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He nui rawa ngā para i roto i ō toto? Ko te Azotemia tēnei!

He nui rawa ngā para i roto i ō toto? Ko te Azotemia tēnei!

Kei te ngenge koe i ētahi wā, ā, he uaua ki te mimi? Kua tirohia rānei e te tākuta tō whakamātautau toto, ā, kua kī mai, "He iti noa ngā para kei roto i ō toto"? He tohu pea ēnei o tētahi mate e kiia nei ko te azotemia. Me kōrero taipitopito atu tātou mō tēnei, nā te mea he mea tino nui mō te hauora o ō tātou whatukuhu.

I te whakarapopototanga, ko te azotemia he āhuatanga e nui haere ai te nui o ngā para i roto i ō toto, inā koa ngā para hauota. Ka puta ēnei para ina pakaruhia ngā pūmua i roto i te kai e kainga ana e tātou. Ka puta tuatahi i roto i tō ate. Kātahi ka haere mā roto i ō toto ki ō whatukuhu. Ka tātarihia e ngā whatukuhu hauora ēnei para mai i ō toto ka tukuna ki roto i tō mimi. Nō reira, ina kore ō whatukuhu e mahi tika, ka puranga ēnei para i roto i ō toto. Koinei te mea e kiia nei e tātou ko te azotemia.

He aha ngā momo matua o te Azotemia?

E toru ngā momo matua o te azotemia. Me titiro tātou ki ēnei. Ka whakarōpūtia ēnei i runga i te wāhi e pupū ake ai te para i te raruraru.

1. Azotemia i mua i te whatukuhu

Koinei te momo tino noa. Ka puta ina kore e ranea te rere o te toto i roto i ō whatukuhu. Whakaarohia he rite ki te tātari wai e kore e ranea te wai hei mahi. Ahakoa kāore he he o ō whatukuhu, ki te kore e ranea te rere o te toto, kāore e taea e rātou te tātari i ngā para.

Ko ngā mea ka puta ai tēnei:

  • Te toto nui i ngaro (hei tauira, te toto i puta mai i te whara nui, te pokanga)
  • Te pupuri wai, arā, te matewai (hei tauira, te kore e inu i te nui o te wai, te werawera nui, te ruaki, te mate korere)
  • Ko te ngoikore o te ngākau ko te wā kāore te ngākau e pupuhi tika i te toto.
  • Ngā panonitanga o te taurite wai o te tinana nā te mate ate (te ngoikore o te ate).
  • Te whakamahi tonu me te whakamahi nui i ētahi rongoā, hei tauira, ngā rongoā whakamamae mamae pēnei i te ibuprofen me te aspirin.
  • Te hekenga o te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu nā ētahi atu mate hauora.

2. Azotemia ā-roto

Ka puta tēnei momo ina pakaru ngā whatukuhu. Ko te tikanga he hapa kei roto i ngā whatukuhu. Ka pā tika tēnei ki te kaha o ngā whatukuhu ki te tātari.

Ko ngā take matua pea:

  • Ngā mate pāwera e pā ana ki ngā whatukuhu.
  • Te pakaru o te whatukuhu nā ngā mate kino pēnei i te sepsis.
  • Ngā toto totoka i roto i ngā whatukuhu.
  • Ko ētahi rongoā, inā koa ko ngā rongoā chemotherapy me ētahi paturopi.
  • Te kino ki ngā pūtau whatukuhu nā ngā paitini pērā i ngā raau taero, te waipiro, me ētahi patupatu.
  • Te kino ki ngā glomeruli, arā, ngā wāhanga tātari o ngā whatukuhu.

3. Azotemia i muri i te whatukuhu

Ka puta tēnei ina he aukati kei roto i tō pūnaha mimi. He rite ki te waikeri kua aukatia, ka pupū ake te wai i roto i tō pūkahukahu. Ka taea e ēnei aukati te noho ki roto i ngā ureter, ngā ngongo i waenganui i ō whatukuhu me tō pūkahukahu, i roto i tō pūkahukahu, i roto rānei i tō urethra. Ina kore e taea e te mimi te rere ki waho, ka hoki whakamuri ki roto i ō whatukuhu, ka pā kino.

