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Tirohanga whānui

Ko te malaria he mate e puta mai ana i tetahi mate pūkohu. Ka horahia te mate pūkohu ki te tangata mā ngā ngau a ngā namu kua pangia. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana e te malaria ka mate kino, ka wera nui, ka wiri. Ahakoa he onge te mate i ngā whenua ngawha, he nui tonu te malaria i ngā whenua wera me ngā whenua wera-māori. I ia tau, tata ki te 290 miriona te tokomaha o te hunga e pangia ana e te malaria, ā, neke atu i te 400,000 te tokomaha o te hunga e mate ana i te mate. Hei whakaiti i ngā mate malaria, ka tohatohahia e ngā kaupapa hauora o te ao ngā rongoā aukati me ngā whatu moe kua tukatukahia ki te pūhui-mate hei tiaki i te iwi mai i ngā ngau namu. Kua tūtohutia e te World Health Organization tētahi whakaūkū malaria mō te whakamahinga ki ngā tamariki e noho ana i ngā whenua kei reira te maha o ngā keehi malaria. Ka taea e ngā kakahu tiaki, ngā whatu moe me ngā pūhui-mate te tiaki i a koe i a koe e haereere ana. Ka taea hoki e koe te tango i te rongoā aukati i mua, i te wā, me muri i te haerenga ki tētahi wāhi morearea nui. He maha ngā mate pūkohu malaria kua whanake te ātete ki ngā rongoā noa e whakamahia ana hei whakaora i te mate.

Ngā tohu

Ngā tohu me ngā pūāhua o te mate huka pea ko ēnei:

  • Kirikiritau
  • Te wiri
  • Te ahua koretake whānui
  • Te mamae o te mahunga
  • Te ruaki me te ruaki
  • Te korere
  • Te mamae o te kopu
  • Te mamae o ngā uaua, o ngā hononga rānei
  • Te ngenge
  • Te manawa tere
  • Te ngākau tere
  • Te kōhū

Ko ētahi o te hunga he mate huka kei a rātou e pā ana ki ngā huringa o ngā 'whakaeke' o te mate huka. Ka tīmata te whakaeke me te wiri me te makariri, ka whai ake te kirikiritau teitei, ka whai ake te werawera, ka hoki anō ki te pāmahana noa.

Ka tīmata ngā tohu me ngā pūāhua o te mate huka i roto i ngā wiki torutoru i muri i te ngau e te namu kua pangia. Heoi, ko ētahi momo pūtau mate huka ka taea te takoto pūmau i roto i tō tinana tae noa ki te tau kotahi.

Āhea te kite i te tākuta

Korero ki tō tākuta ki te pāngia koe e te kirika i te wā e noho ana koe i te rohe morearea nui mō te malaria, i muri rānei i te haere ki reira. Ki te whai koe i ngā tohu kino, rapu atu he awhina hauora tūturu.

Ngā take

Ko te mate kirikiri te take i tetahi kararehe kotahi-pūtau o te momo plasmodium. Ka tuku te kararehe ki te tangata i te nuinga o te wā mā ngā ngau namu.

Ngā āhuatanga tūpono

Ko te take tino nui o te whiwhi mate kirikiri ko te noho, te toro atu ranei ki nga waahi e rongonui ana te mate. Kei roto i enei nga rohe wera me te wera-iti o:

  • Awherika ki te Tonga o te Sahara
  • Te Tonga me te Tonga-rawhiti o Ahia
  • Nga Motu o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
  • Amerika Waenganui me te raki o Amerika ki te Tonga

Ko te nui o te mate ka whakawhirinaki ki te whakahaere mate kirikiri o te rohe, nga huringa wa i nga reiti mate kirikiri me nga whakarite ka mahia e koe hei aukati i nga ngau namu.

Ngā raruraru

Ka mate pea te mate huka, ina koa ka puta mai i ngā momo paparā wharangi e noho ana i Awherika. E whakaatu ana te Rōpū Hauora o te Ao ko te 94% pea o ngā mate katoa o te mate huka kei Awherika—ko te nuinga i ngā tamariki kei raro iho i te 5 tau te pakeke.

Ko te mate o te mate huka e hono ana ki tetahi, ki ētahi rānei o ngā raruraru kino, tae atu ki:

  • Te mate huka o te roro. Ki te aukati ngā pūtau toto kua kīia ki te paparā i ngā oko toto iti ki tō roro (te mate huka o te roro), ka pupū pea tō roro, ka pakaru rānei. Ka pā pea te mate huka o te roro ki te ngau me te kore whakaaro.
  • Ngā raruraru manawa. Ka uaua pea te manawa ki te wai e kotia ana i roto i ō ngā ngā (pulmonary edema).
  • Te korenga o ngā mahi o ngā tūpuna. Ka pakaru pea te mate huka i ngā whatukuhu, i te ate rānei, ka pakaru rānei te kōpū. Ka mate pea tetahi o ēnei āhuatanga.
  • Te ngoikore o te toto. Ka puta pea te mate huka ki te kore o ngā pūtau toto whero hei whakarato i te hāora ki ngā kiko o tō tinana (te ngoikore o te toto).
  • Te iti o te huka toto. Ka puta pea ngā momo mate huka kino ki te iti o te huka toto (hypoglycemia), ka rite ki te quinine—he rongoā noa e whakamahia ana hei whawhai ki te mate huka. Ka puta pea te iti rawa o te huka toto ki te kore whakaaro, ki te mate rānei.
Te ārai

