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Ko te Diethyltoluamide, e mōhiotia ana ko DEET, tētahi o ngā rongoā whakaweti ngārara tino whai hua e wātea ana i tēnei rā. Nō te mea kua 70 tau te roa e tiaki ana tēnei pūhui waihanga i te tangata i ngā waeroa, ngā toke, me ētahi atu ngārara ngau. Ka kitea e koe te DEET i roto i te maha o ngā rehu ngārara me ngā hinu, e mahi ana mā te waihanga i tētahi arai e kore ai ngā ngārara e hiahia ki te whiti.
He pūhui matū waihanga te DEET e mahi ana hei rongoā whakaweti ngārara ka whakamahia ki tō kiri, ki ō kākahu rānei. Ko te ingoa matū katoa ko N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, engari e kīia ana e te katoa ko DEET mō te māmā. I te tuatahi i hangaia e te Ope Taua o Amerika i te tau 1946, ā, i wātea ki te iwi i te tau 1957.
Whakaarohia te DEET e waihanga ana i tētahi whakangungu rakau e kore e kitea ana e kore ai ngā ngārara e pai. Kāore i rite ki ngā rongoā patu ngārara e patu ana i ngā ngārara, ka waiho noa te DEET i a koe kia kore e ātaahua ki a rātou. E kiia ana ko te paerewa koura mō ngā rongoā whakaweti ngārara nā te mea e mahi ana ki te maha o ngā ngārara ngau tae atu ki ngā waeroa, ngā toke, ngā kutu, ngā chiggers, me ngā namu.
Ko te DEET te mea nui e whakamahia ana hei ārai i ngā ngau ngārara me ngā mate ka taea e rātou te kawe. Me whakamahi koe i te wā e noho ana koe ki waho, ina koa ki ngā wāhi e kitea ana ngā waeroa me ngā toke. Kei roto i tēnei te puni, te hikoi, te mahi kari, te ngahau noa i tō tuarā i te wā o te pōti ngārara.
Ko te whakamarumaru e tukuna ana e te DEET ka nui ake i te whakamarie noa. Ka taea e ia te ārai i ngā mate nui e kawea ana e ngā waeroa pēnei i te huaketo West Nile, te huaketo Zika, te kirika dengue, me te malaria i ngā wāhi e noho ana ēnei. Mō ngā toke, ka āwhina te DEET ki te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga ki te mate Lyme, te kirika Rocky Mountain spotted, me ētahi atu mate e kawea ana e ngā toke.
Ka whakamahia pea e koe ngā hua kei roto ko te DEET ina haere koe ki ngā rohe pāpānui, ngā rohe āwhā rānei, kei reira ngā mate e pā ana ki te ngārara e mōhiotia ana. He maha ngā tohunga hauora haere e tūtohu ana i te DEET hei wāhanga nui o tō rautaki whakamarumaru i ēnei wāhi.
Ka mahi te DEET mā te raru i te kaha o ngā ngārara ki te kite i a koe hei kai. Ka whakamahi ngā waeroa me ētahi atu ngārara ngau i ngā pūoko motuhake ki te kimi i te tangata mā te kite i te hauhā e whakaputaina ana e mātou, te wera o tō mātou tinana, me ētahi matū i runga i tō mātou kiri. Ka aukati te DEET i ēnei pūoko, ka uaua ake te kimi i a koe e ngā ngārara.
He rongoa kaha, whai hua hoki tēnei. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau ka taea e te DEET te whakarato whakamarumaru mō ngā hāora maha, me te roa ake o te kaha o te kukume. Ko te hua 10% DEET ka ārai i a koe mō te 2 hāora pea, ā, ka taea e te kukume 30% te mahi mō te 6 hāora.
Kāore te whai huatanga e piki nui ake ana me te kaha o te kukume, engari ka piki te roa o te whakamarumaru. Kāore ngā kukume i runga ake i te 30% e whakarato i te whakamarumaru pai ake, engari ka roa ake te mahi, koinei te take e kitea ai e koe ngā hua kei roto i te 30-35% DEET.
