Kua pāngia tāu tamaiti e te niumōnia? Kaua e manukanuka, me kōrero tāua!

Kua pāngia tō tamaiti e te makariri me te maremare mō ētahi rā? Kua kino haere te maremare, ā, kua uaua te manawa inaianei? Tērā pea kei te tino pōuri te tamaiti i te kirika. Hei mātua, ka tino mataku tātou i ngā wā pēnei. He tohu pea ēnei o te niumōnia. Kaua e manukanuka. Ka taea te whakaora i tēnei mēnā ka whiwhi koe i te maimoatanga hauora tika. Nō reira, kia mōhio tātou ki tēnei i tēnei rā.

Me pēhea te pāngia o ngā tamariki e te niumōnia?

He kupu ngāwari, he mate pukupuku te niumōnia. He iti ngā pēke hau o roto i ō tātou pūkahukahu e kiia nei ko ngā pēke hau. Ina puta te niumōnia, ka kī ēnei pēke hau i te wai, i te pūkahukahu rānei. Ka uaua te manawa o te tamaiti, ka maremare hoki.

Ko ngā tino take o tēnei mate ko ngā moroiti pēnei i ngā huaketo me ngā huakita. I ētahi wā ka puta te niumōnia hei raruraru o te makariri noa, te rewharewha, te mate rānei pēnei i te COVID-19. Ka uru ēnei iroriki ki te ihu me te korokoro, ka haere mā te ara manawa, ka pangia ngā pukahukahu.

Ko te RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) tētahi huaketo nui e hua ai te niumōnia, inā koa i roto i ngā tamariki kei raro iho i te 5 tau te pakeke.

Ngā āhuatanga e whakanui ake ai i te mōrearea o te whakawhanake i te niumōnia

He nui ake te tūponotanga ka pāngia ētahi tamariki e tēnei mate.

• He nui ake te mōrearea o te tamaiti kei raro iho i te 1 tau te pakeke ki te pāngia e te niumōnia nā te mea e pāngia ana e te auahi tuarua .
• Mena he ngoikore te pūnaha ārai mate o te tamaiti (hei tauira, nā te HIV, nā tētahi atu mate hauora rānei).
• Mena kei a koe ngā mate hauora mau tonu pēnei i te mate huango, te cystic fibrosis, te anemia pūtau mariao, te mate manawa rānei.
• Mena he mate whānau tōu ki ō pukahukahu, ki tō ara manawa rānei.

He aha ngā tohu o te niumōnia? Me pēhea te mōhio ki tēnei?

He mate te niumōnia e horapa ana mai i te tangata ki te tangata. He mea noa iho i te rangi makariri, inā koa i te ngahuru me te takurua, ina noho ngā tamariki ki roto i te whare. Engari kia mahara, kāore e taea e ngā kākahu e mau ana tāu tamaiti, e te pāmahana rānei i waho te ārai i te niumōnia.

Ka rerekē pea ngā tohu i waenga i te tamaiti me te tamaiti. Ka rerekē anō hoki ngā tohu i runga i te mea he huakita, he huaketo rānei te take o te mate. Heoi, he uaua ki te wehewehe i waenga i ngā mea e rua. Nō reira, he pai ake te toro atu ki te tākuta.

Me pēhea te rongoā mō te niumōnia?

Ko te maimoatanga e whakawhirinaki ana ki te mea he huaketo, he huakita rānei te pūtake o te mate. Ka tirohia tuatahitia e te tākuta tāu tamaiti, ka pātai atu ki a koe mō ō tohumate. Kātahi, hei whakaū i te mate, ka mahia pea e rātou he hihi-X o te uma, he whakamātautau toto, me ētahi atu. Ka tāpirihia pea e rātou he taputapu iti rite ki te topenga (pulse oximeter) ki te maihao o tāu tamaiti hei ine i te taumata hāora i roto i tōna tinana.

Te maimoatanga mō te niumōnia huaketo

Mena he huaketo te pūtake o te mate, he iti noa ngā whiringa maimoatanga nā te mea kāore e mahi ngā paturopi ki ngā huaketo. I roto i ēnei āhuatanga, ka tohutohu pea te tākuta:

• Ko taku hiahia kia okioki pai koe .
• Ki te pāngia koe e te kirika, ka hoatu he rongoā pēnei i te paracetamol i te horopeta kua whakaritea hei whakaiti i te kirika.
• Ko te mea nui: Kaua e hoatu he rongoā ārai mare, pērā i te codeine, te dextromethorphan rānei, ki ngā tamariki e pāngia ana e te niumōnia. He huarahi tūturu te mare hei whakakore i te hūpē kāore e hiahiatia i roto i ngā pukahukahu. Mā te whakamutu i te mare ka kino ake te mate.

Te maimoatanga mō te niumōnia huakita

Mena ka whakaūtia he huakita te pūtake o te mate, ka tohua e te tākuta he rongoā paturopi . Anei ētahi mea me maumahara koe :

• Hoatu te horopeta tika i tohua e te tākuta, i te wā tika, mō te maha o ngā rā tika.
• Ahakoa kua pai ake te ahua o te tamaiti i muri i ngā rā e rua, e toru rānei, me haere tonu te hoatu i te rongoā mō te maha o ngā rā kua whakaritea .
• Ki te mutu te tango i te rongoā i waenganui o te wā, ka kaha ake anō ngā huakita e toe ana i roto i ngā pukahukahu, ā, ka puta anō te niumōnia. He tino morearea tēnei.

Me pēhea tātou e tiaki ai i ā tātou tamariki i tēnei mate kino?

Ko te huarahi pai rawa atu, me te huarahi tino whai hua hoki hei tiaki i ngā tamariki mai i te niumōnia ko te werohanga .

E taunaki ana ngā whakahaere hauora o te ao, pērā i te US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), i ngā kano ārai mate hei ārai i te niumōnia.

• PCV13, PCV15 rānei: E taunakihia ana ēnei kano ārai mate mō ngā tamariki kei raro iho i te 5 tau te pakeke me ngā tamariki i waenga i te 5-18 tau te pakeke e nui ake ana te mōrearea ki te niumōnia nā ētahi atu mate hauora.
• PPV23: E taunakihia ana hoki tēnei kano ārai mate mō ngā tamariki i waenga i te 2-18 tau te pakeke me ētahi mate hauora.

He mea nui kia kōrero koe ki tō tākuta mō ēnei kōwhiringa kano ārai mate, kia whakatauhia ai ko tēhea te mea pai mō tāu tamaiti. Me whakarite hoki kei te hou tonu ngā kano ārai mate katoa e tika ana mō te tau o tāu tamaiti (hei tauira, te rewharewha, te repeure).

Hei tāpiritanga,

• Whakaakona tāu tamaiti ki ngā tikanga akuaku pai, pērā i te horoi ringa ki te hopi i ngā wā katoa .
• Kia ma tonu ngā wāhi tākaro me ngā taonga takaro a te tamaiti.
• Āta karohia te momi hikareti i ngā wāhi e noho tahi ana ngā tamariki.