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OHANCA

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OHANCA ne (lafazin "oh-han-cah")1 wata!

Watan Shugaban Baki da Wayar da Kan Kan Wuya (OHANCA) yana faruwa kowane watan Afrilu kuma ya zama lokaci don wayar da kan jama'a ga rukunin masu cutar kansa da ke da kashi 4% na duk cutar kansa a Amurka. Kimanin maza da mata 60,000 ne ake kamuwa da cutar kansar kai da wuya duk shekara.2

Ciwon daji a kai da wuya na iya samuwa a cikin rami na baki, makogwaro, akwatin murya, sinuses na paranasal, kogon hanci da glandan salivary kuma mafi yawan cututtuka suna faruwa a cikin baki, makogwaro da akwatin murya. Wadannan cututtukan daji sun fi sau biyu suna iya faruwa a cikin maza kuma galibi ana gano su a tsakanin mutanen da suka wuce shekaru 50.

Ban san kome ba game da irin wannan nau'in ciwon daji har sai da mahaifina ya kamu da ciwon daji a makogwaro yana da shekaru 51. Ni babban jami'a ne a jami'a kuma na gama karshe na karshe na semester na fall lokacin da na samu kiran da ke tabbatar da ciwonsa. Ya kasance wurin likitan hakori makonni kadan kafin haka kuma likitan hakora ya lura da rashin daidaituwa a fuskar cutar kansa ta baka. Ya mika shi ga wani kwararre wanda ya yi gwajin kwayar halitta wanda ya tabbatar da gano cutar sankarau. Wannan nau'in ciwon daji shine kashi 90% na duk cutar kansar kai da wuya3 kamar yadda ire-iren ire-iren ire-iren waxannan cututtukan sukan fara farawa ne a cikin sel squamous waɗanda ke layi akan saman mucosal na kai da wuya.2.

Kamar yadda mutum zai iya hasashe, wannan ganewar asali ta kasance mai muni ga dukan iyalina. Maganin mahaifina ya fara ne da tiyata don cire masa ciwon daji daga makogwaro. Ba da daɗewa ba muka ji cewa ciwon daji ya yaɗu zuwa ƙwayoyin lymph nasa don haka bayan watanni da yawa ya fara chemotherapy da radiation. Wannan magani yana da nau'ikan sakamako masu illa - yawancin waɗanda ba su da daɗi sosai. Radiation na makogwaron sa ya bukaci shigar da bututun ciyarwa yayin da yawancin marasa lafiya da ke fama da radiation a wannan yanki sun rasa ikon haɗiye. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan alfaharinsa shine cewa bai taɓa yi ba - wato, bututun ciyarwa yana da amfani lokacin da magani ya bar abinci gaba ɗaya ba ya jin daɗi.

Mahaifina ya yi jinya kusan shekara guda kafin ya rasu a watan Yunin 2009.

Gano ciwon daji na mahaifina shine babban direban da ya kai ni aikin kula da lafiya. A cikin semester na biyu na babban shekara ta koleji, na ƙi aikin yi aiki a cikin albarkatun ɗan adam kuma na zaɓi zuwa makarantar digiri na biyu inda na karanta sadarwar ƙungiyoyi da ke mai da hankali kan tsarin kula da lafiya. A yau, na sami manufa da farin ciki aiki tare da masu ba da kulawa na farko da kuma tallafa musu wajen tabbatar da membobinmu sun sami damar samun ingantaccen kulawar rigakafi. An fara zargin ciwon daji na mahaifina a aikin tsaftace hakora na yau da kullun. Idan da bai je wannan alƙawari ba, da hasashensa ya yi muni sosai, kuma da ba zai sami damar yin balaguron rayuwa sau ɗaya ba zuwa Sweden tare da mahaifiyarsa da 'yar uwarsa ko kuma ya shafe kusan shekara guda bayan. ganewar asali yin abubuwan da ya fi so - kasancewa a waje, aiki a matsayin mai kula da lambu, ziyartar iyali a Gabas ta Tsakiya da kallon 'ya'yansa sun buga manyan abubuwan da suka faru - kammala karatun koleji, kammala karatun sakandare da farkon shekarun samartaka.

Yayin da ciwon kansa ya kasance mai tsanani sosai, yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa ciwon kai da wuyansa suna da kariya sosai.

