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Ko te Oxymetazoline he rehu whakawātea i te ihu e whakaiti ana i te pupuhi o te ihu mā te whakaiti i ngā oko toto pupuhi i roto i ō ara ihu. Kua kite pea koe i runga i ngā whata rongoā i raro i ngā ingoa waitohu pēnei i te Afrin, i te Mucinex Sinus-Max rānei, ā, koinei tētahi o ngā kōwhiringa tino whai hua e wātea ana mō te whakawātea tonu i te pupuhi.
He tere te mahi o tēnei rongoā, i roto i ngā meneti tonu, he mea rongonui ai i te wā e hiahia ana koe ki te whakawātea tere i ngā tohumate makariri, ngā mate pāwera, i te pēhanga rānei o te sinus. Heoi, pērā i te maha o ngā rongoā whai hua, he aratohu whakamahi nui tōna ka āwhina i a koe ki te whai hua pai i te wā e karo ana i ngā raruraru pea.
Ko te Oxymetazoline he rongoā whakawātea i te ihu e pā ana ki tētahi rōpū rongoā e kīia ana ko ngā alpha-adrenergic agonists. E mahi ana mā te whakapōkaia, te whakakaha rānei i ngā oko toto iti i roto i ō ara ihu, e whakaiti ana i te pupuhi, e whakatuwhera ana i ō ara rererangi kia māmā ake te hā.
E wātea ana tēnei rongoā hei rehu ihu, hei topata ihu rānei, ā, ka taea e koe te hoko me te kore he whakahaunga i te nuinga o ngā whare rongoā me ngā toa rongoā. E kiia ana he rongoā whakawātea kaha ki ētahi atu kōwhiringa e wātea ana, e whakamārama ana i te take e whai hua tere ana, e kitea ana.
Ko te tikanga, ka tae mai te rongoā i roto i te 0.05% te kukume mō ngā pakeke me ngā tamariki pakeke, ahakoa he hanganga ngawari ake e wātea ana mō ngā tamariki nohinohi. He nui te rongoā kei roto i te nuinga o ngā pounamu mō te maha o ngā rā e whakamahi ana i te wā e whai ana i te hōtaka inenga e taunakitia ana.
Ko te Oxymetazoline te tuatahi e rongoā ana i te pupuhi ihu i pā mai i ngā momo āhuatanga e pōkaia ai tō ihu, e aukatia ai rānei. He tino whai hua mō te āhuatanga kore pai o te kore e kaha ki te hā mā tō ihu.
Koinei ngā āhuatanga tino noa e taea ai e te oxymetazoline te whakawātea:
E whakamahi ana ētahi tāngata i te oxymetazoline i mua i te haerenga rererangi hei ārai i te raru o te taringa i puta mai i ngā huringa o te pēhanga hau, engari me kōrero koe i tēnei ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i te tuatahi. Ka āwhina te rongoā ki te pupuri i ō ara ihu kia mārama, ā, ka māmā ake pea ō taringa ki te whakatika ki ngā huringa pēhanga i te wā e rere ana, e tau ana.
Ka mahi te Oxymetazoline mā te whai i ngā kaiwhakawhiwhi motuhake i roto i ngā oko toto o ō ara ihu, e whaiti ai, e whakaiti ai i te rere o te toto ki te wāhi. Ko tēnei tukanga, e kiia ana ko te vasoconstriction, ka tere te whakaiti i te pūhi me te mumura i roto i ō kiko ihu.
Whakaarohia me te whakaiti i te waka i runga i te huarahi nui e kī ana mā te kati i ētahi rārangi mō tētahi wā. Ka whaiti ngā oko toto, he iti ake te hanga wai i roto i ō kiko ihu, ko te tikanga he iti ake te pūhi me te nui ake o te wāhi mō te hau ki te rere mā tō ihu.
