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ʻO ka Merkel cell carcinoma he ʻano maʻi ʻili maʻi ʻili kakaʻikahi akā wikiwiki e ulu ana i loko o nā cell kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo nā Merkel cell, aia ma ka papa kiʻekiʻe o kou ʻili. Kēia mau cell e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka pā ʻana māmā a ʻike pinepine ʻia ma nā wahi e like me kou poʻo, ʻāʻī, a me nā lima e loaʻa ana i ka lā maʻamau.
ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia maʻi ʻili, e pili ana i kahi 3,000 mau kānaka ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o kona ulu ʻana a me ka pālahalaha ʻana ma mua o nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua, hiki ke maikaʻi loa ka lapaʻau, a hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi koke i ka mālama inā pono.
ʻO ka hōʻailona maʻamau loa o ka Merkel cell carcinoma he puʻu a i ʻole nodule paʻa ʻole, ma kou ʻili e ʻike koke ʻia a ulu wikiwiki. Maʻamau kēia puʻu i kahi ʻili mālie, ʻālohilohi a hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kala mai ka ʻulaʻula a i ka poni a i ka kala ʻili.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui e nānā ai, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka ʻike mua ʻana e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka holomua o ka lapaʻau:
ʻIke pinepine ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia mau puʻu ma ko lākou poʻo, ʻāʻī, lima, a i ʻole nā wāwae, ʻoiai ʻo kēia mau wahi ka mea nui loa e loaʻa ai ka lā. Hiki i ka puʻu ke liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka dime i ka wā mua āu e ʻike ai, akā hiki ke pālua i ka nui i loko o nā hebedoma a i ʻole nā mahina.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo e loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me kahi ʻōpuʻu e kahe maʻalahi ke pā ʻia, nā loli i ka ʻili o ka ʻili a puni ka wahi, a i ʻole ka ʻeha ma nā lymph nodes kokoke. E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo kēlā me kēia ulu hou a loli paha o ka ʻili he mea pono ke nānā ʻia e kāu mea mālama ola.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka maʻi kanesa Merkel cell i ka wā e hōʻino ʻia ai ka DNA i loko o nā sela Merkel, e hoʻoulu ai i ka ulu ʻana ma waho o ke kaohi. ʻAʻole maopopo mau ke kumu pololei, akā ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea e hiki ke hoʻopili i kēia hōʻino.
ʻO ka mea nui loa ka radiation ultraviolet (UV) mai ka lā a i ʻole nā moena tanning. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hiki i kēia radiation ke hōʻino i ka mea genetic i loko o nā sela ʻili. Eia kekahi, ma kahi o 8 mai ka 10 mau hihia e pili ana i kahi virus i kapa ʻia ʻo Merkel cell polyomavirus, kahi i lawe nui ʻia e nā kānaka me ka ʻole o ka pōʻino akā hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa.
Eia nā mea nui e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kēia maʻi kanesa:
I kekahi mau hihia kakaikahi, hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia ka maʻi kanesa me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike maopopo i kēia mau pilikia. Hiki paha kēia ma muli o nā kumu genetic i ʻike ʻole ʻia, a i ʻole mai nā mea i hoʻolauna ʻia e nā mea noiʻi e noiʻi nei.
E pono ʻoe e ʻike koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi puʻupuʻu hou, ulu wikiwiki ma kou ʻili, ʻoiai inā ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi i hōʻike ʻia i ka lā e like me kou maka, ʻāʻī, mau lima, a i ʻole nā wāwae. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo nui ma ʻaneʻi ʻo
Aia kekahi poʻe i loaʻa iā lākou nā kumu pilikia hou aku ʻaʻole pinepine akā nui nō hoʻi. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka radiation therapy no nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻoemi ai i ka ʻōnaehana pale kino no nā maʻi autoimmune, a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kūlana genetic e hoʻopilikia ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka DNA.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ka nui o kēia mau kumu pilikia ma o ka pale ʻana i ka lā, ka nānā mau ʻana i ka ʻili, a me ka hana pū ʻana me kāu hui olakino e nānā i kou olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia o ka ʻōnaehana pale kino.
ʻO ka mea nui e pili ana i ka Merkel cell carcinoma, ʻo ia ka hiki ke pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino ma mua o nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe. Akā naʻe, i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua a mālama koke ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka manaʻo.
ʻO ka maʻi maʻamau e pālahalaha mua ana i nā lymph nodes kokoke, ʻo ia kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻōnaehana pale ʻana o kou kino i ka maʻi. Mai laila mai, hiki ke hele i nā ʻōnaehana ʻē aʻe e like me ke ake, nā māmā, nā iwi, a i ʻole ka lolo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine kēia i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ka maʻi a mālama ʻia i ka wā mua.
Eia nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā kānaka ke ʻike i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi inā hohola nui ka maʻi kanesa. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ka pilikia o ka hanu inā hiki i nā māmā, ka ʻeha inā pili i nā iwi, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe ma muli o nā kino i komo.
