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OHANCA

By ʻO Elise C

No ka mea he hui makemake ʻo Colorado Access i nā acronyms, eia kahi mea hou iā ʻoe:

ʻO OHANCA (hōʻike ʻia “oh-han-cah”)1 mahina!

Hana ʻia ka mahina ʻo Oral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness (OHANCA) i kēlā me kēia ʻApelila a he manawa ia e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻike no kahi pūʻulu o nā maʻi maʻi e helu ana i ka 4% o nā maʻi maʻi āpau ma US. Ma kahi o 60,000 mau kāne a me nā wahine i loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī i kēlā me kēia makahiki.2

Hiki ke hana ʻia nā maʻi maʻi maʻi ma ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī i loko o ka waha waha, ka puʻu, ka pahu leo, ka paranasal sinuses, ka nasal cavity a me ka salivary glands a ʻo nā maʻi maʻamau i loaʻa i ka waha, ka puʻu a me ka pahu leo. ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia mau maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi ma mua o ʻelua mau manawa i nā kāne a ʻike pinepine ʻia i waena o nā poʻe ma mua o 50 mau makahiki.

ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia ʻano maʻi kanesa a hiki i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai koʻu makuakāne me ka maʻi maʻi ʻāʻī i ka makahiki 51. He poʻokela wau ma ke kulanui a ua hoʻopau wau i kaʻu hope hope o ke kau hāʻule i ka wā i loaʻa ai iaʻu ke kelepona e hōʻoia ana i kāna ʻike. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kauka niho i kekahi mau pule ma mua a ua ʻike kāna niho niho i nā mea ʻino i loko o kāna pale maʻi maʻi waha. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia i kahi loea nāna i hana i kahi biopsy i hōʻoia i kahi hōʻailona o ka maʻi maʻi squamous cell carcinoma. ʻO kēia ʻano maʻi kanesa ka 90% o nā maʻi maʻi poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī3 ʻoiai ʻo kēia mau ʻano maʻi maʻi e hoʻomaka maʻamau i loko o nā ʻāpana squamous e laina ana i nā ʻili mucosal o ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī.2.

E like me ka mea e noʻonoʻo ai, ua hōʻeha maoli kēia maʻi no koʻu ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻomaka ka lapaʻau ʻana o koʻu makuakāne me ke ʻokiʻoki e wehe i ke koko mai kona ʻāʻī. Ua ʻike koke mākou ua laha ka maʻi kanesa i kāna mau lymph nodes no laila he mau mahina ma hope mai ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka chemotherapy a me ka radiation. He nui nā hopena ʻaoʻao o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau - ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ka hapa nui o ia mau mea. Pono e hoʻokomo ʻia kahi paipu hānai no ka nui o nā poʻe maʻi i loaʻa i ka radiation ma kēia wahi e nalowale ko lākou hiki ke ale. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau haʻaheo, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana - ʻo ia ka mea, pono ka paipu hānai i ka wā i waiho ai ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai ʻole.

Ua mālama ʻia koʻu makuakāne no kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua o kona make ʻana i Iune o 2009.

ʻO ka maʻi kanesa o koʻu makuakāne ka mea hoʻokele nui i alakaʻi iaʻu e hana i ka mālama ola kino. I loko o ke kau lua o koʻu makahiki kiʻekiʻe o ke kulanui, ua hōʻole au i kahi hāʻawi hana e hana ana i nā kumuwaiwai kanaka a koho wau e hele i ke kula puka kahi aʻu i aʻo ai i ka kamaʻilio hui e kālele ana i nā hoʻonohonoho mālama ola kino. I kēia lā, ʻike wau i ke kumu a me ka hauʻoli e hana pū me nā mea mālama mua a kākoʻo iā lākou i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa i kā mākou mau lālā ke komo i ka mālama pale maikaʻi. Ua manaʻo mua ʻia ka maʻi kanesa o koʻu makuakāne ma kahi hoʻomaʻemaʻe niho maʻamau. Inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hele i kēlā manawa, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻino o kāna wānana, a ʻaʻole loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e hele i kahi huakaʻi hoʻokahi i ke ola i Suedena me kona makuahine a me kona kaikuahine a i ʻole hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope- ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā mea āna i makemake nui ai - ʻo ia ma waho, hana ma ke ʻano he haku māla, kipa ʻana i ka ʻohana ma ka Hikina a me ka nānā ʻana i kāna mau keiki e hōʻea i nā mea nui - puka puka kula, puka kula kiʻekiʻe a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā makahiki ʻōpio.

