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ʻO ka Brachytherapy kekahi ʻano o ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation e waiho pololei ana i nā kumu radioactive i loko a i ʻole kokoke loa i ka wahi e mālama ʻia nei. ʻAʻole like me ka radiation waho e hele ana ma kou ʻili mai nā mīkini o waho, hāʻawi kēia lapaʻau i ka radiation i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai loko mai o kou kino. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia no nā maʻi ʻaʻai o ka prostate, cervix, umauma, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi e hiki ai i ka pahuhopu pololei ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa maoli i ka hopena o kāu lapaʻau.
Hana ʻo Brachytherapy ma ka hoʻonoho ʻana i nā hua radioactive liʻiliʻi, nā uea, a i ʻole nā mea noi pololei ma ke kahua tumora. Hāʻawi kēia ala i nā kauka e hāʻawi i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka radiation ma kahi e pono ai me ka pale ʻana i nā ʻiʻo olakino kokoke. No ka ʻōlelo Helene mai ka huaʻōlelo "brachy", ʻo ia hoʻi "ka mamao pōkole," e wehewehe pono ana i ka hana ʻana o kēia lapaʻau.
Aia nā ʻano nui ʻelua e hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai. Hāʻawi ka brachytherapy kiʻekiʻe (HDR) i ka radiation me ka wikiwiki ma o nā mea kanu manawa e wehe ʻia ma hope o kēlā me kēia kau. Hoʻohana ka brachytherapy haʻahaʻa (LDR) i nā mea kanu mau e hoʻokuʻu mālie i ka radiation ma luna o nā pule a i ʻole nā mahina a hiki i ka wā e lilo ai lākou i mea ʻole.
Na kāu kauka oncologist radiation e hoʻoholo i ke ʻano e hana maikaʻi loa ai no kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi, kahi, a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa. Aia ke koho i nā mea e like me ka nui o ka tumora, kou anatomy, a me ke ʻano o kou kino e pane ai i nā papa hana radiation like ʻole.
Hāʻawi ʻo Brachytherapy i nā mea maikaʻi he nui e lilo ai i koho maikaʻi loa no nā maʻi maʻi maʻi he nui. ʻO ka pololei o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka radiation kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki i nā mea kiʻekiʻe ke hiki palekana i nā cell maʻi ʻaʻai me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pōʻino i nā ʻōkana olakino a puni. ʻO kēia ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e alakaʻi pinepine i nā hopena lapaʻau maikaʻi me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka radiation waho wale nō.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i ka brachytherapy inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau ʻano maʻi maʻi e pane maikaʻi ana i kēia ʻano lapaʻau. Eia nā kūlana maʻamau kahi e hōʻoia ai kēia ʻano lapaʻau:
I kekahi manawa hoʻohana ʻia ka brachytherapy me ka radiation beam waho a i ʻole ke ʻoki ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau piha. E kūkākūkā kāu hui oncology inā paha e pōmaikaʻi kēia hui pū ʻana i kāu kūlana.
He ʻokoʻa ke kaʻina hana brachytherapy ma muli o ke ʻano o ka implant a me ka wahi e mālama ʻia nei. E hele kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu ma mua i ʻike maoli ʻoe i ka mea e manaʻo ai. Hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kaʻina hana i loko o kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena lapaʻau kūikawā me ke alakaʻi kiʻi e hōʻoia i ka waiho pololei ʻana.
Ma mua o kāu kaʻina hana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana, ka inu ʻana, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono paha ʻoe e hooki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e lahilahi ai ke koko a i ʻole e hahai i nā alakaʻi meaʻai kūikawā. E kūkākūkā pū kāu kauka i nā koho anesthesia, hiki ke hele mai ka numbing kūloko i ka anesthesia maʻamau e pili ana i ka paʻakikī o kāu lapaʻau.
Eia ka mea e hana maʻamau i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana:
Hiki ke lōʻihi ka manawa hāʻawi radiation mai kekahi mau minuke a i kekahi mau hola, ma muli o kāu ʻano lapaʻau. ʻO ka maʻamau, e lawe ana nā implants hua mau i 1-2 hola e waiho ai, ʻoiai e koi ana nā lapaʻau manawa i nā kau he nui i nā lā he nui.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka brachytherapy e pili ana i ka mākaukau kino a me ka naʻau. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī i hoʻopili ʻia i kāu ʻano lapaʻau a me ka mōʻaukala olakino. ʻO ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau alakaʻi me ka mālama pono e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hopena lapaʻau maikaʻi loa a e hōʻemi i ka pilikia o nā pilikia.
