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Ko te microcephaly tētahi āhuatanga kei reira te upoko o te pēpi he iti rawa atu i te mea e tumanakohia ana mō tōna tau me tōna ira tangata. Ka puta mai tēnei ina kore te roro e whanake tika i te wā hapu, kāore rānei e tipu i muri i te whānau.
Ahakoa ka āta whakararu tēnei whakatau mō ngā whānau, ko te mārama ki te tikanga o te microcephaly me te tautoko kei te wātea, ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te haere i tēnei haerenga me te whakapono me te rangimarie o te ngākau.
Ka puta te microcephaly ina nui atu te whānuitanga o te upoko o te tamaiti i te rua atu o ngā whakatau tauira i raro i te toharite mō tōna rōpū tau. Whakaarohia he kore te roro e tae ki tōna rāhi e tumanakohia ana i te wā e whanake ana.
Ka pā tēnei āhuatanga ki te 2 ki te 12 o ngā pēpi i ia 10,000 whānau puta noa te ao. Ka rereke te kaha mai i te tamaiti ki te tamaiti, me ētahi tamariki e pā ana ki ngā pānga ngawari, ā, ko ētahi atu pea he wero whanaketanga nui atu.
Ko te tikanga ka whakatau te hunga rongoā i te microcephaly mā te ine i te whānuitanga o te upoko, ā, ka whakataurite ki ngā tūtohi tipu paerewa. Ka taea te kite i te āhuatanga i te wā whānau, kāore rānei e whanake i ngā tau tuatahi o te oranga.
Ko te tohu tino marama o te microcephaly ko te rahi o te upoko iti atu i te noa. Heoi, ka tae mai te āhuatanga me ētahi atu tohu e tika ana kia mōhiotia e ngā mātua me ngā kaiāwhina.
Ko ngā tohu noa ka kite koe:
Ko ngā tohu iti ake, engari pea, ka uru atu te ngaro o te rongohere, ngā raruraru tirohanga, kāore rānei he raruraru kai. Ko ētahi tamariki he microcephaly ngawari pea he iti noa ngā tohu, ā, ka whanake noa, ā, ko ētahi atu pea he wero nui atu.
He mea nui kia mahara he motuhake ia tamaiti, ā, ko te noho mai, kāore rānei te kaha o ngā tohu e whakatau ana i te kaha, kāore rānei i te uara o te tamaiti.
Ko te tikanga ka wehewehea te microcephaly ki ētahi momo nui e rua i runga i te wā e whanake ana. Ko te mārama ki ēnei wehenga ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te hopu pai ake i te āhuatanga motuhake o tō tamaiti.
Ko te microcephaly matua, e kiia ana hoki ko te microcephaly whānau, ka puta ina kore te roro e whanake tika i te wā hapu. Ko tēnei momo te tikanga he take ira tangata, kāore rānei he mate i te wā hapu.
Ka whanake te microcephaly tuarua i muri i te whānau ina whakaroa te tipu o te roro, kāore rānei e mutu. Ka taea tēnei te puta mai i ngā mate, ngā whara, kāore rānei i ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora e pā ana ki te whanaketanga o te roro i te wā pēpi, kāore rānei i ngā tau tamariki.
Ka taea hoki e ngā tākuta te wehewehe i te microcephaly hei nui, waenga, kāore rānei he ngawari i runga i te iti o te whānuitanga o te upoko i te whakataurite ki ngā ine noa. Ka āwhina tēnei wehenga ki te arahi i te maimoatanga me te whakarite tautoko.
Ka taea te whanake o te microcephaly mai i ngā take maha e whakaroa ana i te tipu noa o te roro. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take ka taea te āwhina ki te whakamārama he aha te āhuatanga i puta ai, ahakoa i etahi wā ka noho tonu te take pono.
Ko ngā take ira tangata te take mō te maha o ngā take, ā, koinei:
Ka taea hoki e ngā mate i te wā hapu te arahi ki te microcephaly:
Ko ētahi atu take ka āwhina pea ko te kore kai nui i te wā hapu, te whakapiri ki ngā mea kino penei i te waiū, kāore rānei i ngā rongoā, kāore rānei i ngā raruraru i te wā whānau e whakaiti ana i te hauota ki te roro o te pēpi.
I te nuinga o ngā take, ka mahi ngā kaiwhakarongo hauora kia ata whakatau i te take take, i te mea ka taea e tēnei korero te āwhina ki te arahi i ngā whakatau maimoatanga me ngā kōrero whakatōpū whānau.
Mēnā ka kite koe he iti ake te upoko o tō tamaiti i ētahi atu tamariki o tōna tau, he mea tika te kōrero ki tō tākuta tamariki. Ko te aromatawai wawe me te whakauru ka taea te whakarereke nui ki te whanaketanga o tō tamaiti.
