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ʻO ka leukemia kahi ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa koko e pili ana i kāu mau keʻokeʻo koko, ʻo ia kekahi hapa o kāu ʻōnaehana pale. Ma kahi o nā keʻokeʻo koko olakino e hakakā i nā maʻi, hana kāu iwi kuamoʻo i nā cell kūpono ʻole ʻaʻole hana pono a hoʻopiha i nā mea olakino.
Hoʻomohala kēia kūlana i ka wā e hewa ai kekahi mea i ka DNA i loko o kāu mau cell hana koko. ʻOiai paha e lohe ʻia e like me ka mea kaumaha i ka hoʻomaka ʻana, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka leukemia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i nā mea e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻomaka ka leukemia i loko o kāu iwi kuamoʻo, ka ʻiʻo palupalu i loko o kāu mau iwi kahi i hana ʻia ai nā cell koko. Hana maʻamau kāu iwi kuamoʻo i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā cell koko i kahi kaulike mālama, akā hoʻopilikia ka leukemia i kēia kaʻina hana.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka leukemia, hana nui kāu iwi kuamoʻo i nā keʻokeʻo koko kūpono ʻole ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i kā lākou hana o ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi. Hoʻonui kēia mau cell hewa i loko o kāu kahe koko a me nā ʻōnaehana, e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke kino e hana maʻamau.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ua holomua nui ka lapaʻau leukemia i nā makahiki i hala. He nui nā kānaka me ka leukemia e ola ana i nā ola piha, hana nui me ka mālama kūpono a me ke kākoʻo lapaʻau.
Hiki mai ka leukemia i ʻehā ʻano nui, a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai e kōkua i kāu kauka e hana i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no ʻoe. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ʻano e ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ke ʻano o ke keʻokeʻo koko i pilikia.
ʻO nā māhele nui ʻelua ʻo ia ka leukemia ʻoi, kahi e hoʻomohala koke ai a pono i ka lapaʻau koke, a me ka leukemia mau, kahi e holomua ai i ka manawa lōʻihi ma nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki.
Hana ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano a pane i nā lapaʻau like ʻole. E hoʻoholo kāu hui olakino i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai ma o nā hoʻokolohua koko kūikawā a me nā nānā ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻomohala pinepine nā hōʻailona leukemia i ka manawa mālie a hiki ke like me nā maʻi maʻamau ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻomaka ʻana. Nānā nui nā kānaka i ka maʻi pinepine ʻana a i ʻole ka luhi maʻamau, kahi e hana ai no ka mea ʻaʻole hana pono kā lākou ʻōnaehana pale.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke pū kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi e like me ka hanu pōkole, ka ʻili ʻeleʻele, a i ʻole nā kiko ʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi ma kā lākou ʻili i kapa ʻia ʻo petechiae. Hana kēia mau hōʻailona no ka mea hoʻopilikia ka leukemia i ka hiki o ke kino ke hana i nā cell koko olakino.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau hōʻailona e ʻōlelo koke ana he leukemia kāu. Hiki i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe ke hana i nā pilikia like, no laila he mea nui ke ʻike i kāu kauka no ka hoʻokolohua a me ka ʻike kūpono.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka leukemia, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi e hana ia i ka wā e hana ai kekahi mau loli i ka DNA o kāu mau cell koko. Hana kēia mau loli genetic i nā cell e ulu kūpono ʻole a ʻaʻole make i ka wā e pono ai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, hana kūlohelohe kēia mau loli DNA me ka ʻole o kekahi mea hoʻonāukiuki maopopo. ʻO ia hoʻi, hoʻomohala pinepine ʻia ka leukemia ma o ka hewa ʻole o kāu ponoʻī a ʻaʻole ia he mea āu i hiki ke pale aku ai.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻike nā ʻepekema i kekahi mau mea e hoʻonui paha i ka hiki ke hoʻomohala i ka leukemia:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā mea pilikia e ʻōlelo ana e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka leukemia. He nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole loaʻa i ka maʻi, ʻoiai ke loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hōʻailona e mau ana ma mua o hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole ma mua o ka maikaʻi. E hilinaʻi i kou manaʻo e pili ana i kou kino.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i ka kahe koko maʻamau ʻaʻole e kū, nā maʻi pinepine, a i ʻole ka luhi nui e hoʻopilikia i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka loiloi ʻoihana ʻoiai inā lilo lākou i mea ʻē aʻe.
