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Ko te atrophy cortex muri (PCA) he āhuatanga pēpē o te roro e pā ana ki te taha muri o tō roro e kawea ana te mahi o te kite. Kāore i rite ki te ngaro o te mahara, ka pā nui te PCA ki ō kaha kite me te wāhi, ā, ka noho tonu te mahara i ngā wā tuatahi.
Ka huri haere tenei āhuatanga i te huarahi e whakamaori ai tō roro ngā korero kite, ka uaua ake ngā mahi o ia rā penei i te pānui, te tuhituhi, te whakatau rātou.
Ko te atrophy cortex muri he āhuatanga neurodegenerative e pā ana ki ngā wāhi muri o te cortex o tō roro. Ko ēnei wāhi e whakahaere ana i te tukatuka kite, te mohiotanga wāhi, me ngā mahi kite uaua e whakaarohia ana e tatou.
Ka whakangaro haere te āhuatanga i ngā pūtau roro i ēnei wāhi. Ko te tikanga, ka pā nui ki ngā lobes parietal me occipital, e mahi tahi ana ki te āwhina i a koe ki te whakamaori i te mea e kite ana koe me te huarahi e neke ai koe i te wāhi.
Ko te nuinga o ngā take o te PCA he momo koretake o te mate Alzheimer, ahakoa he rerekē te whakaatu mai i te mate Alzheimer noa. Kāore i te puta mai ngā raruraru mahara i te tuatahi, ka kite koe i ngā raruraru kite me te wāhi, ā, ka noho tonu tō mahara.
Ka raru pea ngā tohu o te PCA, no te mea ka pā ki ō kaha kite me te wāhi, kāore ki te mahara. Ka kite tuatahi pea koe i te uaua ki ngā mahi e hiahia ana ki te tukatuka kite, ahakoa he hauora ō kanohi.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu matua ka pā pea ki a koe:
Ka puta haere ngā tohu i roto i ngā marama, ngā tau rānei. Ko te mea e whakawehi ana i te PCA ko te ahua o ngā raruraru kite, no reira ka whakaaro te nuinga o te iwi kei te hiahia rātou ki ngā karāhe hou, kei te raruraru rānei ō rātou kanohi.
Ka whakarōpūtia e ngā tākuta te PCA i runga i ngā wāhi o te roro e pā ana, me te āhuatanga kei muri i te take. Ko te momo tino noa ko te PCA e puta mai ana i te mate Alzheimer, engari he maha ngā momo rerekē.
Ko ēnei ngā momo matua:
Ka whakatau tō tākuta ko wai te momo kei a koe i runga i ō tohu motuhake me ngā hua whakamātautau. Ka āwhina tēnei whakarōpū i ngā whakatau maimoatanga, ā, ka hoatu he whakaaro ki te huarahi e haere ai te āhuatanga.
Kāore i tino mōhiotia te take pono o te PCA, engari kua kitea e ngā kairangahau ngā tukanga kei muri i tēnei āhuatanga. Ko te nuinga o ngā take e puta mai ana i ngā huringa o te roro e puta mai ana i te mate Alzheimer.
Ko ēnei ngā take matua:
Ko te mea e motuhake ana te PCA ko ēnei āhuatanga kei muri e pā ana ki ngā wāhi muri o tō roro i te tuatahi. Kei te rangahau tonu ngā kairangi he aha i puta ai tēnei tauira ki ētahi tangata, ā, he rerekē ngā tohu o ētahi atu me ngā mate rite.
Heoi, ka taea pea te whakauru i ngā take ira i roto i ētahi take, ahakoa ko te nuinga o te iwi me te PCA kāore he hītori whānau o te āhuatanga.
Me kite koe i te tākuta ki te pā ana koe ki ngā raruraru kite, wāhi rānei e kore e taea te whakamārama e ngā raruraru kanohi, ngā take marama rānei. He mea nui te aromatawai wawe, no te mea ka taea e te tautuhi tika te āwhina i a koe ki te whakarite mō te heke mai, ki te whiwhi rānei i ngā maimoatanga tika.
