At-Home Colon Cancer Tests - Hei hi i hrechiang ang u

Colonoscopy neih a ngai tih an hrilh hian tlem a hlauthawng leh nuam lo deuh hi thil pangngai a ni. Mi tam takin an pumpelh a, a chhan chu inbuatsaihna nasa tak a mamawh a, hna atanga chawlh ni khat a lak vang a ni. Mahse, in lama i tih theih test a awm tih i hria em, colorectal cancer hriat hmasak nan? Hengte hi hun engemaw chen awm tawh mah se, tun hnaiah mi tam takin an lar chho hle. Hemi chungchang hi vawiin hian han sawi ila.

Heng at-home colon cancer test te hi engte nge ni?

A awlsam zawngin, hengte hi i stool (poop sample) sample hmanga cancer emaw precancerous growths (polyps) chhinchhiahna zawng tura test te an ni. Colon cancer hmuhchhuahna atana gold standard chu colonoscopy a ni. Mahse chutianga tih theih nân chuan doctor pan a ngai a, anesthesia a ngai a, leh colon uluk taka tihfai a ngai bawk.

Heng test te hi in lama tih a awlsamin a rang zawk hle. ``(Colonoscopy)`` neih duh lo emaw, a hun hmuh harsat emaw tan pawh a danglamna tha tak an ni. An him a, an tangkai hle a, mahse an pahnih hian an thatna leh an that lohna an nei vek thung. I tana tha tur method i thlan hmain hengte hi hriat hmasak a pawimawh.

Hengte hi eng test chi nge ni?

At-home test hi chi thum a awm a. An pathum hian stool sample lakkhawm a huam a, mahse an hnathawh dan leh tih ngai zat erawh an inang lo.

He test hi tute tan nge a tha ber?

Medical guidelines ang chuan colon cancer vei theihna chance nei zat chu kum 45 atanga kum 75 aia tlem lo thlengin screening neih tan tur a ni.

A hnuaia condition te hi i neih chuan home test hi a tha hle mai thei:

• Colonoscopy atana inbuatsaih leh tih tur hna atanga chawlh lak a harsat chuan.
• Sedation hlauhna i neih chuan.
• Anesthesia avanga harsatna i neih theihna tur damdawi dang i neih chuan.

Tute nge risk sang zawka awm?

Mahse, colon cancer vei theihna sang tak i nih chuan a thawnthu hi a danglam deuh hlek a ni. Chutiang mite chu kum naupang zawk leh tam zawka screening neih a ngai mai thei. Tin, ``colonoscopy`` neih an rawt fo bawk a, a chhan chu doctor chuan colon chhungah direct-in a en thei a, cancer lo ni thei polyp awm zawng zawng chu a paih chhuak thei a ni.

Risk sang zawka ngaih i ni a, chu chu:

• I chhungkuaa mi tu emaw chuan colon cancer, polyp chi hrang hrang, emaw, cancer vei theihna tipung thei genetic condition emaw a nei tawh a nih chuan.
• Tun hmaa colon cancer emaw polyps cancer lo ni thei tur i neih tawh chuan.
• Colon emaw rectum natna dang i neih chuan, entirnan, `(Ulcerative Colitis)` emaw `(Crohn's disease)` ang chi natna.

Engtin nge he home test hian hna a thawh?

Heng test tin hian stool sample lak a ngai a, bag-ah dah a, lab emaw doctor office-ah thawn a ngai a ni. He test kit hi doctor hnen atanga prescription nen i dawng tlangpui.

Engvangin nge heng test-te hian bawlhhlawh chhunga thisen an zawn?

I colon-ah polyp lian tak tak emaw, cancer natna lo awm emaw i nei ang tih han ngaihtuah teh. An chhunga thisen kalna kawngte chu a fim hle mai. An chhunga bawlhhlawh a kal pelh chuan heng thisen kalna tha tak takte hi a chhe thei a, thisen tlemte, mit ngeia hmuh theih loh lutuk te chu ek chhungah hian a dah tel thei bawk. Heng test te hian chu thisen thup chu an zawng thin.

Cologuard test hi engtin nge a thawh?

Cologuard test hi a dangte nen chuan a danglam deuh hlek a, a chhan chu stool sample kimchang tak thawn luh a ngai a ni. He kit hi doctor rawtna angin i in lamah i rawn thawn thei ang. Kit chhunga hmanrua hmang hian stool sample chu i la khawm a, chutah chuan tui i dah a, i seal a, lab-ah i thawn a ni.

Lab-ah hian technician-te chuan ek chhunga thisen awm leh awm loh an enfiah bakah, cancer cell atanga chhuak thei DNA danglam leh awm loh an enfiah bawk.

Heng home test te hi engtiang chiahin nge hlawhtling?

Colonoscopy hmang hian cancer 99% vel hmuhchhuah theih a ni. He percentage hi home test-ah chuan a hniam deuh hlek a ni. Mahse an tih fo avangin thil tih loh chu a hnuah hriatchhuah theihna chance a awm.

• Cologuard: Cancer 10 zinga 9 vel a hmuchhuak.
• FIT test: Cancer 10 zinga 8 vel a hmuchhuak.
• gFOBT: Cancer 10 zinga 7 vel a hmuchhuak.

Mahse hetah hian thil dang a awm. Chu chu "false positive" a ni. Chu chu, test hian cancer nei tak tak lo mah la, hlauhawmna i nei tih a tilang tihna a ni. FIT test aiin Cologuard test hian heng false positive result hi a pe tam zawk a ni.

A tawpah chuan heng hmanrua te hi nunna chhanhimna kawngah hian hmanraw dangte aiin a sang zawk tih finfiahna nghet tak a awm lo. Doctor-te chuan test tha ber chu nangmah ngeiin i tih hi a ni an ti. Mi thenkhat tan chuan kum tin home test aiin kum 10 danah colonoscopy tih a awlsam zawk. Midang tan chuan colonoscopy hi no-brainer a ni. Chutiang mite tan chuan home test hi a hlawk zawk.

Results a rawn luh hnuah eng nge i tih thin?

Eng test pawh nei la, kar hnih chhungin result a awm tawh ang. After that , i doctor nen inbiakna neih a pawimawh hle.

• Positive/Abnormal: A result ‘positive’ a nih chuan ek chhungah thisen emaw DNA tihdanglam emaw hmuh a ni tihna a ni. Hlauthawng suh. A dawt leh tur atan chuan a chhan dik tak hriat nan `Colonoscopy` i neih a ngai dawn a ni.
• Negative/Normal: A result chu ‘negative’ a nih chuan risk factors hmuh tur a awm lo tihna a ni. I testing schedule pangngai angin i test leh thei ang (`FIT` tan kum khat chhungin, `Cologuard` tan kum 3 chhungin).

Amaherawhchu, test i lo nei tawh a nih pawhin, a hnuaia symptoms te hi i neih chuan doctor pan vat tur a ni:

• Bowel habits inthlak danglamna (e.g. diarrhea, constipation).
• Thisen chu stool chhungah emaw, a chhungah emaw.
• Pum natna emaw, rilru na emaw awm reng.
• Chhan awm lovin taksa rihna tihtlem.