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ʻO Technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept he mea kiʻi kiʻi radioactive e kōkua ana i nā kauka e ʻimi i nā lymph nodes a me kekahi mau maʻi maʻi i ka wā o ke ʻoki. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā e like me ka GPS no nā kauka lapaʻau, e hoʻomālamalama ana i nā wahi kikoʻī i loko o kou kino i hiki iā lākou ke ʻike pololei i kahi e hana ai.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kēia injection inā e hana ʻia ana ʻoe i ke ʻoki ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma, melanoma, a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi ʻaʻai poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu hui lapaʻau e hana me ka pololei a me ka palekana.
ʻO Technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept he mea huli radioactive e paʻa ana i nā cell immune i kapa ʻia ʻo macrophages. ʻO kēia mau cell e hōʻiliʻili maoli i nā lymph nodes a puni nā maʻi maʻi, e lilo ana lākou i mau pahuhopu kūpono no kēia mea kiʻi kiʻi.
Aia i loko o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka radioactive technetium i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi protein i kapa ʻia ʻo tilmanocept. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia, hele ia ma waena o kāu ʻōnaehana lymphatic a hōʻiliʻili i nā lymph nodes sentinel, ʻo ia nā lymph nodes mua e hiki ai i nā cell maʻi ʻaʻai ke hohola.
E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea hōʻailona e hoʻomaopopo ana i nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā mea ʻike kūikawā i ka wā o ke ʻoki. Ua lawa ka ikaika o ka hōʻailona radioactive no nā mea lapaʻau e ʻike ai akā ua nāwaliwali e palekana no kou kino.
Kōkua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā kauka lapaʻau e ʻike i nā lymph nodes sentinel i ka wā o ke ʻoki ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO nā lymph nodes sentinel e like me ka wahi nānā mua no nā cell maʻi ʻaʻai e hoʻāʻo nei e hohola mai ke kahua maʻi mua.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia injection inā e hana ʻia ana ʻoe i ke ʻoki ʻana no ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma a i ʻole melanoma. Hoʻohana ʻia nō hoʻi ia no kekahi mau ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī kahi e pono ai ka ʻike lymph node pololei no ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Kōkua ka pahu i nā kauka lapaʻau e wehe wale i nā ʻōpū lymph e pono ke nānā ʻia, ma mua o ka wehe ʻana i nā pūʻulu nui o nā ʻōpū. Hiki i kēia hana i manaʻo ʻia ke hōʻemi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a me ka manawa hoʻōla ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike e pono ai nā kauka e hoʻokūpono i kāu maʻi maʻi.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka manaʻo ʻana i nā pūnaewele immune kūikawā e hōʻiliʻili maoli i nā ʻōpū lymph a puni nā maʻi ʻaʻai. Ke hoʻokomo ʻia, ʻimi ka protein tilmanocept a paʻa i nā mea hoʻokipa ma kēia mau pūnaewele immune.
Hana ka mea radioactive technetium e like me ka beacon, e hoʻopuka ana i nā kukuna gamma e hiki ai i nā mea ʻike lima kūikawā ke kiʻi i ka wā o ke ʻoki. Hoʻohana kāu kauka lapaʻau i kēia mau hōʻailona e ʻike pono i nā ʻōpū lymph e pono ke nānā ʻia a i ʻole e wehe ʻia.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he mea hana kiʻi kiʻi ikaika. Ua lawa ka ikaika e hāʻawi i nā hōʻailona maopopo no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke ʻoki akā akahai e lawa ai ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe iho - hāʻawi mau ʻia e nā poʻe lapaʻau i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena ʻoki. Hāʻawi ʻia ka pahu i ka lā like me kāu ʻoki, maʻamau 15 mau minuke i kekahi mau hola ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaʻina hana.
E hoʻokomo kāu hui mālama ola i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka ʻiʻo a puni kāu maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole i ka wahi i loaʻa ai kāu maʻi ʻaʻai ma mua. Aia ka wahi injection i kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi a me ka hoʻolālā ʻoki.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai a pale paha i ka ʻai ʻana ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia pahu, ke ʻole e hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu ʻoki. ʻAʻole pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā hoʻomākaukau meaʻai kūikawā.
