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ʻO Samarium Sm 153 lexidronam he lāʻau lapaʻau radioactive i hoʻohana ʻia e mālama i ka ʻeha o ka iwi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi i laha i nā iwi. Hoʻohui kēia lapaʻau kūikawā i kahi mea radioactive (samarium-153) me kahi pūhui e ʻimi ana i ka iwi e hāʻawi ana i ka radiation i manaʻo ʻia i nā wahi iwi ʻeha. Hoʻohana maʻamau ʻia ia i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻole ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i ka hōʻoluʻolu no ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi holomua.
ʻO Samarium Sm 153 lexidronam he radiopharmaceutical e manaʻo ana i ka ʻiʻo iwi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi. Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka missile alakaʻi, e ʻimi ana i nā wahi i laha ai ka maʻi maʻi i kou mau iwi a hāʻawi i ka lapaʻau radiation i kālele ʻia. Hāʻawi kēia ala i nā kauka e mālama i nā wahi iwi ʻeha he nui ma kou kino me kahi injection hoʻokahi.
No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals ka lāʻau. Hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻiliʻili i nā wahi o ka hana iwi nui, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o nā cell maʻi maʻi i ka wā e laha ai i nā iwi. He hapa-ola pōkole ka radioactive samarium-153, ʻo ia hoʻi, e wāwahi maoli ia a haʻalele i kou kino i ka manawa.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoluʻolu i ka ʻeha o ka iwi i ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi i laha i nā wahi iwi he nui. He mea kōkua nui ia no nā maʻi me ka prostate, ka umauma, ka māmā, a i ʻole nā maʻi maʻi kīkī i metastasized i nā iwi. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia lapaʻau ke ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha o ka iwi ākea ʻaʻole i mālama pono ʻia e nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
He mea waiwai loa ka lapaʻau ʻana no ka mea hiki iā ia ke mālama i ka ʻeha ma loko o kou ʻōnaehana iwi holoʻokoʻa i hoʻokahi kau. Ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i kēlā me kēia wahi iwi ʻehaʻeha, hiki i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke kuhikuhi i nā wahi he nui i ka manawa like. He mea maikaʻi kēia no ka poʻe e ʻehaʻeha ana i ka maʻi kanesa ma nā wahi iwi he nui.
Hoʻohana kekahi mau kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hoʻolālā mālama ʻeha nui. Hiki ke hui pū ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e like me ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation waho, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻeha, a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau hormone e hāʻawi i ka mālama piha no ka ʻeha maʻi kanesa e pili ana i ka iwi.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka radiation i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi kanesa i kou mau iwi. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kou kahe koko, lawe ka pūhui e ʻimi ana i ka iwi i ka samarium-153 radioactive i nā wahi o ka hana iwi i hoʻonui ʻia. Hoʻokumu nā pūnaewele maʻi kanesa i nā iwi i ka hoʻololi iwi ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻiʻo olakino, kahi e lilo ai lākou i mau pahuhopu maoli no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hoʻopuka ka samarium-153 radioactive i nā ʻāpana beta e hele ana i kahi mamao pōkole loa i loko o kou kino. ʻO ia hoʻi, pili ka radiation i ka wahi kokoke i nā pūnaewele maʻi kanesa, e hōʻemi ana i ka pōʻino i nā ʻiʻo olakino kokoke. Kōkua ka radiation i kālele ʻia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeha ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pūnaewele maʻi kanesa a me nā hana inflammatory a lākou e hana ai i kou mau iwi.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he koho lapaʻau ikaika. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ikaika e like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau radiation ʻē aʻe, ua kālele ʻia ma mua o ka chemotherapy systemic. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka mahele radiation me ka akahele e pili ana i kou kūlana kikoʻī a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he pahu hoʻokahi i loko o ke aʻa, maʻamau i loko o kahi halemai a i ʻole ke kikowaena lapaʻau kūikawā. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai wikiwiki ma mua o ka pahu, akā hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e inu i nā wai hou aʻe ma mua a ma hope o ka lapaʻau ʻana e kōkua i kou mau puʻupaʻa e hana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He mau minuke wale nō ka pahu ponoʻī.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pahu, pono ʻoe e hoʻokahe loa i kou ʻōpū. Kōkua kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation i kou ʻōpū a me nā ʻōkana a puni. E hāʻawi pū kāu hui mālama ola kino iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hana palekana radiation e hahai ai ma hope o ka lapaʻau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai maʻamau ma mua a ma hope o ka pahu. Manaʻo kekahi mau kauka e noho maikaʻi i ka wai ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui i nā lā ma hope o ka lapaʻau. Kōkua kēia i kou kino e hoʻopau i ka mea radioactive me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma o kou mimi.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he outpatient, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka home i ka lā hoʻokahi. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hahai i nā alakaʻi palekana kikoʻī e pale aku i nā lālā o ka ʻohana a me nā mea ʻē aʻe mai ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation, ʻoiai i nā lā mua ma hope o ka lapaʻau.
Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka kēia lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he pahu hoʻokahi, akā pono paha kekahi i ka lua o ka mahele ma hope o kekahi mau mahina. Ke hana nei ka samarium-153 radioactive i loko o kou kino no kekahi mau pule ma hope o ka pahu, e emi mālie ana i ka wā e pala ai ka mea radioactive.
E nānā kāu kauka i kāu pane ʻana i ka lapaʻau a me nā helu koko i nā pule a me nā mahina e hiki mai ana. Inā hāʻawi ka pahu mua i ka hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā lapaʻau hou. Eia naʻe, inā hoʻi mai ka ʻeha a ʻaʻole i mālama pono ʻia, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi pahu hou ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o kāu mau helu koko.
ʻO ka manawa ma waena o nā lapaʻau, inā pono, ma ka liʻiliʻi he 2-3 mahina. Hāʻawi kēia i kou iwi iwi e ola mai nā hopena o ka radiation a hoʻihoʻi i nā helu o kou mau keena koko i nā pae palekana. E hoʻohana kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua koko a me nā pae o kou ʻeha e hoʻoholo ai inā a i ka wā e kōkua ai ka lapaʻau hou.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau no ka lapaʻau a ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a he manawa pōkole, akā pono kekahi i ka nānā pono ʻana e kāu hui mālama ola.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka iwi, ka luhi, a me ka nausea. Hiki ke hana pinepine kēia i nā lā mua ma hope o ka lapaʻau a maʻa mau e hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou iho. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona inā lilo lākou i mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
He mea maʻamau nō hoʻi nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ke koko a pono e nānā ʻia:
E nānā mau kāu kauka i kāu mau helu koko e hōʻoia i ka noho ʻana i loko o nā pae palekana a e ola pono i ka manawa.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hāʻule nui ʻana o nā helu keʻena koko, nā maʻi koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole ke kahe nui ʻana. He mea maʻamau kēia akā pono e mālama koke ʻia inā loaʻa. E wehewehe kāu hui mālama ola i nā hōʻailona ʻōlelo aʻo e nānā ai a i ka manawa e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku ai iā lākou.
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka iwi i nā lā mua ma hope o ka lapaʻau, i kapa pinepine ʻia he
ʻAʻole kūpono kēia lapaʻau no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi pono kāu kauka inā palekana ia no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi olakino a me nā kūlana e hana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono ʻole a i ʻole paha he mea weliweli.
ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe me nā helu koko haʻahaʻa loa e loaʻa i kēia lapaʻau. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻemi hou i nā helu koko, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me nā maʻi koʻikoʻi a i ʻole ke kahe ʻana o ke koko. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu mau helu koko ma mua o ka lapaʻau ʻana e hōʻoia i ka lawa.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me:
E noʻonoʻo pū kāu kauka i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei, a me kāu kūlana maʻi maʻi kikoʻī i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai inā kūpono kēia lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole hoʻokō wale ka makahiki i kekahi mai ka lapaʻau ʻana, akā pono paha nā mākua kahiko i ka nānā ʻana i ka mālama ʻana ma muli o ka lohi ʻana o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o nā helu koko. E kaupaona kāu hui mālama ola i nā pōmaikaʻi kūpono e kūʻē i nā pilikia no kāu kūlana pilikino.
