Yu gɛt mol lɛk dis na yu yay? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Kɔnjɔktiv Mɛlanɔma!

Yu dɔn ɛva notis brawn spat ɔ smɔl smɔl tin na di wayt pat na yu yay? Sɔntɛm yu nɔ bin notis am. Bɔt, i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu lɛk aw yu tink. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan kansa we nɔ kin bɔku bɔt we kin denja na di yay.

Wetin na Kɔnjɔktiv Mɛlanɔma?

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Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma na wan kayn kansa we nɔ kin bɔku ɛn we kin kam na yu yay. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak ``Conjunctival Malignant Melanoma.'' Naw yu kin de wɔnda wetin na di ``conjunctiva''. na di klia mεmbran we de kכba di insay pat pan yu aylid, di wayt pat pan yu yay (dεn kכl am bak di ``sclera'') . fכ bi prεsis, mכst tεm, dis melanoma de divεlכp na di ``bulbar conjunctiva'', di mכkus mεmbran we de protεkt di wayt pat pan yu yay.

Dis na rili wan kayn ay kansa (okular mɛlanoma). Melanoma de bigin we di sεl dεm we dεn kכl melanosayt dεn bigin fכ gro we dεn nכ ebul fכ kכntro . Dɛn melanosayt ya de mek di kɔlɔ we dɛn kɔl melanin we de gi wi skin, ia, ɛn yay dɛn kɔlɔ. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt skin melanoma, ɛn na dat i kin bi. Bɔt dis na wan we kin afɛkt di yay. E fayn fɔ mɛmba se dis sik kin mek pɔrsin in layf de pan denja sɔmtɛm .

Aw kɔmɔn tin dis kin apin?

Infakt, kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma na kansa we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm . i nכmכ de mek 2% pan כl di ay tכmכro dεm. I de mek bak 0.25%, ɔ lɛk wan kwata, pan ɔl di mɛlanoma dɛn. Bɔt dɛn se di nɔmba fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt di sik dɔn bɔku smɔl insay di las ia dɛn.

Na di Wɛstɛn kɔntri dɛm, di sik kin de bitwin 0.2 ɛn 0.5 pan ɛvri milyɔn pipul dɛm ɛvri ia. Bɔku tɛm, i kin apin pan wayt pipul dɛn we nɔto Hispanik. Bɔt i kin apin bak pan pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt Eshia, blak, ɛn Hispanik pipul dɛn. I nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm pan pikin dɛn .

כda tin, dis kכnjכktiv mεlanoma nכto wan kayn ay kεnsar lεk `retinoblastoma` כ `intraokul melanoma`. `Intraocular melanoma` na wan we de apin na di midul layεr na di yay (`uvea`), εn na di kayn kεnsar we kכmכn pas כl we de apin na di yay. `Retinoblastoma` na wan we de apin na di retina, we de na di bak pat pan di yay.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis?

Nɔr sayn nɔr kin de na di fɔs stej dɛm fɔ ocular melanoma. Bɔt if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma, dɛn kin gɛt:

• Wan mol we gɛt kɔlɔ (kɔlɔ) insay di yay . Sɔntɛnde, dis mol kin gɛt kɔlɔ. if na so i bi, dεn kכl am `amelanotic Conjunctival Melanoma` . `Amelanotic` min `we nɔ gɛt` melanin.
• dis spat kin flat lεk disk כ rayz lεk lump (`nodular`).
• Dis na כnli insay wan yay (`yunilateral`).

Wetin na di rizin fɔ dis?

Bikɔs kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma nɔ kin bɔku, di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis stil nɔ shɔ wetin rili de mek i gɛt am . Jɛnɛtiks kin ple wan pat, bɔt i nɔ kin pas ɔ i kin skata frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

Bɔt dɛn dɔn sho klia wan se tu kɔndishɔn dɛn gɛt sɔntin fɔ du wit di divɛlɔpmɛnt pan kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma. Dɛn tin ya na:

• (`Primary Acquired Melanosis` – PAM): Dis na we yu de divεlכp spat dεm we big pas 1 mm, εn kin gεt kכla, we nכ bin de we yu bכn. dis `PAM` kכndishכn kin apin wit כ witout abnכmal sεl dεm.
• Conjunctival nevi: Na dεn tin ya wi kin kכl bכn mak, mol כ fεkl.

Ɔda tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm?

sεvεra risk fכs dεm de we de kכntribyut fכ divεlכpmεnt fכ ocular melanoma in jεnarכl:

• Fɔ gɛt blu ɔ grɛn yay.Pipul dɛn we gɛt layt kɔlɔ kin gɛt mɛlanoma na dɛn yay pas di wan dɛn we gɛt brawn yay.
• Fɔ bi wayt pɔsin. Wait pipul dɛn kin gɛt melanoma na dɛn yay pas pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt na ɔda trayb.
• We yu de ol. Dis risk kin bɔku as yu de ol.

Sayɛnsman dɛn tink se if pɔsin de pan ɔltra vayolɛt layt, dat kin mek i gɛt prɔblɛm bak.

Us prɔblɛm dɛn dis kin mek?

If dɛn nɔ trit di mɛlanoma, i kin mek pɔsin blaynd ɛn ivin day .

Aw yu no dis?

Di pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu yay (ɔftalmɔlɔjis) kin no di kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma we dɛn de du yu yay ɛgzamin ɔltɛm. If dɛn sɔprayz, dɛn kin ɔda fɔ du tɛst dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Ultrasound egzamin (`Ultrasonografi`).
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Dis na tεst we dεn de yuz lεzεr layt fכ mכsu di tik we di kכnjunktiva tik.
• Bayɔpsi tɛst.

