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ʻO ka esthesioneuroblastoma kahi ʻano maʻi kanesa maʻamau loa e ulu ana i loko o kou ihu, ma ka ʻāpana kiʻekiʻe kahi e hoʻomaka ai kou ʻono. Ke ulu nei kēia ʻōpū mai nā pūnaewele o ka ʻōnaehana olfactory e kōkua ana iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea ʻala.
ʻOiai paha he weliweli ka inoa, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia kūlana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona hiki a ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama lapaʻau. Hoʻopili kēia maʻi kanesa i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o hoʻokahi kanaka no ka miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hoʻoliʻiliʻi loa ia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka hōʻoia kūpono a me ka mālama ʻana, hiki i nā poʻe he nui me kēia kūlana ke loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi.
ʻO nā hōʻailona mua o ka esthesioneuroblastoma pinepine e like me nā pilikia sinus maʻamau, ʻo ia ke kumu e paʻakikī ai ka hōʻoia ʻana i kēia maʻi kanesa i ka hoʻomaka. Malia paha e ʻike ʻoe i nā loli e like me ka anu mau a i ʻole ka maʻi sinus ʻaʻole e hele.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai:
Ke ulu nui ka ʻōpū, ʻike paha ʻoe i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ka puʻupuʻu ʻana o ka maka hoʻokahi, nā loli i kou ʻono, a i ʻole ka numbness ma kou helehelena. ʻIke kekahi poʻe i ka manaʻo piha i loko o ko lākou ihu ʻaʻole e hele me nā mālama sinus maʻamau.
I nā hihia maʻamau, inā pālahalaha ka maʻi kanesa i nā wahi kokoke, loaʻa paha iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, nā loli i kou leo, a i ʻole nā lymph nodes pehu i kou ʻāʻī. ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona i nā pae holomua o ka maʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu pololei o ka esthesioneuroblastoma i nā mea noiʻi lapaʻau. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau maʻi kanesa e loaʻa ana nā mea pilikia maopopo, ʻike ʻia kēia ʻōpū e ulu me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki kikoʻī ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike.
Manaʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema e hoʻomaka kēia maʻi kanesa i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā pūnaewele i loko o kāu epithelium olfactory (ka pūnaewele kuleana no ka ʻala) e ulu kūpono ʻole. Kūpono kēia mau pūnaewele no ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea ʻala a hoʻouna i nā hōʻailona i kou lolo, akā he mea kekahi e hana ai iā lākou e hoʻonui ʻole.
Ua nānā kekahi mau mea noiʻi i ka pilikia o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana i kekahi mau kemika a i ʻole nā mea pili i ke kaiapuni. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe pilina maopopo i hoʻokumu ʻia. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ia he mea āu e pale aku ai i ka esthesioneuroblastoma ma o nā koho ola a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻike kikoʻī.
ʻO ka maʻamau ʻole o kēia maʻi kanesa e hana ai i ka paʻakikī o ka noiʻi ʻana i kāna mau kumu ma ka ʻāpana nui. ʻIke ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia sporadic, ʻo ia hoʻi, hana kūpono lākou ma mua o ka holo ʻana i nā ʻohana a i ʻole ka pili ʻana i nā hoʻololi genetic i hoʻoilina ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ihu mau ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me nā mālama maʻamau a i ʻole ka manawa. E makaʻala nui i nā hōʻailona e hoʻopili wale ana i hoʻokahi ʻaoʻao o kou ihu a i ʻole helehelena.
Ke kikoʻī nei, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o kēia mau hōʻailona e nā kūlana ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e like me nā maʻi sinus a i ʻole nā allergies, he mea nui ia e loiloi ʻia inā mau lākou. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana i kekahi pilikia ihu a i ʻole sinus, me nā maʻi kanesa maʻamau, e alakaʻi pinepine ana i nā hopena mālama ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo e pili ana i kou kino. Inā ʻokoʻa a hewa paha kekahi mea, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole pane nā hōʻailona i nā mālama maʻamau, he mea kūpono mau ia e ʻimi i ka loiloi lapaʻau no ka maluhia o ka manaʻo.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea e nānā ai a no ke aha he mea nui ka mālama wikiwiki. ʻO ka wahi o kēia ʻōpū kokoke i nā ʻano koʻikoʻi i loko o kou poʻo e hana ai i ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana he mea waiwai.
