Kua whakaaro kē koe me pēhea te pai o te mōhio i mua mō ētahi mate e pā ana ki ō tātou whānau, mō ētahi āhuatanga rānei ka pā ki ā tātou tamariki? I ētahi wā ka whakaaro tātou, 'Ko wai me kōrero atu ki a rātou, ā, me pēhea taku pātai atu?' Koinā te wā ka nui te āwhina a te Tohutohu Ira Tangata ki a tātou. He mea nui tēnei, nō reira me kōrero taipitopito tātou mō tēnei i tēnei rā.

He aha te Tohutohu Ira?

Ki te whakarapopoto, ko te tohutohu ira he tukanga e whakarato ana i ngā mōhiotanga mō ngā āhuatanga ira ka pā pea ki a koe, ki tētahi rānei o tō whānau. He mea nui tēnei, ehara i te mea māu anake, engari mā te katoa o tō whānau. Akene me rapu koe i tēnei momo tohutohu i a koe e hapu ana, e whakaaro ana rānei kia hapu.

Ko te tikanga o tēnei he tirotiro hōhonu i tō hītori hauora me tō hītori whānau kia kitea ai mēnā kei te tūpono koe ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate ira, mēnā rānei kei te tūpono ō tamariki ki te tuku iho i tētahi mate. Mēnā e tika ana, ka tūtohutia pea kia whakamātauria anōtia tēnei hei tirotiro anō.

Nā, ko wai ēnei kaitohutohu ira?

Ko ngā kaitohutohu ira he tohunga kua ako i te pūtaiao me te pūtaiao o te ira i te taumata whare wānanga, ā, i muri mai ka whiwhi i te tohu māhita i roto i te tohutohu ira. Ka taea e rātou te whakarato i te tautoko me te ārahi e hiahiatia ana e koe me tō whānau mēnā he mate ira tōu, tō tamaiti rānei. Ka taea hoki e rātou te kī atu mēnā kei te mōrearea koe ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate ira, mēnā rānei kei te mōrearea tō tamaiti ki te tuku iho i tētahi.

I roto i ēhea āhuatanga ka tūtohutia te Tohutohu Ira?

He maha ngā take ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te tohutohu ira. Akene me mōhio koe ki tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate ira. Tērā pea me mōhio koe ki tō tūponotanga ki te tuku i tētahi mate ki tāu tamaiti.

Mō tō hauora.

Akene ka hiahia koe ki te whai whakaaro ki te tohutohu ira hei ako atu mō tō tupono ki te whakawhanake i ētahi mate. Hei tauira, mō te mate pukupuku o te ū , ka piki ake te tupono o te whakawhanake i te mate pukupuku nā ētahi whakarerekētanga ira pēnei i te `(BRCA1)` me te `(BRCA2)`. Akene ka hiahia koe ki te mōhio mēnā nō tētahi iwi motuhake koe e nui ake ana te mōrearea ki tētahi mate.Mena koinā, he pai pea te tohutohu ira. Hei tauira, he nui ake te mōrearea o ngā Hūrai Ashkenazi ki te mate Tay-Sachs. Ka taea e ngā kaitohutohu ira te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau mēnā me whakamātau koe mō ngā huringa ira e pā ana ki tēnei mate. He mea nui anō hoki tēnei tohutohu mō ētahi atu mate maha.

Mō tō haputanga

Akene he pai ki te whakaaro ki te tohutohu ira i a koe e hapu ana. Mena kei a koe, kei te whānau rānei o tō hoa rangatira tētahi mate ira, me mōhio koe mena kei te tūpono ka riro mai i tāu tamaiti taua mate.

He maha ngā āhuatanga hauora rerekē ka taea e tō kaiwhakatakoto ira te kōrero ki a koe. Hei tauira:

• Ngā mate pēnei i te "mate pūtau marino".
• Ngā hapa whānau pēnei i te hapa ngākau, te ngutu ngatata me te waha whatiwhati.

