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ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha he ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai waha ia e ulu ana i nā ʻiʻo palupalu ma lalo o kou alelo. ʻO kēia wahi, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka papa o ka waha, aia nā mea nui e like me nā gland salivary, nā ʻiʻo, a me nā kīʻaha koko e kōkua ana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka ʻai ʻana.
ʻOiai hiki i kēia ʻike ke manaʻo nui, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mea e hana nei e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a me ka hilinaʻi e pili ana i kāu huakaʻi mālama. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha he squamous cell carcinomas, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻomaka lākou i nā sela lahilahi, pālahalaha e uhi ana i kēia wahi.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha ke palupalu a maʻalahi hoʻi ke kuhi hewa ʻia no nā pilikia waha maʻamau ʻē aʻe. E ʻike paha ʻoe i kahi ʻeha liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kahi ʻāpana ʻaʻole e ho'ōla i loko o ʻelua pule, ʻo ia ka hōʻailona mua pinepine e pono ai ka nānā.
Eia nā hōʻailona e nānā ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau loa:
I nā hihia ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, e ʻike paha ʻoe i nā lymph nodes pehu i kou ʻāʻī, ka hanu ʻino mau ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe waha, a i ʻole nā niho palalulu me ka ʻole o ka maʻi gum. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke ulu mālie i nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina, no laila, pono e nānā ʻia nā loli mau loa.
E ulu ana ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā sela i kēia wahi e ulu kūpono ʻole a me ka manaʻo ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kuhikuhi pololei i ke kumu o kēia i kekahi kanaka a ʻaʻole i kekahi ʻē aʻe, nui nā mea e hoʻonui nui ana i ka pilikia.
ʻO nā kumu a me nā mea pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā kumu liʻiliʻi e komo pū ana ka lā lōʻihi e hoʻopilikia ana i nā lehelehe a me ka wahi waha, kekahi mau kūlana genetic, a me ka mālama radiation mua i ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, akā e hoʻonui ana i kou manawa.
Pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole niho inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi ʻeha, ʻāpana, a i ʻole kahi wahi kūpono ʻole i kou waha e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua pule. ʻO ka ʻike mua e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena mālama, no laila, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i kahi mea ma mua o ka hope.
E ʻimi i ka nānā olakino wikiwiki inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, ke kahe koko mau, a i ʻole ka ʻeha nui e hoʻopilikia ana i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo ʻana. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i kahi kūlana holomua e pono ai ka loiloi koke.
Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka makaʻu nui. ʻOi aku ka makemake o nā mea lawelawe olakino e nānā i kahi mea maikaʻi ma mua o ka nalo ʻana i ka manawa no ka mālama mua. ʻO kāu niho maʻamau pinepine ka mea mua e ʻike i nā maʻi ʻaʻai waha i nā nānā maʻamau, ʻo ia ke kumu maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e mālama i nā kipa niho.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau mea pilikia pilikino ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo ʻike e pili ana i ka pale ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana. Aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe he ʻāpana wale nō ia o kāu ʻano olakino pilikino.
ʻO nā mea pilikia pili i ke ola hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopilikia e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā mea ma waho o kou mana e komo pū ana kou makahiki, kāne, predisposition genetic, a me nā mālama maʻi ʻaʻai mua. Loaʻa i nā kāne ma luna o 40 ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā mea i loaʻa ka mōʻaukala o ka paka a me ka hoʻohana ʻawaʻawa.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia he nui, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hiki mai ana ka maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ia wale nō ka manaʻo e pono ʻoe e makaʻala nui e pili ana i ke olakino waha a me nā nānā maʻamau. Nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole loa e loaʻa i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻoiai kekahi me nā pilikia maopopo ʻole.
Hiki i ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia he nui, mai ka maʻi ʻaʻai ponoʻī a mai ka mālama ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau a hana pū me kāu hui olakino e hoʻemi i ko lākou hopena.
Hiki i nā pilikia maʻamau ke komo pū ana:
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e komo pū ana ka laha ʻana i nā lymph nodes kokoke, nā pilikia hanu inā hoʻopilikia ka maʻi ʻaʻai i nā ʻano ʻāʻī, a me nā pilikia meaʻai mai nā pilikia ʻai. Hiki i nā hihia holomua ke pono i ka ʻoki hou.
E hana nui kāu hui lapaʻau e pale aku i kēia mau pilikia a mālama i nā mea e hana ai. Nui nā hopena ʻaoʻao pili i ka mālama e hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o ka manawa, a hiki i nā lawelawe hoʻōla ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hana a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha e hoʻomaka pinepine ana me ka nānā pono ʻana e kāu kauka a i ʻole niho. E nānā pono lākou i ka wahi kānalua a ʻike i nā puʻupuʻu a i ʻole ka pehu i kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻike e komo pinepine ana i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu. ʻO ka mea mua, e lawe kāu mea lawelawe olakino i kahi mōʻaukala olakino kikoʻī a hana i kahi nānā kino. Inā ʻike lākou i kahi mea hopohopo, e ʻōlelo paha lākou i kahi biopsy, kahi e wehe ʻia ai kahi laʻana ʻiʻo liʻiliʻi a nānā ʻia ma lalo o ka microscope.
Hiki i nā ho'āʻo hou ke komo pū me nā CT scans, MRI, a i ʻole PET scans e hoʻoholo i ka nui o ka maʻi ʻaʻai a inā ua laha. E kōkua kēia mau ho'āʻo kiʻi i kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻolālā i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa. ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻike holoʻokoʻa e lawe pinepine ana i kekahi mau pule, ʻoiai hiki ke wikiwiki ʻia nā hihia wikiwiki.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha e hilinaʻi ana i ke kahua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ka nui, a me ka wahi, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, i ka wā i hopu mua ʻia ai, pinepine ka pane maikaʻi ʻana o kēia ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai i ka mālama.