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia he nui loa ka emi ʻana o kēia mau pilikia ke ʻike mua ʻia ka maʻi kanesa. He mea nui ka mālama hoʻomau ma hope o ka mālama ʻana no ka hopu koke ʻana i kekahi hoʻi hou ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā hihia a pau o ka maʻi kanesa Merkel cell, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili mai ka radiation UV. ʻO nā hana palekana lā like e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi kanesa ʻili ʻē aʻe he pono ma aneʻi.
ʻO ka hana nui loa ka pale lā mau. ʻO ia hoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka sunscreen ākea me ka liʻiliʻi o SPF 30 i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai i nā lā ao, a me ka hoʻopili hou ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻelua hola ke noho ʻoe ma waho.
Eia nā hana pale nui e hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe:
Inā nāwaliwali kou ʻōnaehana pale kino, he mea nui loa ka hana pili kokoke me kāu hui olakino. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kaulike i kou mau pono lapaʻau ʻoiai e hoʻemi ana i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa, a hiki paha ke ʻōlelo aku i nā nānā ʻili pinepine.
E hoʻomanaʻo he komo pū ke kāohi ʻana i ka hana wikiwiki ʻana i nā loli āu e ʻike ai. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kou ʻili a me ka nānā mau ʻana iā ia e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā pilikia hiki ke lilo i mea nui ma mua o ko lākou lilo ʻana i mea nui.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa Merkel cell e hoʻomaka pinepine me kāu kauka e nānā ana i ka puʻupuʻu a i ʻole kahi ʻāpana ma kāu ʻili. E nānā lākou i kona nui, kala, ʻano, a me ka wikiwiki o kona ulu ʻana, a hiki paha ke nānā i kāu mau lymph nodes e ʻike inā ua pehu.
ʻO ka hōʻoia maopopo e pono ai ka biopsy, kahi e wehe ai kāu kauka i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo kānalua e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia ma ke ʻano he hana ma waho me ka anesthesia kūloko, no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e manaʻo i ka ʻeha i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
Eia nā mea āu e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia:
Inā hōʻoia ka biopsy i ka maʻi kanesa Merkel cell, e kauoha paha kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e hoʻoholo inā ua pālahalaha ka maʻi kanesa. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā CT scans, PET scans, a i ʻole sentinel lymph node biopsy e nānā inā ua hiki aku nā sela kanesa i kāu mau lymph nodes.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki paha i kāu kauka ke hoʻokolohua no ka Merkel cell polyomavirus e kōkua i ka alakaʻi ʻana i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau. Hiki i kēia ʻike ke kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ke ala kūpono loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau no ka maʻi kanesa Merkel cell carcinoma, ʻo ia ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana i ka ʻōpū, a ma hope pinepine ʻia e ka lāʻau radiation e hoʻemi i ka manawa e hoʻi mai ai ke kanesa. E hilinaʻi kāu papahana lāʻau lapaʻau i ka nui a me kahi o ka ʻōpū, inā ua pālahalaha, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana ka hana mua pinepine, kahi e wehe ai kāu kauka ʻokiʻoki i ka ʻōpū me kekahi ʻiʻo olakino a puni e hōʻoia i ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā cell kanesa a pau. Ua kapa ʻia kēia kaʻina hana ʻo ka wide local excision a hana pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano outpatient.
Hiki i kāu hui lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻōlelo aku i nā ʻano hana he nui, ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī:
No nā poʻe i pālahalaha kā lākou kanesa i nā lymph node a i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino, hiki ke komo i ka lāʻau immunotherapy e like me pembrolizumab a i ʻole avelumab. Kūkulu kēia mau lāʻau i kou ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i nā cell kanesa me ka maikaʻi.
I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi i holomua loa ai ke kanesa, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka chemotherapy. Eia naʻe, mālama pinepine ʻia kēia no nā kūlana kahi i ʻole ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i kūleʻa, ʻoiai ua hōʻike ka immunotherapy i nā hopena maikaʻi me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a me nā hōʻailona i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau he ʻāpana nui ia o kāu papahana mālama holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai a pehea e hoʻokele ai i nā pilikia maʻamau hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a me ka ʻoluʻolu.
Ma hope o ka ʻoki kino, pono ʻoe e mālama i ka wahi ʻoki kino i maʻemaʻe a maloʻo a hiki i kona hoʻōla ʻana. E hāʻawi mai kāu kauka i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi kikoʻī no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha, me ka manawa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻauʻau a me nā hana e pale aku ai i ka wā hoʻōla.
Eia kekahi mau ala kūpono e hoʻokele ai i nā hōʻailona maʻamau e pili ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka radiation therapy, hiki i kou ʻili ma ka wahi lapaʻau ke ʻulaʻula, maloʻo, a i ʻole pilikia, e like me ka puhi ʻia e ka lā. E hāʻawi mai kāu hui radiation i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi mālama kikoʻī a hiki paha ke ʻōlelo aku i nā lotions kūikawā e mālama i kou ʻili i ka ʻoluʻolu.
No ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka immunotherapy, hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao akā hiki ke komo pū me ka luhi, ka ʻili ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole nā pilikia digestive. E nānā pono kāu hui oncology iā ʻoe a hiki ke hāʻawi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā hoʻolālā e hoʻokele pono i kēia mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana pono i kou manawa me kāu mea hāʻawi mālama ola a hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa nā ʻike āpau āu e pono ai. E hoʻomaka ma ka kākau ʻana i ka manawa mua āu i ʻike ai i ka loli o ka ʻili a pehea ia i ulu ai mai ia manawa.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau āpau āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuhikuhi, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma luna o ka pākaukau, a me nā mea hoʻohui. E ʻohi pū i ka ʻike e pili ana i kou mōʻaukala lapaʻau, ʻoiai kekahi mau kanesa ʻili ma mua a i ʻole nā kūlana e pili ana i kou ʻōnaehana pale.
Eia nā mea āu e pono ai e hoʻomākaukau ma mua o kāu kauka:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻohana paha i hilinaʻi ʻia i kāu hālāwai, ʻoiai inā ke kūkākūkā nei ʻoe i nā koho mālama. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e manaʻo ai paha he kamaʻilio kaumaha.
Mai kānalua e noi i kāu kauka e wehewehe i kekahi mea āu e hoʻomaopopo ʻole ai. He mea nui ia e ʻoluʻolu ʻoe i kāu papahana mālama a ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke kaʻina hana.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai e pili ana i ka maʻi kanesa Merkel cell, ʻo ia ka ʻike mua ʻana e hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena mālama. ʻOiai he maʻi kanesa maʻamau a hoʻouka kaua kēia, hiki i ka ʻike pololei a me ka mālama ʻana ke alakaʻi i nā hopena maikaʻi loa no nā kānaka he nui.
E makaʻala i nā puʻupuʻu hou, wikiwiki e ulu ana ma kou ʻili, ʻoiai ma nā wahi i hōʻike ʻia i ka lā. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea kānalua, mai kali e nānā ʻia - ʻo ka hana koke ʻana kāu pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i kēia maʻi kanesa.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o ka pale lā mau loa kekahi o nā mea hana ikaika loa āu e loaʻa ai. Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka sunscreen i kēlā me kēia lā, nā lole pale, a me ka pale ʻana i nā moe tanning ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia a me nā maʻi kanesa ʻili ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e manaʻo ai e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka maʻi kanesa, a inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia ʻike, aia nā mālama maikaʻi. E hana pili pono me kāu hui olakino, e hahai i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo aʻo, a mai kānalua e nīnau i nā mea āu e hopohopo ai.
Hiki i ka kanesa ʻili Merkel ke pālahalaha wikiwiki ma mua o nā kanesa ʻili ʻē aʻe, akā ʻokoʻa ka lōʻihi o ka manawa mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻōpū ke pālahalaha i nā lymph nodes kokoke i loko o nā mahina, ʻoiai ke mau nei kekahi mau mea i kahi lōʻihi. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka nui o ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana - ʻo ka hopu ʻana i ka wā mua e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono loa no ka mālama holomua.
ʻAe, hiki pinepine ke hoʻōla ʻia ka kanesa ʻili Merkel, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai ma mua o kona pālahalaha ʻana i nā lymph nodes a i ʻole nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino. ʻOi aku ma mua o 75% ka nui o ka ola ʻana i ʻelima makahiki i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ka kanesa a mālama ʻia i kona mau kahua mua. ʻOiai ua pālahalaha ka kanesa, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā mālama hou e like me ka immunotherapy i nā hopena no nā mea maʻi he nui.
ʻAʻole ia he mea hoʻoilina maʻamau ka kanesa ʻili Merkel, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ia e holo maʻamau i nā ʻohana e like me kekahi mau kanesa ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia e pili ana i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka lā, ka maʻi viral, a i ʻole ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pale kino ma mua o nā kumu genetic i hoʻoilina ʻia. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke loaʻa nā kumu genetic e hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea maʻalahi i nā kanesa ʻili ma ka laulā.
ʻO ka puʻupuʻu kanesa ʻili Merkel maʻamau he paʻa a ʻaʻohe ʻeha i ka pā ʻana. He palahalaha maʻamau ia a hiki ke loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano palupalu iki. Loaʻa pinepine i ka puʻupuʻu kahi ʻili ʻālohilohi a hiki ke ʻulaʻula, ʻālohilohi, a i ʻole ke kala ʻili. ʻO ka mea e hopohopo ai ʻo ia ka wikiwiki o kona ulu ʻana - hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike iā ia e ulu nui ana i loko o nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina.
ʻOkoʻa ka kanesa kele ʻo Merkel mai nā kanesa ʻili ʻē aʻe ma kekahi mau ʻano: ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o kona ulu a me ka pālahalaha, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pili ʻana i ka maʻi (Merkel cell polyomavirus), a ʻoi aku ka nui o kona pālahalaha ʻana i nā lymph nodes. ʻAʻole like me ka melanoma, ʻaʻole ia e ulu mai nā moles i loaʻa, a ʻaʻole like me ka basal cell carcinoma, ʻoi aku ka nui o kona pālahalaha ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino inā ʻaʻole i mālama koke ʻia.
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