Ke lohe kākou i nā huaʻōlelo 'puʻupuʻu lolo', nui ka poʻe o kākou e manaʻo nei i ka makaʻu nui a me ka haʻalulu, ʻeā? He mea maʻamau loa ia. Akā, ʻaʻole nā mea a pau a kākou e lohe ai a e manaʻo ai he ʻoiaʻiʻo. He maʻi kanesa anei nā puʻupuʻu a pau e ulu ana i loko o ka lolo? He aha maoli ke kanesa o ka lolo? I kēia lā, e waiho kākou i ko kākou mau makaʻu a me nā kānalua e pili ana i kēia a kamaʻilio e pili ana me ka maʻalahi loa, ma ke ʻano hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo, me he mea lā e kamaʻilio ana kākou me kahi hoaaloha.
He ʻelua mau mea ʻokoʻa anei ke 'ʻōpū lolo' a me ke 'maʻi ʻaʻai lolo'?
ʻAe, ʻo kēia ka mea nui loa e pono ai mākou e hoʻomaopopo mua. He puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi a nui paha ka puʻupuʻu lolo e hana ʻia i ka wā e ulu kūpono ʻole ai nā hunaola lolo a ma waho o ke kaohi. Akā, ʻaʻole kēia mau puʻupuʻu a pau he maʻi kanesa.
I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻelua ʻano nui o nā puʻupuʻu lolo.
| ʻAno Puʻupuʻu | He wehewehe maʻalahi |
|---|---|
| Nā puʻupuʻu maikaʻi ʻole | ʻAʻole kēia he mau maʻi kanesa. ʻAʻole pālahalaha ikaika kēia mau cell. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou e hele i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino. Akā no ka mea aia lākou i loko o ka lolo, i ka ulu ʻana o kēia puʻupuʻu, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokuke i waho i nā ʻāpana lolo olakino a puni. No laila hiki i kēia mau mea ke hana i nā pilikia. |
| Nā ʻōpū ʻino | ʻO kēia ka mea a mākou e kapa nei he 'maʻi ʻaʻai'. He ʻino loa kēia mau pūnaewele. Ulu koke lākou a laha, e luku ana i nā pūnaewele olakino a puni lākou. Eia kekahi, hiki i kēia mau pūnaewele maʻi ʻaʻai ke laha (metastasize) i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka lolo a i ʻole nā ʻōpū ʻē aʻe o ke kino. |
No laila, ua maopopo iā ʻoe? ʻAʻole nā puʻupuʻu lolo āpau he maʻi kanesa. Akā, ʻoiai ke ʻano o ia puʻupuʻu, he mea nui e ʻimi i ke kōkua lapaʻau no ka mea aia ia ma kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me ka lolo.
Aia kekahi mau ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai lolo ma muli o ke ʻano o ko lākou hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana?
ʻAe, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ʻelua mau ʻano nui ma muli o kahi e hoʻomaka ai ke kanesa.
1. Nā ʻōpū lolo mua
E noʻonoʻo i kēia ʻano, hoʻomaka ka pilikia "ma ka home." Pēlā nō ia me kēia. Hoʻomaka kēia ʻano maʻi kanesa me kahi cell i loko o ka lolo. Hana ʻia ka lolo me nā ʻano cell like ʻole. Hoʻomohala kēia ʻano maʻi kanesa i ka wā e loli ai kekahi o kēia mau cell me ke ʻano ʻē a hoʻomaka e māhelehele me ka ʻole o ke kāohi.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o kēia nā mea i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Gliomas', 'Meningiomas', 'Medulloblastomas'. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia kēia mau inoa e like me ka ʻāpana o ka lolo a i ʻole ke ʻano o ke kelepona e ulu ai ke kanesa. ʻAʻohe pono e noʻonoʻo hohonu e pili ana i kēia mau mea a huikau i kou manaʻo. Na kāu kauka e wehewehe i kēia iā ʻoe.
2. Ka maʻi ʻaʻai e laha ana i ka lolo mai kahi ʻē aʻe (Metastatic Brain Cancer)
ʻO kēia ke ʻano maʻamau o ka maʻi kanesa o ka lolo. ʻO ka mea e hana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia ka hele ʻana o nā hunaola kanesa i hoʻomaka ma kahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino (no ka laʻana, nā māmā, nā umauma, nā puʻupaʻa) ma o ke koko i ka lolo a hoʻomaka e ulu ma laila. I ka lāʻau lapaʻau, kapa mākou i kēia ʻo 'Metastasis'. I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, me he mea lā ua hoʻomaka ka pilikia ma "kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe", akā ua hoʻomaka kahi lālā o ia mea ma "kēia kūlanakauhale".
Pehea e ʻike pololei ai ke kauka i kēia maʻi?
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ke poʻo ʻeha mau loa, nā hopu ʻana i wehewehe ʻole ʻia, nā loli o ka ʻike, a i ʻole ka paʻakikī i ka hele wāwae, ʻo ka mea mua āu e hana ai, ʻo ia ke ʻike koke i ke kauka.
A laila, hahai ke kauka i kēia mau hana:
1. Hoʻokolokolo mua: ʻO ka mea mua, e nīnau ʻia ʻoe e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a e hana ʻia kahi hoʻokolokolo kino maʻamau o ka ʻōnaehana nerve.
2. Nā scan: ʻO ka mea aʻe, pono ʻoe e hana i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua kūikawā e nānā i loko o ka lolo.
