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Ko te mate wheua he mate wheua e pā ana ki ngā tamariki e tipu ana, ina kore e ranea te hua o te wītamini D, te kōparai, te phosphate rānei i roto i o rātou tinana. Ka āwhina ēnei kai matū nui ki te whakakahangihangi i ngā wheua, no reira, ki te kore rātou, ka ngoikore, ka ngawari ngā wheua.
Whakaarohia te hanga whare kaore he rauemi kaha. Kaore e taea e ngā wheua te hanga tika, ka arahi ki te piko, ki te mamae, ki te whakaroa o te tipu. Ahakoa i noho te mate wheua hei mea noa i mua, he mea onge inaianei i ngā whenua whānui, na te kai kua whakakāhia me te mohiotanga pai ake mō te kai.
Ka tipu haere ngā tohu o te mate wheua i te wa e tipu ana tō tamaiti. Ka kite pea koe i ngā huringa o te ara o te haere, o te āhua o te wheua, o te whanaketanga katoa rānei.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu tino noa ka kitea e koe:
I ētahi wā, ka kite pea koe i ngā tohu kaore i te noa. Ka uru pea ēnei ki ngā āhua o te uma i te wa e pēhi ana te wheua uma ki waho, ngā āhua o te anga kore noa, te piko o te tuaka rānei. Ka pa pea ki ētahi tamariki ngā hopu, ngā uaua rānei e wiri ana, nā te iti o te kōparai.
Ka puta ēnei tohu nā te kore o ngā kai e hiahiatia ana e ngā wheua kia pakari. Ko te rongo pai, mā te maimoatanga tika, ka taea te whakapai ake i te nuinga o ēnei huringa.
He maha ngā momo mate wheua rerekē, ia momo ia take. Ko te matauranga o te momo e pā ana ki tō tamaiti ka āwhina ki te whakatau i te huarahi maimoatanga pai.
Ko ēnei ngā momo matua:
Ka pai te whakautu o te mate wheua kai ki ngā huringa kai me ngā taapiri. Heoi, me whakahaerehia ngā momo tuku iho ki te taote motuhake i te ao katoa. Ka taea e tō taote te whakatau i te momo o tō tamaiti mā ngā whakamātautau toto me te hītori whānau.
Ka puta te mate wheua ina kore e ranea ngā kai matū nui e hiahiatia ana e ngā wheua e tipu ana kia pakari. Ko te take matua ko te kore o te wītamini D, engari he maha ngā take ka āwhina ki tenei raruraru.
Ko ēnei ngā take tino noa:
Kaore i te noa, ka puta mai te mate wheua i ngā āhuatanga ira tuku iho onge e pā ana ki te tukatuka o te tinana i te wītamini D, te phosphate rānei. Ka taea hoki e ētahi rongoā, inā te nuinga o ētahi rongoā hopu, te whakakore i te whakahaere wītamini D i te wa roa.
I ētahi wā, ka whakakotahi ngā take maha hei hanga i te raruraru. Hei tauira, he tamaiti iti te whakamārama o te rā e whai ana i te kai whakawātea pea ka nui ake te tūponotanga i te tangata kotahi te take morearea.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki te taote o tō tamaiti ki te kite koe i ētahi tohu o ngā raruraru wheua, te whakaroa rānei o te whanaketanga. Ka taea e te whakauru wawe te aukati i ngā raruraru me te awhina i ngā wheua o tō tamaiti kia tipu tika.
Rapua te tiaki hauora ki te kite koe i ētahi o ēnei tohu āwangawanga:
Kaua e tatari ki te āwangawanga koe mō te tipu o tō tamaiti, te whanaketanga rānei. Ka taea e tō tākuta tamariki te mahi i ngā whakamātautau ngāwari hei tirotiro i ngā taumata wītamini D me te hauora wheua. Ka tino whai hua te kite wawe ki te maimoatanga.
Ki te whai tō tamaiti i ngā take morearea pēnei i te iti o te whakamārama o te rā, ngā herenga kai, te hītori whānau rānei o ngā raruraru wheua, kōrerohia ngā rautaki aukati ki tō taote ahakoa i mua i te putanga o ngā tohu.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake te tūponotanga o tō tamaiti ki te whanake i te mate wheua. Ko te matauranga o ēnei take morearea ka āwhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā kaupae aukati me te mohio ki te wa hei tiaki atu.
Ko ēnei ngā take morearea matua:
Ko ngā take morearea atu ko ētahi āhuatanga hauora e pā ana ki te whakauru kai, pēnei i te mate celiac, te mate inflammatory bowel rānei. Ka taea hoki e ētahi rongoā, inā te nuinga o ngā rongoā hopu, te whakakore i te whakahaere wītamini D.
