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Ka puta te pneumothorax ina mau te hau i waenga i tōu manawa me te pakitara o tō uma, ka takahia rānei, kāore rānei, tō manawa. Whakaarohia he poroporo e pupuhi ana i roto i tō kōpū uma. Ahakoa he wehi te ahua, he maha ngā take e taea te whakaora, ā, ko te mārama ki te mea kei te pēhea e āwhina ai koe ki te whakarite me te whakapono ki te whiwhi i te tiaki tika.
Ko te pneumothorax tētahi āhuatanga hauora e kohikohi ai te hau i te wāhi o ngā manawa, e kiia ana ko te wāhi pleural. Ko te kohikohi hau nei e tukuna ana te pehanga ki tō manawa, ka aukati i te hora o te manawa i te wā e manawa ana koe.
Ka karapotia ō manawa e te kiri ngawari e kiia nei ko te pleura, e hanga ana i te wāhi kua hiritia. Ina pakaru tēnei hiri, ka taea te rere o te hau ki roto, ka pehia tō manawa. Ko te nui o te pehanga e whakatau ana i te kino o te āhuatanga.
E rua ngā momo matua me mārama koe. Ka puta mai te pneumothorax tūturu kahore he whara marama, kāore rānei he take. Ko te pneumothorax tūkino ka puta mai i ngā whara uma, ngā mahi hauora, ngā aituā rānei e kino ai te manawa, te pakitara uma rānei.
Ka puta te pneumothorax tūturu matua ki ngā tāngata hauora kahore he mate manawa. Ko te nuinga ka pā ki ngā tāne roa, angiangi i waenga i ngā tau 15-35, ka puta pea i te wā e okioki ana, e mahi ana rānei.
Ka whanake te pneumothorax tūturu tuarua ki ngā tāngata kua pangia e ngā mate manawa penei i te COPD, te mate huango, te cystic fibrosis rānei. Ko tēnei momo te tino kino na te mea ka uaua ake te whakahaere a tō tinana i te manawa kua taka.
Ka puta te pneumothorax tūkino mai i ngā kaha o waho, ngā mahi hauora rānei. Ko ngā aituā waka, ngā hinga, ngā whara maripi, ngā raruraru rānei mai i ngā mahi hauora penei i te tātaritanga manawa ka taea te whakaeke i tēnei momo.
Ko te pneumothorax pehanga he āhuatanga onge engari he mate kino e kore e mutu te hanga pehanga, ka pā pea ki tō ngakau me te rere toto. Me whai āwhina hauora tonu tēnei.
Ko te tohu tino noa ka kite koe ko te mamae ohorere, koi o te uma e kaha ake ana i te wā e manawa hohonu ana koe, e kohu ana rānei. Ko te nuinga o te mamae nei ka puta ki tētahi taha o tō uma, ka rite pea ki te mamae.
He maha ngā tāngata e pāngia ana e te poto o te manawa e taea te ngawari ki te kino, kei te nui o tō manawa kua taka. Ka rite pea koe ki te kore e taea te hopu i tō manawa, te hiahia rānei ki te kaha atu i te tikanga.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu matua hei tiaki:
I ngā take kino atu, ka kite pea koe i tō kiri e huri ana ki te tae kikorangi, ina koa i te taha o ō ngutu me ō maihao. Ka puta mai tēnei ina kore e whiwhi hau ōu tinana, me whai āwhina hauora tonu.
Ka puta te pneumothorax mō ngā take maha, ā, i etahi wā kaore te take tika e marama tonu. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take ka āwhina iā koe ki te mohio ki ō tūmomo morearea me te tango i ngā whakaritenga tika.
Ko te pneumothorax tūturu matua ka puta mai i ngā putea iti e kiia nei ko ngā blebs e taea te whanake i runga i te mata o ō manawa. Ina pakaru ēnei blebs, ka rere te hau ki te kōpū uma.
