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Ko te Imiquimod he kirīmi kaupapa e āwhina ana i tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te whawhai i ētahi āhuatanga kiri mā te whakanui i ngā parenga tūturu o tō tinana. Whakaarohia he tūtohu ngawari ki tō pūnaha ārai mate, e āwhina ana i te pūnaha ki te mōhio me te whakatika i ngā wāhi raruraru i runga i tō kiri kia whai hua ake.
He rerekē te mahi a tēnei rongoā i ētahi atu rongoā kiri nā te mea kāore i te whakaeke tika i te āhuatanga. Engari, e akiaki ana i ō ake pūtau ārai mate ki te mahi, he maha ngā wā ka puta he hua pumau ake.
Ko te Imiquimod he kaiwhakawhitiwhiti urupare ārai mate e puta mai ana hei kirīmi mā e whakamahi tika ana ki ngā wāhi kiri e pā ana. No te karaehe rongoā e kiia nei ko te toll-like receptor agonists, ko te tikanga e whakahohe ana i ngā ara pūnaha ārai mate motuhake.
I te tuatahi i hangaia te rongoā i ngā tau 1990, ā, kua noho hei rongoā pono mō ngā momo āhuatanga kiri. E wātea ana anake mā te rēhitatanga, ā, ka puta mai i ngā kaha rerekē i runga i te āhuatanga e rongoatia ana e koe.
Ko te tikanga ka kitea e koe i roto i ngā pākete kotahi-whakamahi, i ngā ngongo iti rānei, e māmā ana te whakamahi i te nui tika i ia wā. He kore tae te kirīmi tonu, ā, ka mimiti ki tō kiri me te kore e waiho he toenga hinu.
E rongoā ana te Imiquimod i ētahi āhuatanga kiri motuhake mā te whakahohe i te urupare whakaora tūturu o tō pūnaha ārai mate. Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i te rongoā mō ngā āhuatanga e hiahia ana tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te āwhina atu ki te mōhio me te whakatika i ngā pūtau kiri rereke.
Koinei ngā āhuatanga matua e āwhina ana te imiquimod ki te rongoā, e hiahia ana ia ki te aro o tō pūnaha ārai mate i ngā huarahi rerekē:
Ka whakatau tō tākuta te āhua o tō mate me te mea he pai te imiquimod hei rongoā mō tō āhuatanga. He pai te mahi a te rongoā mō ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te paparanga o waho o te kiri.
Ka mahi a Imiquimod mā te whakahihiri i te kaha o tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te whawhai i ngā pūtau rereke me ētahi mate. Ka whakahohe i ngā pūtau ārai mate e kīia nei ko ngā pūtau dendritic, ā, ka whakatūpato ēnei i ētahi atu pūtau ārai mate ki te mahi ki te kiko raruraru.
Ka hangaia e tēnei tukanga he urupare mumura i te wāhi e rongoatia ana. Ahakoa he mea e māharahara ana, ko te mea tēnā e mahi ana tō pūnaha ārai mate i te mea tika ki te whakawātea i ngā pūtau, i ngā mate rānei e kore e hiahiatia.
E kiia ana he kaha te rongoā, nā te mea ka puta ngā urupare kiri ka kitea i te wā e mahi ana. Ko ēnei urupare, pēnei i te whero me te riri ngawari, he tohu tonu tērā e urupare ana tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te rongoā.
Kāore i rite ki ngā rongoā e whakangaro tika ana i ngā pūtau rereke, ka āwhina a imiquimod i tō tinana ki te whakawhanake i tōna ake mahara ārai mate. Ko te tikanga tēnei ka taea e tō pūnaha ārai mate te tiaki i te wāhi e rongoatia ana ahakoa kua mutu te whakamahi i te rongoā.
Whakamahia te imiquimod kia rite ki ta tō tākuta i whakahau ai, i te pō i mua i te moe. He mea nui te wā, nā te mea he kaha ake tō pūnaha ārai mate i te wā e moe ana koe, ā, ka whakanui tēnei i te whai huatanga o te rongoā.
Anei me pēhea te whakamahi i te imiquimod i runga i te haumaru me te whai hua:
Kāore koe e hiahia ki te kai i tētahi mea motuhake i mua i te whakamahi i te imiquimod, ā, kāore e pā ana ki te kai. Heoi, karo i te uru o te kirīmi ki ō kanohi, waha, ihu rānei, nā te mea he tairongo ake ēnei wāhi.
