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Ko te polio tētahi mate huaketo e taea ai te pararutiki mau tonu, engari kua whakakorea nui atu i te nuinga o ngā wāhi o te ao, nā ngā mahi whakakakahu. Ko tēnei āhuatanga, e mohiotia ana hoki ko te poliomyelitis, e whakaeke ana i te pūnaha io, ā, e āhei ai te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui, ahakoa kaore pea e whakaatu mai te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana ngā tohu.
Mā te mārama ki te polio, ka āhei koe te whakamoemiti he aha te nui o te whakakakahu, ahakoa he iti ngā keehi i tēnei rā. Kia tirohia ngā mea e pā ana ki tēnei āhuatanga me te pēhea o tōna pānga ki te tinana.
Ko te polio tētahi mate huaketo e puta mai ana i te huaketo polio, e horapa ana i te tangata ki te tangata, ā, e taea ai te whakaeke i te pūnaha io. Ko ngā tamariki kei raro iho i ngā tau 5 te mea nui e pā ana, ahakoa e taea ana e ia te pangia te hunga o tetahi tau.
Ko te ingoa o tēnei āhuatanga i tangohia mai i te kupu Kariki, "polios," e tikanga ana ko te hina, nā te mea e pā ana ki te pūtake hina o te uaua tuaiwi. Ina tae te huaketo ki te pūnaha io, e taea ana e ia te whakangaro i ngā pūtau io e whakahaere ana i te nekehanga o ngā uaua, ā, e arahi ai ki te ngoikore, ki te pararutiki rānei.
Ko te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana e te polio kaore e whanake i ngā tohu nui. Heoi, i ētahi wā, e taea ana e te huaketo te arahi ki ngā raruraru kino e pā ana ki te manawa me te nekehanga.
He rerekē ngā tohu o te polio, kei te nui o te pānga o te huaketo ki tō tinana. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana e te polio kaore pea e mohio kei a rātou, nā te mea ka ngoikore, kāore rānei ngā tohu.
Koinei te huarahi e whanaketia ai ngā tohu polio, mā te tīmata ki ngā whakaaturanga tino noa:
Ko te ahua pararutiki te mea tino kino, engari e pā ana ki te iti iho i te 1% o te hunga e pangia ana e te polio. Ina puta mai te pararutiki, e whanaketia ana i te tere i roto i ngā rā torutoru, ā, pea mau tonu.
I ētahi wā, e taea ana e te polio te pā ki te pūtake o te roro, ā, e arahi ai ki te uaua ki te horomia, ki te kōrero, ki te manawa rānei. Ko tēnei ahua, e kiia ana ko te polio bulbar, e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tonu, nā te mea ka mate pea.
Ka wehea te polio ki ngā momo rerekē, kei te wāhi o te pūnaha io e pā ana te huaketo. Mā te mārama ki ēnei momo, ka āhei te whakamārama he aha i ora katoa ai ētahi tangata, ā, he aha i tūtaki ai ētahi ki ngā wero roa.
Ko ngā momo matua ko:
Ka wehea atu te polio pararutiki ki ngā momo toru. Ko te polio tuaiwi e pā ana ki te uaua tuaiwi, ā, ko te ahua pararutiki tino noa, e puta mai ana te ngoikore o ngā waewae me te pouaka.
Ko te polio bulbospinal e whakakotahi ana i ngā āhuatanga o ngā momo tuaiwi me te bulbar. Ko tēnei ahua onge e taea ana te pā ki te nekehanga o ngā waewae me ngā mahi nui penei i te manawa, ā, e tino uaua ai te whakahaere.
Ko te huaketo polio te take o te polio, he huaketo tino pūmau e noho ana ki te whānau enterovirus. E horapa ana tēnei huaketo i te tangata ki te tangata, inā te mea nui ki ngā wāhi he kino te horoi me te iti te uru ki te wai mā.
Ko te huaketo e tomo ana ki tō tinana mā te waha ina kai koe i te kai kua whakapokea, i te wai rānei. E taea ana hoki te horapa mā te pā ki te paru kua whakapokea, ki ngā matū manawa mai i te mare me te tīhoro rānei.
Ina tae ki roto ki tō tinana, ka nui haere te huaketo i te korokoro me ngā whekau. I te nuinga o ngā wā, ka whawhai pai tō pūnaha mate ki te mate. Heoi, i ētahi tangata, ka tomo te huaketo ki te toto, ā, e taea ai te tae ki te pūnaha io.
