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ʻO ka kanesa ʻōpū ʻuʻuku kahi ʻano kanesa maʻamau ʻole e ulu ana i loko o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, ka paipa lōʻihi e hoʻohui ana i kou ʻōpū i kou ʻōpū nui. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he 5% o nā kanesa ʻōnaehana ʻai a pau, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia kūlana ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona hiki ke loaʻa a ʻimi i ka mālama kūpono i ka wā e pono ai.
He kuleana nui kā kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea momona. I ka wā e hoʻokumu ai nā sela kanesa i kēia wahi, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopilikia i kēia mau hana nui a hiki ke pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole.
Hoʻomaka pinepine nā hōʻailona o ka kanesa ʻōpū ʻuʻuku me ka mālie a hiki ke palupalu i ka hoʻomaka. ʻAʻole ʻike nui nā kānaka i nā hōʻailona a hiki i ka ulu ʻana o ka kanesa a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻopilikia i nā kaʻina hana ʻai maʻamau.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai penei:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau e like me kahi ʻāpana āu e hiki ai ke ʻike i loko o kou ʻōpū a i ʻole jaundice (melemele o ka ʻili a me nā maka) inā hoʻopilikia ka kanesa i ka kahe bile. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hele mai a hele aku, kahi i paʻakikī ai ke ʻike koke ʻana i ke kūlana.
E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha o kēia mau hōʻailona ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo he kanesa ʻoe, akā pono lākou i ka kamaʻilio ʻana me kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻAʻole he maʻi hoʻokahi wale nō ka kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. He mau ʻano like ʻole ia, ʻo kēlā me kēia mai nā ʻano kelepona like ʻole i loko o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi.
ʻO nā ʻano nui loa:
ʻO ka adenocarcinoma kahi 40% o nā kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi a maʻamau i ka duodenum, ka māhele mua o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā ʻōpū neuroendocrine ka lua o ka ʻano maʻamau loa a ulu pinepine i ka ileum, ka māhele hope o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi.
He ʻano like ʻole kēlā me kēia ʻano a pono paha i nā ala lapaʻau kūikawā. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ke ʻano pololei ma o ka biopsy a me nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe, e kōkua ana i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kāu papahana lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu o ka kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, akā e hana ia i ka wā e loaʻa ai i nā kelepona maʻamau i loko o kou ʻōpū liʻiliʻi nā loli genetic e hoʻokumu ai i ka ulu ʻana me ka manaʻo ʻole. Hiki i kēia mau loli kelepona ke hōʻiliʻili i ka manawa ma muli o nā kumu like ʻole.
He mau kumu e hoʻonui ai i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia kanesa:
Hiki nō hoʻi i kekahi mau maʻi kino maʻamau liʻiliʻi e like me ka maʻi Peutz-Jeghers ke hoʻonui nui i kou pilikia. Hoʻokumu kēia kūlana i nā polyps e ulu a puni kou ʻōnaehana ʻai, me ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi a ʻoi aku paha nā mea pilikia e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. Nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole loaʻa iā lākou ka maʻi, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe ʻole nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia e loaʻa iā lākou.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona ʻai mau loa e lōʻihi ana ma mua o kekahi mau pule, ʻoi aku inā ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou a i ʻole ke kāohi ʻana i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i ka loiloi mua ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kumu a hāʻawi i ka mālama kūpono.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā maʻi kanesa ʻai a i ʻole nā kūlana kino e hoʻonui ai i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa, e kūkākūkā i nā koho nānā me kāu kauka. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā pono ʻoe i ka nānā pinepine a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻo kino.
E hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā hōʻailona ʻai me nā kumu maikaʻi ʻole, akā ʻo ka loiloi ʻana iā lākou e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka maluhia o ka manaʻo a e hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono inā pono.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu mea mālama ola e loiloi i kou pilikia pilikino a hoʻoholo i nā hoʻolālā nānā a i ʻole nānā kūpono. Hiki ke kaohi i kekahi mau mea pilikia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke kaohi ʻia kekahi.
ʻO nā mea pilikia hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻia e komo pū me:
ʻO nā kūlana lapaʻau e hoʻonui paha i kou pilikia:
Hiki i kekahi mau mea hana ola ke pāʻani pū, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo ka hōʻike ma mua o nā kanesa ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia mau mea he meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i nā mīkina hana a haʻahaʻa i nā hua a me nā mea kanu, ka puhipaka, a me ka inu nui o ka waiʻona.
ʻAʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia he nui e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, a nui nā kānaka me nā mea pilikia ʻike ʻole ʻia e ʻike ʻia ana me ke kūlana.
