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ʻO nā polyp colon he mau ulu liʻiliʻi e ulu ana ma ka papa o loko o kou ʻōpū nui (colon). E noʻonoʻo iā lākou he mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā protrusions e like me ka ʻāpā e hana ana ma ka paia colon. ʻAʻole pilikia ka hapa nui o nā polyp, akā hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke lilo i kanesa ma hope o ka manawa inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole.
He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau ulu, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke ʻelemakule ʻoe. He nui nā kānaka i loaʻa nā polyp me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole pinepine lākou e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i nā polyp i ka wā mua e hiki ai ke pale aku i ka ulu ʻana o ka kanesa colon.
ʻAʻole hōʻike ka hapa nui o nā polyp colon i nā hōʻailona. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai lākou he mau ulu
ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau loa ka adenomatous polyps, ka mea i loaʻa ka hiki ke lilo i kanesa. ʻO kēia kahi o kahi 70% o nā polyps colon a pau. ʻAʻole pilikia nā hyperplastic polyps a maʻamau ʻaʻole ia e lilo i kanesa, ʻoiai nā serrated polyps aia ma waena.
ʻO nā ʻano liʻiliʻi loa ka inflammatory polyps, ka mea e ulu ai ma muli o ka mumū mau loa, a me nā hamartomatous polyps, ka mea maʻamau he maikaʻi akā hiki ke ʻāpana o nā genetic syndromes. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ke ʻano pololei ma o ka hoʻokolohua hale hana ma hope o ka wehe ʻana.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu o nā polyps colon, akā e ulu lākou i ka wā e ulu a hoʻokaʻawale ai nā sela i loko o kou papa colon ma mua o ka mea e pono ai. Hoʻokumu kēia i nā ulu liʻiliʻi a mākou i kapa ai he polyps.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻopili i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā polyps:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i kekahi mau genetic syndromes ke hoʻoulu i nā haneli a i ʻole nā lau kaukani o nā polyps. Pono kēia mau kūlana, e like me ka Lynch syndrome a i ʻole ka Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, i ka hoʻokele kūikawā a me ka nānā pinepine ʻana.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau loli mau i kou mau maʻi ʻōpū a i ʻike ʻoe i ke koko i loko o kou pā.
ʻOi aku ka nui, pono ʻoe e hahai i nā kuhikuhi hōʻoia i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻoiai inā ʻoluʻolu loa ʻoe. Ke manaʻo nei ka hapa nui o nā hui lapaʻau e hoʻomaka i ka nānā maʻamau no ka maʻi kanesa o ka kolona i ka makahiki 45 no nā kānaka me ka pilikia maʻamau, a i ʻole ma mua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, ka hoʻokahe koko nui mai ka ʻōpū, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka anemia e like me ka luhi nui a me ka nāwaliwali. ʻOiai ʻaʻole pinepine kēia mau hōʻailona he pilikia lapaʻau, pono lākou i ka loiloi koke.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā polyp o ka kolona. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ka papa hana nānā maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
ʻO ka makahiki ka mea pilikia nui loa ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi. Ke piʻi mau nei kou manawa e loaʻa ai nā polyp ma hope o 50 mau makahiki, me ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana ma kahi o hoʻokahi polyp ma ka makahiki 60. He kuleana pū kekahi ke kāne, me nā kāne he kiʻekiʻe iki ma mua o nā wāhine.
Hoʻopili nui ka mōʻaukala ʻohana i kou pilikia. Inā loaʻa i ka makua a i ʻole ke kaikaina nā polyp a i ʻole ka maʻi kanesa o ka kolona, ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau makahiki, e hoʻonui nui ʻia kou pilikia. Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ʻole ke hoʻoulu i nā polyp e ulu i ka wā kamaliʻi a i ʻole ka wā ʻōpio.
ʻO nā mea pili i ke ola e hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi e komo pū me ka puhipaka, kahi e hoʻonui ai i kou pilikia polyp i ʻelua, a me ka inu nui ʻana o ka waiʻona. ʻO ka ʻai nui i nā ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula a me nā mea hana ʻia ʻoiai he haʻahaʻa i nā hua a me nā mea kanu e hoʻonui pū ana i ka pilikia. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka momona, ka maʻi diabetes, a me ka nele o ka hoʻoikaika kino maʻamau i nā mea pilikia hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia.
ʻO ka manaʻo nui me nā polyp o ka kolona ʻo ia ko lākou hiki ke lilo i kanesa ma hope o kekahi manawa. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i kēia e lawe pinepine ana i 10-15 mau makahiki, ʻo ia ke kumu e kūpono ai ka nānā maʻamau a me ka wehe ʻana i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa o ka kolona.
