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ʻO ka squamous cell carcinoma ka lua o ka maʻi ʻili maʻamau loa e ulu ana i loko o nā pūnaewele pālahalaha, lahilahi ma ka ʻili o kou kino. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he ulu ʻino o nā pūnaewele e hana ana i ka wā e hoʻonui wikiwiki ai kēia mau pūnaewele ʻili, ma muli pinepine o ka nui o ka lā i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma mua.
ʻOiai paha he weliweli kēia, eia kekahi lono hoʻoikaika: i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai, hiki ke mālama ʻia ka squamous cell carcinoma a ʻaʻole pinepine e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia me nā kaʻina hana maʻalahi ma waho, a miliona o nā kānaka e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau, olakino ma hope o ka mālama ʻana.
Hōʻike pinepine ka squamous cell carcinoma i nā loli ma kou ʻili e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike a ʻike hoʻi. ʻO ka mea nui ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea e nānā ai i hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu koke iā ia i ka wā e hana maikaʻi ai ka mālama ʻana.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia mau ulu ma nā wahi i loaʻa i ka lā e like me kou maka, pepeiao, ʻāʻī, lehelehe, a me nā kua o kou mau lima. Eia naʻe, hiki i ka squamous cell carcinoma ke ulu i nā wahi ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me kou waha, nā ʻāpana moe, a i ʻole ma lalo o kou mau kui.
ʻO ka mea e paʻakikī ai kēia maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke like me nā kūlana ʻili ʻē aʻe ʻole. ʻO ka hōʻailona hōʻike ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau ʻaʻole e hoʻōla ka wahi e like me ka ʻoki maʻamau a i ʻole ka huhū, ʻoiai ma hope o kekahi mau pule o ka mālama mālie.
Hoʻokaʻawale nā kauka i ka squamous cell carcinoma i nā ʻano like ʻole ma muli o ke ʻano o nā pūnaewele ma lalo o ka microscope a me kahi e ulu ai. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia mau ʻano, kōkua ia i kāu hui olakino e koho i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
Aia kekahi mau ʻano ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki, ʻoi aku ka ikaika e kūkākūkā kāu kauka me ʻoe inā pili. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia, ʻo ia ke ʻano maʻamau, kahi e pane maikaʻi loa ai i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai.
E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai ma o ka biopsy, kahi e lawe ai lākou i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo no ka loiloi hale hana. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hana i ka papahana mālama maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO ke kumu nui o ka squamous cell carcinoma ka hōʻino ʻana i ka DNA o kou ʻili mai ka radiation ultraviolet, nui mai ka lā i loaʻa iā ʻoe i nā makahiki he nui. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me kou ʻili e mālama ana i ka moʻolelo o kēlā me kēia sunburn a me kēlā me kēia lā i hala i ka lā me ka pale ʻole.
Eia nā mea e kōkua pinepine ai i kēia maʻi ʻaʻai e ulu:
Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i ka squamous cell carcinoma i nā wahi ʻaʻole pinepine e ʻike i ka lā. I kēia mau hihia, hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka huhū lōʻihi, kekahi mau maʻi, a i ʻole nā kūlana genetic ke pāʻani i kahi kuleana.
ʻO ka lono hoʻoikaika, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mana maoli e pale aku iā ʻoe iho a me kou poʻe aloha. Hiki i nā hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka sunscreen a me nā lole pale ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e ʻike ai i nā loli ʻili e hopohopo nei iā ʻoe, ʻoi aku inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻōla i loko o kekahi mau pule. ʻO ka ʻike koke ʻana e hana maoli i ka ʻokoʻa i ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana a me ka maluhia o ka manaʻo.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā ʻoe e ʻike:
Mai kali inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mōʻaukala pilikino o ka maʻi ʻili a i ʻole inā he nui nā lālā ʻohana i loaʻa iā ia. I kēia mau hihia, he mea akamai ke loaʻa nā nānā ʻili maʻamau ʻoiai ke nānā maʻamau nā mea a pau iā ʻoe.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā loli ʻili e lilo i mau pilikia ʻole loa. Akā, ke nānā ʻia lākou, e hāʻawi ia iā ʻoe i ka maluhia o ka manaʻo a i ʻole ka manawa e hopu ai i kahi mea koke i ka wā e hana maikaʻi ai ka mālama ʻana.