E whakaarohia ana tēnei rongoā he kaha rawa atu i ētahi atu rongoā whakawātea ihu e hokona ana. Ka kite te nuinga o te tāngata i te whakapai ake i roto i te 5 ki te 10 meneti i muri i te whakamahinga, ā, ka roa pea ngā pānga i te 8 ki te 12 haora, he roa ake i te maha o ētahi atu rehu ihu.
Ko te kaha o te oxymetazoline te painga nui me te take e hiahiatia ana kia whakamahia mā te āta. Nā te mea he tino whai hua ki te whaiti i ngā oko toto, ko te whakamahi i te auau rawa, i te roa rawa rānei, ka puta he pānga hoki ka kino ake tō pōrearea.
He mea nui te tango tika i te oxymetazoline kia whai hua ai nga hua pai rawa atu me te karo i nga raruraru. Ko te mea nui ko te whai i nga tohutohu horopeta me te kore e neke ake i te roa o te whakamahi.
Mo nga pakeke me nga tamariki 6 tau neke atu ranei, ko te horopeta noa he 2-3 pupuhi ki ia pongaihu kia rua nga wa ia ra. Me waiho e koe nga horopeta kia 10-12 haora te wehenga, a he maha nga tangata e kite ana he pai ki te whakamahi i te ata kotahi me te ahiahi kotahi.
Anei te tukanga taahiraa-i-te-taahiraa mo te whakamahi i te rehu ihu oxymetazoline i runga i te haumaru:
Kaore koe e hiahia ki te tango i tenei rongoa me te kai, te wai ranei na te mea ka whakamahia tika ki o ara ihu. Heoi, ko te inu wai i muri mai ka awhina mena ka kite koe i te rongoa e turuturu ana ki raro i to korokoro, i etahi wa ka puta he reka kawa.
Ko te ture tino nui mo te oxymetazoline ko te whakaiti i to whakamahi ki te kore e neke atu i te 3 ra i te rarangi. Ko tenei rohe mo te wa poto ehara i te mea pohehe – i hangaia hei aukati i te mate e kiia nei ko te pupuhi rebound, ka whakawhirinaki o ara ihu ki te rongoa.
I muri i te whakamahi i te oxymetazoline mo te 3 ra, me okioki koe mo etahi ra i mua i te whakamahi ano. He maha nga kaiwhakarato hauora e kii ana kia tatari kia kotahi wiki i waenga i nga akoranga maimoatanga kia whai waahi ai o ara ihu ki te hoki ki to ratau ahua noa.
Mena ka mau tonu to pōrearea i tua atu i te 3 ra, ka hoki mai rānei i muri tonu i te whakamutunga o te rongoā, he tohu pea tēnei me hiahia koe ki tētahi huarahi rongoā rerekē. Ko te pōrearea tonu pea na te mate huakita, te mate pāwera mau tonu, ētahi atu āhuatanga rānei e hiahia ana ki ētahi rongoā rerekē, ki te arotake rānei i te hauora.
Mō te hunga e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga mau tonu pēnei i te rhinitis pāwera, me whakamahi te oxymetazoline mō te whakawātea i ngā wā i ngā wā tino kaha, kaua hei rongoā tiaki ia rā. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakarato hauora te tūtohu i ngā kōwhiringa pai ake mō te wā roa mō te whakahaere i te pōrearea ihu mau tonu.
Ko te nuinga o te tangata e pai ana ki te oxymetazoline ina whakamahia ana i runga i te tohutohu, engari pēnei i ngā rongoā katoa, ka taea e ia te pānga taha. Ko te rongo pai, he iti noa ngā pānga taha nui ina whakamahia tika ana.
Ko ngā pānga taha tino noa ka pā ki a koe ko:
Ka puta pea ngā pānga taha iti noa iho engari he nui ake te māharahara, ina koa ki te whakamahi nui rānei, ki te hunga rānei e tairongo ana ki te rongoā. Ko ēnei pea ko te tere, te ngākau rerekē rānei, te whanoke, te uaua ki te moe, te āwangawanga rānei, te wiri rānei.
