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Ko te kanohi whero te ingoa noa mo te conjunctivitis, e puta ana ina mumura te kiri angiangi, maama e hipoki ana i to kanohi me to karu o roto. Ka huri whero, ka whero to kanohi na te mea ka pupū, ka kitea ake ngā uaua toto iti kei roto i tenei kiri.
E pā ana tenei mate ki te miriona o te iwi ia tau, ā, ka taea e te tangata te whiwhi i tetahi tau. Ahakoa ka ātaahua te ahua, ko te nuinga o ngā keehi o te kanohi whero he ngawari, ā, ka ngāwari te whakaora i a rātou anō, i te maimoatanga ngāwari rānei.
Ko te tohu tino kitea ko te tae whero, whero rānei o te wahi ma o to kanohi. Ka puta mai tenei na te mea ka nui ake te kitea o ngā uaua toto i te mumura, ā, ka hoatu ki to kanohi taua ahua.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu ka kitea pea e koe, ā, kia mahara kei te wheako katoa te tangata i ētahi katoa:
Ka taea e ō tohu te awhina i te whakatau i te momo kanohi whero kei a koe. Ko te whakaheke me te ahua o ō kanohi ka hoatu ngā tohu nui mō te take.
E toru ngā momo kanohi whero matua, ia momo he take me ngā maimoatanga rerekē. Ko te mārama ki te momo kei a koe ka āwhina i te ara tika ki te ora.
Te kanohi whero huaketo ko te momo tino noa, ā, ka tīmata i tetahi kanohi i mua i te horapa ki tetahi atu. Ka tae mai pea me ngā tohu rite ki te mate huaketo, ā, ka whakaputa i te whakaheke wai. Ka mutu tēnei momo i roto i te kotahi ki te rua wiki.
Te kanohi whero pūkohu ka nui ake te whakaheke māori kowhai, matomato rānei, ā, ka pā pea ki tetahi kanohi, ki ngā kanohi rānei e rua. Ka ātaahua pea ō kanohi atu i te kanohi whero huaketo, ā, ka oho pea koe me ō karu piri tahi mai i te whakaheke maroke.
Te kanohi whero mate pāwera ka pā ki ngā kanohi e rua i te wa kotahi, ā, ka puta te ngau nui me te whero. Ka pāwera pea koe ki ētahi atu tohu pāwera pēnei i te taikaka, te ihu rere, te korokoro ngau rānei. Ka tae mai, ka haere tēnei momo me tō whakamahinga ki ngā mea pāwera.
Kaore i te noa, ka puta mai te kanohi whero mai i ngā mea whakaheke pēnei i ngā matū, te paowa, te mea ke rānei kei roto i to kanohi. Ko tēnei momo ka pā noa ki te kanohi i pā ki te mea whakaheke.
Ka puta te kanohi whero ina whakaheke, ina pangia rānei te conjunctiva, arā te kiri angiangi e hipoki ana i to kanohi. Ko te take ka whakatau i te āhua o te pānga me te maimoatanga pea e hiahiatia ana e koe.
Ko ngā mate huaketo te take o te nuinga o ngā keehi o te kanohi whero, mai i ngā huaketo ano e homai ana ki a koe ngā mate makariri noa. Ka horapa ngā huaketo nei ma te taikaka, te whakakī, te pa atu rānei ki ngā papa whakaheke, ka pa atu ki ō kanohi.
Ka taea hoki e ngā mate pūkohu te arahi ki te kanohi whero, me ngā mea e whakamahia ana ko ngā pūkohu Staphylococcus me Streptococcus. Ka horapa ngā pūkohu nei ma te pa tika ki te whakaheke kanohi kua pangia, ki ngā mea kua whakahekehia pēnei i ngā tauera, i te whakapaipai kanohi rānei.
