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He lāʻau chemotherapy ikaika ka Epirubicin a nā kauka e hoʻohana ai e mālama i nā ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai like ʻole. No ka pūʻulu o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hakakā ana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i kapa ʻia ʻo anthracyclines, e hana ana ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka hiki o nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ke ulu a hoʻonui.
Hāʻawi pololei ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kahe koko ma o ka IV, e ʻae ana iā ia e hiki i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ma kou kino. ʻOiai he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika ka epirubicin i hiki ke maikaʻi loa i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, hele mai nō hoʻi me nā hopena ʻaoʻao e nānā pono ai kāu hui mālama ola a kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama.
He lāʻau chemotherapy ka Epirubicin e kuhikuhi pono ana i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ma ka hōʻino ʻana i ko lākou DNA. ʻO ia ka mea a nā kauka e kapa ai he lāʻau cytotoxic, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hoʻolālā ʻia e pepehi a i ʻole e hoʻōki i ka ulu ʻana o nā pūnaewele e mahele wikiwiki ana e like me nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai.
He mana i hoʻololi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau o kekahi lāʻau chemotherapy i kapa ʻia ʻo doxorubicin. Ua hoʻomohala nā ʻepekema i ka epirubicin e like me ka maikaʻi ʻoiai e hana ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kou puʻuwai. Hōʻike ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he wai ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka injection, he mea maʻamau loa ia.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka Epirubicin i nā ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai like ʻole, ʻo ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma kekahi o nā hoʻohana maʻamau. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma mua a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma.
Ma waho aʻe o ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma, hiki i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke mālama i nā maʻi ʻaʻai ʻē aʻe ma kou kino. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻōpū, ka maʻi ʻaʻai ovarian, a me kekahi mau ʻano o nā sarcomas ʻiʻo palupalu. I kekahi manawa hoʻohana nā kauka i ka epirubicin no ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻōpū, kahi e waiho pololei ʻia ai i loko o ka ʻōpū ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana ma o ka IV.
E hui pinepine kāu kauka oncologist i ka epirubicin me nā lāʻau chemotherapy ʻē aʻe e hana i kahi ala lapaʻau piha. Hiki i kēia lapaʻau hui ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi lāʻau hoʻokahi wale nō.
Hana ʻo Epirubicin ma ka komo ʻana i loko o nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai a hōʻino i ko lākou DNA ma ke ʻano e pale ai iā lākou mai ka mahele a me ka ulu ʻana. E noʻonoʻo iā ia me he mea lā e hoʻopilikia ana i ka manual aʻo o ka pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai, e hana ana i mea hiki ʻole i ka pūnaewele ke hana i nā kope o ia iho.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau chemotherapy ikaika e pili ana i nā pūnaewele ma kou kino holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai ke kālele nui nei ia i nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai e mahele wikiwiki ana, hiki nō hoʻi ke pili i kekahi mau pūnaewele olakino e mahele wikiwiki ana, e like me nā mea i loko o kou lauoho, waha, a me ka ʻōnaehana digestive.
Hoʻopilikia pū ka lāʻau i nā enzymes e pono ai nā pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai e hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho. ʻO kēia hana pālua e hana ai ʻo epirubicin i mea maikaʻi loa i ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻoiai e pono ai ka nānā pono ʻana ma muli o kona ikaika.
Hāʻawi mau ʻia ʻo Epirubicin e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i aʻo ʻia ma kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena lapaʻau maʻi ʻaʻai. E loaʻa iā ʻoe ma o ka laina IV, e ʻae ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e komo pololei i kou kahe koko.
Ma mua o kāu lapaʻau, e hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i nā lāʻau anti-nausea e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻōpū. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻokē ʻai ma mua o ka lapaʻau, akā ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai māmā ma mua e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ka infusion.
ʻO ka infusion maoli ma kahi o 15 a 30 mau minuke, ʻoiai e hoʻolilo paha ʻoe i ka manawa hou ma ke kikowaena lapaʻau no ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka nānā ʻana. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe i ka wā a ma hope o ka infusion e hōʻoia ana e ʻae maikaʻi ana ʻoe i ka lāʻau.
E loaʻa pinepine iā ʻoe ka epirubicin i nā pōʻaiapuni, me nā lā lapaʻau a ukali ʻia e nā wā hoʻomaha e hiki ai i kou kino ke ola. E wehewehe kāu kauka i kāu papa manawa kikoʻī, e pili ana paha i nā lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia mau pule no kekahi mau mahina.