Ka taea hoki e te tohutohu ira i mua i te whānautanga te āwhina i a koe i roto i ēnei āhuatanga:

• Mena he raruraru tōu ki te kore tamariki, kua neke atu rānei i te rua ngā materoto kua pā ki a koe.
• Mena i whānau mate mai tō pēpi, i mate rānei tō pēpi i muri tata mai i te whānautanga.
• Mena ko tō whanaunga toto te tangata e whakaaro ana koe kia whānau tāu tamaiti māua.
• Mena kua whai tamaiti koe me te mate ira, te koha whānau rānei.
• Mena kei te whakaaro koe kia hapu i muri i te 35 tau te pakeke, kua hapu kē rānei koe.

Mō te hauora o tāu pēpi

Mena kua whakaatuhia e ō matawai ultrasound , e ētahi atu whakamātautau hapūtanga rānei, he raruraru pea kei roto, he mea pai kia whakaarohia he tohutohu ira i mua i te whānautanga o tō pēpi.

Waihoki, ki te whānau mai tō pēpi me te mate ira, te koha whānau rānei, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te tohutohu ira.

Mena ka whakaatuhia e te whakamātautau tirotiro pēpi hou i muri i te whānautanga kei te mōrearea te pēpi ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate ira, he mea nui kia rapu tohutohu ira anō hoki i taua wā.

He aha te hiranga o te Tohutohu Ira?

Ka taea e te kaitohutohu ira te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama ki tō tuponotanga ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate ira, ki te whānau rānei i tētahi tamaiti me tētahi mate ira. Ka aromatawaihia e rātou tēnei mōrearea i runga i tō hītori hauora me tō hītori whānau.

He aha ngā momo whakamātautau DNA ka taea te hoatu ki a koe ngā mōhiohio e hiahiatia ana e koe?Mā te kaitohutohu ira koe e kōrero mēnā he mate ira tōu. Mā rātou anō hoki e whakamārama te mahi a ngā whakamātautau DNA. Kei roto i tēnei ko ngā mate ka taea e rātou te kite, me ngā mate kāore e taea e rātou te kite, me te angitu o aua mate.

He tohunga motuhake tō kaitohutohu ira tangata hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau mēnā he kōwhiringa pai te whakamātautau ira mōu. Ka kōrero rātou ki a koe mō ngā mōrearea o te whakamātautau ira tangata me tōna pānga ki tō hauora kare ā-roto me tō hauora hinengaro . Ka tautoko rātou i a koe me tō whānau ki te whakatau i ngā whakataunga pai mō tō hauora.

Mā ngā kaitohutohu ira koe e whakamōhio mō te utu o te whakamātautau ira, me te mea ka hipokina e tō inihua.

Ki te pai te hua o te whakamātautau , ka kōrerotia e te kaitohutohu ira te tikanga me ngā mahi hei whai ake. Ka āwhina hoki rātou i a koe ki te kōrero ki tō whānau mō tō āhua.

He aha ngā mea ka tupu i te wā o te wānanga tohutohu ira?

Ka tīmata tō wā tohutohu ira mā te kōrero whānui mō tō hītori hauora me tō hītori whānau. Mā te whakamahi i ēnei mōhiohio, ka tirohia e te kaitohutohu ira te pānga o tō hītori ki a koe, ki ō tamariki rānei.

Mā tō kaiwhakatakoto ira e tuhi he rākau whānau māu. Ko te tikanga ka tuhia e rātou ngā taipitopito mō ō mātua, ō koroua, ō whaea kēkē, ō matua kēkē, me ā rātou tamariki. Mā tēnei rākau whānau e tuhi ngā taipitopito pēnei i te hunga o tō whānau i pāngia e ētahi mate, te pakeke o rātou i te wā i pāngia ai rātou e te mate, me te mea kei te ora tonu rātou.

I runga i tō hītori hauora, ka whakamahia pea e te kaitohutohu ira he taputapu aromatawai hei āwhina i te whakatau i tō mōrearea ira ki te whakawhanake i ētahi āhuatanga.

