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ʻO ka kanesa ʻelelo kahi ʻano o ka kanesa waha e ulu ai nā sela i loko o kou ʻelelo me ka manaʻo ʻole. Hoʻopili kēia maʻi i nā ʻiʻo a me nā pūnaewele e hana ana i kou ʻelelo, kahi mea nui i ka ʻōlelo, ka ʻai ʻana, a me ka ʻono ʻana i ka meaʻai.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kanesa ʻelelo he squamous cell carcinomas, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻomaka lākou i nā sela lahilahi, pālahalaha e uhi ana i ka ʻili o kou ʻelelo. ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo nui ka lohe ʻana i kekahi kanesa, hiki ke mālama pinepine ʻia ka kanesa ʻelelo i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai, a nui nā kānaka e ola ana i nā ola piha a olakino ma hope o ka mālama ʻana.
Hiki ke mālie nā hōʻailona mua o ka kanesa ʻelelo a hiki ke like me nā huhū maʻamau o ka waha i ka wā mua. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui, ʻaʻole e nalowale kēia mau hōʻailona ma luna o lākou iho ma hope o ʻelua mau pule.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau e nānā ai:
Hiki i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo pū me ka hanu ʻino mau, nā niho palala me ka kumu ʻike ʻole, a i ʻole ka paʻakikī e hoʻoneʻe i kou ʻelelo maʻamau. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka ʻeha pepeiao ʻaʻole e pili ana i ka maʻi pepeiao.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau hōʻailona e ʻōlelo koke ana he kanesa kāu. Nui nā kūlana e hiki ke hana i nā hōʻailona like, akā pono mau ke nānā ʻia e ka mea mālama ola.
Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine ʻia ka kanesa ʻelelo ma muli o kahi e ulu ai i loko o kou ʻelelo. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia mau ʻano, kōkua ia i nā kauka e hoʻolālā i ke ala mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā ʻano nui ʻelua:
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kanesa ʻelelo he squamous cell carcinomas, akā hiki i nā ʻano ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo pū me nā adenocarcinomas, lymphomas, a me nā sarcomas. Hiki i kēia mau ʻano ʻaʻole maʻamau ke pono i nā ala mālama ʻokoʻa, akā he hapa liʻiliʻi lākou o nā kanesa ʻelelo a pau.
Hoʻomohala ka kanesa ʻelelo i ka wā e hōʻino ai kekahi mea i ka DNA i loko o nā sela o kou ʻelelo, e hoʻokumu ana i ka ulu ʻana o lākou me ka manaʻo ʻole. ʻOiai ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike mau i ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i kēia loli, nui nā mea e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa:
ʻO nā kumu ʻaʻole maʻamau ke komo pū me ka huhū mau mai nā niho ʻoi a i ʻole nā niho ʻaʻole kūpono, kekahi mau kūlana genetic, a me ka ʻōnaehana pale ʻole. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka kanesa ʻelelo me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia, kahi mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai iā mākou hiki i ke kanesa ke hana maʻamau.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau loli mau i kou ʻelelo e lōʻihi ma mua o ʻelua mau pule. Hana nui ka ʻike koke ʻana i ka hopena o ka mālama ʻana.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi kūkākūkā inā ʻike ʻoe:
Mai kali i ka wā e ʻino ai nā hōʻailona a i ʻole e manaʻo e nalowale lākou ma luna o lākou iho. Hiki i kāu kauka a i ʻole niho ke hana i kahi nānā piha a hoʻoholo inā pono ke hoʻokolohua hou aku.
Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea pilikia, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā hoʻoholo naʻauao e pili ana i kou olakino, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e ʻōlelo koke ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kanesa.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui:
ʻO nā mea hou aku e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia ke komo pū me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o nā kanesa poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī, kekahi mau syndromes genetic, ka mālama radiation mua i ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī, a me ka huhū mau mai ka hana niho a i ʻole nā maʻa e like me ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻelelo.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, nui o kēia mau mea pilikia i loko o kou mana. Hiki i ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola maikaʻi ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia.
ʻOiai hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia, nui nā kānaka me ka kanesa ʻelelo e hoʻōla maikaʻi me ka mālama kūpono. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai a i ka wā hea e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua.
Hiki i nā pilikia maʻamau ke komo pū me:
ʻO nā pilikia ʻaʻole maʻamau akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi ke komo pū me ka paʻakikī o ka hanu inā pale ka kanesa i nā ala ea, nā pilikia meaʻai nui, a me ka pālahalaha ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe e pale a hoʻoponopono koke i kēia mau pilikia.
Nui nā pilikia hiki ke mālama ʻia me ke kākoʻo kūpono, me ka therapy ʻōlelo, ka ʻōlelo aʻo meaʻai, a me ka mālama niho.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā hihia a pau o ka kanesa ʻelelo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia ma ka hana ʻana i nā koho ola maikaʻi. Ke nānā nei ka pale ʻana i ka pale ʻana i nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia a me ka mālama ʻana i ka olakino waha maikaʻi.
Eia nā hana pale maikaʻi loa:
He mea nui nā nānā niho maʻamau no ka mea hiki i kāu niho ke ʻike i nā loli mua i kou waha. E noʻonoʻo e loaʻa ka inoa HPV inā kūpono ʻoe, no ka mea hiki iā ia ke pale aku i nā ʻano e like loa me ke kumu o ke kanesa.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka huhū mau mai ka hana niho a i ʻole nā maʻa e like me ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻelelo, e hoʻoponopono koke i kēia mau pilikia e hoʻemi i ka hōʻino mau i nā pūnaewele o kou ʻelelo.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka kanesa ʻelelo e komo pinepine ana i nā ʻanuʻu he nui, e hoʻomaka ana me kahi nānā kino a holomua i nā hoʻokolohua kikoʻī inā pono. E hana pono kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo i ka mea e hoʻokumu ana i kou mau hōʻailona.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana ʻike maʻamau ke komo pū me:
ʻO ka biopsy wale nō ke ala e ʻike pono ai i ke kanesa. E hoʻohemo kāu kauka i ka wahi a e wehe i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka pūnaewele kānalua, a laila e nānā ʻia ma lalo o ka microscope e kahi pathologist.
