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Ko te Voretigene neparvovec-rzyl he rongoā ira hou e taea ai te whakahoki mai i te tirohanga i roto i ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga o te kanohi i riro mai i te whānautanga. E mahi ana tēnei rongoā mā te tuku i tētahi kape hauora o te ira ki roto tonu i ngā pūtau retinal o te kanohi, e āwhina ana i a rātou kia pai te mahi.
Kei te pōhēhē pea koe mō tēnei rongoā mēnā kua tātai koe, tētahi rānei e mōhio ana koe, ki te Leber congenital amaurosis, ki te retinitis pigmentosa rānei i pā mai i ngā huringa ira RPE65. E tohu ana tēnei rongoā i te tūmanako mō ngā tāngata i mua i te wā i iti noa iho ngā kōwhiringa rongoā mō ēnei āhuatanga tirohanga onge engari he nui te kino.
Ko te Voretigene neparvovec-rzyl te rongoā ira tuatahi i whakaaetia e te FDA mō tētahi mate retinal i riro mai i te whānautanga. He rongoā kotahi-wā e whakamahi ana i tētahi huaketo kua whakarerekētia hei kawe i tētahi kape mahi o te ira RPE65 ki roto i ō pūtau retinal.
E mōhiotia ana te rongoā nei ko Luxturna, ā, i hangaia motuhake mō ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ngā raruraru tirohanga mai i ngā huringa i roto i te ira RPE65. Ko te tikanga o tēnei ira he āwhina i ō pūtau retinal ki te tukatuka i te mārama, engari ka hē ana, ka taea e ia te arahi ki te ngaronga tirohanga haere, ki te matapōuri rānei mai i te whānautanga.
Whakaarohia tēnei rongoā hei hoatu ki ō pūtau retinal te pukapuka tohutohu e ngaro ana i a rātou. Kāore te rongoā e whakaora i te āhuatanga ira e takoto ana, engari ka taea e ia te whakapai ake i tō kaha ki te kite i ngā āhuatanga iti-mārama me te whakatere i tō taiao i runga i te haumaru.
E rongoā ana tēnei rongoā ira i te ngaronga tirohanga i pā mai i ngā huringa ira RPE65 kua whakapūmautia. Ka tūtohu anake tō tākuta i tēnei rongoā mēnā e whakaatu ana te whakamātautau ira he huringa motuhake āu, ā, he nui ō pūtau retinal hauora e toe ana.
He tino whai hua te rongoā nei mō te hunga e pā ana ki te Leber congenital amaurosis, he āhuatanga e puta ai ngā raruraru kite nui mai i te whānautanga, i te tamarikitanga rānei. Ka whai hua hoki mō te hunga e pā ana ki te retinitis pigmentosa e hono ana ki ngā huringa RPE65, e haere haere ana te kino o te kite i te roanga o te wā.
Ka kite pea koe i ngā whakapainga nui rawa atu i tō kite i te pō me te kaha ki te hīkoi haere i ngā wāhi marama. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e kite ana ka māmā ake te hīkoi i ō rātou kāinga i te pō, ka mōhio rānei ki ngā kanohi i ngā wāhi iti te marama i muri i te rongoā.
E mahi ana tēnei rongoā ira mā te tuku i tētahi ira RPE65 hauora ki roto tonu i ō pūtau retinal pigment epithelium. He mea nui ēnei pūtau i roto i te huringa kite, e āwhina ana ki te huri i te marama ki ngā tohu e whakamāramahia ana e tō roro hei kite.
E whakamahi ana te rongoā i tētahi huaketo adeno-associated kua whakarerekētia hei waka tuku. Kaua e māharahara - kua hangaia tēnei huaketo kia noho haumaru, e kore hoki e puta he mate. E mahi ana hei kaikawe moroiti, e kawe ana i te ira rongoā ki te wāhi tika i tō kanohi.