If yu ay spɛshal dɔktɔ tink se dis kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma kin dɔn spre (metastasized) to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi, i kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du ɔda tɛst. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Blɔd tɛst dɛn .
• כda imej tεst dεm lεk `PET skan`, ` CT skan` (`Kכmpyuta Tomografi skan`), כ wan ` MRI skan` (`Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan`).

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ dis?

Yu dɔktɔ go tɔk to yu ɛn ɛp yu fɔ pik di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ yu sik. Di tritmɛnt kin inklud ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• Ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di lɛshɔn.
• Krayotɛrapi (tritmɛnt we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kol bad bad wan).
• Rεdyushכn tεrapi εn tכpikכl kεmothεrapi na כnli adjuvant tritmεnt (i.e., nכto di fכs layn tritmεnt). Rɛdyeshɔn tɛrapi kin inklud brakitɛrapi ɛn ɛksternal bim redyushɔn tɛrapi .

Wetin na di sayd ɛfɛkt ɔ kɔmplikeshɔn dɛm wae de kam wit de tritmɛnt?

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we dɛn du ɔpreshɔn fɔ kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma na:

• Skar na yu kɔnia.
• Sik we de prɛd.
• Dabl vishɔn (`Diplopia`).

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin kin gɛt krayotɛrapi:

• Di pat dɛn na yu yay kin pwɛl fɔ sɔm tɛm ɔ fɔ ɔltɛm, ivin di kɔnia.
• Iritis (inflameshɔn na yu ayris).

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin de tek kimotɛrapi we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn am:

• We pɔsin de tear.
• Ay iritashɔn.
• Ay pen.
• Blepharospasm (we di aylid de shek shek).
• Ska we de na di kɔnia.

Kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛn we kin apin frɔm redyushɔn tɛrapi:

• Dray yay.
• di kכnia abrashכn dεm fכ sכm tεm.
• Di aylash dɛn we de lɔs.
• Fokal katarakt.

If dɛn tritmɛnt ya nɔ wok, yu dɔktɔ kin ivin gɛt fɔ pul di yay we gɛt di sik .

Aw kwik a go fil fayn afta dɛn dɔn trit mi?

Aw yu kin fil fayn kwik kwik wan kin dipen pan di kayn tritmɛnt we yu kin gɛt . Yu dɔktɔ go tɔk bɔt dis wit yu we yu de pik di tritmɛnt we go fayn fɔ yu.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma?

I nɔr pɔsibul fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma kpatakpata , bɔt yu kin du sɔm tin fɔ ridyus yu risk.

Aw a go ridyus di prɔblɛm?

Yu kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma bay we yu wɛr gud sanglas ɛn hat , mɔ we di san de shayn na do. Dis go ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm UV rayt. I kin fayn bak fɔ lɛ yu nɔ de na di san.

Wetin a kin ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma?

If yu gɛt kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma, if dɛn trit am, di luk fɔ se yu go liv fayn . Bɔt yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn we aw yu nɔ kin si fayn fayn wan. If di kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma skata (metastasize), dat min se i muf go ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi, di sik kin rili siriɔs. If i du dat, i go mɔs bi se i go spre to yu lɔng ɛn limf no dɛm .

Aw a kin kia fɔ misɛf?

Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ ɛp fɔ kia fɔ yusɛf:

• Schedule ɛn atɛnd apɔntinmɛnt wit yu mɛdikal tim di rayt tɛm.
• Fɔ it fayn.
• Fɔ du ɛksasaiz ɔltɛm.
• Fɔ ridyus di strɛs.
• Lan bɔt ɛn akses savis fɔ pipul dɛn we nɔ de si bɛtɛ ɛn we nɔ de si tu.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to mi dɔktɔ?

If yu notis ɛnitin we nyu ɔ we de mɔna yu bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi ɔ yu yay apat frɔm di tɛm we yu kin go ɔltɛm, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm .

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin kɔnjɔktival nɛvus ɛn kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma?

di kכnjunktival nεvכs na di nכn kansa (benign) growth na yu kכnjunktiva. We wi nɔ de tɔk bɔt mɛrɛsin, dɛn kin kɔl nevus bak mol, bɔn mak, ɔ biuti mak. Nevus nɔto kansa, bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn de we kɔnjɔkt nevus kin bi kansa, we dɛn kɔl kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma .

If yu notis nyu spat, tik, ɔ wɔs pan wan say we bin dɔn de na di wayt pat na yu yay, yu fɔ rili go to ay dɔktɔ . We yu yɛri se yu kin gɛt kɔnjɔktival mɛlanoma, we na wan kayn kansa, kin bi miks bag fɔ filin. Bɔt i bɛtɛ fɔ mek dɛn no di sik fayn fayn wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit yu kwik kwik wan. Dis go ɛp yu fɔ gɛt di bɛst autkam (prognosis).

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

So, a op se yu dɔn ɔndastand gud gud wan naw bɔt wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, kɔnjɔktiv mɛlanoma. Di yay na wan ɔgan we rili sɛnsitiv . So, if yu notis smɔl chenj ɔ sɔntin we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu yay, nɔ ignore am. Ɛspɛshali, tek tɛm wit nyu spat, dak spat, ɛn lumps. Fɔ no am kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit am kwik kwik wan rili impɔtant pan dɛn kayn tin ya . So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu yay wan tɛm insay di ia. If yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm, nɔ shem fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ.