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ʻO nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu he mau ulu maʻamau ʻole ia e ulu ana i loko o kou iwi ihu a i ʻole nā mea palupalu a puni kou waha. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau ulu he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a pono i ka nānā ʻana o nā kauka.
E noʻonoʻo i kou ihu e like me kahi kaiāulu hana nui kahi e noho ai a hana pū ai nā ʻano like ʻole o nā pūnaewele. I kekahi manawa, ulu nā sela i kēia wahi i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ma mua o kā lākou hana, e hana ana i nā ʻāpana a i ʻole nā ʻeke wai piha. ʻOiai paha kēia e lohe ai i ka makaʻu, nui nā ulu i loko o ka ihu i mālama maikaʻi ʻia, ʻoiai ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua.
ʻO nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu he mau ʻāpana maʻamau ʻole o nā pūnaewele e ulu ana i loko o kou iwi ihu luna a i lalo paha. ʻO nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu he mau ʻeke wai piha e hana ana i loko o ka iwi a i ʻole nā mea palupalu o kou wahi ihu.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui he mea maʻalahi: ʻo nā ʻōpū he mau ulu paʻa o nā sela, ʻoiai nā ʻeke e like me nā pōpō liʻiliʻi i piha i ka wai a i ʻole ka mea palupalu. Hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke ulu mālie i nā mahina a i nā makahiki paha, pinepine me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana iā ʻoe i ka wā mua.
ʻO kou iwi ihu he mea kūpono loa ia i kēia mau ulu no ka mea he hana mau ia me ka ʻai ʻana, ke kamaʻilio ʻana, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kou mau niho. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ma kahi o 90% o nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
Hele mai nā ulu i loko o ka ihu i nā ʻano like ʻole, kēlā me kēia me kāna mau ʻano a me nā pono mālama. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku i ka wā e kamaʻilio ai me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO nā ʻōpū i loko o ka ihu maʻamau loa e komo pū me:
ʻO nā ʻeke ihu maʻamau e komo pū me:
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻōpū ihu malignant akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū me ka osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, a me ka squamous cell carcinoma. Pono kēia mau ʻōpū ʻino i ka mālama koke, kūikawā.
Nui nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu e ulu mālie i ka wā mua, ʻo ia ke kumu he mea nui loa nā nānā niho maʻamau. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi mea maʻamau ʻole a hiki i ka ulu ʻana o ka ulu a hoʻomaka paha e hoʻopili i nā hale kokoke.
Eia nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai i ka wā e ulu ai kēia mau ulu:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā loli liʻiliʻi e like me ka paʻakikī e ʻai i kekahi mau meaʻai a i ʻole ka manaʻo ʻaʻole pono kekahi mea i loko o ko lākou waha. E hilinaʻi i kēia mau manaʻo - ʻike pinepine kou kino i ka wā e loli ai kekahi mea.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau akā koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka nānā koke e komo pū me ka ulu wikiwiki, ka ʻeha nui, ka paʻakikī e ʻai, a i ʻole kekahi ulu e kahe maʻalahi. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻike i kahi kūlana ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama koke.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu o ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu, akā ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ko lākou ulu ʻana. Pinepine, he hui pū ʻana o nā mea ma mua o hoʻokahi kumu.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau a me nā mea hoʻokomo e komo pū me:
No nā ʻōpū benign he nui, noho ka mea kumu he mea pohihihi. Hoʻoholo wale kāu mau sela e ulu i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa ma mua o kā lākou hana. ʻAʻole kēia he mea āu i hana hewa ai a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku.
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ʻole e like me ka nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia e ulu ai i kekahi mau ʻano o nā ʻeke ihu. Eia naʻe, nui nā ulu i loko o ka ihu e hana ana i nā poʻe me ka ʻole o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana a i ʻole ka predisposition genetic.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike koke i kahi mea mālama ola a i ʻole ka dentist inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau loli mau i kou waha a i kou ihu paha. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike mua ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama ʻana a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻouka ʻana.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai i loko o kekahi mau pule inā ʻike ʻoe:
E ʻimi i ka nānā koke o nā kauka inā ulu wikiwiki ʻoe, ʻeha nui, paʻakikī e ʻai, a i ʻole kekahi ulu e kahe maʻalahi. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i kahi kūlana ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka loiloi koke.
