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Ko te Pegvaliase he rongoā whakakapi enzyme motuhake i hangaia mō ngā pakeke e mate ana i te phenylketonuria (PKU), he mate ira onge e kore ai te tinana e kaha ki te wawahi i te waikawa amino phenylalanine. E mahi ana tēnei rongoā mā te whakarato i te enzyme ngaro e hiahiatia ana e tō tinana hei tukatuka tika i te phenylalanine, e āwhina ana ki te whakaheke i ngā taumata mōrearea i roto i tō toto.
Mēnā kei a koe, kei tētahi rānei e manaaki ana koe te PKU, tērā pea ka pōuri koe i ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga. He tohu nui te Pegvaliase mō ngā tāngata kāore anō i tutuki i ngā taumata phenylalanine e whāia ana mā te kai anake, e tuku ana i te tūmanako mō te whakahaere pai ake i te mate me te kounga o te oranga.
Ko te Pegvaliase he putanga i hangaia e te tangata o tētahi enzyme e kīia ana ko te phenylalanine ammonia lyase e ngaro ana i tō tinana mēnā he PKU tōu. Whakaarohia he whakarato i tō tinana ki te taputapu ngaro e hiahiatia ana e ia hei wawahi i te phenylalanine mai i ngā pūmua e kainga ana e koe.
Ka tae mai tēnei rongoā hei wai mārama e werohia ana e koe i raro i tō kiri, pērā i te whakamahi a te hunga mate huka i te insulin. Ko te ingoa waitohu mō te pegvaliase ko Palynziq, ā, i hangaia motuhake mō ngā pakeke 18 tau, neke atu rānei, e mate ana i te PKU.
Ko te mea motuhake o te pegvaliase i ahu mai i tētahi pūtake huakita, ā, i hangaia mā te āta tūpato kia mahi haumaru i roto i te tinana o te tangata. Ka whakawhiti te rongoā i te purenga nui kia mōhio ai ka tutuki i ngā paerewa haumaru tino kaha i mua i te tae atu ki ngā tūroro.
Ka tohua te Pegvaliase mō ngā pakeke anake e mate ana i te phenylketonuria (PKU) e noho tiketike tonu ana ngā taumata phenylalanine toto ahakoa te whai i te kai iti-pūmua. Ko te PKU he mate ira e kore ai tō tinana e kaha ki te wawahi tika i te phenylalanine, he waikawa amino kei roto i te maha o ngā kai kei roto i te pūmua.
Inā ka piki te phenylalanine i roto i tō toto, ka pā ngā raruraru hauora nui, tae atu ki te hauatanga hinengaro, ngā pūhi, ngā raruraru whanonga, me ētahi atu raruraru neurological. Ko te hunga e mate ana i te PKU te tikanga ka whakahaere i tō rātou āhuatanga mā te kai tino whāiti e whakawhāiti ana i te kai pūmua, engari kāore tēnei huarahi e mahi mō te katoa.
Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te pegvaliase mēnā ka noho tonu ō taumata phenylalanine i runga ake i te 600 micromol/L (tata ki te 10 mg/dL) ahakoa te kaha o tō mahi ki te whakahaere i te kai. Ko te whāinga he whakaheke i ēnei taumata ki tētahi awhe haumaru ake, ko te mea pai i raro i te 360 micromol/L (6 mg/dL).
Ka mahi a Pegvaliase mā te whakarato i tō tinana ki te enzyme e ngaro ana i a ia hei wawahi i te phenylalanine. I roto i te hunga kāore i te PKU, ka huri tētahi enzyme e kiia nei ko te phenylalanine hydroxylase i te phenylalanine ki tētahi atu waikawa amino e kiia nei ko te tyrosine. Ki te mate koe i te PKU, kāore tēnei enzyme e mahi tika ana.
Ka whakamahi a Pegvaliase i tētahi huarahi rerekē mā te whakamahi i tētahi enzyme e kiia nei ko te phenylalanine ammonia lyase, e wawahi ana i te phenylalanine mā tētahi ara matū rerekē. Ka āwhina tēnei ara kē ki te whakaiti i te nui o te phenylalanine e huri ana i roto i tō toto, ahakoa ka kai koe i ngā kai kei roto te pūmua.
E kiia ana ko te rongoā he rongoā kaha me te whai hua mō te PKU i te wā e kore ai te whakahaere kai anake e ranea. Heoi, he maha ngā marama ka kite i ngā pānga katoa, ā, me whai whakamātautau toto tonu koe hei aroturuki i ō taumata phenylalanine me te whakatika i tō inenga kia rite.