Ka tae te ira hauora ki ō pūtau retinal, ka taea e rātou te tīmata ki te whakaputa i te pūmua RPE65 e ngaro ana i a rātou. E hia marama te roa o tēnei mahi kia kitea ai ngā pānga katoa, ā, ka roa te roa o ngā whakapainga mai i te mea ka noho te ira hei wāhanga o ō taputapu pūtau.
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I mua i tō tukanga, me tīmata koe ki te tango i ngā corticosteroids waha hei whakaiti i te mumura. Ko te tikanga ka tohua e tō tākuta ēnei rongoā ka tīmata i ngā rā e toru i mua i tō werohanga, ka haere tonu mō ētahi rā i muri mai. Ka āwhina tēnei i tō kanohi kia ora tika, me te whakaiti i te tūponotanga o ngā raruraru.
He maimoatanga kotahi anake tēnei mō ia kanohi, nō reira kāore koe e hiahia ki ngā werohanga tukurua. Kua hangaia te rongoā ira hei whakarato i ngā painga pumau, pea mō ngā tau maha, mō ake tonu atu rānei.
Heoi anō, me tango koe i ngā rongoā corticosteroid mō te wiki kotahi katoa - ko te tikanga ka tīmata i ngā rā e toru i mua i tō werohanga, ka haere tonu mō ētahi rā i muri mai. Ka hoatu e tō tākuta ki a koe ngā tohutohu motuhake mō te wā e tīmata ai, e mutu ai ēnei rongoā tautoko.
He mea nui ngā whakaritenga whai-muri wā-roa hei aroturuki i tō urupare ki te maimoatanga, me te mātakitaki i ngā pānga kua roa. Ka hiahia tō tohunga retinal ki te kite i a koe i ngā wā katoa, ina koa i te tau tuatahi i muri i te maimoatanga, hei whai i ō whakapainga tirohanga me te hauora o te kanohi katoa.
Pērā i ngā tukanga rongoā e pā ana ki te kanohi, ka taea e tēnei rongoā ira te pā ki ētahi pānga taha, ahakoa he wā poto noa iho, he ngawari hoki te whakahaere. Mā te māramatanga ki ngā mea e tūmanakohia ana ka āwhina koe ki te whakarite, me te mōhio ki te wā e whakapā atu ai ki tō rōpū hauora.
Ko ngā pānga taha tino noa ka pā ki a koe ko te whero o te kanohi mō te wā poto, te mamae ngawari, te āhua rānei me te mea kei roto tētahi mea i tō kanohi. Ko te tikanga ka pai ake ēnei tohumate i roto i ngā rā, i ngā wiki rānei i muri i tō tukanga.
Anei ngā pānga taha e pūrongohia ana i te nuinga o te wā:
Ko ēnei pānga noa ka ngaro noa iho i te wā e ora ana tō kanohi i te tikanga werohanga.
Ka pā pea ētahi tāngata i ngā pānga kino engari he iti noa iho te pānga e hiahia ana kia āta tirohia e te tākuta:
Mēnā ka kite koe i ēnei tohu kino, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta kanohi tonu. Mā te rongoā tere ka ārai i ngā raruraru me te tiaki i tō tirohanga.
Kāore tēnei rongoā ira e tika ana mō te katoa e raru ana i te tirohanga. Ka āta arotake tō tākuta mēnā he pai koe i runga i ētahi mea nui.
Kāore koe e tika mō tēnei rongoā mēnā kāore te whakamātautau ira e whakaū i ngā huringa RPE65 hei take mō tō ngaronga tirohanga. I hangaia te rongoā mō tēnei hē ira, kāore hoki e āwhina i ētahi atu momo mate retinal tuku iho.
Me whakaū anō tō tākuta kei te nui ō pūtau retinal hauora e toe ana kia whai hua ai te rongoā. Mēnā kua tino pōuri tō retinal, kāore pea he pūtau e ora ana hei whai hua i te rongoā ira.
Ko ngā tāngata e mate ana i te kanohi, e mumura ana rānei, me tatari kia rongoatia ēnei āhuatanga i mua i te whakaaro ki te rongoā ira. Hei tāpiritanga, mēnā he mate toto tō, e tango ana rānei i ngā rongoā whakaheke toto, me whakatika pea e tō tākuta tō mahere rongoā, te wā rānei.