Me whakarite e koe he hui mēnā ka kite koe i ngā tohu whakaroa penei i te noho, te haere, te kōrero, ngā hopu, kāore rānei ngā nekehanga pērā, ngā raruraru kai, kāore rānei mēnā ka kitea e koe he uaua ki te kite, ki te whakarongo mā tō tamaiti.
Ko te tikanga ka uru ngā ine whānuitanga upoko ki ngā tirotiro hauora tamariki noa, no reira ka kite pea tō tākuta i ngā āwangawanga i ngā haerenga noa. Heoi, whakawhirinaki ki ō tūmanako hei mātua mēnā ka rerekē te ahua o te whanaketanga o tō tamaiti.
Kia mahara ko te rapu awhina hauora ehara i te tikanga he he tetahi mea. Kei reira ngā kaiwhakarongo hauora hei tautoko i a koe me te whakarato i ngā whakautu, i te whakamārama, kāore rānei i te tiaki tika e tika ana.
Ka taea e ētahi take te whakapiki ake i te tūponotanga o te whānau i te pēpi he microcephaly. Ko te mōhio ki ēnei take whakawehi ka āwhina ki te aukati me te whakarite wawe, ahakoa ko te noho o ngā take whakawehi kaore e whakamana te āhuatanga ka puta.
Ko ngā take whaea ka piki pea te morearea ko:
Ka takaro hoki te hītori whānau, i te mea ko ētahi momo microcephaly ka rere i roto i ngā whānau. Ko te tau whaea matua me ngā raruraru i te wā hapu, kāore rānei i te wā whānau ka taea te āwhina ki te piki ake o te morearea.
Ko te nuinga o ngā wāhine he morearea kei a rātou he pēpi hauora tonu, no reira ko te noho o ngā take whakawehi kaore e tikanga ka puta te microcephaly. Ko te tiaki hapu pai me ngā whiringa noho ora hauora ka taea te āwhina ki te whakaiti i te maha o ēnei morearea.
Ka raru pea ngā tamariki he microcephaly i ngā wero maha i a rātou e tipu ana, ahakoa ka rereke te kaha mai i te tamaiti ki te tamaiti. Ko te mārama ki ngā pānga pea ka āwhina i ngā whānau ki te whakarite me te rapu i ngā ratonga tautoko tika.
Ko ngā pānga whanaketanga pea ko:
Ka puta pea ngā raruraru hauora i etahi wā:
Ahakoa ka āta whakararu tēnei rārangi, ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki he microcephaly e ora ana i ngā oranga whai hua me te tautoko me te tiaki tika. Ko ngā ratonga whakauru wawe, ngā kaupapa mātauranga motuhake, me ngā maimoatanga hauora ka taea te āwhina ki te whakahaere i te maha o ēnei wero.
Ko te whakatau i te microcephaly e pā ana ki ngā ine ata me ētahi whakamātautau atu ki te mārama ki te take take. Ko te tukanga te tikanga ka tīmata ki ngā ine whānuitanga upoko ngāwari i ngā tirotiro noa.
Ka ine tō kaiwhakarongo hauora i te whānuitanga o te upoko o tō tamaiti, ā, ka whakatakoto ki ngā tūtohi tipu paerewa. Mēnā ka tūtohu tonu ngā ine i raro i te whānuitanga e tumanakohia ana, ka tūtohu pea te aromatawai atu.
Ko ētahi atu whakamātautau pea ka uru atu ngā ako whakaahua roro penei i ngā ultrasound, ngā tirohanga CT, kāore rānei i ngā MRI ki te titiro ki te hanganga o te roro. Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau toto te tirotiro i ngā āhuatanga ira tangata, kāore rānei i ngā tohu o ngā mate. I etahi wā, ka āwhina te tohutohu ira tangata me te whakamātautau ki te whakatau i ngā take i whakawhiwhia.
I te wā hapu, ka taea te kite i te microcephaly i etahi wā mā ngā whakamātautau ultrasound, ina koa i ngā wā whakamutunga. Heoi, pea kaore e kitea ngā take ngawari tae noa ki muri i te whānau.
Ko te kaupapa whakatau e whai ana ki te whakatau ehara i te mea kei te noho te microcephaly, engari he aha pea te take, me pēhea te tautoko i te whanaketanga o tō tamaiti.
I tēnei wā, kāore he rongoā mō te microcephaly, engari ko ngā maimoatanga me ngā whakauru maha ka taea te āwhina i ngā tamariki ki te tae ki tō rātou kaha katoa. Ko te arotahi ki te tautoko i te whanaketanga me te whakahaere i ngā tohu, kāore rānei i ngā pānga e hono ana.