Mai kali i ka wā e ʻino ai nā hōʻailona a i ʻole e manaʻo e hoʻonā lākou ma luna o lākou iho. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i nā kūlana ihu he nui ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua, a kūpono kāu maluhia no ka kipa.
Ke waiho ʻole ʻia, hiki i nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau pilikia e hoʻopilikia ana i kou olakino waha a me kou ola. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau āu e kū ai e komo pū me:
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi akā hiki. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻōpū benign ke hoʻololi i nā mea malignant ma mua o ka manawa, ʻoiai kēia mea e hana pinepine ʻole. Hiki i nā ʻeke nui ke hoʻopilikia pū i nā hale koʻikoʻi e like me kou mau sinuses a i ʻole ka ʻeke maka.
ʻO ke kī i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia ʻo ia ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama kūpono. Hiki i nā nānā niho maʻamau ke hopu i nā pilikia ma mua o ko lākou lilo ʻana i mea koʻikoʻi, a pale pinepine ka mālama koke i ka hapa nui o nā pilikia mai ka ulu ʻana.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu e komo pinepine ana i kekahi mau ʻanuʻu, e hoʻomaka ana me kahi nānā kikoʻī a holomua i nā haʻawina kiʻi. E lawe mai kāu mea mālama ola i kahi ala hana hoʻonohonoho e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka mea e hana nei i kou ihu.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka hana ʻike me kāu dentist a i ʻole kauka e nānā ana i kou waha a me ka ʻike ʻana a puni kou ihu no kekahi mau ʻāpana a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana maʻamau ʻole. E nīnau lākou e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona, i ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai iā lākou, a inā ua loli lākou i ka manawa.
A laila, pono paha ʻoe i nā haʻawina kiʻi e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi ʻoi aku ka maopopo:
Inā hōʻike nā kiʻi i kahi ʻōpū a i ʻole kahi ʻeke maʻamau ʻole, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i kahi biopsy. E komo kēia i ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o nā pūnaewele no ka loiloi hale hana. ʻO ka biopsy wale nō ke ala e hoʻoholo ai inā he benign a malignant paha ka ulu ʻana.
I kekahi manawa, pono paha nā ho'āʻo hou aku e like me ka hana koko a i ʻole ka ho'āʻo genetic, ʻoiai inā manaʻo kāu kauka i kahi kūlana maʻamau ʻole a i ʻole ka genetic syndrome.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu e hilinaʻi ana i ke ʻano, ka nui, a me ka wahi o ka ulu ʻana, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka pahuhopu mau ka wehe piha ʻana i ka ulu ʻana me ka mālama ʻana i ka hana ihu maʻamau e like me ka hiki.
No ka hapa nui o nā ʻeke ihu, komo ka mālama ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻana i kapa ʻia ʻo enucleation. E hana kāu kauka ʻoki waha i kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi, e hoʻokahe i ka ʻeke, a e wehe mālie i ka paia ʻeke e pale aku i ka hoʻi hou ʻana. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia ma lalo o ka anesthesia kūloko ma ke ʻano he kaʻina hana outpatient.
ʻO nā koho mālama ʻōpū Benign e komo pū me:
No nā ʻōpū malignant, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka mālama ʻana a hiki ke komo pū me ka ʻoki nui, ka radiation therapy, a i ʻole ka chemotherapy. E hana pū ʻoe me kahi hui o nā loea e komo pū me nā kauka ʻoki waha, nā oncologists, a me nā kauka hana hou.
Hoʻololi ka ho'ōla ma muli o ke kaʻina hana, akā hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau pule. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi kikoʻī no ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e ho'ōla ai.
ʻO ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana iā ʻoe iho ma ka home ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻōpū a i ʻole ka ʻeke ihu hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kou ho'ōla a me kou ʻoluʻolu. Pono kou kino i ka manawa a me nā kūlana kūpono e ho'ōla pono ai.
I nā lā mua ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana, e nānā i ka hoʻomaha a me ka mālama mālie:
E mālama i ka wahi ʻoki ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe akā e mālie. E hāʻawi mai kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka mālama waha i ka wā e ho'ōla ai. Maʻamau, e pale aku ʻoe i ka palaki pololei ma luna o ka wahi ʻoki ʻana no nā lā mua.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia e like me ke kahe nui, ka ʻeha nui ʻaʻole i kaohi ʻia e nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi (fever, ulu nui, pus), a i ʻole ka numbness e like me ka ʻino ʻana ma mua o ka maikaʻi.
