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ʻO ka leukemia hui laʻau he ʻano maʻamau ʻole o ka maʻi kanesa koko e pili ana i kāu mau B-lymphocytes, ʻo ia nā keʻena koko keʻokeʻo e kōkua ana i ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi. Mai ka nānā ʻana o kēia mau keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole ma lalo o ka microscope, loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻāpana lauoho liʻiliʻi e hoʻolōʻihi ana mai ko lākou ʻili.
Hoʻopili nui kēia maʻi kanesa ulu mālie i nā mākua waena, me nā kāne he ʻehā mau manawa nui ke loaʻa ma mua o nā wāhine. ʻOiai hiki i ka huaʻōlelo “leukemia” ke hopohopo, ulu pinepine ka leukemia hui laʻau me ka mālie loa, a noho ola nā kānaka he nui i nā ola piha a hana nui me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻAʻole ʻike pinepine nā kānaka me ka leukemia hui laʻau i nā hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka ʻana no ka mea ulu mālie kēia maʻi kanesa. Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, he mālie pinepine lākou a hiki ke manaʻo ʻia e like me ka luhi wale nō ʻoe a i ʻole ke hakakā ʻana i kahi anu mau.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka luhi a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali ma mua o ka maʻamau, ʻoiai ma hope o ka hoʻomaha lawa. Hana kēia no ka mea hoʻopiha nā keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole i nā keʻena koko olakino e lawe ana i ka oxygen ma kou kino.
Eia nā hōʻailona e ulu pinepine ana i ka holomua ʻana o ke kūlana:
ʻO ka manaʻo o ka piha ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea liʻiliʻi e hana ana no ka mea hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia kāu spleen i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kānana i nā keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole. Wehewehe kekahi iā ia e like me ka manaʻo kaumaha ma ko lākou ʻaoʻao hema.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia he nui nā kumu ʻē aʻe o kēia mau hōʻailona, ʻo ka hapa nui he mea maʻamau loa a emi iki ka weliweli ma mua o ka leukemia hui laʻau. Eia naʻe, inā ʻoe e ʻike mau ana i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, he mea naʻauao mau ke nīnau aku i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka leukemia hui laʻau, akā ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea nui e kōkua ana i kona ulu ʻana. E like me nā maʻi kanesa he nui, me he mea lā he hopena ia o nā loli genetic e hana ana ma mua o ka mea āu i hoʻoilina ai mai kou mau mākua.
Ua ʻike nā kānaka ʻepekema ua loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka leukemia hui laʻau kahi mutation genetic kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo BRAF V600E. Hoʻokumu kēia mutation i nā B-lymphocytes e hoʻonui me ka manaʻo ʻole a ola lōʻihi ma mua o ko lākou pono, e alakaʻi ana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o kēia mau keʻena “lauoho” maʻamau ʻole.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau maʻi kanesa ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole me he mea lā pili ka leukemia hui laʻau i nā mea pili ola e like me ka puhipaka, ka ʻai, a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kemika. ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻopili, a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu mai kekahi a hoʻoili aku i nā lālā o kou ʻohana.
Me he mea lā hana kūlohelohe ka mutation e hoʻokumu ai i kēia kūlana i loko o ke ola o ke kanaka. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe mea āu i hiki ke hana ʻokoʻa e pale aku ai iā ia.
Pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e ʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i ka luhi mau, nā maʻi pinepine, a i ʻole ka koko maʻamau ʻole e lōʻihi ma mua o kekahi mau pule. ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau hōʻailona he mea maʻamau pinepine ia e nā kūlana maʻamau, he mea nui ke nānā ʻia.
E hoʻolohe nui inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona he nui e hana pū ana, ʻoiai inā e hoʻopilikia ana lākou i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā. No ka laʻana, inā ʻoe e luhi nui ana a loaʻa pū kekahi mau anu ma mua o ka maʻamau, a i ʻole inā ʻoe e ʻeha maʻalahi me ka pōkole o ka hanu.
