ʻO ka radiotherapy, i kapa ʻia hoʻi he radiotherapy, kahi ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa. Hoʻohana kēia mālama i nā kukuna o ka ikehu ikaika e pepehi i nā cell kanesa. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka radiotherapy i nā X-rays. Akā aia nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka radiotherapy, me ka proton radiation. He pololei nā ʻano hou o ka radiation. Hoʻopili pololei lākou i nā kukuna i ka maʻi kanesa ʻoiai e pale ana i nā pūnaewele olakino mai nā nui o ka radiation.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation e mālama i nā ʻano kanesa āpau aneane. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā kānaka āpau me ka maʻi kanesa e loaʻa iā lākou ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou mālama. Hiki nō hoʻi ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation e mālama i kekahi mau kūlana ʻaʻole kanesa. ʻO kēia ka mea e komo pū ai nā ʻōpū ʻaʻole kanesa, i kapa ʻia ʻo nā ʻōpū benign.
Hiki paha a hiki paha ʻole iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau radiation. Aia ia ma kahi ʻāpana o kou kino e loaʻa ana i ka radiation a me ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao, hiki ke kaohi ʻia i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana. Ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, e hala ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻĀpana o ke kino e mālama ʻia Nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau Ke kino āpau Paukū lauoho ma ka wahi mālama (i kekahi manawa mau loa), huhū ʻili ma ka wahi mālama, luhi Poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī Waha maloʻo, mānoanoa ka saliva, paʻakikī ka ʻai ʻana, ʻeha ka ʻāʻī, loli ke ʻano o ka ʻono o ka meaʻai, nausea, ʻeha waha, pala nā niho Uma Paʻakikī ka ʻai ʻana, makemake i ka ʻōhū, pōkole o ka hanu ʻŌpū Nausea, luaʻi, ʻōpū Pelvis Diarrhea, huhū ʻōpū, pinepine ka mimi, dysfunction moekolohe I kekahi manawa, e ulu nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Kāhea ʻia kēia mau mea he mau hopena ʻaoʻao hope. ʻAʻole pinepine loa, hiki ke ulu ka maʻi kanesa hou i nā makahiki a i ʻole nā decades ma hope o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa. Hiki ke hana ʻia e ka radiation a i ʻole nā mālama ʻē aʻe. Kāhea ʻia kēia he maʻi kanesa mua lua. E nīnau i kāu mea hoʻolako e pili ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao āpau e hiki ke hana ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, i ka manawa pōkole a me ka lōʻihi.
Ma mua o ka radiotherapy beam waho, e hālāwai ʻoe me ke kauka akamai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka radiation e mālama ai i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO kēia kauka ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka radiation oncologist. Hiki iā ʻolua ke noʻonoʻo pū inā kūpono ka radiotherapy nou. Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e hele i mua, e hoʻolālā pono kāu kime mālama i kāu mālama. E ʻimi lākou i ka wahi kūpono ma kou kino e hōʻoia i ka nui kūpono o ka radiation e hele ai i kahi e pono ai. ʻO ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ma ke ʻano maʻamau, e komo pū me: Hoʻohālike radiation. I ka wā hoʻohālike, e kōkua kāu kime radiotherapy iā ʻoe e loaʻa kahi kūlana ʻoluʻolu. Pono ʻoe e moe mālie i ka wā mālama, no laila he mea nui ka ʻoluʻolu. No ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, e moe ʻoe ma luna o ka papa ʻano like e hoʻohana ʻia i kāu mālama. E kōkua nā uluna a me nā mea kākoʻo e hoʻopaʻa iā ʻoe i ke ala kūpono i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke mālie. Malia paha e hoʻokomo ʻia ʻoe i kahi mold kino a i ʻole ka pale maka mesh e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe ma kahi. A laila, e hōʻailona kāu kime radiotherapy i kahi ma kou kino e loaʻa ai ka radiation. Malia paha e hana ʻia kēia me kahi mea hōʻailona a i ʻole me nā peʻa liʻiliʻi mau loa. Aia nō ia ma kāu kūlana. Hoʻolālā ʻana i nā scan. E hoʻohana kāu kime radiotherapy i nā scan e kaha kiʻi i kāu hoʻolālā radiation maʻamau. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā scan CT a i ʻole MRIs. I ka wā o kēia mau scan, e moe ʻoe ma ke kūlana mālama me ka mask a i ʻole ka mold i hana ʻia no ʻoe. Ma hope o ka hoʻolālā ʻana, e hoʻoholo kāu kime mālama i ke ʻano a me ka nui o ka radiation āu e loaʻa ai. Aia kēia ma ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa āu i loaʻa ai, kou olakino maʻamau a me nā pahuhopu no kāu mālama. He mea nui ka hoʻolālā ʻana e loaʻa ka nui a me ka nānā pono ʻana o nā beam radiation. Ke pololei kēia, emi ka pōʻino i nā cell olakino a puni ka maʻi kanesa.
