Tonsil Kansa we yu gɛt? - No fred, mek wi bi aware of dis.

Yu gɛt trot we de at we nɔ de go insay sɔm dez? Ɔ yu kin si se wan tonsil kin luk big pas di ɔda wan we yu luk na miro? Bɔku tɛm wi kin dismis dɛn tin ya as kɔmɔn kol ɔ inflamed tonsil. Bɔt sɔmtɛm, dɛn tin ya kin bi di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ sɔmtin we rili siriɔs, dat na tonsil kansa. Nɔ wɔri, yu nɔ nid fɔ panik we yu yɛri dis nem. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ mek dɛn no bɔt dis fayn fayn wan . Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt dis simpul we we yu go ɔndastand.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na tonsil kansa?

Tonsil kansa na kansa we de divεlכp na di tu gland dεm na di bak pat na yu trot we dεn kכl di tonsils. dis tכnsil dεm de na di bak wכl na yu trot, כ di pat pan yu trot we dεn kכl ``farinks.'' Infakt, tכnsil kεnsar na wan pan di kכmכn kayn kεnsar dεm we de divεlכp na di trot, כ ``oropharyngeal cancer.''

Di bɛst pat na dat , i kin lɛf smɔl fɔ lɛ dis kansa wɛl if dɛn no am kwik, bifo i go na ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi. Na dat mek e fayn fɔ no bɔt de sik.

Bɔt dis nɔto kansa we kin rili kɔmɔn. Dat min se nɔto sik we de ambɔg ɔlman. Bɔt i fayn fɔ mek pipul dɛn we gɛt prɔblɛm wit dis sik, tek tɛm mɔ bɔt dis.

Yu fɔ wɔri bɔt dɛn sik ya.

Di men ɛn kɔmɔn sayn fɔ tonsil kansa na we yu trot de at we nɔ de stɔp fɔ sɔm dez ɔr wik. Apat frɔm dat, wan pan di men sayn dɛm na we wan tonsil nɔmɔ de swel ɛn i kin big pas di ɔda wan. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk pan dɛn sayn ya.

Wetin mek dis kayn kansa kin kam? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik?

Sayɛnsman dɛn stil nɔ shɔ 100% ɛksaktɔli wetin mek wɛlbɔdi sɛl dɛn kin tɔn to kansa sɛl dɛn. Bɔt naw dɛn dɔn no sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn we kin mek dis apin.

1. Human Papillomavirus (HPV): Dis na di mכst imכtant risk fכs we dεn dכn no. HPV na wan vayrɔs we pɔsin kin gɛt we i du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs. Risach dɔn sho se sɔm kayn vayrɔs, mɔ di HPV-16, gɛt strɔng inflɔɛns pan di divɛlɔpmɛnt fɔ di tonsil kansa.

2. Yuz tabak: Nɔto sigrɛt, siga, ɛn beedis nɔmɔ, bɔt i-sigarɛt (vaping) na risk. Di kemikal dɛn we de insay tabak kin pwɛl di sɛl dɛn na di trot ɛn mek pɔsin gɛt kansa.

3. 3. .Fɔ drink pasmak: Pɔsin we drink rɔm we i de smok kin gɛt dis kansa pasmak. We dɛn put dɛn tu tin ya togɛda, di risk fɔ gɛt kansa kin bɔku mɔ ɛn mɔ.

4. Wik imyun sistɛm: Pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV ɔ di wan dɛn we de tek immunosuppressant bikɔs dɛn transplant dɛn ɔgan dɛn kin gɛt dis kayn kansa.

Aw di dɔktɔ kin no bɔt dis? (Diagnosis) .

We yu go to dɔktɔ wit di sayn dɛn we yu bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, di fɔs tin we i go du na fɔ tek tɛm chɛk yu trot. Dɛn go chɛk fɔ ɛni chenj na yu tonsil, sɔl, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn Dɛn kin du trot kɔlchɔ bak fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt infekshɔn.

If ivin smɔl saspek de fɔ tonsil kansa, i go rifer yu to wan spɛshal pɔsin we de mɛn yu yes, nos ɛn trot (ENT Surgeon - Otolaryngologist). Na de, i go nid fɔ du sɔm ɔda tɛst dɛn.

Bayopsi we dɛn kin du

Dis na di wangren we fɔ no if na kansa ɔ nɔto kansa. Dis min se yu fɔ tek wan rili smɔl tisu frɔm di tonsil we yu de sɔprayz ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp fɔ si if ɛni kansa sɛl de. Dɛn kin du dis difrɛn we dɛn.