Ko te whai i ngā take morearea kaore e tikanga ka whanake tō tamaiti i te mate wheua. Ko te tikanga noa, me kaha ake koe ki te aukati mā te kai tika me te whakamārama o te rā.
Ki te kore e maimoatia, ka taea e te mate wheua te arahi ki ngā āhua wheua mau tonu me ētahi atu raruraru hauora nui. Heoi, mā te maimoatanga tika, ka taea te aukati i te nuinga o ngā raruraru, te whakapai ake rānei.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru pea:
I ētahi wā onge, ka taea e te mate wheua nui te arahi ki ngā raruraru kino e wehi ai te ora. Ka uru pea ēnei ki te tetany (ngā uaua e wiri ana), ngā raruraru o te au o te ngakau mai i te iti o te kōparai, te uaua rānei ki te manawa mai i ngā āhua o te pakitara uma.
Ko te rongo pai, i te wa e kitea wawe ana te mate wheua, ka maimoatia tika, ka ora katoa te nuinga o ngā tamariki. Ka taea te whakapai ake i ētahi āhua wheua mā te maimoatanga, inā te nuinga i ngā tamariki iti kei te tipu tonu o rātou wheua.
He ngāwari ake te aukati i te mate wheua i te maimoatanga, ā, he ngāwari ngā kaupae. Ko te matua ko te whakarite kia ranea te wītamini D, te kōparai, te phosphate rānei i tō tamaiti mā te whakakotahitanga o te rā, te kai, me ngā taapiri ina hiahiatia.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki aukati tino whai hua:
Mō ngā whānau e whai ana i ngā kai vegan, te mate miraka rānei, mahi tahi me tō tākuta tamariki ki te whakarite kia ranea te taapiri. Pea ka hiahia ngā tamariki kiri pouri e noho ana i ngā whenua o te tonga ki ngā taapiri wītamini D atu i te tau katoa.
Ki te whai tō tamaiti i ētahi take morearea, kōrerohia ngā rautaki aukati ki tō taote. Pea ka tūtohu rātou i ngā whakamātautau toto kia mau tonu hei tirotiro i ngā taumata wītamini D me te whakatika i te taapiri.
Ko te whakatau i te mate wheua ko te whakakotahitanga o te tirotiro tinana, ngā whakamātautau toto, me ngā rangahau whakaahua. Ka titiro tō taote ki ngā tohu āhua me te whakau i te whakatau mā ngā whakamātautau motuhake.
Ko te tukanga whakatau i te nuinga ka uru ki:
He mea nui rawa ngā whakamātautau toto, i te mea ka taea e rātou te kite i te mate wheua i mua i te putanga o ngā huringa wheua. Ko ngā taumata wītamini D iti me te piki o te homoni parathyroid e tohu ana i te āhuatanga.
Ka whakaatu ngā X-rays i ngā tohu tino o te mate wheua, tae atu ki ngā papa tipu whānui, te tau wheua whakaroa, me ngā āhua kī. I ētahi wā, pea ka tono tō taote i ngā whakamātautau atu hei kimi i te momo mate wheua motuhake, te whakakore rānei i ētahi atu āhuatanga.
Ko te rongo pai ko ēnei whakamātautau he mea noa, kāore hoki e awangawanga tō tamaiti. Ko te whiwhi i te whakatau tika ko te kaupae tuatahi ki te maimoatanga whai hua.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te mate wheua ko te whakatika i te kore kai matū me te tautoko i te whanaketanga wheua tika. Ko te huarahi motuhake e whakawhirinaki ana ki te momo mate wheua me tōna kaha.
Ko te maimoatanga noa e uru ana ki:
Mō ngā momo onge pēnei i te mate wheua e āhei ana ki te wītamini D, he uaua ake te maimoatanga, pea ka hiahia ngā rongoā motuhake pēnei i te calcitriol, ngā taapiri phosphate rānei. Pea ka hiahia ētahi tamariki ki te maimoatanga ora.
I ngā take e whai ana i ngā āhua wheua nui, pea ka tūtohuhia te pokanga orthopedic i te wa kua maimoatia te mate wheua, kua kaha ake ngā wheua. Heoi, ka whakapai ake te nuinga o ngā āhua mā te maimoatanga hauora anake, inā te nuinga i ngā tamariki iti.
Ka whakaatu te nuinga o ngā tamariki e whai ana i te mate wheua kai i te whakapainga i roto i ngā marama torutoru o te maimoatanga, me te heke o te mamae wheua me te whakahoki mai o te tipu ki ngā āhua noa.
Ko te tautoko i te maimoatanga o tō tamaiti i te kāinga ko te whakahaere tonu i ngā rongoā, ngā whakapainga kai, me te hanga i te taiao haumaru i te wa e ora ana ngā wheua.