Mai kali inā ʻoe e loaʻa i kekahi mau hōʻailona hopohopo e like me ka luhi nui ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻomaha, ka nalowale kaumaha wehe ʻole, a i ʻole nā maʻi e lōʻihi ma mua o ko lākou pono. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka lapaʻau ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka mālama pono ʻana i kēia kūlana.
E hoʻomanaʻo, aia kāu mea mālama ola e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e hana nei. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻalahi e hiki ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a inā pono paha ke hoʻokolohua hou aku.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea pilikia ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia kūlana, ʻoiai he mea nui ke ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka leukemia hui laʻau. ʻAʻole loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia kēia kūlana.
ʻO ka mea pilikia ikaika loa, ʻo ia ke kāne a me ka waena o ke ola. Ma kahi o 80% o nā kānaka i ʻike ʻia me ka leukemia hui laʻau he kāne, a ʻo ka makahiki awelika i ka ʻike ʻia ma kahi o 50 a 55 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, hiki ke loaʻa i nā mākua ʻōpio a i ʻole nā kānaka kahiko.
Eia nā mea nui e hoʻonui paha i kou pilikia:
ʻAʻole like me nā maʻi kanesa ʻē aʻe he nui, ʻaʻole me he mea lā pili ka leukemia hui laʻau i nā mea pili i ke kaiapuni, nā lapaʻau maʻi kanesa ma mua, a i ʻole nā koho ola. Hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu kēia no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea āu i hiki ke hana e pale aku ai.
He mea kūpono hoʻi ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia he mea maʻamau ʻole loa ka leukemia hui laʻau, e pili ana i 2 wale nō i kēlā me kēia 100,000 mau kānaka. ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia he nui, e liʻiliʻi loa kāu manawa e loaʻa ai kēia kūlana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pilikia mai ka leukemia hui laʻau e ulu mālie ana a hiki ke mālama pono ʻia me ka lapaʻau kūpono. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ia ka hoʻopiha ʻana o nā keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole i nā keʻena koko olakino, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka hiki o kou kino ke hakakā i nā maʻi a me ka kaohi ʻana i ke koko.
ʻO ka pilikia maʻamau loa, ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka pilikia o nā maʻi no ka mea ʻaʻohe ou mau keʻena koko keʻokeʻo olakino e pale aku ai iā ʻoe. Hiki i kēia mau maʻi ke lōʻihi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana a i ʻole he mea koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka maʻamau.
Eia nā pilikia hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
He mea maʻamau loa ka spleen hoʻonui ʻia a hana ia no ka mea hana nui kēia ʻāpana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kānana i nā keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole. ʻOiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻokumu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine ia me ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ia me nā lapaʻau hou, e lilo ana nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i mea maʻamau ʻole. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka leukemia hui laʻau ke manaʻo e ola i nā ola maʻamau ke mālama pono ʻia ko lākou kūlana e ko lākou hui mālama ola.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike ʻana i ka leukemia hui laʻau me nā hoʻokolohua koko e hōʻike ana i nā hopena maʻamau ʻole, e like me ka emi ʻana o ka helu keʻena koko a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i kēia mau hoʻokolohua inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka nānā olakino maʻamau.
ʻO ka hana diagnostic nui, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i kāu mau keʻena koko a me ka iwi iwi ma lalo o ka microscope. Hiki i kahi loea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ke ʻike i ka ʻano “lauoho” o kēia mau B-lymphocytes maʻamau ʻole, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ke kūlana.
Eia ka mea e komo pinepine ana i ke kaʻina hana diagnostic:
Hiki i ka biopsy iwi iwi ke hopohopo, akā hana pinepine ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he hana outpatient me ka anesthesia kūloko. Wehewehe ka hapa nui o nā kānaka iā ia he mea ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka ʻeha, a hāʻawi ia i ka ʻike nui no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kāu lapaʻau.