Ina whakaeke te huaketo polio i te uaua tuaiwi, i te roro rānei, ka whakaeke ia i ngā pūtau io e kiia nei ko ngā pūtau motuka. Ko ēnei pūtau e whakahaere ana i te nekehanga o ngā uaua, ā, ina pakaru, ina whakangaro rānei, ka ngoikore, ka pararutiki rānei ngā uaua e whakahaere ana.
E horapa ana te huaketo i te ngāwari i ngā wāhi e nui ana te tangata me te kino te horoi. Ko ngā tamariki iti te mea nui e pā ana, nā te mea kei te whanake tonu ō rātou pūnaha mate, ā, kaore pea e mahi pai te horoi ringa.
Me rapu tonu koe i te tiaki hauora ina puta mai ngā tohu e āhei ana te tohu i te polio, inā te mea nui ki te kore koe i whakakakahu, ki te haere rānei koe ki ngā wāhi kei reira tonu te polio. Ko te aromatawai hauora i te tīmata he mea nui mō te tautuhi me te tiaki tika.
Whakapa atu ki tō tūroro tonu ina kite koe i te ngoikore o ngā uaua, inā te mea nui ki ngā waewae, ki ngā ringa rānei. He mea nui tēnei, inā te mea e haere tahi ana te ngoikore me te kirika, te mamae o te mahunga, te uaua o te kaki rānei.
Rapua te tiaki āwangawanga tonu ina pāngia koe e te uaua ki te manawa, ki te horomia, ki te kōrero rānei. E āhei ana ēnei tohu te tohu kei te pā te huaketo ki ngā mahi nui, ā, e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga āwangawanga.
Ki te whakakapi koe i te tangata e pangia ana e te polio, ki te haere rānei koe ki ngā wāhi kei reira tonu te huaketo, whakamōhio atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora ahakoa kei te pai koe. Ka taea e rātou te aromatawai i tō tūponotanga me te whakatau he aha ngā mahi aukati e hiahiatia ana.
Kia mahara he tino onge te polio i ngā whenua he pai ngā kaupapa whakakakahu. Heoi, ko te noho mataara ki ngā tohu me te rapu i te tiaki hauora i te wa e manukanuka ana he huarahi tika tonu.
He maha ngā mea e taea ai te whakanui ake i tō tūponotanga ki te hopu i te polio, ahakoa ka whakarato te whakakakahu i te tiaki pai mō te nuinga o te hunga. Mā te mārama ki ēnei tūponotanga, ka āhei koe te mahi i ngā whakatau whakamārama mō te aukati me te haere.
Ko ngā tūponotanga tino nui ko:
Ko ngā kaimahi hauora me ngā kaimahi taiwhanga e whakahaere ana i ngā tauira huaketo polio e tūtaki ana hoki ki ngā tūponotanga whakaū mahi. I tua atu, ko te hunga e mahi ana i ngā wāhi he kino te horoi, i te tiaki rānei i ngā tangata kua pangia pea ka nui ake te whakakapi.
He mea tika te kī ko te whai i te polio kotahi kaore e whakamana i te tiaki ki ngā whakakapi o muri, nā te mea he toru ngā momo huaketo polio. Heoi, ko te whakakapi ki tētahi momo ka whakarato i te ātete ki taua momo motuhake.
Ahakoa ka ora te nuinga o te hunga i te polio kaore he pānga roa, e taea ana e tēnei āhuatanga te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui e pā ana ki te kounga o te ora mō ngā tau, ahakoa mō ake tonu atu. Mā te mārama ki ēnei raruraru pea, ka āhei koe te whakamoemiti i te nui o te aukati me te tiaki i te tīmata.
Ko ngā raruraru tino noa ko:
Ko te mate polio muri e tika ana kia aro nui, nā te mea e taea ana te pā ki te hunga i whakaaro kua ora katoa rātou. Ko tēnei āhuatanga e puta mai ana te ngoikore o ngā uaua i pāngia i mua e te polio, me te ngenge me te mamae.
I ētahi wā, e taea ana e te polio te arahi ki te mate, e puta mai ana i te kore manawa ina pā te huaketo ki ngā uaua e hiahiatia ana mō te manawa. Koinei te take he mea nui te tiaki hauora tonu ina puta mai ngā raruraru manawa.