Ko ēnei ngā take noa:
Ko ētahi take onge e tika ana kia mohio koe ko ētahi āhuatanga ira penei i te mate Marfan, te lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) rānei, e pā ana ki ngā wāhine. Ko ngā huringa teitei o te teitei, penei i ngā mea e pā ana ki ngā kaiwhakahaere, ngā kaiwhakauru rānei, ka taea te whakaeke i te pneumothorax ki ngā tangata e ngawari ana.
Ka piki pea te morearea o ētahi mahi, tae atu ki te takaro i ngā taputapu hau me te pehanga teitei, ngā kohu kaha rānei mai i ngā mate manawa. Heoi, he maha ngā take ka puta kahore he whakaeke marama, ka raru pea, engari he mea noa.
Me rapu āwhina hauora tonu koe mena ka pāngia koe e te mamae ohorere o te uma me te poto o te manawa, ina koa ki te kino, ki te kino haere rānei ēnei tohu. Kaua e tatari kia pai ake ngā tohu.
Waea atu ki ngā ratonga āwhina tonu mena ka kite koe i te tae kikorangi o te kiri, te uaua nui ki te manawa, te tere o te ngakau, te whakaaro rānei kei te ngaro koe. Ko ēnei tohu e whakaatu ana i tētahi āhuatanga kino ake e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga tonu.
Ahakoa he ngawari ngā tohu, he mea nui kia arotakehia e te kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e ngā pneumothoraces iti te kino atu i te wā, ā, ko te maimoatanga wawe ka aukati i ngā raruraru.
Mena kua pangia koe e te pneumothorax i mua, me tupato koe ki te mamae hou o te uma, ki ngā raruraru manawa rānei. Ko te auau o te hokinga mai teitei ake i ngā tāngata kua pāngia e tēnei āhuatanga i mua.
He maha ngā mea ka piki ai tō tūmomo ki te whanake i te pneumothorax, ahakoa ko te whai i ngā tūmomo morearea kahore e tikanga ka pāpono koe ki tēnei āhuatanga. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take ka āwhina iā koe ki te tupato ki ngā tohu.
Ko ngā tūmomo morearea tino nui ko te mea he tāne roa, angiangi, na te mea ko tēnei rōpū te tino pānga o te pneumothorax tūturu matua. Ko te whakakī teitei ake o tō morearea, ina koa ki te whai koe i te mate manawa.
Ko ēnei ngā tūmomo morearea matua:
Ko ētahi tūmomo morearea onge ko te whai i te āhuatanga e kiia nei ko te lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), e pā ana ki ngā wāhine, ka taea te whakaeke i ngā pneumothoraces hokinga mai. Ko ētahi rongoā e whakakore ana i te pūnaha ārai mate ka taea te piki ake o te morearea.
Ko te tau te wāhi, me ngā kaumatua e piki ake ana te morearea na te huringa o te manawa e pā ana ki te tau, me te piki ake o te tūmomo o ngā āhuatanga manawa. Heoi, ka taea te puta te pneumothorax i tetahi tau.
Ahakoa ko te nuinga o ngā pneumothoraces ka whakaorahia me te maimoatanga tika, he mea noa te whakaaro ki ngā raruraru ka taea. Ko te mārama ki ēnei wāhi ka āwhina iā koe ki te mohio ki ngā tohu whakatūpato me te rapu i te tiaki tika ina hiahiatia.
Ko te raruraru tino noa ko te hokinga mai, e puta ana i te 20-50% o ngā tāngata kua whai i tētahi wāhanga. Ko ia pneumothorax e whai ake nei ka piki ake te tūmomo o ngā putanga o mua.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru ka taea:
Ko te pneumothorax pehanga he āhuatanga onge engari he mate kino e kore e mutu te hanga pehanga i roto i tō uma, ka pā pea ki te kaha o tō ngakau ki te pupuhi i te toto. Me whai āwhina hauora tonu tēnei.
Ka whanake etahi tangata i te rere hau tonu e roa ana te ora, e hiahia ana ki te noho roa i te hohipera, ki ētahi atu mahi rānei. Ka taea te puta mai te mate i etahi wā, ina koa i muri i ngā maimoatanga pokanga, ahakoa he mea onge tēnei me te tiaki hauora tika.
