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ʻO ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala he ʻano ia o ka maʻi kanesa waha e ulu ana ma ka ʻiʻo palupalu, oluolu ma hope o ka uhi o kou waha. Kōkua kēia wahi iā ʻoe e ʻai a ʻōlelo maopopo, a i ka wā e ulu ai ka maʻi kanesa ma aneʻi, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i kēia mau hana koʻikoʻi.
Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka nīnau e pili ana i kēia maʻi no ka mea ua ʻike ʻoe i nā loli i kou waha a i ʻole kou puʻu, a i ʻole ua ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka iā ia i ka wā o ka nānā maʻamau. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e pili ana i ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou a hoʻemi i kou hopohopo e pili ana i nā ʻanuʻu aʻe.
E ulu ana ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā sela i loko o ka ʻiʻo palupalu ma hope o ka uhi o kou waha e ulu kūpono ʻole. ʻO ka palate palapala ka ʻāpana oluolu e neʻe i ka wā e ʻai ai ʻoe a i ʻole e ʻōlelo ʻoe i ka “ahh” i ka wā o ka kipa ʻana i ke kauka.
Hāʻule kēia ʻano maʻi kanesa ma lalo o ka māhele ākea o nā maʻi kanesa poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala he squamous cell carcinomas, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻomaka lākou i nā sela lahilahi, pālahalaha e uhi ana i kēia wahi o kou waha.
ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai, pinepine ka pane maikaʻi ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala i ka lapaʻau. Loaʻa i kāu hui olakino nā ala maikaʻi e kōkua ai e hoʻokele i kēia maʻi a kākoʻo i kou ola hou.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala ke palupalu a like paha me nā huhū puʻu maʻamau i ka hoʻomaka. ʻO ka ʻike koke ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka lapaʻau holomua.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e ʻike paha ʻoe:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū ana me ka ʻeha pepeiao ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ka nalowale kaumaha weliweli ʻole, a i ʻole nā lymph nodes pehu i kou ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke loaʻa i ka wā e hoʻopilikia ai ka maʻi kanesa i nā aʻalolo kokoke a i ʻole e pālahalaha i nā wahi a puni.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau hōʻailona e ʻōlelo koke ana he maʻi kanesa kāu. Nui nā kūlana e hiki ke hoʻokumu i ka ʻeha like, akā he mea naʻauao mau ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona mau e ka limahana olakino.
E ulu ana ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala i ka wā e hoʻololi ai ka DNA i nā sela e ulu a hoʻonui ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kuhikuhi pololei i ke kumu o kēia mea i kekahi kanaka a ʻaʻole i kekahi, nui nā kumu e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
He kuleana ko ka makahiki, ʻoiai ʻo ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala ka mea maʻamau e pilikia ai nā kānaka ma luna o 50. ʻOi aku ka pinepine o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā kāne ma mua o nā wāhine, ʻoiai ua emi kēia ʻokoʻa i nā makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana, he mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole kekahi poʻe e loaʻa i ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala me kekahi o kēia mau kumu pilikia. Hiki i ka maʻi kanesa ke loaʻa i kekahi manawa ma muli o nā loli genetic e hana kūpono ʻole i ka manawa.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa me kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hōʻailona waha a i ʻole puʻu e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua pule. Hana ka ʻike koke ʻana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i nā hopena lapaʻau.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pilikia mau i ka ʻai ʻana, nā ʻeha waha weliweli ʻole, a i ʻole nā loli i kou leo. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka loiloi ʻoihana, ʻoiai inā ua liʻiliʻi lākou i ka hoʻomaka.
Mai kali inā ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻāpana a i ʻole nā puʻu maʻamau ʻole i kou waha, ke kahe koko mau, a i ʻole ka ʻeha i kou alelo a i ʻole nā lehelehe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hana i kahi nānā piha a hoʻoholo inā pono ke hoʻokolohua hou aku.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo ʻike e pili ana i kou olakino a me kou ola. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i kekahi mau kumu, ʻoiai ʻo kekahi mau mea he ʻāpana ia o kāu moʻolelo olakino pilikino.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia hiki ke kaohi ʻia e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā kumu ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi e komo pū ana me kou makahiki, kāu kāne, a me kāu hana genetic. Eia kekahi, inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā maʻi kanesa poʻo a i ʻole ʻāʻī ma mua, e kūʻē ʻoe i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi kanesa hou i kēia mau wahi.
