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Cancer y’umuhogo ni ubwoko bwa kanseri itera mu mubiri w’umuhogo wawe, ari wo uturemangingo dufite ishusho y’igi yiri inyuma y’umunwa wawe. Iyi ndwara iri mu bwoko bwa kanseri ziterera mu mutwe no mu ijosi, cyane cyane kanseri y’umunwa.
Nubwo kumva ibya kanseri ibyo ari byo byose bishobora gutera ubwoba, ni ingenzi kumenya ko kanseri y’umuhogo ikunda kuvurwa neza, cyane cyane iyo imenyekanye hakiri kare. Abantu benshi bakomeza kubaho ubuzima buzira umuze nyuma yo kuvurwa. Gusobanukirwa ibimenyetso no kumenya igihe ukwiye gushaka ubufasha bishobora kugira uruhare rukomeye mu buryo uzakira.
Ibimenyetso bya mbere bya kanseri y’umuhogo bishobora kuba bito kandi bishobora kumera nk’ibibazo bisanzwe by’umunwa warigeze kugira. Ariko, itandukaniro nyamukuru ni uko ibi bimenyetso bikunda gukomeza kandi bigakomeza kwiyongera uko iminsi igenda ishira.
Dore ibimenyetso bisanzwe ushobora kubona:
Ibimenyetso bitagenda bibaho ariko bishoboka birimo kugabanuka k’uburemere bitazwi, inkorora ihoraho, cyangwa kumva hari ikintu gifunze mu munwa wawe. Bamwe mu bantu bagira n’kuva amaraso mu kanwa cyangwa mu munwa, nubwo ibi bidahagaragara cyane mu ntangiriro.
Icyatuma kanseri y’umuhogo iba ikibazo ni uko byinshi muri ibi bimenyetso bishobora kumera nk’izindi ndwara zisanzwe nka strep throat cyangwa tonsillitis. Ikintu gikomeye cyo kwibuka ni ukwihangana - niba ibi bimenyetso bikomeje ibyumweru birenga bibiri bitavuwe, birakwiye kubimenyesha umuganga.
Kanseri y’umuhogo isobanurwa ahanini hashingiwe ku bwoko bw’uturemangingo kanseri itangiriramo. Ubwoko busanzwe ni kanseri y’uturemangingo twa squamous, igize hafi 90% bya kanseri zose z’umuhogo.
Kanseri y’uturemangingo twa squamous itera mu turemangingo duto, dufite imiterere y’igitambaro, duherereye ku mubiri w’umuhogo wawe. Ubu bwoko bwa kanseri bushobora kongera gusobanurwa muburyo bubiri bushingiye ku cyayiteye. Kanseri y’umuhogo ifite HPV ifitanye isano na virusi ya papillomavirus y’umuntu kandi ikunda kuvurwa neza. Kanseri zidafite HPV zikunda kuba zifitanye isano no kunywa itabi n’inzoga.
Ubwoko budakunze kugaragara harimo lymphoma, itera mu turemangingo dukingira umubiri muri tisi y’umuhogo. Ibi bigize igipimo gito cya kanseri y’umuhogo ariko bisaba uburyo butandukanye bwo kuvura. Gake cyane, izindi kanseri nka sarcomas cyangwa kanseri nto z’ibirungo by’amashyira biterwa mu gace k’umuhogo.
Kanseri y’umuhogo itera iyo uturemangingo dusanzwe mu mubiri w’umuhogo wawe uhinduka muri ADN yabyo, bikaba byatera gukura bidakurikije uko bikwiye. Nubwo tutabuze kumenya impamvu ibi bibaho kuri umuntu kandi bikaba bitabayeho ku wundi, abashakashatsi bamenye ibintu by’ingenzi byongera ibyago.
Impamvu ikomeye mu myaka ya vuba aha ni ubwandu bwa virusi ya papillomavirus y’umuntu (HPV), cyane cyane HPV-16. Iyi virusi yandura mu mibonano mpuzabitsina imaze kuba impamvu ikomeye ya kanseri y’umuhogo, cyane cyane mu rubyiruko. Inkuru nziza ni uko kanseri y’umuhogo ifitanye isano na HPV ikunda kugira umusaruro mwiza mu kuvurwa.
Ibintu byongera ibyago bikomeje kuba ingenzi birimo:
Bimwe mu bintu bitakunze kugaragara birimo kwandura ibintu bimwe na bimwe cyangwa imirasire, ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri buke, ndetse no kuba hari indwara mu muryango. Ariko rero, ni ingenzi kumva ko kugira ibintu byongera ibyago ntibisobanura ko uzabona kanseri - abantu benshi bafite ibintu byongera ibyago ntibabona iyo ndwara.