Aia ka lōʻihi o kāu lapaʻau epirubicin i kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi, pehea ka holomua ʻana, a me ka maikaʻi o kou pane ʻana i ka lāʻau. Loaʻa ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka no kekahi mau mahina, mai 3 a 6 mau mahina.
E nānā kāu kauka i kou holomua i ka wā o ka lapaʻau ʻana me nā hoʻokolohua koko, nā kiʻi kiʻi, a me nā hoʻokolokolo kino. Ma muli o kēia mau hopena, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau a i ʻole e ʻōlelo e hoʻōki inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hopena i makemake ʻia.
Aia kekahi palena ola no ka nui o ka epirubicin hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa me ka palekana ma muli o kona hopena i kou puʻuwai. Mālama kāu oncologist i ka helu o kāu mahele holoʻokoʻa e hōʻoia e noho ana ʻoe i loko o nā palena palekana i ka wā e loaʻa ana ka pōmaikaʻi nui mai ka lapaʻau.
E like me nā lāʻau chemotherapy a pau, hiki i ka epirubicin ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā mea a pau iā lākou ma ke ala like. E hana pū kāu hui mālama ola me ʻoe e mālama i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e kū mai ana.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka wā o ka lapaʻau:
E nānā mau kāu kauka i nā helu koko ou a hiki ke hoʻololi i kāu papa hana lapaʻau inā haʻahaʻa loa kāu mau helu. Kōkua kēia nānā ʻana i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a hōʻoia i ka hiki i kou kino ke mālama i ka lapaʻau me ka palekana.
ʻAʻole maʻamau kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi a pono e mālama koke ʻia e nā kauka. Aia kēia mau mea i nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai e like me ka pōkole o ka hanu, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana i kou mau wāwae a i ʻole ka ʻōpū. E nānā kāu hui lapaʻau i ka hana o kou puʻuwai i ka wā o ka lapaʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, akā kakaʻikahi a koʻikoʻi, e komo pū ana me nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi, nā ʻeha waha koʻikoʻi e pale ana i ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka inu ʻana, a me nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ke kuni, nā anu, a i ʻole ka ʻūlū mau. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu hui mālama ola.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Epirubicin no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi pono kāu kauka inā ʻo ia ka lapaʻau kūpono nāu. ʻAʻole kūpono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o kāna hopena i ka hana o ka puʻuwai.
Inā he moʻolelo kou o ka maʻi puʻuwai, nā puʻuwai i hala, a i ʻole nā puʻuwai puʻuwai ʻino, pono kāu kauka e loiloi inā palekana ʻo epirubicin nāu. Hiki iā lākou ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua puʻuwai kūikawā ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lapaʻau e hoʻokumu i kahi kumu no ka nānā ʻana.
Pono paha ka poʻe me nā pilikia ate koʻikoʻi i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, ua hana ʻia ʻo epirubicin e ke ake. E nānā kāu kauka i ka hana o kou ate me nā hoʻokolohua koko ma mua a i ka wā o ka lapaʻau e hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo epirubicin no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hōʻeha i kahi pēpē e ulu ana. Pono nā kāne a me nā wahine e hoʻohana i ka mana hānau kūpono i ka wā o ka lapaʻau a no kekahi mau mahina ma hope.
ʻO ka poʻe me nā pilikia kīkī nui a i ʻole nā maʻi e pono e hoʻopaneʻe i ka lapaʻau a hiki i ka maikaʻi ʻana o kēia mau maʻi. E loiloi kāu hui mālama ola i kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka epirubicin.
Loaʻa ka Epirubicin ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo Ellence ka mea maʻamau ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me Pharmorubicin a me Epirubicin Ebewe, akā ʻokoʻa ka loaʻa ʻana ma kēlā me kēia ʻāina.
Ma waho aʻe o ka inoa inoa, aia nā mana a pau i ka mea hana like a hana ma ke ala like. E hoʻohana kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ke kikowaena lapaʻau i ka mana i loaʻa a ʻae ʻia ma kou wahi.