- CT Scan: He hoʻāʻo kēia e hāʻawi ana i kahi kiʻi 3D kikoʻī ma mua o ka X-ray. I kekahi manawa, hoʻokomo ʻia kahi kala kūikawā i loko o kahi aa e hana i kēia scan. ʻAe kēia i nā wahi pilikia i loko o ka lolo e ʻike maopopo ʻia.
- MRI Scan: Inā kānalua ka CT scan i kahi puʻupuʻu lolo, hiki i ke kauka ke paipai i kahi MRI scan, hiki ke hāʻawi i nā kiʻi maopopo a kikoʻī hoʻi.
3. Kuhikuhi ʻana i kahi loea: Inā hōʻoia nā scan i ka maʻi ʻaʻai, e kuhikuhi ʻia ʻoe i kahi kauka maʻi ʻaʻai a i ʻole, inā hiki, he neuro-oncologist.
4. Biopsy: ʻO kēia ka hōʻoia hope loa a paʻa loa. Pili kēia i ka lawe ʻana i kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi loa o ka ʻiʻo mai ka puʻupuʻu a nānā iā ia ma lalo o kahi microscope. Hiki ke hana ʻia kēia ma nā ʻano ʻelua.
- ʻOki kino: Inā hiki ke komo maʻalahi i ka puʻupuʻu, e wehe nā kauka i ke poʻo a wehe i ka ʻāpana a pau o ka puʻupuʻu. Hoʻouna ʻia ka ʻāpana i wehe ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana.
- Ma ke kui (Stereotactic Biopsy):Inā hiki ke hiki i ka puʻupuʻu me ke ʻoki ʻole ʻana, hana ʻia kahi puka liʻiliʻi loa ma ke poʻo, a ma o ia mea, hoʻokomo ʻia kahi nila ma ke kamepiula i kahi kikoʻī o ka puʻupuʻu lolo, a loaʻa kahi hāpana cell.
ʻO ka hāpana ʻiʻo i loaʻa ma kēia ʻano e nānā ʻia e kahi pathologist e hoʻoholo pono ai inā he maʻi ʻaʻai a ʻaʻole paha, a he aha ke ʻano.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi me ka maʻi ʻaʻai lolo?
He pilikia kēia i loaʻa i nā poʻe he nui. ʻO ka haʻi ʻia ʻana he maʻi ʻaʻai kou, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e pono ʻoe e hoʻōki i ke ola. Me ka hoʻolālā kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi, leʻaleʻa, a komo i nā hana. Akā, pono ʻoe e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka e pili ana i kēia mau mea.
- Ke kalaiwa ʻana: Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke kalaiwa, ma muli ia o kāu mau hōʻailona (e laʻa, nā pilikia ʻike, nā hopu ʻana) a me kahi o ke kanesa ma kou lolo. Pono ʻoe e noi i kāu kauka no ka ʻae e hana i kēia.
- Huakaʻi mokulele: Hiki iā ʻoe ke holo ma ka mokulele ma kahi o 3 mau mahina ma hope o ka mālama ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, e ʻoluʻolu e nīnau i kāu kauka. No ka mea, ʻo ka loli o ke kaomi i loko o ka mokulele hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha poʻo a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana o ka lolo.
- Lapaʻau a me nā palapala: Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e haʻalele i kahi lapaʻau ma muli o kāu huakaʻi, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka hiki ke hoʻonohonoho hou ʻia. Eia kekahi, e lawe mai i kahi leka mai kāu kauka e hōʻike ana i kou kūlana, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā mea hana (nā awa a i ʻole nā mea hoʻokomo) āu. He mea nui loa kēia ma ke kahua mokulele.
- E mālama i kou olakino:
- E lawe i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kāu ʻeke lawe lima. Hiki ke nalowale nā ʻeke nui (nā ukana i nānā ʻia).
- E pale iā ʻoe iho mai nā germs. E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima a i ʻole e hoʻohana i ka hand sanitizer.
- Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi kanesa ke hoʻopilikia i kou ʻili i ka lā, no laila e hoʻohana i ka sunscreen.
- E mālama i ka ikehu o kou kino. E inu i ka wai he nui i ka lā a pau. E mālama i nā meaʻai liʻiliʻi ma kahi kokoke.
- Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua luhi ʻoe, e hoʻomaha iki. Mai hilahila e noi i ke kōkua me kahi noho huila ma kahi e like me ke kahua mokulele.
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- ʻAʻole nā mea āpau i kapa ʻia he 'puʻupuʻu lolo' he 'maʻi ʻaʻai'. Aia kekahi mau puʻupuʻu maikaʻi ʻole.
- ʻElua ʻano nui o ke kanesa o ka lolo: ʻO ke kanesa mua (ka maʻi kanesa e hoʻomaka ana ma ka lolo) a me ka Metastatic (ka maʻi kanesa e pālahalaha ana i ka lolo mai kahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino).
- Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e like me ke poʻo ʻeha mau, nā hopu ʻana, nā loli o ka ʻike, a i ʻole nā pilikia kaulike, e ʻike i ke kauka me ka hoʻonele ʻole i ka manawa.
- He mea nui nā hoʻokolohua e like me ka CT scan, MRI scan, a me ka biopsy no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi maʻi maʻi pololei.
- ʻOiai inā ua ʻike ʻia ʻoe he maʻi kanesa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele i kou ola me ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau kūpono a me ka mālama ʻana, a me ka ʻae ʻia e kāu kauka, hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i nā hana maʻamau he nui.











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