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Ko te Trimethoprim he rongoā paturopi e āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te whawhai i ngā mate huakita, ina koa ko ērā e pā ana ki tō ara mimi. E mahi ana tēnei rongoā i runga i te aukati i te tipu me te whakanui o ngā huakita kino i roto i tō pūnaha. Ka mōhiotia pea e koe he rongoā ngawari engari whai hua e tohutohu ana ngā tākuta i te wā e raru ana koe i ngā mate ara mimi mārō kāore i aro ki ētahi atu paturopi.
No te rōpū paturopi te Trimethoprim e kīia ana ko ngā aukati reductase dihydrofolate. He paturopi waihanga tēnei i hangaia i te tekau tau 1960, ā, kua āwhina i te iwi ki te ora mai i ngā mate huakita mō ngā tau tekau. Kāore i rite ki ētahi paturopi kaha ake e taea ana te whakararu i tō pūnaha katoa, e mahi ana te trimethoprim i runga i te kōwhiri i ngā tukanga motuhake e hiahia ana ngā huakita kia ora.
Ka tae mai tēnei rongoā hei papa waha e tangohia ana e koe mā te waha. E wātea ana i roto i ngā kaha rerekē, te tikanga 100mg me te 200mg papa. Ka tohutohu tō tākuta i te inenga motuhake e tika ana mō tō mate motuhake me te āhuatanga hauora.
Ko te Trimethoprim te mea nui e whakamahia ana ki te rongoā i ngā mate ara mimi (UTIs), he mate huakita e pā ana ki tō pūpū, tākihi, ngā ngongo rānei e kawe ana i te mimi mai i ō tākihi ki tō pūpū. He tino noa ēnei mate, ina koa i roto i ngā wāhine, ā, ka pā mai ngā tohumate hōhā pēnei i te wera i te wā e mimi ana me te hiahia auau ki te mimi.
Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i te trimethoprim i te wā e pā ana koe ki te UTI kāore i aro ki ngā paturopi tuatahi, i te wā rānei e whakaatu ana ngā whakamātautau he tino tairongo ngā huakita e pā ana ki tō mate ki tēnei rongoā. He tino āwhina mō te rongoā i ngā mate e pā ana ki ētahi momo huakita pēnei i te E. coli, e kawenga ana mō te maha o ngā UTI.
I ētahi wā, ka tohutohu ngā tākuta i te trimethoprim hei ārai i ngā UTI e hoki mai ana i roto i ngā tāngata e pā ana ki a rātou. Ko te ingoa o tēnei ko te rongoā ārai, ā, kei roto i te tango i te horopeta iti ake mō te wā roa ake kia kore ai e hoki mai ngā mate.
I te nuinga o te wā, ka whakamahia te trimethoprim ki te rongoā i ētahi atu momo mate pāpori, pērā i ētahi mate i roto i te ara manawa, i ngā mate rānei i roto i ngā tāngata he pūnaha ārai mate kua ngoikore. Heoi anō, he iti ake te auau o ēnei whakamahinga i te rongoā UTI.
Ka mahi a Trimethoprim mā te raru i te hanga o ngā huarākau nui e hiahiatia ana e te huakita kia ora ai, kia whakaputa uri ai. Inā, ka aukati i tētahi enzyme e kīia ana ko te dihydrofolate reductase, e whakamahia ana e te huakita ki te whakaputa i te folate - he mea rite ki te huaora e tino nui ana mō te hanga DNA me ētahi atu wāhanga pūtau nui.
Whakaarohia me te tango i tētahi mea nui mai i tētahi tohutaka e hiahiatia ana e te huakita kia tipu. Ki te kore tēnei wāhanga nui, e kore e taea e te huakita te whakaputa uri, ā, ka mate rātou, ka tuku i ō pūnaha ārai tūturu o tō tinana ki te whakawātea i te mate. Ko tēnei tikanga ka waiho te trimethoprim hei paturopi bacteriostatic, ko te tikanga ka aukati i te tipu o te huakita, kaua ki te patu tonu i a rātou.
E whakaarohia ana ko te trimethoprim he paturopi kaha. Ehara i te mea kaha pērā i ētahi paturopi whānui e taea ana te whakakore i ngā huakita kino me ngā huakita whai hua puta noa i tō tinana. Engari, he pai ake te kōwhiri, e taea ana te kī he iti ake ngā raruraru ki tō taurite huakita noa.