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mahana me nā hōʻailona pilikia ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoluʻolu ʻole ʻoe no kekahi mau pule. Hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i kāu hopena a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nā mea e hoʻonui paha i kou manawa e hoʻomohala ai i ka leukemia, akā ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kamaʻilio naʻauao me kāu mea hoʻolako olakino.
He kuleana ko ka makahiki i ka pilikia leukemia, ʻoiai e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o kekahi mau ʻano i nā keiki, ʻoiai ke hoʻomohala pinepine ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe i nā mākua kahiko. Hiki i kāu wahine ke hoʻopilikia i ka pilikia, me nā kāne e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano o ka leukemia.
Eia nā mea pilikia nui i ʻike ʻia e nā kauka:
ʻAʻohe mea pilikia maopopo i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻomohala i ka leukemia. Hiki i kēia ke manaʻo huhū, akā he mea hōʻoluʻolu hoʻi ke ʻike ua hana pinepine ʻia ka maʻi ma ka kūlohelohe ma mua o ka hana ʻia e kekahi mea āu i hana ai a i ʻole ʻaʻole i hana.
Hiki i ka leukemia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia like ʻole no ka mea hoʻopilikia ia i ka hiki o ke koko ke hana maʻamau. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea e nānā ai a me ka wā e ʻimi koke ai i ke kōkua.
Hana ʻia nā pilikia maʻamau no ka mea hoʻemi ka leukemia i ka nui o kāu mau cell koko olakino. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea palekana i nā maʻi, hana i nā pilikia me ke kahe koko, a alakaʻi i ka anemia.
Eia nā pilikia nui e makaʻala ai:
E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe no kēia mau pilikia a e lawe i nā hana e pale a i ʻole e mālama koke iā lākou inā loaʻa. Ua hana ka mālama kākoʻo hou i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia mau pilikia ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻike ʻana i ka leukemia me nā hoʻokolohua koko e hiki ke hōʻike i nā helu a i ʻole nā ʻano cell koko kūpono ʻole. E kauoha kāu kauka i ka helu koko piha (CBC) ma mua, kahi e hāʻawi ai i kahi kiʻi kikoʻī o kāu mau cell koko a pau.
Inā hōʻike kāu mau hoʻokolohua koko i ka leukemia, pono kāu kauka e hana i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a hoʻoholo i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai. Kōkua kēia kaʻina hana e hana i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kūikawā.
Hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia ke kaʻina hana ʻike i kēia mau ʻanuʻu:
Hiki paha ke lohe ʻia ka biopsy iwi kuamoʻo, akā e hoʻohana kāu kauka i ka anesthesia kūloko e hoʻemi i kekahi ʻeha. Hāʻawi kēia hoʻokolohua i ka ʻike nui e pili ana i kāu ʻano leukemia a kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kāu mau koho lapaʻau.
Ua holomua nui ka lapaʻau leukemia i nā makahiki i hala, me ka nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka remission a me ka ola ʻana i nā ola ola maʻamau. E hilinaʻi kāu papahana lapaʻau i kāu ʻano leukemia kūikawā, pehea ka holomua, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o ka lapaʻau ʻo ia ke luku i nā cell leukemia a kōkua i kāu iwi kuamoʻo e hoʻomaka hou i ka hana ʻana i nā cell koko olakino. E hana pū kāu hui lapaʻau me ʻoe e koho i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana.
Hoʻokomo nā koho lapaʻau maʻamau i:
Hoʻomaka pinepine nā kānaka me ka chemotherapy, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ma o ka IV, e like me nā papa, a i ʻole i loko o kāu wai spinal. E wehewehe pono kāu kauka i nā mea e manaʻo ai me kāu papahana lapaʻau kūikawā.
Hana pinepine ʻia ka lapaʻau i nā pae, e hoʻomaka ana me ka lapaʻau ikaika e hoʻokō i ka remission, a laila lapaʻau hou aku e pale aku i ka hoʻi ʻana o ka leukemia. Ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia ala he mea maikaʻi loa no nā ʻano leukemia he nui.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho i ka wā lapaʻau leukemia e komo pū ana i ka hahai ʻana i nā ʻōlelo a kāu hui lapaʻau a me ka nānā ʻana i kou ʻoluʻolu a me kou olakino i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i nā hana liʻiliʻi ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i kou manaʻo.
