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He aha te Whewhe? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga
He aha te Whewhe? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

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He aha te Whewhe? Tohutohu, Take, me te Maimoatanga

October 10, 2025


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Ko te whewhe he puku iti, mamae e puta ana ki runga i to kamohe ina aukatitia, ka pangia e te pūngāwerewere iti te hinu. Whakaarohia he whewhe kei runga i to kamohe – he whero, he ngawari, a he maha tonu te upoko ma, kōwhai rānei i te pū.

Ko te nuinga o ngā whewhe kaore he kino, ka ora ake i roto i te wiki, rua rānei. Ahakoa kaore e pai te ahua, ka ngāwari rānei koe, he tino noa, kaore hoki e manukanuka.

He aha ngā tohu o te whewhe?

Ka kite pea koe i te whewhe e tipu ana hei puku ngawari, whero i te taha o to kamohe. Ka kaha ake te mamae me te pupuhi i te rā tuatahi, rua rānei.

Ko ēnei ngā tohu matua hei titiro atu:

  • He puku whero, mamae kei runga, kei raro rānei i to kamohe
  • Te pupuhi i te taha e pā ana
  • Te ngawari ina pa atu koe, ina ngāwari rānei
  • Te ahua kei te mea kei roto i to kanohi
  • Te nui haere o te roimata, te wai rānei o ngā kanohi
  • Te ngawari ki te mārama kanapa
  • He poaka ma, kōwhai rānei ka puta pea i muri i ngā rā torutoru

Ko te mamae te tohu tino kitea i te tīmatanga. Ka taumaha pea, ka ngāwari rānei to kamohe ki te nui haere te pupuhi.

He aha ngā momo whewhe?

E rua ngā momo whewhe matua, kei te wāhi e tipu ana rātou i runga i to kamohe. Ko te wāhi e pā ana ki te ahua me te ahua.

Ko te whewhe o waho e puta ana i waho o to kamohe, i te wāhi e tipu ana ō makawe. Koinei te momo tino noa, ka puta pea ina pangia e ngā pūngāwerewere ngā pūngāwerewere hinu kei raro i ngā pūtake o ō makawe.

Ko te whewhe o roto e puta ana i roto i to kamohe, e pā ana ki ngā pūngāwerewere hinu kei roto i te kiri o te kamohe. Ko ēnei te tino mamae, ka roa ake te puta mai i te whewhe o waho.

Ko ngā tohu e rite ana ngā momo e rua, engari ko ngā whewhe o roto te tino kore pai te ahua, no te mea ka pēhi ki to kanohi ina ngāwari koe.

He aha te take o te whewhe?

Ka puta ngā whewhe ina tomo ngā pūngāwerewere, ko te nuinga he momo e kiia nei ko te Staphylococcus aureus, ki ngā pūngāwerewere hinu iti kei te taha o ō makawe. Kei runga noa i tō kiri ēnei pūngāwerewere kaore e pāngia, engari i etahi wā ka nui haere, ka pangia.

He maha ngā āhuatanga o ia rā ka ārahi ki tēnei nui haere o ngā pūngāwerewere:

  • Te pā atu ki ō kanohi ki ngā ringa kaore i horoia
  • Te whakamahi i te whakapai kanohi tawhito, poke rānei
  • Te kore e tango i te whakapai kanohi i mua i te moe
  • Te whakawhāiti i te whakapai kanohi, i ngā taputapu rānei ki ētahi atu
  • Te kiri hinu noa kei te taha o ō kanohi
  • Te manukanuka, te kore moe rānei, ka ngoikore pea tō pūnaha mate
  • Te whai i ngā āhuatanga penei i te blepharitis (te mumura o te kamohe)

I etahi wā ka puta ngā whewhe kaore he take. Ka rereke pea te whakaputa hinu o to tinana me te nui o ngā pūngāwerewere, ka nui ake te mate i etahi wā.

Nōhea te haere ki te taote mō te whewhe?

Ko te nuinga o ngā whewhe ka ora ake anake, kaore e hiahia ki te tiaki hauora. Heoi, me whakapiri atu koe ki to taote ki te puta mai ētahi tohu whakatūpato.

Rapua te tiaki hauora ki te:

  • Kaore i pai ake i muri i te wiki o te maimoatanga kāinga
  • Ka nui ake i te iti i muri i ngā rā maha
  • E pā ana ki tō tirohanga, ka uaua rānei te whakatuwhera i to kanohi
  • Ka horapa ki ētahi atu wāhi o to kamohe, o to mata rānei
  • Ka puta mai te kirika, te ahua kino rānei
  • Ka hoki mai tonu i te wāhi kotahi
  • Ka puta hei puku pakeke, kaore e ngaro

Me kite hoki koe i te taote ki te maha ngā whewhe e puta mai ana, ki te maha rānei ngā whewhe e puta mai ana, no te mea ka tohu pea tēnei i te āhuatanga e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga.