Lawe pinepine ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike maopopo i kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka pau ʻana o nā hoʻokolohua a pau. E alakaʻi kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu a wehewehe i ka mea a lākou e ʻimi nei, no laila e hoʻomaopopo pono ʻoe i ka mea e hana nei i ka wā holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka lapaʻau no ka leukemia hui laʻau i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui ka remission lōʻihi me nā therapies mālie. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ia ke pane pinepine loa kēia kūlana i ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia.
ʻAʻole pono nā kānaka a pau i ka lapaʻau koke. Inā kūpaʻa kāu mau helu koko a ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka nānā pono ʻana ma mua o ka lapaʻau koke. ʻAe kēia ala, i kapa ʻia ʻo “nānā a kali,” iā ʻoe e pale aku i nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka lapaʻau ke pono ʻole.
Ke pono ka lapaʻau, ʻo nā koho maʻamau a maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia:
Manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo Cladribine ka lapaʻau kūpono no ka mea alakaʻi ia i ka remission piha ma kahi o 85% o nā kānaka ma hope o hoʻokahi papa lapaʻau wale nō. Hoʻokomo pinepine ka lapaʻau i nā infusions i kēlā me kēia lā no ʻehiku mau lā, a ʻoluʻolu loa ka hapa nui o nā kānaka iā ia.
Inā hoʻi hou ka maʻi kanesa ma hope o ka lapaʻau mua, hiki ke hana i nā makahiki ma hope, hana pinepine nā lapaʻau like hou. He nui nā kānaka e hele ana i nā pōʻai o ka lapaʻau a me ka remission, e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau a hana nui ma waena o nā lapaʻau.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka leukemia hui laʻau ma ka home e kau nui ana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a me ka hana pili me kāu hui lapaʻau. Mai ka hoʻopili ʻana o kēia kūlana i kou ʻōnaehana pale, lilo ka hana ʻana i nā hana e pale aku ai i nā maʻi i mea nui loa.
Hiki i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai kaulike piha i nā hua, nā mea kanu, a me nā protein liʻiliʻi ke kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou ʻōnaehana pale a me nā pae ikehu. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hahai i kekahi ʻano ʻai kūikawā, akā hiki i ka nānā ʻana i nā meaʻai momona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻo i kou maikaʻi loa i ka wā lapaʻau a me ka hoʻōla.
Eia nā hana hana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e kākoʻo i kou olakino:
E hoʻolohe i kou mau pae ikehu a mai hoʻoikaika nui iā ʻoe iho i nā lā āu e luhi ai. ʻIke ka poʻe he nui e kōkua nā hana mālie e like me ka hele wāwae, ka ʻauʻau, a i ʻole ka yoga i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou ikaika a me ka manaʻo me ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻole i ko lākou ʻōnaehana.
E mālama i kekahi mau hōʻailona a i ʻole nā loli i kou manaʻo, a mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola me nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo. Makemake lākou e lohe mai iā ʻoe e pili ana i kahi mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o kou kali ʻana a hiki i kahi pilikia ke lilo i mea koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana nui i kou manawa me kāu mea mālama ola a hōʻoia i ka pane ʻana i kāu mau nīnau a pau. E noʻonoʻo e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona, ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, a me ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole ka mea e ʻino ai iā lākou.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā huaora āu e lawe nei, me nā mea over-the-counter. E ʻohi pū i nā moʻolelo lapaʻau pili, ʻoiai nā hopena hoʻokolohua koko ma mua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe.
Eia ka mea āu e hoʻomākaukau ai ma mua o kāu kipa:
ʻO kekahi mau nīnau nui āu e makemake ai e nīnau, ʻo ia nā hoʻokolohua i pono ʻia, ka manaʻo o nā hopena, nā koho lapaʻau i loaʻa, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai e hele mai. Mai hopohopo e nīnau i nā nīnau he nui - makemake kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo piha i kou kūlana.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kekahi me ʻoe i ka hālāwai. Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pepeiao ʻelua ke kōkua i ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka nui o ka ʻike hou, a hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e manaʻo ai he manawa nui.
