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Ko te myelititis whānui he mumura e pā ana ki tētahi wāhanga o tō tūpuna, ā, ka whakaroa i te rere o ngā karere i waenganui i tō roro me te toenga o tō tinana. Whakaarohia tō tūpuna hei huarahi nui mō ngā tohu io, ā, ka hanga tēnei āhuatanga he ara rāpoi e pā ana ki te nekehanga, te āhua, me ngā mahi tinana i raro i te wāhi e pā ana.
Ahakoa ko te ingoa pea ka rongohia he whakawehi, ko te mārama ki te mea kei te puta i roto i tō tinana ka āwhina iā koe kia pai ake te mana. Ko tēnei āhuatanga e pā ana ki te 1 ki te 5 tangata ia miriona ia tau, ā, me te tiaki hauora tika, ka taea e te tini o te iwi te ora nui ake, te whakahaere rānei i ō rātou tohu pai.
Ka puta te myelititis whānui ina pakaru te mumura i te hipoki tiaki i te taha o ngā muka io i roto i tō tūpuna, e kiia nei ko te myelin. Ko te nuinga o te mumura e pā ana ki tētahi potae, tētahi wāhanga rānei o te tūpuna, koia te take i kiia ai he "whānui" - arā, ka whiti i te whānui o te tūpuna i taua taumata.
Ka whakaroa te mumura i te tuku tika o ngā tohu io, ka arahi ki ngā tohu e taea ai te iti mai i te wiri iti ki te ngoikore nui, te pararutiki rānei. Ko te pūnaha ārai mate o tō tinana, e tiaki ana i a koe i ngā mate, ka whakaeke he i ngā kiko hauora o te tūpuna i tēnei āhuatanga.
Ko te nuinga o ngā take e whāiti ana i ngā haora ki ngā wiki, ā, ko te wāhi o te mumura i roto i tō tūpuna te whakatau i ngā wāhanga o tō tinana e pā ana. Ko te rongo pai ko te tini o te iwi e wheako ana i tētahi taumata o te ora, inā koa me te maimoatanga wawe me te whakaora.
Ka puta ngā tohu o te myelititis whānui i te tere, i te whakaritea rānei i roto i ngā rā ki ngā wiki. Ko tō wheako ka whakawhirinaki ki te wāhi o tō tūpuna e puta mai ana te mumura, me te kaha o te mea.
Koinei ngā tohu tino noa ka kitea e koe:
I roto i ngā take onge, ko ētahi tangata e wheako ana i ngā tohu nui ake penei i te pararutiki katoa i raro i te taumata o te tūpuna e pā ana, ngā raruraru manawa nui mena ka pā te mumura ki te tūpuna o runga, te puta mai rānei o ngā tohu e kino haere ana i roto i ngā haora.
Ko te tauira o ngā tohu e whakarato ana i ngā tohu nui ki tō rōpū hauora mō te wāhi o te mumura, me te huarahi pai ki te whakaora.
Ko te take tika o te myelititis whānui ka kore e mohiotia, engari ko te nuinga o te putanga mai i te whakaeke a tō pūnaha ārai mate i ō kiko tūpuna ake. Ka taea te puta mai tēnei mō ngā take rerekē, ā, ko te mārama ki ēnei ka āwhina iā koe me tō tākuta ki te whakatau i te huarahi maimoatanga pai.
Koinei ngā kāwai matua o ngā take:
Ko te iti ake te noa, ka taea te arahi i te myelititis whānui e ngā mate huaketo penei i te mycoplasma, te syphilis rānei, ngā mate paraiti, ētahi rongoā, te whakamahinga rānei ki ngā poizon. I roto i ngā take onge, ka taea te hono atu ki te mate pukupuku, te puta mai rānei hei pānga o te maimoatanga mate pukupuku.
He mea nui kia mōhio kei te kore te myelititis whānui e pā, e kore rānei e taea te horapa ki ētahi atu, ahakoa te take i puta mai ai i roto i tō take.
Me rapu wawe koe i te tiaki hauora mena ka wheako koe i te ngoikore ohorere o ō ringa, o ō waewae rānei, inā koa mena ka haere tahi me te mamae o te tua, te huringa rānei o te āhua. Ka taea e ēnei tohu te tohu i te whakauru nui o te tūpuna e hiahia ana ki te arotake wawe.
