OHANCA
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Ndi OHANCA (kutchulidwa "oh-han-cah")1 mwezi!
Mwezi wa Oral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness (OHANCA) umachitika mwezi uliwonse wa Epulo ndipo umakhala nthawi yodziwitsa gulu la khansa yomwe imapanga 4% ya khansa yonse ku US. Amuna ndi akazi pafupifupi 60,000 amapezeka ndi khansa ya mutu ndi khosi chaka chilichonse.2
Khansa pamutu ndi khosi akhoza kupanga m`kamwa patsekeke, pakhosi, mawu bokosi, paranasal sinuses, m`mphuno patsekeke ndi malovu tiziwalo timene timatulutsa ndipo ambiri matenda zimachitika m`kamwa, mmero ndi mawu bokosi. Khansara imeneyi imakhala yochuluka kuwirikiza kawiri mwa amuna ndipo nthawi zambiri imapezeka mwa anthu opitirira zaka 50.
Sindinkadziwa chilichonse chokhudza khansa yamtundu umenewu mpaka bambo anga anapezeka ndi khansa yapakhosi ali ndi zaka 51. Ndinali wamkulu pa koleji ndipo ndinali nditangomaliza kumene kumapeto kwa semester ya kugwa pamene ndinalandira foni yotsimikizira kuti ali ndi matenda. Anali atapita kwa dokotala wa mano milungu ingapo m'mbuyomo ndipo dotolo wake wa mano adawona zolakwika pa skrini yake ya khansa yapakamwa. Anamutumiza kwa katswiri yemwe adamuyesa biopsy yomwe idatsimikizira kuti ali ndi squamous cell carcinoma. Khansara yamtunduwu imapanga 90% ya khansa zonse zamutu ndi khosi3 monga mitundu iyi ya khansa nthawi zambiri imayambira m'maselo a squamous omwe amazungulira minyewa yamutu ndi khosi.2.
Monga momwe munthu angaganizire, matendawa anali owononga kwambiri banja langa lonse. Chithandizo cha bambo anga chinayamba ndi opaleshoni yochotsa chotupa pakhosi. Posakhalitsa tinazindikira kuti khansayo yafalikira m’ma lymph nodes ake moti miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake anayamba kumwa mankhwala amphamvu kwambiri a chemotherapy ndi radiation. Chithandizochi chinali ndi zotsatirapo zambiri - zambiri zomwe zinali zosasangalatsa kwambiri. Kutentha kwapakhosi kwake kunkafuna kuti alowetse chubu chodyetserako chakudya chifukwa odwala ambiri amene amawotchedwa m’derali amalephera kumeza. Chimodzi mwazinthu zonyada zake chinali chakuti sanachitepo - zomwe zinati, chubu chodyera chinali chothandiza pamene chithandizo chinasiya chakudya chosasangalatsa.
Bambo anga adalandira chithandizo pafupifupi chaka chimodzi asanamwalire mu June 2009.
Kupezeka kwa khansa ya abambo anga ndiye dalaivala wamkulu yemwe adandipangitsa kuti ndikagwire ntchito yazachipatala. Mu semesita yachiwiri ya chaka changa chachikulu ku koleji, ndinakana ntchito yogwira ntchito yothandiza anthu ndipo ndinasankha kupita kusukulu yomaliza kumene ndinaphunzira kulankhulana m'bungwe ndikuyang'ana za chisamaliro chaumoyo. Lero, ndikupeza cholinga ndi chisangalalo kugwira ntchito ndi opereka chithandizo choyambirira ndikuwathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti mamembala athu ali ndi mwayi wopeza chithandizo chodzitetezera. Khansara ya abambo anga poyamba ankaganiziridwa kuti anali kuyeretsa mano mwachizolowezi. Akadapanda kupita ku msonkhanowo, kudwala kwake kukanakhala koipitsitsa, ndipo sakanakhala ndi mwayi wopita ku Sweden kamodzi kokha ndi amayi ake ndi mlongo wake kapena kukhala pafupifupi chaka pambuyo pake- matenda akuchita zinthu zomwe ankakonda kwambiri - kukhala kunja, kugwira ntchito monga wolima dimba, kuyendera banja ku East Coast ndikuwona ana ake akupita patsogolo kwambiri - maphunziro a koleji, maphunziro a kusekondale ndi kuyamba kwa zaka zachinyamata.
Ngakhale kuti khansa yake inali yoopsa kwambiri, ndikofunika kuzindikira kuti khansa ya mutu ndi ya m'khosi ndi yopewera kwambiri.
