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Ko te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao tētahi āhuatanga noa e ngaro ai te kirikiri i roto i tō pūngāwerewere pakihao, ā, ka puta mai te mamae me te ngoikore. Ko te nuinga te pānga ki te hononga kei raro i tō pakihao, kei te hono atu ki tō ringa, ka whakawehi i ngā mahi o ia rā, pēnei i te whakatuwhera i ngā ipu, te huri i ngā ki.
Ka whanake haere tenei āhuatanga i te wa roa, ā, ka noa ake te kitea i te wā e koroheke ana tātou. Ahakoa ka raru pea te mahi i ngā mahi ngāwari, ko te mārama ki te mea kei te puta, me te mohio ki ō koutou whiringa maimoatanga ka āwhina i a koutou ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu, ā, kia mau tonu ngā mahi o ia rā.
Ka puta te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao ina pakaru te kirikiri ngawari e tiaki ana i tō pūngāwerewere pakihao i te wa roa. Ko tenei kirikiri te mahi hei whakamarumaru, hei āwhina i ō iwi kia ngawari te neke i tetahi ki tetahi ina nekehia tō pakihao.
Ina ngaro tenei kirikiri, ka tīmata ngā iwi ki te wiri tika ki tetahi ki tetahi. Ko tenei wīrītanga ka puta te mumura, te mamae, ā, ka huri te āhua o tō pūngāwerewere. Ko te wāhi tino pānga ko te hononga carpometacarpal, kei raro tonu i tō pakihao, tata ki tō ringa.
Whakaarohia pēnei i te kātua o te taira e ngaro ana. Pēnei tonu i te taira kua ngaro te kātua, kaore te hononga kaore he kirikiri hauora e neke ngāwari, e ngāwari rānei.
Ko ngā tohu tuatahi o te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao ka tīmata ngāwari, ka kitea ake i te wa roa. Ka kite pea koutou i ēnei tohu i te wā e mahi ana koutou i ngā mahi e hiahia ana ki te pupuri, ki te piri rānei.
Ko ngā tohu noa ka pā ki a koutou:
Ina haere tonu te āhuatanga, ka kite pea koutou i te nui ake o tō pūngāwerewere pakihao, te whanake rānei i te kohu wheua. Ka tīmata pea te mamae i te wā kaore koutou e whakamahi ana i tō pakihao, tae atu ki te wā e okioki ana, i te pō rānei.
Ko te momo tino noa e pā ana ki te pakihao ko te osteoarthritis, koinei te nuinga o ngā keehi o te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao. Ka puta mai tenei ina ngaro haere te kirikiri tiaki i te wā roa.
Ka taea hoki e te mate pūngāwerewere rheumatoid te pā ki ō pūngāwerewere pakihao, ahakoa he iti tenei. Kāore i rite ki te osteoarthritis, ko te mate pūngāwerewere rheumatoid tētahi āhuatanga autoimmune e whakaeke ai te pūnaha ārai mate o tō tinana i ngā kiko hononga hauora. Ko tenei momo te nuinga te pānga ki ngā hononga maha puta noa i tō tinana, ehara i tō pakihao anake.
Ko te mate pūngāwerewere muri-whakawehi tētahi atu wāhi, ka whanake mai i muri i te whara ki tō pūngāwerewere pakihao. Ki te mea kua pakaru mua tō pakihao, kua pāngia rānei e te mamae nui, ka whanake pea te mate pūngāwerewere i muri i ngā marama, i ngā tau rānei i taua hononga.
Ko te tau te take matua i muri i te nuinga o ngā keehi o te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao. I te wā e koroheke ana koutou, ka tīmata te ngaro o te kirikiri i roto i ō koutou hononga i te whakamahinga o ngā tekau tau, pēnei i te āhua o ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana e whakaatu ana i te kakahu i te wa roa.
He maha ngā take ka āwhina ki te whanaketanga o tenei āhuatanga:
He nui te mahi a ō koutou ira ki te whakatau mena ka whanake koutou i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao. Ki te mea kua pāngia ō mātua, ō teina rānei e tenei āhuatanga, ka nui pea te tupono ka whanake koutou i a koutou. Heoi, ko te whai i te hītori whānau kaore e whakamana ka whiwhi koutou i te mate pūngāwerewere.
Ka piki pea te tūpono o te mahi, o ngā whakaongaonga rānei e hiahia ana ki ngā nekehanga pakihao whakahoki i te wa roa. Ko ngā mahi pēnei i te whakamahinga rorohiko roa, te mahi toi, te mahi ringa rānei ka āwhina ki te kakahu hononga, ahakoa ka roa pea tenei ki te whanake hei mate pūngāwerewere.