Hiki i ka kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia he nui, mai ke kanesa ponoʻī a mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana pū me kāu hui mālama ola e pale a mālama pono iā lākou.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa:
ʻO ka pilikia koke nui loa kekahi o ka ānai ʻōpū. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha nui, ka luaʻi, a me ka hiki ʻole ke hele i kahi ʻōpala a i ʻole ke kinoea. Pono kēia kūlana i ka mālama pilikia e pale aku ai i nā pilikia hou aku.
Hiki i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka mālama ke komo pū me nā pilikia ʻoki kino e like me ka maʻi, ka koko, a i ʻole nā pilikia me ka hoʻōla ʻana o ka ʻeha. Hiki i ka chemotherapy ke hoʻoulu i ka luhi, ka nausea, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pilikia o ka maʻi, a i ʻole ka hōʻino ʻana i nā aʻalolo. Hiki i ka radiation therapy ke alakaʻi i ka huhū ʻana o ka ʻili, nā pilikia digestive, a i ʻole nā ʻeha lōʻihi.
E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe no nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia a e hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo e hoʻemi i ko lākou hopena i kou ola maikaʻi.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe ala i hōʻoia ʻia e pale aku ai i ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, hiki i kekahi mau koho nohona a me nā hoʻolālā mālama lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia. E nānā i ke olakino digestive holoʻokoʻa a mālama i nā kūlana kumu āu e loaʻa ai.
ʻO nā ʻanuʻu e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana genetic e hoʻonui i kou pilikia kanesa, e hana pili pono me kāu mea lawelawe olakino e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā kiaʻi pilikino. Hiki paha kēia ke komo pū me nā hoʻokolohua palekana pinepine a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻo genetic no nā lālā o ka ʻohana.
He mea nui ka mālama lapaʻau maʻamau, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana e like me ka maʻi Crohn a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā maʻi kanesa digestive. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua i ka nānā ʻana i kou olakino a hopu i nā loli koke.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, no ka mea, he paʻakikī ke nānā pololei i ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi a ua like pinepine nā hōʻailona me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe o ka ʻōnaehana digestive. E hoʻohana kāu kauka i ka hui ʻana o nā hoʻokolohua e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka hana ʻike ma ka moʻolelo lapaʻau piha a me ka nānā kino. E nīnau kāu kauka e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, moʻolelo ʻohana, a me nā kumu pilikia āu paha.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua ʻike maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Inā hōʻike ka imaging i kahi tumor, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i kahi biopsy e hōʻoia i ka maʻi a hoʻoholo i ke ʻano pololei o ka maʻi kanesa. Hiki ke hana ʻia kēia i ka wā o kahi kaʻina endoscopy a i ʻole ke koi ʻia i kekahi manawa i ka ʻoki ʻana.
Hiki i ke kaʻina hana ʻike holoʻokoʻa ke lawe i kekahi mau pule, hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he kaumaha. E hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ka hoʻokolohua piha e kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama kūpono loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Aia ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi ma nā mea he nui, e komo pū ana ke ʻano a me ke kahua o kāu maʻi kanesa, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me kou makemake ponoʻī. E hana pū kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kahi papahana mālama e hāʻawi i ka manawa kūpono loa o ka holomua ʻoiai e mālama ana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
Hoʻomaka pinepine ka ʻoki kino ma ke ʻano he lāʻau nui loa ke hopu ʻia ka maʻi kanesa i ka wā mua a ʻaʻole i pālahalaha nui. Ke ʻano o ka ʻoki kino e hilinaʻi ana i kahi a me ka nui o ka maʻi. Hiki i kāu kauka ʻoki ke wehe wale i ka maʻi a me kekahi mau pūnaewele a puni, a i ʻole paha e pono ai ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi.
ʻO nā koho lāʻau ʻē aʻe paha:
No nā maʻi kanesa holomua, ke kaulike nei ka lāʻau i ka kaohi ʻana i ka maʻi a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona. Hiki paha kēia ke hoʻohui ʻia o ka chemotherapy, radiation, a i ʻole nā lapaʻau hou i hoʻopili pono ʻia.
E komo paha kāu hui lāʻau i nā loea he nui, e like me ka gastroenterologist, oncologist, kauka ʻoki, a me nā mea hoʻolako mālama kākoʻo. E nānā pono lākou i kou holomua a hoʻoponopono i kāu papahana lāʻau e like me ka pono.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona ma ka home he ʻāpana nui ia o kāu papahana mālama holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i nā hoʻolālā maʻalahi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a mālama i kou ikaika i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
No nā hōʻailona digestive, e noʻonoʻo i kēia mau ala:
No ka mālama ʻana i ka luhi a me ka mālama ʻana i kou ikaika, e hoʻāʻo e noho ikaika e like me ka hiki iā ʻoe i loko o kou palena. Hiki ke kōkua nā hele wāwae mālie a i ʻole ka hoʻoikaika māmā paha. E hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hiamoe lawa a mai kānalua e noi aku i ke kōkua no nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā ke pono ʻoe.