Tangohia te trimethoprim kia rite ki tā te tākuta i tohutohu ai, te nuinga kotahi, e rua rānei i te rā i runga i tō āhuatanga. Ka taea e koe te tango me te kore kai rānei, engari ko te tango me te kai, te paramanawa rānei ka āwhina i te whakaiti i ngā raruraru puku ka pā ki a koe.
Horomia ngā papa katoa me te karaihe wai ki tonu. Kaua e kuru, e ngaungau, e whati rānei ngā papa ki te kore te tākuta e kī atu ki a koe. Mēnā he uaua ki a koe te horomia i ngā pire, kōrerohia ki tō kai rongoā mō te mea ka taea te kuru te rongoā, mēnā rānei he momo kē atu e wātea ana.
Whakamātau ki te tango i ō horopeta i te wā kotahi i ia rā kia mau tonu te taumata o te rongoā i roto i tō pūnaha. Mā tēnei rite tonu e āwhina te paturopi ki te mahi tino whai hua ki ngā huakita e pā ana ki tō mate.
He mea nui ki te inu i te wai nui i te wā e tango ana i te trimethoprim, inā koa te wai. Mā tēnei e āwhina ō tākihi ki te tukatuka tika i te rongoā, ā, ka āwhina hoki ki te horoi i ngā huakita mai i tō ara tūnui. Me whai kia 8 karaihe wai i ia rā ki te kore te tākuta e tohutohu kē.
Ko te akoranga noa o te trimethoprim mō te UTI ko te nuinga o te wā 3 ki te 14 rā, e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kaha o tō mate me te tere o tō urupare ki te rongoā. Ka tīmata te nuinga o te tangata ki te pai ake i roto i te 1 ki te 2 rā i te tīmatanga o te rongoā, engari he mea nui kia whakaoti i te akoranga katoa ahakoa e tino pai ana koe.
Mō te ārai i ngā UTI e hoki mai ana, ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i tētahi akoranga roa ake ka roa pea te maha o ngā marama. I ēnei keehi, ka tango koe i te horopeta iti ake, kotahi noa iho i te rā i te wā moe.
Kaua rawa e mutu te tango i te trimethoprim i mua, ahakoa ka ngaro katoa ō tohu. Ko te whakamutu i ngā paturopi i te wā wawe rawa ka taea e ētahi huakita te ora me te whanake pea i te aukati ki te rongoā. Mā tēnei ka uaua ake te rongoā i ngā mate ā muri ake nei, ā, ka hoki mai pea tō mate o nāianei.
Mēnā kāore koe e tīmata ki te pai ake i muri i te 2 ki te 3 rā o te rongoā, mēnā rānei ka kino ake ō tohu, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta. Me whakatika pea e rātou tō rongoā, me te tirotiro rānei mēnā he momo huakita kē atu e pā ana ki tō mate.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka pānga ngā pānga taha ki te trimethoprim, ahakoa te nuinga o te tangata e pai ana ki te tango. Ko te rongo pai he mea onge ngā pānga taha nui, ā, he tokomaha ngā tāngata kāore he pānga taha.
Koinei ngā pānga taha tino noa ka pā ki a koe, he ngawari noa iho, he wā poto:
Ko ēnei pānga taha noa ka pai ake i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki te rongoā, ā, kāore e hiahiatia te whakamutu i te rongoā.
Ka pā ki ētahi tāngata ngā pānga taha kāore i te noa, engari he nui ake te kitea, me whai whakaaro:
Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi o ēnei pānga, ā, he raruraru, he mau tonu rānei, whakamōhio atu ki tō tākuta kia āwhina i a koe ki te whakahaere.
I te wā onge, ka pānga ngā pānga taha nui ake ki te trimethoprim, me whai whakaaro tonu:
Ahakoa he mea onge ēnei pānga taha nui, he mea nui kia mōhio ki ngā mea hei mātakitaki kia tere ai te āwhina mēnā e hiahiatia ana.
Kāore a Trimethoprim e tika ana mō te katoa, ā, ka āta whakaaro tō tākuta i tō hītori hauora i mua i te whakahau. Kaua koe e tango trimethoprim mēnā he pāwera koe ki a ia, kua pā rānei tētahi urupare kaha ki a ia i mua.
Tērā pea ka tūtohu tō tākuta i tētahi paturopi rerekē mēnā he momo mate hauora ōna ake kei a koe, ka kore ai a trimethoprim e noho haumaru, e whai hua rānei mōu:
E pā ana ngā whakaaro motuhake mēnā kei te hapū koe, kei te whāngai ū rānei, i te mea ka taea e trimethoprim te whiti i te pūwhaka me te uru ki te waiu u.
