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ʻO ka actinic keratosis kahi ʻāpana ʻili paʻakikī, ʻiliʻili e ulu ana ma ka ʻili i hōʻike ʻia i ka lā ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hōʻino UV. ʻO kēia mau ulu ʻaʻole ʻaʻai he ala ia o kou ʻili e hōʻike ai i ka hopena o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā i ka manawa lōʻihi.
E noʻonoʻo i nā actinic keratoses ma ke ʻano he mau hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo mua mai kou ʻili. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa, hōʻike lākou i nā wahi i hōʻino nui ʻia nā sela ʻili e hiki ke ulu i ka kanesa ʻili inā waiho ʻole ʻia. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, me ka mālama pono a me ka lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono pono i kēia mau wahi.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā actinic keratoses ma ke ʻano he mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, paʻakikī e like me ka pepa ʻiliʻili ke holo ʻoe i kou manamana lima ma luna. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻike ʻana ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā mua, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻike ai ka poʻe he nui iā lākou i ka wā e kau ai i ka lole a i ʻole e holoi ai i ko lākou maka.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e nānā ai:
ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia mau wahi ma kou maka, pepeiao, ʻāʻī, poʻo, umauma, hope o nā lima, nā lima, a i ʻole nā lehelehe. ʻO ka ʻano pinepine ka hiʻohiʻona ʻike nui loa - kēlā ʻano paʻakikī, ʻano pepa ʻiliʻili e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā lākou mai ka ʻili maʻamau.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole e like me nā projection liʻiliʻi e like me ka ʻāʻī e ulu ana mai ka ʻāpana, a i ʻole nā wahi e kahe maʻalahi ke kāwili ʻia. Aia kēia mau loli i loko o ka laulā maʻamau o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā actinic keratoses.
ʻO ke kumu nui o ka actinic keratosis ka hōʻino o ka radiation ultraviolet (UV) i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai ka lā a me nā moe tanning ma nā makahiki he nui. Hoʻoulu mālie kāu mau pūnaewele ʻili i kēia hōʻino, a alakaʻi hope i nā ʻano ulu kūpono ʻole e hana ai i kēia mau ʻāpana ʻili paʻakikī.
Hana ka radiation UV ma ka hōʻino ʻana i ka DNA i loko o kāu mau pūnaewele ʻili, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ka papa waho i kapa ʻia ʻo ka epidermis. Ke hōʻiliʻili kēia hōʻino i ka manawa, hiki ke hana i ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā pūnaewele i kūpono ʻole, e hana ana i nā ʻāpana scaly i ʻike a manaʻo ʻia.
Hoʻomau ka hana maʻamau i nā makahiki he nui, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻoi aku ai ka nui o ka actinic keratoses i nā kānaka ma luna o 40. Eia naʻe, inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hoʻolaha nui o ka lā a i ʻole hoʻohana pinepine i nā moe tanning, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou i kahi makahiki ʻōpio.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻokūkū i kēia hana. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻili mālie, nā maka māmā, a i ʻole ka lauoho blonde a ʻulaʻula paha e hoʻoliʻiliʻi nui iā ʻoe no ka mea he pale liʻiliʻi kāu mai ka melanin. ʻO ka noho ʻana ma nā wahi lā, ka hana ʻana ma waho, a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala o nā sunburns e hoʻonui nui hoʻi i kou pilikia.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e ʻike ai i nā ʻāpana hou, paʻakikī, a i ʻole scaly paha ma nā wahi o kou ʻili i hōʻike ʻia i ka lā. Kūpono ka loiloi mua i ka mālama pono a me ka nānā ʻana, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa koke inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau loli hopohopo:
Mai kali inā hoʻomaka kahi ʻāpana e ʻokoʻa mai kāu mau actinic keratoses ʻē aʻe a i ʻole inā ulu aʻe nā wahi kiʻekiʻe a paʻa. Hiki i kēia mau loli ke hōʻike i ka holomua i ka maʻi ʻili, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono koke.