Me whakaaro koutou ki te haere ki te kaiwhakarato hauora ina tīmata te mamae o te pakihao ki te whakawehi i ō koutou mahi o ia rā, ki te roa atu rānei i ngā rā torutoru. Ka taea e te aromatawai wawe te āwhina i a koutou ki te whiwhi i te maimoatanga tika, ā, kia kaua e kino ake te āhuatanga.
Rapua te awhina hauora ki te pāngia koutou e te mamae roa kei raro i tō pakihao, ina koa ki te haere tahi me te pupū, te ngoikore rānei. Kaua e tatari kia kaha te mamae, i te mea ko te whakauru wawe te nuinga o ngā hua pai.
Whakatau he whakatau tere ki te kite koutou i te mamae nui ohorere, te pupū nui rānei, ki te mahana rānei tō pakihao ki te pa. Ka taea e ēnei tohu te tohu i ētahi atu āhuatanga e hiahia ana ki te aro nui.
Ko te mārama ki ō koutou take tūpono ka āwhina i a koutou ki te tango i ngā mahi aukati, ki te mohio rānei ki ngā tohu wawe. Ahakoa kei tua atu o tō mana whakahaere ētahi take, ko te mohio ki a rātou ka āwhina i a koutou ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō hauora hononga.
Ko ngā take tūpono matua:
Ko ngā wāhine te tino pānga ki te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, ina koa i muri i te menopause ina pāngia pea te hauora hononga e ngā huringa homoni. Heoi, ehara tenei i te tikanga ka whanake katoa ngā wāhine i te āhuatanga.
Ko te whai i ngā take tūpono maha kaore e whakamana ka whanake koutou i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, engari ko te tikanga me aro koutou ki ngā tohu, me kōrero rānei ki ō koutou kaiwhakarato hauora mō ngā rautaki aukati.
Ahakoa ehara te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao i te mea mate kino, ka taea e ia te pā kino ki tō kou ora, ki te kore e maimoatia. Ka taea e te haere tonu o ngā tohu te whakawehi i ngā mahi o ia rā, ā, ka pouri.
Ko ngā raruraru pea ka pā ki a koutou:
Ko tetahi o ngā raruraru tino awangawanga ko te whanaketanga o ngā raruraru tuarua i ētahi atu hononga. Ina mamae tō pakihao, ka taea e koutou te whakarereke i te whakamahinga o tō ringa, ka whakapau atu i te ahotea ki ō maihao, ki tō ringa rānei, ki tō ringa ke rānei.
Ko te rongo pai, mā te maimoatanga tika, ka taea e te nuinga o te iwi te whakahaere i ō rātou tohu, ā, kia mau tonu tō rātou kou ora. Ko te whakauru wawe te nuinga o te aukati i ēnei raruraru kia kaua e whanake.
Ahakoa kaore koutou e taea te aukati katoa i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, ina koa ki te whai koutou i ngā take tūpono ira, he maha ngā mahi ka taea e koutou ki te tiaki i tō hauora hononga, ā, kia whakaroa pea te tīmatanga o ngā tohu.
Ko te tiaki i ō koutou pakihao i ngā mahi o ia rā tētahi o ngā rautaki aukati tino whai hua. Whakamahia ngā taputapu ergonomic ina taea, tangohia ngā okiokinga noa mai i ngā mahi whakahoki, ā, kia kaua e pupuri i ngā mea kaha mō ngā wā roa.
Ko te pupuri i te hauora hononga katoa mā te whakakori noa ka āwhina ki te pupuri i ō koutou pūngāwerewere pakihao kia ngawari, kia kaha hoki. Ko ngā whakakorikori ngawari me te whakakaha mō ō koutou ringa me ō koutou pakihao pea he pai.
Ki te mea kua whara koutou i tō pakihao i mua, kia mōhio koutou kua ora pai, kia whai i ngā tūtohu a ō koutou kaiwhakarato hauora mō te whakaora. Ka taea e ngā whara kua ora kino te piki ake o tō tūpono ki te whanake i te mate pūngāwerewere i muri mai.
Ka tīmata tō kaiwhakarato hauora mā te uiui mō ō koutou tohu, te hītori hauora, me ētahi mahi e whakaiti ana i te mamae o tō pakihao, e pai ake rānei. Ka hiahia rātou ki te mohio ki te wā i tīmata ai te mamae, me pēhea te haere, me te whakawehi rānei ki ō koutou mahi o ia rā.
I te whakamātautau tinana, ka tirotirohia e tō taote tō pūngāwerewere pakihao, ka tirotirohia te pupū, te ngawari, me te nekehanga. Ka tono pea rātou ki a koutou ki te mahi i ngā nekehanga motuhake, ki ngā whakamātautau pupuri rānei ki te aromatawai i te mahi me te kaha o tō pakihao.