ʻO ka leukemia hui laʻau he ʻano maʻamau ʻole akā hiki ke mālama ʻia o ka maʻi kanesa koko e ulu mālie pinepine a pane maikaʻi i nā lapaʻau hou. ʻOiai hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ʻike maʻi kanesa ke manaʻo nui, loaʻa i kēia kūlana kūikawā kekahi o nā helu holomua lapaʻau maikaʻi loa ma waena o nā maʻi kanesa koko.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka leukemia hui laʻau ke manaʻo e ola i nā ola maʻamau me ka mālama ola kūpono. He mea maikaʻi loa nā lapaʻau i loaʻa i kēia lā, a loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui nā manawa lōʻihi o ka remission ma hope o hoʻokahi papa lapaʻau wale nō.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Loaʻa i kāu hui mālama ola ka ʻike nui i ka mālama ʻana i kēia kūlana, a loaʻa nā lapaʻau maikaʻi. Hoʻomau ka nui o nā kānaka me ka leukemia hui laʻau e hana, huakaʻi, a hauʻoli i ko lākou mau hana maʻamau me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ko lākou ola.
E nānā i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea i hoʻokahi manawa, e noho pili me kāu ʻōnaehana kākoʻo, a mālama i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu hui lapaʻau. Me ka mālama pono a me ka nānā ʻana, aia ke kumu e manaʻo ai i kou olakino a me kou ola maikaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻAʻole pinepine ka leukemia hui laʻau i hoʻoilina ʻia mai kou mau mākua. ʻOiai hiki ke kiʻekiʻe iki ka pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lālā ʻohana me nā maʻi kanesa koko, hana pinepine ka hapa nui o nā hihia ma muli o nā loli genetic e hana ana i loko o ke ola o ke kanaka. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoili i kēia kūlana i kāu mau keiki ma o kāu mau gene.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka leukemia hui laʻau he ola lōʻihi maʻamau a kokoke i ka maʻamau ke mālama pono ʻia. ulu mālie kēia kūlana, a he mea maikaʻi loa nā lapaʻau i kēia manawa. Ola nā kānaka he nui no nā makahiki he nui ma hope o ka ʻike ʻia, a pono paha kekahi i hoʻokahi papa lapaʻau wale nō e loaʻa ai ka remission lōʻihi e mau ana no nā makahiki he nui.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia ka leukemia hui laʻau, hiki ke kaohi pono ʻia no nā manawa lōʻihi. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ka remission piha me ka lapaʻau, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻohe keʻena koko maʻamau ʻole i ʻike ʻia i loko o ko lākou koko a i ʻole ka iwi iwi. ʻOiai inā hoʻi hou ke kūlana i nā makahiki ma hope, pane pinepine ia i nā lapaʻau like hou.
ʻO ka manaʻo o ka remission, ʻo ia ka hoʻi ʻana o kāu mau helu koko i nā pae maʻamau a ʻaʻohe keʻena koko lauoho maʻamau ʻole i ʻike ʻia i loko o kāu koko a i ʻole ka iwi iwi. ʻAʻole manaʻo ka remission piha ua hoʻōla ʻia ʻoe, akā manaʻo ia ua holomua loa ka lapaʻau. Noho ka nui o nā kānaka i ka remission no nā makahiki a i ʻole nā makahiki he nui me ka ʻole o ka lapaʻau hou aku.
ʻAʻohe palena ʻai kūikawā no ka leukemia hui laʻau ponoʻī. Eia naʻe, inā emi kou helu keʻena koko keʻokeʻo, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e pale aku i nā meaʻai maka a i ʻole nā meaʻai ʻaʻole i kuke ʻia e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi. E nānā i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai kaulike a momona e kākoʻo i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a me kou ʻōnaehana pale. E kūkākūkā mau i nā hopohopo pili i ka ʻai me kāu hui mālama ola.
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