Hōʻike mau ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he wai ʻulaʻula ʻālohilohi ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka injection, he mea maʻamau a manaʻo ʻia. Kōkua kēia kala kūikawā i nā mea mālama ola e ʻike pono iā ia a hōʻoia i ka lawelawe kūpono.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka epirubicin iā ʻoe, he nui nā koho chemotherapy ʻē aʻe i kāu kauka e noʻonoʻo ai. ʻO Doxorubicin ka lāʻau lapaʻau like loa, no ka ʻohana lāʻau lapaʻau like, akā he ʻokoʻa iki nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana i nā ʻano lāʻau chemotherapy like ʻole e like me paclitaxel, carboplatin, a i ʻole cyclophosphamide. Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia a i ʻole nā lāʻau immunotherapy hou, ma muli o kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi.
Aia ke koho o ke koho ʻē aʻe i nā mea he nui, me kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi, nā lapaʻau mua, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me nā makemake pilikino. E kūkākūkā kāu oncologist i nā koho a pau i loaʻa me ʻoe e ʻimi i ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
He like loa ka Epirubicin a me ka doxorubicin i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana ana ma nā ʻano like i nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi. He mau lāʻau chemotherapy maikaʻi loa lāua mai ka ʻohana like, a hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke mālama i nā ʻano maʻi maʻi like.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi nui o ka epirubicin ʻo ia paha e liʻiliʻi nā pilikia o ka naʻau i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka doxorubicin, e ʻae ana i kekahi poʻe maʻi e loaʻa i nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe loa me ka palekana. He mea nui kēia no ka poʻe e pono ai i ka mālama nui a i ʻole nā mea pilikia no ka maʻi puʻuwai.
Eia naʻe, ua like ka maikaʻi o nā lāʻau ʻelua i ka hakakā ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa, a ʻo ke koho ma waena o lākou e pili pinepine ana i nā mea pilikino e like me ke olakino o kou naʻau, nā lāʻau i hala, a me ka ʻike o kāu kauka me kēlā me kēia lāʻau. E ʻōlelo aku kāu oncologist i ke koho i kūpono i kou kūlana.
Pono ka epirubicin i ka noʻonoʻo pono inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻuwai, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i ka hana o ka naʻau. E loiloi kāu kauka i ke olakino o kou naʻau ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau a hiki ke kauoha i nā hoʻokolohua e like me ka echocardiogram a i ʻole ka scan MUGA e nānā i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o kou naʻau.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia o ka naʻau maʻalahi, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka epirubicin akā me ka nānā pinepine ʻana i ka naʻau a me nā lāʻau haʻahaʻa paha. No ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka palekana a me ke kūpono o nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia ka epirubicin e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i kahi hoʻonohonoho olakino, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hala i kahi lāʻau ma ka home. Inā hala ʻoe i kahi manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kikowaena lapaʻau i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou.
E hoʻoholo kāu hui lapaʻau i ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻi ai i ka papa, e pili ana paha i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau. He mea nui ʻaʻole e lele i nā lāʻau me ka kūkākūkā ʻole ʻana me kāu mea mālama ola.
E kāhea koke aku i kāu hui mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, ka nausea koʻikoʻi e pale ana i ka ʻai a i ʻole ka inu ʻana, ke kuni ma luna o 100.4°F, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi.
Pono e hāʻawi kāu kikowaena lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka ʻike pili pilikia a me nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hōʻailona e pono ai ka nānā koke ʻana. Mai kānalua e ʻimi i ke kōkua inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike nei.
Pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lapaʻau epirubicin ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a kāu oncologist. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka manawa e hoʻopau ai i ka lapaʻau ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka pane ʻana o ka maʻi kanesa, kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, a inā paha ua hiki ʻoe i ka nui o ka lāʻau palekana i ke ola.
Mai hooki i ka lapaʻau ma kāu iho, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a i ʻole e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. Hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ka wā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ʻoe e loaʻa i ka pōmaikaʻi piha o kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
ʻAe, e ulu hou ana kou lauoho ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka lapaʻau epirubicin, ʻoiai e hiki ke lawe i kekahi mau mahina e hoʻi i kona mānoanoa maʻamau a me ke ʻano. Hoʻomaka ka nalowale o ka lauoho ma 2-3 pule ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lapaʻau a hoʻomau i ka wā o kāu lapaʻau.
Ke ulu hou kou lauoho, he ʻano ʻokoʻa paha kona ʻano a i ʻole ke kala ma mua, akā hoʻi maʻamau i ka manawa. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana mālama lauoho mālie a me ka pale ʻana i ko lākou poʻo mai ka lā e kōkua i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.
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