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ʻO ka leukemia lymphatic kūmau (CLL) kahi ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa koko e pili ana i kāu mau keʻena koko keʻokeʻo i kapa ʻia ʻo nā lymphocytes. ʻO kēia mau keʻena e kōkua mau ana i ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi, akā i ka CLL, ulu lākou i ka ʻano kūpono ʻole a hōʻiliʻili i loko o kou koko, iwi ʻiʻo, a me nā lymph nodes.
ʻAʻole like me nā leukemias ʻē aʻe, ulu mālie ka CLL ma luna o nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. Nui nā kānaka e ola ana me kēia kūlana no nā ʻumi makahiki, a ʻaʻole pono kekahi i ka lapaʻau.
Hana ʻia ka CLL i ka wā e hana nui ai kāu iwi ʻiʻo i nā B-lymphocytes kūpono ʻole, kahi ʻano kikoʻī o ka keʻena koko keʻokeʻo. ʻAʻole hiki i kēia mau keʻena hewa ke hakakā pono i nā maʻi a hoʻopiha i nā keʻena koko olakino.
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo “kūmau” ʻo ia hoʻi e holomua mālie ana, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi lono maikaʻi. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka CLL ke mālama i ko lākou ola no nā makahiki he nui. Hoʻopili nui ka kūlana i nā poʻe mākua, me ka hapa nui o nā ʻike ma hope o 55 mau makahiki.
ʻO ka CLL ka ʻano leukemia maʻamau loa i nā mākua ma nā ʻāina Komohana. He ʻokoʻa ia mai nā leukemias ʻoi aku, e ulu wikiwiki ana a pono i ka lapaʻau koke.
Nui nā kānaka me ka CLL i ka wā mua ʻaʻohe hōʻailona. ʻIke pinepine ʻia ka kūlana i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia o nā hōʻailona hōʻoia.
Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, e ʻike ʻia lākou i ka wā e hoʻonui ai nā keʻena kūpono ʻole i loko o kou kino. Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e nānā ai:
Hiki i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo pū me ka mahana me ka kumu ʻike ʻole a i ʻole ka ʻeha ʻōpū. E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke loaʻa nā wehewehe ʻē aʻe, no laila ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o lākou he manaʻo ʻoe he CLL.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i ka CLL i nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ke ʻano o nā keʻena kanesa ma lalo o ka microscope a me nā protein a lākou e lawe ai. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o ka CLL maʻamau a me nā kūlana pili ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka CLL maʻamau kahi 95% o nā hihia a pili i nā B-lymphocytes. Aia kekahi ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo ka prolymphocytic leukemia, kahi e holomua wikiwiki ai akā he mea maʻamau loa.
Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke ʻōlelo pū inā loaʻa i kāu mau keʻena CLL kekahi mau loli genetic. ʻO kekahi mau ʻano e ulu mālie ana, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi mau mea e pono ai ka lapaʻau koke. E kōkua kēia mau kikoʻī i kāu kauka e hana i ka papahana mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu o ka CLL, akā hoʻomaka ia i ka wā e loli ai ka DNA i nā B-lymphocytes. E hoʻokumu kēia mau mutations genetic i ka ulu ʻana o nā keʻena a ola lōʻihi ma mua o ko lākou pono.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e hana ʻia me ka mea hoʻonāukiuki maopopo ʻole. ʻAʻole ia i hana ʻia e kekahi mea āu i hana ai a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana ai. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau kanesa, ʻaʻole pili ka CLL i ka puhipaka, ka ʻai, a i ʻole nā koho ola.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka CLL, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi:
ʻAʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau mea pilikia he manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka CLL. Nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia he nui ʻaʻole loaʻa ka maʻi, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻole.
Pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona mau loa e lōʻihi ma mua o kekahi mau pule. ʻOiai he nui nā wehewehe maikaʻi o kēia mau hōʻailona, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana iā lākou.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā ʻike ʻoe i nā lymph nodes pehu ʻaʻole hele ma hope o ʻelua pule, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe ʻeha. E ʻimi pū i ka mālama lapaʻau no ka luhi mau loa ʻaʻole hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻomaha a i ʻole nā maʻi pinepine.
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona hopohopo e like me ka nalowale kaumaha wehewehe ʻole, nā sweat i ka pō mau loa, a i ʻole ka ʻeha maʻalahi. Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike mua i nā hopena maikaʻi, ʻoiai e holomua mālie ka CLL.
ʻOiai e holomua mālie ka CLL, hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia e pono ai ka mālama lapaʻau. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi koke ai i ka mālama.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e hana ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻopiha ʻana o nā keʻena CLL i nā keʻena koko olakino. Hiki kēia ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi iā ʻoe i nā maʻi a hoʻolohi i ka ho'ōla ʻana mai nā ʻeha.
Eia nā pilikia hiki ke ʻike ʻia:
ʻO ka Richter's transformation, kahi e loli ai ka CLL i ka lymphoma ikaika, e hana ʻia ma kahi o 3-10% o nā kānaka. ʻOiai he mea koʻikoʻi, hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia kēia pilikia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike ʻana o ka CLL me nā hoʻokolohua koko e hōʻike ana i nā helu keʻena koko keʻokeʻo kūpono ʻole. E kauoha aku kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hou e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a hoʻoholo i ka holomua o ke kūlana.