Ka whakaohooho ngā mea pāwera i te kanohi whero mate pāwera ina nui rawa te mahi a tō pūnaha mate ki ngā mea pēnei i te paura, ngā nakahi puehu, te huruhuru kararehe, te pūkohu huakō rānei. Ka tukuna e tō tinana te histamine, e puta ai te mumura me ngā tohu e wheakohia ana e koe.
Ka taea hoki e ngā mea whakaheke taiao te whakaohooho i ngā tohu kanohi whero. Ka uru pea ēnei ki te chlorine mai i ngā pūnga kaukau, te paowa, te hau paru, te paowa matū rānei. Ka puta pea te kanohi whero ki ngā kaiwhakamahi karāhe kanohi mai i ngā karāhe paru, i te tiaki karāhe kanohi he rānei.
I etahi wa iti, ka puta mai te kanohi whero mai i ngā mate e horapa ana ma te moepuku, etahi ahuatanga mate aunoa, te aukati ranei o ngā ngongo wai i roto i ngā pēpi hou. Me whai whakaaro motuhake ēnei āhuatanga, me ngā huarahi maimoatanga rerekē.
Ko te nuinga o ngā keehi o te kanohi whero he ngawari, kāo hiahiatia he whakaaro hauora tere. Heoi, ko ētahi tohu e whakaatu ana me whakapiri atu koe ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i mua atu i te muri atu.
Me kite koe i te taote ki te wheako koe i te mamae kanohi nui, ngā huringa tirohanga nui, te mārama nui rānei ki te mārama. Ka tohu pea ēnei tohu i tetahi āhuatanga kanohi nui ake e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga tere.
Ko te whakaheke māori kowhai, matomato rānei me te whero nui ka tohu i te kanohi whero pūkohu, e pai ake te whakaora i te maimoatanga antibiotic. Ki te kino ake ō tohu i muri i ngā rā torutoru, kāore rānei i te tīmata te whakapai i roto i te wiki, ka taea e te arotake hauora te awhina.
Me whai whakaaro hauora tere ngā pēpi hou me ngā pepe me ngā tohu kanohi whero, na te mea kei te whanake tonu ō rātou pūnaha mate. Pēnei anō, me rapu āwhina tere ngā tāngata he pūnaha mate ngoikore kia kore ai e puta ngā raruraru.
Ki te whakamahi koe i ngā karāhe kanohi, ā, ka puta mai ngā tohu kanohi whero, mutu te whakamahi i ō karāhe i te wa tonu, ā, korero atu ki tō kaiwhakarato tiaki kanohi. Ka taea e te kanohi whero e pā ana ki ngā karāhe kanohi te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui ake ki te kore e whakahaere tika.
Ka taea e te tangata te whiwhi i te kanohi whero, engari ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ētahi take ki te whiwhi i tēnei āhuatanga. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take morearea te awhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā mahi hei tiaki i a koe me ētahi atu.
Ko te hononga tata ki ngā tāngata kua pangia ka whakanuia tō tūponotanga, ina koa i ngā wāhi pūmau pēnei i ngā kura, ngā pokapū tiaki tamariki, ngā tari rānei. Ko ngā tamariki te tino tūponotanga, na te mea ka pa atu ratou ki ō ratou mata, ka tutaki rānei i ngā taonga, i ētahi atu mea rānei.
Ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā mahi horoi kino. Ka uru atu ki te kore te horoi i ō ringa i ia wa, te tutaki i ngā taonga whaiaro pēnei i ngā tauera, te whakapaipai kanohi rānei, te pa atu rānei ki ō kanohi me ngā ringa kaore i horoia.
Ko ngā tāngata he mate pāwera he tūponotanga nui ake mō te kanohi whero mate pāwera, ina koa i ngā wā paura nui, i te whakamahinga rānei ki ō rātou mea pāwera motuhake. Ko te whai i ētahi atu āhuatanga kanohi, te maroke rānei o ngā kanohi ka taea te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te whiwhi i te kanohi whero.
