Yu gɛt tumbu na yu bren ɔ yu spayna? Mek wi tok abaut Ependymoma!

Yu don eva yehri di wohd "Ependymoma"? Sɔntɛm dis nem na nyu tin smɔl. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na wan tumbu we kin kam na wi bren ɔ na wi spɛnal kɔd . Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek yu fred smɔl we yu yɛri sɔntin lɛk dis, bɔt nɔ wɔri. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis klia wan, lɛk se wi de tɔk to gud padi.

Wetin rili na Ependymoma?

Wɛl, lɛ wi bigin frɔm di biginin. Ependymoma na wan praymar tumor . "Praymari" min se di tכmכro fכs fכm na yu bren כ spεnal kכd. Dat min se i nɔ dɔn skata (metastasized) frɔm ɔdasay na di bɔdi.

Dis na wan kayn glioma . Glioma na wan kayn tכmכro we de stat na di sכpכt sεl dεm na di bren εn spεnal kכd. Yu no se ependymoma na di siks kayn bren tכmכro we kin kכmכn pan pikin dεm ? Bɔt i kin kam bak pan big pipul dɛn. So, i kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi, ilɛksɛf i ol.

Yu tink se Ependymoma tumor dɛn denja? Dɛn kin gɛt bad bad sik?

A no se dis kwɛstyɔn de na yu maynd. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin klas di ependymomas bay aw dɛn kin gro fast . Jɔs lɛk di gred dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt na skul, dɛn kin gred dɛn tumbu ya frɔm 1 to 3.

• Gret 1 tכmכro dεm: Dis na dεn wan dεm we kכmכn pas כl εn dεn nכ kin bi kεnsar, we min se dεn "benign."
• Gret 2 tכmכro dεm: dεn tu kin jεnarali bεnεn, nכ kin kεnsar, εn dεn nכ kin mεtastas.
• Gret 3 tכmכro dεm: Dis na malign כ "kansa" tכmכro dεm . Dɛn kin gro fast pas di tumbu dɛn we de na ɔda gred dɛn.

So, di ansa to di kweshon "I denja?" dipכnt pan di grεd fכ di nat εn fכ כda tin dεm.

Wetin na di men kayn Ependymoma?

Apat frɔm di gred dɛm, difrɛn kayn Ependymoma de. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan dat bak:

• Subependymoma (Gred 1): dis kin divεlכp bכku tεm na di vεntrikl dεm, di chεmba dεm we de insay yu bren we gεt sεribrospεnal fכluid (CSF) . Dɛn kin bɔku pan big pipul dɛn pas pikin dɛn.

• Klasik Ependymoma (Gred 2): "Klasik" na di kayn we we dɛn kin yuz mɔ . I kin apin to pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn.

• Myxopapillary Ependymoma (Gred 2): Dis kayn kin de divεlכp mεntal wan na di lכw pat pan yu spεnal kכd.Dis sik kin mɔs si pan ol man dɛm.

• Anaplastic Ependymoma (Gred 3): Dɛn tin ya kin apin na di bren. Dɛn kin gro kwik kwik wan ɛn dɛn kin spre to ɔda pat dɛn na di bren. Dɛn kayn tɔŋ ya kin kam bak afta dɛn dɔn trit am.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Ependymoma?

di simptom dεm fכ wan ependymoma tumor kin difrεnt bכku dipכnt pan usay di tumor de , biכs difrεn pat dεm na di bren εn spεnal kכd de kכntro difrεn bכdi wok dεm.

Na sɔm pan de sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin:

• Bak pen
• Balans ishu dɛn
• Blɔri vishɔn ɔ ɔda vishɔn chenj
• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Ɛd pen - Dis kin wɔs na mɔnin ɔ i kin kam wit vɔmit.
• Mud swing - Fɔ fil vɛks ɔ sɔri pas aw yu bin de fil bifo.
• di mכsul dεm we de wik - Na fכ fil fכ sכmtεm na yu an כ yu leg.
• Nɔs & vɔmit we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Nek de pen
• Yu an ɔ yu leg dɛn kin swɛla
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik
• Urinary incontinence - di lik we di urine de lik we yu nɔ want.

