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ʻO ka carinoma nasopharyngeal kahi ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa e hoʻomaka ana ma ka nasopharynx, ka ʻāpana kiʻekiʻe o kou puʻu ma hope o kou ihu. E noʻonoʻo iā ia ma ke ʻano he wahi kahi e hoʻohui ai kou mau ala ihu i kou puʻu. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia maʻi kanesa ma ka hapa nui o nā wahi o ka honua, he mea nui ia e hoʻomaopopo no ka mea hiki i ka ʻike mua ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena o ka lapaʻau.
Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i ka pūnaewele o kou nasopharynx, kahi e pāʻani ai i kahi kuleana nui i ka hanu a me ka ʻai ʻana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me nā koho lapaʻau o kēia wā, hiki i nā poʻe he nui me ka carinoma nasopharyngeal ke loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi, ʻoiai inā loaʻa koke.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka carinoma nasopharyngeal i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā sela ma ka nasopharynx e ulu me ka manaʻo ʻole. Aia kou nasopharynx ma ka hope loa o kou lua ihu, ma luna pono o ka ʻāpana palupalu o ka uhi o kou waha. He wahi liʻiliʻi akā he mea nui ia e kōkua iā ʻoe e hanu a hoʻohui i kou ihu i kou puʻu.
He ʻokoʻa kēia ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa mai nā maʻi kanesa poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī ʻē aʻe ma muli o kona wahi kūikawā a me nā ʻano. Ua hūnā ʻia ka nasopharynx i loko hohonu o kou poʻo, kahi hiki ke hana i ka ʻike mua i ka pilikia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi i kēia wahi.
ʻO ka mea e hoʻomaopopo ai i kēia maʻi kanesa ʻo kona pilina ikaika me kekahi mau kumu genetic a me nā maʻi viral. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau maʻi kanesa e ulu ana ma ka manawa kūpono, loaʻa pinepine i ka carinoma nasopharyngeal nā kumu pilikia i ʻike ʻia e kōkua i kona hoʻomohala ʻana.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona mua o ka carinoma nasopharyngeal ke palupalu a maʻalahi ke kuhi he mau kūlana maʻamau e like me nā maʻi sinus a i ʻole nā allergies. ʻO kēia ke kumu i ʻike ʻole ai ka nui o nā kānaka i kahi mea koʻikoʻi e hana ana a hiki i ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
I ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa, hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona laulā e like me ka nalowale kaumaha wehe ʻole, ka luhi, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana. Ke ulu nei kēia mau hōʻailona no ka mea hiki i ka tumor ke hoʻopilikia i nā hana maʻamau i kou poʻo a me kou ʻāʻī.
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia he nui o kēia mau hōʻailona hiki ke loaʻa nā kumu ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi. Eia naʻe, inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona i hui pū ʻia, a i ʻole inā mau lākou no nā hebedoma he nui, he mea nui ia e ʻike i kāu kauka no ka loiloi kūpono.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma i nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ke ʻano o nā sela kanesa ma lalo o ka microscope. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kou ʻano kikoʻī e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻolālā i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO ka ʻano ʻaʻole hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka ʻano maʻamau loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a maʻamau loa ka pilina ikaika i nā kumu genetic a me nā maʻi viral. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i kāu ʻano kikoʻī ma o ka biopsy, kahi e lawe ai i kahi laʻana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo no ka loiloi hale hana.
Hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻano ke hana ʻokoʻa iki a pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻano kūikawā. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōʻailona pololei no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāu papa hana lapaʻau pilikino.
Hoʻomohala ʻia ka karsinoma nasopharyngeal ma o ka hui pū ʻana o nā kumu genetic, kaiapuni, a me nā maʻi infectious e hana pū ana i ka manawa. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau kanesa kahi i maopopo ʻole ai ke kumu, ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea nui i kēia kūlana.
