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Ko te Ethambutol he rongoā paturopi i hangaia hei whawhai i te huakita kohi (TB). E mahi ana mā te aukati i ēnei huakita kino ki te hanga i ō rātou pakitara pūtau whakamarumaru, e whakaiti ana i a rātou, ā, e āwhina ana i te pūnaha ārai mate o tō tinana ki te whakawātea i te mate i te ara whai hua.
Ka whakamahia tonu tēnei rongoā me ētahi atu rongoā TB nā te mea he tino mārō te huakita kohi, ā, ka taea te whakawhanake i te ātete ki ngā rongoā kotahi. Whakaarohia he wāhanga o te huarahi tōpū e whakaeke ana ia rongoā i te huakita i tētahi ara rerekē, e uaua ana te oranga o te mate.
Ko te Ethambutol te mea nui e tohua ana hei rongoā i ngā mate kohi kaha i ō pūkahukahu, i ētahi atu wāhanga rānei o tō tinana. E kiia ana he wāhanga nui o te tikanga rongoā TB paerewa e whakawhirinaki ana ngā tākuta puta noa i te ao ki te rongoā i tēnei mate huakita nui.
Ka tohua pea e tō tākuta te ethambutol hei ārai i te TB kia kore e puta mai mena kua pā koe ki ngā momo huakita ātete rongoā. He mea nui tēnei huarahi ārai mō te hunga he ngoikore te pūnaha ārai mate e nui ake ana te tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i te mate TB kaha.
I ētahi wā, ka whakamahia pea te ethambutol hei rongoā i ētahi mate mycobacterial kore-kohi, he mea nā te huakita e pā ana ki te TB engari kāore i te rite tonu. Ka pā ēnei mate ki ō pūkahukahu, ngā pona rāpoi, ētahi atu okana rānei, ina koa kua raru tō pūnaha ārai mate.
E kiia ana ko te Ethambutol he paturopi kaha ngawari e mahi ana mā te whakararu i te kaha o te huakita kohi ki te hanga i ō rātou pakitara pūtau. E aukati ana i tētahi enzyme e kīia ana ko te arabinosyl transferase, e hiahia ana te huakita ki te hanga i ō rātou uhi o waho whakamarumaru.
Inā kore e taea e ngā huakita te hanga i ngā pakitara pūtau tika, ka ngoikore rātou, ā, ka mate i te mutunga. He roa te wā e pā ana ki tēnei tukanga, koinei te take e roa ana te maimoatanga TB mō ētahi marama. Kāore te rongoā e mahi i te pō, engari ka ngoikore haere ngā huakita i roto i ngā wiki me ngā marama o te whakamahi tonu.
Ko te mea e tino whai hua ana a ethambutol ko tana whakaeke i ngā huakita i te rerekē atu i ētahi atu rongoā TB pēnei i te isoniazid, te rifampin rānei. Mā tēnei huarahi maha e ārai ai ngā huakita i te whakawhanake i te ātete, ā, ka whakarite i te whakakorenga katoa o te mate.
Tangohia te ethambutol i runga i ngā tohutohu a tō tākuta, te tikanga kotahi i te rā me te karaihe wai katoa. Ka taea e koe te tango me te kore rānei he kai, ahakoa ko te tango me te kai ka āwhina i te whakaiti i te puku puku ki te pā koe i te raruraru kūnatu.
He pai ki te tango i tō horopeta i te wā kotahi i ia rā kia mau tonu ngā taumata o te rongoā i roto i tō toto. He maha ngā tāngata e kite ana he āwhina ki te hono i te tango i ā rātou rongoā ki te mahi o ia rā, pēnei i te kai parakuihi, te paraihe rānei i ō rātou niho, kia kore ai e ngaro ngā horopeta.
