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Ko te trachoma he mate huaketo o te kanohi e taea te arahi ki te matapo mena ka kore e rongoā. Ko te take he momo huaketo motuhake e kiia nei ko te Chlamydia trachomatis, e horapa haere ana i roto i ngā wāhi e noho tata ana te tangata, me te kore o te horoi pai.
Ko tēnei āhuatanga e pā ana ki te miriona o te iwi puta noa te ao, inā te nuinga i ngā hapori whenua e iti ana te uru atu ki te wai māori me te tiaki hauora. Ko te rongo pai, ko te trachoma ka taea te aukati me te rongoā katoa ina mau wawe.
Ko te trachoma he mate roa o te conjunctiva me te cornea – ngā kiko māori e hipoki ana i tō kanohi. Ko te huaketo e pā ana ki te mumura e taea ai, i te roa o te wā, te hanga i te kiri pūāhua i roto i tō taupoki kanohi.
Ka taea e tēnei pūāhua te arahi i ō ngutu ki te tahuri ki roto ka mirimiri ki tō poroporo kanohi, he āhuatanga e kiia nei ko te trichiasis. Ki te kore rongoā, ka arahi tēnei whakautu tonu ki te pupuhi o te cornea me te ngaro o te tirohanga tonu.
E mohio ana te Ropu Hauora o te Ao ki te trachoma hei take matua o te matapo i te ao. Heoi, kua tata katoa te whakakore i ngā whenua whānui na te pai ake o ngā āhuatanga o te noho me te tiaki hauora.
Ka whanake haere ngā tōmhanga trachoma, ā, ka rite tonu ki ētahi atu mate kanohi noa. I ngā wā tuatahi, ka kite pea koe i te mamae o ō kanohi, he rite ki te mea kei te piri tetahi mea ki roto.
Ko ngā tōmhanga tuatahi tino noa ko:
I te whakawhānui haere o te mate i roto i ngā marama, i ngā tau rānei, ka taea te whanake i ngā tohu kino ake. Ka timata pea te pupuhi o runga o tō kanohi ki te pakaru, ki te mātotoru hoki, ka hanga he āhua kuare i te mata o roto.
Ko ngā tohu trachoma whanui e hiahia ana ki te tiaki hauora tonu ko:
E whakaatu ana enei tohu whanui kei te puta pea te kino pumau. Ka tere ake te rapu i te rongoā, ka pai ake ō tūmanako ki te aukati i ngā raruraru roa.
Ka wehewehe ngā tohunga hauora i te trachoma ki ngā wāhanga matua e rua, e whakaatu ana i te pānga o te mate ki ō karu. Ko te mārama ki ēnei wāhanga ka āwhina ki te whakatau i te huarahi rongoā tino tika.
Ko te trachoma mahi te wāhanga mate e horapa ana ngā pūtau mate i roto i ngā kiko o tō karu. I roto i tēnei wā, ka taea e koe te horapa i te mate ki ētahi atu mā te hononga tika, mā ngā taonga whakawhiti hoki pēnei i ngā tauera.
E rua ngā wāhanga iti o te wā mahi:
Ka puta te trachoma cicatricial ina kua puta mai ngā mate maha kua pakaru i roto i tō taupoki kanohi. Kāore tenei wā e pā ana ki te mate, engari ka taea tonu te kino ake o te kino me te kore e whakahaere tika.
E rua hoki ngā āhua o te wā pakaru:
Ko te whakamārama tuarima, te pupū o te cornea (CO), e whakaatu ana i te wāhanga whakamutunga i te wā e pupū ai tō cornea i te maha o ngā kōkī mai i ngā huruhuru e tahuri ana ki roto, ā, ka taea pea te whākamoe.
Ko te Chlamydia trachomatis, he momo pūtau motuhake, te take o te trachoma. Kāore tēnei i te rite ki te momo e pā ana ki te mate moepuku – he momo rerekē tēnei e āta whakaaro ana ki ngā kiko o te kanohi.
Ka horapa te pūtau mā te hononga tika ki ngā wai o te kanohi, o te ihu rānei kua pangia. Ka taea e koe te whiwhi trachoma mā te pā ki ō kanohi i muri i te pā ki ngā ringa kua poke, kakahu, tauera rānei i whakamahia e te tangata kei te pangia tonu.