ʻOiai inā kūpaʻa nā ʻāpana o kou kino, he mea akamai ke loiloi ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki i kāu dermatologist ke hahai i nā loli ma ka manawa a hāʻawi i ka ʻano mālama kūpono loa no kou kūlana.
Hoʻonui kekahi mau mea i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka actinic keratoses, ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lā ka mea nui loa. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kāu mau kumu pilikia, e kōkua ia iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana palekana kūpono a ʻike i ka wā e makaʻala ai i nā loli o ka ʻili.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau kumu pilikia liʻiliʻi akā nui e komo pū ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kanu kino (kahi e pono ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻohaʻahaʻa pale), kekahi mau kūlana genetic e hoʻopilikia i ka pigmentation ʻili, a me ka radiation therapy mua i ka ʻili.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia he nui, aia ʻoe i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā actinic keratoses he nui ma ka manawa. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe, akā ʻo ia hoʻi he mea nui loa ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻili a me ka pale ʻana i ka lā no ʻoe.
ʻO ka pilikia nui loa o ka actinic keratosis, ʻo ia ka hiki ke holomua kekahi mau ʻāpana i ka squamous cell carcinoma, kahi ʻano o ka maʻi ʻili. Eia naʻe, he lohi ke holomua ʻana a he hapa iki wale nō ia o nā hihia - ke hōʻike nei nā haʻawina a puni ka 5-10% o nā actinic keratoses i mālama ʻole ʻia e lilo paha i maʻi ʻaʻai.
Ke holomua nei, hana pinepine ʻia ma nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki ma mua o ka wikiwiki. Hāʻawi kēia iā ʻoe a me kāu mea mālama ola i ka manawa e nānā ai i nā loli a komo i ka wā kūpono.
ʻO nā hōʻailona e holomua ana paha kahi actinic keratosis:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā poʻe me nā actinic keratoses he nui ke loaʻa i kahi kūlana i kapa ʻia ʻo ka field cancerization, kahi e lilo ai nā wahi nui o ka ʻili i hōʻino ʻia e ka lā i ka pilikia no nā maʻi ʻili he nui. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau kēia i nā poʻe me ka hōʻino nui ʻia e ka lā a me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole i nāwaliwali.
ʻAʻole pono e nānā ʻia ka hopena manaʻo. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe i ka hopohopo no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ulu ʻana ma mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻoiai ke manaʻo kekahi i ka hopohopo e pili ana i nā ʻāpana i ʻike ʻia ma ko lākou maka a i ʻole nā lima. He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau manaʻo a waiwai e kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ke kau i ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili mai ka hōʻino hou aku o ka UV, kahi e kōkua ai e pale aku i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā actinic keratoses hou a hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hana pale lā mau loa.
ʻO kāu mau hana pale ʻana ikaika loa e komo pū ana:
E hoʻopili pono i ka pale lā i nā ʻili āpau i hōʻike ʻia, me nā wahi i poina pinepine ʻia e like me kou mau pepeiao, kou ʻāʻī, a me nā kua o kou mau lima. E hoʻopili hou i kēlā me kēia hola ʻelua, a i ʻoi aku paha inā ʻoe e ʻauʻau a i ʻole e hou.
E hoʻomanaʻo he hiki i nā kukuna UV ke komo i nā ao a me ka hoʻonani ʻana mai nā ʻili e like me ka wai, ke one, a me ka hau, no laila he mea nui ka pale ʻana ʻoiai i nā lā ʻāhiu a i ʻole i nā hana hoʻoilo. ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka pale lā i mea maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ka holoi ʻana i kou mau niho, e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā hopena maikaʻi loa i ka wā lōʻihi.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka hōʻoia ʻana me ka nānā ʻana o ka maka a me ke kino e kāu mea lawelawe ola kino a i ʻole dermatologist. E nānā lākou i nā ʻāpana a me ka ʻike ʻana i ko lākou ʻano, pinepine me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻonui i kapa ʻia ʻo dermatoscope e nānā pono aku iā lākou.
