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ʻO ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai he ʻano maʻi kanesa maʻamau ʻole ia e ulu ana i nā kīʻaha e hana ana i ka waiʻau i loko o kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia mau maʻi ʻaʻai ke ulu i loko o kekahi o kou mau kīʻaha wai, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou e pili ana i nā kīʻaha parotid i waiho ʻia ma mua o kou mau pepeiao.
ʻOiai ke lawe mai nei ka huaʻōlelo “maʻi kanesa” i ka hopohopo, he mea nui ia e ʻike ai ʻaʻole maʻamau loa nā maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka 1% o nā maʻi kanesa a pau. He nui nā maʻi ʻaʻai o nā kīʻaha wai he benign, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou he maʻi kanesa. Ke loaʻa mai ka maʻi kanesa, hāʻawi nā ʻike mua a me nā ʻano lapaʻau hou i nā hopena maikaʻi no nā mea maʻi he nui.
Ke loaʻa mai ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai, hoʻomaka nā sela i loko o kou mau kīʻaha wai e ulu maʻamau ʻole a hana i nā maʻi ʻaʻai. Loaʻa i kou kino ʻekolu mau hui o nā kīʻaha wai nui a me nā haneli o nā mea liʻiliʻi a puni kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī.
ʻO nā kīʻaha wai nui e komo pū ana i nā kīʻaha parotid kokoke i kou mau pepeiao, nā kīʻaha submandibular ma lalo o kou ihu, a me nā kīʻaha sublingual ma lalo o kou alelo. Hana pū kēia mau kīʻaha e hana i kahi 1-2 quarts o ka waiʻau i kēlā me kēia lā, e kōkua ana iā ʻoe e ʻai, e ʻai, a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻai ʻoiai e mālama ana i kou waha.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai e ulu mālie ana i nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki. Hiki iā lākou ke haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi e ulu mālie ana a emi ka hiki ke pālahalaha, a i ʻole kiʻekiʻe, kahi e ulu wikiwiki ai a ʻoi aku ka ikaika.
ʻO ka hōʻailona mua loa kahi ʻāʻī ʻeha ʻole a i ʻole ka pehu i kou waha, papalina, ihu, a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia pehu ke ʻano paʻa a paʻakikī paha i ka pā, a maʻamau ʻaʻole ia e hele maoli.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau hōʻailona ʻē aʻe i ka holomua ʻana o ke kūlana:
Hiki i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole ke komo pū me nā loli i kou ʻono, ka maloʻo o ka waha ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka inu wai, a i ʻole nā maʻi hou i kou waha. E hoʻomanaʻo he nui o kēia mau hōʻailona hiki ke hana ʻia e nā kūlana ʻaʻole maʻi kanesa, no laila ʻaʻole pono ke ʻano he maʻi kanesa ʻoe.
Aia ma mua o 20 mau ʻano like ʻole o ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai, ʻo kēlā me kēia me kona mau ʻano a me ke ʻano lapaʻau. ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau loa e komo pū ana i ka mucoepidermoid carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, a me ka acinic cell carcinoma.
ʻO ka mucoepidermoid carcinoma ka ʻano pinepine loa, e pili ana i ka 30% o nā maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai a pau. Maʻamau ia e ulu ana i nā kīʻaha parotid a hiki ke hoʻololi mai ka haʻahaʻa a i ka kiʻekiʻe. ulu mālie nā ʻano haʻahaʻa a liʻiliʻi ka pālahalaha, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā mea kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka adenoid cystic carcinoma e ulu mālie ana akā he manaʻo e pālahalaha ma nā ala nerve. Hoʻomaka pinepine kēia ʻano i nā kīʻaha wai liʻiliʻi a hiki ke hana i ka numbness a i ʻole ka ʻeha o ka helehelena. ʻOiai kona ulu mālie, pono ia e nānā pono no ka mea hiki ke hoʻi hou ma hope o ka lapaʻau.