He rerekē te hōtaka whakamahi i runga i tō āhuatanga. E whakamahi ana ētahi tāngata i te rongoā nei e toru ngā wā i te wiki, i ētahi wā ka whakamahi rānei i ia rā, i te wā iti rānei i runga i te tohutohu a tō rākuta.
He rerekē te roa o te rongoā ki te imiquimod i runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake me te pēhea te urupare o tō kiri. E whakamahi ana te nuinga o te tāngata i te rongoā nei mō te 6 ki te 16 wiki, ahakoa ka hiahiatia e ētahi āhuatanga ngā wā rongoā roa ake.
Mō te keratosis actinic, ka whakamahi koe i te imiquimod mō te 16 wiki me ngā wā okioki auau kia ora ai tō kiri. Ka ngaro pea ngā waro i te 6-10 wiki, i te wā e roa ana te rongoā mō te basal cell carcinoma e 6 wiki.
Ka aroturukihia e tō tākuta tō ahunga whakamua, ā, ka whakatika pea i te hōtaka rongoā mēnā ka pā mai ngā urupare kiri nui. I ētahi wā, ka āwhina te okioki poto mai i te rongoā i tō pūnaha ārai mate kia kaha ake te mahi.
Kaua e whakamutu wawe i te rongoā ahakoa kāore koe e kite i ngā hua tonu. Ka mahi haere te rongoā, ā, e kore ētahi tāngata e kite i ngā huringa nui tae noa ki te maha o ngā wiki e rongoā ana.
Ko ngā pānga taha mai i te imiquimod e pā ana ki te whakahohenga o te pūnaha ārai mate e pā ana ki tō kiri. Ko te nuinga o te tāngata ka pā ki ētahi momo urupare kiri, he tohu tonu tēnei i te mahi o te rongoā.
Ngā pānga taha noa ka kitea e koe ko ngā huringa kiri e pai ake ana i te otinga o tō rongoā:
Ko te tikanga ka eke ēnei urupare ki te wiki 2-4 o te rongoā, ā, ka pai haere. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te whakahaere i ēnei pānga taha, ā, ka tūtohu pea kia okioki koe mēnā ka tino kore te pai o ngā urupare.
Ngā pānga taha kāore i te noa engari he nui ake te kino ko ngā urupare kiri nui kāore e pai ake i te roanga o te wā:
Whakapā atu ki tō tākuta mēnā ka pā ki a koe ngā urupare nui, mēnā kāore ngā pānga taha e pai ake i muri i te whakamutunga o te rongoā mō ētahi rā. Ko te nuinga o ngā pānga taha ka taea te whakahaere, he wā poto noa iho.
Me karo etahi tāngata i te imiquimod, me whakamahi rānei me te tūpato nui, nā te mea ka pā pea te hauora. Ka arotakehia e tō tākuta tō hītori hauora kia mōhio ai mehemea he haumaru tēnei rongoā mōu.
Kaua koe e whakamahi i te imiquimod mēnā e mōhiotia ana he pānga pānga ki ētahi o ōna whakauru. Ko ngā tāngata he tino ngoikore te pūnaha ārai mate ka hiahia pea ki ētahi atu rongoā, nā te mea ka mahi te imiquimod mā te whakaihiihi i ngā urupare ārai mate.
He mea nui te whakaaro mō ēnei rōpū tāngata:
Mēnā he hītori tōu mō te mate pukupuku kiri i ngā wāhi kē atu i te wāhi e rongoāhia ana koe, kōrero atu ki tō tākuta. Ka hiahia pea rātou ki te aroturuki i a koe i te wā o te rongoā.
Kei te wātea te Imiquimod i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu, ko Aldara te mea e mōhiotia ana, e tohutohutia ana hoki. Kei ia waitohu te whakauru kaha kotahi, engari ka rerekē pea te kukume, te pōkai rānei.
Ngā ingoa waitohu noa ko Aldara (5% kirīmi), Zyclara (3.75% kirīmi), me ētahi momo whānui. Ko te kukume e tohutohutia ana e tō tākuta kei runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake, me te tairongo kiri.
Ka mahi ngā momo whānui o te imiquimod i te pai rite tonu ki ngā momo waitohu, ā, he iti ake te utu. Ka whakakapi aunoa pea tō whare rongoā i tētahi momo whānui, ki te kore tō tākuta e tono motuhake i te ingoa waitohu.