Horomia ngā papa katoa me te kore e kuru, e ngaungau, e whati rānei. Ki te raru koe ki te horomia i ngā pire, kōrero ki tō tākuta mō ētahi atu kōwhiringa, engari kaua e whakarerekē i ngā papa i a koe anō, nā te mea ka pā tēnei ki te mahi o te rongoā.
Kaua rawa e mutu te tango i te ethambutol ohorere, ahakoa ka tīmata koe ki te pai ake. Ka taea e ngā huakita TB te ora i roto i tō tinana mō ngā marama, ā, ko te whakamutu i te maimoatanga i te wā tōmua ka arahi ki te ātete rongoā me te hokinga mai o te mate.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata e tango ana i te ethambutol mō ngā marama tuatahi e 2 o tā rātou maimoatanga TB, ahakoa ka hiahia ētahi mō ngā wā roa ake i runga i ō rātou āhuatanga motuhake. Kei runga i ngā āhuatanga te roa katoa, pēnei i te wāhi o tō mate, te pai o tō urupare ki te maimoatanga, me te mea he TB ātete rongoā tōu.
Ka aroturukihia tō haere mā te tirotirohanga auau, ngā whakamātautau huware, me ngā hihi-X o te uma hei whakatau i te wā e pai ana te whakamutu i te rongoā. Mā ēnei whakamātautau e āwhina kia tino whakakorea ngā huakita i tō tinana i mua i te whakamutu i te rongoā.
Mō ngā tūpono TB e ātete ana ki te rongoā, tērā pea ka hiahia koe ki te tango i te ethambutol mō te 6 marama, neke atu rānei. He mea tika tēnei rongoā roa nā te mea he uaua ake te whakakore i ngā huakita ātete, ā, e hiahia ana ki te rongoā kaha ake, roa ake hoki hei aukati i te hokinga mai o te mate.
He pai te aro o te nuinga o te tāngata ki te ethambutol, engari pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka pānga taha. Ko te mea nui hei mātakitaki ko ngā huringa i tō tirohanga, nā te mea koinei te pānga taha tino nui o tēnei rongoā.
Anei ngā pānga taha noa ka pā ki a koe i te wā e tango ana koe i te ethambutol:
Ko ēnei pānga taha noa he ngawari noa iho, ā, he maha ngā wā ka pai ake i te wā e whakatika ana tō tinana ki te rongoā. Heoi, kaua e whakaroa ki te whakapā atu ki tō tākuta mēnā ka pōuri, ka mau tonu rānei.
Ko te pānga taha tino nui hei mōhio ko te neuritis optic, e pā ana ki tō tirohanga. Ka taea e tēnei āhuatanga te pā ki te tirohanga pōuri, te uaua ki te kite i ngā tae (ina koa te whero me te kākāriki), ngā wāhi matapō rānei i tō āpure tirohanga. Ahakoa he mea noa, ka pā ki te 1-2% o te tāngata e tango ana i te ethambutol, he mea nui ki te pūrongo i ngā huringa tirohanga ki tō tākuta tonu.
Ko ētahi atu pānga taha nui engari he mea onge ko ngā pānga mate pāwera nui, ngā raruraru ate, me te neuropathy taha (te ngaro, te ngau rānei i ō ringa me ō waewae). Ka aroturukihia koe e tō tākuta i ngā wā katoa kia kite wawe i ēnei take.
Kāore e tika ana te Ethambutol mō te katoa, ā, he maha ngā wā ka whiriwhiri tō tākuta i tētahi rongoā rerekē. Ko te mea nui rawa atu ko te mōhio kei a koe ētahi raruraru kanohi, raruraru tirohanga rānei.
Kāore koe e tango i te ethambutol mēnā he pānga koe ki te rongoā, ki te mea rānei he neuritis optic koe. Ko ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ngā raruraru tākihi tērā pea ka hiahia ki te whakatikatika i te horopeta i te mea ka whakakorea te rongoā mā ngā tākihi, ā, ka piki ake te tūponotanga o ngā pānga taha.