Ko ngā take tino noa ko:

  • Te pupuhi i puta mai i ngā mate mimi (UTI).
  • Ngā kōhatu ureter, ngā kōhatu pūkahukahu rānei.
  • Ētahi momo mate pukupuku (hei tauira, te mate pukupuku repeure, te mate pukupuku waha kōpū).
  • Te whakanui ake i te repe prostate i roto i ngā tāne (benign prostatic hyperplasia).

He rite tonu te Azotemia ki te ngoikore o te whatukuhu?

Kāo. Kāore te azotemia i rite ki te ngoikore o te whatukuhu. Heoi, ko te ngoikore o te whatukuhu te tino take o te azotemia. Arā, ina kore e mahi tika ngā whatukuhu, ka kohia ngā para ki roto i te toto, koinei te azotemia. He āhuatanga whānui te ngoikore o te whatukuhu, ka taea te whakararu i ngā mahi katoa o ngā whatukuhu. Ko te azotemia tētahi tohu noa iho o te ngoikore o te whatukuhu.

He pēhea te noa o tēnei āhuatanga?

He mate noa ake te azotemia i tō whakaaro. Kua kitea he nui te ōrau o ngā tūroro e noho ana i te hōhipera, tata ki te 16%, e pāngia ana e tēnei mate. Nō reira, he mea nui kia mōhio koe ki tēnei.

He aha ngā tohu o te Azotemia?

I te nuinga o te wā, kāore pea koe e kite i tētahi tohu nui kia kaha rawa te mate. Tērā pea ētahi tāngata kāore e whakaatu i tētahi tohu. I ēnei wā, ka kitea pea e te tākuta i te wā e whakamātautau ana koe mō tētahi atu mate.

Heoi, tera pea ētahi tāngata ka pāngia e ēnei tohu:

  • Ka tino whakaitihia te nui o te mimi e whakaputaina ana.
  • Te tino ngenge (te ngenge), te kore e taea te mahi i tetahi mea.
  • He āhua e kore ai e taea te arotahi, he kare ā-roto e pōhēhē ana.
  • Whakapairuaki me te ruaki.
  • Te uaua ki te manawa (dyspnea), te āhua nei ka hemo koe ahakoa kua piki koe i ētahi arawhata.
  • Mamae o te uma.
  • Te pupuhi, inā koa i ngā waewae, i ngā pona waewae, me ngā waewae (edema).
  • Ngā rerekētanga o te manawataki o te ngakau (arrhythmia), ngā huringa o te manawataki o te ngakau.
  • Kāore he reka o te kai.

Ki te kaha rawa te mate, ka pā mai pea ngā haurangi, ngā koma rānei. Nō reira, he mea nui kia aro atu ki ēnei tohu. Ki te pā mai tētahi o ēnei tohu ki a koe, me toro atu ki te tākuta tonu.

He aha ngā take o te Azotemia?

Ko ngā take o te azotemia e whakawhirinaki ana ki te momo kei a koe. Me titiro tātou ki ngā take e pā ana ki ngā momo e toru i kōrerohia i mua ake nei me te taipitopito atu.

  • Azotemia i mua i te whatukuhu:Ka tupu tēnei i te nuinga o te wā ina pāngia te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu e te whara, te mate rānei o te tinana. Hei tauira:
  • Te matewai. Ka puta pea tēnei i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te kore e inu wai nui, te nui o te werawera (hei tauira, i te wā e whakakorikori tinana ana i te rā, e whakakori tinana ana), te ruaki, te mate korere rānei.
  • Te toto.
  • Ngā wera nui.
  • Te ngoikore o te ngākau.
  • Mate ate (ngoikore o te ate).
  • Azotemia ā-roto: Ka puta tēnei ina pakaru ngā hanganga o roto i ngā whatukuhu, pērā i ngā tātari angiangi (glomeruli), ngā ngongo iti e āwhina ana ki te mimiti anō i te wai, ngā matūkai, me ngā kohuke (ngā ngongo whatukuhu), me ngā oko toto i roto i ngā whatukuhu (ngā toto whatukuhu).
  • Ngā āhuatanga e puta ai te mumura, hei tauira, ngā mate pēnei i te vasculitis.
  • Ngā mate tākihi.
  • Ngā paitini (hei tauira, ētahi rongoā, ngā konganuku taumaha).
  • Te kino i puta mai i te hekenga roa o te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu (hypoperfusion).
  • Azotemia Postrenal: Ka puta tēnei i te nuinga o te wā nā te aukati i roto i te ara mimi, i te pūhā rānei.
  • Te pupuhi i puta mai i ngā mate mimi (UTI).
  • Ngā kōhatu ureteral.
  • Hydronephrosis - te whakanui ake i te rahi o ngā whatukuhu nā te mea ka mau tonu te mimi.
  • Te whakanui ake i te repe prostate i roto i ngā tāne (benign prostatic hyperplasia).
  • Te mate pukupuku o te pūnaha mimi.