He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha no kou ʻoluʻolu a me kou ola maikaʻi. E lawe i nā lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, a mai kali a hiki i ka ʻeha nui ma mua o ka hana ʻana. E hoʻohana i ka hoʻomehana a i ʻole ka hoʻoilo ʻana e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu hui olakino.
E mālama i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā loli āu e ʻike ai. Kūkulu kēia ʻike i kāu hui olakino e hoʻoponopono i kāu papa hana mālama a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo maikaʻi aku.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu manawa me kāu mea hoʻolako mālama ola. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi a hōʻoia i ka kūkākūkā ʻana i nā kumuhana nui.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā lāʻau lapaʻau, e ʻohi i ka ʻike nui:
E hoʻomākaukau i ka papa inoa o nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau. ʻO kekahi mau nīnau kōkua paha e pili ana i ka nīnau ʻana i 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 mālama.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole ʻohana hilinaʻi i kāu kūkā lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e hiki ai ke kamaʻilio pilikia.
Mai kānalua e noi i kāu mea hoʻolako mālama ola e wehewehe i kekahi mea āu e ʻike ʻole ai. He mea nui ia e ʻike ʻoe a ʻoluʻolu me kāu papahana mālama.
He maʻi maʻamau ʻole akā koʻikoʻi ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, a pono e loaʻa koke ka mālama lapaʻau ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona. ʻOiai paʻakikī paha ke ʻike ʻia ma muli o kona wahi a me nā hōʻailona palupalu, hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama kūpono ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i nā hopena.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka pono o ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka i nā hōʻailona hoʻohaʻahaʻa mau, ʻoiai inā lōʻihi lākou ma mua o kekahi mau pule a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka ʻino. E hilinaʻi i kou manaʻo e pili ana i kou kino a mai kānalua e ʻimi i ka mālama ke ʻaʻole kūpono kekahi mea.
Inā ʻike ʻia ʻoe me ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō i kēia huakaʻi. Aia kāu hui olakino e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke ala, a aia nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa. E kālele i ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe iho, e hahai ana i kāu papahana mālama, a e mālama i ka kamaʻilio ākea me kāu poʻe lawelawe lapaʻau.
Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ke kākoʻo, hiki i nā poʻe he nui me ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi ke mālama i ka maikaʻi o ke ola a hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā mea āu e hauʻoli ai.
He maʻamau ʻole loa ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka 5% o nā maʻi kanesa āpau o ka ʻōnaehana ʻai. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, emi iho ma mua o 12,000 poʻe i ʻike ʻia me ka maʻi kanesa o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki i kēia maʻamau ʻole ke paʻakikī i kekahi manawa i ka ʻike ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine nā mea lawelawe olakino i ʻike iā ia i kā lākou hana.
Hoʻololi nui nā helu ola ma muli o ke kahua i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai a me ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. I ka wā i hopu ʻia ai i ka wā mua a me kahi i ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, hiki i nā helu ola ʻelima makahiki ke 80% a ʻoi aku paha. Eia naʻe, inā ua pālahalaha ka maʻi kanesa i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino, emi iho nā helu ola. Kūpono kāu prognosis pilikino i nā mea he nui e hiki i kāu oncologist ke kūkākūkā me ʻoe.
ʻAe, hiki pinepine ke hoʻōla ʻia ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai i ka wā mua a ʻaʻole i pālahalaha ma mua o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana e wehe i ka tumor a me nā pūnaewele i pilikia ka lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻōla maʻamau loa. ʻOiai i nā hihia holomua hou aku, hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ke kaohi pinepine i ka maʻi no nā manawa lōʻihi a kōkua i nā kānaka e mālama i kahi ola maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole hoʻoilina ka hapa nui o nā maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, akā hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic ke hoʻonui nui i kou pilikia. Loaʻa kēia i ka Lynch syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a me ka Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā maʻi kanesa digestive a i ʻole kēia mau kūlana genetic, e kūkākūkā i ka ʻōlelo aʻo genetic me kāu mea lawelawe olakino e hoʻomaopopo i kou pilikia pilikino.
ʻOiai e pili ana ʻelua i ka ʻōnaehana digestive, ʻokoʻa nā maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi a me ka maʻi kanesa colon. Loaʻa ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi i loko o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi, kahi e kuleana ai no ka hapa nui o ka hoʻomoʻi waiwai, ʻoiai ka maʻi kanesa colon e pili ana i ka ʻōpū nui, kahi e hana ai i ka ʻōpala. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka maʻi kanesa colon a pinepine e pono ai nā ala diagnostic a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻokoʻa. Hiki ke like nā hōʻailona, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka maʻi kanesa ʻōpū liʻiliʻi e hoʻokumu i nā pilikia waiwai ma muli o ka malabsorption.
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