Ko ngā X-rays te nuinga o ngā whakamātautau whakaahua tuatahi e whakaritea ana ki te whakatau i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao. Ka taea e ēnei whakaahua te whakaatu i te whakaiti o te wāhi hononga, ngā wheua wheua, me ētahi atu huringa e tohu ana i te mate pūngāwerewere. I ētahi wā, ka tono pea tō taote i ētahi atu whakamātautau whakaahua pēnei i te MRI, i te CT scan rānei mō te tirohanga taipitopito ake.
Ko ngā whakamātautau toto kaore e tika ana mō te whakatau i te osteoarthritis o te pakihao, engari ka tono pea rātou ki te whakaaro tō taote he mate pūngāwerewere rheumatoid, he āhuatanga pūnaha rānei e pā ana ki ō koutou hononga.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao e aro ana ki te whakahaere i tō mamae, ki te pupuri i te mahi hononga, ki te āwhina rānei i a koutou ki te whakahaere tonu i ō koutou mahi o ia rā. Ka mahi tahi tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki a koutou ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere maimoatanga e tika ana mō ō koutou hiahia motuhake me tō kou ora.
Ko ngā maimoatanga kore-pūru te nuinga o ngā whakamātautau tuatahi, ā, ka tino whakaora:
Ko te here te nuinga o ngā maimoatanga kore-pūru tino whai hua. Ka taea e te here tika te whakaiti i te mamae i te wā e mahi ana, i te wā e taea ai e koutou te pupuri i te mahi. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora, e tō kaiwhakaora mahi rānei te āwhina i a koutou ki te rapu i te momo here tika mō ō koutou hiahia.
Ki te kore ngā maimoatanga māori e tuku i te whakaora tika i muri i ngā marama maha, ka whakaaro pea ki ngā whiringa pūru. Ka taea e ēnei te whakakotahi hononga ki te whakakapi hononga, kei runga i te kaha o tō mate pūngāwerewere me tō taumata mahi.
Ko te whakahaere kāinga he mahi nui ki te whakahaere i ō koutou tohu mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, ki te pupuri rānei i tō kou ora. Ka taea e ngā huringa ngāwari ki tō mahi o ia rā te whakarereke nui i tō taumata ngāwari.
Ko te tono wera, makariri rānei ki tō pakihao ka āwhina ki te whakahaere i te mamae me te ngoikore. Whakamahia he kākahu wera, he kaukau paraffin rānei i mua i ngā mahi hei wewete i ngā hononga ngoikore, ā, tonohia te huka i muri i ngā mahi ki te pāngia koutou e te pupū, te mamae nui ake rānei.
Ka taea e ngā whakakorikori ngawari te pupuri i te ngawari me te kaha o tō pakihao. Ko ngā nekehanga whakakorikori ngāwari, pēnei i te pā atu o tō pakihao ki ia maihao, te hanga rānei i te ringa ngawari, ka taea te mahi i ngā wā maha i te rā.
Whakaarohia te whakamahi i ngā taputapu me ngā tikanga whakarite hei whakaiti i te ahotea ki tō pūngāwerewere pakihao. Ko ngā kaiwhakatūwhera ipu, ngā ringa ergonomic i runga i ngā taputapu, me ngā tutaki momo raka ka taea te mahi ngāwari, te iti hoki o te mamae i ngā mahi o ia rā.
Aro atu ki ō koutou taumata mahi, kia tere koutou i te rā. Ko te whakawhiti i waenga i ngā mahi mahi me ngā wā okioki ka āwhina ki te aukati i ō koutou tohu kia kaua e pupuhi.
Ko te whakarite mō tō whakatau ka āwhina i te whakarite ka whiwhi koutou i te hua pai o tō haerenga, ā, ka whiwhi i te tiaki pai rawa mō tō mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao. Ko te tango i te wā i mua ki te whakarite i ō koutou whakaaro me ngā mōhiohio ka pai ake te kōrero.
Tuhia ō koutou tohu, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai, he aha te mea e pai ake ai, e kino ake rānei, me pēhea te pānga ki ō koutou mahi o ia rā. Kia tino marama mō ngā mahi e tino uaua ana, ā, tohua tō mamae i te pātene 1 ki te 10.
Kawe mai he rārangi o ngā rongoā katoa e inu ana koutou i tēnei wā, tae atu ki ngā rongoā kore-whakahaunga me ngā taapiri. Huihuia hoki ētahi atu rēkōta hauora e pā ana ki ō koutou raruraru pakihao, ringa rānei, tae atu ki ngā X-rays, ki ētahi atu rangahau whakaahua rānei.
