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Ko te tāuru o te petit mal, e kiia nei inaianei ko te tāuru ngaro, he wā poto ka mutu te mahi e mahi ana koe ka titiro noa ki mua mō etahi hēkona. I taua wā, kāo e mōhio koe ki ō taha, kāo hoki e whakautu mēnā ka karanga tetahi i tō ingoa. Ko ēnei tāuru te nuinga i ngā tamariki, ā, ko te tikanga he 10 ki te 20 hēkona noa te roa i mua i tō hokinga ki te mahi noa, kāore hoki e mohiotia tetahi mea i puta.
Ko ngā tāuru o te petit mal he momo tāuru whānui e pā ana ki ngā taha e rua o tō roro i te wā kotahi. Ko te kupu ‘petit mal’ he tikanga ‘mate iti’ i te reo Wīwī, engari ko ngā tākuta inaianei e pai ana ki te karanga i ā rātou tāuru ngaro, nā te mea ko tēnei ingoa ka whakaatu pai ake i te mea e tupu ana. Ka pā te raru hiko poto ki tō roro, ā, ka mate te hinengaro mō te wā poto.
Kāore i rite ki ētahi atu momo tāuru, kāore ngā tāuru ngaro e tō te takoto iho rānei e whai i ngā uaua. Engari, ka ‘ngaro’ noa koe i taua wā, ka rite ki te moe moe rānei ki te ngaro. Ka rere pea ō kanohi iti, ka huri rānei ki runga, engari kāore he nekehanga tinana nui.
Ko ēnei tāuru te nuinga i ngā tamariki i waenganui i ngā tau 4 me te 14, ahakoa ka puta mai i ngā pakeke. Ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki ka mutu ngā tāuru ngaro i te tipu o te roro, ā, tērā atu ki te maimoatanga tika.
Ko te tōmhā matua he mutu ohorere, poto o te hinengaro e rite ana ki te moe moe nui. I te wā o te tāuru ngaro, ka mutu katoa ō mahi ka titiro tika ki mua me te āhua kore.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu tino noa ka kitea e koe, e ētahi atu rānei:
Ka kite etahi atu i ngā tohu ngāwari ake ka ngāwari te ngaro. Ka kite pea koe i ngā wā poto ka ngaro atu koe i ngā kōrero, ka kite rānei koe i ngā wāhanga o ngā kōrero a tetahi. Ko ngā kaiako te nuinga o te wā ka kite tuatahi i ēnei wāhanga i te kura ina mutu te whakauru o te tamaiti ki te akomanga.
I etahi wā, ka uru mai ngā raupapa ngaro ki ngā nekehanga tino kitea, pēnei i te hinga ohorere o te ūtū, te wiri iti o te ringa, te wiri poto rānei o ngā uaua. Ka mau tonu ēnei rerekētanga ki ngā raupapa ngaro, engari ka kitea ake pea e ētahi atu.
E rua ngā momo matua o ngā raupapa ngaro, he rerekē noa ngā āhuatanga o ia. Ko te mōhiotanga ki ēnei rerekētanga ka āwhina i ngā tākuta ki te whiriwhiri i te huarahi whakaora tino pai.
Ngā raupapa ngaro noa ko te momo tino noa tēnei, ā, e whai ana i te tauira tino pai i whakamāramatia i runga ake nei. Ka tīmata ka mutu wawe, e roa ana i te 10-20 hēkona, ā, e uru ana ki te titiro noa me ngā nekehanga iti atu. Ka whakaatuhia e ngā tauira ngākau o tō roro i te wā o ēnei raupapa he tauira motuhake ka taea e ngā tākuta te tautuhi i runga i te whakamātautau EEG.
Ngā raupapa ngaro kore noa ka roa ake te roa, i etahi wā tae atu ki te 20 hēkona neke atu rānei, ā, ka uru pea ki ngā nekehanga tino kitea. Ka kite pea koe i te tīmatanga me te mutunga māori, kāore i te tauira tīmatanga-mutu ohorere o ngā raupapa noa. Ka puta pea ēnei i ngā tāngata e whai ana i ētahi atu momo raupapa, i ngā whakaroa whanaketanga rānei.
Ko ētahi tākua rānei e whakakīia ana ngā momo iti e whai ana i ngā tohu atu. Hei tauira, ko ngā hopu ngaro me te mioklonia o te kamo e pā ana ki te tere o te wiri o te kamo, ā, ko te hunga e whai ana i ngā mahi aunoa e whakauru ana i ngā nekehanga whakahokia ano penei i te ngūngū i ngā ngutu, te whakaruru i te ringa rānei.
