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Ko te werohanga Technetium Tc-99m exametazime he rongoā iraruke e whakamahia ana hei āwhina i ngā tākuta ki te kite i roto i tō roro me te kite i ngā raruraru rere toto. Kei roto i tēnei āpiha whakaahua motuhake he iti rawa te rawa iraruke e āwhina ana ki te hanga pikitia taipitopito o tō roro i te wā o ngā karapa rongoā.
Ka whiwhi pea koe i tēnei werohanga mēnā e hiahia ana tō tākuta ki te tirotiro mō te whiu, ngā mate roro, ētahi atu āhuatanga rānei e pā ana ki te rere toto ki tō roro. I hangaia te matū iraruke kia haumaru mō te whakamahi rongoā, ka puta noa i tō tinana i roto i ngā rā torutoru.
Ka whakamahia e ngā tākuta tēnei werohanga i te tuatahi ki te tirotiro i te rere toto i roto i tō roro mā te karapa e kiia nei ko SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography). Ka āwhina te rongoā ki te tautuhi i ngā wāhi ka iti, ka aukati rānei te rere toto.
Ka tūtohu pea tō kaiwhakarato hauora i tēnei whakamātautau mēnā kei te whakaatu koe i ngā tohu o te whiu, kei te pā ki ngā tohu neurological kāore i whakamāramahia, mēnā rānei e hiahia ana rātou ki te tirotiro mō ngā mate roro. Ka āwhina hoki te werohanga i ngā tākuta ki te arotake i ētahi momo dementia, ki te aromatawai rānei i te mahi roro i muri i te wharanga o te upoko.
I ētahi wā, ka whakamahia tēnei rongoā ki te kite i ngā mate puku, i te mumura rānei i tō tinana. Ka haere te tohu iraruke mā tō toto, ka kohikohi ki ngā wāhi e whawhai ana ngā pūtau toto mā.
Ka mahi tēnei rongoā mā te piri ki ō pūtau toto mā, me te whai i tō rere toto puta noa i tō tinana. Kia werohia, ka haere te tohu iraruke mā tō toto, ka uru ki roto i tō kiko roro kei reira te rere toto e tika ana.
Ka tukuna e te technetium he iti nei te radiation ka taea e nga kamera motuhake te kite i te wa o to karapa. Ko nga waahi e pai ana te rere o te toto ka puta marama i runga i nga whakaahua, engari ko nga waahi he iti te tohanga ka pouri ake.
E kiia ana he taputapu tātaritanga ngawari na te mea he iti noa te rawa iraruke e whakamahia ana. He rite te paanga o te radiation ki nga mea ka whiwhi koe mai i etahi atu whakamatautau whakaahua rongoa penei i nga karapa CT.
Ka whiwhi koe i tenei rongoa hei werohanga tika ki roto i te uaua i to ringa, i te nuinga o te wa i te hōhipera, i te pokapū whakaahua ranei. He tohunga ngaio hauora whakangungu tonu ka hoatu ki a koe tenei werohanga, a kaore e taea e koe te tango i te kainga.
I mua i to werohanga, kaore koe e hiahia ki te nohopuku, ki te karo ranei i te kai, engari ka hoatu pea e to taakuta ki a koe nga tohutohu motuhake mo nga rongoa hei karo. Me inu nui koe i te wai i mua me muri i te tikanga hei awhina i ou whatukuhu ki te tukatuka i te rawa iraruke.
He meneti noa te werohanga, engari me tatari koe mo te 30 meneti ki te 2 haora i mua i te tiimata o to karapa. Ma tenei wa tatari e ahei ai te rongoa ki te tohatoha tika puta noa i to tinana me to roro.
Kotahi noa te wa ka whiwhi koe i tenei werohanga mo ia rangahau whakaahua e tono ana to taakuta. Ehara tenei i te rongoa e tango ana koe i nga wa katoa, i roto ranei i te wa.
Ka puta noa te rawa iraruke i to tinana i roto i nga haora 24 ki te 48 ma to mimi. Ka whakarite to taakuta i nga wa whakarite whai muri ki te matapaki i nga hua o to karapa, engari kaore koe e hiahia ki etahi atu werohanga mena ka hiahiatia tetahi atu karapa a muri ake nei.