E noho wai a mālama i ka meaʻai maikaʻi e kākoʻo i ka ho'ōla. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ʻai ʻana i ka lawa ma muli o ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole, e noʻonoʻo i nā mea hoʻohui meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea inu pani meaʻai i ka manawa pōkole.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻana no kāu hālāwai hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike pololei loa a me ka hoʻolālā mālama kūpono. He ala maikaʻi ka hoʻomākaukau iki ʻana i ka hana ʻana i kāu kipa i ka hua a me ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaumaha.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i kou mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa. E hoʻomaopopo i nā ʻano āu i ʻike ai, e like me ka ʻino o ka ʻeha i kekahi mau manawa o ka lā a i ʻole inā hele mai ka ulu ʻana a hele.
E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike nui e lawe pū me ʻoe:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻohana paha i hilinaʻi ʻia me ʻoe, ʻoiai inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka hālāwai. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo.
Mai ʻai a inu i kekahi mea inā ua ʻōlelo kāu kauka i ka hiki ke hoʻoluhi a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana koke. E nīnau ma mua o ka manawa e pili ana i kekahi mau koi hoʻomākaukau kūikawā.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ia ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū a me nā ʻeke i loko o ka ihu he benign a mālama maikaʻi ʻia, ʻoiai ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. ʻOiai paha ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ulu i kou ihu e manaʻo ai i ka makaʻu, ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau kūlana he hopena maikaʻi loa me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana kāu hoaaloha maikaʻi loa. ʻO nā nānā niho maʻamau, ka nānā ʻana i nā loli i kou waha, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka nānā koke o nā kauka no nā hōʻailona mau hiki ke hana i ka mālama ʻana i ka pololei a me ka holomua.
Mai waiho i ka makaʻu e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mea maʻamau ʻole. He mea maikaʻi loa nā ʻenehana ʻoki hou, a hoʻi ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hana maʻamau ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Aia kāu hui mālama ola e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke kaʻina hana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hōʻike ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻōpū a i ʻole kahi ʻeke ihu i kekahi mea āu i hana hewa ai. Hiki i kēia mau kūlana ke hoʻopilikia i kekahi, a me ka mālama kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e mālama i ka olakino waha maikaʻi a me ke ola.
ʻAʻole, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpū ihu he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou he kanesa. Hōʻike nā haʻawina ma kahi o 90% o nā ʻōpū ihu he mau ulu ʻaʻole kanesa ʻaʻole e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Eia naʻe, pono e loiloi ʻia nā ulu ihu a pau e kahi mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo i ko lākou ʻano pololei a me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻAʻole pinepine nā ʻeke ihu e hoʻonā me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau ʻano ʻē aʻe o nā ʻeke i loko o kou kino, ulu mau nā ʻeke ihu i ka manawa a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole ʻia. Pono ka hapa nui i ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻoki ʻana e pale aku i nā pilikia e like me ka nalowale o nā niho, ka haki ihu, a i ʻole ka maʻi.
Hoʻololi ka manawa ho'ōla ma muli o ka nui a me ka wahi o ka ulu ʻana a me ke ʻano o ka ʻoki ʻana i hana ʻia. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i ka hana a me nā hana maʻamau i loko o 1-2 mau pule, ʻoiai paha ka ho'ōla piha ʻana e lawe i 4-6 mau pule. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā manaʻo manawa kikoʻī ma muli o kou kūlana pilikino.
Pono wale ka ʻoki hou inā nui ka ʻōpū a i ʻole ka ʻeke e hana i kahi hemahema nui i kou iwi ihu. Hiki ke wehe ʻia nā ulu liʻiliʻi he nui me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ke ʻano o kou ihu. Inā pono ka hana hou, e kūkākūkā kāu kauka i nā koho e like me ka kanu iwi e hoʻihoʻi i ka hana maʻamau a me ke ʻano.
Hiki ke hoʻi hou mai akā ʻaʻole maʻamau ke wehe piha ʻia ka ulu ʻana. Loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻano, e like me nā keratocystic odontogenic tumors, kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻi hou ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ai kāu kauka i nā mālama hou a i ʻole ka nānā kokoke ʻana. Kōkua nā nānā niho maʻamau e hopu i kekahi hoʻi hou ʻana i ka wā mua.
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