Ko ngā kaiwhakamahi karāhe kanohi he tūponotanga nui ake, ina koa ki te kore e whai i ngā aratohu tiaki karāhe tika, te whakamahi i ngā karāhe roa atu i te mea i tūtohuhia, te kore rānei e whakakapi i ngā karāhe i te wā i whakaritea. Ko te kaukau i roto i te wai kua whakahekehia, i ngā pūnga kaukau kaore i tiaki tika ka taea te whakaatu ki ngā pūkohu me ngā mea whakaheke.
Ka whakanuia etahi mahi, etahi taiao ranei te whakamahinga ki ngā mea whakaheke e taea te whakaohooho i te kanohi whero. Ko ngā kaimahi hauora, ngā kaiwhakarato tiaki tamariki, me ngā tāngata e mahi ana me ngā matū, i ngā taiao puehu rānei he tūponotanga nui ake.
Ko te nuinga o ngā keehi o te kanohi whero ka mutu rawa atu kaore he raruraru roa. Heoi, ko te mārama ki ngā raruraru pea ka awhina i a koe ki te mohio ki te wa pea e hiahia ana koe ki te tiaki hauora atu.
Ko te kanohi whero pūkohu, ki te kore e maimoatia, ka taea te horapa ki ētahi atu wāhanga o to kanohi, ki ngā kiko a tawhio noa rānei. Ka arahi pea tenei ki ngā mate nui ake e pā ana ki tō tirohanga, e hiahia ana rānei ki te maimoatanga nui ake.
I etahi wa iti, ka taea e etahi momo kanohi whero pūkohu te whakaiti i te cornea, arā te mata o mua o to kanohi. Ko tēnei raruraru he tino tūponotanga ki ngā momo pūkohu kaha, ki ngā tāngata he pūnaha mate ngoikore rānei.
Ka taea te whanake i te kanohi whero roa ki te kore e whakahaere tika te take. Ko tēnei he tino noa ki te kanohi whero mate pāwera e haere tonu ana na te whakamahinga tonu ki ngā mea pāwera, ki te kanohi whero e pā ana ki te mea whakaheke mai i ngā take taiao rānei.
Ko ngā kaiwhakamahi karāhe kanohi he tūponotanga atu ki te haere tonu te whakamahi i ngā karāhe i te wa o te mate. Ka arahi pea tenei ki ngā mate pūkohu, ki ētahi atu raruraru nui ake rānei e pā ana ki te tirohanga.
Ko ngā pēpi hou me te kanohi whero te tino raruraru pea, tae atu ki ngā mate e taea te horapa puta noa i tō ratou tinana. Koia te take e tino nui ai te tiaki hauora tere mō ngā pēpi e whakaatu ana i ngā tohu mate kanohi.
Ko ngā mahi horoi pai tō parekura pai ki te whiwhi, ki te horapa rānei i te kanohi whero. Ka taea e ngā tikanga o ia rā ngāwari te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te whiwhi i tēnei āhuatanga.
Horoi pinepine ō ringa me te hautaka me te wai mahana, ina koa i mua i te pa atu ki tō mata, ki ō kanohi rānei. Ki te kore he hautaka, whakamahia te horoi ringa he iti rawa te 60% o te waikawa hei whakamate i ngā mate.
Kaua e tutaki i ngā taonga whaiaro e pa ana ki ō kanohi, ki tō mata rānei. Ka uru atu ki ngā tauera, ngā tauera horoi, ngā kāinga moenga, te whakapaipai kanohi, ngā karāhe kanohi, ngā karāhe rānei. Whakakapi i te whakapaipai kanohi i ia wa, ina koa te mascara me te eyeliner.
Ki te pangia tetahi i roto i tō whare ki te kanohi whero, tangohia ngā whakaritenga atu hei aukati i te horapa. Horoi ngā moenga me ngā tauera i roto i te wai wera, horoi ngā papa noa, ā, whakatenatena te tangata kua pangia kia kaua e pa ki ōna kanohi.
