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ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe kahi ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha e ulu ana i ka wā e ulu wikiwiki ʻole ai nā cell maʻamau ma kou mau lehelehe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e ulu ana ma ka lehelehe lalo a maʻalahi loa ke mālama inā loaʻa koke.
ʻO kēia maʻi e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻeha, puʻupuʻu, a i ʻole wahi kala ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole e hoʻōla iā ia iho. ʻOiai hiki i ka huaʻōlelo “maʻi ʻaʻai” ke hopohopo, ʻo ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe kekahi o nā maʻi ʻaʻai kiʻekiʻe loa i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka wā e ʻike koke ʻia a mālama koke ʻia.
E ulu ana ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā cell olakino ma kou mau pūnaewele lehelehe e ulu maʻamau ʻole a hana i kahi tumor. Ma kahi o 90% o nā maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe he squamous cell carcinomas, kahi e hoʻomaka ai i nā cell lahilahi, pālahalaha e uhi ana i kou mau lehelehe.
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hopena o ka lehelehe lalo ma mua o ka lehelehe luna no ka mea e loaʻa ana iā ia ka nui o ka lā i loko o kou ola. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka lehelehe lalo, e hoʻolilo ana iā ia i mea palekana ʻole i nā kukuna UV ʻino.
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe ke ulu ma ke ʻano he basal cell carcinoma a i ʻole melanoma. He ʻano like ʻole kēia mau ʻano a pono paha i nā ala mālama kūikawā, akā hiki ke mālama ʻia inā loaʻa koke.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe ke liʻiliʻi, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ke nānā pono i nā loli ma kou mau lehelehe. He nui nā kānaka e kuhi hewa mua i kēia mau hōʻailona no nā ʻeha anu a i ʻole nā lehelehe ʻiliʻili.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e nānā ai:
Ke ʻike nei kekahi poʻe i ka pilikia i ka wehe piha ʻana i ko lākou waha a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi pehu ma kou ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka ihu, hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai i nā lymph nodes kokoke, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine kēia me ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe mua.
Aia kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe, ʻokoʻa iki kēlā me kēia me nā hiʻohiʻona. ʻO ka squamous cell carcinoma ka hapa nui o nā hihia a ulu mālie maʻamau i loko o nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki.
Hiki nō hoʻi ke loaʻa ka basal cell carcinoma ma nā lehelehe, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui ma nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou maka. ʻAʻole pinepine kēia ʻano e laha akā hiki ke ulu hohonu i nā pūnaewele puni inā waiho ʻole ʻia.
He mea maʻamau ʻole ka melanoma ma nā lehelehe akā ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. Hōʻike pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he wahi ʻeleʻele a i ʻole wahi kala ʻole a pono i ka nānā koke ʻana o ke kauka.
I nā hihia maʻamau loa, hiki i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e like me ka adenocarcinoma a i ʻole lymphoma ke ulu ma nā lehelehe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻoholo i ke ʻano pololei ma o ka biopsy, kahi e kōkua ai i ka hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka lā ka mea nui loa e hoʻokumu ai i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe. ʻO nā makahiki o ka hōʻino ʻana o ka kukuna UV i ka DNA i loko o nā cell o kou lehelehe, e hoʻokumu ana i kekahi mau cell e lilo i maʻi ʻaʻai.
Aia kekahi mau mea e hoʻonui ai i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia maʻi:
ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o nā kānaka e hana ana ma waho a i ʻole e hoʻolilo nui ana i ka manawa ma ka lā me ka ʻole o ka pale lehelehe. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe ma mua o nā wāhine, ma muli o ka nui o ka lā a me ka nui o ka hoʻohana paka.
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic a i ʻole ka mālama radiation mua i ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau loli mau ma kou mau lehelehe e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua pule. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻōla ʻole ai nā ʻeha, nā puʻupuʻu maʻamau ʻole, a i ʻole nā wahi kala ʻē.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i ke kahe koko mai kou lehelehe me ka ʻole o ke kumu maopopo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole kēia e hōʻike koke i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, pono ke nānā aku kekahi loea e kāpae i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi.