Ko te ingoa waitohu mō voretigene neparvovec-rzyl ko Luxturna. I hangaia tēnei rongoā e Spark Therapeutics, ā, ko te rongoā ira tuatahi i whakaaetia e te FDA mō te mate retinal tuku iho.
I te wā e kōrero ana mō tēnei rongoā ki tō rōpū hauora, ki tō kamupene inihua rānei, ka rongo pea koe i te ingoa whānui, i te ingoa waitohu rānei. He rongoā kotahi tonu te tikanga o ngā mea e rua, no reira kaua e raruraru ki te whakamahi ingoa rerekē e ngā kaiwhakarato rerekē.
E wātea ana a Luxturna mā ngā whare rongoā motuhake e whai wheako ana ki te rongoā ira me te pokanga retinal. Me tuku koe e tō tākuta kanohi ki tētahi o ēnei whare whaimana mēnā he kaitono koe mō te rongoā.
I tēnei wā, he iti noa ngā kōwhiringa kē mō te rongoā ira mō te ngaronga o te tirohanga e pā ana ki te RPE65. Kāore e taea e ngā rongoā tuku iho pēnei i ngā karu, ngā arotahi whakapā, ngā pata kanohi rānei te whakatika i te take ira o tō āhuatanga.
E whai hua ana ētahi tāngata mai i ngā taputapu awhina tirohanga iti pēnei i ngā taputapu whakanui, ngā rama motuhake, te whakangungu nekeneke rānei. Mā ēnei mahi tautoko e āwhina i a koe ki te whai hua i te nuinga o tō tirohanga e toe ana, me te pupuri i te mana motuhake i ngā mahi o ia rā.
Kei te kaha te rangahau i ētahi atu rongoā ira mō ngā momo rerekē o ngā mate retinal tuku iho. Ahakoa ehara ēnei i ngā kōwhiringa kē mō Luxturna, ka waiho pea hei kōwhiringa mō ngā tāngata whai huringa ira rerekē ā muri ake nei.
Kei te rangahaua hoki te rongoā pūtau kakano me ētahi atu rongoā whakahou, ahakoa he whakamātau tonu ēnei, kāore anō kia whakaaetia mō te rongoā i ngā mate retinal tuku iho.
Mō ngā tāngata whai huringa RPE65, ko te rongoā ira i tēnei wā te rongoā anake e taea te whakatika i te take pūtake o te ngaronga o te tirohanga. He rerekē tēnei i ētahi atu huarahi e whakahaere ana i ngā tohu anake.
Kāore i rite ki ngā āwhina tirohanga iti tuku iho e āwhina ana i a koe ki te urutau ki te ngaronga o te tirohanga, he kaha te rongoā ira ki te whakahoki mai i ētahi mahi tirohanga. Kua whakaatu ngā whakamātau haumanu he maha ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ngā whakapainga whai kiko i roto i tō rātou kaha ki te whakatere i ngā āhuatanga iti te mārama.
Heoi, he mea nui kia whai tūmanako tūturu. Ko te rongoā ira te tikanga kāore e whakahoki mai i te tirohanga noa, e āwhina rānei ki te pānui i ngā reta iti. Engari, he maha ngā wā e whakarato ana i te whakapainga nui hei whakarei ake i te nekeneke me te kounga o te oranga.
He rerekē te whai huatanga o te rongoā mai i te tangata ki te tangata, e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te nui o te kiko retinal e noho hauora ana me te roa o tō whai raruraru tirohanga. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ki te taumata o te whakapainga ka tūturu i roto i tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Āe, kua whakaaetia tēnei rongoā ira mō te whakamahi i ngā tamariki, ā, ināianei, ko te rongoā wawe pea ka arahi ki ngā putanga pai ake. Ko ngā pūnaha tirohanga e whanake ana o ngā tamariki pea ka kaha ake te urupare ki te rongoā i ngā kanohi pakeke kua urutau ki te ngaronga o te tirohanga i roto i ngā tau maha.