He aha ngā take morearea mō te whewhe?

Ka taea e te tangata te whai whewhe, engari he maha ngā take ka nui ake te mate. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take morearea ka āwhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā mahi hei aukati i ngā putanga a muri ake nei.

Ka nui ake pea to morearea ki te:

  • He hītori o ngā whewhe, o ētahi atu mate kamohe rānei
  • Te pā atu, te wiri rānei i ō kanohi
  • Te kakahu i ngā karāhe, ina koa ki te kore e horoi tika
  • Te whakamahi i te whakapai kanohi, ina koa ki te kore e whakakapi i te wa e tika ana
  • He āhuatanga kiri penei i te rosacea, te seborrheic dermatitis rānei
  • Te manukanuka roa, te kore moe rānei
  • He mate huka, he āhuatanga rānei e pā ana ki tō pūnaha mate
  • Te kai i ngā rongoā e pēhi ana i tō pūnaha mate

Ka taea hoki e te tau te whai wāhi, ko ngā whewhe te tino noa i roto i ngā pakeke atu i ngā tamariki. Ka nui ake pea te morearea i ngā huringa homoni i te wā hapu, i te wā o te marama rānei.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o te whewhe?

He onge ngā raruraru mai i ngā whewhe, engari ka puta pea ki te horapa te mate, ki te ngana rānei koe ki te pupuhi, ki te pehi i te whewhe. Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata ka ora katoa kaore he pānga roa.

Ko ngā raruraru pea ko:

  • Cellulitis – he mate kiri horapa kei te taha o te kamohe
  • Chalazion – he puku pakeke, kaore e mamae e puta mai ana ki te aukatitia tonu te pūngāwerewere hinu
  • Te toka o te kamohe, ina koa ki te pehi, ki te kohi rānei i te whewhe
  • Te horapa o te mate ki ētahi atu wāhi o te kamohe
  • Ngā whewhe e puta mai ana i te wāhi kotahi

I etahi wā onge rawa, ka taea e ngā mate kaore i te maimoatia te horapa ki ngā kiko hohonu kei te taha o te kanohi. Koia te take me karo te pehi i ngā whewhe, me rapu te tiaki hauora ki te kino haere ngā tohu.

Me pēhea te aukati i ngā whewhe?

Ko te horoi pai o te kamohe tō parekura pai ki ngā whewhe. Ka taea e ngā tikanga o ia rā te whakaiti i tō morearea ki te whai i ēnei puku kore pai.

Ko ēnei ngā tikanga aukati tino whai hua:

  • Horoi pai ō ringa i mua i te pā atu ki ō kanohi, ki tō mata rānei
  • Tangohia te whakapai kanohi katoa i mua i te moe
  • Whakakapia te whakapai kanohi i ia 3-6 marama
  • Kaua e whakawhāiti i te whakapai kanohi, i ngā paraihe rānei ki ētahi atu
  • Horoi tika ō karāhe, whakakapia hoki kia rite ki ngā tohutohu
  • Kaua e wiri, e pā atu rānei ki ō kanohi
  • Whakamahia he tauera mahana, ma, hei horoi māori i ō kamohe i ia rā
  • Whakahaerehia ngā āhuatanga penei i te blepharitis, te rosacea rānei

Ki te mate koe ki ngā whewhe, whakaarohia te whakamahi i ngā roimata whakakapi kaore i te whakaora hei pupuri i ō kanohi kia makuku, kia hauora. Ko te moe nui, te whakahaere i te manukanuka ka āwhina hoki ki te pupuri i tō pūnaha mate kia kaha.

Me pēhea te whakatau i te whewhe?

Ka taea e to taote te whakatau i te whewhe mā te titiro noa ki to kamohe. He ngāwari te kite i te puku whero, ngawari i te wā o te tirotiro ngāwari.

I te wā o tō hui, ka ui atu to taote ki ō tohu me te roa o tō whai. Ka tirotirohia e ia to kamohe, ka pa atu pea ki te wāhi hei aromatawai i te rahi me te ngawari o te puku.

I te nuinga o ngā wā, kaore e hiahiatia ngā whakamātautau motuhake. Heoi, ki te maha ngā whewhe e puta mai ana, ki te whakaaro rānei to taote he āhuatanga kei raro, ka tango pea rātou i te tauira iti o te waipuke hei whakatau i ngā pūngāwerewere motuhake.