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka squamous cell carcinoma, hoʻonui kekahi mau mea i kou manawa e loaʻa ai. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia kou pilikia pilikino, e kōkua ia iā ʻoe e lawe i nā hana pale kūpono a ʻike i ka wā e makaʻala nui ai i nā loli ʻili.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
Hoʻonui pū kekahi mau kūlana a me nā mālama olakino i ka pilikia, me ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau immunosuppressive ma hope o nā transplant ʻōnaehana, loaʻa nā maʻi genetic, a i ʻole ka hele ʻana i ka radiation therapy no nā maʻi ʻaʻai ʻē aʻe.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā mea pilikia he nui, mai hopohopo. Ma kahi o kēia, e hoʻohana i kēia ʻike e hana i mua no ka pale ʻana a me ka ʻike koke ʻana. ʻAʻole loaʻa i ka poʻe he nui me ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ka maʻi ʻili, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe me nā mea pilikia liʻiliʻi i kekahi manawa.
Hoʻōla maikaʻi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā squamous cell carcinomas me ka ʻole o nā pilikia lōʻihi. Eia naʻe, he mea kōkua ke hoʻomaopopo i nā mea hiki ke hana inā ʻaʻole i hopu ʻia a mālama ʻia koke ka maʻi ʻaʻai.
ʻO nā mea hopohopo nui e komo pū ana:
Hoʻonui kekahi mau mea i nā pilikia, e like me nā tumors ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 2 kenimika, nā maʻi ʻaʻai e ulu ana i nā ʻili a i ʻole ma nā lehelehe a i ʻole nā pepeiao, a me nā hihia i nā poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka mālama kūpono e loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi loa. ʻOiai inā loaʻa nā pilikia, aia mau nā ala maikaʻi e hoʻokele ai iā lākou me ke alakaʻi ʻana o kāu hui olakino.
ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke pale ʻia ka squamous cell carcinoma ma o nā hana pale maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻOiai ka lā e hoʻokumu ai i ka hapa nui o nā hihia, ʻo ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili mai ka radiation UV kou pale maikaʻi loa.
Eia nā hana pale maikaʻi loa:
Inā hana ʻoe ma waho a i ʻole e hoʻolilo i ka manawa nui i ka lā, e noʻonoʻo i kēia mau hana hou: nā lole pale UV, ka zinc oxide no nā wahi ʻoluʻolu e like me kou ihu a me nā lehelehe, a me nā hoʻomaha maʻamau i nā wahi malu.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu loa e hoʻomaka e pale i kou ʻili. ʻOiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lā nui i ka wā ma mua, hiki i ka lawe ʻana i nā hana pale i kēia manawa ke hoʻemi i kou pilikia i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka squamous cell carcinoma e hoʻomaka pinepine me ka nānā ʻana o ka maka maʻalahi e kāu kauka a dermatologist paha. E nānā lākou i ka wahi kānalua kokoke, pinepine me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻonui kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo dermatoscope e ʻike i nā kikoʻī ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka maka maka.
Inā manaʻo kāu kauka i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, e hana lākou i kahi biopsy e loaʻa ai ka pane maopopo. E komo kēia i ka hoʻohemo ʻana i ka wahi me ka anesthetic kūloko a me ka wehe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo no ka loiloi hale hana.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana biopsy e komo pinepine ana:
Inā hōʻoia ʻia ka maʻi ʻaʻai, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua hou e hoʻoholo ai inā ua pālahalaha. Hiki ke komo pū kēia i ka nānā ʻana i nā lymph nodes kokoke a i ʻole, i nā hihia maʻamau ʻole, nā haʻawina imaging e like me nā CT scans.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ke kaʻina hana diagnostic holoʻokoʻa e lilo i mea ʻoluʻolu loa i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu hui olakino i ka ʻike e pono ai lākou e hoʻolālā i ka mālama maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana no ka squamous cell carcinoma he mea pololei a maikaʻi loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai. E koho kāu kauka i ke ala maikaʻi loa ma muli o ka nui, kahi, a me nā hiʻohiʻona o kāu maʻi ʻaʻai kikoʻī.
ʻO nā koho mālama maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
No ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, komo ka mālama ʻana i kahi kaʻina hana maʻalahi ma waho e lawe ai ma mua o hoʻokahi hola. E loaʻa iā ʻoe ka anesthesia kūloko e mālama iā ʻoe i ka ʻoluʻolu, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka home i ka lā like.
E kūkākūkā kāu kauka i ke koho e kūpono loa no kou kūlana, e noʻonoʻo ana i nā mea e like me kahi o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, kou makahiki a me kou olakino, a me kou makemake pilikino e pili ana i ka ʻili a me ka manawa hoʻōla.
Ma hope o kāu mālama ʻana, kōkua ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha i ka hoʻōla maikaʻi a me ka hopena cosmetic maikaʻi loa. ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka maʻalahi o ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla ma mua o ko lākou manaʻo, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka mālama kūpono.
