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ʻO ka carcinoma o ka primary unknown (CUP) ka maʻi kanesa i pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino, akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i kahi i hoʻomaka ai. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana puzzle i hoʻolaha ʻia me ka ʻike ʻole i ke kiʻi mua.
ʻO kēia ka 3-5% o nā maʻi kanesa āpau. ʻOiai paha he weliweli ke kani o ka inoa, nui nā kānaka me CUP e pane maikaʻi i ka lapaʻau. Loaʻa i kāu hui lapaʻau nā ala kūikawā e kōkua ai iā ʻoe, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole maopopo ka kumu mua.
Hana ʻia ka carcinoma o ka primary unknown i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā cell kanesa ma hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā ʻāpana o kou kino, akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i ka tumor mua kahi i hoʻomaka mua ai ka maʻi kanesa. Ua metastasis mua ka maʻi kanesa, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hele mai kona wahi hoʻomaka i nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
Aia i loko o kou kino nā trillions o nā cell, a i kekahi manawa hiki i ka maʻi kanesa ke hoʻomaka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ma kahi huna ʻole e lilo ai i mea ʻike ʻole ʻia. Hiki paha i ka tumor mua ke liʻiliʻi loa e hōʻike ʻia ma nā scans, a i ʻole ua nalowale paha ia ma hope o ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maopopo ka wahi hoʻomaka pololei, hiki pinepine i nā kauka ke hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka pūnaewele i hele mai nā cell kanesa. Kūkulu kēia ʻike i kāu papahana lapaʻau a hāʻawi i kāu hui lapaʻau i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nui e pili ana i ke ala e kōkua maikaʻi ai iā ʻoe.
Aia nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai ma kahi i pālahalaha ai ka maʻi kanesa i loko o kou kino. ʻOiai hiki i ka CUP ke ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻōnaehana like ʻole, ʻokoʻa loa nā hōʻailona mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau i ʻike ʻia e nā kānaka:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona kūikawā e pili ana i kahi i noho ai ke kanesa. No ka laʻana, inā pili ke kanesa i kou ate, e ʻike paha ʻoe i ka melemele ʻana o kou ʻili a i kou mau maka.
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā kumu like ʻole o kēia mau hōʻailona, ʻo ka hapa nui ʻaʻole ia he kanesa. Eia naʻe, inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona a i ʻole e mau loa no nā pule he nui, pono ia e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka.
Hoʻokau nā kauka i ka CUP ma muli o ke ʻano o nā sela kanesa ma lalo o ka microscope a me kahi i loaʻa ai i loko o kou kino. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ke ʻano, e kōkua ia i kāu hui lapaʻau e koho i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono loa.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
E noʻonoʻo pū kāu kauka i kahi i pālahalaha ai ke kanesa. ʻO nā wahi maʻamau e komo pū ana nā lymph nodes, ate, māmā, iwi, a i ʻole ka uhi o kou ʻōpū. E kōkua kēia ʻike e hana i kāu papahana lapaʻau pilikino.
Hoʻokoeʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano i ka mālama ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu he mea nui loa ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻano kūikawā o kāu mau cell kanesa no kou mālama.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu kūpono o ka CUP, akā e ulu like ia me nā kanesa ʻē aʻe - ma o nā loli i ka DNA o kāu cell e hoʻokumu ai i ka ulu a me ka pālahalaha ʻana me ka mana ʻole. ʻO ka mea pohihihi ka mea kumu o ka hūnā ʻia ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻana o ka tumor mua.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke kōkua i kēia hanana:
E like me nā kanesa ʻē aʻe, e lilo ka CUP i mea nui aʻe i ka wā e ulu ai ʻoe, ʻoiai hiki ke loaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki i ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau kemika, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paka, ka inu nui ʻana i ka waiʻona, a me kekahi mau maʻi viral ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia kanesa holoʻokoʻa.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻoe i hana i kekahi mea e hoʻokumu ai i kēia. Hoʻopili ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka kanesa i nā launa pilikia ma waena o ka genetics, kahi kūlohelohe, a i kekahi manawa he mau loli cellular kūpono ʻole e hana ana i ka manawa.
Pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona mau e hopohopo nei iā ʻoe, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā lōʻihi lākou ma mua o ʻelua pule me ka ʻole o ke kumu maopopo. E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo e pili ana i nā loli i kou kino.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i:
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona he nui pū kekahi a i ʻole inā he mea wale nō ʻaʻole kūpono i kou olakino. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa.
Hiki i kāu kauka mālama mua ke loiloi i kāu mau hōʻailona a hoʻouna aku iā ʻoe i nā loea inā pono. E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona he mau wehewehe ʻole o ka maʻi kanesa, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana a loaʻa ka maluhia o ka manaʻo.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka CUP, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e manaʻo ai e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka maʻi kanesa. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo kūpono e pili ana i kou olakino.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau mea pilikia liʻiliʻi e komo pū ana ka hoʻolaha lōʻihi o ka lā, kekahi mau kūlana genetic, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pale ʻole ma muli o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole nā kānaka a pau me kēia mau mea pilikia e loaʻa ai ke kanesa, ʻoiai ke loaʻa nei i kekahi poʻe ʻaʻohe mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia. He paʻakikī ka ulu ʻana o ke kanesa a pinepine ʻia e nā mea he nui e hana pū ana i ka manawa.
Hiki i ka CUP ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia like ʻole ma muli o kahi i pālahalaha ai ke kanesa a pehea ka pane ʻana o kou kino i ka lāʻau. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu hui lapaʻau e nānā i nā hōʻailona mua a hoʻoponopono koke i nā pilikia.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā pilikia e pili ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e komo pū paha me ka luhi, ka nausea, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pilikia o ka maʻi, a i ʻole nā hopena ʻē aʻe mai ka chemotherapy a i ʻole ka radiation. Ke nānā pono nei kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe a loaʻa nā ala e hoʻokele ai i kēia mau pilikia.
ʻOiai hiki i nā pilikia ke koʻikoʻi, nui nā mea hiki ke mālama ʻia a pale ʻia paha me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono. E hana pū kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e hoʻemi i nā pilikia a mālama i kou maikaʻi o ke ola i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka CUP e komo pū ana me ka hana ʻimi nui e kāu hui lapaʻau. E hoʻohana lākou i nā hoʻokolohua a me nā nānā he nui e ʻimi i nā sela kanesa a hoʻoholo i kā lākou ʻano, ʻoiai ke hūnā ʻia ka kumu mua.
ʻO kāu huakaʻi hōʻoia e komo pū ana me:
He mea nui loa ka biopsy no ka mea e haʻi aku ai i kāu kauka i ke ʻano o nā cell kanesa āu i loaʻa ai. Hiki i nā ʻenehana labo holomua ke manaʻo i kahi i hoʻomaka ai paha ka maʻi kanesa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i ka imaging ke ʻimi i ka tumor mua.
Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana ke mau i kekahi mau pule, kahi e manaʻo ai he kaumaha. E hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ka hoʻokolohua piha e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e hana i ka papahana mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kūikawā.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka CUP e nānā ana i ka kaohi ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā therapies e hana kūʻē i ke ʻano o nā cell kanesa āu i loaʻa ai. E hana kāu hui lapaʻau i kahi papahana pilikino ma muli o nā ʻano o kāu kanesa a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i kāu mau koho mālama ke komo pū me:
He nui ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū ʻia, e like me ka chemotherapy ma hope o ka radiation a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui e hana pū ana. E wehewehe kou oncologist i ke kumu o ka ʻōlelo ʻia ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā no kou kūlana.
Hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia nā papahana lapaʻau ma muli o kou pane a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai. Ke nānā pono nei kou hui lapaʻau i kou holomua a hoʻololi i kou mālama ʻana e like me ka pono e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma ka home he kuleana nui ia i kou mālama holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i nā hana maʻalahi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a mālama i kou ikaika i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
Eia nā ala kūpono e kākoʻo ai i kou olakino:
No nā hōʻailona kūikawā, hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kikoʻī. Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau anti-nausea, nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele ʻeha, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kākoʻo ʻē aʻe ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou pae ʻoluʻolu.
Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui lapaʻau inā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā pilikia hou e ulu mai. Loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike e kōkua ana i nā kānaka e hoʻokele i kēia mau pilikia a makemake lākou e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu mau hālāwai e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana nui i kou manawa me kāu hui mālama ola. ʻO ka hoʻonohonoho pono ʻana e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā pane i kāu mau nīnau a hōʻoia ʻaʻole i nānā ʻia nā ʻike koʻikoʻi.
Ma mua o kēlā me kēia kipa, e noʻonoʻo e hana i kēia mau mea:
Mai hopohopo e nīnau nui i nā nīnau. Ke manaʻo nei a ke hoʻokipa nei kāu hui lapaʻau i kou makemake e pili ana i kou kūlana a me ka mālama ʻana. Ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mālama ʻana iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku i ka mana a me ka hilinaʻi i kāu mau hoʻoholo.
E noʻonoʻo e nīnau e pili ana i nā manawa mālama, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, nā hoʻololi ʻano ola, a me nā kumuwaiwai no ke kākoʻo hou aku. Makemake kāu hui olakino e hui pū me ʻoe i kāu mālama.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomaopopo e pili ana i ka CUP ʻaʻole ka ʻike ʻole ʻia o ke kumu pololei o kāu kanesa ʻaʻole ia e pale aku i ka mālama maikaʻi. Loaʻa i kāu hui lapaʻau ka ʻike nui i ka mālama ʻana i kēia kūlana a me nā ala kūikawā he nui i loaʻa.
Hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou i nā koho mālama he nui e hiki ke kaohi i ka CUP a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola. Nui nā kānaka me kēia ʻike maʻi e ola ana i nā ola piha a me ka manaʻo nui ʻoiai e mālama ana i ko lākou kūlana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō ma kēia huakaʻi. Aia kāu hui olakino, ʻohana, hoaaloha, a me nā hui kākoʻo e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i kēia pilikia. E kau i ka manaʻo i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea i hoʻokahi lā i ka manawa a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā lanakila liʻiliʻi ma ke ala.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole mau ka CUP he hopena make. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia he kanesa holomua, he nui nā kānaka e ola mau ana no nā makahiki me ka mālama kūpono. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi kekahi mau ʻano o ka CUP i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a ke hoʻomau nei nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena. Ke hilinaʻi nei kāu prognosis ma nā mea he nui, me ke ʻano o ka kanesa, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka mālama.
I kekahi manawa, e ʻike ʻia ka wahi mua i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana, akā i nā hihia he nui, e noho mau ana ia i ka wā holoʻokoʻa o ka mālama. ʻAʻole kēia e hoʻopilikia i ka pono o kāu mālama. Ke kaulike nei kāu hui lapaʻau i ka mālama ʻana i nā sela kanesa e hiki iā lākou ke ʻike ma mua o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i kahi kumu.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i maopopo loa nā kumu pololei, ʻaʻohe ala i hōʻoia ʻia e pale aku ai i ka CUP. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia kanesa holoʻokoʻa ma ka hōʻalo ʻana i ka paka, ka palena ʻana i ka inu ʻawaʻawa, ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha olakino, ka noho ʻana i ka hana kino, a me ka hahai ʻana i nā kuhikuhi palekana i manaʻo ʻia no nā kanesa ʻē aʻe.
He ʻokoʻa loa ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā a me kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka mālama ʻana no kekahi mau mahina, ʻoiai e pono paha i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ka mālama mau no nā makahiki. E kūkākūkā kāu oncologist i ka manawa i manaʻo ʻia no kāu papahana mālama kūikawā a hoʻoponopono iā ia ma muli o kou holomua.
He kūpono mau ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manaʻo ʻelua a ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia no nā hōʻailona paʻakikī e like me ka CUP. Ua uhi ʻia nā manaʻo ʻelua e nā papahana ʻinikua he nui, a pono e kākoʻo kāu hui lapaʻau i kēia hoʻoholo. Hiki i kahi hiʻohiʻona hou ke hāʻawi i nā koho mālama hou aʻe a i ʻole e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe o ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
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