Hiki i nā pilikia kūloko ke hana i ka wā e ulu ai ka ʻōpū a hoʻopili i nā ʻano kokoke:
Hiki i nā pilikia ʻoi aku ka nui ke ulu inā pālahalaha ka maʻi kanesa i nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Hiki i ka ʻōpū ke hoʻonui i loko o kou pūnaewele lolo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia me ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana. Ke hana kēia, loaʻa paha iā ʻoe nā poʻo ʻeha ʻoi aku ka nui, nā hoʻouka ʻana, a i ʻole nā loli i ka hana noʻonoʻo.
I nā hihia maʻamau, hiki i ka esthesioneuroblastoma ke metastasize (pālahalaha) i nā ʻāpana mamao o kou kino, me nā lymph nodes, nā māmā, a i ʻole nā iwi. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia i nā hihia holomua a i ʻole ke ʻike ʻole ʻia ka maʻi kanesa no nā manawa lōʻihi.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka mālama kūpono, hiki ke pale ʻia a mālama ʻia nā pilikia he nui. E hana kāu hui mālama ola e hoʻemi i nā pilikia i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa.
Pono ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka esthesioneuroblastoma i nā ʻanuʻu he nui no ka mea hiki i kāna mau hōʻailona ke hoʻohālike i nā kūlana maʻamau. E hoʻomaka kāu kauka me ka nānā pono ʻana i kou ihu a me nā sinuses e ʻimi i nā ulu a i ʻole nā loli maʻamau ʻole.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia e komo pinepine ana i nā haʻawina kiʻi e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o nā mea e hana ana i loko o kou ihu. Hiki i kahi CT scan ke hōʻike i ka nui a me ka wahi o nā mea nui, ʻoiai ka MRI e hāʻawi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o nā pūnaewele palupalu a hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā ua pālahalaha ka ʻōpū i nā wahi kokoke.
E hana paha kāu kauka i kahi nasal endoscopy, kahi e komo ai i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi tube lahilahi, flexible me kahi kāmela i loko o kou ihu. ʻAe kēia iā lākou e ʻike pololei i ka ʻōpū a lawe i kahi laʻana pūnaewele liʻiliʻi (biopsy) no ka nānā ʻana ma lalo o ka microscope.
ʻO ka biopsy he mea nui ia no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hōʻoia. E nānā kahi pathologist i ka laʻana pūnaewele e ʻike i ke ʻano kikoʻī o nā pūnaewele a hōʻoia inā he kanesa lākou. I kekahi manawa, kōkua nā hoʻokolohua hou aku ma ka laʻana pūnaewele e hoʻoholo i ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka esthesioneuroblastoma.
Ke hōʻoia ʻia ka hōʻoia, hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke ʻōlelo aku i nā scans hou aku e nānā inā ua pālahalaha ka maʻi kanesa i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Kōkua kēia kaʻina hana staging e hoʻoholo i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka esthesioneuroblastoma e komo pinepine ana i ka hui ʻana o nā ala i hoʻolālā ʻia e wehe i ka ʻōpū a pale aku iā ia mai ka hoʻi ʻana. ʻO ka papahana mālama kikoʻī e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui a me ka wahi o kāu ʻōpū, a me ka pālahalaha ʻana paha.
ʻO ka ʻoki kino ka mālama mua no kēia ʻano maʻi kanesa. E hana kāu kauka e wehe i ka ʻōpū holoʻokoʻa i ka mālama ʻana i ka nui o nā pūnaewele maʻamau a me ka hana e like me ka hiki. Hiki i nā ʻenehana ʻoki kino hou, me nā ala endoscopic ma o ka ihu, ke hoʻokō pinepine i kēia me nā kaʻina hana liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka radiation therapy ma hope o ka ʻoki kino e luku i nā pūnaewele kanesa i koe ʻaʻole paha i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka hana. Hoʻohana kēia mālama i nā kukuna kiʻekiʻe e kuhikuhi pololei ʻia i ka wahi ʻōpū e hoʻemi i ka hōʻino i nā pūnaewele olakino.
Hiki i kāu papahana mālama ke komo pū me:
Hiki i ke kaʻina hana mālama ke manaʻo nui, akā e alakaʻi kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu. E wehewehe lākou i ke kumu e ʻōlelo ʻia ai kēlā me kēia mālama a me nā mea āu e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
Hiki i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me nā hopena i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a mālama i kou maikaʻi o ke ola. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī ma muli o kāu papahana mālama a me nā pono pilikino.
No ka congestion ihu a me ke kaomi sinus, hiki i nā rinses saline mālie ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou mau ala ihu a me ka maʻemaʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ihu a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻokele i ka mumū a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka nalowale o ka ʻala, e nānā i ka palekana o ka meaʻai no ka mea ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e hiki ke ʻike i ka meaʻai pala ma ka ʻala. E hoʻohana pono i nā lā pau a noʻonoʻo e ʻai me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hiki ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia palekana meaʻai.