Ukwiye kuvugana n’umuganga wawe niba ufite ibimenyetso by’umunwa bikomeje ibyumweru birenga bibiri bitavuwe. Iki gihe ni ingenzi kuko indwara nyinshi zisanzwe z’umunwa n’uburyo bwo kubabara bikira muri icyo gihe.
Tegura gahunda vuba niba ubona uburwayi bw’umunwa buhoraho bujyanye no kugorana mu gutema, cyane cyane niba ufite ububabare bw’amatwi cyangwa ikibyimba mu ijosi. Iyi mimerere y’ibimenyetso isaba isuzuma ry’umuganga nubwo isa nkeya.
Shaka ubufasha bw’ubuvuzi ako kanya niba ufite ibibazo bikomeye mu gutema bikubuza kurya cyangwa kunywa, kugorana mu guhumeka, cyangwa kuva amaraso mu kanwa cyangwa mu munwa. Nubwo ibi bimenyetso bitakunze kugaragara, bisaba isuzuma ryihuse.
Ntugatinye kujya kwa muganga nubwo utari wizeye niba ibimenyetso byawe bikomeye. Abaganga bakunda gusuzuma ibimenyetso bishobora kuba bitari ikibazo kuruta kubura uburyo bwo kubona indwara hakiri kare no kuvurwa.
Gusobanukirwa ibintu byongera ibyago bishobora kugufasha gufata ibyemezo byiza bijyanye n’ubuzima bwawe no kumenya igihe ukwiye kuba maso ku bimenyetso. Ariko, ibuka ko kugira ibintu byongera ibyago ntibihamya ko uzabona kanseri, kandi bamwe mu bantu badafite ibintu byongera ibyago bizwi barayibona.
Ibintu byongera ibyago bikomeye birimo:
Bimwe mu bintu bishobora kongera ibyago gato birimo indyo ikennye mu mboga n’imbuto, kwandura imirasire mu mutwe no mu ijosi, ndetse n’ibibazo bimwe by’indwara mu muryango. Aho umuntu atuye bishobora kugira uruhare, aho usanga abantu benshi barwara mu duce tumwe na tumwe bitewe n’imibereho.
Ni ingenzi kuzirikana ko ibintu byongera ibyago bya kanseri y’umuhogo byagiye bihinduka. Nubwo ibintu bisanzwe nko kunywa itabi n’inzoga bikomeje kuba ingenzi, indwara zifitanye isano na HPV ziri kwiyongera, cyane cyane mu rubyiruko, abantu batanywa itabi.
Iyo kanseri y’umuhogo imenyekanye hakiri kare kandi ikavurwa uko bikwiye, abantu benshi bagira umusaruro mwiza nta ngaruka nyinshi z’igihe kirekire. Ariko, kimwe n’izindi ndwara zikomeye, hashobora kubaho ingaruka zituruka kuri kanseri ubwayo cyangwa ku kuvurwa.
Ingaruka zituruka ku kanseri y’umuhogo idavuwe cyangwa ikomeye zishobora kuba:
Ingaruka ziterwa no kuvurwa zishobora kuba impinduka z’igihe gito cyangwa igihe kirekire mu kuvuga, kugorana mu gutema, umunwa wumye, ibibazo by’amenyo, n’ububabare mu ijosi buterwa na opératio cyangwa imirasire. Bamwe mu bantu bashobora kugira umunaniro, impinduka z’uruhu, cyangwa ibibazo by’amarangamutima mu gihe cyo kuvurwa.
Inkuru nziza ni uko ingaruka nyinshi ziterwa no kuvurwa zikira uko iminsi igenda ishira, kandi serivisi zo kuvugurura ubuzima zishobora kugufasha kumenyera impinduka zihoraho. Ikipe yawe y’abaganga izakorana nawe kugira ngo bagabanye ingaruka kandi bagufashe gukira muri uwo mujyo wose.
Nubwo utabuza burundu ibyago byo kurwara kanseri y’umuhogo, hari intambwe nyinshi ushobora gutera kugira ngo ugabanye ibyago byawe. Byinshi muri ibyo bintu byongera ubuzima bwawe muburyo bwinshi.
Uburyo bwiza bwo kwirinda burimo kubona urukingo rwa HPV niba ubikwiye. Urwo rukingo rukora neza iyo rutanzwe mbere yo kwandura virusi, ubusanzwe rusabwa abana bakiri bato, ariko rushobora kugira akamaro ku bantu bakuru kugeza ku myaka 45 mubihe bimwe na bimwe.