Ko ngā ratonga whakauru wawe te turanga o te maimoatanga, ā, pea ka uru atu:
Ko ngā maimoatanga hauora e arotahi ana ki te whakahaere i ngā pānga:
Ko te rōpū maimoatanga te tikanga ka uru atu ngā tākuta tamariki, ngā neurologists, ngā tohunga whanaketanga, ngā kaiwhakaora, me ngā kaiako e mahi tahi ana. Ka whakarite tēnei huarahi mahi tahi ka whiwhi tō tamaiti i te tiaki whānui e whakahaere ana i ngā āhuatanga katoa o tōna whanaketanga.
Ko te hanga i tētahi taiao whare tautoko ka taea te pānga nui ki te whanaketanga o tō tamaiti me te kounga o te ora. Ka taea e ngā mahi me ngā mahi o ia rā te noho hei taputapu kaha mō te whakapiki ake i te tipu me te ako.
Arotahi ki te whakarato i te maha o ngā whakaohooho pūāhua mā te pānui, te waiata, me te takaro tahi. Whakatū i ngā mahi auau e āwhina ana i tō tamaiti kia haumaru me te mōhio ki te mea e tumanakohia ana i te rā.
Mahi tata atu ki te rōpū whakaora o tō tamaiti ki te whakauru i ngā whakakorikori me ngā mahi i tūtohuhia ki te ora o ia rā. Pea ka uru atu tēnei ki ngā whakatairanga motuhake, ngā kēmu e whakapiki ake ana i ngā pūkenga motuka, kāore rānei i ngā tikanga kōrero.
Tātai ki ngā hiahia me ngā kaha motuhake o tō tamaiti, te whakanui i ngā wikitoria iti me te whakahaere. Ko ētahi tamariki pea ka hiahia ki te wā atu mō te kai, ā, ko ētahi atu pea ka whai hua mai i ngā taonga, kāore rānei i ngā taputapu kua whakarerekētia.
Kaua e wareware ki te tiaki i a koe me ētahi atu mema whānau. Ko te whakatipu i te tamaiti he hiahia motuhake ka taea te utu, engari he wero hoki, no reira he mea nui te rapu tautoko mai i te whānau, i ngā hoa, kāore rānei i ngā rōpū tautoko.
Ahakoa kaore e taea te aukati i ngā take katoa o te microcephaly, ko ētahi kaupae i te wā hapu ka taea te whakaiti i te morearea. Ko te tiaki hapu pai me ngā whiringa noho ora hauora ka whakarereke nui.
Ko ngā mahi aukati e uru atu ana ki te whakakakahu i te mate huaketo rubella i mua i te hapu me te karo i te haere ki ngā wāhi he tuku huaketo Zika mahi. Whakamahia te horoi pai hei aukati i ngā mate, ina koa i ngā ngeru (te morearea toxoplasmosis) me ngā tamariki taitamariki (te morearea CMV).
Whakaritehia he noho ora hauora mā te karo i te waipiro me ngā rongoā, te kai i te kai kai hauora me te waikawa folic tika, te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga roa penei i te mate huka, me te haere ki ngā hui hapu katoa mō te aroturuki noa.
Mēnā he hītori whānau o te microcephaly, kāore rānei i ngā āhuatanga ira tangata, whakaarohia te tohutohu ira tangata i mua i te hapu. Ka taea e tēnei te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ki ō morearea me te mahi i ngā whakatau whakamārama mō te whakatōpū whānau.
Ko te tango i ēnei tupato kaore e whakamana te aukati, engari ka whakaiti nui i te tūponotanga o te microcephaly me te maha atu o ngā raruraru hapu.
Ko te whakarite pai mō ngā hui hauora ka āwhina ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i ngā korero me te tautoko tino whai hua mō tō tamaiti. Ko te whakarite iti ka taea te mahi i ēnei haerenga kia hua ake, kia iti ake te ahotea.
I mua i tō hui, tuhia ō pūrongo me ō āwangawanga kia kaua e wareware i tetahi mea nui. Pupuri i te rēhita o ngā tohu, o ngā whāinga, kāore rānei o ngā tohu whanaketanga kua kite koe.
Kawe mai i ngā rēhita hauora o mua, ngā hua whakamātautau, kāore rānei i ngā ripoata mai i ētahi atu kaiwhakarongo hauora, kāore rānei i ngā kaiwhakaora. Mēnā ka taea, kawe mai he rārangi o ngā rongoā, kāore rānei i ngā taapiri e inu ana tō tamaiti.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau tautoko, kāore rānei i tētahi hoa ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā korero i kōrerotia i te hui. I etahi wā he mea nui te noho mai i tētahi atu taringa i te wā e tukatuka ana i ngā korero hauora.