Eia kekahi mau ana hoʻoluʻolu maʻamau e hiki ke kōkua:
Mai kānalua e kamaʻilio me kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā hopohopo. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono pinepine i nā mālama a i ʻole hāʻawi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou aku e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana mālama.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu ʻaha kūkā ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu manawa me kāu mea mālama ola. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa.
E mālama i nā kikoʻī kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, e like me ka hoʻopili ʻana paha i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha ʻaoʻao o kou ihu, ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a me nā ʻano āu i ʻike ai. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo piha i kou kūlana.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka papa kūʻai a me nā mea hoʻohui. Eia kekahi, e hoʻomākaukau i kahi hōʻuluʻulu o nā mālama āu i ho'āʻo ai no kāu mau hōʻailona ihu a pehea ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hana.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha i kāu ʻaha kūkā. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike i kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka kipa a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lono hopohopo.
E kākau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka ma mua. Makemake paha ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻanuʻu aʻe, nā hoʻokolohua e pono ai, a i ʻole nā mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau nīnau i kākau ʻia e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe e poina iā lākou i ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā.
ʻO ka esthesioneuroblastoma kahi ʻano maʻi kanesa maʻamau akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e hoʻopilikia ana i ka ihu. ʻOiai hiki i ka hōʻoia ke manaʻo weliweli, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nā holomua i nā ʻenehana ʻoki kino a me nā koho mālama i nā hopena no nā poʻe me kēia kūlana.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo nā hōʻailona ihu mau e pono ai ka nānā lapaʻau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole pane lākou i nā mālama maʻamau a i ʻole hoʻopili wale i hoʻokahi ʻaoʻao o kou ihu. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana e alakaʻi pinepine ana i nā hopena maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. ʻO kāu hui mālama ola e komo pū me nā loea e hoʻomaopopo i kēia kūlana maʻamau a loaʻa ka ʻike i ka mālama ʻana. E hana lākou me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi papahana mālama e hoʻoponopono i kou kūlana kikoʻī i ka kākoʻo ʻana i kou maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa.
E noho pili me kāu hui lapaʻau i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana a mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole nā leo hopohopo. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kou kūlana a me nā koho mālama ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻo hilinaʻi a kāohi i kēia manawa paʻakikī.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hereditary ka esthesioneuroblastoma. Hana pinepine ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia me ka ʻole o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi. ʻAʻohe hōʻike e holo ana kēia maʻi kanesa i nā ʻohana a i ʻole i hana ʻia e nā hoʻololi genetic i hoʻoilina ʻia, no laila ʻaʻole pilikia kāu mau lālā ʻohana ma muli o kāu hōʻoia.
ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻōla ʻia nā poʻe he nui me ka esthesioneuroblastoma, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e ʻike mua ʻia ai ka maʻi kanesa a mālama koke ʻia. ʻO ka nui o ka hoʻōla ʻana e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ka nui o ka ʻōpū, ka wahi, a me ka pālahalaha ʻana paha. Me nā ala mālama hou e hui pū ana i ka ʻoki kino a me ka radiation therapy, loaʻa i nā mea maʻi he nui ka remission lōʻihi.
Hiki i ka nalowale o ka ʻala ke lilo i mea manawa a mau paha ma muli o ka nui o ka ʻōpū a me ka mālama ʻana e pono ai. Hoʻi hou kekahi poʻe i ka hana ʻala hapa a piha paha ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai ʻike kekahi i nā loli mau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kūkākūkā i ka hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka ʻala ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī a me ka papahana mālama.
ʻOkoʻa ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o kāu hihia kikoʻī, akā maʻamau mai kekahi mau pule a i kekahi mau mahina. Hiki i ka ʻoki kino ke pono i kahi noho haukapila o kekahi mau lā, a laila kekahi mau pule o ka radiation therapy inā pono. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i kahi manawa kikoʻī ma muli o kāu papahana mālama pilikino.
ʻO ka nui o ke ola no ka esthesioneuroblastoma he mea hoʻoikaika maʻamau, me nā haʻawina he nui e hōʻike ana i nā nui ola 5-makahiki o 70-80% a ʻoi aku paha i ka wā i hopu mua ʻia. ʻO nā mea e hoʻopilikia i nā hopena e komo pū me ke kahua o ka ʻōpū i ka wā o ka hōʻoia, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a pehea ka pane maikaʻi o ka maʻi kanesa i ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī ma muli o kāu mau kūlana pilikino.
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