E ʻimi i ka nānā o ke kauka koke inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi ʻano ʻeha, ʻeha, a i ʻole ʻeha ma kou mau lehelehe ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi. Hiki i nā loli i ke ʻano o kou mau lehelehe a i ʻole ka hana ke lilo i nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo mua.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lymph nodes pehu ma kou ʻāʻī me nā hōʻailona lehelehe, pono kēia i ka loiloi koke. ʻOiai he nui nā mea e hiki ke hoʻokumu i nā lymph nodes pehu, pono ka loiloi o ke kauka.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana pale a ʻike i ka wā e makaʻala ai i nā loli. ʻO ka mea pilikia nui loa ka hōʻino o ka lā i loko o kou ola.
E hoʻonui nui ʻia kou pilikia inā ʻoe:
He kuleana ke makahiki, me ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e loaʻa ana i nā kānaka ma luna o 50. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne i ka pilikia ma mua o nā wāhine, ʻoiai ke emi nei kēia hakahaka i ka loli ʻana o nā ʻano lā.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi ʻaʻai ʻili mua ma kou kino e hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama radiation i kou poʻo a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, hiki ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia kou pilikia.
I ka wā e loaʻa koke ʻia, ʻaʻole pinepine ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka hoʻokaʻulua ʻana i ka mālama ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau hopena hopohopo e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ke mālama.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
I nā hihia holomua, hiki i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe ke laha i nā ʻāpana mamao o kou kino, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ke ulu hohonu e hoʻopilikia i kou iwi ihu a i ʻole nā mea hana maka ʻē aʻe.
Ke ʻike nei kekahi poʻe i ka waha maloʻo a i ʻole ka pilikia me ka neʻe ʻana o ka lehelehe ma hope o ka mālama. ʻOiai hiki i kēia mau hopena ke pilikia, hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama pono iā lākou.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe hiki ke pale ʻia ma o nā maʻamau maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka pale ʻana i kou mau lehelehe mai ka hōʻino ʻana o ka lā ka hana nui loa āu e hiki ke lawe.
Eia pehea ʻoe e hiki ai ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia:
E hana i ka pale lehelehe e like me ka holoi niho. E hoʻopili hou i ka balm lehelehe me SPF i loko o ka lā, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e ʻai ana, inu ana, a i ʻole e hoʻolilo ana i ka manawa ma waho.
Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i ka paka i kēia manawa, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa āu e hiki ke hana no kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa nā papahana haʻalele paka maikaʻi a me ke kākoʻo.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e hoʻomaka pinepine ana me kāu kauka e nānā ana i kou mau lehelehe a nīnau ana i kou mau hōʻailona. E nānā pono lākou i nā wahi kānalua a ʻike i nā puʻupuʻu a i ʻole nā lymph nodes ulu nui.
Inā manaʻo ʻia ka maʻi ʻaʻai, e hana kāu kauka i kahi biopsy ma ka wehe ʻana i kahi laʻana liʻiliʻi o ka pūnaewele no ka ho'āʻo ʻana o ka hale hana. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia me ka anesthesia kūloko a lawe wale i kekahi mau minuke.
E hōʻike nā hopena biopsy inā aia nā cell maʻi ʻaʻai a he aha ke ʻano. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā ho'āʻo kiʻi e like me nā CT scans a i ʻole MRIs e ʻike inā ua laha ka maʻi ʻaʻai.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi kukui kūikawā a i ʻole kala e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi maʻamau ʻole ma kou mau lehelehe. Hiki i kēia mau ʻenehana ke maʻalahi ke ʻike i nā loli mua e ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka maka maka.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui, kahi, a me ke kahua o kāu maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO ka ʻoki kino ka mālama maʻamau a pinepine wale nō ka mea e pono ai no ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe mua. E wehe kāu kauka i ka tumor me kahi lihi liʻiliʻi o nā pūnaewele olakino e hōʻoia i ka pau ʻana o nā cell maʻi ʻaʻai.
ʻO nā koho mālama ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana:
E hana pono kāu hui mālama e mālama i ka hana a me ke ʻano o kou mau lehelehe. Hiki i nā ʻenehana hou ke hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke mālama i ka ʻai maʻamau, ka ʻōlelo ʻana, a me nā ʻōlelo maka ma hope o ka mālama.
He mea nui ka mālama ma hope o ka mālama holomua. ʻO nā nānā maʻamau e kōkua i ka hopu koke ʻana i kekahi hoʻi hou a nānā i nā maʻi ʻaʻai ʻili hou ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka mālama lapaʻau, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ke hana ma ka home e kākoʻo i kou hoʻōla a me ka hōʻoluʻolu. Ke lilo nei ka mālama ʻana i kou mau lehelehe a me ka pale ʻana iā lākou i mea nui aʻe i ka wā o ka mālama.