Kaua e tatari kia pai ake ngā tohu. Ko te maimoatanga wawe ka taea te whakarereke nui i tō ora, ā, ka āwhina i te aukati i te pakaru mau tonu ki tō tūpuna.
Karangahia ngā ratonga āwhina tere, haere rānei ki te ruma āwhina tere mena ka wheako koe i te pararutiki ohorere, te ngaro o te mana pūngao, o te whekau rānei, te mamae nui o te tua, o te kaki rānei me ngā tohu neurological, te uaua rānei ki te manawa me te ngoikore, te ngenge rānei.
Ahakoa ngā tohu iti, te whakaritea rānei, he whakaaro nui kia whakapiri atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e rātou te arotake i ō tohu, te whakatau rānei mena ka hiahia koe ki te maimoatanga wawe, te aroturuki rānei i te taha o waho.
Ahakoa ka taea e te myelititis whānui te pā ki te tangata, ko ētahi take pea ka piki ake tō tūponotanga ki te whāngai i tēnei āhuatanga. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take morearea ka āwhina iā koe ki te noho mōhio ki ngā tohu pea, te rapu rānei i te tiaki ina hiahiatia.
Ko ngā take morearea tino noa ko:
I roto i ngā take onge, ko ngā take morearea atu pea ko te whiwhi i ētahi inopēnē i te tata nei, te whakamahinga ki ngā poizon, ki ngā rongoā rānei, te whai i te hītori whānau o ngā mate ārai mate, te whai rānei i ngā wāhanga o mua o te optic neuritis, ētahi atu āhuatanga neurological rānei.
Ko te whai i ēnei take morearea kahore e tikanga ka whāngai koe i te myelititis whānui, engari ko te mōhio ki ēnei ka āwhina iā koe ki te mohio wawe ki ngā tohu mena ka puta.
Ko te nuinga o te iwi e whai ana i te myelititis whānui e wheako ana i tētahi taumata o te ora, engari ka taea te puta mai ngā pānga, inā koa mena ka whakaroa te maimoatanga, te kaha rānei o te mumura. Ko te mārama ki ngā pānga pea ka āwhina iā koe ki te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora ki te aukati, ki te whakahaere rānei i ēnei pai.
Ko ngā pānga tino noa ka pa atu ki a koe ko:
Ko ngā pānga onge engari nui te kino ka uru atu ki ngā raruraru manawa nui mena ka pā te mumura ki te tūpuna o runga, ngā toto kōtiti nā te kore nekehanga, ngā pupuhi pehanga mai i te takoto roa, ngā mate nui rānei e pā ana ki te mahi pūngao.
Ko te rongo pai ko te tini o ngā pānga ka taea te aukati, te whakaiti rānei me te tiaki hauora tika, te whakaora, me ngā whakaritenga oranga. Ka mahi tahi tō rōpū hauora ki a koe ki te whakautu i ngā pānga e puta mai ana.
Ko te whakatau i te myelititis whānui e hiahia ana ki te arotake tino pai, nā te mea ka taea e ōna tohu te taurite ki ētahi atu āhuatanga o te tūpuna. Ka tīmata tō tākuta me te kōrero taipitopito o ō tohu me tō hītori hauora, ka whai ake he whakamātau tinana ki te arotake i tō mahi neurological.
Ko te tukanga whakatau e ngā whakamātau matua. Ko te whakamātau MRI o tō tuawhenua te whakamātau nui rawa, nā te mea ka taea te whakaatu i te mumura, te whakakore rānei i ētahi atu take o ō tohu penei i ngā mate pukupuku, ngā kōpae herniated rānei.
Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te whakamātau lumbar (spinal tap) ki te tirotiro i tō wai cerebrospinal mō ngā tohu o te mumura, o te mate rānei. Ka taea e ngā whakamātau toto te āwhina i te tohu i ngā āhuatanga ārai mate, ngā mate rānei i te wā i arahi ai ki te mumura.
I ētahi wā, ka hiahiatia pea ngā whakamātau atu, penei i ngā ako arahi io ki te arotake i te pai o te mahi a ō io, ngā whakamātau toto motuhake rānei ki te rapu i ngā antibodies motuhake e hono ana ki ētahi āhuatanga ārai mate.