Impinduka mu mibereho zishobora kugufasha kugabanya ibyago birimo:
Niba ukora imibonano mpuzabitsina, kuganira n’umukunzi wawe ku buzima bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina no gusuzuma indwara zandura mu mibonano mpuzabitsina bishobora kugira akamaro. Ibuka ko HPV ikunze kugaragara, kandi abantu benshi bayanduye ntibabona kanseri.
Kumenya kanseri y’umuhogo bisanzwe bitangira umuganga wawe afashe amateka y’ubuzima bwawe kandi akakora isuzuma ry’umubiri ry’umunwa wawe, umunwa, n’ijosi. Azakubaza ibyimenyetso byawe, igihe wabibonye, nibintu byongera ibyago ushobora kuba ufite.
Mu gihe cyo gusuzuma umubiri, umuganga wawe azareba imbere mu kanwa kawe no mu munwa, ashobora gukoresha urukiramende rwo mu kanwa cyangwa ishusho yoroshye kugira ngo abone neza umuhogo wawe n’ibice bimukikije. Azakora no mu ijosi ryawe kugira ngo arebe niba hari lymph nodes zikomeye zishobora kugaragaza ko kanseri ikwirakwira.
Niba umuganga wawe abonye ikintu gikomeye, azategeka ibizamini byongeyeho:
Biopsy ni ikizamini cya nyuma kigaragaza niba kanseri ihari n’ubwoko bwayo. Iki gikorwa gishobora gukorwa mu biro by’umuganga hakoreshejwe anesthésie y’aho, nubwo rimwe na rimwe bisaba ibikorwa byo hanze by’igihe gito.
Ubuvuzi bwa kanseri y’umuhogo bushingiye ku bintu byinshi birimo icyiciro cya kanseri, aho iri, ubuzima bwawe muri rusange, n’ibyo ukunda. Inkuru nziza ni uko kanseri y’umuhogo ikunda kuvurwa neza, cyane cyane iyo imenyekanye hakiri kare.
Uburyo nyamukuru bwo kuvura burimo kubaga, imirasire, na chimiothérapie, bikunze gukoreshwa hamwe. Kubaga bishobora kuba bikubiyemo gukuraho umuhogo ubangamiwe ndetse na lymph nodes ziri hafi. Ku kanseri yo mu cyiciro cya mbere, ibi bishobora kuba ari byo kuvurwa gusa bikenewe.
Gahunda yawe yo kuvurwa ishobora kuba irimo:
Ku kanseri ikomeye, uburyo bwo guhuza ni bwo bugira akamaro. Urugero, ushobora kubagwa ukakurikirwa n’imirasire, cyangwa ugahabwa chimiothérapie n’imirasire hamwe. Kanseri y’umuhogo ifite HPV ikunda kuvurwa neza.
Ikipe yawe y’abaganga izakorana nawe kugira ngo itegure gahunda y’ubuvuzi ihuza umusaruro n’ibyishimo by’ubuzima. Bazasobanura buri buryo neza kandi bagufashe gusobanukirwa icyo utegereje mu gihe cyo kuvurwa.
Guhangana n’ibimenyetso n’ingaruka mu gihe cyo kuvurwa ni igice cy’ingenzi cy’ubuvuzi bwawe. Ikipe yawe y’abaganga izakugira inama yihariye, ariko hari uburyo butandukanye bushobora kugufasha kumva utekanye mu gihe cyo kuvurwa.
Kubabara mu munwa no kugorana mu gutema, ibiryo byoroshye, ibinyobwa bishyushye, no kwirinda ibiryo birimo ibinyonyo cyangwa acide bishobora kugufasha. Imiti igabanya ububabare yatanzwe na muganga wawe igomba kunyobwa uko yategetswe kugira ngo ugabanye ububabare.
Uburyo bwo guhangana bushobora kuba:
Ntugatinye kuvugana n’ikipe yawe y’abaganga ku bimenyetso cyangwa ibibazo byose. Bakunda gutanga imiti cyangwa uburyo bwo guhangana n’ibibazo byihariye. Ibigo byinshi byita ku ndwara zikomeye bifite abaganga b’imirire, abakozi b’imibereho myiza, n’abandi bahanga bashobora gutanga ubufasha bwiyongereye.
Gutegura gahunda yawe yo kujya kwa muganga bishobora kugufasha gukoresha neza igihe cyawe n’umuganga wawe kandi bikaba byizewe ko ibibazo byawe byose byakemuwe. Tangira wandike ibimenyetso byawe byose, igihe byatangiye, n’uko byahindutse uko iminsi igenda ishira.
Andika urutonde rw’imiti yose ukoresha ubu, harimo imiti yo mu maduka, amavitamine, n’ibindi. Nanone, kora amakuru yerekeye amateka yawe y’ubuzima, harimo kanseri, kubagwa, cyangwa indwara zikomeye.