ʻAʻole nā polyp a pau e lilo i kanesa, akā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o kekahi mau ʻano. ʻO nā polyp adenomatous i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 1 kenimika ka nui loa o ka hiki ke lilo i kanesa. ʻO ka nui o nā polyp āu e loaʻa ai a me ka nui o lākou, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou pilikia holoʻokoʻa.
Hiki i nā polyp nui ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia i kekahi manawa ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i kanesa. Hiki iā lākou ke kahe koko lawa e hoʻoulu i ka anemia, a i ʻole, i nā hihia kakaikahi, e hoʻopaʻa i kou ʻōpū. Hiki i nā polyp nui loa ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻōpū e pelu i luna iho, e hana ana i kahi kūlana i kapa ʻia ʻo intussusception.
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana hoʻoilina ke hoʻoulu i nā haneli o nā polyp, e hana ana i ka kanesa kokoke loa me ka ʻole o ka hana ʻoki. Pono kēia mau syndrome kakaikahi i ka mālama kūikawā a hoʻopili pinepine i ka wehe ʻana i kahi hapa a i ʻole ka ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa o ka colon ma ke ʻano he hana pale.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā polyp colon a pau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma o nā koho ola maikaʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, he nui o kēia mau loli e pōmaikaʻi i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
He kuleana nui ka ʻai i ka pale ʻana. E nānā i ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai, nā huaʻai, a me nā huaola holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiai e kaupalena ana i ka ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula a me nā meaʻai i hana ʻia. Kūleʻa nā meaʻai fiber-rich i ka mālama ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana digestive a hiki ke hoʻemi i ka hana ʻana o nā polyp.
Hiki i ka hana kino maʻamau ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia polyp a hiki i ka 25%. E pahuhopu no ka liʻiliʻi o 150 mau minuke o ka hoʻoikaika kino waena i kēlā me kēia pule. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka kaumaha olakino, ka pale ʻana i ka puhipaka, a me ka kaupalena ʻana i ka inu waiʻona e kōkua pū kekahi i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia.
Hōʻike kekahi mau haʻawina e hiki i ka aspirin a me nā mea hoʻohui calcium ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā polyp, akā pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā i kēia mau koho me kāu kauka. Pono e kaupaona ʻia nā pōmaikaʻi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka maʻamau, loaʻa nā polyp colon i ka wā o nā hoʻokolohua nānā maʻamau, ʻaʻole ma muli o nā hōʻailona. ʻO ke ala maʻamau a me ka hoʻopau loa ʻo ia ka colonoscopy, kahi e nānā ai kahi tubo palupalu me kahi kāmela i kou colon āpau.
I ka wā o ka colonoscopy, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike pololei i nā polyp a wehe koke iā lākou me nā mea hana kūikawā. ʻO kēia ala
ʻO ka hoʻōla ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ka polyp, he mea maʻalahi loa ia, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻi i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua lā paha. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi ʻeha iki a i ʻole ka pupule koke ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, akā e hoʻopau koke kēia.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e pale aku i kekahi mau hana no kekahi mau lā, e like me ka hāpai kaumaha a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika nui. Kūleʻa kēia i ka pale ʻana i ke kahe koko mai nā wahi i wehe ʻia. Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e pale aku i ka aspirin a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e hoʻoemi ai i ke koko ke ʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia e kāu kauka.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e like me ka ʻeha nui o ka ʻōpū, kahe koko nui, ke kuni, a i ʻole ka luaʻi a me ka luaʻi mau. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole nā pilikia, he mea nui ia e kelepona aku i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona hopohopo ma hope o ke kaʻina hana.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻomaka hou i kā lākou ʻai maʻamau i loko o 24 mau hola, ʻoiai hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e hoʻomaka me nā meaʻai māmā i ka mua. E inu wai nui a hoʻi mālie i kāu mau ʻano ʻai maʻamau i kou ʻoluʻolu.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala o kou ʻohana o ka maʻi kanesa o ka kolona, nā polyp, a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe o ka ʻōnaehana digestive. Kūleʻa kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e loiloi i kou pilikia a ʻōlelo aku i ka nānā kūpono.