Mō ngā kaiwhakamahi karāhe kanohi, whai i ngā aratohu tiaki karāhe tika. Whakakapi i ngā karāhe i te wā i whakaritea, whakamahia te otinga hou ia wa, ā, kaua rawa e whakamahi i ngā karāhe i te wa e wheako ana i tetahi mamae kanohi, i te mate rānei.
Whakahaere tika ō mate pāwera ki te pāwera koe ki te kanohi whero mate pāwera. Ka uru pea tenei ki te whakamahi i ngā kai horoi hau, te pupuri i ngā matapihi i te wā o ngā rā paura nui, te tango rānei i ngā rongoā mate pāwera i whakaritea e tō taote.
Ka taea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te whakatau i te kanohi whero ma te tirotiro i ō kanohi me te uiui mō ō tohu. Ko te ahua o ō kanohi me te momo whakaheke ka hoatu ngā tohu mārama mō te take o tō āhuatanga.
I te wa o tō tirotiro, ka titiro tō taote ki te tae me te tauira o te whero i ō kanohi, ka tirotiro i te whakaheke, ka aromatawai i te ahua o ō karu. Ka uiui hoki ratou mō te tīmatanga o ngā tohu, te whai rānei koe i ētahi atu take hauora, me te mea pea i whakaohooho i te āhuatanga.
I te nuinga o ngā keehi, kāore e hiahiatia ngā whakamātautau motuhake mō te whakatau. Heoi, ki te nui, ki te kore noa rānei ō tohu, kāore rānei e whakautu ki te maimoatanga tuatahi, ka kohikohi pea tō taote i te tauira o te whakaheke kanohi mō te whakamātautau taiwhanga.
Ka taea e te whakamātautau taiwhanga te tautuhi i te pūkohu, i te huaketo rānei e whakaohooho ana i tō kanohi whero, e āwhina ana i te maimoatanga e whai take ana. He tino nui tēnei mō ngā pēpi hou, ngā tāngata he pūnaha mate ngoikore rānei, ngā keehi kāore e pai haere penei i te mea i tumanakohia.
Ka tirotiro hoki tō taote i tō tirohanga, ka tirotiro i ētahi atu wāhanga o to kanohi kia kore ai e horapa te mate, kāore rānei i te whakaohooho i ngā raruraru. Ka āwhina tēnei arotake whānui kia whiwhi koe i te tiaki tika.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te kanohi whero e whakawhirinaki ana ki te take o ō tohu. Ko te rongo pai ko te nuinga o ngā keehi ka whakautu pai ki te tiaki tika, ā, ka pai ake pea koe i roto i ngā rā torutoru ki te wiki.
Ko te kanohi whero huaketo kāore e hiahiatia te rongoā motuhake na te mea kāore ngā antibiotics e mahi ki ngā huaketo. Ka tūtohu pea tō taote i te tiaki tautoko hei awhina i a koe kia pai ake te wheako i te wa e whawhai ana tō pūnaha mate i te mate.
Ko te kanohi whero pūkohu ka pai ake te whakaora me ngā matū horoi kanohi antibiotic, ngā hinu rānei. Ka āwhina ēnei rongoā ki te whakakore i te mate tere ake, ka whakaiti i te roa o tō pānga ki ētahi atu. He mea nui te whakamahi i te katoa o ngā antibiotics ahakoa pai ake koe.
Ko te kanohi whero mate pāwera ka whakautu pai ki te karo i ō mea whakaohooho ki te taea, me te whakamahi i ngā matū horoi kanohi antihistamine, i ngā rongoā mate pāwera waha rānei. Ka tūtohu pea tō taote i ngā roimata mahi hei awhina i te horoi i ngā mea pāwera mai i ō kanohi.