Ko te tukanga whakatau katoa e torutoru rā ki ngā wiki, nā te mea e hiahia ana tō tākuta ki te wā ki te arotake i ngā hua whakamātau, te whakahoki rānei i ētahi whakamātau ki te aroturuki i ngā huringa i roto i tō āhuatanga.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te myelititis whānui e aro ana ki te whakaiti i te mumura i roto i tō tūpuna, te whakahaere rānei i ngā tohu i te wā e ora ana tō tinana. Ko te tīmatanga wawe o te maimoatanga, ko te pai ake o ō tūponotanga ki te ora, koia te take i nui ai te whakatau wawe.
Ko te maimoatanga matua e ngā corticosteroids nui te nui, ko te nuinga e hoatu ana i roto i te whare hauora mō ngā rā. Ka taea e ēnei rongoā anti-mumura kaha te āwhina i te whakaiti i te pupuhi i roto i tō tūpuna, te whakamārama rānei i te pakaru atu.
Mena kahore he hua ngā steroids, te kaha rānei o tō āhuatanga, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te maimoatanga whakawhiti plasma. Ka tangohia e tēnei maimoatanga ngā antibodies i tō toto pea e whakaeke ana i tō kiko tūpuna.
Ko ngā maimoatanga atu pea ko ngā rongoā mamae ki te whakahaere i te mamae io me ngā uaua, ngā rongoā ki te āwhina i te mahi pūngao me te whekau, me ngā antibiotics mena ka tohua tētahi mate.
Ina whakahaeretia te mumura ohorere, ka nui te whakaora. Ka taea e te mahi whakaora tinana, te mahi whakaora mahi, te mahi korero rānei te āwhina iā koe ki te ora, ki te whakarite rānei ki ngā huringa mau tonu i ō kaha.
Ko te whakahaere i te myelititis whānui i te kāinga e whai ana i tō mahere maimoatanga i te wā e tango ana i ngā mahi ki te tautoko i tō ora, ki te aukati rānei i ngā pānga. Ka whakarato tō rōpū hauora i ngā aratohu motuhake e whakawhirinaki ana ki tō āhuatanga takitahi me ō tohu.
Arotake ki te tango i ō rongoā tika, ahakoa ka tīmata te pai ake o tō āhua. Me whakaiti haere ngā corticosteroids, ā, ko te mutu ohorere ka taea te kino ake o ō tohu.
Ko te nekehanga ngawari me te whakakori tinana, e whakaaetia ana e tō tākuta, ka taea te āwhina i te pupuri i te kaha o ngā uaua, te aukati rānei i ngā pānga penei i ngā toto kōtiti. Ngā mahi ngāwari penei i te nekehanga o ō waewae i te wā e takoto ana koe, te mahi rānei i ngā whakakori tinana noho, ka taea te whai hua.
Tātai ki tō kiri, inā koa mena kei a koe te iti o te āhua. Tirohia ia rā mō ngā pupuhi pehanga, ngā whara rānei kahore pea e kitea e koe, te huri rānei i ngā tūnga mena kei te noho koe i te moenga, i te wīra rānei.
Noho hono atu ki tō rōpū hauora, kaua hoki e whakaroa ki te karanga mena ka kite koe i ngā tohu hou, te kino ake rānei o ngā tohu o mua. Ko te ora pea he kore whakarite, ā, pea ka hiahia ngā whakaritenga o tō mahere maimoatanga i te huarahi.
Ko te whakamahere mō tō hui tākuta ka taea te āwhina i te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te whakatau tika, te maimoatanga tika rānei. Tīmata mā te tuhi i ō tohu katoa, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai, me te pehea o te huringa i te wā.
Hangaia tētahi rārangi o ngā rongoā katoa e tangohia ana e koe, tae atu ki ngā rongoā, ngā taapiri rānei. Waiho hoki ētahi mate hou, inopēnē, ngā kaupapa nui rānei o te ora i puta i mua i te tīmatanga o ō tohu.
Whakamahia ngā pātai mō tō āhuatanga, ngā whiringa maimoatanga, me te mea e tatari ana koe i te wā ora. Kaua e manukanuka ki te maha o ngā pātai - e hiahia ana tō rōpū hauora ki te āwhina iā koe ki te mārama ki tō āhuatanga.
Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau, hoa rānei ki tō hui. Ka taea e rātou te āwhina iā koe ki te mahara ki ngā korero nui, te whakarato rānei i te tautoko hinengaro i te wā pea ka nui te pānga.
Mena kei a koe ngā rēkōta hauora o mua, ngā hua whakamātau, ngā ako whakaahua rānei, kawe mai ngā kōpe me koe. Ka taea e ēnei korero te āwhina i tō tākuta ki te hanga i te whakatau tika, te whakawhanake rānei i te mahere maimoatanga tika.
