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He maʻi maʻamau ʻole ka kanesa iwi kahi e ulu wikiwiki ai nā cell maʻi i loko o kou mau iwi, e hana ana i nā tumors e hiki ke hoʻonāwaliwali i ke ʻano o ka iwi. ʻOiai he mea weliweli paha ke huaʻōlelo, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea maoli o ka kanesa iwi ke kōkua i ka hoʻoemi ʻana i kou hopohopo a alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka mālama kūpono.
Hiki i kēia ʻano kanesa ke hoʻomaka pololei i loko o ka iwi (i kapa ʻia ʻo ka kanesa iwi mua) a i ʻole e pālahalaha i nā iwi mai kahi kanesa ʻē aʻe ma kou kino (i kapa ʻia ʻo ka kanesa iwi lua a i ʻole metastatic). ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama kūpono, nui nā kānaka me ka kanesa iwi e ola ana i nā ola piha a olakino.
ʻO ka hōʻailona mua maʻamau o ka kanesa iwi ka ʻeha mau loa i ka iwi i pilikia ʻole e hele me ka hoʻomaha. Hoʻomaka pinepine kēia ʻeha ma ke ʻano he ʻeha palupalu e hiki mai ana a hele aku paha, akā e lilo mālie ana i mea mau a ikaika hoʻi ma mua o ka manawa.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai, a e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha o kēia mau mea ʻo ia hoʻi he kanesa iwi kāu:
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka numbness a i ʻole tingling inā e kaomi ka tumor i nā aʻalolo kokoke. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke ulu mālie i nā hebedoma a i ʻole nā mahina, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ke nānā pono i nā loli i kou kino a kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama ola.
Nui nā ʻano like ʻole o ka kanesa iwi, kēlā me kēia me kona mau ʻano a me nā ala lapaʻau. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e hana nei e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e hana i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO nā ʻano nui o ka kanesa iwi mua e komo pū ana:
ʻO ka kanesa iwi lua, kahi e pālahalaha mai nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau ma mua o ka kanesa iwi mua. Hoʻomaka pinepine kēia ʻano mai nā kanesa umauma, māmā, prostate, puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole thyroid i pālahalaha i nā iwi.
ʻAʻole maopopo ka kumu pololei o ka hapa nui o nā kanesa iwi, akā ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hiki ke loaʻa i kēia maʻi. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻo ia hoʻi e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka kanesa iwi.
Eia nā mea nui a nā kānaka ʻepekema e manaʻo ai e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka kanesa iwi:
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i ka hōʻike ʻana i kekahi mau kemika a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka kanesa iwi ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe kumu pilikia maopopo i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ai ka kanesa iwi, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki i ka maʻi ke hoʻopilikia i kekahi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha iwi mau loa e lōʻihi ma mua o kekahi mau hebedoma, ʻoi aku inā e ʻino ana a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ana i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā. Mai kali inā koʻikoʻi ka ʻeha a i ʻole me nā hōʻailona hopohopo ʻē aʻe.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona hōʻailona:
E hoʻomanaʻo, nui nā kūlana e hiki ke hoʻokumu i ka ʻeha iwi, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka manawa ʻaʻole ia he kanesa. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka loiloi mua ʻana e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka mālama maikaʻi inā loaʻa kekahi mea koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono e noiʻi hou i kou mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea pilikia e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo ʻike e pili ana i kou olakino, ʻoiai he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā mea pilikia ʻo ia hoʻi e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka kanesa iwi. Nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole loaʻa i ka maʻi, ʻoiai kekahi me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻia.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau mea pilikia maʻamau ʻole e komo pū ana ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka radiation mai nā ulia nuklea a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau maʻi iwi mai ka hānau ʻana. He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me kēia mau kūlana i ka kanesa iwi, no laila e ho'āʻo mai e hopohopo pono ʻole inā pili kekahi o kēia mau mea iā ʻoe.
ʻOiai ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mea kaumaha, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻomākaukau a pane koke inā kū nā pilikia. E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā kānaka me ka kanesa iwi e ʻike iki a ʻaʻohe pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama kūpono.
Eia nā pilikia nui e hiki ke loaʻa:
I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, hiki i ka kanesa iwi ke hoʻokumu i nā pae calcium koʻikoʻi i ke koko a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i ka hana o ka puʻupaʻa. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe i ka wā mālama e hopu a hoʻoponopono koke i nā pilikia. ʻO ke kī ka mālama ʻana i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu hui lapaʻau e pili ana i nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole ka ʻino.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka kanesa iwi e komo pū ana i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu, a e alakaʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe ma o kēlā me kēia mea e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei. Hoʻomaka pinepine ke kaʻina hana me ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau, a laila he hoʻokolokolo kino o ka wahi i pilikia.