Mō ngā momo kanohi whero katoa, ka taea e ngā kākahu makariri te hoatu i te whakaora nui mai i te ātaahua, ā, te awhina i te whakaiti i te pupū. Whakamahia he kākahu maama, makariri ki ō karu kua kati mō ngā meneti torutoru i ia wa puta noa i te rā.
Ka taea e ngā roimata mahi, i ngā matū horoi kanohi rānei te awhina i te horoi i ngā mea whakaheke, te hoatu rānei i te makuku ki te maroke, ki te oneone rānei ō kanohi. Kōwhirihia ngā kōwhiringa kore-whakaora ki te whakamahi pinepine koe.
Ko te tiaki kāinga he mahi nui hei awhina i a koe ki te ora pai mai i te kanohi whero. Ka taea e ēnei mahi ngāwari te whakaora i ō tohu, te aukati rānei i te āhuatanga ki te horapa ki ētahi atu, ki te kino ake rānei.
Pupuri i ō kanohi kia ma ma te horoi ngawari i te whakaheke me te kākahu mahana, ma. Whakamahia he kākahu hou ia wa, ā, kaua e wiri ō kanohi, e taea te whakanui i te whakaheke, te horapa rānei i te mate.
Whakamahia ngā kākahu makariri hei whakaiti i te pupū, hei hoatu rānei i te whakaora. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te kākahu maama kua whakamakukuhia ki te wai makariri, ki te putea pīni tio rānei kua oti te takai ki te tauera angiangi. Whakamahia mō ngā meneti 5-10 i ia rā.
Tangohia ngā karāhe kanohi i te wa tonu ki te whakamahi koe, ā, kaua e whakauru atu kia ora rawa ō kanohi. Tīpakohia ngā karāhe i whakamahia e koe i te wa i tīmata ai ngā tohu, me te keiti karāhe me ngā pounamu otinga kua whakatuwhera.
Tīaki i ētahi atu ma te horoi i ō ringa i ia wa, te kore e tutaki i ngā taonga whaiaro, te noho rānei i te kāinga mai i te mahi, i te kura rānei i te wa e pānga ana koe. Ko te tikanga e pānga ana koe i te wa e whakaheke ana ō kanohi.
Whiwhi i te okioki nui, ā, pupuri i te wai kia āwhina ai tō pūnaha mate ki te whawhai i te mate. Kaua e whakamahi i te whakapaipai kanohi kia ora rawa ō tohu, ā, whakakapi i tetahi whakapaipai i whakamahia e koe i te wa i pangia.
Ko te whakarite mō tō hui ka āwhina i tō taote ki te whakatūpato i te whakatau, ki te whakawhanake rānei i te mahere maimoatanga pai mō tō āhuatanga motuhake. Ka taea e ngā mahi ngāwari torutoru i mua i tō haerenga te whakapai ake i te tukanga.
Tuhia te tīmatanga o ō tohu, te huringa, me te mea pea i whakaohooho i ā rātou. Kia mōhio kei te pāngia tetahi kanohi, i ngā kanohi rānei e rua, ā, whakaahuahia te momo me te nui o tetahi whakaheke kua kitea e koe.
Hanga he rārangi o ngā rongoā katoa e tangohia ana e koe i tēnei wā, tae atu ki ngā rongoā i runga i te kaute, ngā taapiri, me ngā matū horoi kanohi kua whakamātauhia e koe. Whakaatuhia hoki ngā mate pāwera kei a koe ki ngā rongoā, ki ētahi atu mea rānei.
Mau mai ngā mōhiohio mō ō mahi tata nei e pā ana pea, pēnei i te kaukau, te whakamahinga ki ngā tāngata he mate kanohi, te pa atu rānei ki ngā mea pāwera, ki ngā mea whakaheke rānei. Ki te whakamahi koe i ngā karāhe kanohi, mau mai ki te hui.
Whakaritea ngā pānui e hiahia ana koe ki te ui ki tō taote. Ka hiahia pea koe ki te mohio ki te roa o tō pānga, te wa e taea ai te hoki ki te mahi, ki te kura rānei, te wa rānei e ora ai te whakamahi karāhe kanohi.