Kaua e whakaroa ki te tono whakamārama mēnā kaore koe e mārama ki tetahi mea. E hiahia ana ngā kaiwhakarongo hauora ki te whakarite ka tino mārama koe ki te āhuatanga o tō tamaiti me ngā whiringa maimoatanga.
Ko te microcephaly he āhuatanga e pā ana ki te whanaketanga o te roro, e puta mai ana i te rahi o te upoko iti atu i te noa me ngā wero whanaketanga pea. Ahakoa ka āta whakararu te whakatau, ko te maha o ngā tamariki he microcephaly e ora ana i ngā oranga harikoa, whai hua me te tautoko me te tiaki tika.
Ko te whakauru wawe me ngā ratonga whakaora haere tonu ka taea te whakarereke nui ki te āwhina i ngā tamariki ki te tae ki tō rātou kaha. He motuhake ia tamaiti, ā, ka rereke te kaha o ngā tohu mai i te tangata ki te tangata.
Kia mahara kaore koe i te noho kotahi i tēnei haerenga. Kei reira ngā rōpū hauora, ngā kaiwhakaora, ngā kaiako, me ngā rōpū tautoko hei āwhina i a koe me tō tamaiti ki te haere i ngā wero me te whakanui i ngā wikitoria i te huarahi.
Me te aroha, te manawanui, me te tautoko tika, ka taea e ngā tamariki he microcephaly te haere tonu ki te ako, te tipu, me te kawe mai i te harikoa ki ō rātou whānau me ngā hapori.
Ka taea e te maha o ngā tamariki he microcephaly te ora i ngā oranga whai hua, ahakoa pea ka rerekē ō rātou wheako mai i te whanaketanga noa. Ko te hua e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kaha o te āhuatanga me te wa e tīmata ana ngā ratonga whakauru wawe. Ko ētahi tamariki he microcephaly ngawari pea he iti noa ngā whakawhitinga, ā, ko ētahi atu pea ka hiahia ki te tautoko atu ki ngā mahi o ia rā. Me te tiaki tika, te whakaora, me te tautoko whānau, ka taea e ngā tamariki te nui atu i ngā tumanakohanga tuatahi me te whanake i ngā hononga me ngā pūkenga whai kiko.
Kāore i te mea tonu, ahakoa he noa ngā ngoikoretanga hinengaro me te microcephaly. Ko te taumata o te pānga hinengaro e rereke ana te nui i runga i te āwangawanga o te whanaketanga o te roro. Ko ētahi tamariki pea he raruraru ako ngawari, ā, ko ētahi atu pea he wero hinengaro nui atu. Ko te whakauru wawe me te tautoko haere tonu ka taea te āwhina i ngā tamariki ki te whakanui i ō rātou kaha hinengaro ahakoa tō rātou tīmatanga.
I etahi wā ka taea te kite i te microcephaly i te wā hapu mā ngā whakamātautau ultrasound, te tikanga i te tuarua, kāore rānei i te tuatoru o te trimester. Heoi, pea kaore e kitea ngā take ngawari tae noa ki muri i te whānau, kāore rānei i muri mai i te pēpi. Ko te kaha ki te kite i mua i te whānau e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kaha me te wā e whanake ana te āhuatanga. Ko ngā tirotiro hapu noa e uru ana ki te aroturuki i te tipu o te pēpi, tae atu ki te rahi o te upoko.
Ko te whakatū kura e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā kaha me ngā hiahia motuhake o tō tamaiti. Ko ētahi tamariki he microcephaly ngawari pea ka haere ki ngā rūma kura noa me te tautoko iti, ā, ko ētahi atu ka whai hua mai i ngā ratonga mātauranga motuhake, kāore rānei i ngā kura motuhake. Ko te matua ko te kimi i te taiao mātauranga tika e wero ana i tō tamaiti tika i te wā e whakarato ana i te tautoko e hiahiatia ana. Ko te nuinga o ngā kura e whakarato ana i ngā whiringa whakarite maha hei āwhina i ngā tamariki ki te angitu.
He maha ngā ratonga tautoko kei reira hei āwhina i ngā whānau ki te haere i te microcephaly. Ko ngā kaupapa whakauru wawe e whakarato ana i ngā ratonga whakaora mō ngā pēpi me ngā tamariki. Ko ngā ratonga mātauranga motuhake e tautoko ana i ngā tamariki kura. Ko te maha o ngā hapori he rōpū tautoko kei reira ngā whānau ka taea te hono atu ki ētahi atu e tūpono ana ki ngā wero rite. Ka taea e ngā rōpū hauora, ngā kaimahi pāpori, me ngā kaiwhakahaere take te āwhina ki te whakarite i ngā ratonga me te whakarato i ngā rauemi. I tua atu, ko ngā whakahaere kore-painga maha e whakarato ana i ngā korero, i te tautoko, me ngā kaupapa āwhina putea.
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