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He aha te mate huhu? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga
He aha te mate huhu? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

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He aha te mate huhu? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

October 10, 2025


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Ko te mate huhu tetahi mate e whakahekea ana nga putea hau i roto i tetahi, i nga rua ranei o ou ngāwari. Ka kīia ēnei putea hau iti ko te alveoli, ka kīia te wai, te pūngoi rānei, ka uaua ai te manawa tika.

Whakaarohia ō ngāwari ano he poroporo iti e hiahia ana kia maama kia pai ai te mahi. Ka puta te mate huhu, ka piri ēnei poroporo ki te wai mātotoru, ā, koinei te take ka uaua, ka mamae te manawa. Ko te rongo pai, ko te nuinga o ngā keehi o te mate huhu ka taea te whakaora pai, ina koa ka kitea wawe.

He aha ngā tohu o te mate huhu?

Ka rereke ngā tohu o te mate huhu mai i te ngawari ki te kino, ā, ka tupu haere pea i roto i ngā rā maha. Kei te mahi kaha tō tinana ki te whawhai ki te mate, koia te take pea kaore koe e pai.

Ko ngā tohu tino noa ka kitea e koe:

  • Te mare i puta mai te mātotoru, te kōwhai, te matomato, te toto rānei
  • Te kirika me te wiri e ngāwari ai te wera me te makariri
  • Te poto o te manawa, ina koa i ngā mahi noa
  • Te mamae o te uma e kino ake ana i te manawa hohonu, te mare rānei
  • Te ngenge rawa e kore e pai ake me te okioki
  • Te ruaki, te ruaki, te korere rānei
  • Te whakapohehe, ina koa ki ngā kaumātua

Ka whanake etahi i te mea e kiia ana e ngā tākuta ko te "mate huhu haere," e puta mai ana ngā tohu ngawari ka rite ki te mate huka kino. Pea he mare maroke tonu, te kirika iti, me te ngenge, engari ka taea tonu te mahi i ō mahi o ia rā.

I etahi wā, ka puta mai ngā tohu nui ake o te mate huhu, penei i te uaua nui ki te manawa, ngā ngutu, ngā maihao rānei, te kirika nui atu i te 102°F. Me kimi wawe te awhina hauora mō ēnei tohu.

He aha ngā momo mate huhu?

Ka wehewehea te mate huhu i runga i te wāhi i hopukina ai e koe, me te take i puta ai. Ka āwhina te mōhiotanga ki te momo i tō tākuta ki te whiriwhiri i te maimoatanga pai mō tō ahuatanga motuhake.

Ko te mate huhu i whiwhihia i te hapori te momo tino noa, ā, ko te tikanga kua tangohia e koe i roto i tō taiao o ia rā. Hei tāpiri atu ki te mate huhu i puta mai i ngā pūkohukohu penei i te Streptococcus pneumoniae, ngā huaketo penei i te mate huka, i ētahi atu huaketo rānei e tūtaki ana koe i te oranga o ia rā.

Ka whanake te mate huhu i whiwhihia i te hōhipera i te wā e noho ana koe i te hōhipera, i muri i te whakauru mo tētahi atu āhuatanga. Ka tino kino pea tenei momo, no te mea he maha ngā pūkohukohu hōhipera e āhei ana ki ngā rongoā tino noa.

Ka puta te mate huhu e hono ana ki te hauora ki ngā tāngata e noho ana i ngā whare tiaki roa, i te whiwhi rongoā rānei i ngā pokapū hauora. Ka rereke pea ngā huaketo i ēnei wāhi mai i ngā huaketo i te hapori whānui.

Ka puta te mate huhu whakaheke i te wā e manawa ana koe i te kai, te wai, te ruaki rānei ki ō ngāwari. Ka puta pea tenei mēnā he raruraru tō te horomi, mēnā rānei kei te ngaro koe, ā, kaore e taea te tiaki i tō ara manawa.

He aha te take o te mate huhu?

Ka whanake te mate huhu i te wā e tomo ana ngā huaketo ki ō ngāwari, ka nui haere, ka nui atu i ngā tiaki taiao o tō tinana. Ka ngana tō pūnaha mate ki te whawhai, engari i etahi wā ka tino kaha, ka maha rawa ēnei kaiwhakaeke.

