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Ko te norovirus he huaketo tuku ika rawa e arai ana i ngā tohu o te mate huango o te puku, pēnei i te ruaki me te korere. I te nuinga o te wā ka kiia ko te "mate huango o te puku" rānei ko te "mate ruaki o te takurua," he huaketo noa tenei e pā ana ki te miriona o te tangata ia tau, ā, ka tuku ngāwari atu i te tangata ki te tangata.
Ko te rongo pai, ko ngā mate norovirus e ngāwari ana, ā, ka ora ake i roto i ngā rā torutoru. Ahakoa ka kaha te tohu, ka ora katoa te nuinga o te tangata kaore e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga hauora.
Ko te norovirus kei roto i te whānau o ngā huaketo e āta whakaaro ana ki tō pūnaha kai. Ko ia te take matua o te gastroenteritis (mate huango o te puku) puta noa te ao, ā, ko ia te take mo te 90% o ngā keehi o te gastroenteritis.
Ka ora tenei huaketo i runga i ngā papa mo ngā wiki, ā, ka noho tonu i ngā pāmahana makariri. He tino noa i ngā marama o te takurua, ahakoa ka taea e koe te hopu i tetahi wā o te tau. Ka tuku ngāwari te huaketo, ā, ahakoa ngā iti nei ka taea te whakamahi i a koe.
Ko te mea e wero ana i te norovirus, he maha ngā momo rerekē, ā, te hopu i tetahi kaore e tiaki i a koe i ētahi atu. Ko te tikanga tenei ka taea e koe te wheako i ngā mate norovirus i ngā wā maha puta noa tō oranga.
Ka puta ngā tohu norovirus i te wa poto, i te nuinga o te wā i roto i ngā haora 12 ki te 48 i muri i te whakamahinga ki te huaketo. Ko ngā tohu nui ko te ruaki, te korere, ā, ka kaha te wheako.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu tino noa ka taea e koe te wheako:
Ka kaha te ruaki me te korere, ina koa i ngā haora 24 tuatahi. Ahakoa ka tino pā te mea nei, kia mahara kei te mahi tō tinana hei horoi i te huaketo i tō pūnaha.
Ka pai ake te ngāwari o te nuinga o te tangata i roto i ngā rā 1 ki te 3, ahakoa ka taea e koe te ngenge mo etahi atu rā i te mea kei te ora tō tinana. Ka taea e ngā tamariki me ngā kaumātua te wheako i ngā tohu mō te wā roa.
Ka tuku te norovirus i ngā huarahi maha, ko te katoa e pā ana ki te hononga ki ngā pūhui huaketo. He tino tuku ika te huaketo, ā, he iti noa ngā pūhui hei arai i te mate.
Ko ngā huarahi tino noa e hopu ai te tangata i te norovirus ko:
Ka puta te poke o te kai i te wa kaore ngā kaimahi kai kua pā te mate e horoi pai ana ō rātou ringa. Ka taea e ngā shellfish pēnei i ngā oysters te kawe i te huaketo mena ka kohia mai i ngā wai poke. Ka taea te poke i ngā hua me ngā huawhenua hou i te wā e tupu ana, e kohia ana, e whakaritea ana rānei.
Ka taea hoki te tuku i te huaketo i ngā puna wai poke, tae atu ki ngā puna kaukau, ngā roto, ngā puna wai rānei. Ahakoa te huka i hangaia mai i te wai poke ka taea te tuku i te huaketo.
Ko te nuinga o ngā mate norovirus kaore e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora, ā, ka ora ake. Heoi, ko ētahi wā e hiahia ana ki te karanga atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora, ki te haere rānei ki te tiaki tere.
Whakapa atu ki tō taakuta mena ka wheako koe i:
Rapua te tiaki hauora tere mena kaore e taea e koe te pupuri i ngā wai mo te 24 haora neke atu rānei, mena ka pouri koe, ka tino ngoikore rānei, kei te tere te whiti o tō ngakau. Ko ēnei pea ngā tohu o te ngauwai kino.
Mō ngā pepeke, ngā kaumātua, ngā tangata rānei he pūnaha ārai ngoikore, he whakaaro nui kia whakapa atu ki te kaiwhakarato hauora i mua atu i muri mai, i te mea kei te nui ake te tūpono o ngā raruraru.
Ka taea e te tangata te hopu i te norovirus, engari ka taea e ētahi take te whakanui ake i tō tūpono ki te whakamahinga, ki te whakawehi rānei i a koe ki ngā tohu kino. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take tūpono te awhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā whakaritenga tika.
Ko ngā take tūpono noa ko:
Ka hanga ētahi wāhi i ngā āhuatanga pai mō ngā mate norovirus. Ka kitea ngā mate i runga i ngā kaipuke haereere, ngā kura, me ngā whare tiaki, nā te mea ka noho ngā tāngata i ngā wāhi tata me ngā papa noa.
Ka taea e ngā tāngata he mate hauora roa, ngā wāhine hāpai, me ngā hunga e inu ana i ngā rongoā e whakaiti ana i te pūnaha ārai te wheako i ngā tohu kino ake, i ngā tohu roa atu rānei. Heoi, he iti rawa ngā raruraru kino ahakoa i ēnei rōpū tūpono nui ake.
