIV ki te AIDS i roto i te 8-10 tau, ahakoa he rerekē tēnei i waenga i ngā tāngata. Ka tere pea te haere o ētahi, ā, ko ētahi (e karangatia ana ko ngā kaitautoko roa) ka pupuri i te mahi ārai mate pumau mo ngā tau maha. Heoi, me te rongoā antiretroviral hou, ka taea e te hunga HIV te tumanako ki te ora tata rite ki te hunga kāore he HIV.
I tēnei wā, kāore he rongoā mō te HIV, engari ka taea e te rongoā te whakahaere i te huaketo kia tino whai hua, kaore e kitea i ngā whakamātautau toto. Kei te haere tonu ngā kairangahau ki ngā rongoā pea, tae atu ki ngā rautaki "whakangā me te whakamate" me ngā huarahi rongoā ira. He iti rawa te maha o te hunga kua ora tika mā ngā whakawhitinga pūtau pūtau, engari ehara tēnei i te rongoā mahi mō te nuinga o te hunga.
Kāore te HIV e taea te whakawhiti mā te kai, te wai, te hononga noa rānei. He tino ngoikore te huaketo, ka mate wawe ina pā ki te hau, te wera, ngā kai horoi noa rānei. Kāore e taea te whiwhi HIV i te whakamahi kai, inu, taputapu, nohoanga wharepaku, kaukau rānei. E hiahia ana te whakawhiti ki te hononga tika ki te toto kua pā, te wī, ngā wai waha, te wai u rānei.
Ko te tikanga o te utaina huaketo kaore e kitea ko te whakaiti i ngā rongoā HIV i te nui o te huaketo kei roto i tō toto ki ngā taumata iti rawa kaore e taea e ngā whakamātautau noa te kite. Ko te tikanga tēnei he iti iho i te 50 te maha o ngā kōpeke ia milliliter o te toto. Ina kaore e kitea tō utaina huaketo, ka noho pēnā mō te ono marama neke atu rānei, kāore e taea te whakawhiti i te HIV ki ngā hoa taikaha, ahakoa kaore he koniti.
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