He tino whai hua te aukati polio, ā, e whakawhirinaki ana ki te whakakakahu, kua whakakorea pai te mate i te nuinga o ngā wāhi o te ao. Ko te whakakakahu polio tētahi o ngā whakakakahu tino haumaru me te tino whai hua.
He rua ngā momo whakakakahu polio matua. Ko te whakakakahu polio kore-whakahohe (IPV) e hoatu ana hei pū, ā, e whakamahia ana i te nuinga o ngā whenua, tae atu ki te United States. Ko te whakakakahu polio waha (OPV) he wai e hoatu ana mā te waha, ā, kei te whakamahia tonu i ētahi whenua mō ngā kaupapa whakakakahu nui.
Ko ngā tamariki e whiwhi ana i te whakakakahu IPV i te 2 marama, 4 marama, 6-18 marama, me te 4-6 tau. Ko tēnei kaupapa e whakarato ana i te tiaki pai ki ngā momo huaketo polio e toru.
Ko ngā pakeke kei te nui ake te tūponotanga, penei i ngā kaimahi hauora, i te hunga haere rānei ki ngā wāhi whakaū, pea e hiahia ana ki ngā pū whakakakahu. Ka taea e tō tūroro te whakatau mehemea e hiahia ana koe ki te whakakakahu atu, kei runga i ō tūponotanga.
Ko ngā mahi horoi pai e āhei ana hoki te aukati i te horapa o te polio. Horoihia ō ringa i te maha me te wai me te hopi, inā te mea nui i muri i te whakamahi i te wharepaku, i mua rānei i te kai. Kaua e tutaki i te kai, i te inu rānei ki ētahi atu, kia tupato ki te haumaru o te kai me te wai ina haere.
Ko te tautuhi i te polio e whakauru ana i te whakataurite i te āhuatanga me ngā whakamātautau taiwhanga, nā te mea ka rite ngā tohu ki ētahi atu mate huaketo. Ka tīmata tō tūroro mā te arotake i ō tohu me tō hītori hauora, mā te aro nui ki tō tūāhua whakakakahu.
Ko te whakamātaurite tinana e aro nui ana ki te tirotiro i te ngoikore o ngā uaua, ngā whakautu, me ngā tohu o te pararutiki. Ka whakamātautau tō tūroro i te kaha o ō uaua, ā, ka titiro ki te āhua o te ngoikore e puta mai ana i te polio.
He mea nui ngā whakamātautau taiwhanga mō te whakau i te tautuhi. Ko te whakamātautau tino noa e whakauru ana i te wetewete i ngā tauira o ngā matū korokoro, paru, i te wai o te uaua tuaiwi rānei hei kimi i te huaketo polio. Ka taea e ēnei whakamātautau te tautuhi i te huaketo me te whakatau he aha te momo e puta mai ana te mate.
Pea ka mahia he tāpui uaua tuaiwi (lumbar puncture) hei tirotiro i te wai o te uaua tuaiwi e karapoti ana i tō roro me tō uaua tuaiwi. Ka taea e tēnei whakamātautau te whakaatu i ngā tohu o te mate huaketo me te āhei te whakakore i ētahi atu āhuatanga e puta mai ana ngā tohu rite.
I ētahi wā, pea ka whakamahia ngā whakamātautau atu penei i ngā rangahau arahi io, i te electromyography (EMG) rānei hei aromatawai i te mahi io me te uaua. E āhei ana ēnei whakamātautau te whakatau i te nui o te pakaru io me te arahi i te mahere maimoatanga.
I tēnei wā, kāore he rongoā motuhake mō te polio, no reira ko te maimoatanga e aro nui ana ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu, ki te aukati i ngā raruraru, ki te tautoko rānei i te tukanga ora taiao o tō tinana. Ko te huarahi e whakawhirinaki ana ki te nui o ō tohu me ngā pūnaha tinana e pā ana.
Mō ngā keehi ngawari me ngā tohu rite ki te mate huaketo, ko te maimoatanga e whakauru ana i te okioki, ngā rongoā mamae penei i te acetaminophen, i te ibuprofen rānei, me te nui o te wai. Pea ka tūtohutia e tō tūroro te noho i te kāinga hei aukati i te horapa o te mate ki ētahi atu.