Ko ngā tamariki kei raro i te 13 tau te pakeke kāore i te nuinga o te wā e whiwhi ethambutol nā te mea kāore pea e taea e rātou te kōrero whai hua mō ngā huringa tirohanga. Heoi anō, i ngā take o te TB e ātete ana ki te rongoā, i ētahi wā ka tohua e ngā tākuta mō ngā tamariki iti ake me te mātakitaki tupato.
Mēnā kei te hapū koe, kei te whāngai ū rānei, kōrerohia ngā tūponotanga me ngā painga ki tō tākuta. Ahakoa e whakaarohia ana he haumaru ake te ethambutol i ētahi atu rongoā TB i te wā e hapū ana, ka whakataurite tō tākuta i ngā painga ki ngā tūponotanga pea ki a koe me tō pēpi.
Kei te wātea te Ethambutol i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu, ko Myambutol te mea e mōhiotia ana i te United States. Ko ētahi atu ingoa waitohu ko Etibi me Servambutol, i runga i tō wāhi me te kaihanga rongoā.
Kei te wātea whānui ngā putanga whānui o te ethambutol, ā, he rite tonu te whai hua ki ngā putanga waitohu. Tērā pea ka whakakapi tō whare rongoā i tētahi putanga whānui mēnā kāore tō tākuta e tono ana i te rongoā waitohu.
Ahakoa te putanga ka whiwhi koe, ka rite tonu te whakauru kaha me te whai hua. Mēnā he pātai āu mō te huri i waenga i ngā putanga waitohu me ngā putanga whānui, kōrerohia tēnei ki tō kai rongoā, ki tō tākuta rānei.
Mena kāore e taea e koe te tango ethambutol nā te pānga kino, te aukati rānei, he maha ngā rongoā kē atu ka taea te whakamahi hei wāhanga o tō rongoā TB. Ko te whiriwhiri ka whakawhirinaki ki ngā āhuatanga pēnei i ngā tauira ātete rongoā, tō hauora whānui, me te pai o tō whakamanawa i ngā rongoā rerekē.
Ko te Streptomycin tētahi atu kōwhiringa e whakamahia ana i ētahi wā, ina koa i ngā tūāhua kāore e tika ana te ethambutol. Heoi, me werohia, ā, he rārangi anō ōna pānga kino, tae atu ki ngā raruraru whakarongo me ngā raruraru tākihi.
Mō te TB ātete rongoā, ko ngā rongoā hou pēnei i te bedaquiline, delamanid, pretomanid rānei pea ngā kōwhiringa. Ko ēnei rongoā e rāhui ana mō ngā tūāhua uaua kāore i whai hua ngā rongoā paerewa, kāore rānei e taea te whakamahi.
Ka mahi tō tākuta me ngā tohunga TB ki te whakatau i te rongoā kē pai rawa atu mō tō āhuatanga motuhake. Ko te whāinga tonu ko te kimi i tētahi huinga rongoā e whai hua ana ki te rongoā i tō mate, me te whakaiti i ngā pānga kino.
He rongoā TB whai hua te ethambutol me te streptomycin, engari he rerekē ō rāua painga me ō rāua ngoikoretanga. Ko te ethambutol te nuinga e pai ana nā te mea ka tangohia mā te waha, e tino watea ana mō te rongoā wā roa.
Me werohia te streptomycin i ia rā, he mea mamae, he mea kore watea, ina koa mō te rongoā mō ngā marama e hiahiatia ana e te TB. He nui ake hoki te tūponotanga o te ngaro o te whakarongo me te kino o te tākihi i te ethambutol, ko te mea nui ko te huringa o te tirohanga.
Heoi, ka kōwhiria pea te streptomycin i ētahi tūāhua motuhake, pēnei i te wā kāore e taea e tētahi te whakamanawa i te ethambutol, he TB ātete rongoā rānei e pai ake ana te urupare ki te streptomycin. Ka whakaarohia e tō tākuta ō āhuatanga takitahi i te wā e whakatau ana i te rongoā pai rawa atu mōu.
