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OHANCA

By Elise C

Sezvo Colorado Access isangano rinoda acronyms, heino imwe nyowani kwauri:

NdiOHANCA (inonzi "oh-han-cah")1 mwedzi!

Mwedzi weOral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness (OHANCA) unoitika muna Kubvumbi wega wega uye unoshanda senguva yekuzivisa boka regomarara rinotora 4% yekenza yese muUS. Vanofungidzirwa kuti varume nevakadzi ve60,000 vanoonekwa vaine gomarara remusoro nemutsipa gore negore.2

Kenza mumusoro nemutsipa inogona kuumba mumuromo mhango, huro, inzwi bhokisi, paranasal sinuses, nasal mhango uye salivary glands uye zvinowanzoitika zvirwere kuitika mumuromo, huro uye inzwi bhokisi. Magomarara aya ane mukana wakapetwa kaviri kuti angaitika muvarume uye anowanzoonekwa pakati pevanhu vane makore anopfuura makumi mashanu.

Hapana chandaiziva nezvorudzi urwu rwegomarara kusvikira baba vangu vabatwa kenza yepahuro pazera remakore 51. Ndakanga ndiri mukuru pakoreji uye ndakanga ndichangopedza fainari yangu yekupedzisira yegore rekupedzisira apo ndakafonerwa ndichisimbisa kuti akanga arwara. Akange aenda kuna chiremba wemazino mavhiki mashoma apfuura uye chiremba wake wemazino akaona kusagadzikana mumuromo make kenza. Akamuendesa kune nyanzvi yakaita biopsy iyo yakasimbisa kuongororwa kwe squamous cell carcinoma. Mhando yegomarara remhando iyi inoita chikamu che90% chegomarara rose remusoro nemutsipa3 sezvo idzi mhando dzekenza dzinowanzotanga mumaseru ane squamous anotenderera mucosal nzvimbo dzemusoro nemutsipa.2.

Sezvo munhu anogona kufungidzira, kuongororwa uku kwaishungurudza mhuri yangu yese. Baba vangu vakatanga kurapwa nekuvhiyiwa kubvisa bundu pahuro yavo. Nenguva isipi takaziva kuti kenza yakanga yapararira kumalymph nodes ake saka mwedzi yakati gare gare akatanga chemotherapy nemwaranzi. Kurapa uku kwaive nemhomho yemhedzisiro - mizhinji yacho yaive isingafadze zvakanyanya. Mwaranzi wepahuro pake waida kuiswa chubhu yekudyisa sezvo varwere vazhinji vanovhenekwa munzvimbo iyi vanotadza kumedza. Imwe yekudada kwake yaive yekuti haana kumboita - izvo zvakati, chubhu yekudyisa yaibatsira apo kurapwa kwakasiya chikafu chisingafadzi zvachose.

Baba vangu vakarapwa kwerinenge gore vasati vashaya muna Chikumi we2009.

Kubatwa negomarara kwababa vangu ndiko kwaita kuti ndishande mune zveutano. Mukati memesita yechipiri yegore rangu repamusoro rekoreji, ndakaramba basa rekushanda muvanhu uye ndakasarudza kuenda kunopedza chikoro kwandakadzidza kutaurirana kwesangano ndichitarisa nezvehutano hwehutano. Nhasi, ndinowana chinangwa uye mufaro kushanda nevarapi vekutanga nekuvatsigira mukuona kuti nhengo dzedu dzinowana rubatsiro rwekudzivirira rwemhando yepamusoro. Kenza yababa vangu pakutanga yaifungidzirwa pakuchenesa mazino. Dai asina kuenda kumusangano iwoyo, fungidziro yake ingadai yakatonyanya kuipa, uye angadai asina kuwana mukana wekutora kamwe-mu-hupenyu rwendo kuenda kuSweden naamai vake nehanzvadzi yake kana kupedza rinenge gore mushure- kuongororwa achiita zvinhu zvaainyanya kuda - kuva kunze, kushanda semuchengeti wegadheni, kushanyira mhuri kuEast Coast uye kuona vana vake vachirova matanho makuru - kupedza chikoro, kupedza chikoro chesekondari uye kutanga kwemakore ekuyaruka.

Nepo gomarara rake raive rakanyanyisa, zvakakosha kuziva kuti gomarara remusoro nemutsipa rinodzivirika zvakanyanya.