Ko ngā hopu ngaro e puta mai ana i te mahi hiko rerekee i roto i tō roro, ina koa i roto i ngā whatunga e whakahaere ana i te mohio me te aro. Ko te take tika e kore e mohiotia, engari he maha ngā take e āhei ana te whakauru ki to ratou whanaketanga.
Ko ngā take nui rawa atu e whakauru ana:
He mea nui rawa te mahi a te ira i roto i ngā hopu ngaro. Ki te pēnei koe i tētahi mātua, te teina rānei e mate pāwera ana, ka nui ake te tūponotanga o te whanake i ngā hopu ngaro. Heoi, ko te whai i te whakawhitinga ira kahore e whakamana ka whiwhi koe i ngā hopu.
I roto i ngā take onge, ka puta mai ngā hopu ngaro i ngā āhuatanga hauora e takoto ana. Ko ngā mate o te roro, ngā whara o te upoko, ngā pūngāwerewere o te roro, ngā mate rerekee rānei ka taea te whakaoho i te mahi hopu. Ka taea hoki e ētahi rongoā te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga hopu me te whakaiti i te tūponotanga o ngā hopu ngaro.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki tētahi kaiwhakarato hauora ki te kite koe i ngā wāhanga maha o te titiro wātea, ki te tohu mai rānei tetahi ki a koe kei te 'ngaro' koe i te nuinga o te wā. Ahakoa ngā hopu ngaro e kitea ana he ngawari, me whakamātautau me te whakaora tika.
Rapua te tiaki hauora i te wa poto ki te pāngia koe e tetahi o ēnei āhuatanga:
Karanga atu ki ngā ratonga āwhina tūturu inaianei mehemea ka puta te hopu ngaro ki te hopu roa atu e whakahekea ana, ki te uaua te manawa o tetahi tangata, ki te kore rātou e hoki ki te mohio noa i roto i ngā meneti torutoru. Ahakoa he onge tēnei ahuatanga, e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tūturu.
Kaua e tatari ki te rapu awhina no te mea he "iti" ngā hopu. Ka pā kino ngā hopu ngaro kaore i te rongoā ki te ako, ki te haumaru o te taraiwa, me ngā mahi o ia rā. Ko te whakamātautau me te rongoā wawe ka ārahi pinepine ki ngā hua pai.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake te tūponotanga o te whanake i ngā hopu ngaro, ahakoa te whai i ngā take morearea kaore e tikanga ka pāpono koe ki a rātou. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take morearea ka āwhina ki te mohio wawe me ngā rautaki aukati.
Ko ngā take morearea matua ko:
Ka taea hoki e ngā kaiwhakaoho taiao te piki ake i te morearea hopu i roto i ngā tangata e pā ana. Ko te hyperventilation, e puta ana i etahi wā i ngā whakaeke manukanuka rānei i ngā mahi tinana kaha, ka taea te whakaoho i ngā hopu ngaro i etahi tangata. Ko ngā rama rama mārama, pēnei i ngā rama strobe rānei i etahi kēmu ataata, ka taea hoki te whakaoho i ngā hopu i roto i ngā tangata e pā ana ki te whakaahua.
Ko ētahi mate hauora onge ka piki ake te tūponotanga o ngā hopu ngaro. Kei roto i ēnei ngā mate pākaha motuhake, ngā āhuatanga autoimmune e pā ana ki te roro, me ngā rerekētanga ira tangata motuhake e pā ana ki te whanaketanga o te roro. Heoi, ko ēnei āhuatanga taketake te tikanga ka puta mai ētahi atu tohu atu i ngā hopu anake.
Ahakoa ko ngā hopu ngaro anō heoi kaore i te kino, ka taea e rātou te arahi ki ētahi atu raruraru e pā ana ki te ora o ia rā me te ora. Ko te take nui ko te kore o te mohio i te wā o ēnei wāhanga, ka taea te waihanga i ngā āhuatanga kino.
Ko ngā raruraru tino noa e whai ake nei:
Ko ngā pānga mātauranga e tika ana kia arotahi motuhake ki ngā tamariki. Ki te pāngia e te tamaiti ngā hopu ngaro maha i te wā o te kura, ka ngaro pea i a rātou ngā wāhanga nui o ngā akoranga kahore he tangata e mohio ana ki te aha te mea e puta mai ana. Ka taea e tēnei te arahi ki ngā raruraru mātauranga e kore e rite ki ngā hopu.
I ētahi wā onge, ka taea e ngā hopu ngaro maha te haere tonu ki ētahi atu momo hopu, te whanake rānei ki te āhuatanga e kiia nei ko te absence status epilepticus. Kei roto i tēnei ngā wā roa o te hinengaro rerekē e taea ana te roa atu i te 30 meneti. Ahakoa he mea onge, me whakaora tēnei āhuatanga i te rongoā mate tere.
Ahakoa kaore e taea te aukati katoa i ngā manawataki ngaro mena he pūtake tuku iho tōu, he maha ngā rautaki oranga e taea ai te whakaiti nui i te tūponotanga me te kaha o aua manawataki. Ko te whakahaere pai o ngā manawataki e arotahi ana ki te karo i ngā mea whakaohooho e mohiotia ana, me te pupuri i te hauora o te roro katoa.
Ko ētahi o ngā rautaki aukati whai hua ko:
He tino nui te mahi hauora moe ki te aukati i ngā manawataki. Ko te takoto moe me te ara ake i te wā kotahi i ia rā e āwhina ana i te whakahaere i te mahi o te roro. Ko te karo i ngā mata o ngā taputapu kōmuputa i mua i te moe, me te hanga i te taiao moe mālie ka taea te whakapai ake i te kounga o te moe.
Ko ngā tikanga whakahaere ahotea pēnei i te manawa hohonu, te whakaaroaro, te whakakori tinana ranei e taea ai te āwhina i te aukati i ngā manawataki e whakaohoohotia ana e te ahotea. Ka kite ētahi i te yoga, te tai chi rānei e whakarato ana i te whakaora ahotea me te mahi tinana ngawari e tautoko ana i te hauora neurology katoa.
Ko te whakamātautau i ngā manawataki ngaro e whakamahi ana i te huinga o te hītori hauora, te whakamātautau tinana, me te whakamātautau ngākau roro motuhake. Ka hiahia tō tākuta ki ngā whakaahuatanga taipitopito o ngā tūāhua mai i a koe me te tangata kua kite i aua tūāhua.
Ko te tukanga whakamātautau e whakauru ana i ngā kaupae maha. Tuatahi, ka ui tō tākuta mō te tūponotanga, te roa, me ngā āhuatanga o ngā tūāhua. Ka hiahia rātou ki te mohio mena he mea motuhake e whakaohooho ana i ngā manawataki, me te mea kei a koe te hītori whānau o te mate huka.
Ko te whakawhāitihiko hiko (EEG) te taputapu tino nui mō te whakamātautau i ngā manawataki ngaro. Ko tēnei whakamātautau kore mamae e ine ana i te mahi hiko i roto i tō roro mā te whakamahi i ngā ira hiko e whakanohoia ana ki runga i tō anga. Ka hangaia e ngā manawataki ngaro he tauira tino motuhake i runga i te EEG ka taea e ngā tākua te kite ngāwari.
Ka taea hoki e tō tākua te mahi hyperventilation, te whakaohooho mā te mārama rānei i te wā o te EEG kia kite ai mēnā ka taea e ēnei whakaohooho te whakaohooho i te manawataki. Ka āwhina tēnei ki te whakau i te whakamātautau me te tautuhi i ngā whakaohooho motuhake me whakakahore e koe. I etahi wā, ka whakaratohia e te tuhi EEG roa atu i te 24 haora atu anō te mōhiohio.
Ka uru pea ngā whakamātautau atu ki te whakaahua roro me ngā tirohanga MRI, CT rānei hei whakakahore i ngā raruraru hanganga, ngā whakamātautau toto hei tirotiro i ngā take metabolic, me te whakamātautau neuropsychological hei aromatawai i te pānga ki te whakaaro, ki te mahara rānei. He maha ake ngā whakamātautau atu i te wā e tīmata ana ngā manawataki i te pakeketanga, i te mea kei reira ētahi tohu āwangawanga atu.
Ko te rongoā mō ngā manawataki ngaro te nuinga o te wā e whakauru ana i ngā rongoā anti-manawataki ka taea te whakahaere pai, te whakakore rānei i ngā wāhanga i te nuinga o te iwi. Ko te whāinga ko te aukati i ngā manawataki i te wā e whakaiti ana i ngā pānga me te pupuri i ngā mahi o ia rā.
Ko ngā rongoā tino whakamahia ko:
Ka tīmata tō tākua ki te rongoā iti rawa e whai hua ana, ka whakaritea kia rite ki te hiahia. Ka kite te nuinga o te iwi i te whakaiti nui o ngā manawataki i roto i ngā wiki torutoru i muri i te tīmatanga o te rongoā. Ka taea te whakahaere katoa i ngā manawataki mō te 70-80% o te iwi me ngā manawataki ngaro.