Ka tukuna te Pegvaliase hei werohanga subcutaneous, ko te tikanga ka werohia e koe ki roto i te kiko momona i raro noa iho i tō kiri. Ka ako tō rōpū hauora i a koe me pēhea te tuku i ēnei werohanga ki a koe i te kāinga, i runga i te haumaru me te whakamarie.
Ko ngā wāhi werohanga e tino kitea ana ko tō huha, tō ringa o runga, tō puku rānei. Me huri ngā wāhi werohanga hei ārai i te riri o te kiri, me te karo i te werohanga ki te wāhi kotahi tonu. Horoi i te wāhi werohanga ki te waipiro i mua i ia werohanga, me te whakamahi i te ngira hou i ia wā.
Ka taea e koe te tango i te pegvaliase me te kore kai rānei, ā, kāore he here kai motuhake e pā ana ki te wā e werohia ai e koe te rongoā. Heoi anō, me haere tonu koe ki te whai i tō kai PKU kua whakaritea e te rōpū hauora, ahakoa e whakamahi ana koe i te pegvaliase.
Whakaorangia ngā pounamu kāore anō i whakatuwheratia i roto i te pouaka whakamātao i waenga i te 36°F ki te 46°F (2°C ki te 8°C). Kaua e whakatio te rongoā, kaua hoki e rūrū kaha te pounamu. I mua i te werohanga, tukua te rongoā kia tae ki te pāmahana rūma mō te 15-30 meneti hei whakangāwari i te werohanga.
Ko te pegvaliase te tikanga he rongoā wā-roa, ā, ka hiahia pea koe ki te haere tonu mō te roa hei pupuri i ngā taumata phenylalanine iti. I te mea he āhuatanga ira tūturu te PKU, ko te whakamutu i te rongoā ka piki anō pea ō taumata phenylalanine.
Ka tīmata tō tākuta i a koe ki te horopeta iti, ā, ka piki haere i roto i ngā marama maha i runga i te pai o te urupare me te manawanui o tō tinana ki te rongoā. Ko tēnei tukanga, e kiia ana ko te titration horopeta, ka roa pea te 6-12 marama, neke atu rānei, kia tae ki tō horopeta pai.
Mā ngā whakamātautau toto auau e āwhina tō rōpū hauora ki te aroturuki i ō taumata phenylalanine me te whakatau mēnā e hiahiatia ana ngā whakatikatika horopeta. Ko ētahi tāngata ka hiahia pea ki ngā huringa horopeta i te wā i runga i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i ngā huringa i roto i te kai, te taumaha, te urupare rānei o tō tinana ki te rongoā.
Kaua rawa e mutu te tango i te pegvaliase ohorere me te kore kōrero ki tō tākuta i te tuatahi. Mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamutu i te rongoā mō ētahi take, ka āwhina tō rōpū hauora i a koe ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere hei whakahaere i tō PKU mā ētahi atu tikanga.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka pānga ngā pānga taha ki te pegvaliase, ahakoa kāore e pā ana ki te katoa. Ko ngā pānga taha tino noa e pā ana ki ngā uruparenga wāhi werohanga me te uruparenga ārai mate o tō tinana ki te rongoā.
Mā te māramatanga ki ngā mea e tūmanakohia ana ka āwhina koe ki te pūmau me te māia ki te tīmata i tēnei maimoatanga. Anei ngā pānga taha ka pā ki a koe, kua whakarōpūhia mai i te mea tino noa ki te mea iti noa:
Ngā pānga taha noa (e pā ana ki te neke atu i te 10% o te tāngata):
Ngā pānga taha iti noa engari pea he nui:
Ngā raruraru onge engari he nui:
Ko te nuinga o ngā uruparenga wāhi werohanga he ngawari, ka pai ake i roto i ngā rā torutoru. Heoi, ki te pā ana ki a koe ngā uruparenga pānga mate nui, te uaua ki te hā, ētahi tohumate rānei e āwangawanga ana koe, me rapu tonu koe i te āwhina hauora.
Kāore te Pegvaliase e tika ana mō te katoa e mate ana i te PKU. Ka arotake tō tākuta mēnā he tika tēnei rongoā mōu i runga i ētahi mea nui.
Kaua koe e tango i te pegvaliase mēnā he mōhiotia he pānga kino ki te rongoā, ki ētahi o ōna kai. Kei roto i tēnei ko ngā pānga kino o mua ki te pegvaliase, ki ngā rongoā whakakapi enzyme rānei.