ʻO nā kumu nui e alakaʻi ai i ka karsinoma nasopharyngeal, ʻo ia:
I nā hihia ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā kumu ʻē aʻe ke kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana:
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā kumu pilikia e ʻōlelo ai e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Nui nā kānaka me nā kumu pilikia he nui ʻaʻole loaʻa i kēia maʻi, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe me nā kumu pilikia liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia e loaʻa ia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona mau ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau a i ʻole inā ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona he nui pū kekahi. Hiki i ka nānā ʻana i ke kauka ma mua ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe:
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama ola kino koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke loaʻa nā kumu like ʻole, ʻo ka hapa nui ʻaʻole ia he kanesa. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka nānā ʻana iā lākou e hāʻawi i ka ʻike pololei a me ka maluhia o ka manaʻo, a i ʻole ka mālama mua inā pono.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia kanesa. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i kou olakino a me ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā kumu pilikia liʻiliʻi akā nui nō hoʻi e komo pū ai:
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia, ʻoiai he hapa liʻiliʻi loa kēia o nā hihia. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka loiloi ʻana i kou pilikia pilikino ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā a me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana.
Hiki i ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia mai ke kanesa ponoʻī a mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻomākaukau a nānā i nā hōʻailona mua e pono ai ka nānā.
ʻO nā pilikia mai ke kanesa ponoʻī e komo pū ai:
I nā hihia holomua aʻe, hiki ke ulu nā pilikia maʻamau ʻole:
ʻO nā pilikia e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana he hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia akā hiki ke komo pū me ka waha maloʻo, nā loli ʻili mai ka radiation, a i ʻole ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pale kino mai ka chemotherapy. E nānā pono kāu hui olakino iā ʻoe a e hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo e hoʻemi i kēia mau hopena.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma e pono ai kekahi mau ʻanuʻu no ka mea aia ka ʻōpū ma kahi paʻakikī e hiki ai. E hoʻohana kāu kauka i ka hui ʻana o ka nānā kino, nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi, a me ka laʻana o nā pūnaewele e hana i ka hōʻoia pololei.
ʻO ka hana hōʻoia maʻamau e hoʻomaka me:
Inā hōʻoia ʻia ka maʻi kanesa, kōkua nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e hoʻoholo i ka laulā a me ke kahua:
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā hou aku e like me ka hoʻokolohua genetika a i ʻole nā hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi kikoʻī hou aku. ʻO ka hana hoʻoholo piha maʻamau he mau pule, e hāʻawi ana i kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻomohala i ka papahana mālama kūpono loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma maʻamau ka radiation therapy ma ke ʻano he ala nui, pinepine i hui pū ʻia me ka chemotherapy. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo kēia ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa e pane maikaʻi i kēia mau mālama, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua.
ʻO nā koho mālama nui e komo pū ana:
E hilinaʻi kāu papahana mālama ʻana i nā mea he nui:
No nā hihia holomua, hiki ke komo pū nā mālama hou aku i ka immunotherapy, kahi e kōkua ai i kou ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ke kanesa me ka maikaʻi. Loaʻa ʻole ka ʻoki kino no ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma no ka mea he maikaʻi loa ka mālama kukuna no kēia ʻano kanesa.
E nānā pono kāu hui olakino iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana a hoʻoponopono i kāu papahana e like me ka pono. Hoʻopau ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kā lākou mālama ʻana ma nā hebedoma a me nā mahina he nui, ma muli o ke ala kikoʻī i koho ʻia.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kou mālama ʻana i ka home i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu, ka meaʻai, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā loli pilikia. E hāʻawi kāu hui olakino i nā kuhikuhi kikoʻī, akā aia nā hana maʻamau e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo i kou ola hou ʻana.