Ko ngā take tino noa:

  • Ngā pūkohukohu, ina koa te Streptococcus pneumoniae, e puta ana i te 60% o ngā keehi mate huhu pūkohukohu
  • Ngā huaketo penei i te mate huka, te huaketo syncytial manawa (RSV), me te COVID-19
  • Ngā harore, ina koa ki ngā tāngata he pūnaha mate ngoikore
  • Mycoplasma, ngā pūkohukohu iti e puta ana te "mate huhu haere"

I etahi wā ka whanake te mate huhu i muri i te mate huka, te mate huka rānei i whakaiti i tō pūnaha manawa. Ka hanga e te mate tuatahi te huarahi mō ngā huaketo mate huhu ki te mau ki ō ngāwari.

Kaore i te noa, ka puta mai te mate huhu i te manawa i ētahi matū, puehu, i ētahi atu mea whakaheke rānei e whakarawe ana i tō kiko ngāwari. Ka puta pea tenei momo ki ngā tāngata e whakaatu ana ki ngā tūponotanga mahi motuhake, ki ngā pokanoa taiao rānei.

Nōhea te haere ki te tākuta mō te mate huhu?

Me whakapiri atu koe ki tō tākuta mēnā ka whanake koe i ngā tohu e whakaatu ana i te mate huhu, ina koa mēnā kei te kino haere rātou i te pai ake. Ka taea e te maimoatanga wawe te aukati i ngā raruraru, ā, ka āwhina i a koe ki te ora tere ake.

Rapua te tiaki hauora wawe mēnā ka kitea e koe te mare tonu me te mātotoru, te toto rānei, te kirika nui atu i te 101°F, te poto rānei o te manawa i ngā mahi noa. Ka whakaatu ēnei tohu kei te hiahia tō tinana i te awhina ki te whawhai ki te mate.

Waea atu mō te awhina hauora tūpato inaianei mēnā he uaua nui ki te manawa, te mamae o te uma e uaua ai te manawa, te whakapohehe, te tae kikorangi rānei i ngā ngutu, ngā maihao rānei. Ka whakaatu ēnei tohu kaore tō tinana e whiwhi hau.

Me tino tupato ngā tāngata neke atu i te 65 tau, ngā tāngata he āhuatanga hauora roa, i tetahi rānei he pūnaha mate ngoikore. Ka tere pea te whakaheke i ngā tohu ngawari ki ēnei rōpū, na kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.

He aha ngā take morearea mō te mate huhu?

Ka taea e etahi take te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te mate huhu, ki te kite rānei i ngā tohu nui ake. Ka āwhina te mōhiotanga ki tō taumata morearea ki a koe ki te tango i ngā whakaritenga tika, ki te kimi rongoā hoki ina hiahiatia.

He mea nui te tau ki te morearea o te mate huhu. He pūnaha mate ngoikore ngā pakeke neke atu i te 65 tau, ā, pea kaore e whawhai pai ki ngā mate. Pēnei anō, he pūnaha mate kei te whanake ngā tamariki kei raro i te 2 tau, e whawhai ana ki ngā mate kino.

Ka piki ake te ngoikore o ngā āhuatanga hauora roa:

  • Te mate ngakau, te mate huka, te mate whatukuhu rānei
  • Ngā āhuatanga ngāwari roa penei i te mate huka, te COPD, te cystic fibrosis rānei
  • Te pūnaha mate ngoikore mai i te maimoatanga mate pukupuku, te whakawhiti whekau, te HIV rānei
  • Ngā āhuatanga neurology e pā ana ki te horomi

He mea nui hoki ngā take oranga. Ka whakarawe te kai paipa i ngā tiaki taiao o ō ngāwari, ka nui ake ai te mate. Ka taea e te inu waipiro nui te whakaiti i tō pūnaha mate, ka piki ake te morearea o te mate huhu whakaheke.

Ka taea hoki e ngā mate manawa hou, te noho i te hōhipera, te manawa whakahaere rānei te piki ake i tō morearea. Pea kei te ngoikore tonu ō ngāwari mai i te mate tuatahi, i te whakauru hauora rānei.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o te mate huhu?

Ahakoa ka ora te nuinga o ngā tāngata i te mate huhu kaore he raruraru roa, ka puta etahi raruraru, ina koa ki ngā tāngata morearea nui. Ka āwhina te mōhiotanga ki ēnei wāhi ki te mohio ina hiahia koe ki te awhina hauora atu.

Ko ngā raruraru tino noa:

  • Te whakaheke pleural, te kohikohi wai rānei i ō ngāwari
  • Te pupuhi ngāwari, te putea pūngoi rānei e hanga ana i te kiko ngāwari
  • Te kore manawa, te kore e taea e ō ngāwari te whakarato hau
  • Te sepsis, te whakautu mate kino ki te mate e horapa ana puta noa i tō tinana

Ka whanake etahi i ngā mate pūkohukohu tuarua i te wā e ora ana i te mate huhu huaketo. Pea ka uaua tō pūnaha mate ngoikore ki te whawhai ki ngā huaketo atu i te wā e ora ana.

Kaore i te noa, ka puta mai te mate huhu i ngā raruraru ngakau, i te kore mahi whatukuhu rānei, ina koa ki ngā tāngata he āhuatanga hauora o mua. Ka puta ēnei raruraru i te wā e whakapā ana te mate i te ahotea atu ki ngā whekau o tō tinana.

Ko te rongo pai, ko te maimoatanga wawe te whakaiti nui i te morearea o ngā raruraru. Ka ora te nuinga o ngā tāngata e whiwhi ana i te tiaki tika kaore he pānga roa.

Me pēhea te aukati i te mate huhu?

Ka taea e koe te tango i etahi kaupae hei whakaiti i tō morearea ki te whanake i te mate huhu. Ka mahi ēnei whakaritenga aukati mā te whakakaha i tō pūnaha mate, mā te whakaiti hoki i te whakaatu ki ngā huaketo kino.

Ka whakarato te inopere i te tiaki pai ki ngā momo mate huhu maha. Ka tiaki te inopere pneumococcal i te take pūkohukohu tino noa, ā, ka āwhina ngā inopere mate huka o ia tau ki te aukati i te mate huhu huaketo. Ka whakaiti hoki ngā inopere COVID-19 i tō morearea ki te mate huhu mai i te mate coronavirus.

He mea nui ngā mahi hauora pai:

  • Horomia ō ringa maha me te hopi me te wai
  • Kaua e pa ki tō mata, ina koa tō ihu me tō waha
  • Hipokina tō mare me tō ngunguru ki tō koki, ki te pepa rānei
  • Kaua e tata ki ngā tāngata e mate ana, ki te taea

Ka tautoko te pupuri i te hauora whānui i te kaha o tō pūnaha mate ki te whawhai ki ngā mate. Kaua e kai paipa, whakaitihia te inu waipiro, kai kai kai ora, whiwhi moe tika, mahi tinana tonu. Ka āwhina hoki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga roa penei i te mate huka, te mate ngakau rānei ki te aukati i te mate huhu.

Mēnā kei te morearea nui koe, whakaarohia te kōrero atu ki ō whakaritenga aukati atu ki tō tākuta. Pea ka tūtohu rātou i ngā inopere motuhake, i ngā rongoā rānei hei āwhina i a koe.

Me pēhea te whakatau i te mate huhu?

Ka whai ngā kaupae maha te whakatau i te mate huhu hei whakatau i te take o ō tohu, me te kino o te mate. Ka tīmata tō tākuta mā te whakarongo ki ō awangawanga, mā te tirotiro tika hoki i a koe.

Ka arotahi te whakamātautau tinana ki tō manawa me ngā oro ngāwari. Ka whakamahi tō tākuta i te stethoscope hei whakarongo ki ngā oro pakaru, ngā oro wiri rānei e whakaatu ana i te wai i ō ngāwari. Ka tirotirohia e rātou ō taumata hauora me ngā tohu ora.

Ko te X-ray uma te taahiraa e whai ake nei, e whakaatu ana i ngā wāhi mumura, i te wai rānei i ō ngāwari. Ka āwhina tenei whakamātautau whakaahua ki te whakau i te whakatau, ka whakaatu hoki i te nui o tō ngāwari e pā ana ki te mate.

Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau toto te whakaatu i ngā tohu o te mate, ka āwhina ki te tautuhi i te huaketo motuhake e puta mai ana i tō mate huhu. Pea ka whakamātautau hoki tō tākuta i tō sputum (te mātotoru e mare ana koe) hei whakatau i te maimoatanga rongoā pai.

I ngā keehi nui ake, pea ka tono atu tō tākuta i ngā whakamātautau atu penei i te CT scan o tō uma, i te tātaritanga hau toto rānei hei tirotiro i te pai o te mahi a ō ngāwari. Ka āwhina ēnei whakamātautau ki te arahi i ngā whakatau maimoatanga, ki te aroturuki hoki i tō ahunga whakamua.

He aha te maimoatanga mō te mate huhu?