Ko ngā keehi nui ake e hiahia ana ki te noho whare hauora mō te tiaki tautoko. Pea e whakauru ana tēnei ki te rongoā tinana hei pupuri i te mahi uaua, ki te rongoā mahi hei āwhina ki ngā mahi o ia rā, me te tautoko manawa ki te pāngia ngā uaua manawa.
Ki te whanake koe i te pararutiki, ko te maimoatanga e aro nui ana ki te aukati i ngā raruraru me te whakanui i te mahi e toe ana. E whakauru ana tēnei ki te whakatū hei aukati i ngā whakaheke, te whakahaere mamae, me ngā taputapu āwhina penei i ngā pūtau, i ngā wīra rānei hei āwhina ki te nekehanga.
Ko te tautoko manawa e tae atu ana ki te rongoā hauora ki te manawa mīhini, kei runga i te nui o ngā raruraru manawa. Pea e hiahia ana ētahi tangata ki te tautoko manawa roa, e taea ana te whakahaere i te kāinga me ngā taputapu me te tiaki tika.
Ko te tiaki kāinga mō te polio e aro nui ana ki te tautoko i te ora, ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu, ki te aukati rānei i ngā raruraru i te mahi tata atu ki tō rōpū hauora. Ko te tiaki motuhake e hiahiatia ana e whakawhirinaki ana ki ō tohu me te nui o tō āhuatanga.
He mea nui te okioki mō te ora, no reira waihangahia he taiao māhorahora e āhei ana te moe me te okioki. Kaua e mahi i ngā mahi kaha e taea ai te kino ake te ngoikore o ngā uaua, te ngenge rānei.
Ko te whakahaere mamae i te kāinga e whakauru ana i te whakamahi i ngā rongoā kua tohua e rite ana ki te aratohu me te whakamahi i ngā putea wera, i ngā putea makariri rānei ki ngā uaua mamae. Pea ka āwhina te miri ngawari ki te mamae o ngā uaua, engari kaua e mahi i tetahi mea e puta mai ana te mamae nui ake.
Pupurihia te kai pai me te inu wai hei tautoko i tō pūnaha mate me tō hauora whānui. Ki te uaua te horomia, mahi tahi me te kairongoā kōrero, i te kaiwhakaako kai rānei hei kimi i ngā huarahi haumaru ki te kai me te inu.
Whai i ō mahi rongoā tinana i te tino tika, nā te mea e āwhina ana ēnei ki te pupuri i te kaha o ngā uaua me te aukati i ngā whakaheke. Ahakoa ngā mahi nekehanga ngawari ka taea te whakarereke nui ki tō ora.
Aromatawaihia ō tohu i te tino tika, whakapa atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te kite koe i tetahi kino ake, inā te mea nui te uaua ki te manawa, te ngoikore nui ake, te mamae nui rānei. Pupurihia ngā whakaritenga whai ake hei aroturuki i tō ahunga whakamua me te whakarereke i te maimoatanga e hiahiatia ana.
Ko te whakarite mō tō whakaritenga tūroro e whakamana ana ka whiwhi koe i te painga nui mai i tō toro atu, ā, e āhei ana tō kaiwhakarato hauora te mahi i ngā whakatau pai mō tō tiaki. Ko te whakarite pai ka penapena i te wā, ā, ka arahi ki ngā hua pai ake.
I mua i tō whakaritenga, tuhia katoa ō tohu, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou me te pēhea o te huringa i te wā. Kia tino mōhio ki te ngoikore o ngā uaua, ngā taumata mamae, me ētahi atu raruraru ki te manawa, ki te horomia, ki te kōrero rānei.
Kawe mai i te rārangi katoa o ngā rongoā katoa e tangohia ana e koe, tae atu ki ngā rongoā-kāinga me ngā taapiri. I tua atu, kohikohia ngā mōhiohio mō tō hītori whakakakahu, inā te mea nui ngā whakakakahu polio, me ētahi atu haerenga hou.
Whakaritea he rārangi o ngā pūrongo hei ui ki tō tūroro. Pea e whakauru ana ēnei ki ngā pūrongo mō tō whakatau, ngā whiringa maimoatanga, ngā herenga mahi, me te wā e tatari ana koe ki te kite i te whakapainga.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau, i tētahi hoa rānei ki te whakaritenga, inā te mea nui ki te kore koe e pai, ki te manukanuka rānei. Ka taea e rātou te āwhina ia koe ki te mahara ki ngā mōhiohio nui me te whakarato i te tautoko ngākau.
