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Ka puta te whakaheke waikawa o te pēpi ina rere nga mea o roto i te kopu ki runga anō ki te esophagus o tō pēpi, arā, te pūkaha e hono ana i te waha ki te kopu. He tino noa tenei i ngā pēpi hou, ā, ka pai ake te nuinga i a rātou e tipu haere ana.
Te nuinga o ngā pēpi ka pā te whakaheke i ngā marama tuatahi o te ora. Kei te whanake tonu o rātou pūnaha kai, ā, kāore anō kia tino whānuitia te uaua e pupuri ana i te kai i roto i te kopu. Ahakoa he āwangawanga pea te tiro atu, he tino noa te nuinga o ngā take, ā, ka mutu kahore he maimoatanga motuhake.
Ko te tohu tino kitea ko te maha o te whakaheke, ina koa i muri i te whāngai. Ka kite pea koe i tō pēpi e whakaheke ana i te iti o te waiū, te miraka ranei, ka taea pea te puta tonu i muri i te kai, te haora rānei i muri mai.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu noa ka kitea pea e koe i tō pēpi:
Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi e pā ana te whakaheke ka mau tonu te taumaha, ā, ka koa i waenganui i ngā wāhanga. Heoi, ko ētahi pēpi ka pā ngā tohu nui ake ka tohu pea i te āhuatanga e kiia nei ko te mate whakaheke gastroesophageal (GERD), ka kōrerohia e mātou i muri mai.
Ko te take matua ko te sphincter esophageal iti kahore anō kia tino whānuitia, arā, te porowhita o te uaua e mahi ana hei kuwaha i waenganui i te esophagus me te kopu. I ngā pēpi, kei te whanake tonu tēnei uaua, ā, kāore i te mau tonu te kati.
He maha ngā take e āwhina ana ki te whakaheke i te nuinga o ngā pēpi:
Ko ētahi pēpi ka pā atu te whakaheke nui atu na te pāwera ki te kai, ina koa ki ngā pūmua i roto i te miraka, te waiū rānei. Ko ngā pēpi wawe ka nui ake te whakaheke na te mea me nui ake te wā hei whanake i o rātou pūnaha kai.
E rua ngā momo whakaheke nui i ngā pēpi. Ko te whakaheke ngāwari, e kiia ana hoki ko te whakaheke tūturu, ko te momo noa, kore kino e pā ana ki te nuinga o ngā pēpi.
Ko te mate whakaheke gastroesophageal (GERD) ko te momo nui ake e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora. Kāore i rite ki te whakaheke ngāwari, ka puta te mamae nui i te GERD, ā, ka āwhina pea ki te tipu me te whanaketanga o tō pēpi. Ko ngā pēpi e pā ana te GERD ka nui ake ngā tohu, ā, ka uaua pea ki te whiwhi taumaha tika.
Ko te rerekētanga matua ko te whakaheke ngāwari kāore e puta he raruraru roa, engari ko te GERD ka āwhina pea ki ngā raruraru mena kāore i te maimoatia. Ka taea e tō tākuta tamariki te āwhina ki te whakatau i te momo pea o tō pēpi i runga i ōna tohu me tōna hauora whānui.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki tō tākuta tamariki mena kāore tō pēpi e whiwhi taumaha tika, te ngaro rānei i te taumaha. Ka tohu pea tēnei kei te āwhina te whakaheke ki tōna kai.
Whakaritea he whakatau mena ka kite koe i ētahi o ēnei tohu āwangawanga:
Whakaarohia ō whakaaro hei mātua. Mena he he te mea, te ahua rānei o tō pēpi he kore ngāwari, he tika tonu te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō te aratohu.
Ko ngā pēpi wawe he nui ake te morearea na te mea kāore anō kia nui te wā hei whanake i o rātou pūnaha kai i roto i te kopu. Ka iti ake pea te whānuitia o te sphincter esophageal iti atu i ngā pēpi kua whānuitia.
He maha ngā take ka nui ake te tūponotanga o te whakaheke i tō pēpi:
Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi e pā ana ngā take morearea ka pā noa te whakaheke ngāwari e mutu ana. Ko te whai i ngā take morearea kāore e tikanga ka whanake tō pēpi i ngā tohu nui, ngā raruraru rānei.
Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi e pā ana te whakaheke kāore e whanake i ngā raruraru, ina koa he momo noa, ngāwari. Heoi, ko te whakaheke nui, te GERD rānei ka āwhina pea ki ngā raruraru e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora.
Ko ngā raruraru pea ko:
He onge ēnei raruraru, ā, ka puta noa i te GERD nui, kāore i te maimoatia. Ka taea e te whakauru wawe me te whakahaere tika te aukati i te nuinga o ēnei take mai i te whanaketanga.
Ahakoa kāore e taea e koe te aukati katoa i te whakaheke i ngā pēpi, ka taea e ētahi tikanga whāngai me te whakatū te whakaiti i ngā tohu. Ko ēnei rautaki ngāwari e mahi ana me te whanaketanga tūturu o tō pēpi, kāore i te whakaheke.
Ko ēnei ngā huarahi whai hua hei whakaiti i ngā wāhanga whakaheke:
Mō ngā whaea e whāngai ana i te waiū, ko te karo i ngā kai āwhina pea penei i te caffeine, ngā kai kawa, te miraka rānei ka āwhina pea i ētahi pēpi. Heoi, me kōrerohia ngā huringa kai ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora tuatahi.
Ko te nuinga o te wā, ka taea e tō tākuta tamariki te whakatau i te whakaheke i runga i ngā tohu o tō pēpi me te whakamātautau tinana. Ka ui rātou mō ngā tauira whāngai, te whiwhi taumaha, me ngā tohu motuhake kua kitea e koe.