He maha ngā take taiao e hanga ana i ngā āhuatanga pai mō te horapa o te trachoma:
He tino mahi ngā namu i roto i te horapa. Ka whakahihikohia rātou ki te wai o te kanohi me te ihu, ka kawe i te pūtau i tetahi tangata ki tetahi, ina koa i ngā wāhi he iti te horoi.
Ko te mate te nuinga i ngā āhuarangi wera, maroke, kei reira te puehu me ngā āhuatanga noho kino. Heoi, he mea nui kia mōhio kei taea e te tangata te whiwhi trachoma ki te whakaatuhia ki te pūtau, ahakoa tō rātou wāhi noho, tō rātou tūāhua hapori rānei.
Me rapu awhina hauora koe ki te pāngia koe e te mamae kanohi e mau tonu ana, kāore hoki e pai ake i roto i ngā rā torutoru. Ka taea e te maimoatanga wawe te aukati i ngā raruraru kino e tino awangawanga ai te trachoma.
Whakatau rātou he whakatau me tō kaiwhakarato hauora mena ka kite koe i tetahi whakakotahitanga o ngā kanohi whero, wai me te tukunga, ina koa ki te mea kua noho koe ki ngā wāhi e noho ai te trachoma, ki te mea rānei kua tata atu koe ki tētahi e pangia ana e te mate kanohi.
Rapua te tiaki hauora tonu mena ka pāngia koe e:
Mena kei te whakamahere koe ki te haere ki ngā wāhi e noho ai te trachoma, kōrerohia ngā rautaki aukati ki tō tākuta i mua atu. Ka taea e rātou te whakarato i ngā aratohu mō ngā mahi tiaki me ngā tohu hei titiro atu.
Kaua e tatari mena ka whanakehia e ngā mema whānau maha ngā tohu kanohi rite, i te mea ka taea e tēnei te tohu i te pakaru e hiahia ana ki te whakauru hauora tūmatanui tere me te maimoatanga mō te kāinga katoa.
Ka piki ake ētahi take i tō tūmanako ki te whanake i te trachoma, ahakoa ko te mārama ki ēnei morearea ka āhei ki a koe te tango i ngā mahi aukati. Ko ngā take morearea tino nui e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga noho me te uru atu ki te hauora.
Ko ngā take morearea whenua me te taiao e whai ake nei:
Ko ngā take pāpori me te taupori e piki ake ai te morearea ko te tamariki kei raro iho i te 10 tau te pakeke, i te mea ka tino tata atu rātou ki ngā tangata pangia, ā, ka kore pea e mahi i te horoi pai tonu.
Ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā wāhine i ngā tāne, no te mea ko rātou te nuinga o ngā kaiwhakaora matua mō ngā tamariki kua pangia, ā, ka maha pea te whakapiri atu ki te huaketo mā ngā mahi tiaki.
Ko ētahi atu take tūponotanga whaiaro e whai ake nei:
Ahakoa kaore te whai i ēnei take tūponotanga e whakamana ana ka whiwhi koe i te trachoma, engari ko te mōhio ki a rātou ka āhei te awhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā whakarite tika me te rapu i te tiaki hauora tere mena ka puta mai ngā tohu.
Ko te raruraru nui rawa atu o te trachoma kaore i te rongoā ko te matapo koretake, e pā ana ki te miriona o te iwi puta noa te ao. Heoi, ka taea te aukati katoa i tēnei hua mā te tiaki hauora tika me te whakauru wawe.
Ko te whanake ki te matapo ka puta mai i te raupapa o ngā raruraru e whanake ana i ngā tau maha o ngā mate hou me te koretake o te rongoā.
Ko ngā raruraru noa e taea te whanake e whai ake nei:
I roto i ngā take onge, ko ngā raruraru nui ka uru atu te pakaru o te cornea, te wāhi e hanga ai e te ngākau tonu te rua i te mata o te kanohi. Ko tēnei urupare hauora he mea nui kia whakahaerehia tonu te pokanga kia kaua ai e ngaro katoa te kanohi.