He rite te Azotemia ki te maroke o te wai?

Kāo, ehara ēnei e rua i te mea kotahi. Heoi, ko te matewai tetahi o ngā tino take o te prerenal azotemia. Arā, ina kore e nui te wai i roto i te tinana, ka heke te nui o te toto e rere ana ki ngā whatukuhu, ka arahi pea ki te azotemia.

Ko ngā take pea o te matewai:

  • Kāore i te nui te wai e inuhia ana.
  • Te werawera nui (hei tauira, i te wā e whakakorikori tinana ana i raro i te rā, e whakakorikori tinana ana rānei).
  • Te ruaki.
  • Te korere.
  • Ko ētahi rongoā, hei tauira, ngā rongoā whakaheke toto (e mōhiotia ana ko ngā pire wai).

He mate hopuhopu tēnei?

Kāo, ehara te Azotemia i te mate hopuhopu. Kāore e taea te hora atu ki tētahi atu.

Ko wai te mea tino pāngia e tēnei āhuatanga?

Ka pāngia te tangata katoa e te azotemia. Heoi, he nui ake te tūponotanga ka pā mai tēnei mate mēnā kei runga ake koe i te 65 tau te pakeke. He nui ake hoki te mōrearea mō te hunga e pāngia ana e ngā mate pūmau pēnei i te mate huka me te toto toto tiketike.

He aha ngā raruraru ka pā mai i te Azotemia?

Ki te kore e rongoatia tika te azotemia, ka piki ake ngā para i roto i te toto ki tētahi taumata morearea. Ka kiia tēnei ko te uremia. He maha ngā wā ka puta te uremia i te mate tākihi mau tonu (CKD). Ki te kore e rongoatia, ka mate pea te uremia.Tērā pea ka pā mai ētahi atu raruraru pēnei i te mate manawa me ngā raruraru pūnaha io.

He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te Azotemia me te Uremia?

He mate e pā ana ki te whatukuhu ēnei e rua.

  • Ko te azotemia he nui rawa te hauota me ētahi atu hua para i roto i te toto. Ka taea tēnei te kitea mā te whakamātautau taiwhanga.
  • Ko te uremia he āhuatanga e tohuhia ana e te nui rawa o te urea me ētahi atu hua para i roto i te toto. Arā, ina kaha rawa te āhuatanga o te azotemia, ā, ka puta ngā tohu pēnei i te whakapairuaki, te ruaki, te ngenge, me te pōhēhē, ka kiia tēnei ko te uremia.

Ki te kī māmā noa, ko te Azotemia he pikinga o ngā hua para i roto i te toto, ā, ko te Uremia he putanga mai o ngā tohu me te kino haere o te āhua nā aua hua para.

Me pēhea te tātaritanga o te Azotemia?

Ko te tākuta whatukuhu te tangata pai rawa atu hei tātaritanga me te rongoā i tēnei mate. Ka tangohia e ia tō hītori hauora, ka pātai mō ō tohumate, ā, ka whakahaere i tētahi whakamātautau tinana. Mena kei te whakapaehia he azotemia, ka tonoa e ia he whakamātautau hauota urea toto (BUN) me te whakamātautau creatinine. Ko te creatinine he para i hangaia e te pākia o te uaua. Ko te nui o ngā taumata o tētahi o ēnei he tohu kāore ō whatukuhu e mahi tika ana.