Ka whakawhirinaki te maimoatanga mate huhu ki te take o tō mate, me te kino o ō tohu. Ko te whāinga ko te whakakore i te mate i te wā e āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te ora, ki te aukati hoki i ngā raruraru.

Ka whakautu pai te mate huhu pūkohukohu ki ngā rongoā. Ka whiriwhiri tō tākuta i te rongoā motuhake i runga i te momo pūkohukohu e whakapaetia ana, me ngā take hauora takitahi. Ka tīmata te nuinga o ngā tāngata ki te pai ake i roto i ngā haora 48 ki te 72 i muri i te tīmatanga o ngā rongoā.

Ko te mate huhu huaketo te nuinga e hiahia ana ki te tiaki tautoko no te mea kaore ngā rongoā e mahi ki ngā huaketo. Pea ka whai to maimoatanga i te okioki, te wai, me ngā rongoā hei whakaiti i te kirika me te mamae. I etahi wā, ka taea e ngā rongoā antiviral te whakapoto i te mate.

Mō te mate huhu kino, pea ka hiahiatia te noho i te hōhipera. Ka whai te maimoatanga hōhipera i ngā rongoā intravenous, te hauora hauora, i ngā maimoatanga manawa rānei hei āwhina i ō ngāwari ki te mahi pai ake.

Ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tāngata te ora ki te kāinga me te tiaki tika me te whai ake. Ka aroturuki tō tākuta i tō ahunga whakamua, ka whakarite i te maimoatanga kia rite ki te hiahia kia ora tika koe.

Me pēhea te tango i te maimoatanga kāinga i te wā o te mate huhu?

Ko te tiaki i a koe i te kāinga he mea nui ki tō ora mai i te mate huhu. Ka tautoko ēnei whakaritenga i te tukanga ora o tō tinana, ka āwhina hoki i a koe ki te pai ake te noho i te wā e ora ana koe.

He mea nui te okioki mō te ora. Kei te hiahia tō tinana i te kaha ki te whawhai ki te mate, na kaua e mahi kaha, whiwhi moe nui. Whakarongo ki tō tinana, kaua hoki e pehi i a koe ki te hoki ki ngā mahi noa tere rawa.

Pupuri i te wai pai mā te inu i te wai maha, te tii tipu rānei, ngā wai mā rānei. Ka āwhina te wai tika ki te whakaiti i te mātotoru i ō ngāwari, ka ngāwari ai te mare me te whakakore i ō ara manawa.

Whakahaerehia ō tohu me ngā rongoā tika:

  • Tangohia ngā rongoā i tohua tika kia rite ki te tohutohu, ahakoa kei te pai ake koe
  • Whakamahia ngā kaiwhakaiti mamae i te toa penei i te acetaminophen, te ibuprofen rānei mō te kirika me te kore pai
  • Whakaarohia te humidifier hei tāpiri i te makuku ki te hau, hei whakamama hoki i te manawa
  • Kaua e whakamahi i ngā kaiwhakaiti mare ki te kore e tūtohu tō tākuta

Aroturukihia ō tohu me te whakapiri atu ki tō tākuta mēnā kaore koe e pai ake i muri i ngā rā torutoru o te maimoatanga, mēnā rānei ka kino ake ō tohu. Ka roa pea ngā wiki te ora mai i te mate huhu, na kia manawanui ki te tukanga ora.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō hui tākuta?

Ka āwhina te whakarite mō tō haerenga ki te tākuta ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te whakatau tika me te maimoatanga tika. Ka āwhina hoki te whakarite pai ki a koe ki te mahara ki ngā mōhiohio nui i te wā pea he wā ahotea.

Tuhia ō tohu, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou, me te āhua o te huringa i te wā. Tāpirihia ngā mea whakaohooho e kino ake ai, e pai ake ai rānei ngā tohu, penei i te taumata mahi, ngā huringa tūnga, i ngā rongoā rānei kua whakamātau koe.

Mau mai te rārangi katoa o ō rongoā, tae atu ki ngā rongoā rongoā, ngā rongoā i te toa, me ngā taapiri. Hei tāpiri atu, ngā mate pāwera kei a koe, ina koa ki ngā rongoā, ki ētahi atu rongoā rānei.

Whakaritea ngā pātai hei ui ki tō tākuta:

  • He aha te momo mate huhu kei ahau?
  • E hia te roa o te ora?
  • He aha ngā tohu whakatūpato me titiro atu ahau?
  • Nōhea ahau e whai ake?
  • Ka taea e ahau te hoki ki te mahi, ki ngā mahi noa rānei?

