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ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha he nānā maʻalahi a wikiwiki e nānā ana i kou waha, ʻāʻī, a me ka ʻāʻī no nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole nā loli e hiki ke lilo i maʻi ʻaʻai. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he nānā pono e kōkua ana i ka hopu ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā mua ke hiki ke mālama ʻia. Hoʻohana kāu kauka niho a i ʻole ke kauka i ko lākou mau lima a me nā maka e nānā i nā wahi kahi e ulu pinepine ai ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha, a ʻo ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa e lawe maʻamau i kekahi mau minuke i ka wā o kāu nānā maʻamau.
ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha he nānā pale e ʻimi ana i nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai i kou waha a me ka ʻāʻī. I ka wā o kēia nānā ʻana, nānā pono kāu mea mālama ola i kou lehelehe, nā ʻāʻī, ke alelo, ka ʻāʻī, a me loko o kou mau papalina no nā loli ʻokoʻa.
Ke nānā nei ka nānā ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻiʻo ʻokoʻa, nā ʻeha ʻaʻole e hoʻōla, a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu kānalua ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i mau pilikia koʻikoʻi. Hiki nō hoʻi i kāu mea lawelawe ke manaʻo a puni kou ʻāʻī a me ka iwi ā e nānā i nā lymph nodes pehu, i kekahi manawa hiki ke hōʻailona e hakakā ana kou kino i kahi maʻi a i ʻole kekahi hopohopo.
ʻAʻole ʻeha loa kēia ʻano nānā ʻana a ʻaʻole hoʻi e komo. ʻAʻole maopopo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke hana nei kā lākou kauka niho i kēia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻokolokolo niho maʻamau.
Kōkua ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha i ka hopu ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai i kona mau pae mua i ka wā e holomua ai ka lapaʻau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha i ka pae mua ma mua o ka maʻi ʻaʻai i ʻae ʻia e ulu a laha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino.
He mea nui ka nānā ʻana no ka mea e ulu pinepine ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha me ka ʻole o ka ʻeha a i ʻole nā hōʻailona maopopo i ka mua. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike i nā loli liʻiliʻi i kou waha i hiki ke lilo i mau hōʻailona mua, akā ua aʻo ʻia kāu mea mālama ola e ʻike i kēia mau ʻokoʻa maʻalahi.
He nui nā kānaka i ka pilikia nui no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha, me ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i ka paka, inu waiʻona mau, a i ʻole i hōʻike ʻia i kekahi mau maʻi virus. Akā naʻe, hiki i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha ke hoʻopilikia i kekahi, ʻo ia ke kumu e pōmaikaʻi ai ka nānā maʻamau i nā mea a pau.
He maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu ke kaʻina hana nānā ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha. E hoʻomaka kāu mea mālama ola ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala olakino, me nā hōʻailona āu i ʻike ai a me nā mea ola e pili ana i kou pilikia.
I ka wā o ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻike, e hoʻohana kāu mea mālama i ke kukui liʻiliʻi a me ka mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa alelo e ʻike maopopo i nā wahi a pau i loko o kou waha. E nānā lākou i kou lehelehe, nā ʻāʻī, ke alelo (me ka ʻaoʻao lalo), ke kaupaku a me ka papahele o kou waha, a me ke kua o kou ʻāʻī.
ʻO ka nānā kino e pili ana i kāu mea mālama e hoʻopā mālie ana a puni kou ʻāʻī, ka iwi ā, a me ka ʻāpana ʻāʻī me ko lākou mau lima. Ke nānā nei lākou i nā puʻupuʻu, nā puʻupuʻu, a i ʻole nā wahi i ʻokoʻa mai ka ʻiʻo maʻamau. Kōkua kēia ʻāpana o ka hoʻokolokolo i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōpū lymph i pehu a i ʻole nā loli ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Inā ʻike kāu mea mālama i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai, hiki iā lākou ke nānā pono me nā kukui kūikawā a i ʻole nā waihoʻoluʻu e ʻike maʻalahi i ka ʻiʻo maʻamau. I kekahi mau hihia, hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi laʻana ʻiʻo liʻiliʻi (biopsy) e loaʻa ai ka pane maopopo e pili ana i kā lākou e ʻike nei.
He maʻalahi ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha a koi i ka hana liʻiliʻi ma kāu ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka mea nui e wehe i nā niho, nā pā hapa, a i ʻole nā mea hana niho hiki ke wehe ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i hiki i kāu mea mālama ke ʻike maopopo i nā wahi a pau.