Ibintu by’ingenzi ugomba kuzana cyangwa gutegura:
Tegereza kuzana umuntu ukuri kumwe kugira ngo aguhe inkunga yo mu marangamutima no kugufasha kwibuka amakuru y’ingenzi. Kugira undi muntu hariho bishobora kugira akamaro cyane niba ubonye amakuru atari meza cyangwa amakuru akomeye yo kuvurwa.
Ntugatinye kubaza ibibazo cyangwa gusaba ibisobanuro ku kintu udasobanukiwe. Umuganga wawe ashaka kugufasha kugira amakuru yose ukeneye kugira ngo ufate ibyemezo byiza bijyanye n’ubuvuzi bwawe.
Ikintu cy’ingenzi cyo kwibuka kuri kanseri y’umuhogo ni uko kubona indwara hakiri kare no kuvurwa bishobora gutuma abantu benshi bagira umusaruro mwiza. Nubwo kubona kanseri ari ikintu giteye ubwoba, kanseri y’umuhogo ikunda kuvurwa neza, cyane cyane iyo imenyekanye hakiri kare.
Witondere ibimenyetso bikomeje bidakira nyuma y’ibyumweru bibiri, cyane cyane uburwayi bw’umunwa buhoraho, kugorana mu gutema, cyangwa imihengeri mu ijosi. Ibi bimenyetso ntibisobanura ko ufite kanseri, ariko bisaba isuzuma ry’umuganga.
Uburyo bwo kwirinda nko kwirinda itabi, kugabanya inzoga, gukora imibonano mpuzabitsina y’umutekano, no kubona urukingo rwa HPV igihe bikwiye bishobora kugabanya ibyago byawe. Isuku nziza y’amenyo no gusuzuma amenyo buri gihe bigira uruhare mu kwitaho ubuzima bwawe bw’amenyo muri rusange.
Niba ubonye kanseri y’umuhogo, ibuka ko utabaye wenyine muri uru rugendo. Ubuvuzi bugezweho bukorwa neza kandi budakomeye kurusha mbere, kandi hari serivisi z’inkunga zuzuye zigufasha kuvurwa no gukira.
Oya, kanseri y’umuhogo ntihora iterwa na HPV, nubwo HPV imaze kuba impamvu ikomeye mu myaka ya vuba aha. Impamvu zisanzwe nko kunywa itabi n’inzoga zigize igice kinini cy’indwara. Kanseri y’umuhogo ifite HPV ikunda kugira umusaruro mwiza mu kuvurwa kandi ikunda kugaragara mu rubyiruko, abantu batanywa itabi.
Abantu benshi bakomeza kubaho ubuzima buzira umuze nyuma yo kuvurwa kanseri y’umuhogo. Nubwo bamwe bashobora kugira ingaruka zihoraho nko guhindura kuvuga cyangwa gutema, serivisi zo kuvugurura ubuzima zishobora kugufasha kumenyera. Ingano y’ingaruka z’igihe kirekire iterwa n’ibintu nko kuba icyiciro cya kanseri, uburyo bwo kuvurwa, n’uburyo umuntu akira.
Kanseri y’umuhogo ishobora gutandukana mu buryo ikura kandi ikwirakwira. Kanseri ifite HPV ikunda gukura buhoro kurusha izidafite HPV. Zimwe zishobora kuguma mu gice kimwe igihe kinini, izindi zishobora gukwirakwira mu uturemangingo twa lymph nodes vuba. Niyo mpamvu ibimenyetso bikomeje ibyumweru birenga bibiri bigomba gusuzuma vuba.
Umubare w’abakira kanseri y’umuhogo urashimishije, cyane cyane ku ndwara yo mu cyiciro cya mbere na kanseri ifite HPV. Umubare w’abakira imyaka itanu ishize ushobora kuba 80-90% cyangwa hejuru ku kanseri yo mu cyiciro cya mbere. Ariko, umusaruro w’umuntu umwe umwe uterwa n’ibintu byinshi birimo icyiciro cyo kubona indwara, ubuzima muri rusange, n’uburyo bwo kuvurwa. Umuganga wawe ashobora gutanga amakuru arambuye ashingiye ku mimerere yawe.
Umuhogo umwe gusa ukomereye ntibisobanura ko ari kanseri, kuko bishobora kubaho mu ndwara cyangwa izindi ndwara zidakomeye. Ariko, niba ukomerera bikomeje ibyumweru birenga bibiri, bikajyana n’ibindi bimenyetso nko kubabara umunwa buhoraho cyangwa kugorana mu gutema, cyangwa niba ubona imihengeri cyangwa amatsiko adasanzwe, birakwiye kubimenyesha umuganga kugira ngo umutima wawe uhumure.
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