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Ko ngā wheori pūkahukahu he tipu kore mate pukupuku e tupu ana i roto, i te taha rānei o tō pūkahukahu. Ko ēnei mate pukupuku noa i hangaia mai i te uaua me te kiko, ā, ka pā ki te 80% o ngā wāhine i te tau 50.
Whakaarohia ngā wheori pukupuku hei pupū ngāwari e rereke haere ana te rahi me te wāhi. Ahakoa ko te kupu “pupū” pea he wehi, kaore ngā wheori e mate pukupuku, ā, he tokomaha ngā wāhine e noho ana me ēnei mea kaore rātou e mōhio kei reira.
Ko ngā wheori pūkahukahu he pupū uaua maeneene e tupu ana i te pakitara o tō pūkahukahu. Ka kiia hoki e ngā tākuta ko te leiomyomas, ko te myomas rānei, engari ko ēnei kupu katoa e whakaatu ana i te mea kotahi.
Ka taea e ēnei tipu te iti ki te purapura, ki te nui ki te merēn. Kotahi noa te wheori pukupuku mō ētahi wāhine, engari he maha pea mō ētahi atu. Ko te rongo pai, he ngāwari ngā wheori, ā, ko te tikanga kaore e horapa ki ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana, pēnei i te mate pukupuku.
Ka taea e ngā wheori te tupu i ngā wāhanga rerekē o tō pūkahukahu. Ka taea e rātou te tupu i roto i te pakitara pūkahukahu, i te mata o waho rānei, ā, ka taea hoki te tautau i te pūkahukahu i runga i te hanganga rite ki te rakau.
Ka whakarōpūhia e ngā tākuta ngā wheori pūkahukahu i runga i te wāhi e tupu ana i roto i tō pūkahukahu. Ko te wāhi e pā ana ki ngā tohu ka kitea e koe, me te āhua o te rongoā.
Ko ēnei ngā momo matua me mōhio koe:
Ka taea e ia momo te puta mai i ngā tohu rerekē, ā, ka āwhina tēnei i tō tākuta ki te whakatau i te huarahi rongoā pai mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
He tokomaha ngā wāhine e kore e kite i ngā tohu ahakoa he wheori pukupuku kei a rātou. Heoi, ki te puta mai ngā tohu, ka hono atu ki te rahi me te wāhi o ngā wheori.
Tāea tatou te haere i ngā tohu ka kitea pea e koe, kia mahara ko tō wheako pea ka rerekē i te wheako o tētahi atu wahine:
Ko ngā tohu kaore e tino kitea pea ko te mamae i te wā e moe ana, te puku nui rānei e āhua hapu ana koe. Ki te kite koe i tētahi o ēnei tohu, he mea tika te kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Kaore i tino mōhiotia te take tika o ngā wheori pūkahukahu, engari e whakapono ana ngā kairangahau he mahi nui ngā homoni me ngā ira. Ka ātaahua te tipu o ngā wheori e ngā taumata o te estrogen me te progesterone o tō tinana.
He maha ngā take e āhei ana ki te whanaketanga o ngā wheori:
Kei te ako tonu ngā kairangahau he aha i puta ai ngā wheori ki ētahi wāhine, engari ki ētahi atu. Ko te mea e mōhiotia ana e tatou, he tino noa ngā wheori, ā, kaore he mea i mahia e koe, i kore rānei i mahia e koe i puta ai.
Ka taea e ētahi take te whakanui ake i tō tupono ki te whanake i ngā wheori, ahakoa ko te whai i ngā take morearea kaore e whakaatu ka whiwhi koe i a rātou. Ka taea e te mārama ki ēnei take te āwhina i a koe ki te noho mohio ki tō hauora.
Ko ēnei ngā take morearea matua kua kitea e ngā kaiwhakarato hauora:
Pea ka iti haere te morearea mō ētahi take, tae atu ki te whānau tamariki, te whakamahi i ngā pire whakahaere whānau, me te kai i ngā hua waiu. Kia mahara, ko ēnei noa ngā hononga tata, ā, he motuhake te wheako o ia wahine.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te kite koe i ngā tohu e āwangawanga ana koe, e āwangawanga ana rānei i tō oranga o ia rā. Kaua e tatari kia kaha ngā tohu i mua i te rapu awhina.
Ko ēnei ngā āhuatanga motuhake me whakarite koe i te hui:
Rapua te awhina hauora tonu ki te kite koe i te mamae ohorere, nui o te kopu, te toto nui rānei e ngāwari ana koe, e wiri ana rānei. Ko ēnei pea ngā tohu o ngā raruraru e hiahia ana ki te rongoā tere.
Ko te nuinga o ngā wheori kaore e puta he raruraru nui, engari he mea nui te mōhio ki ngā take pea. Ka taea e te mohiotanga wawe me te rongoā te aukati i te nuinga o ngā raruraru kia kaua e kaha.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru ka puta, ahakoa he iti rawa:
He tino onge, ka taea e te wheori te huri ki te mate pukupuku, engari ka puta tenei i raro i te 1% o ngā take. Ka tirotirohia e tō tākuta ō wheori i ngā tirotiro noa kia kite wawe i ngā huringa.
Ka tīmata tō tākuta me te whakamātautau kopu ki te tirotiro i ngā koretake i roto i tō pūkahukahu. Ka taea e rātou te kite i ngā wāhi nui ake, i ngā āhua rerekē rānei e whakaatu ana kei reira ngā wheori.