Ko ngā raruraru hinengaro te nuinga o te wā e haere tahi ana me ngā mea tinana, i te mea ka arahi te ngaro o te tirohanga ki te motu hapori, te pouri, me te heke o te kounga o te ora. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te trachoma whanui e uaua ana ki te mahi i ngā mahi o ia rā, ā, ka whakawhirinaki pea ki ētahi atu mō te tiaki.
Ko te rongo pai ko ēnei raruraru katoa ka taea te aukati me te rongoā tika. Ahakoa kua puta mai etahi tohu, ka taea e ngā mahi pokanga te whakahoki i te mahi me te aukati i te haere tonu.
Ka taea te aukati katoa i te Trachoma mā te whakamahi i ngā tikanga hauora pai, ngā whakapainga taiao, me ngā tikanga hauora hapori. Kei te whakatairanga te World Health Organization i te rautaki "SAFE", kua tino whai hua ki te whakakore i te trachoma i ngā rohe maha.
Ko ngā tikanga hauora whaiaro te turanga o te aukati trachoma. Ko te horoi i tō mata me ō ringa i ia rā me te wai ma me te hautaka ka whakaiti nui i tō tūponotanga ki te mate.
Ko ngā rautaki aukati matua e whai ake nei:
He mea nui te whakapainga taiao ki te aukati hapori-whānui. Ko te whakapai ake i te uru atu ki te wai ma, te hanga i ngā wharepaku tika, me te whakatinana i ngā pūnaha whakahaere paru ka whakaiti nui i ngā reiti tuku.
Mēnā ka haere koe ki ngā wāhi e rongonui ana te trachoma, kia tupato ake mā te whakamahi wai i roto i ngā pōti, wai rānei kua tukatuka tika mō te horoi kanohi, kia kaua e noho ki ngā wāhi e tini ngā tāngata, ā, kia tino tupato ki te horoi ringa.
Kua tino whai hua ngā kaupapa mātauranga hapori e whakaako ana i ngā tikanga horoi tika ki te aukati i ngā mate trachoma, ā, ki te pupuri i te whakakore i ngā wāhi i pāngia i mua.
Ko te whakatau i te trachoma e tīmata ana i te tirotiro kanohi whānui e te kaiwhakarato hauora, ētahi rānei tohunga kanohi. Ka tirotirohia e rātou ngā taha o waho me roto o ō kamo ki te rapu i ngā tohu o te mate me te whākā.
Ka tīmata tō tākuta mā te uiui atu mō ō tohu, hītori haere, me te tūponotanga o te pānga ki ngā tāngata kua pangia. Ka āwhina tēnei mōhiohio iā rātou ki te whakatau i tō tūponotanga ki te trachoma, ki ētahi atu mate kanohi rānei.
Ko te tirotiro tinana e whakauru ana i ētahi kaupae:
I ngā wā maha, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakarato hauora whai wheako te whakatau i te trachoma i runga i te ahua haumanu anake. Kua whakatūria e te World Health Organization ngā paerewa mārama e āwhina ana i ngā tākuta ki te tautuhi i ia wāhanga o te mate.
Ka taea te whakamātautau taiwhanga i ētahi wā, ina kore e mārama te whakatau, ētahi rānei kaupapa rangahau. Ko tēnei e whakauru ana i te tango i te tauira iti o ngā pūtau mai i tō kamo ki te whakamātautau mō te pā o te huakita Chlamydia trachomatis.
Ko te nuinga o te wā, ka taea te whakamahi i ētahi atu whakamātautau penei i te whakaahua i te cornea, i te whakaahua taipitopito rānei o te kanohi hei tuhi i te nui o te whākāka me te whakarite i te maimoatanga, ina koa ki te whakaarohia te pokanga.
Ko te maimoatanga trachoma e whakamahi ana i te wāhanga o te mate kei a koe, engari ko te rongo pai ko ngā maimoatanga whai hua kei reira mō ngā wāhanga katoa. Ka whakautu pai ngā mate kaha o te tīmatanga ki te rongoā antibiotic, ā, ko ngā take whānui pea ka hiahiatia te whakauru pokanga.