Impɔtant: If yu gɛt wan ɔr mɔr pan dɛn sik ya, nɔr tink se na ependymoma. Dɛn kin kam bak wit ɔda wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm. Bɔt i fayn ɔltɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya.

Di sayn dɛm we de apin to bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛm:

Bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛn we nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk nɔ kin ebul fɔ sho dɛn prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk aw wi kin tɔk. So, as mama ɛn papa, una nid fɔ tink bɔt tin dɛn lɛk:

• Wan ed we big pas aw i kin bi
• Nɔ slip, fɔ de wek ɔltɛm
• Unusual iritabiliti ɔ fussing
• Fɔ vɔmit ɔ spit pas aw i kin bi

If yu si sayn dɛm lɛk dis, i rili impɔtant fɔ kɛr yu pikin go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt Ependymoma?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. Fɔ tɔk tru, masta sabi pipul dɛn nɔ dɔn fɛn ɛni patikyula tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt Ependymoma yet .

Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we pipul dɛn kin tɔk bɔt. dεn tink se dis kin bi fכ sכm mistek we de apin we di "εpεndymal sεl dεm" na wi bren de sheb εn fכm nyu wan dεm. Dɔn bak, sɔmwan tiori de bak se di jεnεtik vεryush כn kin afekt dis.

Sɔm stɔdi dɔn sho se pipul dɛm we gɛt wan jenɛtik kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl "Neurofibromatosis type 2" kin gɛt ependymoma. Bɔt masta sabi bukman dɛn stil nɔ shɔ if sɔntin de we rili gɛt sɔntin fɔ du wit dɛn tu tin ya. Risach bɔt dis stil de go bifo.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Ependymoma?

If yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ ependymoma, dɔktɔ go du sɔm tɛst fɔ no di sik.

Fɔs, di dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik , lɛk ustɛm dɛn bigin ɛn aw dɛn de fil. Dɔn dɛn go du ɛgzam fɔ dɛn bɔdi ɛn ɛgzam fɔ di nyurolɔjik.

Apat frɔm dat, dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya:

• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan: Bɔku tɛm dis na di fɔs big tɛst we dɛn kin du. I kin mek ditayli pikchɔ dɛn bɔt di bren ɛn di spɛnal kɔd.
• CT (Computed Tomography) scan: Dis kin tek pikchɔ bak fɔ di bren ɛn di spɛnal kɔd. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin nid fɔ du dis apat frɔm MRI.
• Bayopsi: Dis min se dɛn kin tek wan smɔl pat pan di tɔŋ ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp . Dis tεst implεnt fכ no εksεktכl us kayn εn gred di tכmכro. Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin tek dis bayɔpsi bak we dɛn de du ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di tɔŋ kpatakpata.
• Lumbar Puncture: Insay dis tεst, dεn kin tek sכm sכm sכm sεribrospεnal fכluid (CSF) frכm yu lכw bכk. Dis kin ɛp fɔ si if di kansa sɛl dɛn dɔn skata to di spaynal wata. Nɔto ɔlman nid dis.

Di rizɔlt fɔ dɛn tɛst ya go sho if yu gɛt ependymoma ɔ yu nɔ gɛt am.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ Ependymoma?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz sɔm men we dɛn fɔ mɛn di sik we dɛn kɔl ependymoma. Di bɛst tritmɛnt plan fɔ yu go dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn, lɛk aw yu sik, di kayn ɛn gred we di tumbu gɛt, usay i de, yu ej, ɛn yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi.

• Ɔpreshɔn: Dis na di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin yuz mɔ fɔ di ependymoma. Wan dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn go tray fɔ pul bɔku pan di tumbu as i ebul. Sɔntɛnde, dipen pan usay di tumbu de, i kin at fɔ pul am ɔl.
• Radieshɔn tɛrapi: Dis kin yuz ɛkstrem rayt we gɛt bɔku ɛnaji ɔ ɔda kayn raytin fɔ pwɛl di tumbu sɛl dɛn. Dɛn kin gi redyushɔn tɛrapi afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn fɔ pwɛl ɛni sɛl we lɛf ɔ fɔ mek di tumbu smɔl bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn.
• Kimotɛrapi (kemo): Insay dis, .Dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Dɛn kin jɔs yuz kemotɛrapi fɔ ependymoma if di tumbu dɔn skata to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi. Dis nɔ kin bɔku pan di ependymoma.
• Immunotherapy: Dis na fɔ gi yu bɔdi drɔgs we de mek yu bɔdi gɛt di natura l imyun sistɛm fɔ ɛp fɔ fɛt kansa. Dis tritmɛnt nɔr kin yuse fɔ ependymoma.

