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ʻO ka kanesa waha, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka kanesa waha, kahi mea e ulu ai nā cell ma kou waha i ke ʻano kūpono ʻole a hana i nā ʻōpū. Hiki i kēia ʻano kanesa ke ulu ma nā wahi a pau i loko o kou waha, me kou mau lehelehe, alelo, ʻili, papalina, a i ʻole ka luna a me lalo o kou waha.
ʻOiai hiki i ka lohe ʻana i kekahi kanesa ke hopohopo, ua hiki pinepine ke mālama ʻia ka kanesa waha ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua hiki ke hoʻololi maoli i kou huakaʻi ola.
Hana ʻia ka kanesa waha i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā cell maʻamau i loko o kou waha e loli a hoʻonui me ka mana ʻole. Hiki i kēia mau cell kūpono ʻole ke hana i nā ʻōpuʻu, ʻeha, a i ʻole nā pae ʻaʻole e hoʻōla iā lākou iho.
ʻO ka ʻano maʻamau loa ka squamous cell carcinoma, kahi e hoʻomaka ai i nā cell lahilahi, pālahalaha e uhi ana i kou waha. E noʻonoʻo i kēia mau cell e like me ka papa pale ma loko o kou papalina āu e ʻoki pinepine ai.
Hiki i ka kanesa waha ke ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi like ʻole o kou waha. Hiki paha ke ulu ma kou alelo, ʻo ia ka wahi maʻamau loa, a i ʻole paha ia e hana ma kou mau lehelehe, ʻili, a i ʻole nā pūnaewele palupalu i loko o kou mau papalina.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona mua o ka kanesa waha ke palupalu a like paha me nā pilikia waha maʻamau i ka wā mua. Eia naʻe, he mea nui ka nānā ʻana i nā loli ʻaʻole e hele.
Eia nā hōʻailona āu e nānā ai:
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi e like me ka ʻeha i ka ihu, ka ʻeha pepeiao, a i ʻole ka paʻakikī e hoʻoneʻe i ko lākou ihu a i ʻole alelo. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hoʻoluhi i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo ʻana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau hōʻailona e ʻōlelo koke ana he kanesa kou. Hiki i nā pilikia waha he nui ke hana i nā hōʻailona like, akā he mea naʻauao mau ka nānā ʻana i nā loli mau e kahi limahana ola.
Loaʻa i ka kanesa waha i nā ʻano like ʻole, ma muli o nā cell e lilo i kanesa. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻano ke kōkua iā ʻoe e kamaʻilio me kou hui olakino.
Hana ʻia ka squamous cell carcinoma ma kahi o 90% o nā kanesa waha. Hoʻomaka kēia ʻano i nā cell pālahalaha, lahilahi e uhi ana i loko o kou waha, e like me ke ʻano o ka wallpaper i kahi lumi.
ʻO nā ʻano liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana ka adenocarcinoma, kahi e hoʻomaka ai i nā gland salivary, a me ka lymphoma, kahi e hoʻopili ai i nā pūnaewele pale ʻōnaehana i kou waha. Hiki nō hoʻi i ka melanoma ke hana ma ka waha, e hoʻomaka ana i nā cell hana pigment.
ʻO ka verrucous carcinoma kekahi ʻano liʻiliʻi e ulu mālie a loaʻa i kahi hiʻohiʻona warty. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kona ʻino ma mua o nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, pono nō ia i ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka kanesa waha i ka wā e hōʻino ai kekahi mea i ka DNA i loko o nā cell o kou waha, e hoʻokumu ana iā lākou e ulu me ka mana ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike mau i ke kumu o kēia, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia.
ʻO nā kumu a me nā mea pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau kumu liʻiliʻi e komo pū ana ka hōʻike ʻana i kekahi mau kemika a i ʻole radiation, nā kūlana autoimmune, a me nā syndromes genetic i hoʻoilina ʻia. Hoʻonui nui ka ʻai ʻana i ka hua betel, maʻamau i kekahi mau moʻomeheu, i ka pilikia.
He mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e ʻōlelo koke ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka kanesa waha. ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui me nā mea pilikia ka kanesa, ʻoiai ke loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka a i ʻole niho inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau loli waha e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua pule. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ke hoʻololi nui i ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana a me kou hopena holoʻokoʻa.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻeha, ʻōpuʻu, a i ʻole kahi ʻāpana ma kou waha ʻaʻole e hoʻōla. E ʻimi pū i ka mālama inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha mau, ka paʻakikī o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole nā loli i kou leo.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi ʻōpuʻu ma kou ʻāʻī, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻohe ʻeha a ʻaʻole e hele ma hope o kekahi mau pule. I kekahi manawa, hoʻolaha ʻia ka kanesa waha i nā lymph nodes i kou ʻāʻī ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana i nā pilikia i kou waha.
Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i ka paka a inu i ka waiʻona maʻamau, e noʻonoʻo i nā nānā niho pinepine. Hiki i kāu niho ke ʻike i nā loli mua i ka wā o nā nānā maʻamau āu e ʻike ʻole ai.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i kāu olakino a me kou ola. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i kekahi mau mea, aia kekahi mau mea i kou mana.
ʻO nā mea pilikia ikaika loa āu e hiki ai ke kaohi:
ʻO nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi:
Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia he nui ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e ulu ai ka kanesa waha. No ka laʻana, loaʻa i nā kānaka e puhi paka a inu nui i ka waiʻawa ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka poʻe e hana wale ana i hoʻokahi a i ʻole ʻaʻohe.
Hiki i ka kanesa waha ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia like ʻole, mai ka kanesa iho a mai ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana pū me kou hui olakino e hoʻokele maikaʻi iā lākou.
Hiki i nā pilikia kino ke komo pū:
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā pilikia liʻiliʻi e like me ka ʻeha nui, ka hōʻino mau o nā aʻalolo e hoʻopilikia ana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka maka, a i ʻole nā pilikia me ka hana ihu. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau mea me ka kanesa holomua a i ʻole ka mālama nui.
ʻAʻole pono e nānā ʻia ka hopena manaʻo. Manaʻo he nui nā kānaka i ka hopohopo, ka kaumaha, a i ʻole ka hopohopo e pili ana i ko lākou helehelena a i ʻole ka hiki ke kamaʻilio maʻamau. He mea maopopo a mālama ʻia kēia mau manaʻo.
Hiki i kāu hui olakino ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā pilikia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama mua i nā pilikia liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā hihia a pau o ka kanesa waha, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola maikaʻi. Hiki i nā loli liʻiliʻi i kāu mau hana o kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻololi nui i ka manawa.
ʻO nā ʻano pale maikaʻi loa e komo pū ana:
Inā hoʻohana ʻoe i ka paka i kēia manawa, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana ka hana nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana. ʻOiai inā ua hoʻohana ʻoe i ka paka no nā makahiki, hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana i kēia manawa ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia.
Hiki i nā nānā ponoʻī maʻamau ke kōkua i ka ʻike mua. Hoʻokahi manawa i ka mahina, e nānā i ke aniani a e nānā i kou waha no nā loli, nā ʻeha, a i ʻole nā pae maʻamau ʻole.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka diagnosis ʻana o ka kanesa waha me kahi nānā kino e kāu kauka a i ʻole niho. E nānā pono lākou i kou waha, ʻāʻī, a me kou ʻāʻī e nānā no nā wahi a i ʻole nā ʻōpuʻu maʻamau ʻole.
E nīnau kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, mōʻaukala lapaʻau, a me nā mea pilikia e like me ka paka a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻawaʻawa. E nānā pū lākou i kou waha me kahi kukui a me ke aniani liʻiliʻi e ʻike maopopo i nā wahi a pau.
Inā loaʻa iā lākou kahi mea hopohopo, ʻo ka hana aʻe ka biopsy. I kēia kaʻina hana, lawe ʻia kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka pūnaewele a nānā ʻia ma lalo o ka microscope e nānā no nā cell kanesa.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo pū me nā haʻawina kiʻi e like me nā CT scan, MRI, a i ʻole PET scan e ʻike inā ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka kanesa. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hoʻoholo i ke kahua o ka kanesa a hoʻolālā i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa.
Hoʻohana kekahi mau kauka i nā kukui kūikawā a i ʻole nā dye e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi maʻamau ʻole i ka wā o ka nānā ʻana. Hiki i kēia mau mea hana ke hoʻolilo i nā wahi kānalua i ʻike ʻia a alakaʻi i kahi e lawe ai i nā laʻana biopsy.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka kanesa waha e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea he nui, me ka nui a me ka wahi o ka ʻōpū, inā ua hoʻolaha ʻia, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. E hana kāu hui lapaʻau i kahi hoʻolālā mālama pilikino no ʻoe.
ʻO nā koho mālama nui e komo pū ana:
Loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui ka hui o nā mālama. No ka laʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻoki kino ma hope o ka radiation therapy, a i ʻole ka chemotherapy i hui pū ʻia me ka radiation.
Pono pinepine ka kanesa waha i ka wā mua i ka mālama liʻiliʻi a loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi. Hiki i ka kanesa holomua ke pono i nā ala mālama ikaika, akā loaʻa nā koho maikaʻi.