He maha atu ano nga rongoa ka taea te atawhai i nga ahuatanga ano me te imiquimod, ahakoa he rereke nga tikanga e mahi ai. Ka tohutohu pea to taakuta i etahi atu rongoa mena karekau te imiquimod e tika ana mo to ahuatanga, ki te ranei ka pa ki a koe nga paanga kino e kore e taea te whakahaere.
He rereke nga rongoa rereke i runga i to ahuatanga motuhake, a tera pea ko:
He pai me nga kino o ia rongoa rereke. Ko etahi ka tere ake te mahi i te imiquimod engari ka nui ake te mamae, ka waiho ranei i nga whiu e kitea ana.
Ko te imiquimod me te fluorouracil (5-FU) e rongoa ana i te actinic keratosis me etahi momo mate pukupuku kiri, engari he rereke rawa te mahi. Ko te whiriwhiri
Ka whai whakaaro tō tākuta ki ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te whānuitanga o tō āhua, te tairongo o tō kiri, me tō oranga i te wā e whiriwhiri ana i waenga i ēnei rongoā. Ka whakamahi pea ētahi tāngata i ngā rongoā e rua i ngā wā rerekē kia pai ai ngā hua.
Āe, he haumaru te imiquimod mō te hunga mate huka, nā te mea kāore e pā ana ki ngā taumata huka toto, e kore hoki e pā ana ki ngā rongoā mate huka. Heoi anō, ka puhoi pea te whakaora i ngā patunga mō te hunga mate huka, nō reira ka āta tirotiro pea tō tākuta i te urupare o tō kiri.
Mēnā he mate huka tōu, kia kaha te aro ki ngā tohu o te mate i ngā wāhi kua rongoatia. Kāore pea tō pūnaha ārai mate e whai hua ana ki te whawhai i ngā mate, nō reira me kōrero wawe ki tō tākuta mō ngā tohu rerekē.
Mēnā ka whakamahi koe i te nui rawa o te imiquimod, horoia te wāhi tonu ki te hopi ngawari me te wai. Kāore te whakamahi i te kirīmi nui e tere ake ai te rongoā, engari ka nui ake pea te riri o te kiri me ngā pānga taha.
Whakapā atu ki tō tākuta mēnā ka pā tōna ki a koe te wera nui, te mamae, te urupare rānei o te kiri i muri i te whakamahi i te nui rawa. Ka tūtohu pea rātou kia okioki i te rongoā, kia whakamahi rānei i tētahi hōtaka tono ngawari ake i te haere tonu.
Mēnā kua ngaro i a koe tētahi tono kua whakaritea, whakamahia te kirīmi i te wā e mahara ana koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wā mō tō inenga e whai ake nei. Kaua e rua ngā tono kia whakatika i ngā inenga kua ngaro.
Kāore te ngaro i ngā inenga i ētahi wā e pā nui ana ki ngā hua o tō rongoā, engari ngana ki te pupuri i tō hōtaka auau i te mea ka taea. Ka pai te urupare a tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te whakaohooho tonu i te wā.
Me whakamutu noa te whakamahi i te imiquimod ina korero mai tō tākuta ki a koe, ahakoa te ahua mārama o te wāhi e rongoatia ana. Mā tō tākuta e arotake tō urupare, ā, ka whakatau i te wā kua oti i a koe tētahi akoranga rongoā tika.
Ka puta pea ētahi āhuatanga ka whakatau i mua i te otinga o te akoranga rongoā katoa, engari ko te whakamutu wawe ka puta he hokinga mai. Ka hiahia pea tō tākuta ki te haere tonu i te rongoā mō ētahi wiki anō hei whakarite i ngā hua pai rawa atu mō te wā roa.
Kaua e whakamahi i te whakapaipai, i te rāwaho, i ētahi atu hua kiri rānei i runga i te imiquimod i te wā e noho ana i runga i tō kiri. Ka taea e ēnei hua te whakararu i te urunga me te whai huatanga o te rongoā.
I muri i te horoinga i te imiquimod i te ata, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te rāwaho, i te whakapaipai rānei pērā i mua. Inaha, he mea nui te whakamahi i te rāwaho i te wā o te rongoā, nā te mea ka nui ake te tairongo o tō kiri ki ngā hihi UV.
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