E hoʻāʻo e pale i ka ʻai ʻana, ka inu ʻana, a i ʻole ka puhi ʻana i ka paka no hoʻokahi hola ma mua o kāu nānā ʻana. Kōkua kēia i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe o kou waha a maʻalahi i kāu mea mālama e ʻike i nā loli i ke kala a i ʻole ke ʻano o kou ʻiʻo.
E hana i ka manaʻo i nā loli āu i ʻike ai i kou waha i kēia mau lā. Hiki i kēia ke komo i nā ʻeha i hoʻōla ʻole ʻia, nā wahi i ʻokoʻa ke manaʻo ke hoʻopā ʻoe iā lākou me kou alelo, a i ʻole kekahi ʻeha mau a i ʻole ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole.
E mākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala olakino me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paka a me ka waiʻona, no ka mea, hiki i kēia mau mea ke hoʻopilikia i kou pilikia. ʻAʻole i laila kāu mea lawelawe e hoʻokolokolo iā ʻoe akā e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mālama maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka ʻike pololei.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hōʻike maʻi maʻi waha e hopena i nā hopena maʻamau loa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole i ʻike kāu mea lawelawe i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo. Hāʻawi ka hopena maʻamau iā ʻoe i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo a hōʻoia i ka olakino o kou waha a me nā ʻiʻo ʻāʻī.
Inā ʻike kāu mea lawelawe i kekahi mea e pono ai ka nānā pono ʻana, e wehewehe lākou i ke ʻano o kā lākou i ʻike ai a me ke ʻano o ia mea. Nui nā hopena maʻamau ʻole e lilo i nā kūlana maʻalahi e like me nā ʻeha canker, nā maʻi, a i ʻole nā ulu maikaʻi ʻole ʻaʻole pili i ka maʻi maʻi.
Ke nānā aku kekahi mea i mea kānalua, hiki i kāu mea lawelawe ke ʻōlelo aku i nā hoʻokolohua hou a i ʻole e kuhikuhi iā ʻoe i kahi loea no ka loiloi hou. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo maʻalahi he maʻi maʻi kou - ʻo ia wale nō ke manaʻo nei lākou e makemake e hoʻomaopopo a hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻailona kūpono.
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi mea maʻamau i ka wā mua e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā koho maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana. ʻOiai inā e hōʻike nā hoʻokolohua hou i ka maʻi maʻi, ʻo ka hopu ʻana i ka wā mua e manaʻo pinepine ai i ka mālama maʻalahi a me nā hopena maikaʻi.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e hoʻomohala i ka maʻi maʻi waha, ʻoiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā hoʻoholo i ka ʻike e pili ana i kou olakino a me ka papa hana hōʻike.
ʻO nā mea pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau mea pilikia ʻaʻole maʻamau e komo pū ana me kekahi mau maʻi genetic, kahi ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka radiation ma mua i ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. Hiki i nā kānaka me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia ke loaʻa i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha, ʻo ia ke kumu he mea waiwai ka nānā mau ʻana no nā mea a pau.
Ke hele ʻole ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha a ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia, hiki ke laha i nā ʻiʻo kokoke a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o kou kino. Hiki i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ke ulu i loko o kou iwi ā, nā ʻiʻo o ka maka, a i ʻole nā ʻano ʻāʻī hohonu, e paʻakikī ai ka mālama ʻana a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou hiki ke ʻōlelo, ʻai, a i ʻole e ale maʻamau.
Hiki i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha holomua ke laha i nā lymph nodes i kou ʻāʻī, a mai laila aku i nā ʻōkana ʻē aʻe i kou kino. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana, i kapa ʻia ʻo metastasis, e paʻakikī loa ai ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai a hoʻololi nui i kāu prognosis.
Hiki i nā hopena kino o ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha holomua ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou maikaʻi o ke ola. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha mau, ka pilikia i ka ʻai ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai, nā loli i kāu ʻōlelo, a i ʻole nā pilikia me kou helehelena e pili ana i kou hilinaʻi a me nā pilina pili kanaka.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha holomua e koi pinepine i nā hana ʻoi aku ka ikaika, me ke ʻoki nui, ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation, a i ʻole ka chemotherapy. Hiki i kēia mau lapaʻau ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao a pono paha i kahi manawa hoʻōla lōʻihi.
Pono ʻoe e nānā i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu mau nānā niho maʻamau, e hana pinepine ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻeono mahina. Inā he mau mea pilikia kou no ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha, hiki i kāu kauka niho a i ʻole ke kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i nā nānā pinepine e mālama pono i nā loli.