Eia pehea e mālama ai iā ʻoe iho ma ka home:
ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻoluʻolu iki wale nō no hoʻokahi a ʻelua lā paha ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau ʻeha, ʻeha, a i ʻole ka paʻa ʻana a puni ka wahi i mālama ʻia, he mea maʻamau loa kēia.
Mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama olakino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā nīnau e pili ana i ka hoʻōla ʻana a i ʻike paha ʻoe i kekahi mea e hopohopo nei iā ʻoe. Makemake lākou e kākoʻo iā ʻoe ma ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla holoʻokoʻa.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa, e kōkua ia e hōʻoia iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mea maikaʻi loa mai kāu manawa me ke kauka a e pane i kāu mau hopohopo a pau. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kekahi hopohopo āu e manaʻo ai e pili ana i ka kipa.
Ma mua o kāu manawa:
Mai hilahila e nīnau i nā nīnau i ka wā o kāu kipa. Makemake kāu kauka e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou kūlana a me ka hilinaʻi i kāu papahana mālama.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pilikia ʻili e lilo i mau pilikia iki e mālama maʻalahi ʻia. ʻO ka hele ʻana i kāu manawa he hana maikaʻi ia e mālama ai i kou olakino.
ʻO ka squamous cell carcinoma kahi ʻano maʻi ʻili hiki ke mālama ʻia i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai, me nā helu hoʻōla ʻoi aku ma mua o 95% no ka hapa nui o nā hihia. ʻOiai paha e manaʻo ʻia ka hōʻailona he mea kaumaha i ka hoʻomaka, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka miliona o nā kānaka e lanakila maikaʻi ana i kēia maʻi ʻaʻai i kēlā me kēia makahiki a e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau loa.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ia ka ʻike koke ʻana e hana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻalahi a me ka maikaʻi, hiki i ka pale lā ke pale aku i ka hapa nui o nā hihia, a kōkua nā nānā ʻili maʻamau e hopu i nā pilikia i ka wā e mālama maikaʻi ʻia ai.
Aia kāu hui olakino e alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu, mai ka hōʻailona a hiki i ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama hoʻomau. Mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau, e hōʻike i nā hopohopo, a i ʻole e ʻimi i ke kākoʻo i ka wā e pono ai.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka hana ma ka ʻike ʻana i ke kauka e pili ana i nā loli ʻili kānalua he koho kūpono mau ia. Inā lilo ia i maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole kahi mea ʻole, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maluhia o ka manaʻo a me ka hopena maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā squamous cell carcinomas e ulu mālie ana i nā mahina a i nā makahiki paha a ʻaʻole pinepine e pālahalaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino. I ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai, noho maʻamau ka maʻi ʻaʻai i nā papa ʻili kahi i hoʻomaka ai. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ikaika ke ulu wikiwiki, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ʻaʻole e hoʻokaʻulua i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka squamous cell carcinoma ʻaʻole pono i ka chemotherapy. Hoʻōla piha ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hihia me nā kaʻina hana ʻoki maʻalahi. Manaʻo ʻia ka chemotherapy ma nā hihia maʻamau wale nō kahi i pālahalaha nui ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole no nā poʻe ʻaʻole hiki ke hana i ka ʻoki.
ʻAʻole maʻamau ka hoʻi hou ʻana i ka wā e wehe piha ʻia ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai me nā lihi maopopo. E hoʻonohonoho kāu kauka i nā manawa hoʻomau maʻamau e nānā i ka wahi i mālama ʻia a e nānā i nā loli ʻili hou. ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loaʻa ka mālama a me ka mālama hoʻomau i ka hoʻi hou ʻana.
ʻOiai ke hoʻonui iki nei ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lālā ʻohana me ka maʻi ʻili i kou pilikia, hoʻokumu ʻia ka squamous cell carcinoma e nā mea pili i ke kaiapuni e like me ka lā ma mua o ka genetics. Eia naʻe, hiki i kekahi mau kūlana genetic maʻamau ʻole ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi ʻili, kahi e kūkākūkā ai kāu kauka me ʻoe inā pili.
ʻO ka manawa hoʻōla e hilinaʻi ana i ke ʻano mālama a me kahi, akā hoʻōla ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i loko o 2-4 mau pule. Hoʻōla pinepine nā excisions maʻalahi i loko o 1-2 mau pule, ʻoiai paha e lōʻihi iki nā kaʻina hana ākea. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā manaʻo kikoʻī ma muli o kāu papahana mālama, a hoʻi ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i nā hana maʻamau i loko o nā lā.
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