E manaʻo paha kāu mea mālama ola i kēia mau hoʻokolohua diagnostic:
ʻO ka biopsy wale nō ke ala e hōʻoia ai i ka kanesa iwi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hana i kēia kaʻina hana me kahi nila a i ʻole ma o kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi, ma muli o ka wahi o ka tumor. ʻOiai ke kali nei no nā hopena hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mea kaumaha, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo kēia ala kikoʻī e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike maopopo loa a me ka papahana mālama kūpono.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka mālama ʻana i ka kanesa iwi ma mua o nā makahiki, a e hana kāu hui lapaʻau i kahi papahana pilikino ma muli o ke ʻano o ka kanesa, kona kahua, kou makahiki, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole wale ke kumu e mālama pono ai i ka kanesa, akā e kōkua pū iā ʻoe e mālama i ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO nā ala mālama nui e komo pū ana:
Nui nā kānaka e loaʻa i ka hui o kēia mau lāʻau. No ka laʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka chemotherapy ma mua o ka ʻoki e hoʻemi i ka tumor, a laila e hoʻomau i ka chemotherapy ma hope e kāpae i nā cell kanesa i koe. E wehewehe kāu hui mālama i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e manaʻo ai ma ke ala.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho ma ka home he ʻāpana nui ia o kāu papahana mālama holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai e mālama ana kāu hui lapaʻau i ka mālama nui, nui nā mea āu e hiki ke hana e ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo i ke kaʻina ho'ōla o kou kino.
Eia nā hana kōkua no ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao:
Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole inā ʻino nā mea i loaʻa. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mau lāʻau a i ʻole e manaʻo i nā ana ʻoluʻolu hou aku. E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka noi ʻana i ke kōkua he hōʻailona ia o ka ikaika, ʻaʻole ka nāwaliwali.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻana no kāu mau kipa kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea maikaʻi loa mai kāu manawa pū ʻana a ua pane ʻia kāu mau hopohopo āpau. ʻO ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kekahi mau minuke e hoʻonohonoho i kou mau manaʻo ma mua e hiki ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa maoli i ka maikaʻi o kāu mālama.
Eia pehea e hoʻomākaukau pono ai:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi puke a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kāu kelepona e hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻike nui i ka wā hālāwai. Mai hopohopo e nīnau i nā nīnau “nui loa” a i ʻole e lawe i ka manawa “nui loa”. Makemake kāu mea mālama ola e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana a manaʻo hilinaʻi e pili ana i kāu papahana mālama.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ia ka kanesa iwi, ʻoiai he mea koʻikoʻi, hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu mua ʻia. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā holomua lapaʻau i nā hopena no nā kānaka me kēia kūlana, a nui nā mea maʻi e ola ana i nā ola piha a ikaika ma hope o ka mālama ʻana.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha iwi mau loa a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hopohopo ʻē aʻe, mai hoʻokaʻulua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana e hāʻawi i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no nā hopena holomua. E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ka hapa nui o ka ʻeha iwi e ka kanesa, akā he mea kūpono mau ke loiloi ʻia nā hōʻailona mau loa e kahi loea mālama ola.
I kou huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, inā ʻoe e ʻimi ana i ka ʻike a i ʻole ke komo nei i ka mālama ʻana, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō. Aia kāu hui mālama ola, ʻohana, hoaaloha, a me nā hui kākoʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i kēia manawa paʻakikī me ka manaʻolana a me ka ikaika.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole make mau ka kanesa iwi. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā helu ola me nā holomua i ka mālama ʻana. ʻO ka prognosis e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ke ʻano o ka kanesa iwi, kona kahua i ka wā i ʻike ʻia, kou makahiki, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hiki ke mālama holomua ʻia nā kānaka he nui me ka kanesa iwi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu mua ʻia, a ola i nā ola maʻamau.
ʻAe, hiki i ka kanesa iwi ke pālahalaha (metastasize) i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau i nā māmā. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia e hana i nā hihia āpau, a i ka wā e hana ai, aia nō nā koho mālama e loaʻa ana. E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe a hoʻohana i nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi e nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka pālahalaha.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole pono mau ka amputation no ka mālama kanesa iwi. I kēia lā, hiki ke hana ʻia ka ʻoki limb-sparing ma kahi o 90% o nā hihia, mahalo i nā holomua i nā ʻenehana ʻoki a me nā mea prosthetic. E ho'āʻo mau kāu kauka e mālama i ka nui o ka hana i ka wā e wehe loa ai i ka kanesa.
ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o kekahi mau ʻano o ka kanesa iwi, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka osteosarcoma a me ka Ewing sarcoma, i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio. Eia naʻe, pinepine ka pane maikaʻi ʻana o ka kanesa iwi i nā keiki i ka mālama ʻana, a nui nā ʻōpio e ola ana i nā ola olakino a ikaika. ʻO nā oncologists pediatric ka poʻe loea i ka mālama ʻana i ka kanesa i nā keiki a hana e hoʻemi i nā hopena lōʻihi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maopopo nā kumu pololei o ka hapa nui o nā kanesa iwi, ʻaʻohe mau ala palekana. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau, ka ʻai kaulike waiwai i ka calcium a me ka vitamin D, a me ka pale ʻana i ka hōʻike radiation pono ʻole e hiki ke kākoʻo i ke olakino iwi. ʻO ka mea nui loa, e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke no ka ʻeha iwi mau loa a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hopohopo.
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