Mō ngā mate trachoma kaha, ko ngā antibiotics te maimoatanga matua. Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i te azithromycin waha, i te hinu kanohi tetracycline rānei, e rua nei e tino whai hua ana ki te mate huaketo.
Ko ētahi atu whiringa maimoatanga antibiotic ko:
Pea ka hiahiatia te whare katoa, te hapori rānei kia maimoatia i te wā kotahi hei aukati i te mate hou, ahakoa kaore ētahi mema e whakaatu i ngā tohu. Ko tēnei tikanga, e kiia nei ko te whakahaere rongoā nui, kua whakaatuhia he tino whai hua ki te whakakore i te trachoma i ngā rohe katoa.
Mō te trachoma whānui me te trichiasis (ngā makawe kanohi e tahuri ana ki roto), he mea tika te whakatika pokanga hei aukati i te kino atu o te cornea. Ko te tikanga tino noa e kiia nei ko te bilamellar tarsal rotation, e whakarite ana i te taha o te taupoki kia tahuri ngā makawe ki waho.
Ko te pokanga mō ngā raruraru trachoma te nuinga o te wā e whakauru ana ki:
Ko te ora ake i te maimoatanga trachoma he tino pai te nuinga o te wā ina mau wawe. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana e ngā mate ka kite i te whakapainga nui i roto i ngā rā i muri i te tīmatanga o ngā rongoā, ā, ko te whakakorenga katoa ka puta i roto i ngā wiki.
Ko te tiaki kāinga i te wā o te maimoatanga trachoma e aro ana ki te tautoko i tō ora ake me te aukati i te hora o te mate ki ētahi atu. Ko te whai i tō maimoatanga rongoā i whakaritea tika pera me te tohu ko te mahi nui rawa atu e taea e koe te mahi.
Ko te tango tika i ō rongoā e whakaatu ana i te whakaoti i te akoranga katoa ahakoa kei te pai ake koe, me te tango i ngā rongoā waha i te wā kotahi i ia rā. Ki te whakamahi koe i te hinu kanohi, whakamahia ki ngā ringa ma, ā, kaua e pā te pito o te pūnaha ki tō kanohi, ki tētahi papa rānei.
Ko ngā mahi whakamarie e taea te awhina i te wā e ora ake ana:
Ko te aukati i te tuku ki ngā mema whānau e hiahia ana ki te aro nui ki te hauora. Horohorohia ō ringa, ina koa i muri i te pā ki ō kanohi, ā, kaua e tutaki tauera, tauera moenga, kākahu rānei e pā ana ki tō mata.
Me horoi koe, me whakakapi rānei i ngā tauera moenga, tauera, me ngā tauera horoi i ia rā i te wā o te mate kaha. Whakaarohia te whakamahi i ngā pepa horoi i te wāhi o ngā tauera, ā, maka atu tonu i muri i te whakamahinga.
Aroturukihia ngā tohu o te mate, ka whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mēnā ka kite koe i te whakaiti o te mamae, te nui haere o te wai, te rerekētanga rānei o te tirohanga. Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka pai ake te ahua i roto i ngā rā torutoru i muri i te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga, no reira, ko ngā tohu e mau tonu ana, e kino haere ana rānei, he mea tika kia whakarongohia e te tākuta.
Ko te whakarite mō tō whakatau hauora ka āwhina i te whakatutuki i te whakatau tino tika me te maimoatanga tika mō ngā tohu o ō kanohi. Ko te kawe mai i ngā korero tika me te ui i ngā pātai tika ka taea te whakaputa hua ake i tō haerenga.
I mua i tō whakatau, tuhituhia ngā tohu katoa, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou me te āhua o te huringa i te wā. Tākina ngā mahi, ngā whakaaturanga rānei e tika ana, pēnei i ngā haerenga tata atu, te hononga rānei ki tētahi i pangia e te mate kanohi.
Ko ngā korero hei whakarite ko:
Kawe mai tētahi rārangi o ngā pātai e hiahia ana koe ki te ui ki tō taakuta. Kaua e manukanuka ki te ui i ngā pātai maha – ko te mārama ki tō āhuatanga ka āwhina i a koe ki te whai i ngā tūtohu maimoatanga nui atu.