Ka tirotirohia hoki e to taote kia kore koe e whai chalazion, he rite te ahua engari he kaore e mamae, kaore hoki he tohu o te mate.

He aha te maimoatanga mō te whewhe?

Ko te nuinga o ngā whewhe ka ora ake i roto i ngā rā 7-10 kaore he maimoatanga. Heoi, he maha ngā huarahi ka āwhina i te tere o te ora me te whakaiti i te kore pai i te wā e tatari ana koe.

Ka tūtohu pea to taote:

  1. Ngā kāpeka mahana: Whakanohoia he tauera mahana, ma ki te kamohe e pā ana mō ngā meneti 10-15, 3-4 wā ia rā
  2. Te mirimiri ngawari: I muri i te kāpeka mahana, mirimiri ngawari te wāhi i ngā nekehanga porowhita
  3. Te hinu rongoā: Ngā hinu rongoā antibiotic i runga i te kaute, i te rongoā rānei mō te kamohe
  4. Ngā rongoā antibiotic: Ki te kaha te mate, ki te horapa rānei
  5. Ngā whakaora mamae: Ngā rongoā i runga i te kaute penei i te ibuprofen, te acetaminophen rānei

I etahi wā onge ka nui rawa te whewhe, kaore rānei e whakautu ki ētahi atu maimoatanga, ka hiahia pea to taote ki te whakaheke i te wahi iti. He mahi tere, iti tēnei e mahia ana i te tari.

Me pēhea te maimoatanga i te kāinga?

Ko te maimoatanga kāinga e aro ana ki te awhina i te whewhe kia rere mai, ki te aukati i te horapa o te mate. Ko te mea nui ko te manawanui me te ngawari ki te tukanga ora.

Ko ēnei ngā mea ka taea e koe i te kāinga:

  • Whakanohoia ngā kāpeka mahana mō ngā meneti 10-15 i ngā wā maha ia rā
  • Pupuri i te wāhi kia ma mā te horoi māori ki te hautai ngawari me te wai
  • Kaua e kakahu i te whakapai kanohi kia ora rawa te whewhe
  • Kaua e pehi, e pupuhi, e kohi rānei i te whewhe
  • Tangohia ngā karāhe kia ma te mate
  • Tangohia ngā whakaora mamae i runga i te kaute ki te hiahiatia
  • Moe nui hei awhina i tō pūnaha mate ki te whawhai i te mate

Ko ngā kāpeka mahana te mea nui, no te mea ka āwhina i te nui haere o te toto ki te wāhi, ka whakatenatena i te whewhe kia rere mai. Kia ma te tauera e whakamahia ana e koe i ia wā.

Kaua rawa e ngana ki te pupuhi i te whewhe penei i te whewhe. Ka taea e tēnei te horapa o te mate, ka puta pea te toka, te nui ake rānei o ngā raruraru.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō hui ki te taote?

Ki te kore e pai ake to whewhe ki te maimoatanga kāinga, ko te whakarite mō tō haerenga ki te taote ka āwhina i a koe ki te whiwhi i te tiaki tino whai hua. He iti te whakarite ka nui te mahi.

I mua i tō hui, tuhia ēnei:

  • I te wā i kite tuatahi ai koe i te whewhe me te āhua o te huringa
  • Ngā maimoatanga kāinga i whakamātau koe me te āhua o te mahi
  • Ētahi atu tohu e pā ana ki a koe
  • I whai whewhe koe i mua me te auau
  • Ngā rongoā e inu ana koe inaianei
  • Ngā mate pāwera ki ngā rongoā, ki ngā maimoatanga rānei

Kaua e kakahu i te whakapai kanohi ki tō hui kia kite māori ai to taote i te wāhi. Ki te kakahu koe i ngā karāhe, kawea mai ō anō, no te mea me tango ō karāhe mō te tirotiro.

Tuhia ētahi pātai e hiahia ana koe ki te ui, penei i te roa o te ora, i ngā tohu whakatūpato rānei hei titiro atu. Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui mō ngā tikanga aukati ki te maha ngā whewhe e puta mai ana.

He aha te mea nui mō ngā whewhe?

Ko te whewhe he mate kamohe noa, kaore he kino te nuinga, ka ora ake anake i te wā me te tiaki ngawari. Ahakoa kaore e pai te ahua, he iti te kino, ka whakautu pai ki ngā maimoatanga kāinga ngāwari penei i ngā kāpeka mahana.