Ko te whiriwhiri rongoā e whakahaeretia ana e te maha o ngā take, tae atu ki tō tau, ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora, ngā pānga taha pea, me te mea kei a koe ētahi atu momo manawa. He pai ake te mahi o ētahi rongoā ki ngā tamariki, ā, ko ētahi atu ka pai ake mō ngā pakeke, kāore rānei i te wā hapu.
I roto i ngā take onge kaore ngā rongoā e whakarite i te mana whakahaere tika, ka whakaaro pea ngā tākuta ki ētahi atu maimoatanga. Ka taea e ēnei te whakauru i ngā rongoā kai penei i te kai ketogenic, te whakaohooho i te uaua vagus, kāore rānei, te pokanga roro. Heoi, ka tiakina ngā kōwhiringa mō ngā take kino, kaore e taea te rongoā.
Ko te whakahaere i ngā manawa ngaro ki te kāinga e arotahi ana ki te hanga i te taiao haumaru me te pupuri i ngā mahi rongoā mau tonu. Mai i te mea ka puta pōtāputatanga ngā manawa nei, kaore hoki he whakatūpato, ko te whakarite me te matauranga te kī ki te aukati i ngā raruraru.
Ko ngā rautaki whakahaere o ia rā e whakauru ana i te tango rongoā i te wā kotahi i ia rā, te pupuri i te tātai manawa hei aroturuki i ngā tauira, me te whakarite kei te mōhio ngā mema whānau, kāore rānei ngā hoa noho ki tō āhuatanga. Ko te whakatakoto i ngā karaka waea mō ngā wā rongoā e āwhina ana ki te pupuri i te mau tonu, he mea nui tēnei mō te mana whakahaere manawa.
Ka taea e ngā whakarerekētanga haumaru a tawhio noa i tō kāinga te aukati i te whara i te wā o ngā manawa. Whakaarohia te karo i ngā mahi penei i te tunu kai anake, te horoi i te kaukau kaua ki te kaukau, me te kauhoe anake me te tirotiro. Ki te peia e koe te waka, whai i ngā tūtohu a tō tākuta mō te wā e haumaru ana te whakahoki ki te peia i muri i te mana whakahaere o ngā manawa.
I te wā o te manawa, he iti noa ngā mea ka taea e ētahi atu te mahi, engari ko te whakarite i tō haumaru. Ko te tangata e pā ana ki te manawa kaore e whakautu ki te reo, kāore rānei ki te pa, a ka mutu noa iho te wāhanga. I muri mai, kia ata whakahoki i te aro ki te mahi o mua, no te mea pea kaore te tangata e mohio kua puta tetahi mea.
Kia ngāwari te whakamahi i ngā korero whakapā ā-rūma, ā, kia mōhio ngā mema o te whānau ki te wā hei karanga atu mō te awhina hauora. Ahakoa te nuinga o ngā hopu ngaro kaore e hiahiatia te tiaki ā-rūma, ko ngā wāhanga roa, tetahi rānei hopu e haere tonu ana ki te wiri, me hiahia tonu te tiaki hauora.
Ko te whakarite pai mō tō hui ka āwhina i tō taote ki te whakatūpato tika, ā, ki te whakawhanake i te mahere maimoatanga tino whai hua. Ko ngā kōrero taipitopito mō ō hopu ka homai ngā tohu nui mō te whakahaere tika.
I mua i tō hui, waihangahia he rāpoi hopu taipitopito tae atu ki te rā, te wā, te roa, me ngā āhuatanga o ia wāhanga. Tākina he aha ngā mahi i te wā i puta ai, i mōhio rānei koe ki tetahi mea i mua, me te pēhea o tō āhua i muri mai. Ki te taea, tonoa ngā mema o te whānau, ētahi hoa rānei ki te tuhi i ngā mea i kite rātou.
Kohikohia he rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā katoa e inu ana koe i tēnei wā, tae atu ki ngā rongoā tākuta, ngā rongoā kore-tākuta, ngā taapiri, me ngā huaora. Ka taea e ētahi rongoā te whakaiti i te taumata hopu, te mahi ranei me ngā rongoā anti-hopu, no reira he mea nui tēnei kōrero.
Kohikohia te hītori hauora o tō whānau, ina koa tetahi whānau e pangia ana e te mate huka, ngā hopu, ngā āhuatanga neurological rānei. Kawe mai ngā rēkōta hauora o mua, ngā hua whakamātautau, me ētahi ataata o ngā wāhanga hopu ki te wātea. Ka tino whai hua ngā ataata mō te whakatau i te mea ka whakaatu tika i ngā mea e puta ana i te wā o te wāhanga.