Eia nā hana mālama home kōkua:
E nānā pono i ke ʻano o kou mau lehelehe a hōʻike i kekahi mau loli hopohopo i kāu kauka. He mea maʻamau kekahi pehu, ʻoluʻolu, a i ʻole nā loli i ka ʻano ma hope o ka mālama, akā pono e loiloi ʻia nā pilikia mau.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i kahi humidifier i kou home e pale aku i kou mau lehelehe mai ka maloʻo ʻana. Hiki i nā hana lehelehe mālie i manaʻo ʻia e kāu hui mālama ola ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka oluolu a me ka hana.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻana no kāu manawa e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike maikaʻi loa a me ka mālama maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i kou mau hōʻailona a me ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai iā lākou.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā wikamina, a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe ai. E hoʻomaopopo pū i kekahi mōʻaukala o ka lā, ka hoʻohana paka, a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻaʻai ʻili mua, no ka mea, e kōkua kēia mau kikoʻī i kāu kauka e loiloi i kou kūlana.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kēia mau mea i kāu manawa:
Mai komo i ka lipstick a i ʻole ka balm lehelehe i kāu manawa i hiki ai i kāu kauka ke ʻike maopopo i kou mau lehelehe. Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka kipa, he mea maʻamau a maopopo loa kēlā.
E kākau i nā nīnau ma mua i ʻole ʻoe e poina e nīnau iā lākou. Hiki i nā nīnau maikaʻi ke komo pū me ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i nā koho mālama, ka manawa hoʻōla, a me ka nānā lōʻihi.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoi aku ka nui i ka wā e loaʻa koke ʻia. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e ola ana i kahi ola maʻamau, olakino ma hope o ka mālama.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o ka pale lā i kēlā me kēia lā kou pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe. ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka balm lehelehe me SPF i kahi ʻāpana o kāu hana i kēlā me kēia lā he maʻalahi ia e hiki ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui.
Mai hoʻowahāwahā i nā loli mau ma kou mau lehelehe, akā mai hopohopo inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea maʻamau ʻole. He nui nā pilikia lehelehe he maikaʻi, a inā loaʻa ka maʻi ʻaʻai, he maikaʻi nā helu hoʻōla me ka mālama koke.
ʻO ka nānā ponoʻī i kou mau lehelehe i kēlā me kēia mahina e lawe wale i nā kekona akā hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hopu i nā pilikia koke. E ʻimi i nā ʻeha, nā puʻupuʻu, a i ʻole nā loli kala e mau ana ma mua o ʻelua pule.
ʻAe, ʻo ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe kekahi o nā maʻi ʻaʻai kiʻekiʻe loa i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka wā e ʻike koke ʻia. ʻOi aku ma mua o 90% o nā kānaka me ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe mua e hoʻōla piha ʻia me ka mālama kūpono. ʻOiai i nā hihia holomua, he holomua pinepine ka mālama.
Hōʻike pinepine nā ʻeha anu ma ke ʻano he nā blisters wai e haki a ʻili paha, e hoʻōla ana i loko o 7-10 mau lā. ʻO ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe e hōʻike pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻeha mau, puʻupuʻu, a i ʻole wahi kala ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole e hoʻōla ma hope o ʻelua pule. I ka wā kānalua, e ʻike i kāu kauka no ka loiloi.
ʻO ka ʻoki kino ka mālama maʻamau, akā hiki ke mālama ʻia nā loli mua loa a i ʻole ma mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai me nā ala ʻē aʻe e like me ka cryotherapy a i ʻole nā lāʻau topical. E manaʻo kāu kauka i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā a me ke kahua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e mālama i ke ʻano maʻamau o ka lehelehe ma hope o ka mālama ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe mua. Ke nānā nei nā ʻenehana ʻoki kino hou i ka mālama ʻana i ka hana a me ke ʻano. Inā pono ka hana hou, hiki i nā kauka plastic ke loaʻa pinepine i nā hopena nani maikaʻi.
E nānā i kou mau lehelehe i kēlā me kēia mahina ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hana nānā ponoʻī maʻamau. E nānā i ka mālamalama maikaʻi a ʻike i nā puʻupuʻu, nā puʻupuʻu, a i ʻole nā wahi ʻiliʻili. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pilikia nui ma muli o ka lā a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke manaʻo i nā nānā ʻoihana pinepine.
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