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ʻole, e like me ka Fanconi anemia, ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia i nā maʻi kanesa poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kāu ʻano pilikino pilikino i nā nānā maʻamau.
Hiki i ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala ke hoʻopilikia i nā hana koʻikoʻi he nui, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu hui olakino e hoʻomākaukau no nā hopena maikaʻi loa. Hiki ke hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia nā pilikia he nui me ka mālama kūpono.
Hiki i nā pilikia maʻamau ke komo pū ana:
Hiki i nā pilikia ʻaʻole maʻamau akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ke loaʻa inā pālahalaha ka maʻi kanesa i nā hale kokoke. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā pilikia hanu inā hoʻopilikia ka maʻi kanesa i kou airway, a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻai ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e pono ai ke kōkua ʻai.
E hana kokoke kāu hui olakino me ʻoe e pale a hoʻokele i kēia mau pilikia. Hoʻohui pinepine nā therapist ʻōlelo, nā mea ʻai, a me nā loea ʻē aʻe i kāu hui mālama e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola i ka wā o ka lapaʻau a ma hope.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala e komo pū ana i nā ʻanuʻu he nui, e hoʻomaka ana me ka nānā piha ʻana i kou waha a me kou puʻu. E ʻimi kāu kauka i nā ulu ʻole, nā ʻeha, a i ʻole nā loli i ka ʻiʻo.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻike maʻamau e komo pū ana me kahi nānā kino kahi e ʻimi ai kāu kauka i nā ʻāpana i kou ʻāʻī a e nānā i kou waha holoʻokoʻa. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i kahi aniani liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kahi scope oluolu e kiʻi i kahi ʻike maikaʻi o kou palate palapala a me nā wahi a puni.
Inā loaʻa nā wahi kānalua, e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i kahi biopsy. E komo kēia i ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana ʻiʻo liʻiliʻi no ka loiloi lapaʻau e hoʻoholo inā loaʻa nā sela kanesa. Hana pinepine ʻia ka biopsy ma ke keʻena me ka anesthesia kūloko.
Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou aku ke komo pū me nā CT scans, nā kiʻi MRI, a i ʻole nā PET scans e hoʻoholo i ka nui o ka maʻi kanesa a inā ua pālahalaha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua kiʻi i kāu hui lapaʻau e hoʻolālā i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala e hilinaʻi ana i ke kahua o ka maʻi kanesa, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me kāu makemake pilikino. E hana kāu hui oncology i kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau pilikino e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻōla ʻana me ka mālama ʻana i ka hana nui e like me ka hiki.
ʻO nā koho lapaʻau nui e komo pū ana:
Loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui nā lapaʻau hui pū ʻana, e like me ka ʻoki ʻana ma hope o ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation, a i ʻole ka chemotherapy i hāʻawi ʻia me ka radiation. Hiki i kāu hui lapaʻau ke ʻōlelo aku i nā ala hou e like me ka intensity-modulated radiation therapy, kahi e hoʻopili pololei ai i ka maʻi kanesa me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻiʻo olakino.
I ka wā o ka lapaʻau, kōkua nā loea mālama kākoʻo e hoʻokele i nā hopena a mālama i kou meaʻai, ʻōlelo, a me nā mākau ʻai. Kōkua kēia ala hoʻokō piha iā ʻoe e mālama i ka maikaʻi o ke ola maikaʻi loa i ka wā o ka lapaʻau a ma hope.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kahi kuleana hana i kou mālama ponoʻī i ka wā o ka lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike maikaʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi paha i nā hopena lapaʻau. Hiki i nā hana liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia lā ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi i kou manaʻo.
E nānā i ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai maikaʻi, ʻoiai ke paʻakikī nei ka ʻai ʻana. Hiki i kāu hui olakino ke ʻōlelo aku i nā meaʻai palupalu, nā mea hoʻohui meaʻai, a i ʻole ka hana pū ʻana me ka mea ʻai e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā calorie a me nā meaʻai lawa.