Ko te myelititis whānui he āhuatanga nui engari ka taea te whakaora e pā ana ki tō tūpuna mā te mumura. Ahakoa ka taea te arahi ki ngā tohu nui, ko te tini o te iwi e wheako ana i te ora whai hua, inā koa ina tīmata wawe te maimoatanga.
Ko te mea nui rawa kia mahara ko te tiaki hauora tere ka whakarereke i tō hua. Mena ka wheako koe i te ngoikore ohorere, te ngenge, ngā raruraru rānei me te pūngao, te whekau rānei, kaua e tatari ki te rapu i te tiaki.
Ko te ora mai i te myelititis whānui he tukanga whakaritea e taea ai te torutoru marama ki ngā tau. Ko ētahi tangata e ora katoa ana, ētahi atu pea ka whai tohu haere tonu e hiahia ana ki te whakahaere. Me te maimoatanga tika me te whakaora, ka taea e te tini o te iwi te whakarite pai, te pupuri rānei i te kounga ora pai.
Noho tumanako, mahi tahi hoki me tō rōpū hauora. Ko ngā whakahaere hauora e haere tonu ana ki te whakapai ake i ngā maimoatanga me ngā hua mō te iwi e whai ana i te myelititis whānui, ā, he maha ngā rauemi e wātea ana ki te tautoko iā koe i tō haerenga ora.
Kāo, he rerekē ngā āhuatanga o te myelititis whānui me te mate maha, ahakoa ka hono pea. Ko te myelititis whānui e pā ana ki tētahi wāhanga o te tūpuna, ā, ko te mate maha e uru ana ki ngā wāhi maha o te roro me te tūpuna i te wā. Heoi, ko te myelititis whānui pea ko te tohu tuatahi o te mate maha, koia te take ka aroturuki tika koe e tō tākuta, ka tūtohu rānei i ngā whakamātau atu.
Ko te tini o te iwi e whai ana i te myelititis whānui e ora ana te kaha ki te haere, ahakoa he rerekē te ora mai i te tangata ki te tangata. Ko te toru tekau ōrau o te iwi e ora ana me te iti rānei o ngā pānga mau tonu, ko te toru tekau ōrau he ngoikore noa, ko te toru tekau ōrau he ngoikore nui. Ko te nui o te ora e whakawhirinaki ana ki te tere o te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga, te kaha rānei o te mumura tuatahi. Ko te mahi whakaora tinana me te whakaora he mahi nui ki te whakanui i tō kaha ora.
Ko te myelititis whānui pono ka onge te hoki mai i te wāhi kotahi. Heoi, mena kei a koe tētahi āhuatanga ārai mate penei i te mate maha, ka wheako pea koe i ngā wāhanga hou o te mumura i ngā wāhi rerekē o tō pūnaha io. Ka kōrero tō tākuta ki ō take morearea motuhake, ka whakawhanake rānei i te mahere aroturuki ki te titiro ki ngā tohu hou. Ko te tiaki aroturuki noa he mea nui ki te hopu me te maimoatanga i ngā hoki mai pea i te wawe.
Ko te ora mai i te myelititis whānui e tīmata ana i roto i ngā wiki tuatahi ki ngā marama i muri i te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga, engari ka taea te haere tonu te tukanga mō te rua tau neke atu rānei. Ko te nuinga o te ora e puta ana i roto i ngā toru ki ngā ono marama, ahakoa ko ētahi tangata e haere tonu ana ki te kite i ngā whakapainga mō te roa atu. Ko te raarangi e rerekē ana i runga i ngā take penei i te kaha o te mumura, te tere o te tīmatanga o te maimoatanga, me tō whakautu takitahi ki te rongoā me te whakaora.
Nā te kore e mohiotia te take tika o te myelititis whānui, kahore he huarahi tino pai ki te aukati. Heoi, ka taea e koe te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga mā te pupuri i te hauora pai, te noho rānei i te rā ki ngā inopēnē ki te aukati i ngā mate pea ka arahi ki te āhuatanga, te whakahaere rānei i ngā āhuatanga ārai mate me te tiaki hauora tika. Mena kei a koe ngā take morearea penei i ngā mate ārai mate, mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora ki te aroturuki i tō āhuatanga, te rapu rānei i te maimoatanga tere mō ngā tohu hou.
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