Ko te pānga taha tino raruraru ko te pōrearea hoki mai, e kīia ana ko te rhinitis medicamentosa. Ka puta tēnei ina whakamahi koe i te rongoā mō te roa atu i te mea e tūtohutia ana, ā, ka whakawhirinaki ō ara ihu ki a ia. Ina puta tēnei, ka kino ake pea tō pōrearea ina ngaro te rongoā, ka waihanga i tētahi huringa e pōrangi ana koe me whakamahi koe i te nui ake o te rehu.
Mēnā ka pāngia e koe ngā pānga taha kino, pērā i te mamae o te uma, te mamae nui o te upoko, te huringa nui rānei i tō reiti ngākau, me whakamutu te whakamahi i te rongoā, me whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora tonu. He mea pāwera ēnei tohumate engari ka tohu pea kei te pā te rongoā ki tō pūnaha ngākau.
Ahakoa te nuinga o te wā he haumaru te oxymetazoline mō te nuinga o te tāngata ina whakamahia tika ana, me karo ētahi tāngata, me whakamahi rānei i raro i te tirotiro hauora. Ka pā tō hītori hauora me ngā rongoā o nāianei ki te haumaru o tō whakamahi i tēnei whakawātea i te ihu.
Kāore koe e tika kia whakamahi oxymetazoline mēnā he āhuatanga tō:
He maha ngā rōpū tāngata me tūpato rātou, me kōrero ki tō rātou kaiwhakarato hauora i mua i te whakamahi i te oxymetazoline. Kei roto i tēnei ko ngā tāngata e mate huka ana, nā te mea ka pā te rongoā ki ngā taumata huka toto, me te hunga he pūtaiao whānui, nā te mea ka uaua pea te mimi i ētahi wā.
Me kōrero hoki ngā wāhine hapū me te whāngai ū i te whakamahi i te oxymetazoline ki tō rātou kaiwhakarato hauora. Ahakoa te nuinga o te wā ka whakaarohia he haumaru ake i ngā whakawātea i te ihu waha i te wā hapū, he pai tonu te tiki tohutohu hauora mō te whakamahi i ngā rongoā i ēnei wā.
Kāore ngā tamariki kei raro i te 6 tau te pakeke e tika kia whakamahi i ngā hua oxymetazoline kaha noa. He momo whakahāngai tamariki motuhake e wātea ana, engari me whakamahi anō ēnei i raro i te tohutohu a te tākuta tamariki.
Kei te wātea te Oxymetazoline i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu rongonui, ā, ka kitea e koe i roto i te nuinga o ngā whare rongoā me ngā toa rongoā. He rite tonu te whakauru kaha i waenga i ngā waitohu, engari he rerekētanga iti pea kei roto i te pūngao rehu, i ētahi atu whakauru kore kaha rānei.
Ko ngā ingoa waitohu tino noa ko Afrin, koinei pea te rehu whakakore i te ihu e mōhiotia ana, me Mucinex Sinus-Max, i hangaia e te kamupene kotahi e whakaputa ana i ngā hua expectorant Mucinex. Ka kitea hoki e koe i raro i ngā ingoa pēnei i a Dristan, Nostrilla, me Vicks Sinex.
He maha ngā toa e mau ana i ngā putanga generic o te oxymetazoline, kei roto nei te whakauru kaha kotahi i te utu iti ake. He rite tonu te whai hua o ngā putanga generic ki ngā hua waitohu, me whakatutuki ngā paerewa kounga kotahi, nō reira he pai te kōwhiringa mēnā kei te hiahia koe ki te penapena moni.
I te kōwhiri i waenga i ngā waitohu, rapua ngā hua e tapaina ana ko ngā whakakore i te ihu 12-haora me te 0.05% oxymetazoline. Ko ētahi hua e whakakotahi ana i te oxymetazoline me ētahi atu whakauru pēnei i te wai tote, i ngā whakamākū rānei, he ngawari ake pea mō ngā tāngata he tairongo ngā ara ihu.