Ko te ahua haumaru he rite tonu i waenga i ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke, ahakoa pea me whai whakaaro motuhake ngā tūroro rangatahi mō ngā rongoā corticosteroid me te tiaki whai muri. Ka mahi tahi tō tākuta kanohi tamariki me koe kia mōhio ai he tika te rongoā mō te āhuatanga motuhake o tāu tamaiti.
Whakapā atu ki tō tākuta kanohi tonu mēnā ka pā mai te mamae kanohi nui, te kino rānei i muri i tō werohanga rongoā ira. Ahakoa he āhua raruraru te tikanga i muri i te tikanga, ko te mamae nui pea e tohu ana i ngā raruraru e hiahia ana ki te rongoā tere.
Kaua e tatari kia kite mena ka pai ake te mamae i a ia anō. Ko te wawaotanga wawe ka aukati i nga raru nui ake, ka tiaki i to tirohanga. He pai ake te arotake a to roopu hauora i a koe, me te kite he pai nga mea katoa i te ngaro i te raruraru ka ngawari te rongoa.
Ko te nuinga o nga tangata kaore e kite i nga huringa tonu i roto i o raatau tirohanga i muri i te rongoa ira. Ko nga whakapainga ka puta haere i roto i nga marama maha i te wa e timata ana te ira rongoa ki te mahi i roto i o pūtau retinal.
Ka timata etahi tangata ki te kite i te pai ake o te tirohanga i te po i roto i nga marama torutoru, ko etahi ka roa pea te tau kotahi ki te kite i nga painga katoa. Ka aroturukihia e to taakuta to ahunga whakamua me nga whakamatautau tirohanga i nga wa katoa, ka taea e ia te awhina i a koe ki te whai i nga whakapainga ka iti pea i te tuatahi.
Kia manawanui ki te tukanga - me whai wa o pūtau retinal ki te timata ki te whakaputa i te pūmua e ngaro ana i a ratou, me te whakatu i nga ara tirohanga hou.
I tenei wa, ko te rongoa ira he rongoa kotahi mo ia kanohi. I hangaia te ira rongoa hei whakarato i nga painga pumau, a ko te nuinga o nga tangata ka mau tonu o raatau whakapainga tirohanga mo nga tau i muri i te rongoa.
Heoi, he rongoa hou tonu tenei, no reira kaore ano i te waatea nga raraunga mo te wa roa mo nga rongoa tukurua. Mena ka tino kino to tirohanga a muri ake nei, korerohia o whiringa ki to tohunga retinal.
He mea tika kia mohio ko te rongoa ira kaore e aukati i nga ahu whakamua katoa o te mate retinal, no reira ko etahi huringa haere i te wa kaore e tika. Ko te aroturuki i nga wa katoa ka awhina i te wehewehe i waenga i nga huringa tawhito noa me nga take ka hiahia rongoa ano.
He maha ngā mahere inihua e hipoki ana i te rongoā ira mō ngā huringa RPE65, engari ka rerekē te hipoki i waenga i ngā kaiwhakarato me ngā mahere. He utu nui tēnei rongoā, nō reira he mea nui te mahi tahi me tō kamupene inihua i te timatanga o te tukanga.
Ka taea e tō rōpū hauora me te whare rongoā te āwhina i te whakaaetanga inihua i mua i te wa me ngā tono mēnā e tika ana. He wheako ō rātou ki te whakatere i ngā take hipoki, ā, ka taea e rātou te whakarato i ngā tuhinga e hiahiatia ana e tō kamupene inihua.
Mēnā kei te raru koe i te hipoki inihua, pātai mō ngā hōtaka āwhina tūroro, ngā whakamātau haumanu rānei e āhei ai te rongoā kia wātea. Kaua e ngā tō tūmanako mēnā ka whakakorehia koe i te tīmatanga - he tokomaha ngā tāngata e angitu ana ki te tono i ēnei whakatau me te tautoko tika.
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