Ka kōrero te kaitohutohu ira ki a koe mō ngā painga me ngā huakore o te whakamātautau ira. Ka matapakihia hoki e rātou ko tēhea whakamātautau ira te mea pai mōu. Ka whakamōhio atu hoki rātou ki a koe mō ngā ture e tiaki ana i te muna o ō mōhiohio ira. Ki te whakatau koe ki te whai whakamātautau ira, ka āwhina anō te kaitohutohu ira i a koe ki te whakarite i ngā whakamātautau e tika ana. Ka whakamāramahia e rātou ngā mea katoa i roto i te huarahi ngāwari e mārama ai koe.

He aha ngā mea ka tupu i muri i te Tohutohu Ira?

I muri i tō wā whakamātautau, ka hoatu e te kaitohutohu ira ki a koe ngā kōrero e pā ana ki tō aromatawai mōrearea me ngā kōwhiringa whakamātautau DNA motuhake e wātea ana ki a koe.

Mena kua tūtohutia e koe he whakamātautau ira, mā te kaitohutohu ira koe e āwhina ki te mārama ki ngā hua o tō whakamātautau. Mā rātou e whakamārama te tikanga o ngā hua, pērā i tō mōrearea ira ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate. Ka hoatu e rātou he kape o ngā hua whakamātautau me te whakarāpopototanga o te tikanga o ngā hua.

Ka taea e te kaitohutohu ira te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau i ō mahere hauora ā muri ake nei. Tērā pea kei roto i tēnei ko te matapaki i ētahi atu whakamātautau, i ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga rānei. Tērā pea ka tukuna koe e rātou ki tētahi tohunga , ki tētahi rōpū tautoko rānei e hāngai ana ki tō āhua.

Kia maumahara, ki te mea he āwangawanga hauora ira tōu, he puna manaaki, he puna tonu tō kaitohutohu ira mōu me tō whānau. Ehara tēnei i te mea ka puta i te pō kotahi, ā, ka taea e koe te whakapā atu ki a rātou mō te āwhina i ngā wā katoa e hiahiatia ana e koe.

Ka taea e te Tohutohu Ira te āwhina i a koe ki te ako mō tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mate ira, ki te tuku atu rānei ki tāu tamaiti. Ka taea e ngā kaitohutohu ira te whakarato i ngā kōrero nui mō te pānga o ō ira ki tō hauora. Ka taea e rātou te whakamārama i ō whiringa whakamātautau ira me te mahi a ngā whakamātautau DNA. Ka taea e ngā kaitohutohu ira te tautoko me te ārahi i a koe ki te whakatau i ngā whakatau pai mōu me tō whānau.

He Karere hei Kawea ki te Kāinga!

Āe, mai i ngā kōrero kua kōrerotia nei, me mārama koe ehara te whakamātau i te ira i te mea hei wehi, ā, he mea tino nui anō hoki.

• Te Mōhiotanga: He mea pai ki te mōhio ki ngā āhuatanga ira ka pā pea ki a koe, ki tō whānau rānei.
• Ngā whakataunga tika: Mā tēnei koe e āwhina ki te whakatau tika mō tō hauora, mō te whakamahere whānau, mō te hauora rānei o āu tamariki o nāianei.
• Whakamarie hinengaro: I ētahi wā ka mataku rawa tātou nā te kore mōhio. Mā ngā whakamārama e whakaratohia ana mā te tohutohu ira, ka memeha atu aua mataku me ngā feaa, ā, ka tino harikoa tātou i te hinengaro.
• Tautoko me te arataki: He kaha nui te mōhio kāore koe i te mokemoke i tēnei haerenga, ā, he tangata anō hei kōrero atu, hei rapu āwhina mō ngā raruraru katoa.

Nō reira, ki te mea he pātai, he ruarua rānei āu mō tētahi mea pēnei, kaua e mangere ki te kōrero ki tētahi tākuta me te rapu tohutohu ira. Koinei pea te whakatau pai rawa atu māu ake me tō whānau!

` Te tohutohu ira, ngā mate ira, te haputanga, te hauora whānau, te whakamātautau DNA, te mōrearea ira, ngā hapa whānau