Mēnā kāore te oxymetazoline e tika ana mōu, mēnā rānei e hiahia ana koe ki te whakawātea i te pōrohi mo te wā roa, he maha ngā rongoā kē e wātea ana. Ko ētahi kōwhiringa e mahi rerekē ana i te oxymetazoline, i ētahi atu rānei he ngawari ake, he tika ake rānei mō te whakamahi whānui.
Mō te whakawātea tonu e rite ana ki te oxymetazoline, ka tukuna e ngā rehu ihu phenylephrine tētahi atu kōwhiringa, ahakoa e kiia ana he iti ake te kaha, ā, kāore pea e roa. Ko te Xylometazoline tētahi atu whakakore i te ihu e mahi ana i te rite ki te oxymetazoline engari he rerekē te roa o te mahi.
Mō ngā tāngata e hiahia ana ki te whakahaere i te pōrohi ihu mō te wā roa, he pai ake te mahi a ētahi atu kōwhiringa mō te whakamahi whānui:
Ko ngā huarahi kē atu ko te whakamahi i te whakamākū kia tāpirihia te makuku ki te hau, ka āwhina i te whakaiti i te hūpē me te whakaiti i te pōraru o te ihu. E kitea ana e ētahi tāngata te oranga mā te hinu eucalyptus, te mirimiri menthol rānei, ahakoa me whakamahi ēnei mā te tūpato, kaua rawa e tono tika ki roto i te ihu.
Ko te Oxymetazoline me te phenylephrine he rongoā whakawātea i te ihu, engari he rerekētanga nui ō rāua e pai ai tētahi ki ō hiahia i tētahi atu. Mā te māramatanga ki ēnei rerekētanga ka āwhina koe ki te kōwhiri i te kōwhiringa tino whai hua mō tō āhuatanga.
Ko te Oxymetazoline te nuinga e whakaarohia ana he kaha ake, he roa ake te pānga i te phenylephrine. Ahakoa ka taea e te oxymetazoline te whakatau i te oranga mō te 8-12 haora, ko te rehu ihu phenylephrine te nuinga ka roa anake te 4-6 haora, ko te tikanga me whakamahi pea koe i te maha o ngā wā i te rā.
He rite te tīmatanga o te mahi mō ngā rongoā e rua, me te nuinga o te tāngata e kite ana i te whakapai ake i roto i te 5-10 meneti i muri i te whakamahi. Heoi, nā te kaha o te oxymetazoline, ka kaha ki te whakatau i te oranga katoa o te pōhēhē nui ki te phenylephrine.
Mai i te tirohanga haumaru, he rite ngā tūponotanga o ngā rongoā e rua ina whakamahia ana i te ara i tohutohutia, tae atu ki te tūponotanga o te pōhēhē hoki mēnā ka whakamahia mō te roa rawa. Heoi, he ngawari ake pea te phenylephrine mō te tāngata e tairongo ana ki ngā rongoā whakawātea i te ihu kaha ake, ki te hunga rānei he āwangawanga ngawari ki te ngākau me ngā uaua.
Ko te whakatau i waenga i a rāua ka heke tonu ki te kaha o tō pūhi me te roa e hiahia ana koe ki te whakawātea. Mō te pūhi kaha, mō te wā rānei e hiahia ana koe ki te whakawātea roa, ko te oxymetazoline te tikanga te kōwhiringa pai ake. Mō te pūhi ngawari, mō te wā rānei e pai ana koe ki tētahi kōwhiringa ngawari, tērā pea ka tika te phenylephrine.
Me whakamahi tāngata e whai ana i te toto pūrua nui i te oxymetazoline me te tūpato, me te pai ake i raro i te tirotiro hauora. Ka taea e te rongoā te whakapiki i te toto pūrua mō te wā poto nā te mea ka whakaiti i ngā oko toto, ehara i te mea i roto i tō ihu anake engari pea puta noa i tō tinana.
