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Ko te tetanus toxoid he kano ārai mate e tiaki ana i a koe i te tetanus, he mate huakita nui e pā ana ki tō pūnaha io. Kei roto i tēnei kano ārai mate he momo ngoikore o te paitini e whakaputaina ana e ngā huakita tetanus, e āwhina ana i tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te ako ki te whawhai i te mate tūturu me te kore e whakamate i a koe.
Ko te whiwhi kano ārai mate tētahi o ngā huarahi whai hua ki te ārai i te tetanus, ka mōrearea te ora ki te whanake. Ka tukuna te kano ārai mate hei werohanga ki roto i tō uaua, te nuinga ki tō ringa o runga, me te whakarato i te whakamarumaru roa ina whai koe i te hōtaka e taunakitia ana.
Ka ārai te tetanus toxoid i te mate tetanus, e mōhiotia ana ko te kauae kati. E noho ana ngā huakita tetanus i roto i te oneone, te puehu, me ngā para kararehe, ā, ka taea e rātou te uru ki tō tinana mā ngā tapahi, ngā rakuraku, rānei, ngā patunga rānei.
Ina uru ngā huakita tetanus ki roto i te patunga, ka whakaputa rātou i tētahi paitini kaha e whakaeke ana i tō pūnaha io. Ka pā te paitini nei i ngā uaua nui e mōrearea ana, ina koa ka pā rātou ki ngā uaua e whakamahia ana e koe mō te manawa me te horomia.
Ka whakamahia te kano ārai mate hei ārai mate i te wā katoa, me te whakamarumaru ohorere i muri i te wharanga. Ka whiwhi pea koe i te mea hei wāhanga o tō hōtaka kano ārai mate auau, ā, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te mea mena he patunga tōu ka pokea pea e ngā huakita tetanus.
Ka mahi te tetanus toxoid mā te ako i tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te mōhio me te whawhai i te paitini tetanus. Kei roto i te kano ārai mate tētahi momo whakarerekē o te paitini tetanus e kīia ana he toxoid, kua rongoatia kia noho haumaru i te wā e pupuri ana i tōna kaha ki te whakaoho i te ārai mate.
Ina whiwhi koe i te kano ārai mate, ka hanga tō pūnaha ārai mate i ngā paturopi ki te paitini tetanus. E noho ana ēnei paturopi i roto i tō pūnaha me te whakarato i te whakamarumaru mena ka pā koe ki ngā huakita tetanus tūturu.
He werohanga whai hua tēnei e whakarato ana i te whakamarumaru kaha, roa hoki. Ka whanake te ārai mate i te nuinga o te tāngata i muri i te otinga o te raupapa werohanga tuatahi, ā, ka āwhina ngā pūhi whakanui ki te pupuri i tērā whakamarumaru i roto i te wā.
Ka tukuna te tetanus toxoid hei werohanga ki roto i tō uaua, te nuinga ki tō ringa o runga. Ka tukuna tonu tēnei werohanga e tētahi kaiwhakarato hauora ki a koe i roto i tētahi wāhi rongoā pērā i te tari tākuta, te whare haumanu, te hōhipera rānei.
Kāore he mea motuhake hei mahi māu hei whakarite mō te werohanga. Ka taea e koe te kai noa i mua, i muri i te whiwhinga i te werohanga, ā, kāore koe e hiahia ki te tango me te kai, te inu rānei i te mea ehara i te rongoā waha.
He torutoru noa ngā hēkona te roa o te werohanga. Ka horoi tō kaiwhakarato hauora i te wāhi werohanga ki te waipiro, ka werohia koe, ā, ka waiho pea he rāpaki iti ki runga i te wāhi i muri mai.
I muri i te whiwhinga i te werohanga, ka taea e koe te hoki ki ō mahi noa tonu. Ka pā te mamae ngawari ki tētahi wāhi werohanga, engari ka ngaro tēnei i roto i te rā, e rua rānei.
E whai ana te tetanus toxoid i tētahi hōtaka motuhake, kaua ki te tango mō tētahi wā tonu. Ko te raupapa werohanga tuatahi te tikanga e whai ana i ngā horopeta maha i horahia i roto i ngā marama maha hei hanga i te ārai mate kaha.
Mō ngā pakeke kāore anō kia werohia, ka whiwhi koe i te toru horopeta. Ka tae mai te horopeta tuarua 4-8 wiki i muri i te tuatahi, ā, ka tae mai te horopeta tuatoru 6-12 marama i muri i te horopeta tuarua.