Whakaarohia te whakarite i te hui ki te kite koe:
Kaua e tatari ki te āwangawanga ngā tohu ki ō mahi o ia rā, ki te whakawehi rānei i te ora. Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka kite tuatahi i te tākuta kanohi, he mea tika, engari ki te noa te tirotiro kanohi, tonoa he tohutoro ki te neurologist.
Kia mahara ko te tautuhi wawe ka taea te āwhina i a koe me tō whānau ki te mārama ki te mea kei te puta, ki te whakatau rānei i ngā whakatau nui mō te tiaki me te whakarite i te wā e taea ai e koe te whakauru ki ēnei kōrero.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake tō morearea o te whāngai i te PCA, ahakoa ko te whai i ēnei take morearea kāore e tikanga ka whāngai koe i te āhuatanga. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take te āwhina i a koe ki te whai kōrero whakamārama me tō rōpū hauora.
Ko ēnei ngā take morearea matua:
He mea tika te kōrero ko te nuinga o te iwi me ēnei take morearea kāore e whāngai i te PCA, ā, ko ētahi o te iwi kāore he take morearea e mohiotia ana e whāngai ana i te āhuatanga. He uaua te mahi tahi i waenga i ngā ira, te taiao, me ētahi atu take, kāore hoki i tino mōhiotia.
I te haere tonu o te PCA, ka taea e ngā raruraru kite me te wāhi te arahi ki ngā raruraru maha e pā ana ki tō oranga o ia rā me tō ora. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei wero pea te āwhina i a koe me tō whānau ki te whakarite me te whakarereke.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru noa:
Ka taea pea te puta mai ngā raruraru iti ake, engari nui ake te kino i te haere tonu o te āhuatanga:
Ko te rongo pai ko te nuinga o ēnei raruraru ka taea te whakahaere, te aukati rānei me te whakarite tika me te tautoko. Ka taea e te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora te whakahaere i ngā take ora i te tīmatanga te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te motuhake mō te roa.
Aroha mai, kāore he huarahi kua whakamāramahia ki te aukati i te PCA, no te mea kāore i tino mōhiotia ngā take katoa e puta mai ana. Heoi, ko ngā rautaki rite e taea ai te āwhina i te aukati i ētahi atu momo dementia pea ka pai hoki ki te whakaiti i tō morearea.
Ko ēnei etahi kaupae ka taea te āwhina i te tautoko i te hauora o te roro:
Ahakoa kāore ēnei rautaki e taea te whakamana i te aukati, ka tautoko rātou i te hauora o te roro, ā, ka taea te āwhina i te whakaroa i te tīmatanga o ngā tohu. He mea tika te kōrero ko te noho mahi tinana me te hinengaro ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te mahi mō te roa ki te whāngai koe i te PCA.
Ko te tautuhi i te PCA e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai whānui, no te mea ka taea e ngā tohu te whakaahua i ētahi atu āhuatanga. Ka whakamahi tō tākuta i ngā huarahi maha ki te whakatau he PCA kei a koe, me te mea pea kei te puta mai.
Ko te tukanga tautuhi e whakauru ana:
Ka taea pea e tō tākuta te tono i ētahi atu whakamātautau:
Ka roa pea te tukanga tautuhi, ā, ka hiahia pea ki te haere ki ngā tohunga penei i ngā neurologists, neuropsychologists rānei. Ka āwhina tēnei huarahi whānui ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te tautuhi tino tika.
I tēnei wā, kāore he rongoā mō te PCA, engari he maha ngā maimoatanga ka taea te āwhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohu, te tautoko rānei i tō kounga ora. Ko te huarahi maimoatanga e aro ana ki te whakahaere i te take kei muri i te mea e taea ana, te āwhina rānei i a koe ki te whakarereke ki ngā huringa.
Ko ngā whiringa rongoā pea ka whakauru:
He mea nui te maimoatanga kore rongoā:
Ka whakaritea tō mahere maimoatanga ki ō tohu me ō hiahia motuhake. Ka āwhina ngā hui whai muri i te wā ki tō rōpū hauora ki te whakarereke i ngā maimoatanga i te huringa o te āhuatanga.