Ahakoa ka ora te nuinga o te tangata i te norovirus kaore he pānga roa, ka taea te puta mai ngā raruraru, ina koa i ngā tāngata ngoikore. Ko te āwangawanga matua ko te ngauwai mai i te ngaro o te wai nui.
Ko ngā raruraru pea ko:
Ka puta te ngauwai ina ngaro atu te wai nui atu i te mea ka taea te whakakapi mā te inu. Ka puta te ngauwai iti i te waha maroke me te wiri, ā, ka taea e te ngauwai nui te arahi ki te kino o te whatukuhu, ā, e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tere.
I ngā keehi onge, ka taea e ngā tāngata he pūnaha ārai tino ngoikore te whanake i ngā mate norovirus roa e roa ana i ngā wiki, i ngā marama rānei. Heoi, mō te nuinga o ngā tāngata hauora, ka maarama katoa te huaketo kaore e puta he raruraru hauora roa.
Ko ngā mahi horoi pai tō parekura pai ki te norovirus. Nā te tuku ngāwari o te huaketo, ka taea e ngā tikanga ārai mau te whakaiti nui i tō tūpono ki te mate.
Ko ngā rautaki ārai matua ko:
Ko te kai horoi ringa anake kaore i te nui hei whakamate i te norovirus, na reira he mea nui tonu te hautai me te wai. Ina mate tetahi i tō whare, horoia me te horoi i ngā papa e pa ana i te nuinga o te wā, pēnei i ngā ringaringa tatau, ngā taputapu wai, me ngā papa kaukau i ia rā.
Mena kei te tiaki koe i tetahi kua pā te norovirus, horoia ō ringa i muri tonu i te hononga, ā, whakaarohia te kakahu i ngā karapu whakamahi kotahi. Noho i te kāinga mo te iti rawa o ngā haora 48 i muri i te mutu o ō tohu kia kaua e tuku i te huaketo ki ētahi atu.
Ko te nuinga o ngā taakuta e whakatau ana i te norovirus i runga i ō tohu me ngā āhuatanga o tō mate. I te nuinga o ngā keehi, kaore e hiahiatia ngā whakamātautau motuhake, i te mea ko te maimoatanga kotahi tonu ahakoa te momo huaketo.
Ka ui tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki ō tohu, te wā i tīmata ai, me ngā puna whakamahinga pea. Ka tirotirohia hoki e rātou ngā tohu o te ngauwai, ka aromatawai i tō āhuatanga katoa.
Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau taiwhanga te whakau i te mate norovirus, engari ka whakaritea ana mō ngā wā motuhake. Ko ēnei pea ngā rangahau i ngā mate, ngā keehi i ngā turoro i te hohipera, i te wā rānei he kino rawa ngā tohu, he roa rānei.
Ka taea te whakamātautau i ngā tauira paru mō te rauemi ira o te norovirus, engari ka taea e ngā hua te roa i ngā rā maha. I te mea ka ora te nuinga o te tangata i mua i te hokinga mai o ngā hua whakamātautau, ka aro ngā taakuta ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te ārai i te ngauwai, kaore i te whakau i te whakatau tika.
Kaore he rongoā motuhake hei whakaora i te norovirus, na reira ka aro te maimoatanga ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te ārai i te ngauwai. Ka maarama te pūnaha ārai o tō tinana i te huaketo i roto i ngā rā torutoru.
Ko ngā huarahi maimoatanga matua ko:
Aro atu ki te whakakapi i ngā wai me ngā waipiro kua ngaro mā ngā inu iti, auau o te wai, ngā wai mā, ngā otinga whakakapi wai rānei. Ka taea e ngā inu hākinakina te awhina, engari whakaitihia ki te wai i te mea ka taea te tino kaha.
Karohia ngā hua waiū, te caffeine, te waipiro, me ngā kai ngako kia pai ake koe. Ka taea e ēnei te whakaiti i te ruaki me te korere. Kia mutu te ruaki, tamatahia ngā iti o ngā kai ngawari pēnei i te totoa, te raihi, ngā panana rānei.
Ko te nuinga o te tangata kaore e hiahia ana ki ngā rongoā whakahaunga. Ka taea e ngā rongoā anti-nausea te awhina i ngā keehi kino, engari ui tonu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i mua i te tango i ngā rongoā i te wā o te mate norovirus.
Ko te whakahaere i te norovirus i te kāinga e hiahia ana ki te manawanui me te aro ki te makuku. Ko te matua ko te tautoko i tō tinana i te wā e whawhai ana ki te mate.
Tīmatahia ki ngā wai mā i ngā iti iti i ia meneti torutoru. Mena ka taea e koe te pupuri i ēnei mo etahi haora, whakanuia te nui. Ka taea e ngā kīhi huka rānei ngā pops electrolyte tio i te awhina mena he uaua te inu.