ʻO nā hana mālama home nui e komo pū ana:
Nā hana ʻoluʻolu hou aku e kōkua paha:
E kelepona koke i kāu hui mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi wela, ka ʻeha nui, ka pilikia o ka hanu, a i ʻole kekahi mau hōʻailona pilikia ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi a hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana lapaʻau inā pono.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu mau kūkā kauka e hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pono nui loa mai kāu kipa a ʻaʻole e poina i nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo nui. ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi e kōkua pū i kāu kauka e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili aʻe:
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e nīnau aku i kāu kauka:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a hoa ʻohana paha i hilinaʻi ʻia e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo. Mai kānalua e noi i kāu kauka e hana hou a wehewehe paha i nā mea āu i ʻike ʻole maopopo.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale loa i ka carcinoma nasopharyngeal, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia genetic, aia nā ʻanuʻu hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe e hoʻemi i kou pilikia. Hoʻokūkū ka pale ʻana i ka pale ʻana i nā kumu pilikia i ʻike ʻia i ka hiki, a me ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino maikaʻi holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO nā ʻanuʻu e kōkua paha i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia:
No nā kānaka i loaʻa ka pilikia nui ma muli o ka mōʻaukala ʻohana a i ʻole ka lāhui:
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻoiai ka maʻamau loa o ka maʻi Epstein-Barr a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i nā kumu genetic, ʻaʻole hiki ke pale aku loa. Eia naʻe, hiki i kēia mau koho ola olakino ke kākoʻo i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a hiki ke kōkua i ka ho'ēmi ʻana i kou pilikia.
He kanesa hiki ke mālama ʻia ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia. ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo nui ka ʻike ʻana, he mea nui e ʻike he maikaʻi ka pane ʻana o kēia ʻano kanesa i ka mālama ʻana, a nui nā kānaka e ola mau ana i nā ola piha a olakino ma hope o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka pono o nā hōʻailona mau loa i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana e hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena, a loaʻa nā mālama maikaʻi. E hana pū kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā mālama i kūpono i kou kūlana kikoʻī.
E hoʻomau i ka pilina me kāu hui lapaʻau, hahai pono i kāu papa hana mālama, a mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e ʻōlelo i nā hopohopo. Me ka mālama kūpono a me ke kākoʻo, hiki iā ʻoe ke holo pono i kēia pilikia a kau i kou manaʻo i kou ola hou a me kou olakino e hiki mai ana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hoʻoilina pololei ʻia ka kanesa nasopharyngeal e like me kekahi mau maʻi genetic, aia kahi ʻano hui ʻohana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma waena o kekahi mau hui lāhui. Inā he mau hoahānau kokoke kāu me kēia kanesa, hiki ke kiʻekiʻe kou pilikia, akā ʻaʻole kēia manaʻo e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe. ʻO ka hopena paha o ka kanesa mai ka hui pū ʻana o ka hoʻoemi genetic a me nā kumu kūlohelohe e hana pū ana.
Hoʻololi ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī, akā hoʻopau ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kā lākou mālama mua i loko o 2-3 mau mahina. ʻO ka mālama radiation maʻamau he 6-7 mau wiki o nā mālama i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai nā papa hana chemotherapy e hoʻololi. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i kahi manawa kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu papa hana mālama, a e hoʻomau ka mālama hoʻomau no nā makahiki he nui ma hope.
E like me nā kanesa ʻē aʻe, hiki i ka kanesa nasopharyngeal ke hoʻi hou mai, akā hana kēia i kahi hapa liʻiliʻi o nā hihia. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hoʻi hou e hana i loko o nā makahiki mua ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu e nui ai nā hālāwai hoʻomau. Inā hoʻi hou mai ka kanesa, aia nō nā koho mālama e loaʻa ana, me ka radiation hou aku, chemotherapy, a i ʻole nā lāʻau hou.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia lohe mai ke kanesa ponoʻī a mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻi, akā ʻaʻole kēia i hana i nā kānaka a pau. Hiki i ke kanesa ke pani i kāu mau paipu hoʻokahe pepeiao, ʻoiai hiki i ka radiation therapy ke hoʻopilikia i nā ʻano lohe. Eia naʻe, nui nā kānaka e mālama i ko lākou lohe, a i ka wā e loaʻa ai nā pilikia, pinepine lākou e hoʻokele ʻia me nā kōkua lohe a i ʻole nā hoʻoponopono ʻē aʻe.
Nui nā hōʻailona o ka nasopharyngeal carcinoma e pili ana i nā kūlana maʻamau e like me nā maʻi sinus a i ʻole nā allergies. ʻO nā ʻokoʻa nui, ʻo ia ka mau ʻana o nā hōʻailona kanesa, hoʻokahi ʻaoʻao, a ʻaʻole hoʻomaikaʻi me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona i lōʻihi ma mua o kekahi mau wiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻoi aku ka ʻino, he mea nui ia e ʻike i kāu kauka no ka loiloi kūpono.
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