Ko ngā raruraru roa te nuinga he mea onge, engari ka pāngia etahi tāngata e te mamae o te uma, te manukanuka rānei mo te hokinga mai. Ko te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora ka āwhina i te whakahaere i ēnei awangawanga.
Ahakoa kaore e taea e koe te aukati i ngā take katoa o te pneumothorax, ina koa ngā mea e puta mai ana, ko ētahi kaupae ka taea te whakaiti nui i tō morearea me te āwhina i te aukati i te hokinga mai.
Ko te mahi whakaora tino nui ko te mutu i te whakakī mena kei te whakakī koe i tēnei wā. Ko te whakakī e kino ana i te kiko manawa, ka piki ake tō morearea o ngā wāhanga tuatahi me ngā hokinga mai.
Mena kua pangia koe e te pneumothorax i mua, ko te karo i ngā mahi e pā ana ki ngā huringa pehanga tere ka āwhina i te aukati i te hokinga mai. Kei roto i ēnei te tūtaki, te rere i ngā waka kore-pehanga, te takaro rānei i ngā taputapu hau teitei-pehanga kia tukuna koe e tō taakuta.
Ko te whakahaere tika i ngā āhuatanga manawa mā te tiaki hauora noa me te whai i ngā mahere maimoatanga ka taea te whakaiti i tō morearea o te pneumothorax tuarua. Kei roto i ēnei te tango i ngā rongoā kua whakaritea me te karo i ngā mea whakaohooho manawa.
Mō ngā tāngata e hokinga mai ana te pneumothorax, ka tūtohu pea tō taakuta i tētahi mahi whakaora whakaora e kiia nei ko te pleurodesis, e āwhina ana i te aukati i ngā wāhanga o mua mā te whakakore i te wāhi ka taea te kohikohi hau.
Ko te whakatau i te pneumothorax te nuinga ka tīmata me tō taakuta e whakarongo ana ki ō tohu me te tirotiro i tō uma. Ka whakamahi ia i te stethoscope hei whakarongo ki ngā huringa i ngā oro manawa, ka kite pea i ngā oro manawa iti i te taha e pāngia ana.
Ko te X-ray uma te nuinga o te whakamātautau whakaahua tuatahi ka tono tō taakuta. Ka taea e tēnei whakamātautau ngāwari te whakaatu mena kua kohikohi te hau i te taha o tō manawa, me te āwhina i te whakatau i te nui o tō manawa kua taka.
I etahi wā, ina koa ki te kore ngā hua X-ray e marama ana, ki te whai koe i te hītori hauora uaua rānei, ka tono pea tō taakuta i te CT scan. Ka whakaratohia e tēnei ngā whakaahua taipitopito ake, ka taea te kite i ngā pneumothoraces iti kaore pea e puta mai i ngā X-ray noa.
Ka tirotirohia hoki e tō taakuta ō tohu ora, tae atu ki te tere o te ngakau, te pehanga toto, me ngā taumata hauota. Ko ēnei ine e āwhina ana ki te whakatau i te pai o te whakahaere a tō tinana i te manawa kua taka.
I etahi wā, ina koa i ngā āhuatanga āwangawanga, ka taea e ngā taakuta te whakamahi i te ultrasound hei aromatawai tere mena kei te noho te pneumothorax. Ko tēnei tikanga e kaha ake ana te noho noa na te mea he tere, kaore hoki e whakamahi i te whakahiato radiation.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te pneumothorax e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā take maha, tae atu ki te rahi o te taka, ō tohu, me te mea ko tō wāhanga tuatahi tēnei, te hokinga mai rānei. Ka whiriwhiri tō taakuta i te huarahi tika mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Ko ngā pneumothoraces iti kaore e puta mai ngā tohu kino ka taea te whakahaere me te mataara. Ka tirotiro tata atu tō taakuta iā koe, ka whakahoki ano pea i ngā X-ray uma kia kore ai e kino te āhuatanga.