Whakaritea he rārangi o ngā pūrongo mō tō āhuatanga, ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga, ngā whakarerekētanga oranga, me te tirohanga roa. Kaua e whakaroa ki te uiui mō ngā pānga taha, ngā mahi rongoā, te pēhea rānei o ngā hopu ka pā ki ngā mahi penei i te taraiwa, te mahi, te timata rānei i te whānau.
Ko ngā hopu petit mal, ko ngā hopu ngaro rānei, he āhuatanga tino mōhiotia e kore e tika kia ārai i tō kaha ki te ora i te ora katoa, te ora kaha hoki. Ahakoa he awangawanga ēnei wāhanga poto o te hinengaro kua whakarerekē, ko te tiaki hauora tika me te whakahaere oranga ka whakarato i te mana whakahaere hopu pai.
Ko te mahi tino nui ko te whiwhi i te tautuhi tika mā te aromatawai hauora tika. Kāo te maimoatanga wawe e whakaiti ana i te auau o ngā hopu, engari ka ārai hoki i ngā raruraru pea penei i ngā uaua akoako rānei ngā take haumaru. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e pā ana ki ngā hopu ngaro ka whakautu pai ki te rongoā, ka wheako i te whakapai ake nui o te kounga o te ora.
Kia mahara kei te whakaatu mai ngā hopu ngaro, kāore rānei e ārai tonu i ō mahi. Mā te maimoatanga tika me ngā whakaritenga, ka taea e te nuinga o te iwi te whai wāhi ki ngā mahi noa, te whai i ngā whāinga mātauranga me ngā mahi, me te pupuri i ngā whānau hauora. Ko te tokomaha o ngā tamariki e pā ana ki ngā hopu ngaro ka tupu katoa i a rātou e whāngaitia ana.
Noho hono atu ki tō rōpū hauora, tangohia ngā rongoā penei i te whakahau, ā, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapā atu ki ngā pātai, ki ngā awangawanga rānei. Ko te tautoko mai i te whānau, i ngā hoa, i ngā kaiwhakarato hauora ka ngāwari ake te whakahaere i tēnei āhuatanga, ā, ka angitu ake.
Kāo, ko ngā hopu ngaro anō kāore e whakaeke i te roro. Kāore ēnei wāhanga poto e kino ki ngā pūtau roro, kāore hoki e hanga i ngā raruraru neurological roa. Heoi, ko ngā hopu kore-maimoatanga maha ka pā ki te ako me te mahi mātauranga, koia te take he mea nui te maimoatanga tika mō te whanaketanga pai me te mahi.
He tokomaha ngā tamariki e piki ake ana i ngā manawataki ngaro,inā, ko te hunga i whānau mai i waenganui o ngā tau 4-8, ā, he manawataki ngaro noa iho, kāore hoki ētahi atu raruraru neurological. E 65-70% te tata o ngā tamariki e pangia ana e ngā manawataki ngaro ka kore e pangia e ngā manawataki i te wā o te pakehatanga. Heoi, ka taea e ētahi te whanake i ētahi atu momo manawataki, no reira he mea nui tonu te whai i te rongoā.
Ae, ka taea e te ahotea te whakaohooho i ngā manawataki ngaro ki ētahi tāngata. Ka taea e te ahotea o te ngākau, te kore moe, te mate, te rerekētanga nui o te ora te whakaiti i tō paepae manawataki, ā, ka āhei ake ngā wāhanga. Ka āhei te ako i ngā tikanga whakahaere ahotea me te pupuri i ngā kaupapa moe noa ki te whakaiti i te auau o ngā manawataki.
Ko te haumaru o te taraiwa e whakawhirinaki ana ki te pai o te whakahaere o ō manawataki. Ko te nuinga o ngā kawanatanga e hiahia ana ki te wā kore manawataki (e 3-12 marama te roa) i mua i te tukunga i ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te mate manawataki ki te taraiwa. I te mea ka taea e ngā manawataki ngaro te puta mai kahore he whakatūpato, ā, ka pā ki te hinengaro, he mea nui kia whai i ngā tūtohu a tō tākuta me ngā ture taraiwa o te rohe.
Ko te tikanga kaore ngā manawataki ngaro e kino ake i te wā ina tukatuka tika. Ko te mea pono, he tokomaha ngā tāngata e pai ake te whakahaere manawataki me te rongoā tika. Heoi, ka taea e ētahi te whanake i ētahi atu momo manawataki i a rātou e koroheke haere ana,inā, ki te mea he mate manawataki ira tuku iho kei a rātou. Ka āhei te tirotiro hauora noa ki te kite wawe i ngā huringa.
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