Whakaritea he rārangi o ngā pūrongo e hiahia ana koutou ki te ui ki tō koutou kaiwhakarato hauora. Whakaarohia te uiui mō ngā whiringa maimoatanga, ngā hua e tumanakohia ana, ngā whakarerekētanga mahi, me te wā e whai ake ai koutou.
Ki te taea, kawe mai tētahi mema whānau, tētahi hoa rānei ki tō whakatau. Ka taea e rātou te āwhina i a koutou ki te mahara ki ngā mōhiohio nui, ki te tautoko rānei i te kōrero mō ō koutou whiringa maimoatanga.
Ko te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao tētahi āhuatanga e taea te whakahaere e pā ana ki te miriona o te iwi, ina koa i te wā e koroheke ana. Ahakoa ka raru pea te mahi i ngā mahi ngāwari, ko te rongo pai ko ngā maimoatanga whai hua kei reira hei āwhina i a koutou ki te pupuri i tō kou ora.
Ko te mohiotanga wawe me te maimoatanga o ngā tohu te nuinga o ngā hua pai. Kaua e wareware ki te mamae roa o te pakihao, ki te whakaaro rānei he wāhanga noa tēnei o te koroheketanga me manawanui koutou kaore he awhina.
Kia mahara ka taea te maimoatanga o te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, ā, ka taea e te nuinga o te iwi te whakahaere tonu i ō rātou mahi noa mā te whakahaere tika. Ko te mahi tata atu ki tō koutou kaiwhakarato hauora ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere maimoatanga whānui ko te ki o te angitu.
Kia mahi tonu koutou mō tō hauora hononga mā te tiaki i ō koutou pakihao i ngā mahi o ia rā, te pupuri i te hauora katoa, me te rapu i te awhina hauora ina whakawehi ngā tohu ki tō ora. Mā te huarahi tika, ka taea e koutou te whakahaere pai i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, ā, kia haere tonu ngā mea e pai ana koutou.
Kaore e taea te whakaora katoa i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, engari ka taea te whakahaere pai mā te maimoatanga tika. Ko te kino o te kirikiri e puta ai te mate pūngāwerewere he mau tonu, engari ka taea te whakaiti i ngā tohu pēnei i te mamae me te ngoikore mā te tiaki tika. Ko te nuinga o te iwi e pangia ana e te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao e ora ana i te ora ngāwari, mahi tonu mā te whai i ō rātou mahere maimoatanga, mā te whakarereke hoki i ngā āhuatanga noa o te ora.
Ko te nuinga o te iwi e pangia ana e te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao kaore e hiahia ki te pūru, ā, ka taea te whakahaere pai i ō rātou tohu mā ngā maimoatanga kore-pūru. Ko te pūru te nuinga o te whakaarohia ana i te wā kaore ngā maimoatanga māori i tuku i te whakaora tika i muri i ngā marama maha o te whakamahinga pumau. Ka mahi tahi tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki a koutou ki te whakaoti i ngā whiringa kore-pūru i mua i te kōrero mō ngā wāhi pūru.
Ko te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao te nuinga o te whanaketanga haere tonu i ngā tau maha, i ngā tekau tau rānei. Ko te tukanga te nuinga o te tīmatanga mā te kakahu kirikiri iti e haere tonu ana ki ngā tohu e kitea ake ana. Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka kite tuatahi i ngā tohu i ō rātou tekau tau 50, 60 rānei, ahakoa ko ngā huringa kirikiri kei raro pea i te puta mai i ngā tau i mua i te puta mai o ngā tohu.
Ae, ka taea e te nuinga o te iwi e pangia ana e te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao te whakahaere tonu i te mahi, ina koa mā te maimoatanga tika me ngā whakarerekētanga wāhi mahi. Ko ngā huringa ngāwari pēnei i te whakamahi i ngā taputapu ergonomic, te tango i ngā okiokinga noa, te whakarite rānei i tō wāhi mahi ka taea te whakarereke nui. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakaora mahi te āwhina i a koutou ki te kimi i ngā whakarerekētanga motuhake e taea ai e koutou te mahi ngāwari.
Ko te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao he wāhanga ira, ko te tikanga ka taea te rere i roto i ngā whānau. Ki te mea kua pāngia ō mātua, ō teina rānei e te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao, ka nui pea te tūpono ka whanake koutou i a koutou. Heoi, ko te whai i te hītori whānau kaore e whakamana ka whiwhi koutou i te āhuatanga, ā, he maha ngā iwi kaore he hītori whānau e whanake tonu ana i te mate pūngāwerewere o te pakihao i te wā e koroheke ana.
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