Mēnā kei te hapū koe, inā rā i te wā tuatahi, ka kōwhiria e tō tākuta tētahi paturopi rerekē e haumaru ana mō tō pēpi e tipu ana. Ka taea e Trimethoprim te whakararu i te pākia o te folate, he mea nui mō te whanaketanga tika o te pēpi.
Mō ngā whaea e whāngai ū ana, ka uru ngā rahinga iti o te trimethoprim ki te waiu u, engari e whakaarohia ana e tika ana ki te whāngai ū. Ka whakataurite tō tākuta i ngā painga o te rongoā ki ngā tūponotanga ka pā ki tō pēpi.
Kei te wātea a Trimethoprim i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu, ahakoa te nuinga o te wā ka whakahaua hei rongoā whānui. Ko te ingoa waitohu tino rongonui ko Primsol, e wātea ana hei otinga waha, he mea whai hua mō ngā tamariki, mō ngā pakeke rānei e uaua ana ki te horo i ngā papa.
Ka tūtaki pea koe ki te trimethoprim i te tahi atu rongoā paturopi e kīia ana ko te sulfamethoxazole, e hokona ana i raro i ngā ingoa waitohu pēnei i te Bactrim, i te Septra rānei. Heoi anō, he rongoā rerekē tēnei huinga me ngā whakamahinga rerekē me ngā pānga taha i te trimethoprim anake.
He rite tonu te whai hua o te trimethoprim whānui ki ngā putanga waitohu, ā, he iti ake te utu. Ka taea e tō kaiwhakawhāiti rongoā te kōrero ki a koe ko tēhea putanga e whiwhi ana koe, me te whakautu i ngā pātai mō ngā rerekētanga i waenga i ngā kaihanga.
He maha atu anō ngā rongoā paturopi ka taea te rongoā i ngā UTI me ētahi atu mate pāwera pūtaiao mēnā kāore te trimethoprim e tika ana mōu, kāore rānei e whai hua ana ki tō mate pāwera. Ka whakaaro pea tō tākuta ki ēnei kōwhiringa kē i runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake me te momo pūtaiao e pā ana ki tō mate pāwera.
Ngā kōwhiringa kē mō te rongoā UTI ko:
Ko te kōwhiringa o te kōwhiringa kē e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā mea pēnei i te pūtaiao motuhake e pā ana ki tō mate pāwera, tō hītori hauora, ētahi atu rongoā e tango ana koe, me te mea he pāwera tōu. Ka whakaaro pea tō tākuta ki te mahi i te ahurea mimi hei tautuhi i te pūtaiao e noho ana, me ngā rongoā paturopi e aro ana ki a rātou.
He rongoā paturopi whai hua a Trimethoprim me te nitrofurantoin mō te rongoā i ngā UTI, engari he rerekē te āhua o tā rāua mahi, ā, he rerekē ngā painga. Kāore tētahi i te 'pai' ake i tētahi atu – ka whakawhirinaki te kōwhiringa pai ki tō āhuatanga motuhake me te momo mate e pā ana ki a koe.
He maha ngā wā ka whakaarohia te nitrofurantoin he rongoā tuatahi mō ngā UTI māmā, kāore i raruraru, nā te mea ka nui te kukume i roto i te mimi, ā, he iti ake te tūponotanga ki te whakaputa i te aukati rongoā paturopi. He tino whai hua ki te E. coli, te take tino nui o ngā UTI.
Ka pai pea te trimethoprim ki te kore e tika ana, e whai hua ana rānei te nitrofurantoin. Ka taea te whakamahi mō te whānuitanga o ngā mate huakita, ā, i ētahi wā ka pai ake te aro ki te hunga e pā ana ki te puku i te nitrofurantoin.
Ka whakaaro tō tākuta i ētahi mea i te wā e kōwhiri ana i waenga i ēnei rongoā, tae atu ki te mahi o ō pūkahukahu, te tūnga hapū, te hītori o ngā pānga ki ngā rongoā paturopi, me ngā hua o ngā ahurea huakita. He hītori whai hua ngā rongoā e rua mō te rongoā i ngā UTI i runga i te haumaru me te whai hua.