Manyan abubuwan haɗari sun haɗa da4:

  • Barasa da amfani da taba.
  • Kashi 70% na cututtukan daji a cikin oropharynx (wanda ya haɗa da tonsils, palate mai laushi, da tushe na harshe) suna da alaƙa da cutar papillomavirus (HPV), ƙwayar cuta ta gama gari.
  • Hasken ultraviolet (UV), kamar fallasa ga rana ko haskoki na wucin gadi kamar gadaje na tanning, shine babban dalilin ciwon daji a lebe.

Don rage waɗannan haɗari, Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka (CDC) ta ba da shawarar abubuwan da ke biyowa4:

  • Kar a sha taba. Idan kuna shan taba, daina. Barin shan taba yana rage haɗarin kamuwa da cutar kansa. Idan kuna buƙatar tallafi don daina shan sigari ko amfani da kayayyakin taba mara hayaki, da Colorado QuitLine shiri ne na daina shan sigari kyauta bisa ingantattun dabarun da suka taimaka wa mutane sama da miliyan 1.5 su daina shan taba. Kira 800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) don farawa yau5.
  • Iyakance yawan barasa da kuke sha.
  • Yi magana da likitan ku game da rigakafin HPV. Alurar rigakafin HPV na iya hana sabbin cututtuka tare da nau'ikan HPV waɗanda galibi ke haifar da oropharyngeal da sauran cututtukan daji. Ana ba da shawarar yin rigakafin kawai ga mutane a wasu shekaru.
  • Yi amfani da kwaroron roba da dam ɗin hakori akai-akai kuma daidai lokacin jima'i na baka, wanda zai iya taimakawa rage damar bayarwa ko samun HPV.
  • Yi amfani da ruwan leɓe wanda ke ɗauke da garkuwar rana, sanya hula mai faɗin baki lokacin waje, da kuma guje wa fata na cikin gida.
  • Ziyarci likitan hakori akai-akai. Dubawa na iya samun ciwon kansa da wuyansa da wuri lokacin da suke da sauƙin magani.

Mahaifina ya kasance mai shan taba wanda kuma yana son giya mai kyau. Na san waɗannan zaɓin salon rayuwa sune ke ba da gudummawa ga gano cutar kansa. Saboda wannan, na kashe mafi yawan aikina na ƙwararru a cikin ayyuka da nufin haɓaka damar samun kulawa da haɓaka inganci a sararin kulawar rigakafi. Mahaifina yana ƙarfafa ni yau da kullum don yin ƙananan gudunmawa don tallafawa Coloradans mafi rauni a cikin samun kulawar da suke bukata don hana cututtuka mai lalacewa da yiwuwar mutuwa saboda wani abu da ke iya hanawa. A matsayina na mahaifiyar yara ƙanana biyu, koyaushe ana ƙarfafa ni don sarrafa abin da zan iya don rage haɗarin kai, wuya da sauran cututtukan daji. Ina da himma game da tsaftace hakora da gwaje-gwajen rijiyoyi kuma ina matukar godiya ga samun dama da karatu a cikin kewaya tsarin kula da lafiya don tabbatar da dangina sun dace da wannan ziyarar.

Yayin da ciwon kai da wuya ya yi tasiri sosai a rayuwata, dalilina na rubuta wannan rubutun ba kawai don raba labarina ba ne har ma don nuna kulawar rigakafi a matsayin ma'aunin rigakafi mai inganci don ciwon daji na baka, kai da wuyansa. A mafi kyau, waɗannan cututtukan daji za a iya hana su gaba ɗaya kuma idan an gano su da wuri, adadin rayuwa shine 80%1.

Ba zan taɓa mantawa da lokacin da nake tafiya cikin filin wasa a harabar Jami'ar Jihar Colorado lokacin da mahaifina ya kira ni ya gaya mani cewa yana da ciwon daji. A lokacin Watan wayar da kan jama'a game da Ciwon daji na Baka, kai da wuya, fatana shine labarina ya taimaka wa wasu kar su manta da mahimmancin ci gaba da kasancewa da zamani akan gwaje-gwajen lafiya da na hakori. Za su iya ceton rayuwar ku a zahiri.

1: headandneck.org/join-ohanca-2023/

2: cancer.gov/types/head-and-neck/head-neck-fact-sheet

3: pennmedicine.org/cancer/types-of-cancer/squamous-cell-carcinoma/types-of-squamous-cell-carcinoma/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-head-and-neck

4: cdc.gov/cancer/headneck/index.htm#:~:text=To%20lower%20your%20risk%20for,your%20doctor%20about%20HPV%20vaccination.

5: coquitline.org/en-US/About-The-Program/Quitline-Programs