Me whai whakaaro motuhake ki ētahi āhuatanga hauora me ngā āhuatanga i mua i te tīmatanga o te pegvaliase:
Ngā āhuatanga e hiahia ana kia āta arotakehia:
Ngā rōpū motuhake e hiahia ana kia tūpato atu:
He take anō te tau, nā te mea kua whakaaetia te pegvaliase mō ngā pakeke 18 tau, neke atu rānei. Me haere tonu ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi e mate ana i te PKU ki te whakahaere kai me ētahi atu rongoā kua whakaaetia kia tae rā anō rātou ki te pakeketanga.
Ko te ingoa waitohu mō te pegvaliase ko Palynziq, i hangaia e BioMarin Pharmaceutical. Koinei anake te waitohu o te pegvaliase e wātea ana i te United States me ētahi atu whenua.
Ka tae mai a Palynziq i roto i ngā pounamu kotahi-te-whakamahi kei roto ngā momo rerekē o te rongoā. Māu e whakahau te tākuta i te kukume me te horopeta e tika ana mō ō hiahia takitahi.
I te mea he rongoā motuhake te pegvaliase mō tētahi āhuatanga onge, ka wātea noa iho mā ngā whare rongoā motuhake he wheako ki te whakahaere i ngā rongoā whakakapi enzyme. Ka āwhina tō rōpū hauora ki te whakarite kia whiwhi koe i tō rongoā mā ngā ara tika.
Ahakoa ko te pegvaliase anake te rongoā whakakapi enzyme e wātea ana mō te PKU, he ētahi atu huarahi rongoā ka whakaarohia e tō tākuta i runga i tō āhuatanga me ō hiahia.
Ko te huarahi kē ki te pegvaliase ko te whakahaere kai tino kaha, e whai ana i te kai iti-pūmua me te whakamahi i ngā kai rongoā motuhake i hangaia mō te hunga e PKU ana. He pai te mahi a tēnei huarahi mō te tokomaha, engari e hiahia ana kia nui ngā huringa o te noho me te aroturuki tupato.
Ko ētahi atu kōwhiringa rongoā ka whakaarohia ko:
Ka mahi tō rōpū hauora ki a koe ki te whakatau i te huinga pai rawa atu o ngā rongoā i runga i ō taumata phenylalanine, ō hiahia kai, te noho, me te pai o tō urupare ki ngā huarahi rerekē.
He rerekē te mahi a Pegvaliase me te sapropterin (Kuvan) me te whakamahia pinepine mō ngā momo tāngata PKU rerekē, nō reira ehara i te mea tika te whakataurite i a rāua. Ko te kōwhiringa
Ko Pegvaliase, i tērā taha, e mahi ana mō te nuinga o te hunga whai PKU ahakoa te momo ira, engari me werohia, ā, he nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā tauhohenga pānga. Ko te tikanga ka whakaarohia ina kāore te whakahaere kai me te sapropterin i tutuki i ngā taumata phenylalanine e whāia ana.
Ka whai hua pea ētahi tāngata mā te whakamahi i ngā rongoā e rua ngātahi i raro i te tirotiro hauora. Māu e tākuta e āwhina ki te whakatau ko tēhea huarahi te mea tika mō tō āhuatanga motuhake i runga i te whakamātautau ira, ngā taumata phenylalanine o nāianei, me ō whāinga maimoatanga.
Kāore anō kia tino whakapūmautia te haumarutanga o te pegvaliase i te wā o te hapūtanga mā ngā rangahau haumanu nui. Heoi anō, he mea nui te pupuri i ngā taumata phenylalanine tika i te wā o te hapūtanga mō te hauora o te whaea me te whanaketanga o te pēpi.
Ko ngā taumata phenylalanine tiketike i te wā o te hapūtanga ka pā mai ngā hē whānau nui tae atu ki te hauatanga hinengaro, ngā raruraru o te ngākau, me ngā raruraru tipu i roto i te pēpi e whanake ana. Ko tēnei āhuatanga e kīia ana ko te mate PKU o te whaea, ā, ka pā mai ahakoa kāore te pēpi i te PKU.
Mēnā kei te hapū koe, kei te whakamahere rānei koe kia hapū i te wā e tango ana koe i te pegvaliase, mahi tahi me tō tohunga PKU me tō tākuta whānau. Mā rāua e āwhina ki te whakatau i ngā tūponotanga me ngā painga o te haere tonu i te maimoatanga ki te huri ki te whakahaere kai tino kaha i te wā o te hapūtanga.