Mō ngā pneumothoraces nui ake, ngā mea rānei e puta mai ana ngā tohu nui, ka hiahia pea tō taakuta ki te tango i te hau kua mau. Ka taea tēnei mā te whakamahi i te ngira, kei reira te ngira iti e tango ana i te hau, te whakauru rānei i te tūpū uma mō ngā take kino ake.
Ko ēnei ngā whiringa maimoatanga:
Ka tūtohu pea te maimoatanga pokanga mō te pneumothorax hokinga mai, ngā take rānei kaore e whakautu ki ētahi atu maimoatanga. Ko te mahi tino noa e kiia nei ko te VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery), e whakamahi ana i ngā wahi tapahi iti me te kamera hei whakatika i te manawa.
Ko te wā ora e rerekē ana i runga i te tikanga maimoatanga. Ko te mataara ngāwari pea e hiahia ana ki ngā rā torutoru o te tirotiro, engari ko ngā maimoatanga pokanga te nuinga e whakauru ana i ngā rā maha i te hohipera, i muri mai i ngā wiki o te ora haere tonu i te kāinga.
Mena ka whakatau tō taakuta ka taea e koe te whakahaere i tō pneumothorax i te kāinga me te mataara, ko te whai i ōna tohutohu motuhake he mea nui mō tō ora me tō ora. Ko tēnei huarahi te nuinga ka tūtohuhia anake mō ngā pneumothoraces iti, pumau i ngā tāngata hauora.
He mea nui te okioki i te wā ora. Kaua e mahi kaha, te kawe i ngā mea taimaha, tetahi mea rānei e taea te whakapau i ō uaua uma. Kei te hiahia tō tinana i te kaha hei ora, na kaua e whakapau i a koe.
Tirohia ō tohu tata, kia mohio ai koe ki te wa hei rapu āwhina hauora tonu. Hokinga atu ki te rūma āwangawanga mena ka pāngia koe e te mamae o te uma, te poto o te manawa, tetahi tohu hou rānei e awangawanga ana.
Tangohia te rongoā mamae e whakaritea ana e tō taakuta, engari karohia ngā rongoā e taea te huna i ngā tohu nui. Ko ngā kaiwhakaora mamae kore-kaute penei i te acetaminophen, te ibuprofen rānei te nuinga he haumaru mena ka whakaaetia e tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Whai ake ki tō taakuta i te wā i whakaritea, ahakoa kei te pai ake koe. Me tirotiro e ia tō ahunga whakahou, me te whakarite kua whakaora tika te pneumothorax mā ngā X-ray whai muri.
Karohia te rere waka, te tūtaki, ngā mahi rānei e pā ana ki ngā huringa pehanga kia tukuna koe e tō taakuta. Ka taea e ēnei mahi te kino atu i te pneumothorax, te whakaeke rānei i te hokinga mai i te wā ora.
Ko te whakarite mō tō hui taakuta ka āwhina i te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te tiaki tino whānui, ka whakautua hoki ō patai katoa. Ko te whakapau i te wā ki te whakarite i ō whakaaro me ngā mōhiohio i mua ka pai ake te haerenga.
Tuhia ō tohu katoa, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai, he aha te mea e pai ake ai, te kino rānei, me te pēhea o te huringa i te wā. Kia tino marama ki te wāhi me te momo mamae e pāngia ana koe.
Kawe mai i te rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā kei te tangohia e koe i tēnei wā, tae atu ki ngā rongoā kore-kaute, ngā taapiri, me ngā rongoā otaota. Waiho hoki ētahi mate pāwera, ngā āhuatanga kino rānei kua pā ki a koe ki ngā rongoā.
Whakaritehia ngā mōhiohio mō tō hītori hauora, ina koa ngā mate manawa o mua, ngā whara uma, ngā pokanga rānei. Mena kua oti iā koe te mahi whakaahua i ētahi atu wāhi, ngana ki te kawe mai i aua rēkōti, ki te tuku rānei ki te tari o tō taakuta.
