Ukuqonda uMhlaza wePancreatic: Yintoni ekufuneka uyazi

Xa ndandikhetha ukubhala ngomhlaza wepancreatic, ndandifuna ukufundisa mna kunye nabanye ngolu hlobo lomhlaza. Bendingazi ukuba uNovemba yiNyanga yoKwazisa ngoMhlaza wePancreatic, kwaye uSuku lweHlabathi lwePancreatic Cancer nguLwesine wesithathu kaNovemba. Kulo nyaka, ngo-2023, uSuku loKwazisa ngePancreatic lungomhla we-16 kaNovemba. Kubalulekile ukwenza ulwazi malunga nesi sifo sitshabalalisayo. Ukufundisa abafundi malunga nomhlaza we-pancreatic kunye nokubonelela ngengqiqo sisitshixo sokuqonda.

Umhlaza wePancreatic ungoyena nobangela wesithathu wokusweleka komhlaza kweli lizwe, kunye nomndilili wokuphila phakathi kwe-5% ukuya kwi-9%. Iimpawu zomhlaza wePancreatic zihlala zingaqatshelwa, zisenza ukuba zibonwe kumanqanaba omva. Kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zomhlaza we-pancreatic, kodwa olona hlobo luqhelekileyo yi-adenocarcinoma, ephuma kwiiseli ze-exocrine ze-pancreas. Olunye uhlobo lomhlaza we-pancreatic yi-neuroendocrine tumors, ephuma kwiiseli ze-pancreas ezivelisa ihomoni.

Kukho izinto ezinobungozi ezinokwandisa amathuba akho okufumana umhlaza we-pancreatic, oquka ukutshaya, ukutyeba kakhulu, ukuba nesifo seswekile, kunye ne-pancreatitis engapheliyo. Isenokuba lilifa.

Iimpawu zomhlaza we-pancreatic zihlala zingabonakali ngenxa yendawo ye-pancreas kufuphi namanye amalungu. Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zomhlaza we-pancreatic ziquka ukulahleka kwesidlo, i-jaundice, iintlungu zesisu, ukuvuvukala, ukulahleka kwesisindo esingenakuchazwa, kunye nokukhathala. Kubalulekile ukuba ufune unyango ukuba uphuhlisa nayiphi na kwezi mpawu, ngakumbi ukuba ziyaqhubeka. Umhlaza wePancreatic ngamanye amaxesha unokubangela ukuba isibindi okanye i-gallbladder idumbe, nto leyo ugqirha anokukwazi ukuyiva ngexesha lovavanyo. Ugqirha wakho unokujonga ulusu lwakho kunye nabelungu bamehlo akho ukuba banejaundice (yellowing).

Umhlaza wePancreatic uhlala ufunyaniswa ngovavanyo lokucinga olunje nge-CT scan, i-MRI scans, okanye i-endoscopic ultrasounds, kunye novavanyo lwegazi ukujonga iimpawu zethumba kunye nezinye izinto ezinxulumene nomhlaza. Uvavanyo lokufumanisa umhlaza wepancreatic alusoloko lubona izilonda ezincinci, umhlaza wangaphambi komhlaza, okanye umhlaza wenqanaba lokuqala.

Iinketho zonyango lomhlaza wepancreatic zilinganiselwe, kwaye uhlobo lonyango olucetyiswayo luxhomekeke kwinqanaba lomhlaza umntu akulo. Utyando lunokwenziwa ukususa ithumba, kodwa oku kukhetho kuphela kwipesenti encinci yezigulane. Unyango lweChemotherapy kunye nonyango lweradiation lunokunceda ukuthoba ithumba kunye nokuphucula amazinga okusinda, kodwa zineziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezininzi.

Ukudala ulwazi malunga nomhlaza we-pancreatic kubalulekile ukufundisa abantu ngeempawu, izinto ezinobungozi kunye nonyango olukhoyo. Ukuqonda isifo kunye nokufuna ukuxilongwa kwangoko kunokuphucula amathuba ezigulana okuphila kunye nomgangatho wobomi. Masidale ulwazi malunga nomhlaza wepancreatic kule Novemba nangaphaya. Khumbula, ukufunyanwa kwangoko kusindisa ubomi.

Resources

Umbutho waseMelika woPhando loMhlaza: aacr.org/patients-caregivers/awareness-months/pancreatic-cancer-awareness-month/

Boston Nzululwazi: bostonscientific.com/en-US/medical-specialties/gastroenterology/EndoCares-Pancreatic-Cancer-Prevention/pancreatic-cancer-awareness.html

Umbutho womhlaza waseMelika: cancer.org/cancer/types/pancreatic-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/risk-factors.html

IsiSeko sePancreas seSizwe: pancreasfoundation.org/pancreas-disease/pancreatic-cancer/