ʻO nā ʻano maʻamau ʻole e komo pū ana i ka polymorphous adenocarcinoma, kahi e pili pinepine ana i nā kīʻaha wai liʻiliʻi, a me ka salivary duct carcinoma, kahi e ʻoi aku ka ikaika. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ke ʻano kūikawā ma o ka ho'āʻo ʻana i nā pūnaewele, kahi e kōkua ai i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kāu papahana lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu pololei o ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai, akā ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i kekahi mau mea e hiki ke kōkua i kona ulu ʻana. ʻAʻole like me nā maʻi kanesa ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i pili nui ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai i nā mea pili ola e like me ka puhi a i ʻole ka inu ʻawaʻawa.
ʻO ka hōʻike radiation kekahi o nā mea pilikia maopopo loa. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me ka radiation therapy ma mua i ka wahi poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī no nā kūlana lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole ka hōʻike ʻana i ka radiation atomic. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai i kahi moʻolelo o ka hōʻike radiation nui.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea genetic ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hoʻoilina i nā loli gene e hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea maʻalahi i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau maʻi kanesa. Eia kekahi, hiki i kekahi mau hōʻike hana i kekahi mau kemika a i ʻole nā mea e hoʻonui i ka pilikia, ʻoiai ke aʻo ʻia nei kēia pilina.
ʻO ka makahiki kekahi mea, ʻoiai e lilo ana kēia mau maʻi kanesa i mea maʻamau i ka wā e ulu ai nā kānaka, ʻoi aku ma hope o 50 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e komo pū ana i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka pehu mau i kou waha, ihu, a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī ʻaʻole e hele ma hope o ʻelua pule. ʻOiai ʻaʻole he maʻi kanesa ka hapa nui o nā ʻāʻī, he mea nui ia e loiloi koke ʻia.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka numbness o ka helehelena, ka nāwaliwali, a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻana, ʻoiai pono e loiloi koke ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona. Pēlā nō, inā paʻakikī ʻoe e wehe i kou waha, ʻeha mau ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi, a i ʻole ka pilikia e ʻai, pono kēia mau mea i ka hele ʻana i ke kauka.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau loli i kou hiki ke ʻōlelo maopopo a i ʻole inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi hou i kou waha ʻaʻole e pane i nā lāʻau maʻamau. Hāʻawi ka loiloi mua iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka lapaʻau maikaʻi inā loaʻa ka maʻi kanesa.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e makaʻala, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka maʻi kanesa. ʻAʻole loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia i ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
ʻAʻole like me nā maʻi kanesa ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paka a me ka inu ʻawaʻawa e hoʻonui nui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai. ʻO ia hoʻi hiki i nā kānaka i puhi ʻole a inu ʻole i ka waiʻona ke loaʻa kēia mau maʻi kanesa.
ʻOiai hiki ke mālama ʻia nā maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai he nui, hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mau pilikia ma muli o ka nui o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, kahi, a me ka wikiwiki o ka mālama ʻia ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana pū me kāu hui olakino e pale a mālama paha iā lākou.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi ke komo pū me ka pilikia hanu inā hoʻopilikia ka maʻi ʻaʻai i kou ala hanu, a i ʻole nā pilikia nui o ka meaʻai inā lilo ka ʻai i mea paʻakikī loa. Eia naʻe, ua ho'ēmi nui nā ʻenehana ʻoki hou a me ka mālama kākoʻo i ka hiki ʻana o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe a e hāʻawi i nā lapaʻau e hoʻemi i kēia mau pilikia. Hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā pilikia he nui me ka mālama kūpono a me ka hoʻōla hou.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka hōʻike ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai me kahi nānā kino kahi e ʻike ai kāu kauka i nā ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka pehu i kou waha, ihu, a me ka ʻāʻī. E nīnau lākou e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou kūlana.
E kauoha paha kāu kauka i nā ho'āʻo kiʻi e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei. Hiki i kahi CT scan a i ʻole MRI ke hōʻike i ka nui a me kahi o nā maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi ultrasound e nānā i nā ʻāʻī i kou ʻāʻī. Kōkua kēia mau ho'āʻo e hoʻoholo inā ʻike ʻia ka ulu ʻana a hoʻolālā i nā ʻanuʻu aʻe.