Ki te whai koe i te inihua, kawe mai i ō kāri inihua me ētahi atu tohutoro pea e hiahiatia ana. I tua atu, kawe mai i te rārangi o ō kaiwhakarato hauora atu kia taea ai e tō tūroro te whakahaere i tō tiaki ki te hiahiatia.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu ki te mārama ki te polio ko tētahi mate kino, engari he mate ka taea te aukati nui atu nā te whakakakahu whai hua. Ahakoa i puta mai te wehi me te kore-haumaru nui i te polio, kua whakakorea e ngā kaupapa whakakakahu i te nuinga o te ao.
Ki te kore koe, ki tō tamaiti rānei i whakakakahu ki te polio, kāore i tino wātea te tīmata. Ko te whakakakahu he haumaru, he whai hua, ā, e whakarato ana i te tiaki pai ki tēnei mate ka pakaru pea.
Mō te hunga kua whai polio, ko te tiaki hauora me te whakaora tonu e āhei ana te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te whakanui i te kounga o te ora. Ko te nuinga o te hunga kua whai polio e ora ana i ngā oranga tino whānui, hua, me te tautoko me te maimoatanga tika.
Noho whakamārama mō te polio, inā te mea nui ki te whakaaro koe ki te haere ki ngā wāhi kei reira tonu te mate. Mahi tahi me tō kaiwhakarato hauora hei whakamana i tō tiaki tika me te mohio ki ngā tohu hei titiro atu.
Kia mahara ahakoa ka kino te polio, ka ora te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana katoa kaore he pānga roa. Ko te matua ko te aukati mā te whakakakahu me te rapu i te tiaki hauora tonu ki te puta mai ngā tohu.
He tino whai hua te whakakakahu polio, e whakarato ana i te 99% o te tiaki ki ngā momo huaketo polio e toru i muri i te whakaoti i te raupapa katoa. Ahakoa he whakaaro pea ngā whakakapi, he tino onge i ngā tangata kua whiwhi i te raupapa whakakakahu katoa. Ko te tiaki o te whakakakahu e whakaarohia ana he ora mō te nuinga o te hunga.
Kei te noho tonu te polio hei tūponotanga i ētahi whenua, inā te mea nui Āpānistān me Pākitāna, kei reira tonu te huaketo e horapa ana. Heoi, he tino onge i te nuinga o te ao nā ngā mahi whakakakahu. Ko te tūponotanga mō te hunga haere ki ēnei wāhi he iti, engari ehara i te kore, inā te mea nui mō te hunga kāore i whakakakahu. Kei te haere tonu ngā whakahaere hauora o te ao ki te whakakore katoa.
Ko te mate polio muri tētahi āhuatanga e taea ana te whanake i te 15-40 tau i muri i te ora mai i te polio, e pā ana ki te 25-40% o te hunga ora polio. E puta mai ana te ngoikore hou o ngā uaua, te ngenge, me te mamae i ngā uaua i pāngia i mua. Kāore i tino mārama te take, engari e whakaarohia ana he hua mai i te ngoikore o ngā hononga io i pakaru i te whakakapi o te mate.
He rerekē te ora mai i te polio, kei runga i te nui o te mate. Pea ka ora te hunga he tohu ngawari i roto i ngā rā, i ngā wiki rānei. Pea ka kite te hunga he polio pararutiki i te whakapainga i roto i ngā marama maha ki ngā tau e rua, me te nuinga o te ora e puta ana i roto i ngā marama ono tuatahi. Pea ka whai ētahi tangata i ngā kore-haumaru mau tonu, ā, ka ora ētahi i te nuinga, i te katoa rānei o ō rātou mahi.
Ahakoa ko ngā tamariki kei raro iho i ngā tau 5 te mea nui e pā ana ki te polio, e taea tonu e ngā pakeke te pangia. Pea ka pāngia ngā pakeke e ngā tohu nui ake ina pangia. Ko ngā pakeke kāore i whakakakahu, inā te mea nui te hunga he pūnaha mate ngoikore, i te hunga haere rānei ki ngā wāhi kei reira te polio, me kōrero ki ō rātou kaiwhakarato hauora mō te whakakakahu.
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