Ki te taea, kaua e whakamahi i te whakapaipai kanohi ki tō hui kia kite mārama ai tō taote i ō tohu. Mau mai ngā karāhe ki te ātaahua ō kanohi ki te mārama, na te mea he mārama te mārama o ētahi whare hauora.
Ko te kanohi whero he āhuatanga noa, he ngawari te nuinga, e pā ana ki te kiri angiangi e hipoki ana i to kanohi me to karu o roto. Ahakoa ka ātaahua te ahua, ka ātaahua te wheako, ko te nuinga o ngā keehi ka mutu rawa atu me te tiaki tika, kāore hoki e puta ngā raruraru roa.
Ko te matua ki te whakahaere tika i te kanohi whero ko te tautuhi i te momo kei a koe, me te whai i te maimoatanga tika. Ko te kanohi whero huaketo ka ngāwari te mutu i a ia anō, ko te kanohi whero pūkohu ka pai ake te whakaora antibiotic, ā, ko te kanohi whero mate pāwera ka pai ake te karo i ngā mea pāwera me ngā antihistamines.
Ko ngā mahi horoi pai tō tiaki pai ki te whiwhi, ki te horapa rānei i te kanohi whero. Ka taea e ngā mahi ngāwari pēnei i te horoi i ngā ringa i ia wa, te kore e tutaki i ngā taonga whaiaro, te karo rānei i te pa atu ki ō kanohi te aukati i te nuinga o ngā keehi.
Kia mahara ahakoa he kore noa te kanohi whero, ko ētahi tohu e hiahia ana ki te whakaaro hauora tere. Kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te wheako koe i te mamae nui, ngā huringa tirohanga, ki te kino ake rānei ō tohu, kāore rānei e pai haere penei i te mea i tumanakohia.
Ko te kanohi whero huaketo e pā ana i te wa e whai tohu ana koe, he 7-14 rā te tikanga. Ka mutu te pānga o te kanohi whero pūkohu i muri i te 24 haora i te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga antibiotic. Kāore te kanohi whero mate pāwera e pānga noa atu na te mea he mea pāwera te take, ehara i te mate.
Me noho koe i te kāinga i te wa e whakaheke ana ō kanohi, i te ātaahua rānei. Ko te nuinga o ngā kura me ngā wāhi mahi e hiahia ana kia kore koe e pāwera, kāore hoki he whakaheke mahi i mua i te hokinga. Tirohia tō kaimahi, tō kura rānei mō ō rātou kaupapa motuhake mō te hokinga mai i muri i te kanohi whero.
Ko te kanohi whero e pā ana ki ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke, engari ko ngā tamariki te tino whiwhi na te hononga tata ki ētahi atu, me ngā tikanga horoi kore noa. Ko te tikanga he rite ngā tohu me ngā maimoatanga, ahakoa pea ka hiahia ngā tamariki ki te awhina atu ki te tiaki kanohi tika, ki te horoi ringa rānei.
Ko te nuinga o ngā keehi o te kanohi whero kāore e whakaiti i ngā raruraru tirohanga, ā, ka ora rawa atu. Heoi, ko ngā mate pūkohu nui, ngā raruraru rānei ka taea te whakaiti i te tirohanga, koia te take e tino nui ai te rapu i te tiaki hauora ki te nui, ki te kore e pai haere rānei ō tohu.
Āe, me whakakapi e koe tetahi whakapaipai kanohi i whakamahia e koe i te wa i pangia, tae atu ki te mascara, te eyeliner, te eyeshadow rānei. Ka taea e ēnei hua te pupuri i ngā pūkohu, te whakaohooho rānei i te mate. Whakakapihia hoki ngā paraihe whakapaipai, i ngā mea tono rānei i pa ki ō kanohi kua pangia.
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