Hoʻohana ka radiation therapy beam waho i kahi mīkini e kuhikuhi i nā beam kiʻekiʻe i loko o kou kino. Ke kapa ʻia nei kēia he linear accelerator. I kou moe mālie ʻana, e neʻe ana ka linear accelerator a puni ʻoe. Hāʻawi ia i ka radiation mai nā kihi he nui. Hoʻoponopono ʻia ka mīkini no ʻoe e kāu kime mālama. Pēlā, hāʻawi ia i ka nui kūpono o ka radiation i ka wahi pololei ma kou kino. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka radiation i ka wā e hāʻawi ʻia ana. He like ia me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka X-ray. He mālama ma waho o ka haukapila ka radiation beam waho. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e noho i ka haukapila ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. He mea maʻamau ke loaʻa ka therapy ʻelima lā o ka pule ma luna o kekahi mau pule. Hāʻawi ʻia kekahi mau papa mālama ma luna o 1 a 2 mau pule. Hoʻolaha ʻia ka mālama ʻana i kēia ala i loaʻa i nā cell olakino ka manawa e hoʻōla ai ma waena o nā hālāwai. I kekahi manawa, hoʻohana wale ʻia hoʻokahi mālama e hoʻomaha i ka ʻeha a i ʻole nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe mai nā kanesa holomua. E manaʻo i kēlā me kēia hālāwai e lōʻihi ma kahi o 10 a 30 mau minuke. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēlā manawa e hoʻolilo ʻia ana i ka hoʻonoho ʻana i kou kino i kahi kūpono. I ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, e moe ʻoe ma ka papa i ka like me kāu hana ʻana i ka wā o ka hoʻolālā ʻana. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā molds a me nā props like e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe ma kahi. Hana ka mīkini linear accelerator i kahi kani buzzing. Eia kekahi, hiki iā ia ke huli a puni kou kino e hōʻea i ka pahuhopu mai nā kihi like ʻole. Noho ka hui therapy radiation o ʻoe i loko o kahi lumi kokoke. E hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio me lākou ma o ka wikiō a me ke kani e hoʻohui ana i kāu mau lumi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻoe e manaʻo i kekahi ʻeha mai ka radiation, e ʻōlelo mai inā ʻoe e manaʻo ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Ma hope o ka lāʻau mālama radiation, malia paha e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi e ʻike ai inā e emi ana ke kanesa. I kekahi manawa, pane koke ka kanesa i ka lāʻau mālama. I nā manawa ʻē aʻe, pono paha he mau pule a mau mahina paha e ʻike ai i ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau mālama. E nīnau i kāu hui lāʻau mālama radiation i ka mea āu e manaʻo ai.
Hōʻole: He kahua ʻike olakino ʻo ʻAukake a ʻaʻole hōʻike kāna mau pane i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau. E kūkākūkā mau me kahi ʻoihana lapaʻau laikini kokoke iā ʻoe ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi.
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