E hana i ka papa inoa o nā hōʻailona āu i ʻike ai, ʻoiai inā ʻano pili ʻole lākou i kou ʻōnaehana digestive. E hoʻokomo i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai nā hōʻailona, pehea ka pinepine o ka loaʻa ʻana, a he aha ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia ai iā lākou.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa piha o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka papa a me nā mea hoʻohui. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka pilikia o ke kahe koko i ka wā o nā kaʻina hana, no laila pono i kāu kauka ke ʻike i nā mea āpau āu e lawe nei.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā koho hōʻoia, i ka mea e manaʻo ʻia ai i ka wā o nā kaʻina hana, a me ka mālama ma hope. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe. Makemake kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i kou olakino.
He mea maʻamau nā polyp colon, ʻo nā ulu maʻamau ʻole ia e hiki ke wehe ʻia maʻalahi ma mua o ko lākou hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia. ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka hōʻoia mau e hiki ke pale aku i ka maʻi kanesa colon ma o ka ʻimi ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i nā polyp i ka wā mua.
ʻAʻole nui nā polyp e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona, ʻo ia ke kumu e nui ai ka hahai ʻana i nā kuhikuhi hōʻoia. Ke hoʻomaka nei i ka makahiki 45 no nā kānaka me ka pilikia maʻamau, hiki i ka hōʻoia mau ke hopu i nā polyp i ka wā liʻiliʻi a maʻalahi hoʻi e wehe.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i nā kumu pilikia āpau e like me ka makahiki a me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia ma o nā koho ola maikaʻi. ʻO ka ʻai maikaʻi, ka noho ʻana i ka hana, a me ka pale ʻana i ka puhi ʻana e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou olakino colon.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā polyp he kumu no ka hopohopo. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ka hahai ʻana, hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia nā polyp, a hiki ke pale ʻia ka maʻi kanesa colon i ka hapa nui o nā hihia.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ka hapa nui o nā polyp colon e lilo i kanesa. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo nā polyp adenomatous i loaʻa ka hiki ke ulu i ka maʻi kanesa ma luna o 10-15 mau makahiki inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO ia ke kumu e paipai ai nā kauka e wehe i nā polyp i ka wā i loaʻa ai lākou i ka wā hōʻoia. He kaʻina hana lohi ka hoʻololi ʻana mai ka polyp i ka maʻi kanesa, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe i ka manawa nui e pale aku ai ma o ka hōʻoia mau a me ka wehe ʻana.
ʻO ka manawa o kāu hōʻoia hou e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui, ka nui, a me ke ʻano o nā polyps i wehe ʻia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā polyps liʻiliʻi, haʻahaʻa ka pilikia, pono paha ʻoe i ka hōʻoia i kēlā me kēia 5-10 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā polyps nui a i ʻole nā adenomatous polyps he nui, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka hōʻoia pinepine i kēlā me kēia 3-5 mau makahiki. E hāʻawi mai kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī ma muli o kou kūlana pilikino a me nā hopena pathology.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke ʻike i nā polyps colon, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻike pinepine ʻia ai lākou i ka wā o ka hōʻoia maʻamau ma mua o nā hōʻailona. ʻO ka maʻamau, ulu mālie nā polyps a ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. I kekahi manawa, hiki i nā polyps nui ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha ʻōpū a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i nā maʻa o ka ʻōpū, akā ʻo ka hapa nui e noho mālie loa a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana i ka wā colonoscopy.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe meaʻai hoʻokahi e hiki ke hōʻoia i ka pale ʻana, hiki i ka ʻai momona i nā hua, nā mea kanu, a me nā huaola holoʻokoʻa ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia. ʻO nā meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i ka fiber, e like me nā pīni, nā hua, a me nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo, e kākoʻo i ke olakino colon. ʻO ka palena ʻana i ka ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula, nā ʻiʻo i hana ʻia, a me nā meaʻai i hana ʻia nui paha e pōmaikaʻi pū kekahi. Ke manaʻo nei kekahi mau noiʻi e hiki i nā meaʻai momona i ka folate, calcium, a me nā antioxidants ke loaʻa nā hopena pale, akā pono nā noiʻi hou aku.
Inā ʻike ʻia nā cell kanesa i loko o ka polyp i wehe ʻia, e hoʻoholo kāu kauka i nā ʻanuʻu aʻe ma muli o nā mea he nui e komo pū ana i ke ʻano o ka kanesa, pehea ka hohonu o kona komo ʻana, a inā maopopo nā palena o ka polyp i wehe ʻia. I nā hihia he nui, ua lawa ka wehe ʻana i ka polyp piha inā kaupalena ʻia ka kanesa i ka polyp. Eia naʻe, pono paha ʻoe i ka mālama hou a i ʻole ka nānā pinepine. E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i nā koho a pau a hana i kahi papahana mālama i kūpono i kou kūlana kikoʻī.
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