ʻOiai ʻo kona maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi ʻino loa, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo he hiki ke pale ʻia nā maʻi maʻi maʻi poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī.

ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui4:

  • ʻO ka waiʻona a me ka paka.
  • ʻO 70% o nā maʻi maʻi maʻi i loko o ka oropharynx (ʻo ia hoʻi nā tonsils, palate palupalu, a me ke kumu o ke alelo) i pili i ka papillomavirus kanaka (HPV), kahi maʻi maʻamau i hoʻouna ʻia i ka moekolohe.
  • ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana i ka mālamalama o Ultraviolet (UV), e like me ka ʻike ʻana i ka lā a i ʻole nā ​​kukuna UV kūlohelohe e like me nā moena tanning, kahi kumu nui o ka maʻi kanesa ma nā lehelehe.

No ka hōʻemi ʻana i kēia mau pilikia, ʻōlelo ka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) i kēia mau mea4:

  • Mai puhi. Inā puhi ʻoe, haʻalele. ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i ka puhi paka e hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa. Inā makemake ʻoe i ke kākoʻo no ka haʻalele ʻana i ka puhi paka a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana paka paka ʻole, ka Colorado QuitLine He polokalamu hoʻopau paka manuahi ma muli o nā hoʻolālā i hōʻoia ʻia i kōkua ma mua o 1.5 miliona mau kānaka haʻalele i ka paka. Kāhea iā 800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) e hoʻomaka i kēia lā5.
  • E kaupalena i ka nui o ka waiʻona āu e inu ai.
  • E kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka pale HPV. Hiki i ka lā'au HPV ke pale i nā ma'i hou me nā 'ano o ka HPV e ho'oulu pinepine ai i nā ma'i ma'i 'oropharyngeal a me nā ma'i 'ē a'e. Paipai ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā kānaka i kekahi mau makahiki.
  • E hoʻohana i ka condom a me nā pale niho i nā manawa a pau a me ka pololei i ka wā o ka moe waha, hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka manawa o ka hāʻawi ʻana a i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o ka HPV.
  • E hoʻohana i ka lehelehe i loko o ka pale lā, e ʻaʻahu i ka pāpale ākea ākea i waho, a e pale i ka ʻili o loko.
  • E kipa mau i ke kauka niho. Hiki i ka nānā 'ana ke loa'a nā ma'i 'a'ai po'o a me ka 'ā'ī i ka wā e ma'alahi ai ka mālama 'ana.

He mea puhi paka koʻu makuakāne a makemake nui i ka pia maikaʻi. ʻIke wau ʻo kēia mau koho ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ke ola ʻana he mea kōkua ia i kāna maʻi kanesa. Ma muli o kēia, ua hoʻohana au i ka hapa nui o kaʻu ʻoihana ʻoihana i nā kuleana e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi ma ka wahi mālama pale. Hoʻoikaika koʻu makuakāne iaʻu i kēlā me kēia lā e hāʻawi i nā haʻawina liʻiliʻi e kākoʻo i nā Coloradans nāwaliwali loa i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama e pono ai lākou e pale aku i nā maʻi pōʻino a me ka make ma muli o kahi mea hiki ke pale ʻia. Ma ke ʻano he makuahine o nā keiki ʻōpio ʻelua, hoʻoikaika mau wau e kāohi i ka mea hiki iaʻu ke hōʻemi i nā kumu pilikia no ke poʻo, ka ʻāʻī a me nā maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe. Hoʻoikaika au i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe niho a me nā hoʻokolohua maikaʻi a mahalo nui wau no ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka heluhelu heluhelu ʻana i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino e hōʻoia i koʻu ʻohana i kēia mau kipa.

ʻOiai ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia koʻu ola e ka maʻi maʻi poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī, ʻo kaʻu kumu no ke kākau ʻana i kēia moʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole wale no ka haʻi ʻana i kaʻu moʻolelo akā no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka mālama pale ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea pale pono no nā maʻi maʻi waha, poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa, hiki ke pale ʻia kēia mau maʻi maʻi a ke ʻike mua ʻia, ʻo 80% ka nui o ke ola.1.

ʻAʻole loa wau e poina i ka manawa e hele ai ma ka plaza ma ke kula nui o Colorado State University i ka wā i kāhea mai ai koʻu makuakāne e haʻi mai iaʻu he maʻi kanesa kona. I ka mahina o ka Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month, koʻu manaolana e kōkua kaʻu moʻolelo i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e poina ʻole i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lā ma nā hoʻokolohua maikaʻi a me nā niho. Hiki iā lākou ke ho'ōla maoli i kou ola.

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