ʻO ka hoʻokolohua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia ka flow cytometry, kahi e ʻike ai i nā protein kikoʻī ma kāu mau keʻena koko. Hiki i kēia hoʻokolohua ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā keʻena CLL mai nā ʻano lymphocytes ʻē aʻe me ka pololei nui.
Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke paipai i nā hoʻokolohua he nui e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha:
E kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua i kāu kauka e hoʻonohonoho i kāu CLL a hoʻolālā i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa. E haʻi aku ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana iā ʻoe i ka nui o ka laha ʻana o ka kanesa a e kōkua i ka wānana ʻana i kona ʻano.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka CLL e pili ana i kāu kahua, nā hōʻailona, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. Nui nā kānaka me ka CLL i ka wā mua ʻaʻole pono i ka lapaʻau koke a hiki ke nānā ʻia me nā nānā maʻamau.
Hiki i kēia ala “nānā a kali” ke kani hopohopo, akā ʻo ia ka hana maikaʻi loa no nā kānaka he nui. ʻAʻole hoʻomaikaʻi ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lapaʻau koke i nā hopena a hiki ke hoʻokumu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao pono ʻole.
Ke pono ka lapaʻau, loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau koho maikaʻi:
Ua hoʻololi nā lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī hou e like me ka ibrutinib a me ka venetoclax i ka lapaʻau CLL. Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine kēia mau lāʻau ma mua o ka chemotherapy maʻamau me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka CLL ma ka home e pili ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a pale aku i nā maʻi. Hiki i nā koho liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻololi nui i kou manaʻo.
ʻOiai e hoʻopili ana ka CLL i kou ʻōnaehana pale, lilo ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi i mea nui loa. E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima a pale aku i nā poʻe i ka wā o ka anu a me ka maʻi maʻi.
Eia nā hana hana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home:
E hoʻolohe i kou kino a e hoʻomaha i ka wā e pono ai. ʻO ka luhi ka mea maʻamau me ka CLL, a ʻo ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana iā ʻoe iho e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā hōʻailona.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kiʻi i ka mea nui loa mai kāu manawa me kāu hui mālama ola. E kākau i kāu mau nīnau ma mua e ʻaʻole ʻoe e poina i nā manaʻo nui.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei, me nā mea hoʻohui a me nā lāʻau over-the-counter. E hōʻiliʻili pū i nā hopena hoʻokolohua mua a i ʻole nā moʻolelo lapaʻau e pili ana i kou kūlana.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole ʻohana hilinaʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo. Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ke kōkua nui i ka wā e kūkākūkā ai i nā koho lapaʻau paʻakikī.
E hoʻomākaukau i kēia mau mea no kāu kipa:
Mai kānalua e noi i ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i maopopo i kekahi mea. Makemake kāu hui lapaʻau e hōʻoia i kou manaʻo ʻike a ʻoluʻolu me kāu papahana mālama.
ʻO ka CLL pinepine kahi kūlana hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia e ola ai nā kānaka no nā makahiki me ka hopena nui ʻole i ko lākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻOiai ke manaʻo nui ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻike kanesa, e hoʻomanaʻo e holomua mālie ka CLL.
Nui nā kānaka me ka CLL e hoʻomau i ka hana, ka huakaʻi, a me ka leʻaleʻa i ko lākou mau hana maʻamau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā lapaʻau hou a he liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
ʻO ka mea nui loa ka mālama ʻana i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu hui mālama ola a hahai i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aʻo no ka nānā ʻana a me ka lapaʻau. Me ka mālama kūpono, hiki i nā kānaka he nui me ka CLL ke manaʻo e ola i nā ola piha a hana.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻōla ʻia ka CLL i kēia manawa, akā hiki ke mālama ʻia a hoʻokele ʻia. Nui nā kānaka e ola ana i nā ola ola maʻamau me kēia kūlana. Ke hoʻomaikaʻi mau nei nā lapaʻau hou i nā hopena, a ke hana nei nā mea noiʻi i nā lapaʻau maikaʻi aʻe e alakaʻi paha i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka lā.
ʻO ka CLL pinepine e holomua mālie ana ma luna o nā makahiki a i ʻole nā ʻumi makahiki. ʻAʻole pono kekahi i ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai kekahi mau mea e pono ai ka lapaʻau ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka nānā ʻana. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i kāu wānana kikoʻī ma muli o ka hoʻokolohua genetic a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻAe, nui nā kānaka me ka CLL e hoʻomau i ka ola i nā ola hana, hoʻokō. Pono paha ʻoe e lawe i kekahi mau palekana e kūʻē i nā maʻi a hele i nā manawa kauka maʻamau, akā hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hapa nui o nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka maʻamau. ʻAe pinepine ka lapaʻau, ke pono, i nā kānaka e mālama i ko lākou ola.
ʻAʻohe meaʻai kikoʻī āu e pono ai e pale aku i ka CLL, akā e nānā i ka ʻai palekana e pale aku i nā maʻi. E pale aku i nā ʻiʻo maka a i ʻole nā mea ʻai ʻole, nā hua a me nā mea kanu holoi ʻole, a me nā waiū ʻole i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia. E kākoʻo ka ʻai olakino a kaulike i kou ʻōnaehana pale a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Loaʻa i ka CLL kahi ʻāpana genetic, ʻoiai e holo ana ia i nā ʻohana ma mua o nā kanesa ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka CLL. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻohana me ka CLL, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ke kūlana.
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