ʻIke nui ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e kona inoa brand ʻo Quadramet. He lōʻihi a loea ka inoa generic, samarium Sm 153 lexidronam, no laila e kuhikuhi pinepine nā mea mālama ola a me nā mea maʻi iā ia ma kona inoa brand no ka maʻalahi.
Hana ʻia ʻo Quadramet e nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā a ʻaʻole paha i loaʻa ma nā kikowaena lapaʻau a pau. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi keʻena e hiki ke hāʻawi i kēia lapaʻau inā ua ʻōlelo ʻia no kou kūlana.
Nui nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e hiki ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka iwi mai ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ʻoiai he mau pōmaikaʻi a me nā mea e noʻonoʻo ai. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā koho e hana maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
ʻO nā radiopharmaceuticals ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me ka radium-223 (Xofigo), i ʻae ʻia no ka maʻi ʻaʻai prostate i laha i nā iwi. ʻO Strontium-89 (Metastron) kekahi lapaʻau radioactive e ʻimi ana i ka iwi, ʻoiai ua hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o ka samarium-153.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole radioactive e komo pū ana:
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa, ke ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ka nui o ke komo ʻana o ka iwi, a me nā lapaʻau mua i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai i ke ala maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana i kou ʻeha iwi.
He kūpono nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha o ka iwi mai ka maʻi ʻaʻai, akā hana lākou i nā mea like ʻole a ua ʻae ʻia no nā kūlana like ʻole. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e pili ana i kāu ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai a me nā kūlana pilikino.
Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Radium-223 (Xofigo) no ka maʻi maʻi prostate i laha i nā iwi a hiki ke kōkua i nā kānaka e ola lōʻihi. Hāʻawi ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he mau injections i loko o kekahi mau mahina. ʻO Samarium-153, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ua ʻae ʻia no nā ʻano maʻi maʻi like ʻole i laha i nā iwi a hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me ke ʻano o kāu maʻi maʻi, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hala, a me nā pahuhopu lapaʻau i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kūpono paha. Hiki ke maikaʻi nā mea ʻelua, akā ʻokoʻa ke koho maikaʻi loa mai kēlā me kēia kanaka.
ʻAʻole pono nā kānaka me ka maʻi kīkī koʻikoʻi e loaʻa i kēia lapaʻau no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ko lākou mau kīkī ke hoʻopau pono i ka mea radioactive. Hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation lōʻihi a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Inā he mau pilikia kīkī māmā a maʻalahi paha kāu, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i kēia lapaʻau akā e nānā pono iā ʻoe. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i ka mahele a i ʻole e hana i nā hana hou e hōʻoia i ka hana palekana ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e kou kino.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i kahi hoʻonohonoho i mālama ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka overdose. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka mahele ma muli o ke kaumaha o kou kino a me ke kūlana olakino, a hoʻomākaukau ʻia a lawelawe ʻia ka injection e nā loea i aʻo ʻia.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka mahele āu i loaʻa ai, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu mau moʻolelo lapaʻau a pane i nā hopohopo āu e pili ana i ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau āu i loaʻa ai.
ʻAʻole pili maʻamau kēia kūlana no ka mea hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he pahu hoʻokahi i loko o kahi keʻena mālama ola. Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka mālama ʻana, e kelepona i ke keʻena o kāu kauka i ka wā hiki loa e hoʻonohonoho hou.
Inā pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi pahu ukali a ua hala i ka manawa, pono i kāu kauka e loiloi hou i kou kūlana o kēia manawa a me nā helu koko ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana.
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