Whakaarohia te kawe mai i te mema whānau, i te hoa rānei hei āwhina i a koe ki te mahara ki ngā mōhiohio nui. Ka taea te awhina te noho tahi me tetahi, ina koa mēnā kei te kore pai koe, kei te whakapohehe rānei.

He aha te mea nui mō te mate huhu?

Ko te mate huhu he mate kino engari ka taea te whakaora e pā ana ki te miriona o ngā tāngata ia tau. Ko te mea nui rawa hei mahara, ko te mohiotanga wawe me te maimoatanga ka ārahi ki ngā hua pai ake, ki ngā raruraru iti ake.

Kaua e wareware ki ngā tohu manawa tonu, ina koa mēnā kei roto koe i te rōpū morearea nui. Ka taea te whanake o te mate huhu mai i te mate huka, te mate huka rānei, engari ka taea e te tiaki hauora wawe te aukati i ngā raruraru kino, te tere hoki i tō ora.

Kei te noho tonu te aukati hei tiaki pai rawa mōu ki te mate huhu. Pupuri i ngā inopere hou, mahi i ngā mahi hauora pai, pupuri i tō hauora whānui hei hoatu i tō pūnaha mate i te tupono pai rawa ki te whawhai ki ngā mate.

Ka ora te nuinga o ngā tāngata e whiwhi ana i te maimoatanga tika i te mate huhu. Ahakoa ka roa pea ngā wiki te tukanga ora, ka āwhina te whai i ngā tohutohu a tō tākuta, te tiaki i a koe i te kāinga ki te hoki ki ngā mahi noa tere, me te ora.

Ngā pātai e ui pinepinetia ana mō te mate huhu

P.1: E hia te roa o te ora mai i te mate huhu?

Ka tīmata te nuinga o ngā tāngata ki te pai ake i roto i ngā haora 48 ki te 72 i muri i te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga, engari ko te ora katoa ka roa pea te 1 ki te 3 wiki. Ka tere te ora o ngā tāngata taitamariki, hauora, ā, pea ka hiahia ngā kaumātua, i ngā tāngata he āhuatanga roa rānei ki te 6 ki te 8 wiki mō te ora katoa. Ka hoki haere mā te iti i ō taumata kaha me tō kaha i te wā e ora ana ō ngāwari.

P.2: He mate pāngia te mate huhu?

Kaore te mate huhu i te mate pāngia, engari ka taea te pāngia ngā huaketo e puta mai ana. Ka taea te horapa o te mate huhu pūkohukohu me te huaketo mā ngā matū manawa i te wā e mare ana, e ngunguru ana tetahi. Kei te tino pāngia koe i ngā rā 2 ki te 3 o te mate, engari ka whakaitihia tenei nui i muri i te tīmatanga o ngā rongoā mō te mate huhu pūkohukohu.

P.3: Ka taea e koe te whiwhi mate huhu rua?

Ae, ka taea e koe te whiwhi mate huhu maha, no te mea he maha ngā huaketo rerekē e puta mai ana. Ko te whiwhi mate huhu kotahi kaore e hoatu te ātete ki ngā momo katoa. Engari, ka taea e ngā inopere te āwhina ki te aukati i ngā take tino noa, ā, ka whakarato pea ia wāhi o te mate huhu e ora ana koe i tetahi tiaki ki taua huaketo motuhake.

P.4: He aha te rerekētanga i waenganui i te mate huhu me te bronchitis?

Ka pā te mate huhu ki ngā putea hau iti i ō ngāwari, ā, ka pā te bronchitis ki ngā ara manawa nui e kawe ana i te hau ki ō ngāwari. Ka puta mai te mate huhu i ngā tohu nui ake penei i te kirika nui, te wiri, te uaua ki te manawa, ā, ko te bronchitis te nuinga e whai ana i te mare tonu me ngā tohu iti ake.

P.5: Me haere atu rānei ahau ki te hōhipera mō te mate huhu?

Ka taea te whakaora i te nuinga o ngā keehi o te mate huhu ki te kāinga me ngā rongoā me te tiaki tautoko. Engari, me kimi koe i te tiaki tūpato mēnā he uaua nui ki te manawa, te mamae o te uma e uaua ai te manawa, te whakapohehe, te ngutu kikorangi rānei, ngā maihao rānei. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina ki te whakatau mēnā he hiahia te noho i te hōhipera i runga i ō tohu me ngā take morearea.

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