Mena he mate toto tōu, kei te tango rongoā rānei koe, me kōrero koe ki tō tākuta i mua i te whakamātautau BUN. Ko tēnei whakamātautau he tango i tētahi tauira toto iti mai i tētahi uaua i tō ringa ka tukuna ki tētahi taiwhanga.

He aha te taumata o te BUN e kiia ana he Azotemia?

Ka rerekē te taumata noa o te hauota urea toto (BUN) i runga i tō tau me tō ira tangata. Mena ka whakaatuhia e te pūrongo taiwhanga he uara teitei ake i te awhe noa, tera pea he azotemia.

Waihoki, ka tirohia e te tākuta tō taumata creatinine toto. He uara noa anō hoki tēnā, i runga i tō tau me tō ira tangata. Ki te teitei ake i tēnā, he tohu tēnei kei te raru tō whatukuhu.

He aha te taumata o te BUN e tohu ana i te ngoikore o te whatukuhu?

Kāore ngā tākuta e tātari i te ngoikore o te whatukuhu i runga i ngā taumata BUN anake. Heoi, ki te nui ake ō taumata BUN me te creatinine i te mea noa, ā, he tohu kē atu anō ōu, he tohu pea tēnei mō te ngoikore o te whatukuhu.

He aha atu ngā whakamātautau ka mahia hei tautuhi i te Azotemia?

Ka taea e te tākuta te mahi i ētahi atu whakamātautau:

  • Tātaritanga mimi: Ka tangohia he tauira o tō mimi ka whakamatautauria i roto i te taiwhanga mō ngā matū, ngā pūmua, ngā pūtau toto, me ētahi atu mea ngaro.
  • Te putanga mimi: Ka ine tēnei i te nui o te mimi e tukuna ana e koe i roto i ngā haora 24.
  • Ngā whakamātautau whakaahua: Tērā pea ka mahia he matawai CT, he matawai ultrasound rānei hei tirotiro tata atu i ō whatukuhu, i ō ureter, me tō pūkahukahu. Ka taea e ēnei te rapu i ngā aukati, i ngā kōhatu, i te rahi me te āhua rānei o ō whatukuhu.
  • Ko te koiora whatukuhu: I ētahi wā, ka mahia tēnei whakamātautau hei kimi i te kino kua pā ki ō whatukuhu. Ko te tikanga o tēnei ko te tapahi i tō kiri me te whakamahi i tētahi ngira iti hei tango i tētahi tauira kiko iti rawa mai i tō whatukuhu. Kātahi ka tukuna ki tētahi taiwhanga hei whakamātautau.

Me pēhea te rongoā i te Azotemia?

Ko te maimoatanga mō te azotemia ka whakawhirinaki ki te momo kei a koe, te take, me te kaha o te mate. Ko te mea nui ko te rongoā i te raruraru matua i puta ai te azotemia. Ka whakahaerehia e te tākuta he whakamātautau hei whakatau i te take. Ko ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga pea ko:

  • Wai IV: Ngā wai, pērā i te tote, ka hoatu mā roto i te uaua hei rongoā i te matewai. Ka whakanui ake tēnei i te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu, ka māmā ake te tātari i ngā para.
  • Ngā rongoā:
  • Diuretics - tangohia te wai nui mai i te tinana.
  • Rongoā whakahaere toto toto.
  • Ngā rongoā adrenergic - He rite ngā pānga o ēnei ki te adrenaline (epinephrine) ā, i ētahi wā ka āwhina i te whakanui ake i te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu.
  • Corticosteroids - whakaiti i te mumura i roto i ngā whatukuhu.
  • Ngā rongoā whakawhanui i te rōrahi toto - he rongoā hei āwhina i te whakahoki mai i te rōrahi toto ina ngaro te nui o te toto.
  • Te whakatō i te ureter: Mena he aukati kei roto i te urethra, ka whakauruhia he ngongo iti hei awhina i te rere o te mimi mai i nga whatukuhu ki te mimi.
  • Dialysis: Ka whakamahia tēnei tikanga hei tango i ngā para i roto i te toto mēnā kāore ngā whatukuhu e mahi tika ana. Tērā pea ka mahia tēnei mō te wā poto, mō te wā roa rānei.