Ināianei kua oti i a koe te raupapa tuatahi, ka hiahia koe ki ngā pūhi whakanui ia 10 tau hei pupuri i te whakamarumaru. Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i tētahi horopeta atu mēnā he patunga tōu e whakatakoto ana i a koe ki te tūponotanga mō te tetanus, ā, kua neke atu i te 5 tau mai i tō werohanga whakamutunga.
He rerekē te hōtaka e whai ana i ngā tamariki hei wāhanga o ā rātou werohanga ā-tinana, ka whiwhi rātou i ngā horopeta i te 2, 4, 6, me te 15-18 marama te pakeke, me ētahi atu horopeta i te 4-6 tau te pakeke.
Ko te nuinga o te tangata he pānga taha ngawari noa iho i te tetanus toxoid, ki te mea he pānga taha rānei. Kua whakamahia te kano ārai mate i roto i ngā tau tekau, ā, he onge ngā tauhohenga nui.
Ko ngā pānga taha noa e pā ana ki te nuinga o te tangata ko te mamae ngawari, te whero, te pūhi rānei i te wāhi werohanga. He tohu noa ēnei tauhohenga e whakautu ana tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te kano ārai mate, ā, ka ngaro i roto i te 2-3 rā.
Anei ngā pānga taha noa ka kitea e koe:
He ngawari ēnei tohu, ā, e whakaatu ana kei te hanga tō tinana i te ārai mate. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi i ngā rongoā mamae i runga i te porotiti, me te whakamahi i te kōpeke mātao ki te wāhi werohanga ki te hiahiatia.
He tino onge ngā pānga taha nui, engari ka uru pea ki ngā tauhohenga mate pāwera nui. Ko ngā tohu o te tauhohenga mate pāwera nui ko te uaua ki te manawa, te pūhi o te kanohi, te korokoro rānei, te tere o te ngākau, te pāhēhē whānui rānei.
Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi tohu o te tauhohenga mate pāwera nui, me rapu tonu koe i te āwhina hauora. Heoi, he mea nui kia mahara ko ngā tauhohenga nui ka puta i roto i te iti iho i te 1 i roto i te miriona horopeta.
Ka taea e te nuinga o te tangata te whiwhi i te tetanus toxoid, engari he wāhi ka karo, ka whakaroa rānei i te werohanga. Ka arotake tō kaiwhakarato hauora i tō hītori hauora hei whakatau mēnā e tika ana te kano ārai mate mōu.
Kāore koe e tika kia whiwhi i te werohanga tetanus toxoid mēnā i pā koe i tētahi urupare pānga nui ki tēnei kano ārai mate, ki ētahi wāhanga rānei o tēnei kano ārai mate i mua. Ko te hunga e tino mate ana me tatari kia ora rātou i mua i te werohanga.
Anei ngā āhuatanga me kōrero tō werohanga ki tō tākuta:
Ko te mate iti pēnei i te makariri kāore i te aukati i a koe ki te werohia. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i te whakatau i te wā pai mō tō werohanga i runga i ō āhuatanga takitahi.
Mēnā he āwangawanga ō mō te werohanga, kōrerohia tō hītori hauora me ō āwangawanga ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora. Ka taea e rātou te whakarato i te aratohu whaiaro i runga i tō āhuatanga.
Kei te wātea te tetanus toxoid i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu, ahakoa ka hoatu i te nuinga o te wā hei wāhanga o ngā kano ārai mate whakakotahi e tiaki ana i ngā mate maha. Ko ngā ingoa waitohu noa ko Tenivac, kei roto anake te tetanus me te diphtheria toxoids.
I te nuinga o te wā, ka whiwhi koe i te tetanus toxoid hei wāhanga o ngā kano ārai mate whakakotahi pēnei i te Tdap (Adacel, Boostrix) rānei Td vaccines. E tiaki ana ēnei whakakotahitanga i te tetanus me te diphtheria, i ētahi wā ko te pertussis (maremare).
Kāore te waitohu motuhake e whiwhi ana koe e pā ana ki te tiaki e whiwhi ana koe. Ko ngā kano ārai mate tetanus toxoid katoa kua whakaaetia e tutuki ana i ngā paerewa haumaru me te whai hua, nō reira ka taea e koe te whai māia ahakoa te waitohu e whakamahia ana e tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Kāore he huarahi kē atu hei whakakapi i te kano ārai mate tetanahi ki te ārai i te mate tetanahi. Ko tēnei kano te paerewa koura mō te ārai i te tetanahi, ā, ko te huarahi tino whai hua ki te tiaki i a koe.