Ka taea te whakamahi i te Trimethoprim ki te hunga e pā ana ki te mate pūkahukahu ngawari ki te āhua, engari me whakatika tō tākuta i tō horopeta i runga i te pai o te mahi o ō pūkahukahu. I te mea ka whakakorehia e ō pūkahukahu te trimethoprim i tō tinana, ko te mahi pūkahukahu kua heke te tikanga ka noho roa te rongoā i roto i tō pūnaha.
Mēnā he mate pūkahukahu tō, ka tohua pea e tō tākuta tētahi horopeta iti ake, ka tono rānei kia iti ake te auau o te tango. Ka āta tirotiro pea rātou i te mahi o ō pūkahukahu i te wā e tango ana koe i te rongoā. Ko te hunga e pā ana ki te mate pūkahukahu nui pea me whakamahi i tētahi rongoā paturopi rerekē.
Mēnā i inu tūpono koe i te trimethoprim nui atu i te mea i tohua, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te kaimātai rongoā rānei tonu mō te tohutohu. Ko te inu nui rawa atu ka piki ake te tūponotanga o ngā pānga taha, ina koa te whakapairuaki, te ruaki, te whanoke, ngā rerekētanga rānei i ngā tatauranga pūtau toto.
Mēnā i inu koe i te nui rawa atu, kei te pā rānei koe i ngā tohumate pēnei i te whakapairuaki nui, te rangirua, te uaua rānei ki te hā, rapua tonu te āwhina hauora ohorere. Kaua e tatari kia kite mena ka puta ngā tohumate - he pai ake te tirotiro me te whai i te rangimārie o te hinengaro.
Mō ngā horopeta kei te heke mai, whakaarohia te whakamahi i te kaiwhakarite pire, te whakatakoto rānei i ngā whakamaharatanga waea hei āwhina i a koe ki te aroturuki i te wā i inu ai koe i tō rongoā.
Mēnā kua ngaro i a koe tētahi horopeta, 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, pekehia te horopeta i ngaro, ka haere tonu ki tō hōtaka horopeta auau. Kaua rawa e tango e rua ngā horopeta i te wā kotahi hei utu mō tētahi horopeta i ngaro.
Whakamātauria kia mau tonu ngā taumata o te rongoā i roto i tō pūnaha mā te tango i ngā horopeta i te wā kotahi i ia rā. Ko te whakatakoto i te whakaoho o ia rā, te tango rānei i tō rongoā me tētahi mahi auau pēnei i ngā kai ka āwhina i a koe ki te mahara.
Mēnā he maha ngā wā e wareware ana koe i ngā horopeta, kōrerohia ki tō kaimātai rongoā mō ngā rautaki hei āwhina i a koe ki te mahara, pēnei i ngā kaiwhakarite pire, i ngā taupānga whakamahara rānei.
Kati anake te tango i te trimethoprim i te wā e kī ana tō tākuta ki a koe, i te wā rānei i oti i a koe te akoranga katoa i tohua. Ahakoa te pai o tō tū i muri i ngā rā torutoru noa iho, he mea nui kia whakaoti i ngā rongoā katoa kia mōhio ai kua tino mārama te mate.
Ko te whakamutu i ngā paturopi i te wā wawe rawa atu ka taea e ētahi huakita te ora, ka whanake pea te aukati. Mā tēnei ka uaua ake te rongoā i ngā mate kei te heke mai, ā, ka hoki mai pea tō mate o nāianei i te kaha ake i mua.
Mēnā kei te pā mai ngā pānga taha e pōuri ana i a koe, kōrero ki tō tākuta i mua i te whakamutu i te rongoā. Ka taea e rātou te whakaaro i ngā huarahi hei whakahaere i ngā pānga taha, hei whakatau rānei mēnā he pai ake tētahi paturopi rerekē mōu.
Ahakoa kāore he pānga kino tika i waenga i te trimethoprim me te waipiro, he pai ake te karo, te whakaiti rānei i te waipiro i te wā e tango ana koe i tētahi paturopi. Ka taea e te waipiro te whakararu i te kaha o tō tinana ki te whawhai i te mate, ā, ka kino ake pea ētahi pānga taha pēnei i te whakapairuaki, te whanoke rānei.
I tua atu, ka taea e te waipiro te whakamaroke i a koe, ā, he mea nui te noho wai pai i te wā e tango ana koe i te trimethoprim me te ora mai i te UTI. Mēnā ka whiriwhiri koe ki te inu, inu i te āhua, me te mōhio kei te inu nui koe i te wai hoki.
Arotahi ki te whai wāhi pai ki tō tinana ki te whakaora mā te okioki tika, te noho wai, me te whai i tō mahere rongoā.
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