Ko te whakahaere i te PCA i te kāinga e whakauru ana te hanga i te taiao ora, tautoko, me te whakawhanake i ngā rautaki ki te mahi i ngā wero kite me te wāhi. Ka taea e ngā huringa iti te whakaputa i te rerekētanga nui ki te pupuri i te motuhake me te ora.
Ko ēnei ngā kaupae mahi ka taea e koe te tango:
Ka taea hoki te āwhina i te hangarau:
Kia mahara he mea nui te whakaae i te āwhina mai i te whānau me ngā hoa. Kaua e whakaroa ki te tono āwhina ki ngā mahi kua uaua, kua ora rānei.
Ko te whakarite mō tō hui ka taea te āwhina i te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te nuinga o tō haerenga, ka hoatu rānei ki tō tākuta ngā korero e hiahia ana rātou. No te mea ka pā te PCA ki te tukatuka kite, he mea tino āwhina te whai tautoko i ngā hui.
I mua i tō hui:
Ngā pūrongo pea ka hiahia koe ki te ui:
Kaua e manukanuka ki te kore e taea e koe te mahara ki ngā mea katoa i te wā o te hui. Ui ki te taea te tuhi i te kōrero, tono rānei i ngā whakarapopototanga tuhituhi o ngā korero nui.
Ko te atrophy cortex muri he āhuatanga wero e pā ana ki ō kaha kite me te wāhi, kāore ki tō mahara, i te tīmatanga.
Ko te mea nui rawa kia mahara kei te noho koe kotahi i tēnei haerenga. Ka taea e ngā tohunga hauora, ngā mema whānau, me ngā rōpū tautoko te hoatu i te āwhina me ngā rauemi. Ka taea e te tautuhi wawe me te whakarite wawe te āwhina i a koe ki te whakamahi i te wā kei a koe me ngā kaha e pupuri ana.
Aro atu ki te mea e taea tonu e koe te mahi, kāore ki te mea e kore e taea e koe, kaua hoki e whakaroa ki te tono āwhina ina hiahia koe. Ko te nuinga o te iwi me te PCA e noho tonu ana ki ngā hononga whai kiko me ngā mahi ma te whakarereke i ō rātou huarahi me te whakaae i te tautoko tika.
He rerekē te haere o te PCA mai i te tangata ki te tangata. Ko te nuinga o te iwi e ora ana mō ngā tau i muri i te tautuhi, ā, ko te āhuatanga e haere tonu ana i te iti iho i ētahi atu momo dementia. Ka taea e tō tākuta te hoatu i ngā korero motuhake atu i runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake me te take kei muri i tō PCA.
Ko te nuinga o ngā take o te PCA kāore i te whakatūturu tika, ahakoa ko te whai i ētahi momo ira ka piki ake tō morearea. Ko te whai i te hītori whānau o te mate Alzheimer, ngā mate dementia rānei ka piki ake pea tō morearea, engari ko te nuinga o te iwi me te PCA kāore he mema whānau e pā ana.
Ae, ka taea pea te tautuhi he i te PCA i te tīmatanga, no te mea ko ngā tohu he rite ki ngā raruraru kite, kāore ki te āhuatanga neurological. Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka kite tuatahi i ngā tākuta kanohi, ka korerotia pea kei te hiahia rātou ki ngā karāhe hou, kei te cataracts rānei. Koinei te take he mea nui te aromatawai whānui e te neurologist ki te whakakore i ngā raruraru kanohi.
Ka puta mai pea ngā raruraru mahara i te haere tonu o te PCA, ina koa ki te puta mai ana i te mate Alzheimer. Heoi, ko te nuinga o te iwi e pupuri ana i te mahi mahara pai mo ngā tau i muri i te tautuhi. Ko ngā tohu kite me te wāhi e noho tonu ana hei āhuatanga tino nui puta noa i te āhuatanga.
Ae, he rōpū tautoko kei reira motuhake mō te iwi me te PCA me ō rātou whānau. Ka hoatu e te Alzheimer's Association ngā rauemi me ngā rōpū tautoko, ā, he hapori ipurangi kei reira ka taea ai te hono atu ki ētahi atu e tūpono ana ki ngā wero rite. Ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te āwhina i a koe ki te kimi i ngā rauemi tautoko rohe me te ipurangi.
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