He mea lapaʻau hoʻokahi wale nō i hāʻawi ʻia no kāu ʻoki. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe mau a i ʻole no ka manawa lōʻihi e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
He pōkole ka hapalua o ka mea radioactive, ʻo ia hoʻi, e nalowale ana kona radioactivity a haʻalele koke i kou kino a maoli i loko o kekahi mau lā. Hoʻopau ʻia ka hapa nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o kou mau puʻupaʻa i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola.
E hoʻohana wale kāu kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoki ʻana ma mua o nā pilikia. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēlā me kēia injection e pili ana i kāu kūlana olakino.
ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe i ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi a he manawa pōkole.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka ʻeha maʻalahi, ka pehu, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula ma kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai. Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau hola a i ʻole hoʻokahi lā ma hope o ka injection.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hana pinepine ʻia, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau nō:
ʻAʻole pono kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho i ka wā e hana ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
He mea maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke komo i nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi. Eia nā hōʻailona hōʻailona e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
He mau hopena koʻikoʻi loa kēia, akā ua mākaukau kāu hui lapaʻau e mālama iā lākou inā loaʻa lākou. E nānā pono ʻia ʻoe ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka injection.
ʻAʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia injection.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā he maʻi ʻoe i ʻike ʻia i ka technetium, tilmanocept, a i ʻole kekahi mea o ka injection. E nīnau kāu kauka e pili ana i nā hopena i hala i nā mea hana kiʻi a i ʻole nā mea radioactive.
ʻO ka hāpai ʻana kekahi mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai. Hiki i nā mea radioactive ke hōʻeha i kahi pēpē e ulu ana, no laila e hōʻoia kāu kauka ʻaʻole ʻoe e hāpai ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana. Inā loaʻa kekahi manawa e hāpai ana ʻoe, e haʻi koke i kāu hui lapaʻau.
Pono nā makuahine e hānai ana i ka umauma i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā. ʻOiai e hele ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka waiū umauma i nā mea liʻiliʻi, e kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo inā e hoʻōki i ka hānai ʻana i ka umauma no ka manawa a i ʻole e hoʻohana i nā ʻano hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole paha he moho maikaʻi nā poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi autoimmune a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi ana i ka ʻōnaehana pale. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā cell immune e hana pono, no laila hiki i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia mau cell ke hoʻopilikia i kona pono.
Loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma lalo o ka inoa inoa Lymphoseek. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia inoa ma kāu mau moʻolelo olakino a i ʻole e lohe i kāu hui mālama ola e kuhikuhi iā ia i ka wā o kāu mālama ʻana.
ʻO Lymphoseek wale nō ka brand i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA o technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept i loaʻa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hana ʻia ia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻike ʻana i ka lymph node sentinel i ka wā o ke ʻoki ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa.
Hiki i kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau a i ʻole ka haukapila ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kona inoa generic, technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept, i nā palapala olakino a i ʻole nā pepa ʻinikua.
Nui nā mea hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ke kōkua i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻōpū lymph i ka wā o ke ʻoki ʻana, ʻoiai he mau pono like ʻole a me nā hoʻohana. E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi a me nā pono o ke ʻoki.
ʻO Technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid he mea hana radioactive kahiko i hoʻohana mau ʻia no ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻōpū lymph sentinel. He hana maikaʻi ia akā ʻaʻole pili pono i nā pūnaewele immune e like me ka tilmanocept.
Hāʻawi nā injections blue dye, e like me methylene blue a i ʻole isosulfan blue, i ke alakaʻi ʻike i ka wā o ke ʻoki. Hiki i nā kauka ke ʻike i nā ʻōpū lymph i pena ʻia i ka uliuli, akā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi kēia ʻano hana no nā nodes hohonu a paʻakikī paha ke kiʻi.
Hoʻohana kekahi mau kikowaena ʻoki i kahi ala hui pū, e hāʻawi ana i kahi mea hana radioactive a me ka blue dye e hoʻonui i nā manawa o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōpū lymph kūpono. E kūkākūkā kāu hui ʻoki i ke ala e hana maikaʻi ai no kāu kūlana.