E mālama i kou waha maʻemaʻe a pulu e pale aku i nā maʻi a hoʻemi i ka ʻeha. Hiki i nā rinses waha mālie, ka noho ʻana i ka wai nui, a me ka pale ʻana i nā mea hoʻonāukiuki e like me nā mouthwashes waiʻona ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou olakino waha.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka luhi he mea nui hoʻi. E hoʻomaha i ka wā e pono ai, akā e ho'āʻo e noho ikaika e like me kou ikehu. Hiki i nā hana mālie e like me ka hele wāwae ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kou ikaika a me kou manaʻo i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i ka hapa nui o kou manawa me kāu mea hoʻolako olakino. E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau hōʻailona a pau, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, a me ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a ʻino paha iā lākou.
E kākau i nā lāʻau a pau āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana me nā lāʻau over-the-counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. E hoʻomaopopo pū i nā lapaʻau lapaʻau ma mua, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi kanesa ma mua a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation i kou poʻo a i ʻole kou ʻāʻī.
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoa ʻohana a i ʻole hoaaloha hilinaʻi i kāu manawa. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike koʻikoʻi a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā o nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i nā ʻike a me nā koho lapaʻau.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau ma mua e pili ana i kou kūlana, nā koho lapaʻau, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomaopopo maopopo.
ʻO ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala he kūlana koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e ʻike koke ʻia ai. Hāʻawi nā lapaʻau hou i nā kānaka he nui i nā hopena maikaʻi loa me ka mālama maikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka hana ʻai ʻana.
ʻO ka ʻanuʻu koʻikoʻi loa āu e hiki ke lawe ai, ʻo ia ka ʻimi koke ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau no kekahi mau hōʻailona waha a i ʻole puʻu. Hāʻawi ka ʻike koke ʻana iā ʻoe a me kāu hui olakino i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e koho i nā lapaʻau maikaʻi.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe, a nui nā kānaka e ola mau ana i nā ola piha, ikaika ma hope o ka lapaʻau. Aia kāu hui olakino e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke ala, mai ka ʻike ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻōla ʻana a ma hope.
ʻAʻole, ʻoiai ke hoʻonui nui nei ka hoʻohana paka a me ka waiʻona i kou pilikia, hiki i ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala ke ulu i nā kānaka ʻaʻole i puhi a inu paha i ka waiʻona. Hiki i ka maʻi HPV a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe ke kōkua pū i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa. Loaʻa kekahi mau hihia me kekahi kumu pilikia i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO nā nui ulu o ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala e ʻokoʻa loa ma waena o nā kānaka. ulu mālie kekahi mau maʻi kanesa ma luna o nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, ʻoiai ke holomua wikiwiki paha kekahi. ʻO ia ke kumu o ka ʻike koke ʻana a me ka lapaʻau koke ʻana he mea nui loa ia no nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
Mālama nui nā kānaka i ka ʻai a me ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi ma hope o ka lapaʻau, ʻoiai kekahi e ʻike paha i nā loli. Loaʻa i kāu hui olakino nā therapist ʻōlelo a me nā mea ʻai e kūikawā ana i ke kōkua ʻana i nā kānaka e hoʻololi i nā loli hana. Hiki i ka hoʻōla hou ke kōkua pinepine i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka nui o kāu hana maʻamau.
ʻAe, e like me nā maʻi kanesa ʻē aʻe, hiki i ka maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala ke pālahalaha i nā lymph nodes kokoke a i ʻole, ʻaʻole pinepine, i nā kino mamao. ʻO ia ke kumu o nā hoʻokolohua staging he mea nui ia no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka lapaʻau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hopena lapaʻau o nā maʻi kanesa mua ʻaʻole i pālahalaha.
ʻAʻole ka nui o nā maʻi kanesa o ka palate palapala he mea hoʻoilina, no laila ʻaʻole pinepine ka nānā maʻamau ʻana o nā lālā ʻohana. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi moʻolelo ʻohana ikaika o nā maʻi kanesa poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī a i ʻole kekahi mau kūlana genetic, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo genetic e loiloi i ka pilikia o kou ʻohana.
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