Whakamahia ngā hua DEET ki te kiri me ngā kākahu e kitea ana, engari karo i te kuhu ki ō ringa ki te taea, nā te mea ka tūpono pea ka whakawhiti atu ki ō kanohi, ki tō waha rānei. Tīmatahia ki te paparanga angiangi, ōrite, ka whakamahi anō i te wā e ngaro ana te whakamarumaru, e tohu ana e ngā ngārara e hiahia ana ki a koe anō.
Kāore koe e hiahia ki te whakamahi i te DEET me te kai, te wai rānei, kāore i rite ki ngā rongoā waha. Heoi, me whakamahi koe i muri i te rāhinu rā, ki te whakamahi koe i ngā hua e rua. Tukua te rāhinu rā kia mimiti mō ētahi meneti, kātahi ka whakamahi i te rongoā DEET ki runga.
Inā tono ki tō kanohi, rehu te hua ki ō ringa i te tuatahi, katahi ka āta tono i te mea e karo ana i ō kanohi, waha, me te wāhi huri noa i tō ihu. Mō ngā tamariki, tono tonu te hua māu anō, kaua e waiho mā rātou e mahi.
I muri i te hokinga ki roto, horoia te DEET i tō kiri ki te hopi me te wai, ina koa kāore koe e hoki ki waho. Mā tēnei e ārai te whakakitenga kore e tika ana, me te tango i ngā mea piri katoa ka waiho e te hua.
Me whakamahi koe i te DEET anake i te wā e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamarumaru i ngā ngārara, kaua hei hua rā ki ia rā. Tonoa i mua i te haerenga ki ngā wāhi e tūmanako ana koe ki te tūtaki i ngā ngārara ngau, me te horoi i te mea ka hoki koe ki roto, kāore rānei koe e hiahia ana ki te whakamarumaru.
Mō te nuinga o te tāngata, he tino haumaru te whakamahi i te DEET i te wā o te pōkai ngārara. Mā tēnei pea e whakamahi i te mea i ngā marama o te raumati ki te whakapau koe i te wā nui ki waho, engari ka mutu i te takurua ka heke te mahi ngārara.
Mēnā kei te haere koe ki tētahi wāhi e mau ana i ngā mate e kawea ana e ngā ngārara, ka whakamahi pea koe i te DEET i ia rā mō te roanga o tō haerenga. E whakaarohia ana he haumaru tēnei whakamahi kaha wā-poto mō te nuinga o te tāngata i te wā e whai ana koe i ngā tohutohu hua.
Ka taea e te nuinga o te tāngata te whakamahi i te DEET i runga i te haumaru me ngā pānga iti. Ko ngā tauhohenga tino noa he ngawari, ka puta i te wāhi e tono ana koe i te hua. Kei roto i ēnei ko te riri kiri, te whero, he pānga iti rānei, ina koa he kiri tairongo tō.
Anei ngā pānga ka pā ki a koe, ka tīmata mai i ngā mea tino noa:
He ngawari noa iho ēnei tauhohenga, ka ngaro wawe i te horoinga o te hua. Ki te nuinga o te tāngata, ka āwhina te huri ki te kukū iti ake, ki tētahi momo rānei, ki te pā te riri ki a rātou.
He mea tino onge ngā pānga kino, engari ka pā ki te whakamahi hē, te nui rānei o te whakamahi. Ka uru pea ēnei ki ngā tohumate o te roro pēnei i te rangirua, te huringa o te ngākau, te uaua rānei ki te arotahi. He mea tino kore ēnei tauhohenga, ā, ka pā anake i te wā e whakamahia hē ana a DEET, pēnei i te whakamahi nui rawa, i te auau rānei, i te horomia rānei i te tūponotanga.
He pai te DEET mō te nuinga o te tāngata, engari me whakamahi ētahi rōpū me te tūpato nui, me karo rānei. Kāore ngā pēpi kei raro i te 2 marama te pakeke e whakamahi i ngā hua DEET, nā te mea he nui ake te uruhanga o ō rātou kiri, kei te whanake tonu ō rātou pūnaha.
Ko ngā tāngata he kiri tairongo rawa, ko te hunga rānei i pāwera ki te DEET i mua, me rapu i ētahi atu rongoā. Ki te pā te eczema, te dermatitis, ētahi atu āhuatanga kiri rānei, whakamātauhia tētahi wāhi iti i te tuatahi, me kōrero rānei ki tō tākuta i mua i te whakamahi i ngā hua DEET.