Mēnā he pai te whakahaere i tō toto pūrua nui, tērā pea ka whakaae tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki te whakamahi i te oxymetazoline mō te wā poto ina tino hiahia ana koe. Heoi, mēnā kāore i te pai te whakahaere i tō toto pūrua, mēnā rānei he nui tō hypertension, he pai ake te karo i tēnei rongoā me te whakamahi i ngā kōwhiringa pēnei i te rehu wai tote, i te rehu ihu steroid rānei.
Mēnā ka whakamahi koe i te nui rawa o te oxymetazoline i te mea e tūtohutia ana, kaua e mataku – he iti noa iho te whakamahi i te nui rawa ka raru i te nuinga o ngā tāngata hauora. Heoi, me mātakitaki koe i a koe anō mō ngā tohu pēnei i te tere o te ngākau, te whanoke, te ānini, te pūhi rānei, te āwangawanga rānei, te wiri rānei.
Inu i te wai nui me te karo i te kawhe, ka kino pea i ngā pānga pēnei i te whakaihiihi. Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ngā tohu kaha pēnei i te mamae o te uma, te ānini kaha, i ngā huringa nui rānei i tō tere o te ngākau, whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora, rapu rānei i te āwhina hauora tonu. Mō te whakamahi ā muri ake nei, ine tika i ō inenga me te whakaaro ki te whakatakoto i ngā whakamaharatanga kia kore ai e nui rawa te tango.
Mena ka ngaro koe i te horopeta o te oxymetazoline, ka taea e koe te tango i te wa e mahara ana koe, mena kua 10-12 haora mai i to horopeta whakamutunga. Kaua e rua nga horopeta, kaua ranei e tango rongoa atu hei utu mo te horopeta i ngaro.
I te mea e whakamahia ana te oxymetazoline hei whakaiti i nga tohu, kaua hei rongoa auau, ko te ngaro i te horopeta ehara i te mea tino nui. Ka hoki ano pea o tohu whakawetiweti kia tae ra ano ki to horopeta e whai ake nei. Mena ka taea e koe te whakahaere i o tohu, ka taea e koe te whiriwhiri ki te peke i te horopeta i ngaro.
Ka taea e koe te whakamutu i te tango oxymetazoline i te wa e pai ake ana to whakawetiweti, i muri ranei i te 3 ra o te whakamahi, ko tehea te mea tuatahi. Kaore he take ki te whakaiti i to horopeta – ka taea e koe te whakamutu i te whakamahi i te wa kaore koe e hiahia ana, i te wa ranei kua tae koe ki te rohe 3-ra.
Mena ka hoki mai to whakawetiweti i muri i te whakamutu i te rongoa, kaua e hiahia ki te timata tonu ki te whakamahi ano. Engari, whakamatautau i etahi atu mea penei i te horoi wai tote, tirohia ranei mena ka pai ake o tohu i a koe ano. Mena ka mau tonu, ka kino ranei te whakawetiweti i muri i te whakamutu i te oxymetazoline, tera pea kua tae ki te wa ki te korero ki to kaiwhakarato hauora mo etahi atu whiringa maimoatanga.
Ka taea e te Oxymetazoline te taunekeneke ki etahi rongoa, ina koa ko era e pa ana ki te toto toto, te tere o te ngakau ranei. Ko nga taunekeneke tino nui hei mohio ko nga aukati MAO (etahi antidepressants), ka puta he pikinga kino i roto i te toto toto i te wa e honoa ana ki te oxymetazoline.
Mēnā kei te tango rongoā koe mō te pēhanga toto tiketike, ngā mate ngākau, te pōuri, ngā raruraru rānei o te tairoiro, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te kaimātai rongoā rānei i mua i te whakamahi i te oxymetazoline. Ka taea e rātou te tohutohu i a koe mō te haumaru o te whakamahi, mēnā rānei me whiriwhiri e koe tētahi atu rongoā whakawātea i te ihu. Me whakamōhio tonu ki ō tākuta mō ngā rongoā katoa e hokona ana e koe, tae atu ki ngā rehu ihu.
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