ʻO ke ala maopopo loa e hōʻike ai i ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai ma o kahi laʻana pūnaewele a i ʻole biopsy. Hiki ke hana ʻia kēia me kahi fine needle aspiration, kahi e lawe ai kahi nila lahilahi i kahi laʻana liʻiliʻi o nā sela, a i ʻole ma o kahi biopsy ʻoki kahi e wehe ʻia ai kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka pūnaewele.
Ke hōʻoia ʻia ka maʻi kanesa, kōkua nā ho'āʻo hou aku e hoʻoholo i ke kahua a me ke ʻano kūikawā. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā PET scans e nānā no ka pālahalaha ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino, a i ʻole nā ho'āʻo kūikawā ma ka laʻana biopsy e ʻike i ke ʻano maʻi kanesa pololei.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai e hilinaʻi ana i kekahi mau mea e komo pū ana i ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa, kona kahua, kahi, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka ʻoki pinepine ka lapaʻau nui, ʻoi aku no nā maʻi kanesa mua.
No nā maʻi ʻaʻai i ka kīʻaha parotid, hiki i ka ʻoki ke komo pū me ka wehe ʻana i kahi hapa a i ʻole ka holoʻokoʻa o ka kīʻaha ʻoiai e mālama pono ana i ka nerve helehelena i ka hiki. Pono ka wehe ʻana i ka kīʻaha holoʻokoʻa no nā maʻi ʻaʻai submandibular. E hana kāu kauka ʻoki e mālama i ka hana ʻoiai e wehe ana i ka maʻi kanesa a pau.
Hoʻomaopopo pinepine ʻia ka radiation therapy ma hope o ka ʻoki e luku i nā sela kanesa i koe. Hoʻohana kēia lapaʻau i nā kukui kiʻekiʻe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka wahi maʻi ʻaʻai. Hiki i nā ʻenehana hou e like me ka intensity-modulated radiation therapy ke hoʻonohonoho pono i ka maʻi kanesa ʻoiai e hoʻemi ana i ka hōʻino i nā pūnaewele olakino.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka chemotherapy no nā maʻi kanesa holomua a i ʻole nā mea i pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Ke aʻo ʻia nei nā lāʻau hou a hiki ke lilo i nā koho no kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai.
E hana kāu hui lapaʻau i kahi papahana pilikino ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā. E wehewehe lākou i kēlā me kēia koho lapaʻau, kona mau pōmaikaʻi, a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i nā hoʻoholo ʻike e pili ana i kāu mālama.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma ka home he ʻāpana nui ia o kāu papahana lapaʻau holoʻokoʻa. E hāʻawi kāu hui olakino i nā kuhikuhi kūikawā ma muli o kāu lapaʻau a me nā pono pilikino.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka maloʻo o ka waha, kahi mea maʻamau ma hope o ka lapaʻau, e ho'āʻo e inu i ka wai pinepine i ka lā a hoʻohana i ka mouthwash ʻona ʻole. Hiki i ka gum a i ʻole lozenges ʻono ʻole ke kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hana waiʻau. Hiki i nā humidifiers lumi ke hoʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka pō.
No nā pilikia ʻai, hiki i nā meaʻai palupalu a me nā wai ke maʻalahi ke mālama. Hiki i nā smoothies, nā sopa, a me nā meaʻai pureed ke hāʻawi i ka meaʻai ʻoiai e mālie ana i kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī. Hiki i kahi meaʻai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ka meaʻai kūpono i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
Hiki i ka mālama ʻeha ke komo pū me nā mea hoʻoemi ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu kauka, me ka mahana mālie a i ʻole nā ʻeke anu i kau ʻia ma waho o kou helehelena. E hahai i nā kuhikuhi kūikawā a kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau ʻeha palekana no ʻoe.