Heoi, ki te kore e taea e koe te whiwhi i te kano ārai mate mō ngā take hauora, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te tetanus immune globulin (TIG) i ētahi wā. E whakarato ana a TIG i te ārai tonu engari he wā poto noa iho, ā, ka whakamahia i muri i te pānga pea ki te huakita tetanahi.
He mea nui hoki te tiaki pai i ngā patunga mō te ārai i te tetanahi, ahakoa ehara i te whakakapi mō te kano ārai mate. Ko te horoi tino pai i ngā patunga, te tango i ngā otaota, me te rapu i te manaakitanga hauora mō ngā patunga hōhonu, paru rānei, ka āwhina i te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga.
Ko te huarahi pai rawa atu ko te ārai mā te kano ārai mate, nā te mea e whakarato ana i te ārai tino pono me te roa ki te mate tetanahi.
He rerekē ngā kaupapa o te tetanus toxoid me te tetanus immune globulin (TIG), ā, kāore e taea te whakataurite tika. E whakarato ana te tetanus toxoid i te ārai kaha mō te wā roa mā te āwhina i tō tinana ki te hanga i ōna ake paturopi, i te wā e whakarato ana a TIG i te ārai tonu engari he wā poto noa iho.
He pai ake te kano ārai mate mō te ārai mō te wā roa nā te mea e ako ana i tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te whawhai i te tetanahi i runga i ōna ake. Ka taea e tēnei ārai te roa mō te 10 tau, neke atu rānei me ngā pūhi whakakaha tika, e waiho ana hei kōwhiringa pai mō te ārai i ia rā.
Ka whakamahia a TIG i ngā tūāhuatanga ohorere i te wā e whai patunga ana tētahi tangata ka pā pea ki te huakita tetanahi, ā, kāore rātou i te whakahōu i ā rātou kano ārai mate. E whakarato ana i te ārai tonu engari he wā poto noa iho, he wiki noa iho.
I te nuinga o ngā tūāhuatanga ohorere, ka whakamahi ngātahi ngā tākuta i ngā rongoā e rua. Ka hoatu e rātou a TIG mō te ārai tonu me te tetanus toxoid hei āwhina i tō tinana ki te tīmata ki te hanga i ōna ake ārai mō te wā roa.
Āe, e mōhiotia ana he haumaru te tetanus toxoid i te wā e hapū ana, ā, e tūtohutia ana. E tūtohu ana te CDC kia whiwhi ngā wāhine hapū i te Tdap (kei roto ko te tetanus toxoid) i te wā o ia hapūtanga, ko te mea pai i waenga i te 27-36 wiki.
Ko te whiwhi kano ārai mate i te wā e hapū ana, ehara i te mea ka tiaki anake i a koe, engari ka tukuna hoki ngā paturopi ki tō pēpi, e whakarato ana i ētahi whakamarumaru i ngā marama tuatahi o tōna oranga. He mea nui tēnei nā te mea kāore e taea e ngā pēpi te whiwhi i ā rātou ake kano ārai mate tetanus kia 2 marama te pakeke.
Kāore e taea e koe te
Me haere tonu koe ki te tiki i ngā pūtu whakakaha tetanus toxoid puta noa i tō oranga, te tikanga ia 10 tau. Kāore he tau e tika ana kia mutu te whiwhi i ngā kano ārai mate tetanus, i te mea ka haere tonu te tūponotanga o te mate tetanus i te wā e kaha ana koe, ā, ka tūpono pea koe ki ngā āhuatanga ka whara koe.
Ko ngā pakeke ake pea te tūponotanga nui ake ki te tetanus nā te mea ka heke te ārai mate i te roanga o te wā, ā, ka nui ake pea te whara e kore e tere te rongoā. He mea nui te pupuri i te tūnga kano ārai mate o nāianei mō te whakamarumaru mō te oranga katoa.
Ahakoa he tino whai hua te tetanus toxoid, kāore he kano ārai mate he 100% tino pai. Heoi, he tino onge ngā mate i roto i ngā tāngata kua whakawāhia tika. Ka whai wāhi nui te kano ārai mate i te wā e whai ana koe i te hōtaka e taunakitia ana, ā, e haere tonu ana ki ngā pūtu whakakaha.
Mēnā kei te wātea koe i runga i ō kano ārai mate tetanus, he iti rawa tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i te tetanus. Ahakoa ka puta he mate, ka ngawari ake pea i tēnā i tētahi kāore i whakawāhia.
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