Zowopsa zazikulu zikuphatikizapo4:
- Kumwa mowa ndi fodya.
- 70% ya khansa ya mu oropharynx (yomwe imaphatikizapo tonsils, palate yofewa, ndi pansi pa lilime) imagwirizanitsidwa ndi human papillomavirus (HPV), kachilombo koyambitsa matenda opatsirana pogonana.
- Kuwonekera kwa kuwala kwa Ultraviolet (UV), monga kukhala padzuwa kapena kuwala kwa UV kopanga ngati mabedi otenthetsera khungu, ndizomwe zimayambitsa khansa pamilomo.
Pofuna kuchepetsa ngozizi, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) imalimbikitsa zotsatirazi4:
- Osasuta. Ngati mumasuta, siyani. Kusiya kusuta kumachepetsa chiopsezo cha khansa. Ngati mukufuna thandizo kuti musiye kusuta kapena kugwiritsa ntchito fodya wopanda utsi, yesetsani Colorado QuitLine ndi pulogalamu yaulere yoletsa kusuta kutengera njira zotsimikizika zomwe zathandiza anthu opitilira 1.5 miliyoni kusiya kusuta. Imbani 800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669) kuti muyambe lero5.
- Chepetsani kuchuluka kwa mowa womwe mumamwa.
- Lankhulani ndi dokotala wanu za katemera wa HPV. Katemera wa HPV amatha kupewa matenda atsopano ndi mitundu ya HPV yomwe nthawi zambiri imayambitsa khansa ya oropharyngeal ndi ena. Katemera akulimbikitsidwa kwa anthu azaka zina.
- Gwiritsani ntchito makondomu ndi madamu amano nthawi zonse komanso moyenera pogonana mkamwa, zomwe zingathandize kuchepetsa mwayi wopereka kapena kutenga HPV.
- Gwiritsani ntchito mankhwala opaka milomo omwe ali ndi zoteteza ku dzuwa, valani chipewa chachitali mukakhala panja, ndipo pewani kutentha m'nyumba.
- Pitani kwa dokotala wamano pafupipafupi. Kupima kumatha kupeza khansa ya m'mutu ndi ya m'khosi msanga ngati ndiyosavuta kuchiza.
Bambo anga ankasuta fodya ndipo ankakondanso mowa wabwino kwambiri. Ndikudziwa kuti zisankho zamoyo izi zidathandizira kuti adziwe khansa. Pachifukwa ichi, ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito yochuluka ya ntchito yanga yaukatswiri m'maudindo omwe cholinga chake ndi kuwonjezera mwayi wopeza chithandizo ndikuwongolera bwino malo otetezedwa. Abambo anga amandilimbikitsa tsiku lililonse kuti ndipereke zopereka zing'onozing'ono zothandizira anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chambiri kuti apeze chisamaliro chomwe amafunikira kuti apewe matenda owopsa komanso imfa yomwe ingathe kuchitika chifukwa cha zomwe zingatheke. Monga mayi wa ana aang'ono awiri, ndimalimbikitsidwa nthawi zonse kuti ndizitha kuwongolera zomwe ndingathe kuti ndichepetse chiopsezo cha mutu, khosi ndi khansa zina. Ndimachita khama pakutsuka mano ndi kuyezetsa zitsime ndipo ndili wokondwa kwambiri chifukwa cha mwayi wodziwa kuwerenga ndi kulemba pakuyenda zachipatala kuonetsetsa kuti banja langa likudziwa za maulendowa.
Ngakhale kuti moyo wanga wakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi khansa ya mutu ndi khosi, chifukwa changa cholembera positi iyi sikuti ndikungogawana nkhani yanga komanso kuwonetsa chisamaliro chodzitetezera monga njira yopewera khansa yapakamwa, mutu ndi khosi. Zabwino kwambiri, makhansawa amatha kupewedwa kotheratu ndipo akadziwika msanga, kupulumuka ndi 80%1.
Sindidzaiwala nthawi yomwe ndimayenda pa plaza pa Colorado State University's campus pamene abambo anga adayitana kundiuza kuti ali ndi khansa. Pa Mwezi Wodziwitsa Khansa ya Mkamwa, Mutu ndi Pakhosi, chiyembekezo changa ndichakuti nkhani yanga imathandiza ena kuti asayiwale kufunikira kokhala ndi chidziwitso pa mayeso abwino ndi mano. Iwo angapulumutsedi moyo wanu.
1: headandneck.org/join-ohanca-2023/