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ʻO ka basal cell carcinoma ka ʻano maʻamau loa o ka maʻi ʻili, e pili ana i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻomohala ʻia kēia maʻi ulu mālie i loko o nā sela basal e hana i ka papa lalo o ka ʻili o kou kino.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine ka basal cell carcinoma e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino a he maʻalahi ke lapaʻau ʻia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa kēia kūlana ke manaʻo i nā hopena maikaʻi me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka basal cell carcinoma i ka wā e hōʻino ʻia ai ka DNA i loko o nā sela basal o kou ʻili, ma muli pinepine o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka lā. Aia kēia mau sela ma ke kumu o kou epidermis, ka papa ʻili o waho loa.
Ke ulu hewa kēia mau sela, hana lākou i nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā pae ma kou ʻili ʻaʻole e ho'ōla pono. ʻAʻole like me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, ulu mālie loa ka basal cell carcinoma a noho maʻamau i hoʻokahi wahi ma mua o ka pālahalaha ʻana i kou kino.
ʻO kēia ʻano o ka maʻi ʻili ka mea maʻamau loa e ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi e loaʻa ai ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka lā. ʻO kou maka, ʻāʻī, mau lima, a me nā lima nā wahi maʻamau kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā loli.
Hiki i ka basal cell carcinoma ke hōʻike ʻia ma nā ʻano like ʻole ma kou ʻili. ʻO ke kī ka ʻike ʻana i nā loli e nānā ai i kāu mau nānā ʻili maʻamau.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻO kekahi mau hōʻike maʻamau ʻole e komo pū ana i kahi ʻāpana ʻili brown a ʻeleʻele paha, a i ʻole kahi wahi e like me ka eczema akā ʻaʻole pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau. Hiki i kēia mau ʻano like ʻole ke hana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ka loiloi o ka ʻoihana.
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole pinepine e ʻeha a ʻiliʻili paha nā basal cell carcinomas. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi ʻano ʻoluʻolu ʻole, e hoʻolilo ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻili maʻamau i mea waiwai loa.
Loaʻa ka basal cell carcinoma i kekahi mau ʻano like ʻole, ʻo kēlā me kēia me kona helehelena ponoʻī a me ke ʻano ulu. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa ma kou ʻili.
ʻO ka ʻano maʻamau loa ka nodular basal cell carcinoma, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ma ke ʻano he puʻu poepoe, pearly. Ulu mālie kēia ʻano a he mea maʻalahi loa ia e ʻike ma muli o kona helehelena ʻālohilohi kūikawā.
Hōʻike ʻia ka superficial basal cell carcinoma ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana pālahalaha, ʻulaʻula, scaly e like paha me ka eczema a i ʻole psoriasis. Hoʻolaha kēia ʻano i waho ma luna o ka ʻili ma mua o ka ulu ʻana i ka hohonu, e hoʻomaʻalahi ai i ka mālama ʻana.
ʻIke ʻia ka morpheaform a i ʻole infiltrative basal cell carcinoma e like me kahi wahi waxy, scar-like me nā palena maikaʻi ʻole. Hiki i kēia ʻano ke paʻakikī ke mālama no ka mea e ulu hohonu ana i loko o ka ʻili a loaʻa i nā lihi kūpono ʻole.
Aia ka melanin i loko o ka pigmented basal cell carcinoma, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i kahi kala brown a ʻeleʻele paha e kuhihewa ʻia paha me ka mole. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o kēia ʻano i nā kānaka me nā ʻili ʻeleʻele.
ʻO ke kumu nui o ka basal cell carcinoma ka pōʻino i ka DNA o kou ʻili mai ka radiation ultraviolet. Hoʻokumu pinepine ʻia kēia pōʻino ma luna o nā makahiki he nui o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā.
Eia nā mea e hoʻokomo ai i kēia maʻi ʻili:
Hiki i kekahi mau kumu genetic ke pāʻani pū kekahi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau kūlana hoʻoilina e like me ka Gorlin syndrome a i ʻole xeroderma pigmentosum, e hoʻonui nui ʻia kou pilikia ma muli o ka hiki ʻole o kou kino ke hoʻoponopono i ka pōʻino DNA.
ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana i kekahi mau kemika e like me ka arsenic, a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali o ka ʻōnaehana pale mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā kūlana lapaʻau, hiki ke hoʻopili i kou pilikia. Hiki i nā mālama radiation mua ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka basal cell carcinoma ma ka wahi i mālama ʻia ma hope o nā makahiki.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka i kēlā me kēia manawa e ʻike ai ʻoe i kahi ulu hou ma kou ʻili a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i kahi wahi i loaʻa.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi kūkā inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻeha ʻaʻole e ho'ōla i loko o kekahi mau pule, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ke kahe koko, ka palaha, a i ʻole ka wehe hou ʻana. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia puʻupuʻu hou, pā, a i ʻole wahi e ulu nui ana i ka manawa ka nānā ʻana o ka ʻoihana.
E makaʻala i nā loli ma nā wahi e loaʻa pinepine ai ka lā. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mea i ʻano ʻē ma kou maka, pepeiao, ʻāʻī, lima, a i ʻole nā lima, pono ia e nānā.
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia he nui no ka maʻi ʻili. E lilo nā nānā ʻili maʻamau i mea nui aʻe inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻili mālie, ka mōʻaukala o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā, a i ʻole nā ʻohana i loaʻa i ka maʻi ʻili.
He mau kumu e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka basal cell carcinoma. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kou pilikia pilikino e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i ka pale ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa:
ʻO kekahi mau kumu pilikia ʻaʻole maʻamau akā nui e komo pū ana ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia o ka ʻōnaehana pale kino mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau transplant a i ʻole kekahi mau kūlana olakino. Loaʻa i nā kānaka me nā maʻi genetic maʻamau ʻole e like me ka albinism a i ʻole xeroderma pigmentosum nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe loa.
ʻO ka radiation therapy ma mua, ka hōʻike ʻana i ka arsenic, a i ʻole ka nui o nā moles hiki ke hoʻonui i kou manawa. ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia he nui, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka basal cell carcinoma he maʻalahi loa ke mālama ʻia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole pilikia ke ola o ka basal cell carcinoma, ʻo ka waiho ʻana iā ia me ka mālama ʻole ʻana e hiki ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau pilikia. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau pilikia hiki ke pale ʻia me ka mālama ʻana i ka manawa kūpono.
ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau loa ka hōʻino ʻana i nā pūnaewele kūloko i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hiki i ka basal cell carcinoma i mālama ʻole ʻia ke luku i ka ʻili a puni, nā ʻiʻo, a me nā iwi ma ka wahi i pilikia.
Eia nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe e pono ai ke ʻike:
I nā hihia kakaikahi loa, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ʻino o ka basal cell carcinoma ke pālahalaha i nā lymph nodes kokoke a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino. Hana kēia ma lalo o 1% o nā hihia a maʻamau wale nō i ka wā i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ai nā tumors no nā makahiki he nui.
ʻAʻole pono e nānā ʻole ʻia ka hopena manaʻo. Hiki i nā loli i ʻike ʻia i kou helehelena ke hoʻopilikia i kou hilinaʻi a me kou ola maikaʻi, e hoʻolilo ana i ka mālama mua ʻana i mea nui loa.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i ka basal cell carcinoma, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili mai ka radiation UV i kou ola holoʻokoʻa. Hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia me nā hana palekana lā mau.
Eia nā hana palekana maikaʻi loa:
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻia nā hana palekana e pōmaikaʻi iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiai inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hoʻolaha nui o ka lā i ka wā ma mua, ʻo ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili i kēia manawa hiki ke pale aku i ka hōʻino hou aku a hōʻemi i kou pilikia o nā maʻi kanesa ʻili i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i nā keiki e pili ana i ka palekana o ka lā e hana ai i nā maʻamau ola lōʻihi e hōʻemi nui ai i ko lākou pilikia. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka pōʻino e alakaʻi ai i ka maʻi ʻili maʻi i hana ʻia i ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka wā ʻōpiopio, ʻo ka hoʻonaʻauao mua e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa mau loa.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka basal cell carcinoma e hoʻomaka mau me ka nānā ʻana o kou kauka a i ʻole dermatologist. E nānā pono lākou i nā wahi kānalua a nīnau e pili ana i nā loli āu i ʻike ai.