Ka taea e ngā wāhine hapū me te whāngai ū te whakamahi i te DEET i te nuinga o te wā, engari he pai ki te nuinga te whakamahi i ngā kukū iti ake, i ētahi atu rongoā rānei i tēnei wā. E whakaaro ana te CDC he pai te DEET i te wā e hapū ana, ki te whakamahia i te ara i tohutohutia.
Mēnā he āhuatanga neurological ō, e tango rongoā ana rānei e pā ana ki tō pūnaha io, kōrero ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i mua i te whakamahi i te DEET i ngā wā katoa. Ahakoa he onge ngā pānga, he pai ake te tirotiro i te wā e whai āhuatanga hauora ana koe.
Ka kitea e koe te DEET i roto i te maha o ngā waitohu whakaweti ngārara rongonui, ahakoa he rerekē te kukume me te hanganga. Ko ētahi waitohu rongonui ko OFF!, Cutter, Repel, me Deep Woods OFF!, e tuku ana i ngā ōrau DEET rerekē mai i te 7% ki te 30%.
He maha ngā whakaweti ngārara generic, waitohu toa rānei kei roto hoki te DEET, ā, he pai tonu te mahi rite ki ngā waitohu ingoa. Ko te mea nui ko te titiro ki te rārangi whakauru kaha me te whiriwhiri i te kukume e hāngai ana ki ō hiahia me te roa o te whakamarumaru e hiahia ana koe.
E honoa ana e ētahi waitohu te DEET ki ētahi atu whakauru pēnei i te aloe vera, te huaora E rānei hei whakaiti i te riri kiri, i te wā e arotahi ana ētahi atu ki ngā tikanga tuku rerekē pēnei i ngā muru, ngā hinu, ngā rehu papu rānei hei utu mō ngā aerosol.
Mēnā kāore te DEET i te tika mōu, he maha ngā kōwhiringa kē whai hua. Ko te Picaridin he whakaweti waihanga e mahi ana i te rite ki te DEET engari he iti ake te hinu, he iti ake te kakara. He pai tonu te mahi ki ngā waeroa me ngā toke, ā, he iti ake te riri ki te kiri tairongo.
Ko te hinu rēmana eucalyptus (OLE) he kōwhiringa tipu e mōhiotia ana e te CDC he whai hua. E whakarato ana i te whakamarumaru mō te 2 hāora pea, ā, he kakara citrusy pai, ahakoa kāore pea e roa rite ki te DEET, te picaridin rānei.
He rerekē te Permethrin i ētahi atu whakaweti nā te mea ka whakamahia e koe ki ngā kākahu me ngā taputapu, kāore i te tika ki te kiri. Ka patu ngārara i te whakapā, ā, ka roa i roto i ngā horoi maha, e pai ana mō ngā taputapu puni me ngā kākahu mahi.
Ka taea e ngā kōwhiringa tūturu pēnei i te citronella, te hinu peppermint, te lavender rānei te whakarato i ētahi whakamarumaru, engari he iti ake te whai hua, he poto ake te roa atu i ngā rāpoi rāpoi waihanga. He pai rawa atu ēnei mō ngā mahi o waho māmā i ngā wāhi he iti te pēhanga o te ngārara.
He tino whai hua te DEET me te picaridin hei rāpoi rāpoi ngārara, engari he rerekē ō rāua kaha. Kua roa kē te DEET e noho ana, ā, he nui ake te rangahau e tautoko ana i tōna whai huatanga, i te mea he mea hou te picaridin engari he maha ngā wā e pai ana mō tōna ahua me tōna kakara.
Mō te whakamarumaru, he pai tonu te mahi a ngā mea e rua ki te ārai i te waeroa me te toke. He iti pea te painga o te DEET ki ētahi momo rererere me te namu, i te mea he pai te picaridin ki te ārai i te toke. Ko te kōwhiringa he maha ngā wā ka heke ki te hiahia whaiaro me te tairongo kiri.
He iti ake te hinu o te Picaridin, kāore he kakara, ā, he iti ake te tūpono ka pā ki ngā kirihou, ngā papanga waihanga rānei. Ko te DEET, i tērā taha, he tekau tau te whakamahi kua whakamatauria, ā, he māmā ake pea te kimi i ngā toa. E whakaarohia ana he haumaru ngā mea e rua ina whakamahia ana i te huarahi tika.