Mēnā ka werohia e koe te nui rawa o te pegvaliase i te mea i whakaritea, whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora tonu, waea atu rānei ki tō pokapū whakahaere paitini. Kaua e tatari kia kite mena ka puta ngā tohu, he mea nui te aro hauora tere mō ngā rongoā nui rawa.
Ahakoa te nui rawa o te tango i te pegvaliase e kore e puta he pānga e mate ai te ora, ka piki ake pea te tūponotanga o ngā pānga taha pēnei i ngā tauhohenga nui i te wāhi werohanga, i ngā tauhohenga mate pāwera rānei. Ka hiahia pea tō tākuta ki te mātakitaki i a koe i te tata atu, ki te whakatika rānei i tō hōtaka inenga ā muri ake nei.
Hei aukati i ngā horopeta nui ohorere, me mātua taki-rua i tō horopeta kua whakaritea i mua i te werohanga, whakamahia te kukū tika o te rongoā, me te pupuri i tētahi rākau inenga hei aroturuki i te wā i tango ai koe i tō rongoā. Ki te kore koe e mōhio ana ki tō horopeta, whakapā atu ki tō rōpū hauora i mua i te werohanga.
Ki te ngaro koe i tētahi horopeta o te pegvaliase, tangohia i te wā tonu ka mahara koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wā mō tō horopeta e whai ake nei. I taua wā, pekehia te horopeta i ngaro, ka haere tonu ki tō hōtaka inenga auau.
Kaua rawa e tango i te horopeta rua hei utu mō tētahi i ngaro, nā te mea ka piki ake pea tō tūponotanga o ngā pānga taha. Ko te ngaro i tētahi horopeta i ētahi wā e kore e puta he raruraru tonu, engari ngana ki te pupuri i tō hōtaka auau i te mea ka taea mō ngā hua pai rawa atu.
Ki te wareware tonu koe i ngā horopeta, whakaarohia te whakatakoto i ngā whakamaharatanga waea, te whakamahi i tētahi kaiwhakarite rongoā, te tono rānei ki ngā mema o te whānau kia āwhina i a koe ki te whakamahara. He mea nui te inenga rite tonu mō te pupuri i ngā taumata phenylalanine pūmau.
Kaua rawa koe e mutu te tango i te pegvaliase me te kore e kōrero tuatahi ki tō rōpū hauora. I te mea he āhuatanga mō te ora katoa te PKU, ko te whakamutu i te pegvaliase ka piki ake pea ō taumata phenylalanine anō, ka puta pea he raruraru hauora.
Tera pea ētahi āhuatanga e tūtohu ana tō tākuta kia whakamutua te pegvaliase mō tētahi wā, pēnei i te wā o te mate nui, i mua i te pokanga, ki te whakawhanake rānei koe i ngā pānga taha nui. I ēnei wā, ka āwhina tō rōpū hauora i a koe ki te whakahaere i tō PKU mā ētahi atu tikanga i te wā o te okiokinga maimoatanga.
Mēnā kei te whakaaro koe ki te whakamutu i te pegvaliase nā te pānga taha, ētahi atu āwangawanga rānei, kōrerohia ō wheako ki tō tākuta. Ka taea e rātou te whakatika i tō horopeta, te whakarato tautoko anō mō te whakahaere i ngā pānga taha, te tūhura rānei i ētahi atu whiringa maimoatanga.
Āe, ka taea e koe te haere i te wā e tango ana i te pegvaliase, engari me whakamahere kia whai rongoā nui koe, me te pupuri i ngā tikanga rokiroki tika. Me mau tonu he rongoā anō mō ngā whakaroa haerenga, ngā āhuatanga ohorere rānei.
I te wā e rere ana, whakauruhia tō pegvaliase ki tō pōkai-a-ringa me tētahi reta whakahaunga mai i tō tākuta e whakamārama ana i tō hiahia rongoā me ngā taputapu werohanga. Mā tēnei e ārai ai i ngā raruraru ki te haumarutanga o te taunga rererangi, me te whakarite kia kore tō rongoā e ngaro i ngā pōkai kua tirotirohia.
Mō ngā haerenga o te ao, rangahaua ngā ture mō te kawe rongoā whakahaunga ki tō whenua haerenga. Ko ētahi whenua e hiahia ana i ngā tuhinga motuhake, he here rānei mō ētahi rongoā, nā reira whakapā atu ki tō rātou karere, ki te kāhui rānei i mua kia kore ai he raruraru.
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