Zvikuru zvengozi zvinosanganisira4:

  • Kushandisa doro nefodya.
  • 70% yekenza muoropharynx (iyo inosanganisira tonsils, palate yakapfava, uye nheyo yerurimi) yakabatanidzwa nehuman papillomavirus (HPV), utachiona hunowanzopararira pabonde.
  • Ultraviolet (UV) kuvhenekerwa kwechiedza, sekusangana nezuva kana ekunyepedzera UV mwaranzi senge mibhedha yekutsvuka, ndicho chikonzero chikuru chegomarara pamiromo.

Kudzikisa njodzi idzi, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inokurudzira zvinotevera4:

  • Usasvuta. Kana uchisvuta, rega. Kurega kusvuta kunoderedza njodzi yegomarara. Kana iwe uchida rubatsiro kuti urege kuputa kana kushandisa zvigadzirwa zvefodya isina hutsi, the Colorado QuitLine chirongwa chemahara chekumisa fodya chakavakirwa panzira dzakasimbiswa dzakabatsira vanhu vanodarika miriyoni nemazana mashanu kusiya fodya. Fonera 1.5-QUIT-NOW (800-784) kuti utange nhasi5.
  • Deredza huwandu hwedoro raunonwa.
  • Taura nachiremba wako nezvekudzivirira kweHPV. Mushonga weHPV unogona kudzivirira utachiona hutsva nemhando dzeHPV dzinowanzokonzera oropharyngeal nemamwe magomarara. Vaccination inokurudzirwa chete kuvanhu pane mamwe mazera.
  • Shandisa makondomu uye madhamu emazino nguva dzose uye nemazvo panguva yebonde remukanwa, izvo zvinogona kubatsira kuderedza mikana yekupa kana kuwana HPV.
  • Shandisa mushonga wemuromo une mafuta anodzivirira zuva, pfeka ngowani ine brimmed yakakura paunenge uri panze, uye dzivirira kutsvuka mumba.
  • Shanyira chiremba wemazino nguva dzose. Kuongororwa kunokwanisa kuwana gomarara remusoro neremutsipa nekukurumidza kana zviri nyore kurapa.

Baba vangu vaiputa fodya vaifarirawo doro rakanaka. Ndinoziva idzi sarudzo dzemararamiro dzaipa zvinhu mukuongororwa kwake kenza. Nekuda kweizvi, ndapedza huwandu hwebasa rangu rehunyanzvi mumabasa ane chinangwa chekuwedzera kuwana kwekutarisira nekuvandudza mhando munzvimbo yekudzivirira yekudzivirira. Baba vangu vanondikurudzira mazuva ese kuti ndiite mipiro midiki yekutsigira vanonyanya kutambudzika maColadans mukuwana rubatsiro rwavanoda kudzivirira kurwara kunoparadza uye kufa kunogona kuitika nekuda kwechimwe chinhu chinodzivirika. Saamai vevana vaviri vadiki, ndinogara ndichifemerwa kudzora zvandinogona kudzikisa njodzi dzemusoro, mutsipa uye mamwe magomarara. Ndinoshingairira kucheneswa kwemazino uye bvunzo dzemutsime uye ndinotenda zvikuru nekuwana uye kuverenga mukufambisa chirongwa chehutano kuti ndive nechokwadi chekuti mhuri yangu inoenderana nekushanya uku.

Kunyange zvazvo hupenyu hwangu hwakakanganiswa zvakanyanya nekenza yemusoro nemutsipa, chikonzero changu chekunyora iyi blog post hakusi kungogovera nyaya yangu asiwo kuratidza kuchengetedza kwekudzivirira senzira yekudzivirira yemuromo, musoro uye mutsipa. Pazvakanakisa, magomarara aya anogona kudzivirirwa zvachose uye kana aonekwa nekukurumidza, huwandu hwekupona i80%1.

Handife ndakakanganwa nguva yandichifamba nepanzvimbo paColorado State University's campus apo baba vangu vakafona vachindiudza kuti vaive negomarara. Mumwedzi weKuziva nezveGomarara reOral, Musoro neMutsipa, tariro yangu ndeyekuti nyaya yangu inobatsira vamwe kuti vasazokanganwa kukosha kwekugara vachiziva nezvebvunzo dzemazino. Vanogona kuponesa hupenyu hwako.

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