Hiki i kāu hoʻomākaukau ke komo i kekahi mau manawa lapaʻau ma mua o ke kaʻina hana maoli. E loaʻa paha iā ʻoe nā scans kiʻi e kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻolālā i ke kau ʻana o nā kumu radioactive. Pono paha nā hoʻokolohua koko e nānā i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a e hōʻoia ua mākaukau ʻoe no ke kaʻina hana.
Eia nā ʻanuʻu hoʻomākaukau nui e pono ai ʻoe e hahai:
Mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau e pili ana i kekahi ʻāpana o ke kaʻina hana hoʻomākaukau. Makemake kāu hui lapaʻau e manaʻo ʻoe he hilinaʻi a mākaukau no kāu lā lapaʻau.
Hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā hopena Brachytherapy ma mua o nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no ka mea e hōʻike ʻia ka hopena o ka lapaʻau i ka manawa. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu holomua ma o nā manawa e hahai ai, nā haʻawina kiʻi, a me nā hoʻokolohua kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ka pahuhopu e ʻike i nā hōʻike e pane ana ka maʻi ʻaʻai i ka lapaʻau ʻoiai e hōʻoia ana e pale ʻia kāu mau ʻiʻo olakino.
E nānā kāu hui mālama ola i kekahi mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi i ka wā o kāu hoʻōla a me ka mālama ʻana. Kōkua kēia mau māka e hoʻoholo i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lapaʻau a inā pono e hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā mālama. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ana hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e komo hou i kāu huakaʻi lapaʻau.
E nānā kāu kauka i kēia mau wahi nui:
He ʻokoʻa nui ka manawa no ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ma muli o ke ʻano o kou maʻi maʻi a me ke ʻano o ka lapaʻau. ʻIke kekahi poʻe maʻi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o nā pule, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e pono paha i kekahi mau mahina e ʻike i nā hopena lapaʻau piha. E wehewehe kāu kauka i ka mea e manaʻo ai no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻOiai ua palekana a maikaʻi ka brachytherapy, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole nā pilikia. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia e kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu hui mālama ola e mālama i nā hana kūpono a nānā pono i kāu holomua. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua a mālama koke ʻia.
Aia kou pilikia pilikino ma luna o kekahi mau mea pilikino a me nā mea e pili ana i ka lapaʻau. E loiloi pono kāu hui lapaʻau i kēia mau mea ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka brachytherapy a e kūkākūkā i nā hopohopo kikoʻī e pili ana i kāu kūlana. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i kāu lapaʻau.
Eia nā mea pilikia nui e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou manawa o nā pilikia:
E hana pū kāu kauka me ʻoe e hōʻemi i kēia mau pilikia i ka hiki. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou olakino ma mua o ka mālama ʻana, ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole ke koho ʻana i nā ʻenehana kikoʻī e hana maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
Hiki ke loli nā pilikia o ka brachytherapy mai nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi a hiki i nā pilikia lōʻihi loa. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā maʻi e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ke mālama ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka manawa e hoʻōla ai nā ʻiʻo olakino. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama olakino iā ʻoe a hāʻawi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia e kū mai.
ʻO nā pilikia kikoʻī āu e ʻike ai e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka wahi mālama a me kou mau mea olakino pilikino. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e nānā ai e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama kūpono inā e kū mai nā pilikia. E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole e hana ana kāu mālama ʻana.
Eia nā pilikia maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
Pono nā pilikia koʻikoʻi akā kakaʻikahi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i ke kahe nui ʻana, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e like me ke kuni a i ʻole ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka maʻamau ʻole, a i ʻole ka ʻeha nui ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi me nā lāʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia. E hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka manawa e kāhea ai i ke kōkua.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka manawa e hoʻopili ai i kāu hui mālama ola ma hope o ka brachytherapy he mea nui ia no kou palekana a me ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia a hiki ke mālama ʻia kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao ma ka home, pono nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau wikiwiki. E hāʻawi kāu kauka i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona e nānā ai e pili ana i kāu ʻano lapaʻau.