Ko te āhua ka taea e koe te awhina i tō tamaiti kia ora:
Kia mau tō tamaiti ki te mahi i roto i tōna taumata whakamarie. Ka āwhina te whakakori ngawari me te takaro ki te whakakahangihangi i ngā wheua me ngā uaua i te wa e ora ana. Heoi, karohia ngā mahi kaha e taea ai te whati.
Pupurihia ngā whakaritenga whai muri tonu ki tō taote hei aroturuki i te whakapainga. Ka whakatika rātou i te maimoatanga i runga i ngā hua whakamātautau toto me te whakapainga o tō tamaiti.
Ko te whakarite pai mō tō whakaritenga ka āwhina i te whakarite kei a tō taote ngā mōhiohio katoa e hiahiatia ana hei whakarato i te tiaki pai mō tō tamaiti.
I mua i tō haerenga, kohia ēnei mōhiohio:
Tuhia ngā pātai motuhake e hiahia ana koe ki te ui, pēnei i ngā whiringa maimoatanga, te wa e tumanakohia ana mō te whakapainga, ngā herenga mahi rānei. Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui mō tetahi mea e āwangawanga ana koe.
Mauria he rārangi o ngā rongoā me ngā taapiri katoa e inu ana tō tamaiti. Ki te taea, mau mai ngā rēkōta whakakakahu o tō tamaiti me ētahi hua whakamātautau o mua e pā ana ki te hauora wheua.
He āhuatanga taea te maimoatanga te mate wheua e pai ana te whakautu ki te kai tika me te tiaki hauora. Ahakoa ka taea te arahi ki ngā raruraru nui ki te kore e maimoatia, ka ora katoa te nuinga o ngā tamariki mā te maimoatanga tika.
Ko ngā take nui hei mahara ko te aukati he mea ngāwari mā te wītamini D, te kōparai, me te whakamārama o te rā haumaru. Ki te whakaaro koe he mate wheua, ko te tiaki hauora wawe ka arahi ki ngā hua pai ake ka taea te aukati i ngā raruraru mau tonu.
Mā ngā whiringa maimoatanga o tenei rā me te matauranga kai, kaore te mate wheua e pā ki te hauora roa me te whanaketanga o tō tamaiti. Noho whakamārama, mahi tahi me tō kaiwhakarato hauora, kia mahara hoki he mea taea te whakahaere pai tenei āhuatanga mā te tiaki tika.
Ae, ka taea te whakaora katoa i te mate wheua kai mā te maimoatanga tika. Ka ora katoa te nuinga o ngā tamariki ina whiwhi rātou i te wītamini D, te kōparai, me te phosphate e ranea ana. Ka taea te whakapai ake i ētahi āhua wheua, inā te nuinga i ngā tamariki iti kei te tipu tonu o rātou wheua. Heoi, me whakahaerehia ngā momo tuku iho o te mate wheua i te ao katoa, kāore i te whakaora katoa.
Ka tīmata te nuinga o ngā tamariki te whakaatu i te whakapainga i roto i ngā marama 2-3 i te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga. Ka heke te mamae wheua i te tuatahi, ka whai te tipu pai ake me te whakatika haere o ngā āhua. Ka taea te ora katoa te 6-12 marama, te roa rānei, e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kaha. Ka aroturuki tō taote i te whakapainga mā ngā whakamātautau toto me ngā tirotiro tonu.
Kāore te mate wheua e pāhoko. Kāore e taea te hopu mai i tētahi atu tangata. Heoi, he momo onge o te mate wheua he mate tuku iho, ko te tikanga ka tukuna i roto i ngā whānau nā ngā rerekētanga ira. Kāore te mate wheua kai, te momo tino noa, he mate tuku iho, ka puta mai i te kore o te wītamini D.
Ka taea e ngā pakeke te whanake i te āhuatanga rite e kiia nei ko te osteomalacia, ko te “mate wheua pakeke” tēnā. Ka puta mai tēnei ina ngawari ngā wheua pakeke nā te kore o te wītamini D. Ahakoa he rite ngā raruraru wheua, kāore ngā pakeke e pāngia e ngā raruraru tipu me te whanaketanga e kitea ana i ngā tamariki e whai ana i te mate wheua.
Ko ngā kai pai ko te miraka me ngā cereals kua whakakāhia, te ika ngako pēnei i te salmon me te mackerel, ngā hua manu, me te tīhi. Mō te kōparai, aro ki ngā hua miraka, ngā huawhenua rau kakariki, me ngā momo tipu kua whakakāhia. Kua whakakāhia te maha o ngā kai ki te wītamini D hei awhina i te aukati i te mate wheua me te tautoko i te hauora wheua.
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