• Insisional Biopsy: Dɛn kin mek smɔl insishɔn fɔ gɛt wan pat pan di tisu.
• Fine-Needle Aspiration (FNA): If wan lump de na di nεk, dεn kin put fayn nidul insay εn pul sכm sכm sεl dεm fכ egzamin.

Tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ tek pikchɔ

If di bayɔpsi kɔnfirm se na kansa, di nɛks tin we dɛn fɔ du na fɔ si aw fa i dɔn skata ɛn if i dɔn skata to ɔda say dɛn. Dɛn kin yuz tɛst dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya fɔ dat.

• CT skan (Kɔmpyuta Tomografi skan) .
• MRI skan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging skan) .
• PET skan dɛn (Positron Emission Tomography skan dɛn) .

Di rizɔlt fɔ dɛn tɛst ya de sho di stej we di kansa de. Dɛn kin plan fɔ trit am bay da stej de. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di fɔs tɛm min se di kansa de na di tɔnsil dɛn nɔmɔ. leta stej min se i dכn spre to di limf no dεm כ כda כgan dεm εn dεn kכl am mεtastasayz.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn?

Bɔku tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ tonsil kansa. Di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ yu go dipen pan di saiz fɔ di tumbu, usay i de, if i dɔn skata, ɛn yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi. Di men tritmɛnt dɛn na ɔpreshɔn, redyushɔn tɛrapi, ɛn kemotɛrapi.

1. Ɔpreshɔn

If di kansa smɔl ɛn i de bigin, dɛn kin pul am kpatakpata wit ɔpreshɔn.

• Transoral Rɔbɔtik Sɔjri (TORS): .Dis na di nyu we ɛn we dɔn go bifo pas ɔl. We dɛn yuz rɔbɔt tɛknɔlɔji fɔ pul di kansa tumbu rili fayn fayn wan frɔm insay di mɔt te to di bak pat na di trot. Bikɔs big big say nɔ de, di sik kin wɛl kwik kwik wan.
• Lymphadenectomy (Neck Dissection): If di kansa dɔn spre to di limf no dɛm na di nɛk, dɛn go kɔt wan pat pan di nɛk ɛn pul dɛn limf no dɛm de.

2. Rɛdieshɔn Tɛrapi

Dis kin min fɔ yuz rayt we gɛt bɔku ɛnaji (lɛk ɛkstrem rayt) fɔ pwɛl di kansa sɛl dɛn. Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin gi dis tritmɛnt as ɔda we fɔ du ɔpreshɔn, ɔ fɔ kil ɛni kansa sɛl we kin lɛf afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn.

3. Kimotɛrapi

Dis min se yu fɔ gi di bɔdi pawaful mɛrɛsin dɛn we de kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Dɛn kin gi dis if di kansa dɔn skata bɔrku, ɔr fɔ mek di ifɛkt dɛm wae de wit redyushɔn tɛrapi bɛtɛ.

Ɛni bad tin de we di tritmɛnt kin du?

Yɛs, lɛk ɛni ɔda tritmɛnt fɔ kansa, sɔm sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn kin de, bɔt naw bɔku we dɛn de fɔ mɛn dɛn.

• Afta di ɔpreshɔn: Blɔd, infɛkshɔn, i nɔ kin izi fɔ swɛla (dysphagia), ɛn chenj na in vɔys kin apin.
• Afta redyushɔn ɛn kemotɛrapi , taya, nɔs, vɔmit, ia we de lɔs, mɔt sos, ɛn nɔ want fɔ it na tin dɛn we kin apin.

Bɔku pan dɛn sayd ɛfɛkt ya na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Dɛn kin stɔp smɔl smɔl wans di tritmɛnt dɔn. I rili impɔtant fɔ it fayn ɛn fala di dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn insay dis tɛm.

Wan we de fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis kansa?

Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp am kpatakpata, bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm.

• Nɔ smok kpatakpata: Stɔp fɔ yuz ɛni kayn tabak.
• Nɔ drink rɔm: I bɛtɛ fɔ ridyus am as yu ebul.
• Protɛkt yusɛf frɔm HPV: We yu gɛt di HPV vaysin i kin protɛkt yu frɔm difrɛn kayn vayrɔs, lɛk HPV-16, we na di men tin we kin mek yu gɛt dis kansa. Sef sɛks impɔtant bak.
• Tek kia ɔf yu mɔt wɛlbɔdi: Mek dɛntist chɛk yu mɔt ɔltɛm. Dis go ɛp fɔ no di chenj dɛn we de apin kwik kwik wan.