Inā loaʻa ke kanesa, e kōkua nā hoʻokolohua hou aku e hoʻoholo i ke kahua a e alakaʻi i ka hoʻolālā mālama. Hiki ke manaʻo lōʻihi kēia kaʻina hana, akā ʻo ka ʻike piha e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama kūpono loa.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka kanesa ʻelelo e hilinaʻi ana i nā mea he nui, me ka nui a me kahi o ke kanesa, inā ua pālahalaha, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. E hana kāu hui mālama ola i kahi hoʻolālā mālama pilikino e hāʻawi i ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka holomua.
ʻO nā koho mālama nui:
Nui nā kānaka e loaʻa i ka hui o nā mālama. No ka laʻana, hiki ke ukali ʻia ka ʻoki kino e ka mālama radiation e hoʻopau i kekahi mau sela kanesa i koe.
E komo pū kāu hui mālama me nā loea i ka therapy ʻōlelo, ka meaʻai, a me nā mālama kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kou maikaʻi o ke ola i ka wā a ma hope o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka mālama lapaʻau, nui nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kākoʻo i kou hoʻōla a mālama i nā hōʻailona. Hana kēia mau hoʻolālā me kāu mālama lapaʻau e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu.
Eia nā ala mālama home kōkua:
E hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā hana waha mālie e like me ka ʻōlelo a kāu therapist ʻōlelo e mālama i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻelelo. E hoʻomaha i ka wā e pono ai, a mai kānalua e noi i nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha no ke kōkua me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.
E mālama i kou mau hōʻailona a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka mālama ʻana i hiki iā ʻoe ke kūkākūkā me kāu hui mālama ola i ka wā o nā kūkākūkā.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkākūkā e kōkua i ka hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea maikaʻi loa mai kou manawa me kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke alakaʻi i ka kamaʻilio maikaʻi a me ka mālama maikaʻi aku.
Ma mua o kāu kūkākūkā:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i nā kiʻi o nā loli ʻike ʻia i kou ʻelelo inā hele mai a hele aku lākou. Hiki i kēia ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou mau hōʻailona.
Mai makaʻu e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e noi i ka wehewehe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomaopopo i kekahi mea. Makemake kāu hui mālama ola e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike a ʻoluʻolu me kāu mālama.
He kūlana koʻikoʻi ka kanesa ʻelelo, akā pinepine ʻia ke mālama ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hopu koke ʻia ai. ʻO ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ke hana, ʻo ia ke nānā i nā loli i kou waha a ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona mau.
Nui nā kānaka i lanakila maikaʻi i ka kanesa ʻelelo a hoʻi i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia ka mālama ʻana i nā makahiki i hala, a kōkua ka mālama kākoʻo i nā kānaka e mālama i ko lākou maikaʻi o ke ola i ka wā hoʻōla.
Hana nui ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻemi ʻana i kou pilikia. ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka paka, ka kaupalena ʻana i ka waiʻona, ka hana ʻana i ka mālama waha maikaʻi, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā nānā niho maʻamau he mau hana pale ikaika.
Inā kūʻē ʻoe i kahi ʻike kanesa ʻelelo, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō. Aia kāu hui mālama ola e kākoʻo iā ʻoe i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ke ala, a nui nā kumuwaiwai e loaʻa ana e kōkua iā ʻoe a me kou ʻohana e hoʻokele i kēia huakaʻi.
ʻAʻole pono. Hiki i ka kanesa ʻelelo mua ke ʻole ka ʻeha, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ke nānā i nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e like me nā ʻeha mau, nā puʻupuʻu, a i ʻole nā ʻāpana ʻaʻole e hoʻōla. Pinepine ka ʻeha i ka wā e ulu ai ke kanesa a i ʻole inā loaʻa ka maʻi.
ʻAe, hiki i ka kanesa ʻelelo ke pālahalaha i nā lymph nodes kokoke i ka ʻāʻī a, ʻaʻole pinepine, i nā ʻōnaehana ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ke kumu e nui ai ka ʻike koke ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana. E nānā kāu kauka i nā hōʻailona o ka pālahalaha ʻana i ka wā o ka ʻike a me ke kahua.
Mālama nui nā kānaka i ka ʻōlelo maʻamau a kokoke i ka maʻamau ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hopu koke ʻia ke kanesa. Hiki i ka therapy ʻōlelo ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā loli a hoʻonui i kou mau mākau kamaʻilio. ʻO ka nui o nā loli ʻōlelo e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui a me kahi o ke kanesa a me ke ʻano o ka mālama pono.
Hoʻololi nui ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o ke kahua o ke kanesa a me nā mālama pono. Hiki i ka ʻoki kino ke lawe i kekahi mau hola me nā pule o ka hoʻōla, ʻoiai e komo pinepine ana ka mālama radiation i nā mālama i kēlā me kēia lā no kekahi mau pule. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe i kahi manawa kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu hoʻolālā mālama pilikino.
E like me nā kanesa he nui, hiki i ka kanesa ʻelelo ke hoʻi hou mai, ʻo ia ke kumu e nui ai nā kūkākūkā hahai maʻamau. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā hoʻi hou i loko o nā makahiki ʻelua mua ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. E nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe a e aʻo iā ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e nānā ai ma ka home.
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