Mena me whakahoki ano e to taakuta te rangahau whakaahua, ka tatari ratou i nga ra maha ki nga wiki i waenga i nga werohanga hei whakaiti i to paanga radiation.
Kāore te nuinga o te tāngata e pā ana ki ngā pānga taha mai i tēnei werohanga nā te mea he iti rawa te nui o ngā rauemi iraruke. I te wā e puta ana ngā pānga taha, he ngawari noa iho, he wā poto.
Ngā pānga taha noa ka kitea pea ko:
Ko ēnei tohumate ka ngaro i roto i ngā hāora ruarua, kāore hoki e hiahia rongoā. Heoi anō, me whakapā atu ki tō tākuta mēnā ka mau tonu, ka kaha ake rānei.
Ngā pānga taha onge engari he nui ake te kino ka uru mai ngā pānga pānga, ahakoa he onge ēnei. Ngā tohu o te pānga pānga ko te uaua ki te hā, te pūhihi o tō mata, tō korokoro rānei, he rāwaho kiri nui rānei.
I te wā onge, ka pā te whāwhā, te mamae o te uma, ngā rerekētanga rānei i te pēhanga toto ki ētahi tāngata. Ka mātakitaki tata tō rōpū hauora i a koe i muri i te werohanga kia kite i ngā pānga rerekē.
Kāore koe e tika ana kia whiwhi i tēnei werohanga mēnā kei te hapū koe, e whakaaro ana rānei koe kei te hapū koe. Ka taea e ngā rauemi iraruke te whara i te pēpi e tipu ana, nō reira ka kōrero tō tākuta i ngā kōwhiringa whakaahua kē mēnā kei te tatari koe.
Mēnā kei te whāngai ū koe, me pūhihi koe, me maka atu tō waiu ū mō te 24 ki te 48 hāora i muri i te werohanga. Mā tēnei whakatūpato e whakarite kia kore ngā rauemi iraruke e tae atu ki tō pēpi mā te waiu ū.
Ko ngā tāngata e mate ana i te mate tākihi nui pea e hiahia ana ki te mātakitaki motuhake nā te mea ka pōturi ake te tukatuka o ō rātou tinana i ngā rauemi iraruke. Ka whakatika tō tākuta i te wā o tō karapa mēnā he raruraru tākihi ōu.
Me kōrero hoki ki tō tākuta mēnā he pānga pānga tōu ki ngā rongoā, ki ngā kai rerekē rānei, ahakoa he onge ngā pānga pānga ki tēnei werohanga.
E mōhiotia ana tēnei rongoā e te ingoa waitohu Ceretec i roto i te maha o ngā whenua. Ka kite pea koe i te kīanga HMPAO (hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime) i runga i ngā tuhinga rongoā.
He rerekē pea ngā ingoa e whakamahia ana e ngā kaihanga rerekē, engari ko te whakauru kaha tonu te mea kotahi. Mā tō tākuta e whakarite kia whiwhi koe i te rongoā tika ahakoa te ingoa waitohu e whakamahia ana.
Ko te ingoa whānui technetium Tc-99m exametazime te mea ka kitea e koe i runga i ō tuhinga rongoā me ngā tuhinga inihua.
He maha atu anō ngā tohu iraruke ka taea te whakarato i ngā mōhiohio whakaahua roro rite tonu, i runga i te mea e hiahia ana tō tākuta kia kite. Ko Technetium Tc-99m bicisate tētahi atu kōwhiringa e mahi ana i te ara rite tonu mō ngā rangahau rerenga toto roro.
Mō ngā momo whakaahua roro rerekē, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i ngā karapa fluorine-18 FDG PET, e whakaatu ana i te pākia o te roro, kaua ki te rerenga toto. Ka taea hoki e ngā karapa MRI me ngā kaihoko rerekē te whakarato i ngā whakaahua roro taipitopito me te kore e whakamahi i ngā rauemi iraruke.
Ko te kōwhiringa i waenga i ēnei kōwhiringa kē e whakawhirinaki ana ki tō āhuatanga motuhake, te hītori rongoā, me ngā mōhiohio e hiahia ana tō tākuta ki te whakatau i tētahi tātaritanga. He painga me ngā herenga ōna ake i ia tikanga whakaahua.
