Shin kun ji labarin magungunan rediyo? Bari mu koya game da su ta hanya mai sauƙi!

Shin likitanka ya taɓa neman ka yi gwajin musamman, kamar gwajin PET? Ko kuma ya yi magana game da allura ta musamman a matsayin maganin ciwon daji? To wataƙila za ka ji ɗan tsoro idan ka ji kalmar "redioactive." Amma kada ka ji tsoro. A yau muna magana ne game da wannan nau'in magani mai ban mamaki wanda ya ci gaba sosai a fannin kimiyyar likitanci, wanda ake amfani da shi don gano cututtuka da kuma magance su.

Menene waɗannan magungunan rediyo?

A taƙaice dai, waɗannan magunguna ne na musamman waɗanda aka tsara don amfani da su a magani, tare da ƙarancin radiation da aka sarrafa. A taƙaice dai, waɗannan nau'in magani ne. Amma a cikin wannan maganin akwai wani abu kamar ƙaramin "mai bin diddigi". Za mu iya sa ido kan kuzarin da yake fitarwa ta hanyar amfani da kyamarori na musamman.

Mutanen da suka sami horo na musamman a wannan fanni ne ke yin su, su rarraba su, kuma su yi amfani da su. Misali, masana magunguna na nukiliya, masana kimiyyar rediyo, da kuma masana ilimin cututtuka na radiation suna amfani da su da kulawa sosai.

Me ake amfani da waɗannan magunguna?

Akwai manyan amfani guda biyu na waɗannan magungunan Radiopharmaceuticals. Ɗaya shine Diagnostic , ɗayan kuma shine Therapeutic . Ka yi tunanin ta amfani da wannan fasaha, za mu iya gano matsala a cikin jiki mu magance wannan matsalar. Bari mu kalli waɗannan biyun daban-daban.

1. Yadda ake taimakawa wajen gano cututtuka (Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals)

Wannan ita ce hanyar da aka fi amfani da waɗannan magunguna. Abin da ke faruwa a nan shi ne ka sha, ka shaƙa, ko ka yi allurar ƙaramin adadin wannan maganin rediyoaktif a jikinka. Muna kuma kiran waɗannan magungunan rediyoaktif .

Da zarar ya shiga jiki, maganin yana zuwa wurin da akwai cuta, kamuwa da cuta, ko matsala. Sannan, ana amfani da kyamara ta musamman, kamar kyamarar gamma, don ɗaukar hotunan wuraren da maganin ya taru. Daga waɗannan hotunan, likita zai iya ganin ainihin yadda gabobin jikinka ke aiki, yadda jininka ke gudana, ko kuma ko akwai ƙwayoyin cutar kansa.

• Misalai:
• Scan na PET (Positron Emission Tomography scan): Ana amfani da wani magani mai suna 'Fluorine-18' don wannan.
• Gwajin ƙashi, hanta, da koda: Maganin da ake kira "Technetium 99m" shine maganin da aka fi amfani da shi a duniya don wannan dalili.
• Gwajin aikin huhu:Suna shaƙar wani magani mai suna "Xenon-133".
• Gwajin tsokar zuciya: Ana allurar wani magani mai suna 'Rubidium-82' a cikin jijiya.

2. Magungunan Magungunan Radiation na Warkewa

Wannan hanyar sabuwar hanya ce, amma mai inganci sosai, musamman ga cutar kansa. Ta ƙunshi allurar wani magani mai ƙarfi fiye da yadda ake bayarwa don gano cutar a jiki.

Wannan kamar makami mai linzami ne da ke tafiya kai tsaye zuwa wurin da aka nufa. Wannan maganin yana neman ƙwayoyin cutar kansa kai tsaye, yana manne musu, kuma yana lalata su. Babban fa'idar wannan ita ce babu wata illa ga sauran ƙwayoyin lafiya a jiki. Domin wannan maganin yana kai hari kai tsaye ga ƙwayoyin cutar kansa kawai. Wannan ya bambanta da hanyar magani da ke amfani da radiation daga waje (`Maganin Radiation na Waje`).

Bambanci tsakanin manyan amfani guda biyu

Domin mu fahimci shi cikin sauƙi, bari mu dubi bambancin da ke tsakanin waɗannan amfani guda biyu.

Mene ne ake amfani da magungunan rediyo wajen magance cutar kansa?

Akwai magungunan rediyo masu inganci da dama da aka amince da su a halin yanzu don maganin cutar kansa.

• PLUVICTO® (`lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan`):Ana amfani da shi don magance wasu lokuta na ciwon daji na prostate wanda ya bazu zuwa wasu wurare (metastatic).
• Lutathera™ (`Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate`): Ana amfani da wannan don magance wasu ciwace-ciwacen neuroendocrine da ke faruwa a cikin ciki, pancreas, da hanji.
• Iodine-131: Ana amfani da shi don magance ciwon daji na thyroid da kuma yanayin da ke haifar da yawan samar da hormones na thyroid, kamar cutar Graves.
• Radium-223: Lokacin da ciwon daji na prostate ya bazu (ya zama metastasized) zuwa ƙasusuwa, wannan yana da matuƙar tasiri wajen lalata ƙwayoyin cutar kansa a cikin waɗannan ƙasusuwa.

Bugu da ƙari, a halin yanzu ana gudanar da gwaje-gwaje na asibiti don amfani da waɗannan magunguna ga wasu nau'ikan ciwon daji da dama, ma'ana wannan zai zama muhimmin ɓangare na maganin ciwon daji a nan gaba.

Shin waɗannan magungunan suna da aminci da gaske? Ya kamata mu ji tsoro?

Wannan ita ce babbar tambayar da kowa ke da ita. Abu ne da ya dace mu ji tsoro idan muka ji kalmar "redioactive." Amma wannan ita ce gaskiyar magana.

Ka yi tunanin, adadin maganin da ake bayarwa don gano cututtuka yana da ƙanƙanta sosai har ba zai cutar da jikinka ba. Za a cire shi gaba ɗaya daga jikinka cikin 'yan awanni ko kwanaki.

Yawan maganin da aka bayar don magani ya ɗan fi haka ƙarfi. Saboda haka, wasu illoli na iya faruwa. Amma kamar kowace magani, a nan ma, likitoci suna duba ko fa'idodin maganin sun fi illa. Idan aka kwatanta da damar warkar da wata cuta mai tsanani kamar ciwon daji, ana iya magance waɗannan illolin.

Idan aka rubuta maka magani ko gwaji irin wannan, likitanka zai yi maka bayani game da komai game da shi, fa'idodinsa, da kuma illolin da zai iya haifarwa. Yi tambaya game da duk wata tambaya ko damuwa da za ka iya samu a lokacin.