I ka hapanui o nā hihia, ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona kūikawā a me ka ʻano paʻakikī e maʻalahi ai ka ʻike ʻana i nā actinic keratoses. E nānā kāu kauka i ka nui, ka kala, kahi, a me ka nui o nā ʻāpana, a e nīnau pū hoʻi e pili ana i kou mōʻaukala o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā a me nā loli āu i ʻike ai.
I kekahi manawa, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi biopsy ʻili, ʻoiai inā he ʻano ʻē a he mau hiʻohiʻona e hopohopo nei no ka maʻi ʻili. I ka wā o ka biopsy, e wehe ʻia kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili i hoʻopilikia ʻia a e nānā ʻia ma lalo o ka microscope e kahi pathologist.
ʻO ka hana biopsy maʻamau he wikiwiki a hana ʻia me ka anesthesia kūloko ma ke keʻena o kāu kauka. ʻOiai ke manaʻo o ka biopsy he mea hopohopo, he mea kōkua maoli ia e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike kūpono e pili ana i nā mea e hana nei i loko o kāu mau cell ʻili.
Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i ke kiʻi e hoʻopaʻa i kāu mau actinic keratoses, e hana ana i kahi kumu no ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā kipa hahai. Kūleʻa kēia i ka hahai ʻana i nā loli ma luna o ka manawa a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻāpana e pono ai ka nānā hou aku.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana i nā sela ʻili maʻamau ʻole a hoʻemi i kou pilikia o ka holomua ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa ʻili. E paipai kāu kauka i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o ka nui, ka nui, a me ka wahi o kāu mau ʻāpana, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a me nā makemake.
ʻO nā koho lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e komo pū ana:
ʻO ka Cryotherapy kekahi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā ʻāpana hoʻokahi. E hoʻopili kāu kauka i ka wai nitrogen e hoʻoilo i nā sela maʻamau ʻole, a laila e hāʻule iho lākou i ka wā e ho'ōla ai kou ʻili. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi ʻeha i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka ʻulaʻula a i ʻole ka ʻōpala i ka wā ma hope.
Hana maikaʻi nā lāʻau topical i ka wā he nui kāu mau ʻāpana a makemake ʻoe e mālama i kahi wahi nui aʻe. Hoʻopili ʻia kēia mau kirimi a i ʻole nā gels ma ka home ma luna o kekahi mau pule, e wehe mālie ana i nā sela i hōʻino ʻia. E ʻike paha ʻoe i kekahi ʻulaʻula, ka ʻili ʻana, a me ka huhū i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau a hōʻike i ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
No nā actinic keratoses ākea, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū ʻia a i ʻole nā ala mālama kahua e mālama ana i nā wahi nui o ka ʻili i hōʻino ʻia e ka lā i ka manawa hoʻokahi. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻaʻole wale ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻāpana i ʻike ʻia, akā, ʻo ka hōʻino mua ʻole i ʻike ʻia.
Kūkulu ka mālama home ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia, ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā loli. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā actinic keratoses me nā lāʻau home wale nō, kōkua ka mālama pono ʻana iā ʻoe iho e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena o kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
I ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, e mālama i nā wahi i pilikia i ka maʻemaʻe a me ka pulupulu ke ʻole kāu kauka e kuhikuhi i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. Hana maikaʻi nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā mea pulupulu māmā, ʻala ʻole, ʻoiai hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻili i mālama ʻia ma mua o ka maʻamau.
E pale i nā wahi i mālama ʻia mai ka lā, ʻoiai e nāwaliwali loa kou ʻili i ka wā e ho'ōla ai. E komo i nā lole pale a e kau i ka sunscreen nui, ʻoiai i nā lā ao. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau topical ke hoʻonui i ka photosensitivity o kou ʻili, no laila he mea nui ka pale lā hou aku.