Ka aha mēnā kei a au te Azotemia?

Ki te kitea wawetia te mate, ā, ki te rongoatia tika, ka taea e te nuinga o te tangata te ora. Ina koa ka whakatikahia te raruraru e puta ai te azotemia prerenal, postrenal rānei, ka taea e ngā whatukuhu te ora.

Heoi, ki te kore e rongoatia, ka taea e te azotemia te whakanui ake i te tūponotanga o te whakawhanake i ētahi atu mate kino, pērā i te mate tākihi mau tonu (CKD) , ā, ka mate pea. Nō reira, he mea tino nui kia whai i te mahere maimoatanga a tō tākuta.

Ka taea te ārai i te Azotemia?

Ae, ka taea e koe te āwhina ki te aukati i te whanaketanga o te azotemia mā te tiaki i ō whatukuhu me te whai i ēnei tohutohu:

  • Kia tupato ki te whakamahi i ētahi rongoā:Ko ētahi rongoā, pērā i ngā rongoā anti-inflammatory kore-steroidal (NSAID) (hei tauira, ibuprofen), ētahi paturopi (hei tauira, penicillin, sulfonamides), me ētahi tāpiringa otaota, ka kino pea ō whatukuhu mēnā ka tangohia e koe i roto i te nui rawa. Kaua e tango tonu i ēnei rongoā me te kore kōrero ki tō tākuta. Pātai atu ki tō tākuta mō te horopeta haumaru māu.
  • Whakaora i te toto: Ki te heke te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu, ka pā mai pea te azotemia prerenal. Ki te mea he patunga, tāpirihia he takai ka whakakīkī kia mau. Mō te patunga kino, rapua tonutia he tohutohu hauora.
  • Tirohia mēnā he mate tākihi tō tetahi o tō whānau, he mea pai kia pātai atu ki tō tākuta mēnā kei te mōrearea koe. Me tirotiro tonu ngā tākihi o te hunga mate huka me te toto toto tiketike.
  • Ārai i te matewai: Me inu e te pakeke kia 8 karāhe wai (2-3 rita) ia rā. Me mārama, me kōwhai mārama rānei tō mimi. Ki te pōuri ake, me nui ake te wai e inuhia ana e koe. Inumia he nui ake te wai, inā koa i ngā rā wera me te wā e whakakorikori tinana ana.
  • Whakahaerehia tō inu waipiro: Ka kino pea ō whatukuhu i te waipiro, ā, ka pā kino hoki ki te tātari toto. Ka matewai hoki. Me iti iho i te kotahi te inu waipiro a ngā wāhine i te rā. Me iti iho i te rua ngā inu waipiro a ngā tāne.
  • Kai i tētahi kai hauora e pai ana ki a koe: Kai i te nui o ngā hua rākau, huawhenua, me ngā witi katoa. Whakaitihia te tote (konutai) e kainga ana. Mā te kai nui rawa i te tote ka piki ake te toto toto, ka pā ki ō whatukuhu, ka piki ake hoki te tūponotanga o te whakawhanake i ngā kōhatu.
  • Whakakorikori tinana i ngā wā katoa: Me whakakorikori tinana koe mō te 30 meneti pea i te rā, 5 ki te 7 ngā rā i te wiki. Ka āwhina hoki tēnei ki te whakahaere i te mate huka me te toto toto tiketike.
  • Kati te momi hikareti: Ka kino ngā uaua toto i te momi hikareti. Ka pāngia hoki te rere o te toto ki ngā whatukuhu.

Me pēhea taku tiaki i ahau anō?

Ka whakawhanakehia e te tākuta he mahere maimoatanga e tika ana māu. Kei roto pea i tēnei ko ngā rongoā, ngā huringa āhua noho, tae atu ki tētahi tikanga hauora. Kei roto hoki i tēnei ko te tango i ō rongoā me te āta, te karo i te matewai, me te whakakori tinana i ngā wā katoa. Ko te mea nui ko te whai i ngā tohutohu a tō tākuta kia tika.

Āhea ahau me toro atu ki te tākuta?