Ko ngā pātai nui pea ko:
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i te hoa pono, i te mema rānei o te whānau hei āwhina i a koe ki te maumahara i ngā mōhiohio i kōrerotia i te wā o te whakaritenga. He āwhina rawa atu te noho mai o tētahi atu, ina koa ki te pāngia koe e te mamae nui, e te manukanuka rānei mō ō tohu.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mārama mō te trachoma, ko te kore e taea te aukati, ā, he tino māmā te rongoā ina kitea wawe. Ahakoa he take nui tonu o te matapo i ētahi wāhanga o te ao, ka taea e te tiaki hauora tere te aukati i ōna raruraru katoa.
He tino nui te kite wawe me te rongoā. Ki te pāngia koe e te mamae o te kanohi tonu, te tukunga, te tohu rānei o te mate, ina koa i muri i te haere ki ngā wāhi e noho ai te trachoma, rapuhia te awhina hauora wawe.
Ko te aukati tonu te rautaki pai ki te trachoma. Ko ngā mahi ngāwari penei i te horoi kanohi auau me te wai ma, ngā mahi hauora pai, me te karo i te whakawhāiti i ngā taonga whaiaro ka taea te tiaki pai i a koe me tō whānau i te mate.
Mō te hunga kua tohua he trachoma, he pai te tirohanga me te rongoā tika. He tino whai hua ngā rongoā hou ki te mate huaketo, ā, ka taea e ngā tikanga pokanga te whakatika i ngā raruraru tino nui. Ko te mea nui ko te whai i tō mahere rongoā katoa me te pupuri i ngā mahi hauora pai.
Kia mahara ka taea te whakakore i te trachoma - he maha ngā whenua kua whakakore i te raru hauora whānui mā ngā mahi whakarite e whakauru ana i te rongoā, te mātauranga hauora, me ngā whakapaitanga taiao.
Ae, he mate ngawari te trakoma i te wā e pāngia ana. Ka horapa mā te pānga tika ki ngā wai o te kanohi, o te ihu rānei o te hunga pangia, ngā ringa poke, tauera, kākahu rānei. Ka taea hoki e ngā ngārara te kawe i te huakita i te tangata ki te tangata. Heoi, ka tīmata te rongoā, ka noho noa koe i roto i te 24-48 haora.
Ae rawa. Ka taea te whakaora katoa ngā mate trakoma kaha mā te rongoā antibiotic tika. Āe rawa ngā take whānui me te tohe ka taea te whakahaere pai mā te pokanga hei ārai i te matapo. Ko te matua ko te whiwhi i te rongoā i mua i te pakaru o te cornea. Mā te whakauru wawe, ka ora katoa te nuinga o te iwi kahore he pānga roa.
Ka puta mai te matapo e pā ana ki te trakoma i roto i ngā tau maha, i ngā tekau tau rānei o ngā mate hou kahore he rongoā tika. Kāore i te mate tuatahi te take o te matapo, engari ko te tohe nui mai i ngā wāhanga maha. He whakamārama tenei whakawhānuitanga moata, no te mea he maha ngā wā hei whakauru me te ārai i te ngaro o te tirohanga.
Kāo, ahakoa ko te huakita Chlamydia te take o ngā mea e rua, he mate rerekē katoa rāua e pā ana ki ngā momo rerekē. Ko te trakoma kanohi te take o te Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A, B, Ba, me te C, e pā ana ki ngā kiko o te kanohi. Ko te mate pāwera ira tangata te take o ngā serovars rerekē (D-K) e pā ana ki ngā kiko o te tara me te ara mimi.
Ae, e taea e koe te whiwhi trachoma i ngā wā maha, nā te mea kaore te mate e whakarato i te ātete roa. He tino noa te mate hou i ngā wāhi e tōtika ana te trachoma, ā, he iti te horoi. Koinei te take i nui ai te whakaora i ngā hapori katoa i te wā kotahi, me te whakapai ake i ngā āhuatanga taiao, mō te aukati roa. Ka taea e ngā mate o mua te whakapiki ake i tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te mate kino ake me ngā whakawhitinga e whai ake nei.
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