ʻO nā koho hou aku e pili ana i ka indocyanine green fluorescence imaging, e hoʻohana ana i ka mālamalama kokoke i ka infrared e hōʻike i nā ʻōpū lymph. Ke lilo nei kēia ʻenehana i mea i loaʻa akā ʻaʻole kūpono no nā ʻano ʻoki maʻi maʻi āpau.
Hoʻohana nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i ke kumu like, akā hāʻawi ʻo technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept i kekahi mau pono i nā kūlana kikoʻī. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui i ke ʻano pololei o kēlā me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e kuhikuhi i nā ʻōpū lymph.
Hoʻopili ʻo Tilmanocept i nā pūnaewele immune i loko o nā ʻōpū lymph, hiki ke hāʻawi i nā hōʻailona maopopo a me ka ʻike pololei ʻana i ka ʻōpū lymph. Hiki ke kōkua nui kēia kikoʻī i nā hihia ʻoki paʻakikī a i ʻole ke paʻakikī ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻōpū lymph.
Ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia ka sulfur colloid no nā makahiki he nui a hana maikaʻi no ka hapa nui o nā maʻi. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai a ʻoi aku ka loaʻa ma mua o ka tilmanocept, e lilo ia i koho kūpono no nā kikowaena ʻoki he nui.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i ke ʻano o kāu maʻi kanesa, ka paʻakikī o kāu ʻoki, a me ka ʻike o kāu kauka lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia koho. Ua manaʻo ʻia he palekana a he pono nā mea ʻelua ke hoʻohana pono ʻia.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kahi o kāu maʻi, ka nui o kou kino, a me nā ʻoki i hana ʻia ma mua i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai i ka mea hana kiʻi e hana maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe.
ʻAe, palekana maʻamau kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole pili ka injection i nā pae kōpaʻa koko a ʻaʻole hoʻopilikia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes.
Eia naʻe, pono paha ka mālama ʻana i kāu maʻi diabetes i ka wā o ka ʻoki. E hana pū kāu hui mālama ola me kāu mea mālama diabetes e hōʻoia i ka mālama pono ʻia o kou kōpaʻa koko ma mua, i ka wā, a ma hope o kāu kaʻina hana.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa kēia kūlana no ka mea e hāʻawi mau ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e nā poʻe lapaʻau i aʻo ʻia e helu i ke ana pololei āu e pono ai. Hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka injection no ke kaumaha o kou kino a me ke ʻano o ka ʻoki.
Inā loaʻa ka overdose, e nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe a hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo. He pōkole ka hapalua o ka mea radioactive, no laila e haʻalele ka lāʻau lapaʻau nui i kou kino maoli i loko o kekahi mau lā.
No ka mea, ua hāʻawi ʻia kēia injection ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu kaʻina hana ʻoki, ʻo ka hala ʻana iā ia e manaʻo ana e hoʻonohonoho hou i kāu ʻoki. ʻAʻole kēia he mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma hope e like me ka hala ʻana i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā.
Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kāu ʻoki i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e kelepona koke i kāu hui ʻoki. E hana pū lākou me ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka injection a me kāu kaʻina hana no ka manawa e kūpono ai i kāu kūlana.
He liʻiliʻi a pōkole nā hopena radioactive. Ua hala ka hapa nui o ka radioactivity mai kou kino i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola ma hope o ka injection.
Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i ka kaupalena ʻana i ka pilina pili me nā wahine hāpai a me nā keiki liʻiliʻi no ka lā mua ma hope o kāu injection. He mau hana mālama wale nō kēia, a he liʻiliʻi loa ka pilikia me ka ʻole o kēia mau hana.
ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou hiki ke kalaiwa. Eia naʻe, e loaʻa paha iā ʻoe kēia injection i ka lā hoʻokahi me kāu ʻoki, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe i kekahi e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i ka home ma hope.
ʻOiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe ma hope o ka injection, pono ka hana ʻoki a me nā anesthesia āu e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi kanaka makua kuleana e hoʻokele iā ʻoe i ka home a noho pū me ʻoe no ka liʻiliʻi o nā hola mua ma hope o ke ʻoki.
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