Whakaritea he rārangi o ngā patai e hiahia ana koe ki te ui ki tō taakuta. Ka uru pea ēnei ki ngā patai mō ngā whiringa maimoatanga, ngā herenga mahi, te wā ka taea te hokinga mai ki te mahi, ngā tohu rānei e hiahia ana ki te āwhina hauora tonu.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau, hoa rānei hei āwhina iā koe ki te maumahara i ngā mōhiohio nui i kōrerohia i te wā o te hui, ina koa ki te manukanuka koe, ki te kore rānei e pai.
Ko te pneumothorax he āhuatanga e taea te whakaora kei reira te hau e mau ana i te taha o tō manawa, ka takahia rānei, kāore rānei. Ahakoa ka wehi pea ina puta, ko te nuinga o ngā take ka whakautu pai ki te maimoatanga hauora tika.
Ko te mea nui hei maumahara ko te mamae ohorere o te uma me te poto o te manawa e hiahia ana ki te arotake hauora tonu. Ko te maimoatanga wawe kaore i te āwhina iā koe ki te pai ake i te tere, engari ka aukati hoki i ngā raruraru ka taea.
Mena kei te piki ake tō morearea na te whakakī, te mate manawa, ngā wāhanga o mua rānei, ko te tupato ki ngā tohu me te pupuri i te hononga pai me tō rōpū hauora he mea nui. He maha ngā tāngata e ora tonu ana i te ora noa, kaha i muri i te pneumothorax.
He taea te ora, ā, me te maimoatanga tika me te tiaki whai muri, ka tumanako koe ki te hokinga mai ki ō mahi noa. Kei reira tō rōpū hauora hei tautoko iā koe i te tukanga me te whakautu i ngā awangawanga ka puta pea.
Ae, ka taea te hokinga mai o te pneumothorax, me ngā auau hokinga mai mai i te 20-50% i muri i te wāhanga tuatahi. Ko te morearea teitei ake i ngā tāngata e whakakī ana, e whai ana rānei i ngā āhuatanga manawa. Heoi, kei reira ngā maimoatanga whakaora mō ngā tāngata e hokinga mai ana, ā, he maha ngā tāngata kaore e whai wāhanga atu.
Ko te wā ora e rerekē ana i runga i te rahi o te pneumothorax me te tikanga maimoatanga. Ko ngā pneumothoraces iti e whakahaerehia ana me te mataara pea ka ora i roto i te 1-2 wiki, engari ko ngā mea e hiahia ana ki ngā tūpū uma, ngā pokanga rānei pea ka roa ngā wiki ki ngā marama mō te whakaora katoa. Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata ka taea te hokinga mai ki ngā mahi noa i roto i te 2-6 wiki.
Me karo koe i te whakakori kaha kia tukuna koe e tō taakuta, e puta ana i muri i ngā X-ray whai muri e whakaatu ana i te whakaora katoa. Ko ngā mahi ngāwari penei i te hikoi te nuinga he pai, engari karohia ngā mahi e whakauru ana i te pupuri manawa, te kawe i ngā mea taimaha, ngā huringa pehanga tere rānei. Ka whakarato tō taakuta i ngā aratohu motuhake i runga i tō āhuatanga.
Ko te ahotea me te manukanuka kaore e whakaeke tika i te pneumothorax, engari ka taea te whakaatu atu ki a koe ngā āhuatanga o te uma me ngā huringa manawa. Heoi, ko ngā kohu kaha mai i te manukanuka, ngā whakaeke manukanuka rānei ka taea te whakauru ki te pneumothorax i ngā take onge rawa. Mena ka pāngia koe e te mamae o te uma i te wā o te ahotea, he mea nui tonu te arotake.
Mena ka pāngia koe e te mamae ohorere o te uma me te poto o te manawa e rite ana ki tō wāhanga o mua, rapu āwhina hauora tonu. Kaua e whakaaro he manukanuka, he uaua uaua rānei, ina koa ki te kua pangia koe e te pneumothorax i mua. Ko te arotake wawe me te maimoatanga ka ārahi ki ngā hua pai ake, ka taea te aukati i ngā raruraru.
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