Inā manaʻo kou kauka he basal cell carcinoma, e hana lākou i kahi biopsy ʻili e hōʻoia i ka hōʻoia. ʻO kēia ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo kānalua e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana biopsy he wikiwiki a pololei. E hoʻonāwaliwali kou kauka i ka wahi me ka anesthetic kūloko, a laila e wehe i kahi laʻana liʻiliʻi me kekahi o nā ʻano hana ma muli o ka nui a me ka wahi o ka lesion.
I ka hapa nui o nā hihia, hāʻawi kahi punch biopsy maʻalahi a i ʻole shave biopsy i ka lawa o ka ʻiʻo no ka hōʻoia. E nānā ka pathologist i ka laʻana e hōʻoia inā aia nā cell maʻi a hoʻoholo i ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka basal cell carcinoma.
ʻO nā hopena e hoʻi mai ma loko o hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha. Inā hōʻoia ka biopsy i ka basal cell carcinoma, e kūkākūkā kou kauka i nā koho lapaʻau ma muli o ka nui, kahi, a me ke ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai i loaʻa.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka basal cell carcinoma e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea he nui e like me ka nui, kahi, a me ke ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ka pahuhopu mau ka wehe ʻana i nā cell maʻi āpau ʻoiai e mālama ana i ka nui o ka ʻiʻo olakino a me ka hana e like me ka hiki.
No ka hapa nui o nā basal cell carcinomas, ʻo ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻana ka lapaʻau makemake ʻia. ʻO ka excision maʻalahi ka ʻoki ʻana i ka tumor me kahi lihi liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo olakino e hōʻoia i ka wehe ʻana i nā cell maʻi āpau.
Eia nā koho lapaʻau nui āu kauka e hāʻawi ai:
Hāʻawi ka ʻoki ʻana ʻo Mohs i ka nui o ka hoʻōla ʻana no ka mea e nānā ana ke kauka i nā laʻana o nā pūnaewele i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana e hōʻoia i ka wehe piha ʻana. He waiwai loa kēia ʻano hana no nā ʻōpū ma ka maka a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i nā pūnaewele olakino.
No nā hihia holomua loa a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe i pālahalaha, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻopilikia ʻia a i ʻole immunotherapy. Eia naʻe, he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau kūlana i ka wā e mālama maikaʻi ʻia ai ka basal cell carcinoma i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka mālama lapaʻau ʻoihana no ka basal cell carcinoma, hiki i ka mālama home kūpono ke kākoʻo i kou hoʻōla a me kou ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. ʻO kāu mea nui e pale aku i ka wahi mālama a hahai i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi kikoʻī a kāu kauka.
Ma hope o kekahi kaʻina hana ʻoki, e mālama i ka ʻeha maʻemaʻe a maloʻo e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi mālama ʻeha kikoʻī, kahi e komo pinepine ai ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mālie a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea poni a i ʻole nā ʻaʻahu i kuhikuhi ʻia.
Eia pehea ʻoe e kākoʻo ai i kou hoʻōla ʻana ma ka home:
Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau topical e like me ka imiquimod, e manaʻo i ka huhū ʻana o ka ʻili ma ke ʻano he pane maʻamau. E wehewehe kou kauka i nā mea e manaʻo ai a me ka wā e hoʻokaʻaʻike ai iā lākou no nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha he mea maʻalahi loa ia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūʻai ʻia. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka he māmā a mālama ʻia ka ʻoluʻolu me ka acetaminophen a i ʻole ibuprofen e like me ka ʻōlelo a kā lākou kauka.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻoe no kāu kūkā, e kōkua ia e hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pono loa mai kāu kipa a hāʻawi i kāu kauka i ka ʻike nui. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke hana i ka kūkā ʻana i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoʻopau.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e hana i ka papa inoa o nā loli o ka ʻili āu i ʻike ai, me ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa. E kiʻi i nā kiʻi inā hiki ke hōʻike i ka holomua.
E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāu moʻolelo lapaʻau, me nā kanesa ʻili ma mua, ka hoʻolaʻa nui ʻana i ka lā, a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka kanesa ʻili. Makemake kāu kauka e ʻike e pili ana i nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau āu i loaʻa ai.
E kākau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau aku i ʻole e poina iā lākou i ka wā o ka kūkā. ʻO nā nīnau maʻamau e komo pū paha me nā koho mālama, ka manawa hoʻōla i manaʻo ʻia, a me nā koi mālama hahai.