Ki te kitea he mate azotemia tōu e te tākuta, me haere tonu koe ki te tirotiro i ngā wā katoa. Me toro atu hoki ki tō tākuta mēnā ka kite koe i ētahi huringa o ō tohumate, mēnā rānei ka puta he mamae hou. Me kōrero atu hoki ki tō tākuta mēnā ka puta tētahi o ngā tohumate kua whakarārangihia i runga ake nei.

Āhea ahau me haere ki te Wāhanga Maimoatanga Ohotata (ETU) ?

Ki te pāngia koe e ngā tohu o te ngoikore o te whatukuhu, haere tonu ki te rūma whawhati tata. Ko ētahi o ngā tohu ko:

  • Ka tino heke te nui o te mimi e tukuna ana, ka ngaro rawa rānei.
  • Te pupuhi, inā koa i ngā pona me ngā waewae.
  • Te rongo i te reka whakarewa i roto i te mangai.
  • Te ngenge nui.
  • Whakapairuaki me te ruaki.
  • Te korere.
  • Mamae puku.
  • Ngā hopukanga.
  • Te ngaronga o te māramatanga (koma).

I ngā wā pēnei, he mea nui te tere o te maimoatanga hei whakaora i te ora.

He aha ngā pātai me pātai atu e au ki te tākuta?

He mea pai kia pātaihia ēnei pātai ina kite koe i tētahi tākuta:

  • Me pēhea koe e mōhio ai mēnā kei a au te Azotemia?
  • Mena kāore he Azotemia i ahau, he aha atu anō ngā mate kei ahau?
  • He aha ngā whakamātautau ka mahia hei tautuhi i te Azotemia?
  • He aha te momo azotemia kei a au? He aha ngā take?
  • He aha te maimoatanga e taunaki ana koe?
  • He aha ngā mōrearea, ngā pānga taha rānei o te maimoatanga e taunaki ana koe?
  • He aha te momo tiaki whai muri ka hiahiatia e au i muri i te maimoatanga?
  • Kua pakaru tūturutia aku whatukuhu?
  • Ka taea e koe te tuku i ahau ki tētahi tohunga nephrology?
  • He aha ngā huringa me mahi e au ki taku kai me taku momo noho?

Karere Whakamutunga mō te Tango ki te Kāinga

He mate noa te azotemia e kohikohi ai ngā para i roto i ō toto. Ka puta tēnei ina pakaru ō whatukuhu i tētahi whara, i tētahi mate rānei, ā, kāore e taea te mahi tika.

I te mea kāore he tohu i te nuinga o te wā, kāore pea koe e mōhio kei a koe tēnei mate. He ohorere pea te kitenga ohorere i tētahi mea pēnei. Heoi, ka taea e ngā tākuta te whakahaere whakamātautau hei kimi i te take me te hoatu i te maimoatanga pai rawa atu ki a koe. Kōrero ki tō tākuta mō ō pātai, āwangawanga rānei. Ka whakautua e rātou ō pātai, ka tautoko i a koe, ā, ka tohutohu i a koe me pēhea te rongoā pai mō te Azotemia me te tiaki i ō whatukuhu. Nō reira kaua e mataku, whai i ngā tohutohu hauora tika. Mā te kitenga wawe me te maimoatanga tika ka taea te tiaki i ō whatukuhu.


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

He aha te taumata o te BUN e kiia ana he Azotemia?

Ka rerekē te taumata noa o te hauota urea toto (BUN) i runga i tō tau me tō ira tangata. Mena ka whakaatuhia e te pūrongo taiwhanga he uara teitei ake i te awhe noa, tera pea he azotemia.

He aha te taumata o te BUN e tohu ana i te ngoikore o te whatukuhu?

Kāore ngā tākuta e tātari i te ngoikore o te whatukuhu i runga i ngā taumata BUN anake. Heoi, ki te nui ake ō taumata BUN me te creatinine i te mea noa, ā, he tohu kē atu anō ōu, he tohu pea tēnei mō te ngoikore o te whatukuhu.

He aha atu ngā whakamātautau ka mahia hei tautuhi i te Azotemia?

Ka taea e te tākuta te mahi i ētahi atu whakamātautau:

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