Āe, he haumaru te DEET mō ngā tamariki neke atu i te 2 marama te pakeke ina whakamahia tika ana. E tūtohu ana te American Academy of Pediatrics kia whakamahia ngā hua kāore e neke atu i te 30% DEET ki ngā tamariki, ā, he maha ngā tākuta tamariki e kī ana kia tīmata ki ngā kukume iti pēnei i te 10-15% mō ngā tamariki iti.
Whakamahia te DEET ki ngā tamariki nāu anō, kaua e waiho mā rātou e mahi, ā, karo i te whakapā atu ki ō rātou ringa i te mea he maha ngā wā ka kuhu ngā tamariki i ō rātou ringa ki ō rātou waha. Horoi tonu ina tae mai rātou ki roto i te whare, ā, kaua rawa e whakamahi i raro i ngā kākahu i te wāhi ka ngongo ake ai.
Mēnā i whakamahia e koe te nui rawa o te DEET, horoia te wāhi tonu ki te hopi me te wai mahana. Tangohia ngā kākahu katoa he nui rawa te hua kei runga. Mēnā ka pā te riri kiri ki a koe, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te kakahu makariri, mākū ki te wāhi e pā ana.
Mēnā ka uru te DEET ki ō kanohi, horoia rawatia ki te wai mā mo te 15 meneti. Mēnā ka horomia e koe te DEET, kaua e whakaoho i te ruaki, engari inu wai ka whakapā atu ki te mana whakahaere paitini, ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora rānei tonu.
Kia mātaki i ngā tohu o te nui rawa o te pānga pēnei i te riri kiri, te ānini, te whakapairuaki rānei. Ahakoa he onge ngā tauhohenga nui, rapua te āwhina hauora mēnā ka pā te rangirua, te huringa o te ngākau, te uaua rānei ki te arotahi i muri i te whakamahi i te DEET.
Mēnā i wareware koe ki te whakamahi i te DEET i mua i te haere ki waho, whakamahia tonu i te wā e mahara ana koe, ina koa kei te kite koe i te mahi ngarara. Kāore rawa i te mutunga ki te tīmata ki te tiaki i a koe anō, ā, ka tīmata te DEET ki te mahi tonu i te wā e whakamahia ana.
Kaua e whakamahi i te DEET anō hei utu mō te whakamahi i ngaro. Whakamahia noa te nui noa, ka whakamahi anō i runga i ngā tohutohu hua i runga i te wā i whakamahia tuatahi ai e koe, kāore i te wā i whakamahere ai koe ki te whakamahi.
Ka taea e koe te whakamutu i te whakamahi i te DEET i te wā e heke ana te mahi ngarara, te tikanga i te wā e heke ana te pāmahana i te ngahuru me te takurua. Kāore te nuinga o te tangata e hiahia ana ki te rongoā ngarara i te wā e iti ana te pāmahana i te 50°F (10°C), i te mea ka iti noa te mahi waeroa me te toke.
Mēnā kei te whakamahi koe i te DEET mō te haere ki te ārai i te mate, ka taea e koe te whakamutu i te wā e hoki ana koe ki te kāinga, me te whakaaro kāore koe i te wāhi e kaha ana te tuku mate e ngarara ana. Horoi tonu i te DEET i te wā e kore ai koe e hiahia ana ki te whakamarumaru, ahakoa kei te whakamahere koe ki te whakamahi anō i muri mai.
Āe, ka taea e koe te whakamahi DEET me te rāhuka, engari me tono i te raupapa tika. Me tono te rāhuka i te tuatahi, ka tuku kia mimiti mō ētahi meneti, katahi ka tono te rāhui DEET ki runga. Mā tēnei ka mōhio ka mahi pai ngā hua e rua.
Aukati i ngā hua whakakotahi kei roto te rāhuka me te DEET, nā te mea he rerekē ngā wā tono anō. Me tono anō te rāhuka i ngā hāora e 2, engari ka roa te DEET, nō reira ka nui ake te mana whakahaere i ō mahi whakamarumaru mā ngā hua motuhake.
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