E pale i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka makeup, lotion, a i ʻole nā huahana ʻē aʻe i ka wahi āu e makemake ai e nānā. E komo i nā lole e ʻae i ka komo maʻalahi i nā wahi āu e hopohopo nei.
ʻO ka basal cell carcinoma he ʻano kanesa ʻili maʻalahi loa ke ʻike ʻia a mālama ʻia i ka wā mua. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka helu ho'ōla ma mua o 95% no ka hapa nui o nā hihia, e hana ana i ka nānā koke ʻana i nā loli ʻili kānalua he mea kūpono loa.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o ka pale ʻana i ka lā ke pale maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka basal cell carcinoma. Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka sunscreen i kēlā me kēia lā, nā lole pale, a me ka pale ʻana i nā moe tanning ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia.
Ke kōkua nei nā nānā ʻili maʻamau a me nā nānā ʻoihana e hopu i nā pilikia i ka wā mua loa i ka wā e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Mai kānalua e nānā i nā wahi kānalua, ʻoiai inā he mea liʻiliʻi paha lākou.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻoholo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka basal cell carcinoma i kou ola kino i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Me ka mālama kūpono a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻili mau loa, e ola ana ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā ola maʻamau a olakino.
Hiki i ka basal cell carcinoma ke hoʻi hou mai ma kahi hoʻokahi inā ʻaʻole i wehe ʻia nā sela kanesa a pau i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. He haʻahaʻa loa ka nui o ka hoʻi hou ʻana me ka mālama ʻoki kūpono, maʻamau ma lalo o 5% me ka ʻoki maʻamau a ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa me ka ʻoki Mohs.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi basal cell carcinoma e hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea hou ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ke kumu e lilo ai ka pale ʻana i ka lā a me nā nānā ʻili maʻamau i mea nui aʻe ma hope o kāu mālama mua.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻoilina pololei ʻia ka basal cell carcinoma, hiki i nā kumu genetic ke hoʻopili i kou pilikia. ʻO ka ʻili mālie, nā maka māmā, a me ka paʻakikī o ka ʻili ʻana he mau ʻano hoʻoilina e hoʻonui i ka maʻi i ka hōʻino UV.
Hoʻonui nui kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau e like me ka Gorlin syndrome i ka pilikia o ka basal cell carcinoma. Eia naʻe, no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā ka mea nui loa o ka pilikia ma mua o nā kumu genetic wale nō.
ʻO ka basal cell carcinoma maʻamau e ulu mālie loa i nā mahina a i nā makahiki paha. ʻO kēia ulu mālie kekahi o nā kumu e mālama maikaʻi ʻia ai, no ka mea, hāʻawi ia iā ʻoe i ka manawa e ʻike ai i nā loli a ʻimi i ka mālama.
Hiki i ka nui o ka ulu ʻana ke loli ma muli o ke ʻano a me ka wahi. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano superficial ke pālahalaha i waho me ka wikiwiki, ʻoiai nā ʻano nodular e ulu mālie a hiki ke wānana ʻia.
Hiki ke mālama ʻia kekahi ʻano o ka basal cell carcinoma me nā ʻano hana ʻole i ka ʻoki kino e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau topical, cryotherapy, a i ʻole radiation therapy. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻoki kino ke kumu kūpono loa no ka mea hiki ke hōʻoia i ka wehe piha ʻana.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā mālama ʻole i ka ʻoki kino no nā basal cell carcinomas superficial ma nā wahi kūikawā a i ʻole no nā mea maʻi ʻaʻole kūpono no ka ʻoki kino. E hāʻawi aku kāu kauka i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kou kūlana pilikino.
E ulu mau ana ka basal cell carcinoma i mālama ʻole ʻia a hiki ke hoʻopōʻino nui i nā pūnaewele kokoke. ʻOiai ʻaʻole pinepine ia e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopau i ka ʻili a puni, nā ʻiʻo, a me nā iwi hoʻi ma hope o kekahi manawa.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka basal cell carcinoma hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoiai inā ua lōʻihi ia. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka wā mua e hoʻopuka pinepine i nā hopena nani maikaʻi a me nā kaʻina hana liʻiliʻi.
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