Yu mɛdikal tim go tɔk to yu us tritmɛnt go fayn fɔ yu.

Wetin na di rεt wae pɔrsin gɛt Ependymoma de liv?

Dis na tin we rili sɛnsitiv. di fayv ia rεt fכ ependymoma na lεk 85% . Dat min se insay fayv ia we dɛn dɔn no se i gɛt di sik, na lɛk 85 pan ɔl 100 pipul dɛn stil de alayv.

Bɔt, mɛmba dis: Dɛn statystik ya nɔ de apin to ɔlman. Dis na jɔs wan jenɛral ɛstimat. I kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay yu yon prɔblɛm, di kayn tumbu, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn. Yu dɔktɔ dɛn go tɛl yu mɔ bɔt dis.

Bɔku tin dɛn de we kin afɛkt di we aw pipul dɛn kin liv:

• di tכmכro in gred - di tכmכro dεm we de lכw grεd jεnarali gεt bεtε autkam.
• di say we di tכmכro de - Sכm tכmכro dεm kin izi fכ pul.
• Yu ej - Sɔmtɛm, yɔŋ pipul dɛn kin ebul fɔ ansa bɛtɛ to tritmɛnt.
• Yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi biznɛs

Yu tink se Ependymoma kansa kin wɛl ɔltogɛda?

"Curing cancer" na tin we kɔmplikt smɔl. Naw, no tin nɔ de we dɛn kɔl "kɔmplit mɛn" fɔ kansa. Bɔt ivin Gret 3 Ɛpɛndimoma kin kɔmɔt ɔlsay ɔ pwɛl am wit tritmɛnt.

Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se ivin afta dɛn dɔn tɔk se i nɔ gɛt kansa, ependymoma kin stil kam bak. Dis risk de hεvi spεshal fכ gred 3 tכmכro dεm. Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen dis to yu bay yu ej, wɛlbɔdi, ɛn di kayn tumbu.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Afta dɛn dɔn trit yu fɔ ependymoma, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu aw ɔltɛm yu fɔ si am (fɔl-ɔp visit). Dɛn visit ya rili impɔtant bikɔs dɛn kin ɛp fɔ wach yu bɔdi fɔ ɛni chenj ɛn fɔ si if di tumbu dɔn kam bak.

Dɛn kin advays bak fɔ du imej tɛst ɔltɛm, lɛk MRI, we dɛn de du tritmɛnt ɛn afta dɛn dɔn trit am.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu kam fɔ no se yu gɛt ependymoma, na nɔmal tin fɔ gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn. Nɔ fred fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ ɛni kwɛstyɔn we yu gɛt. No tink se, "Dis na stupid kweshon?" Na yu rayt fɔ no bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi.

Na sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu kin aks:

• Us gred na mi ependymoma?
• Us kayn tumbu na dis? (Us kayn tumbu na in?)
• Us kayn tritmɛnt a go nid?
• Wetin na di chans fɔ mek di ependymoma kam bak afta dɛn dɔn pul am?

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Ependymoma na tכmכro we de divεlכp na di bren כ di spεnal kכd. Pan ɔl we difrɛn gred ɛn kayn dɛn de, di gud nyus na dat dɛn ɔl kin trit. Bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn tumbu ya we dɛn kin pul fayn fayn wan tru ɔpreshɔn ɛn dɛn kin liv we dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen ɔltin wae yu nid fɔ no bɔt Ependymoma ɛn us tritmɛnt yu nid. Nɔ fred fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn ɛnitɛm. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛnitin we yu gɛt na yu maynd, ɛnitin we de mɔna yu. Dɛn de de fɔ ɛp yu.

Fes dis situeshɔn wit kɔrej, nɔto yu wangren de.

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