E komo pū kāu hui mālama i nā loea like ʻole e like me nā kauka ʻoki kino, nā oncologists, nā therapists radiation, a me nā mea mālama kōkua e hana pū ana e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka kanesa waha ma ka home e komo pū ana i ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻōla ʻana. Hiki i ka mālama ponoʻī ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a hoʻōla maikaʻi.
No ka mālama waha i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana:
Hiki i ka hoʻokele ʻeha ma ka home ke komo pū me ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻāpana hau a i ʻole nā meaʻai anu e hoʻomaha i kou waha. ʻIke kekahi poʻe he kōkua ka omo ʻana i nā popsicles ʻole ke kō i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Liʻiliʻi loa ka meaʻai i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. E hana pū me kahi dietitian e hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā calorie a me nā mea momona lawa, ʻoiai inā paʻakikī ka ʻai ʻana.
Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha nui, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, ka paʻakikī o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona hopohopo ʻē aʻe. Aia lākou e kōkua iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o kāu mālama.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻohana maikaʻi i kou manawa me kāu mea mālama ola. E hōʻoia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pane a pau i kāu mau nīnau a hāʻawi i kāu kauka i ka ʻike kōkua.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai. E hoʻomaopopo pū i nā mea e hoʻomaikaʻi a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia iā lākou.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā huaora, a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe ai. E komo pū i nā dosages a me ka pinepine o kāu lawe ʻana, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau ke hoʻopilikia i kou olakino waha.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e nīnau i kāu kauka. Hiki i nā nīnau nui ke komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua āu e pono ai, ka manaʻo o nā hopena, nā koho mālama i loaʻa, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
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 nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā paʻakikī.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i ka kanesa waha ʻo ia ka ʻike mua e hoʻololi nui i ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana a me nā hopena. He nui nā kānaka me ka kanesa waha e ola ana i nā ola piha, olakino ke hopu ʻia a mālama ʻia koke ka kanesa.
E nānā i nā loli i kou waha ʻaʻole e hele ma hope o ʻelua pule, a mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau. ʻO kāu niho a me ke kauka kou mau hoa i ka mālama ʻana i kou olakino waha.
Hiki i ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola maikaʻi e like me ka pale ʻana i ka paka, ka kaupalena ʻana i ka waiʻona, ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai momona, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama waha maikaʻi ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia. Loaʻa i kēia mau ʻanuʻu maʻalahi nā hopena pale ikaika.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka kanesa waha, e hoʻomanaʻo ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui nā mālama ma nā makahiki i hala. E hana pū kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e hana i ka hoʻolālā mālama maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kūikawā.
ʻAe, hiki pinepine ke hoʻōla ʻia ka kanesa waha, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua. ʻOi aku ma mua o 80% ka nui o ka ola ʻana i ʻelima mau makahiki no ka kanesa waha i ka wā mua. Hiki ke mālama ʻia nā hihia holomua, ʻoiai paha e emi iho ka nui o ka hoʻōla ʻana. ʻO kāu wānana pilikino e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea e like me ke kahua o ka kanesa, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana i ka mālama ʻana.
Hiki i ka kanesa waha ke hana i ka ʻeha, akā ʻaʻole mau i nā wā mua. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka ʻeha mau, ʻoiai ke loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe nā ʻōpuʻu a i ʻole nā pae ʻole. Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻeha ke holomua ka kanesa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole he hōʻailona hilinaʻi ka ʻeha wale nō, ʻo ia ke kumu he mea nui ka nānā ʻana i nā loli waha mau, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe ʻeha.
Hoʻololi nui ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka kanesa waha mai kahi kanaka i kahi kanaka. Ua ulu mālie kekahi mau kanesa waha ma nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, ʻoiai hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke hoʻolaha wikiwiki. Ma ke ʻano laulā, hiki i ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana ke pale a i ʻole ke kaupalena i ka hoʻolaha ʻana. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui nā nānā niho maʻamau a me ka nānā koke ʻana i nā loli waha.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka kanesa waha i nā kānaka ma luna o 40, hiki ke hana ma kekahi makahiki, me nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻōpio. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā kanesa waha pili HPV i nā ʻōpio. Pono nō hoʻi nā ʻōpio e makaʻala i nā loli waha a mālama i nā hana olakino waha maikaʻi, me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i ka ʻai ʻana a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana maʻamau ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i ka kanesa waha, ʻoiai paha e pono ai ka manawa a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻO ka nui o nā loli e hilinaʻi ana i ka wahi a me ka nui o ka kanesa a me ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i pono ai. Hiki i nā therapists ʻōlelo a me ka ʻai ʻana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e aʻo hou i kēia mau mākau inā pono. Hoʻololi maikaʻi nā kānaka he nui a hoʻi i ko lākou ola ma mua.
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