E nānā mau i kou ʻili no nā ʻāpana hou a i ʻole nā loli i nā mea i loaʻa. E kiʻi i nā kiʻi inā kōkua ia iā ʻoe e hahai i nā loli i ka manawa, a e hoʻomaopopo i nā wahi e ʻeha ai, ke koko ai, a i ʻole e ʻokoʻa mai kāu mau actinic keratoses ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻokele i nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka mālama ʻana ma ka hahai ʻana i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī o kāu kauka. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau topical, e manaʻo i ka ʻulaʻula a me ka ʻili ʻana - ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau e hana ana ka mālama ʻana. Eia naʻe, e kelepona i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, a i ʻole nā hopena i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea i wehewehe ʻia e lākou he mea maʻamau.
Kōkua ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea nui loa mai kāu hālāwai a loaʻa i kāu kauka nā ʻike a pau e pono ai e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomaka ma ka hana ʻana i ka papa inoa o kāu mau hopohopo a me nā nīnau ma mua o kāu kipa.
E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka manawa i ʻike mua ai ʻoe i nā ʻāpana, nā loli āu i ʻike ai, a inā lākou e hāʻawi i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. E hoʻomaopopo i nā wahi o kou kino i pilikia a inā ua ʻike ʻoe i nā wahi hou i kēia manawa.
E hoʻomākaukau i kāu moʻolelo lapaʻau, me nā mālama ʻili ma mua, ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi ʻili kanesa, nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu e lawe nei, a me nā kūlana ʻōnaehana pale kino. Mai poina e haʻi i kāu mōʻaukala o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā, me nā puhi lā o ke kamaliʻi, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka moe lā, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā ma ka hana.
E kākau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha hilinaʻi a i ʻole lālā ʻohana e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka hālāwai. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi pū i ke kākoʻo inā ʻoe e manaʻo hopohopo e pili ana i ka hōʻailona a i ʻole nā koho mālama.
ʻO nā actinic keratoses he mau ulu ʻili maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia, a ulu mai ka hōʻino o ka lā ma muli o ka manawa. ʻOiai ʻo ka huaʻōlelo
Hiki i kekahi mau actinic keratosis ke palalulu a nalowale paha no kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka pale ʻana i ka lā mau loa, akā e hoʻi mai maʻamau lākou inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ka hōʻino o ka lā ma lalo. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loiloi ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana iā lākou ma mua o ka manaʻo e hoʻonā lākou ma o lākou iho, no ka mea, hāʻawi kēia iā ʻoe i nā hopena maikaʻi loa no ka wā lōʻihi.
ʻO ka holomua mai ka actinic keratosis i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻili he lohi loa ia, e hana ana i nā mahina a i nā makahiki ma mua o nā hebedoma. Ma kahi o 5-10% wale nō o nā actinic keratoses i mālama ʻole ʻia e lilo i mea ʻino, a hāʻawi kēia holomua iā ʻoe i ka manawa nui e ʻimi ai i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e loli ai.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia nā actinic keratoses. ʻO ka hopena o ka hōʻino o ka lā i nā sela ʻili ponoʻī i ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻaʻole mai kekahi virus, bacteria, a i ʻole mea hoʻomaʻi ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu mai kekahi a hoʻolaha paha i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli mau i nā hana ma waho, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pale ʻana i ka lā. E hoʻohana i ka sunscreen ākea me SPF 30 a ʻoi aku paha, e komo i nā lole pale a me nā pāpale, a e ʻimi i ka malu i nā hola o ka lā nui. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka hōʻino hou aʻe ʻoiai e ola ana i kou ola piha.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā papahana ʻinikua e uhi ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka actinic keratosis, ʻoiai he mau lesions precancerous kēia e pono ai ka nānā ʻana o nā kauka. Eia naʻe, hiki ke loli ke uhi ʻana ma muli o kāu papahana kikoʻī a me ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i manaʻo ʻia. He mea kūpono ke nānā aku me kāu mea hoʻolako ʻinikua e pili ana i kāu uhi ma mua o ka mālama ʻana.
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