Ka aroturuki pea tō tākuta i te tipu o tō pēpi i runga i ngā tūtohu paerewa hei whakarite kei te whiwhi taumaha tika rātou. Mena kei te tipu pai tō pēpi, ā, kei te ahua ngāwari i waenganui i ngā wāhanga, kāore he whakamātautau motuhake e hiahiatia ana.
I ngā take e whakaarohia ana te GERD, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta tamariki i ngā whakamātautau atu. Ka uru pea ēnei ki te raupapa GI runga, ka inu ai tō pēpi i te otinga whakaatu, ā, ka aroturuki ngā X-rays i te nekehanga i roto i tōna pūnaha kai. I etahi wa, ka ine te rangahau pH probe i ngā taumata waikawa i roto i te esophagus i te 24 haora.
Mō te nuinga o ngā pēpi e pā ana te whakaheke ngāwari, ko te wā te maimoatanga pai. Ka pai ake te āhuatanga i te 6 marama te pakeke, ā, ka mutu katoa i te 12-18 marama i te wā e whānuitia ana te pūnaha kai.
Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta tamariki i ēnei rautaki whakahaere:
Ko ngā rongoā ka whakaritea noa mō ngā pēpi e pā ana te GERD kāore i te whakautu ki ngā huringa whāngai me ngā tikanga whakatū. Ka whakarite tika tō tākuta i ngā painga me ngā morearea i mua i te tūtohutanga i tetahi rongoā.
Ko te hanga i te taiao mārama, ngāwari i ngā wā whāngai ka puta he rerekētanga nui mō tō pēpi. Tangohia tō wā ki te whāngai, kia titiro hoki ki ngā tohu a tō pēpi mō te wā kua nui.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki tiaki kāinga whai hua:
Mahara ka taea e te whakaheke te paru, te pouri rānei i etahi wā, engari he wā poto. Kāore tō pēpi e kore ngāwari i te wā katoa, ā, kāore te whakaheke e mamae i a rātou i te ara e mamae ai te ruaki i a koe.
I mua i tō whakatau, pupuri i te rēhita taipitopito o ngā tohu o tō pēpi mō te maha o ngā rā. Tūtohuhia te wā e puta ai ngā wāhanga whakaheke e pā ana ki ngā wā whāngai, me te mea e āwhina ana ki a rātou.
Ka kawea mai ēnei korero hei āwhina i tō tākuta tamariki ki te mārama i te tauira:
Kaua e whakaroa ki te tono ki tō tākuta kia whakaatu i ngā tūnga whāngai tika, ngā tikanga whakaheke rānei. Ka taea hoki e rātou te whakarato i te aratohu mō ngā tohu e hiahia ana ki te tiaki tonu, ngā tohu rānei he wāhanga noa o te whanaketanga pēpi.
He tino noa te whakaheke waikawa o te pēpi, ā, he kore kino te nuinga, e pā ana ki te nuinga o ngā pēpi ki tetahi taumata. Ahakoa ka hanga pea i ngā wā paru me te ngakau pouri i etahi wā, ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi ka nui ake i te wā e whānuitia ana o rātou pūnaha kai.
Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi e pā ana te whakaheke ka mau tonu te tipu me te whanaketanga. Ko ngā huringa whakatū ngāwari me ngā whakarereketanga whāngai ka nui te whakaora i te kore o te rongoā, te whakauru hauora rānei.
Whakaarohia ka mutu tēnei wā, i te nuinga o te wā i te wā o te whānautanga o tō pēpi. Arotahi ki te pupuri i ngā wā whāngai kia mārama, kia ngāwari hoki, ā, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō tākuta tamariki mena he āwangawanga koe mō ngā tohu o tō pēpi, te tipu rānei.
Ae, he tino noa te maha o te whakaheke mō te nuinga o ngā pēpi, ina koa i ngā marama tuatahi. Kia mau tonu te whiwhi taumaha o tō pēpi, ā, kia ngāwari i waenganui i ngā wāhanga, he wāhanga noa tēnei o tōna pūnaha kai e ako ana ki te mahi tika.
Ko te whakaheke ka rere noa mai i te waha o tō pēpi, ko te ruaki he kaha ake, ka puta mai me te pehanga nui ake. Ko te whakaheke reflux noa ka rite ki te waiū, te miraka rānei kāore i te kai, ko te ruaki pea he rite ake te kai. Mena kei te kite koe i te ruaki kaha, pupuhi, whakapiri atu ki tō tākuta tamariki.
Ko ngā pēpi e whāngai ana i te waiū, ngā pēpi e whāngai ana i te miraka rānei ka pā te whakaheke, ahakoa ko ētahi rangahau e whakaatu ana pea ngā pēpi e whāngai ana i te waiū he iti ake ngā tohu. Ko te mea nui ko te kimi i te mea pai mō tō pēpi, ahakoa ko te whakarereke i tō kai i te wā e whāngai ana i te waiū, te whakamātau rānei i ngā miraka rerekē me te aratohu a tō tākuta.
Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi ka pai ake i te 6 marama te pakeke i te wā e noho ana rātou ki runga ake, ka tīmata ki te kai i ngā kai kaakaariki. Ko te nuinga o ngā pēpi ka nui ake te whakaheke katoa i te 12-18 marama i te wā e whānuitia ana tōna sphincter esophageal iti, ka kaha ake.
Ko te whakaara i te tuara i te wā whāngai, i muri rānei he whakautu noa ki te mamae whakaheke, engari kāore pea he take mō te āwangawanga. Heoi, mena ka whakaara tonu tō pēpi i tōna tuara, ā, kei te ahua mamae nui, te whakakahore rānei i te kai, te iti o te whiwhi taumaha rānei, kōrerohia ki tō tākuta tamariki.
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