He maha ngā whakamātautau whakaahua ka whakau i te whakatau, ka homai ngā kōrero taipitopito mō ō wheori:
Pea ka tono atu tō tākuta i ngā whakamātautau toto ki te tirotiro i te mate toto ki te kite koe i te toto nui. Ka āwhina ēnei whakamātautau ki te hanga i te whakaahua katoa o te āhua o ngā wheori e pā ana ki tō hauora.
Ko te rongoā mō ngā wheori e whakawhirinaki ana ki ō tohu, te rahi me te wāhi o ō wheori, me ō mahere haputanga o muri ake nei. He tokomaha ngā wāhine e kore e hiahia ki tetahi rongoā ahakoa he iti, kaore hoki he tohu ō rātou wheori.
Tāea tatou te tirotiro i ngā whiringa rongoā ka tūtohutia pea e tō tākuta:
Ka mahi tahi tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki a koe ki te whiriwhiri i te rongoā pai rawa atu i runga i tō āhuatanga me ō hiahia.
Ahakoa kaore e taea e ngā rongoā kāinga te whakaora i ngā wheori, ka taea e ētahi huringa noho me ngā mahi tiaki whaiaro te āwhina i a koe ki te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te pai ake te noho. Ka pai rawa te mahi o ēnei huarahi me te rongoā hauora.
Ko ēnei ngā huarahi ka taea e koe te tautoko i tō hauora i te kāinga:
Ka taea e ngā rongoā mamae kore rongoā pēnei i te ibuprofen te āwhina i te mamae, ā, pea ka whakaiti iti i te toto nui. Heoi, tirohia tonu ki tō tākuta i mua i te tīmatanga o tetahi taapiri hou, te hanga rānei i ngā huringa kai nui.
Ko te whakarite mō tō hui ka taea te āwhina i a koe ki te whakamahi i tō wā me tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ko te whakarite pai ka whakarite ka whakautua ō patai katoa, ka whiwhi koe i te tiaki pai rawa atu.
Ko te āhua o te whakarite mō tō haerenga:
Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui ki tō tākuta ki te whakamārama i tetahi mea kaore koe e mōhio. E hiahia ana tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō tō tiaki.
Kaore he huarahi kī ki te aukati i ngā wheori pūkahukahu, no te mea kaore i tino mōhiotia e tatou te take o te puta mai. Heoi, pea ka āwhina ētahi whiringa noho ki te whakaiti i tō morearea, ki te whakaiti rānei i tō rātou tipu.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki pea ka whai hua:
Kia mahara, ahakoa ngā wāhine e ora ana i ngā noho hauora ka taea te whanake i ngā wheori. Ki te whiwhi koe i a rātou, ehara i te mea kua mahi he koe, ā, he maha ngā rongoā whai hua kei reira hei āwhina i a koe ki te pai ake te noho.
He tino noa ngā wheori pūkahukahu, ā, he maha ngā wā e taea te whakahaere. Ahakoa ka taea e rātou te puta mai i ngā tohu kore pai, kaore rātou e kino, ā, he maha ngā whiringa rongoā whai hua kei reira.
Ko te mea nui rawa atu kia mahara kaore koe e hiahia ki te whakamātautau kotahi. Ki te pā ngā wheori ki tō kounga o te ora, ka taea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te āwhina i a koe ki te kite i te whakaora.
He rerekē te wheako o ia wahine me ngā wheori, no reira ko te mea e mahi ana mō tētahi atu pea kaore e tika mōu. Mahi tata atu ki tō rōpū hauora ki te whakawhanake i te mahere rongoā e rite ana ki ō tohu, ō noho, me ō whāinga.
Kāo, he tokomaha ngā wāhine e whai ana i ngā wheori kaore e mōhiotia. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ko te 75% o ngā wāhine e whai ana i ngā wheori kaore e kite i ngā tohu. Kaore ngā wheori iti e kitea tae noa ki te kitea i ngā whakamātautau kopu noa, i ngā whakamātautau whakaahua rānei mō ētahi atu take.
Ko te nuinga o ngā wheori kaore e āwangawanga ki te momona, engari ka taea e ētahi te uaua ake te hapu, te mau rānei i te haputanga ki te wae. Ko ngā wheori e whakapōrearea ana i te ruma pūkahukahu, i te aukati rānei i ngā tūpū te tino tupono ki te puta mai i ngā raruraru momona. Ki te ngana koe ki te hapu, kōrerohia ō wheori ki tō tākuta.
Ka iti haere ngā wheori i muri i te menopause ina he iti ngā taumata homoni. Heoi, i roto i ō tau whānau tamariki, ka nui ake te noho i te rahi kotahi, te nui ake rānei. Ka mutu te tipu o ētahi wheori, te iti haere rānei, engari ehara tēnei i te mea ka taea e koe te tumanako.
Kāo. Ahakoa ko ngā wheori nui te tino hiahia ki te rongoā kaha, ka taea e ngā whiringa kore pokanga pēnei i te whakauru toto pūkahukahu te whai hua. Ka whakaarohia e tō tākuta te rahi, te wāhi, me ngā tohu e puta mai ana i ō wheori i te wā e tūtohu ana i ngā whiringa rongoā.
He tino onge te huri o ngā wheori ki te mate pukupuku. Kaore i te nui atu i te 1% o ngā wheori e huri ana ki te mate pukupuku. Ko te momo mate pukupuku ka taea te whanake, ko te leiomyosarcoma te ingoa, ka puta mai noa atu i te puta mai i ngā wheori o mua. Ka tirotirohia e tō tākuta ō wheori i ngā tirotiro noa kia titiro ki ngā huringa āwangawanga.
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