Hiki i kāu hoʻolālā mālama ke komo pū me hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha o kēia mau ala:
Hiki i nā maʻi ʻaʻai mua ke pono wale i ka ʻoki a i ʻole ka radiation therapy, ʻoiai nā hihia holomua e pono pinepine ana i ka mālama hui pū. E wehewehe kāu hui oncology i nā koho maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mea e manaʻo ai.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao mālama e ʻokoʻa akā hiki ke komo pū me ka pehu manawa, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, a me ka luhi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻokele ʻia a hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o ka manawa me ke kākoʻo a me ka mālama pono.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona ma ka home e pāʻani ana i kahi kuleana nui i kou ʻoluʻolu a me ka hoʻōla. Hiki i nā hoʻolālā maʻalahi ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i kāu manaʻo i ka wā a ma hope o ka mālama.
No ka ʻeha waha a me ka ʻeha, e ho'āʻo e holoi me ka wai paʻakai mahana i nā manawa he nui i kēlā me kēia lā. E pale i nā meaʻai ʻawaʻawa, acidic, a i ʻole nā meaʻai ʻoi e hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou waha. Hiki i nā meaʻai palupalu, anuanu e like me nā smoothies, yogurt, a me ka ice cream ke hoʻoluʻolu a maʻalahi hoʻi ke ʻai.
E noho wai maikaʻi ma o ka inu ʻana i ka wai i kēlā me kēia lā, a e noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i ka humidifier e mālama i kou waha i ka pulu. Inā puhi paka ʻoe a inu ʻawaʻawa paha, ʻo ka hoʻōki ʻana i kēia mau maʻamau e kōkua i kou waha e ho'ōla a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hopena mālama.
E mālama i kou waha i ka maʻemaʻe me ka palupalu brushing me kahi niho palupalu, a hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mālama waha kikoʻī mai kāu hui olakino. Mai kānalua e kelepona i kāu hui lapaʻau inā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā pilikia hou e ulu ana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu kipa a loaʻa i kāu kauka nā ʻike āpau e pono ai e kōkua iā ʻoe. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona āpau, e komo pū ana i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā huaora, a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe ai. E komo pū i ka ʻike e pili ana i kāu hoʻohana paka a me ka ʻawaʻawa, ʻoiai e hoʻopilikia nui ana kēia i ka hoʻolālā mālama. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻohewa ʻia - pono kāu hui olakino i ka ʻike kūpono e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me nā ho'āʻo āu e pono ai, nā koho mālama i loaʻa, a me kāu mea e manaʻo ai e hele mai. E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha hilinaʻi a i ʻole kahi ʻohana e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻike nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo.
ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha he kūlana koʻikoʻi ia, akā he mea mālama nui hoʻi ia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai. ʻO ka mea nui loa āu e hana ai, ʻo ia ka ʻimi koke ʻana i ka nānā olakino no nā hōʻailona waha mau loa e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua pule.
ʻOiai hiki i ka ʻike ke manaʻo weliweli, e hoʻomanaʻo ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā koho mālama i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha e ola ana i nā ola piha, olakino ma hope o ka mālama.
Aia kāu hui olakino e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o kēia huakaʻi. Mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau, e hōʻike i nā hopohopo, a i ʻole e ʻimi i ke kākoʻo i ka wā e pono ai. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kahi kuleana hana i kāu mālama a me ka mālama ʻana i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu hui lapaʻau e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka hopena maikaʻi.
ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha e ulu a laha pinepine ana ma mua o kekahi mau maʻi ʻaʻai ʻē aʻe, akā ʻokoʻa loa ka nui ma waena o nā kānaka. Hiki i nā maʻi ʻaʻai mua ke ulu i nā mahina, ʻoiai hiki i nā ʻano ʻoi aku ka ikaika ke holomua wikiwiki. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ka loiloi olakino koke i ka wā e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā hōʻailona mau.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā hihia āpau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma o ka pale ʻana i ka paka i nā ʻano āpau, ka palena ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻawaʻawa, ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe waha maikaʻi, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā nānā niho maʻamau. Hiki i ka inoa HPV ke kōkua hoʻi e hoʻemi i ka pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā poʻe ʻōpio.
ʻO nā nui ola e hilinaʻi nui ana i ke kahua i ka ʻike ʻana. Loaʻa i ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha i nā nui ola maikaʻi loa, pinepine ma luna o 80-90% i ʻelima mau makahiki. Loaʻa i nā kahua holomua nā nui haʻahaʻa, akā ke hoʻomaikaʻi mau nei nā mālama. ʻO kāu wānana kikoʻī e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea pilikino he nui e hiki i kāu oncologist ke kūkākūkā me ʻoe.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kānaka e hoʻihoʻi i ka hana maikaʻi ma hope o ka mālama, ʻoiai paha e pono ai ka manawa a me ka hoʻōla. Hiki i ka ʻōlelo a me ka ʻai ʻana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā loli. ʻO ka nui o nā loli hana e hilinaʻi ana i ka wahi o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ka nui, a me ke ʻano o ka mālama e pono ai.
ʻAʻole hoʻoilina pinepine ʻia ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka papa o ka waha, no laila ʻaʻole pono nā lālā ʻohana i ka ho'āʻo kūikawā ke ʻole lākou i kā lākou mau hōʻailona a i ʻole nā mea pilikia. Eia naʻe, pono nā lālā ʻohana e mālama i nā maʻamau olakino waha maikaʻi a me nā nānā niho maʻamau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā kaʻana like lākou i nā mea pilikia ola like e like me ka hoʻohana paka.
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