Hangaia he taiao ora pai mā te pupuri i te peihana tata, he pepa me te wai i roto i te ringa, me te whakarite i te hau pai. Whakarerekētia ngā moenga me ngā kakahu auau kia noho ma me te ora.
Ina rite koe ki te kai, tīmatahia ki ngā kai ngawari pēnei i ngā keke, te totoa, te raihi ma rānei. Ka taea e te kai BRAT (panana, raihi, aporo, totoa) te ngawari ki tō puku e ora ana.
Aroturukihia ō tohu me tō āhuatanga makuku. Mena kei te mimi koe i ia wā, ā, kei te makuku tō waha, kei te makuku pea koe. Kia mau ki te āhua o tō wheako kia taea ai e koe te whakaatu i ngā huringa awangawanga ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Mena e hiahia ana koe ki te kite i te kaiwhakarato hauora mō ngā tohu norovirus, ka taea e te whakarite te awhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i te nuinga mai i tō haerenga. Kawe mai ngā korero mō ō tohu, tō raupapa, me ngā puna whakamahinga pea.
I mua i tō hui, tuhia te wā i tīmata ai ō tohu, ngā mea kua kai koe i te wa tata nei, me te mea kua mate ētahi atu i tō taha. Tākina ngā rongoā kua tangohia e koe me te nui o te wai kua taea e koe te pupuri.
Kawe mai he rārangi o ō rongoā o nāianei, tae atu ki ngā rongoā-kore-whakahaunga me ngā taapiri. Whakaritea hoki ngā pātai mō te wā ka taea e koe te hoki ki te mahi, ki te kura rānei, me ngā tohu whakatūpato e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tere.
Mena ka taea, kawe mai tetahi ki te awhina i te mahara ki ngā korero i kōrerohia i te wā o te haerenga. Ka uaua ake te aro me te mahara ki ngā korero i muri mai ina mate.
Ko te norovirus he mate tino noa engari he ngāwari te ora ake i roto i ngā rā torutoru. Ahakoa ka kaha te tohu, ka ora katoa te nuinga o te tangata kaore e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga hauora.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu ka taea e koe ko te noho makuku me te okioki i te wā e whawhai ana tō tinana ki te mate. Ko ngā mahi horoi pai, ina koa te horoi pai i ngā ringa, he tiaki pai tonu ki te hopu, ki te tuku rānei i te huaketo.
Kia mahara kei te tuku ika koe ahakoa kua pai ake ngā tohu, noho i te kāinga mo te iti rawa o ngā haora 48 i muri i te pai ake. Ka awhina tenei i te tiaki i ētahi atu i tō hapori kei te mate.
Whakawhirinaki ki te kaha o tō tinana ki te ora, engari kaua e whakaroa ki te rapu i te tiaki hauora mena ka puta mai ngā tohu o te ngauwai nui, i ētahi atu tohu awangawanga rānei. Ko te nuinga o ngā mate norovirus he rā kino noa e kore e puta he pānga roa.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tohu norovirus e roa ana i te 1 ki te 3 rā, ā, ka pai ake te ngāwari o te nuinga o te tangata i roto i ngā haora 24 ki te 48. Ka taea e koe te ngenge mo etahi atu rā i te mea kei te ora tō tinana, engari ko ngā tohu kaha pēnei i te ruaki me te korere e ngāwari ana i te wa poto. Ka taea e ngā tamariki me ngā kaumātua te wheako i ngā tohu mō te wā roa.
Ae, ka taea e koe te whiwhi norovirus i ngā wā maha nā te mea he maha ngā momo rerekē o te huaketo. Te hopu i tetahi momo kaore e tiaki i a koe i ētahi atu. Ka taea e ētahi tāngata te whiwhi norovirus i ngā wā maha puta noa ō rātou oranga, ahakoa ko ngā mate i muri mai e ngāwari ana i te mea kei te hanga tō pūnaha ārai i ētahi tiaki.
Ko te norovirus kaore i te kino mō ngā tāngata hauora, ā, ka ora ake kaore he raruraru. Ko te tūpono matua ko te ngauwai, ina koa i ngā tamariki, ngā kaumātua, i ngā tāngata rānei he pūnaha ārai ngoikore. He iti ngā raruraru kino, ā, ka ora katoa te nuinga o te tangata i roto i ngā rā torutoru.
He tino tuku ika te norovirus, ā, he iti noa ngā pūhui huaketo hei arai i te mate. Kei te tuku ika rawa koe i te wā e mate ana koe, engari ka taea e koe te tuku i te huaketo mo te rua wiki i muri i te ora ake o ngā tohu. Ka taea e te huaketo te ora i runga i ngā papa mo ngā wiki, ā, ka ngāwari te tuku i ngā mea poke.
Karohia ngā hua waiū, te caffeine, te waipiro, ngā kai ngako, me ngā kai nui te muka i te wā e mate ana koe, me ngā rā torutoru i muri i te ora ake. Ka taea e ēnei te whakaiti i te ruaki me te korere. Pupurihia ngā wai mā i te tīmatanga, ka whakauru mā te iti i ngā kai ngawari pēnei i te totoa, te raihi, ngā panana, me ngā keke i te wā e pai ake ana koe.
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