E mālama i kou waha maʻemaʻe me ka palupalu palupalu a me ka holoi ʻana e like me ke kuhikuhi a kāu hui olakino. Kōkua kēia e pale aku i nā maʻi a hoʻolaha i ka ho'ōla, ʻoi aku inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka radiation therapy.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea nui loa mai kāu manawa me kāu hui olakino. E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, e komo pū ana i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau a pau āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana i nā lāʻau ma luna o ka counter, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau. E hoʻomākaukau pū i kahi papa inoa o kāu mōʻaukala lapaʻau, e komo pū ana i nā maʻi kanesa ma mua, nā lapaʻau radiation, a i ʻole nā maʻi nui.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo. Hiki i nā kūkākūkā maʻi kanesa ke kaumaha, a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ma laila ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea āu e lohe nei.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau i kāu kauka. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā nīnau e pili ana i kāu hōʻike, nā koho lapaʻau, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a me ka prognosis. Mai kānalua e noi i ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole maopopo kekahi mea.
E lawe mai i nā hopena ho'āʻo ma mua a i ʻole nā haʻawina kiʻi mai nā mea hoʻolako mālama ola ʻē aʻe. Kōkua kēia i kāu kauka e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi piha o kou kūlana a pale aku i ka hana hou ʻana i nā ho'āʻo pono ʻole.
ʻO ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai he kūlana maʻamau ʻole akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e pili ana i nā kīʻaha e hana ana i ka waiʻau i kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī. ʻOiai ke hopohopo nui nei ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻike maʻi kanesa, nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau, olakino ma hope o ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ke kī i nā hopena maikaʻi loa ka ʻike mua a me ka lapaʻau e kahi hui lapaʻau akamai. ulu mālie ka hapa nui o nā maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe a me kāu mau kauka i ka manawa e hoʻomohala ai i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kūikawā.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Aia kāu hui olakino, e komo pū ana nā oncologists, nā kauka ʻoki, a me nā limahana kākoʻo, e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ka hōʻike a me ka lapaʻau. Mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau, e hōʻike i nā hopohopo, a i ʻole e ʻimi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e pono ai.
ʻAʻole hereditary ka hapa nui o nā maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole lākou e holo i nā ʻohana. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau syndromes genetic maʻamau ʻole ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai a i ʻole nā maʻi kanesa poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī ʻē aʻe, e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka e hiki ke loiloi i kāu pilikia pilikino.
ʻAʻohe ala maopopo e pale aku ai i ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa nā kumu pololei. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka pale ʻana i ka hōʻike radiation pono ʻole a me ka pale ʻana iā ʻoe mai nā pilikia hana i ka hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia. Hiki i nā nānā niho maʻamau ke kōkua i ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā pilikia.
Hoʻololi nui nā nui o ka ola ma muli o ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa, kona kahua i ka wā o ka hōʻike ʻana, a me kahi. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi kanesa o nā kīʻaha wai i nā hopena maikaʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu koke ʻia ai. Loaʻa pinepine i nā maʻi kanesa haʻahaʻa ka prognosis maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea kiʻekiʻe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī hou aku ma muli o kāu kūlana kūikawā.
Hoʻi ka nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻai maʻamau ma hope o ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai e hilinaʻi ana kēia i ka nui o ka ʻoki a me nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa nei. Pono paha kekahi poʻe e hoʻoponopono i kā lākou meaʻai i ka manawa a mau paha. Hiki i nā therapists ʻōlelo a me ka ʻai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻololi a mālama i ka meaʻai maikaʻi i kou hoʻōla.
He mea nui ka mālama hahai no ka nānā ʻana i kāu hoʻōla a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa. I ka hoʻomaka, e ʻike pinepine ʻoe i kāu kauka i kēlā me kēia mau mahina, me ka liʻiliʻi ʻana o nā kipa i ka manawa. E hana kāu hui olakino i kahi papahana hahai pilikino ma muli o kāu ʻano maʻi kanesa a me ka lapaʻau.
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