Mai kānalua e hoʻopili i kāu hui lapaʻau me nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo inā he mea koʻikoʻi kekahi mea. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o lākou e lohe mai iā ʻoe e pili ana i kahi pilikia liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka kali ʻana i ka lōʻihi e hoʻoponopono i kahi pilikia nui. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kikowaena lapaʻau nā helu pili 24-hola no nā kūlana pilikia.
E hoʻopili koke i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona hōʻailona:
Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i nā manawa e hahai ai i nā manawa maʻamau inā maikaʻi ʻoe. Hāʻawi kēia mau kipa i kāu kauka e nānā i kāu holomua, e nānā i nā pilikia e ulu ana, a e hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā mālama e like me ka mea e pono ai.
\nHāʻawi ka brachytherapy i nā pono kūikawā no kekahi mau maʻi maʻi, akā ʻaʻole pono ia he
Aia ke kiʻekiʻe o kou radioacticity ma hope o ka brachytherapy ma ke ʻano o ka lapaʻau āu e loaʻa ai. Me nā mea kanu manawa, e radioactīve wale nō ʻoe i ka wā e waiho ʻia ai nā kumu, a ʻaʻohe radioacticity i koe ma hope o ka wehe ʻia ʻana. Me nā mea kanu hua mau, e hoʻopuka ʻoe i nā pae haʻahaʻa o ka radiation no kekahi mau pule a i mau mahina, akā e emi ana kēia i ka manawa.
E hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hana palekana radiation inā pono. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka palena manawa o ka pilina pili me nā wahine hāpai a me nā keiki ʻōpio, a i ʻole ka pale ʻana i ka halihali lehulehu no kahi manawa pōkole. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā a i mau pule, ma muli o ke ʻano o kā lākou lapaʻau.
He ʻokoʻa nui ka lōʻihi o ka brachytherapy ma muli o ke ʻano o ka lapaʻau a me ka wahi e mālama ʻia nei. Lawe pinepine nā mea kanu hua mau i 1-2 mau hola e waiho ai i kahi kaʻina hana outpatient. Pono paha nā lapaʻau kiʻekiʻe-dose i nā kau he nui i nā lā he nui, me kēlā me kēia kau e mau ana i 10-30 mau minuke no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka radiation.
Pono paha nā lapaʻau haʻahaʻa-dose me nā mea kanu manawa e noho ʻoe i ka haukapila no 1-7 mau lā i ka wā e waiho ʻia ai nā kumu. E wehewehe kāu kauka i ka manawa kikoʻī no kāu lapaʻau a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā e like me ia no ka manawa mai ka hana a i ʻole ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kōkua ma ka home.
Aia nā palena huakaʻi ma hope o ka brachytherapy ma ke ʻano o kāu lapaʻau a me ka manawa. Inā he mau hua radioactive mau kāu, pono paha ʻoe e pale i ka huakaʻi ea no kekahi mau pule no ka mea hiki i nā scanners palekana kahua mokulele ke ʻike i ka mea radioactive. E hāʻawi kāu kauka iā ʻoe i kahi kāleka ʻeke e wehewehe ana i kāu lapaʻau inā pono.
No nā lapaʻau hoʻokomo manawa pōkole, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma hope o kou ola ʻana mai ke kaʻina hana, maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule. E kūkākūkā mau i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi me kāu hui mālama ola, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā ana e hele i waho i ka wā o kāu manawa koho e hele ai no ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea maʻi e ʻike i kekahi ʻoluʻolu i ka wā a ma hope o ka brachytherapy, akā ʻaʻole maʻamau ka ʻeha nui. Hana ʻia ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo ma lalo o ka anesthesia, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e ʻeha i ka wā o ka lapaʻau. Ma hope, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha, ka pehu, a i ʻole ka ʻeha ma kahi o ka lapaʻau.
E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele ʻeha me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā ʻenehana hoʻonohonoho, a me nā hana hōʻoluʻolu ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka ʻoluʻolu he māmā a i ka waena a hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā a i nā pule i ka wā e holomua ai ka hoʻōla. Mai kānalua e noi i ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kekahi ʻeha āu e ʻike ai.
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