Mai kali no kāu manawa e hiki mai ana inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli mau i kou waha. E ʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻeha ʻaʻole e ola i loko o ʻelua pule, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻeha.
ʻO nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka nānā koke ʻana, ʻo ia:
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pilikia waha he maʻi ʻaʻai, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā koke ʻana i nā hōʻailona e pili ana. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana e hana i nā mea a pau i ka holomua o ka lapaʻau a me ka hoʻōla.
ʻAe, hiki i ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻāʻī, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea e ulu ana ma ke kua o ka waha a me ka ʻāpana ʻāʻī luna. I ka wā o ka nānā ʻana, nānā kāu mea lawelawe i nā ʻāpana ʻike ʻia o kou ʻāʻī a manaʻo i kou ʻāʻī no nā lymph node i hoʻonui ʻia e hōʻailona paha i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻāʻī.
Eia naʻe, ulu kekahi mau maʻi maʻi ʻāʻī i loko o nā wahi hohonu ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi a i ʻole ke ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka nānā maʻamau. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻū ʻana mau, ka pilikia i ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole ka manaʻo e paʻa ana kekahi mea i kou ʻāʻī, pono paha ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā hou aʻe ma mua o ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi waha.
Loaʻa i nā mea puhi i ka wā ma mua ka pilikia nui o ka maʻi maʻi waha i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā poʻe i puhi ʻole i ka puhi, akā e emi nui ana kou pilikia ma hope o kou haʻalele ʻana. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, e hoʻomau ana kou pilikia i ka hāʻule ʻana i ka lōʻihi o kou noho ʻana me ka ʻole o ka puhi ʻana, a ma hope o 10-15 mau makahiki, kokoke kou pilikia i ka mea i puhi ʻole i ka puhi.
Hiki i ka pōʻino mai ka puhi ʻana ke lawe i nā makahiki e hoʻohuli loa, ʻo ia ke kumu e pōmaikaʻi ai nā mea puhi i ka wā ma mua mai nā nānā maʻi maʻi waha maʻamau. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka papa hana nānā kūpono e pili ana i ka lōʻihi a me ka nui o kāu puhi ʻana, me nā mea pilikia ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa ai.
He mea maikaʻi loa ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi waha i ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi mua a me nā loli precancerous ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i mau pilikia koʻikoʻi. Ke hopu ʻia ka maʻi maʻi i kona mau pae mua, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o 80-90% no nā maʻi maʻi liʻiliʻi, localized.
Hiki i ka nānā ʻana ke ʻike i nā kūlana precancerous e like me leukoplakia a i ʻole erythroplakia, ʻo ia nā loli ʻiʻo e lilo paha i cancerous inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole ʻia. ʻO ka hopu ʻana i kēia mau kūlana i ka wā mua e hiki ai ke nānā ʻana a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana e hiki ke pale i ka maʻi maʻi mai ka ulu ʻana.
Inā ʻaʻohe ou mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia no ka maʻi kanesa waha, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka wā o kāu mau nānā niho maʻamau i kēlā me kēia ʻeono mahina, ua lawa ia. Hoʻokomo ka hapa nui o nā poʻe loea niho i ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa waha ma ke ʻano he mālama niho maʻamau, no laila ua nānā ʻia paha ʻoe me ka ʻike ʻole.
ʻOiai me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia, pono e kūkākūkā i ka nānā ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa waha me kāu kauka niho a i ʻole ke kauka, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou ʻelemakule. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e ʻimi ai ma waena o nā manawa a hoʻoponopono i kāu papa manawa nānā inā pono e pili ana i kou kūlana olakino.
Inā hōʻike kāu nānā ʻana i kekahi mea e pono ai ka nānā ʻana, e wehewehe kāu mea mālama ola i ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou a paipai i nā hana aʻe. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka lawe ʻana i kahi laʻana liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo (biopsy) a i ʻole ka hoʻouna ʻana iā ʻoe i kahi loea e like me ke kauka lapaʻau waha a i ʻole oncologist no ka loiloi hou.
He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mea maʻamau ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo he maʻi kanesa kou. Nui nā wahi e nānā kānalua ana i nā maʻi, nā ulu maikaʻi, a i ʻole nā kūlana ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole maʻi kanesa. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōʻailona maopopo e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau kūpono inā pono a hāʻawi i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo inā ʻaʻole pilikia nā mea i loaʻa.
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