E whakarato ana tēnei werohanga i ngā painga ahurei mō ngā momo whakaahua roro motuhake, ina koa ka hiahia ngā tākuta ki te kite i ngā tauira rerenga toto i te wā tūturu. He mea nui rawa atu mō te tātaritanga o ngā whiu i ō rātou wāhanga tuatahi i te wā e kore ai ētahi atu tikanga whakaahua e whakaatu i ngā hua mārama.
Ki te whakataurite ki ngā karapa CT, e whakarato ana a technetium Tc-99m exametazime i ngā mōhiohio taipitopito ake mō te mahi roro, kaua ki te hanganga anake. Heoi, ka pai pea ngā karapa MRI mō te titiro ki te āhua o te roro i roto i te taipitopito nui.
Ko te painga nui o tēnei werohanga ko tōna kaha ki te whakaatu i ngā huringa mahi i roto i tō roro, kāore pea e kitea i runga i ētahi atu momo karapa. Ka whiriwhiria e tō tākuta te tikanga whakaahua pai rawa atu i runga i ō tohu me te aha e hiahia ana rātou ki te tātai.
Āe, he haumaru tēnei werohanga mō te hunga e mate ana i te ngākau. He iti rawa te horopeta iraruke, ā, kāore e pā ki te mahi o tō ngākau. Heoi anō, me kōrero ki tō tākuta mō ō raru ngākau i mua i te tukanga.
Ka aroturukihia e tō rōpū hauora ō tohu nui i te wā me muri i te werohanga kia noho haumaru koe. Mēnā he mate ngākau nui tō, ka whai rātou i ētahi atu tūpato, ka whakatika rānei i te hōtaka karapa.
He tino onge te nui rawa atu o te horopeta nā te mea e tātai ana ngā tohunga whakangungu me te whakahaere i te horopeta tika e hiahia ana koe. Mēnā e māharahara ana koe mō te whiwhi nui rawa atu, whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora tonu mō te ārahitanga.
Ko ngā tohu o te whiwhi i te nui rawa atu o te rauemi iraruke ko te whakapairuaki, te ruaki, te kore pai rānei. Ka aroturukihia koe e tō rōpū hauora, ā, ka tūtohu pea rātou kia inu i ētahi atu wai hei āwhina i tō tinana ki te whakakore i te rauemi nui rawa atu.
Whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora, ki te pokapū whakaahua rānei i te wā tonu ki te whakarite anō i tō whakaritenga. Kua whakaritea te rauemi iraruke mō tō wā kua whakaritea, nā reira ka pā te roa ki te kounga o tō karapa.
Me whakarite anō koe mō tētahi atu rā, kaua ki te tae mai i te wā. Ka mahi tahi te pokapū whakaahua me koe ki te kimi i tētahi wā whakaritenga hou e pai ana ki tō hōtaka.
Ka taea e koe te hoki ki ō mahi o ia rā i muri tonu i te otinga o tō karapa. Kāore te iti o te mea irarangi e aukati i ō mahi o ia rā, i te kaha rānei ki te mahi.
Heoi, me inu nui koe i te wai mō te 24 haora tuatahi hei āwhina i tō tinana ki te whakakore i te mea irarangi i te tere. Ka taea e koe te kai noa, me te tango i ō rongoā i ia rā, ki te kore ō tākuta e hoatu ētahi tohutohu motuhake.
He iti rawa te mea irarangi kei roto i tō tinana mō te 24 ki te 48 haora, engari kāore tēnei e whakatū mōrearea ki ētahi atu e tata ana ki a koe. Kāore koe e hiahia ki te karo i te whakapā atu ki ngā mema o te whānau, ki ngā hoa mahi rānei.
Hei whakatūpato anō, tērā pea ka hiahia koe ki te whakaiti i te whakapā atu ki ngā wāhine hapū me ngā tamariki iti mō ngā haora tuatahi i muri i tō werohanga. Ka puta te mea irarangi i tō tinana i te ara māori mā tō mimi i roto i te rā, e rua rānei.
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