E nāwaliwali kāu ʻōnaehana pale i ka wā lapaʻau, no laila lilo ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi i mea nui loa. ʻO ia hoʻi ke makaʻala nui e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka pale ʻana i nā poʻe lehulehu a i ʻole nā kānaka maʻi i ka hiki.
Eia nā hana mālama ponoʻī koʻikoʻi:
Mai kānalua e nīnau i kāu hui olakino e pili ana i kekahi mau hopohopo a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike nei. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi pinepine i nā hoʻonā a i ʻole nā hoʻoponopono e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu hou aku i ka wā lapaʻau.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mea nui loa mai kāu kipa a hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe e poina i nā nīnau koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ka ʻike. E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai iā lākou.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā huaora, a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei, me nā doses. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo i kāu kiʻi olakino piha a pale aku i nā pilina pilikia.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoa aloha a i ʻole ʻohana hilinaʻi i kāu hālāwai. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e manaʻo ʻia ai he kamaʻilio kaumaha.
E hoʻomākaukau i kēia mau mea no kāu kipa:
Mai hopohopo e nīnau i nā nīnau he nui. Makemake kāu hui olakino iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana a manaʻo hilinaʻi e pili ana i kāu papahana mālama.
He kūlana koʻikoʻi ka leukemia, akā he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ua holomua nui nā lapaʻau a he nui nā kānaka me ka leukemia e ola ana i nā ola piha, hana nui. ʻOkoʻa ka ʻike o kēlā me kēia kanaka, a e hana pū kāu hui lapaʻau me ʻoe e hana i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
Hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona mau e hopohopo nei iā ʻoe, mai kānalua e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻokolohua kūpono.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻoe e ka loaʻa ʻana o ka leukemia, a ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Loaʻa ke kākoʻo mai kāu hui lapaʻau, ʻohana, hoaaloha, a me nā hui like ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ke kōkua ʻana i nā kānaka me nā kanesa koko.
ʻAʻole hoʻoilina ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka leukemia mai nā mākua i nā keiki. ʻOiai ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi lālā ʻohana me ka leukemia e hoʻonui iki i kou pilikia, ʻaʻohe mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e hoʻomohala i ka leukemia. Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ʻole ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia leukemia, akā he hapa liʻiliʻi loa kēia o nā hihia.
Hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā ʻano leukemia he nui, me kekahi mau kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka remission piha e mau ana no nā makahiki a i ʻole nā decades. Hoʻololi nui nā helu hoʻōla ma muli o ke ʻano leukemia kūikawā, kāu makahiki, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻike kikoʻī hou aku e pili ana i kāu prognosis ma muli o kāu kūlana pilikino.
Hoʻololi nui ka lōʻihi o ka lapaʻau ma muli o kāu ʻano leukemia a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane i ka lapaʻau. Pono kekahi mau kānaka i ka lapaʻau ikaika no kekahi mau mahina, ʻoiai pono kekahi mau kānaka i ka lapaʻau mau no nā makahiki. Pono pinepine nā leukemias ʻoi i ka lapaʻau mua ikaika, ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia nā ʻano mau me ka lapaʻau liʻiliʻi, lōʻihi.
Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka wā lapaʻau e hilinaʻi ana i kāu kūlana kūikawā, ke ʻano o ka lapaʻau, a me kou manaʻo. Hiki i kekahi mau kānaka ke hoʻomau i ka hana me nā hoʻololi, ʻoiai pono kekahi poʻe e lawe i ka manawa. E kūkākūkā i kāu kūlana hana me kāu hui olakino i hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i ka hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa no kou olakino a me nā kūlana.
E nānā i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai kaulike me ka nui o ka protein, nā hua, a me nā mea kanu i ka wā āu e manaʻo ai. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e pale aku i kekahi mau meaʻai e hiki ke lawe mai i nā pilikia maʻi, e like me nā ʻiʻo maka a i ʻole nā mea ʻai ʻole, nā hua a me nā mea kanu holoi ʻole, a me nā waiū ʻole i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia. Hiki i kāu hui olakino a i ʻole kahi dietitian i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ke hāʻawi i nā kuhikuhi ʻai kūikawā no kāu kūlana.
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