Ko ngā mea nui hei mahara ko te pupuri i te wāhi kia ma, te karo i te pā atu, te pehi rānei i te whewhe, me te manawanui ki te tukanga ora. Ko te nuinga o ngā whewhe ka mutu i roto i te wiki, rua rānei kaore he pānga roa.

Ko te horoi pai o te kamohe me te horoi pai o ngā ringa ka taea te aukati i te nuinga o ngā whewhe. Ki te whai koe i tetahi, ko ngā kāpeka mahana me te wā te mea e hiahiatia ana mō te ora katoa.

Whakaarohia ō ngākau mō te wā hei rapu i te tiaki hauora. Ahakoa he iti te nuinga o ngā whewhe, ko ngā huringa o te tirohanga, te horapa o te mate, te kore rānei o te pai ake i muri i te wiki e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai a te taote.

Ngā pātai e ui pinepinetia ana mō ngā whewhe

Ka taea e au te kakahu i te whakapai kanohi ki te whai whewhe ahau?

He pai te karo i te whakapai kanohi i te wā e whai whewhe ana koe. Ka taea e te whakapai kanohi te whakauru atu i ngā pūngāwerewere atu ki te wāhi e pā ana, ka kino ake te āhuatanga. I tua atu, ka taea e ngā paraihe whakapai kanohi me ngā kaiwhakamahi te horapa o te mate ki tō kanohi ke atu, te mate rānei i muri mai. Tatari kia ora rawa te whewhe i mua i te whakahoki mai i tō tikanga whakapai kanohi, whakaarohia hoki te whakakapi i ngā hua whakapai kanohi i whakamahia e koe i mua i te whewhe.

He mate pukupuku ngā whewhe?

Ko ngā whewhe anō kaore e mate pukupuku mai i te tangata ki te tangata. Heoi, ka taea te horapa o ngā pūngāwerewere e pā ana ki ngā whewhe mā ngā mea e whakawhāititia ana penei i ngā tauera, i ngā moenga, i te whakapai kanohi rānei. Kaore e taea e koe te hopu i te whewhe mā te titiro noa ki tetahi e whai ana, engari he pai tonu te karo i te whakawhāiti i ngā taonga whaiaro e pā ana ki te wāhi kanohi. Ko te mate e pā ana ki ngā pūngāwerewere e noho ana i runga i tō kiri, no reira ko tō mate motuhake atu i te hopu mai i ētahi atu.

E pehea te roa o te whewhe?

Ko te nuinga o ngā whewhe ka ora katoa i roto i ngā rā 7-10 me te tiaki kāinga tika. Ka kite pea koe i te mamae me te whero e tīmata ana te pai ake i roto i ngā rā tuatahi, me te puku e iti haere ana. Ko ētahi whewhe ka roa ki te rua wiki kia mutu rawa, ina koa ko ngā whewhe o roto. Ki te kore i pai ake to whewhe i muri i te wiki o te maimoatanga kāinga, ki te kino haere rānei, koinei te wā e whakapiri atu ai koe ki to taote mō ētahi atu whiringa aromatawai me te maimoatanga.

Ka taea e au te pupuhi, te pehi rānei i te whewhe?

Kaua rawa e ngana ki te pupuhi, ki te pehi, ki te wero rānei i te whewhe. Kāore i rite ki ngā whewhe noa, ko ngā whewhe he mate kei roto i te kiri kamohe ngawari, a ko te pehi i a rātou ka pehia ngā pūngāwerewere ki ngā kiko kei te taha. Ka taea e tēnei te ārahi ki te mate nui ake, ki te toka, ki te horapa rānei o te mate ki ētahi atu wāhi o to kamohe. Engari, whakamahia ngā kāpeka mahana hei whakatenatena i te rere mai me te ora. Ki te hiahia te whewhe kia whakahekea, me mahia tēnei e te kaimahi hauora i roto i te taiao ma.

He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te whewhe me te chalazion?

Ahakoa ko ngā puku kamohe e rua, ko te whewhe he mate kaha e whero ana, e mamae ana, e ngawari ana te pa atu. Ko te chalazion, i tetahi atu taha, he puku uaua, kaore e mamae e puta mai ana ina aukatitia te pūngāwerewere hinu, engari kaore i te pangia. Ko ngā chalazion te nuinga ka nui ake i ngā whewhe, ka taea te mau mō ngā wiki, ngā marama rānei kaore he maimoatanga. Ko ngā whewhe he maha te upoko ma, kōwhai rānei, ka taea te rere mai anake, ko ngā chalazion te nuinga he tae kikokiko, kaore e puta mai te upoko. Ka taea e to taote te wehewehe i waenga i ngā momo e rua, ka tūtohu i te maimoatanga tika mō ia āhuatanga.

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