He rite tonu te whai hua o ngā rongoā e rua ina whakamahia hei wāhanga o te hōtaka rongoā TB tika. Ko te kōwhiri i waenga i a rāua ka heke iho ki te wātea, te pūtake o ngā pānga taha, me tō āhuatanga hauora motuhake.
Āe, he haumaru te ethambutol mō te hunga e mate huka ana, engari me nui ake te aroturuki. Ka taea e te mate huka te whakanui i tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i te neuropathy taha, ā, he iti ake pea tēnei tūponotanga ina tango ana i te ethambutol.
Ka aro nui tō tākuta ki ngā tohu o te ngū, te ngū rānei i ō ringa me ō waewae. Ka āta aroturukihia pea e rātou ō taumata huka toto, nā te mea ka pā te rongoā TB ki te whakahaere i te kūkū, ahakoa kāore te ethambutol e pā ana ki ngā huringa huka toto nui.
Mēnā ka tango koe i te nui rawa o te ethambutol i te mea i whakaritea, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te pokapū whakahaere paitini rānei i te wā tonu. Ko te tango i te nui rawa ka whakanui i tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru tirohanga me ētahi atu pānga taha.
Kaua e ngana ki te utu i te horopeta nui mā te whakawātea i tō horopeta e whai ake nei. Engari, whai i ngā tohutohu a tō tākuta mō te hoki ki tō hōtaka horopeta auau. Kia mau ki te wā i tango ai koe i te horopeta atu anō kia taea ai e koe te whakarato i tēnei mōhiohio ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Mēnā ka ngaro koe i tētahi horopeta o ethambutol, tangohia i te wā e mahara ana koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wā mō tō horopeta e whai ake nei. I taua wā, whakawātea i te horopeta i ngaro, ka haere tonu ki tō hōtaka auau.
Kaua rawa e tango i ngā horopeta e rua i te wā kotahi hei utu mō te horopeta i ngaro, nā te mea ka whakanui tēnei i tō tūponotanga ki ngā pānga taha. Mēnā he maha ngā wā e wareware ana koe i ngā horopeta, whakaarohia te whakatakoto i ngā whakamaharatanga waea, te whakamahi rānei i tētahi kaiwhakarite pire hei āwhina i a koe kia noho i runga i te ara.
Me mutu anake te tango i te ethambutol ina kī mai tō tākuta he haumaru ki te mahi. Ka whakatauhia tēnei whakatau i runga i tō urupare ki te rongoā, ngā hua whakamātautau e whakaatu ana kua ngaro ngā huakita, me te momo TB motuhake kei a koe.
Ka mutu pea te tango i te ethambutol e te nuinga o te tangata i muri i ngā marama e 2 tuatahi o te rongoā, engari ka roa pea te wā e hiahia ana ētahi. Ka whakamahi tō tākuta i ngā whakamātautau huware, ngā hihi-X o te uma, me ētahi atu aroturuki hei whakatau i te wā tika ki te whakamutu i te rongoā.
He pai ake te karo i te waipiro i te wā e tango ana i te ethambutol me ētahi atu rongoā TB. Ka taea e te waipiro te whakanui i tō tūponotanga ki ngā raruraru ate, ina koa ka honoa ki ētahi atu rongoā TB pēnei i te isoniazid me te rifampin e tangohia ana i te taha o te ethambutol.
Ka taea hoki e te waipiro te whakakaha i ētahi pānga taha pēnei i te whanoke me te rangirua. Mēnā ka whiriwhiria e koe te inu i ētahi wā, kōrerohia tēnei ki tō tākuta i te tuatahi me te whakawhāiti i tō inu ki ngā rahinga iti hei whakaiti i ngā pānga me ngā raruraru.
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