Ki te noho koe, ki te haere rānei koe ki tētahi wāhi e rongonui ana te mate huka, kia mau ki ngā mahi hei aukati i ngā ngau namu. Ko ngā namu te tino mahi i waenganui i te pō me te ata. Hei tiaki i a koe i ngā ngau namu, me:

  • Hipokina tou kiri. Kakahuhia ngā tarau me ngā koti ringa-roa. Tāpiritia tō koti, ka tāpiritia ngā waewae tarau ki roto i ngā tohitohi.
  • Whakamahia te rongoa ngau pepeke ki te kiri. Whakamahia he rongoa ngau pepeke kua rēhita ki te Environmental Protection Agency i runga i tetahi kiri e kitea ana. Kei roto i ēnei ngā rongoa e whakauru ana i te DEET, picaridin, IR3535, hinu o te rakau remu (OLE), para-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD) te 2-undecanone rānei. Kaua e whakamahi i te pūha i runga i tō mata. Kaua e whakamahi i ngā hua me te hinu o te rakau remu (OLE) te p-Menthane-3,8-diol (PMD) rānei i runga i ngā tamariki kei raro iho i te 3 tau.
  • Whakamahia te rongoa ki ngā kakahu. He haumaru te whakamahinga o ngā pūha e whakauru ana i te permethrin ki ngā kakahu.
  • Moe i raro i te kupenga. Ko ngā kupenga moe, ina koa ētahi kua tukatukahia ki ngā whakamate pepeke, pēnei i te permethrin, ka āwhina i te aukati i ngā ngau namu i a koe e moe ana.
Te tātaritanga

Hei whakatau i te malaria, ka tirotiro pea to taakuta i to hītori hauora me ō haerenga tata nei, ka whakahaere i te whakamātau tinana, ka tono hoki i ngā whakamātau toto. Ka taea e ngā whakamātau toto te tohu i:

Ka roa pea etahi whakamātau toto kia oti, ka taea hoki e ētahi te whakaputa hua i raro iho i te 15 meneti. Kei runga i ō tohu, ka tono pea to taakuta i ētahi atu whakamātau whakatauārangi hei aromatawai i ngā raruraru pea.

  • Te tūmanako o te parāoaiti i roto i te toto, hei whakau i te mate malaria koe
  • Ko tehea momo parāoaiti malaria te take o ō tohu
  • Mena kei te pāngia koe e te parāoaiti e ngāwari ana ki ētahi rongoā
  • Kei te pāngia rānei te mate i ngā raruraru nui
Te rongoā

Ka tukatukahia te malaria me ngā rongoā rongoā hei whakamate i te parāoaiti. Ka rerekē ngā momo rongoā me te roa o te maimoatanga, kei te whakawhirinaki ki:

Ngā rongoā antimalarial tino noa e whakauru ana:

Ngā rongoā antimalarial noa e whakauru ana:

  • Te momo parāoaiti malaria kei a koe

  • Te kaha o ō tohu

  • Tō tau

  • Kei te hapu koe

  • Chloroquine phosphate. Ko te chloroquine te maimoatanga pai mō tetahi parāoaiti e ngawari ana ki te rongoā. Engari i ngā wāhanga maha o te ao, he ātete ngā parāoaiti ki te chloroquine, ā, kāore te rongoā e whai hua.

  • Ngā maimoatanga whakakotahitanga e whakamahia ana te artemisinin (ACTs). Ko te maimoatanga whakakotahitanga e whakamahia ana te artemisinin (ACT) he whakakotahitanga o ētahi rongoā e rua neke atu rānei e mahi ana ki te parāoaiti malaria i ngā huarahi rerekē. Ko te tikanga tenei te maimoatanga pai mō te malaria e ātete ana ki te chloroquine. Ētahi tauira ko te artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem) me te artesunate-mefloquine.

  • Atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone)

  • Quinine sulfate (Qualaquin) me te doxycycline (Oracea, Vibramycin, ētahi atu)

  • Primaquine phosphate

Te tiaki whaiaro

Kaore he uauatanga

Te whakarite mō tō whakaritenga

Ki te whakaaro koe kei te mate koe i te malaria, kei te whakapae koe kua pā ki a koe, ka tūturu pea koe ki te toro atu ki tō tākuta whānau. Heoi, i etahi wā, ka karanga koe ki te whakarite i tetahi whakatau, ka tukuna pea koe ki tetahi tohunga mate huaketo. Ki te whai koe i ngā tohu kino – ina koa i te wā, i muri rānei i te haere ki tētahi wāhi e rongonui ana te malaria – rapuhia te awhina hauora tūturu.

Ā mua atu i tō whakatau, ka hiahia pea koe ki te tuhi i ngā whakautu ki ēnei pātai:

  • He aha ō tohu, ā, nō hea i tīmata ai?
  • Kei hea koe i haere tata nei?
  • E hā roa te rori o tō haerenga, ā, nō hea koe i hoki mai ai?
  • I inu rānei koe i ētahi rongoā aukati e pā ana ki tō haerenga?
  • He aha ētahi atu rongoā e inu ana koe, tae atu ki ngā taapiri kai me ngā rongoā tipu?

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