UMarcia Cross uPhakamisa uLwazi malunga noQhagamshelwano phakathi kwe-HPV kunye noMhlaza woMpundu

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UMarcia Cross sele kuyiminyaka emibini ngoku exolile kumhlaza wamampundu, kodwa usasebenzisa iqonga lakhe ukujongela phantsi esi sifo.

Kudliwanondlebe olutsha no Ukujamelana noMhlaza Iphephancwadi, inkwenkwezi yoomama abaDakileyo ibonakalise amava akhe ngomhlaza wangasemva, kwiziphumo zonyango azinyamezeleyo ukuya kwihlazo elihlala linxulunyaniswa nemeko.

Emva kokufumana ukuxilongwa kwakhe ngo-2017, uMnqamlezo uthe unyango lwakhe lubandakanya iiseshini ze-radiation ezingama-28 kunye neeveki ezimbini zechemotherapy. Uchaze iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ngelo xesha ngokuthi “zimbi.”

"Ndiza kuthi xa bendifumana unyango lwam lokuqala lwe-chemo, bendicinga ukuba ndenza kakuhle," utshilo uCross Ukuhlangabezana noMhlaza. Kodwa emva koko, "ngaphandle kwento," ucacisile, waqala ukufumana "ngokuqaqambayo" izilonda zomlomo eziqaqambayo- isiphumo esiqhelekileyo se-chemo kunye nemitha, ngokwe-Mayo Clinic. (UShannen Doherty naye uchazekile malunga nokuba injani na imeko ye-chemo.)

Ngelixa iCross ekugqibeleni ifumene iindlela zokulawula ezi ziphumo bezingalindelekanga, wayengenakukunceda kodwa aqaphele ukungabikho kokunyaniseka- phakathi koogqirha kunye nezigulana ngokufanayo- malunga nokulindela kunyango. “Ndonwabe kakhulu ngabantu abebenyanisekile ngayo kuba oogqirha bayathanda ukuyidlala kuba bengafuni ukuba wothuke,” utshilo uCross. Ukumelana Nomhlaza. Kodwa ndifunde kakhulu kwi-intanethi, kwaye ndasebenzisa iwebhusayithi ye-Anal Cancer Foundation.

UCross uthi uzama ukuba ngomnye wabo bathetha njengokuba injalo xa kuthethwa ngomhlaza wamampundu. Ixesha elide kakhulu, imeko iye yabekwa ibala, kungekhona nje ngenxa yokuba ibandakanya i-anus (nokuba uMnqamlezo uvumile ukuba kuthathe ixesha lakhe ukuba azive ekhululekile ukuthetha "i-anus" rhoqo), kodwa nangenxa yokuxhamla kwayo kwizifo ezithathelwana ngesondo. - Oko kukuthi, i-papillomavirus yabantu (HPV). (Eyeleleneyo: Isikhokelo sakho sokuJongana neSifo esine-STI)

I-HPV, enokuthi isasazeke ngexesha lobufazi, ezimpundu, okanye ezokwabelana ngesondo ngomlomo, inoxanduva malunga neepesenti ezingama-91 yazo zonke i-cancers e-US minyaka le, isenza i-STI yeyona nto ibeka umngcipheko womhlaza ezimpundwini, ngokweZiko loLawulo lwezifo kunye Uthintelo (CDC). Usulelo lwe-HPV lusenokukhokelela kumhlaza kumlomo wesibeleko, kwilungu lobufazi, kumalungu angasese, nasemqaleni. (Isikhumbuzo: Ngelixa phantse zonke iimhlaza zomlomo wesibeleko zibangelwa yi-HPV, ayilulo lonke uhlobo lwe-HPV olubangela umhlaza, womlomo wesibeleko okanye ngenye indlela.)

Ngaphandle kokuba engazange wafunyaniswa ukuba une-HPV, uCross kamva wafumanisa ukuba umhlaza wakhe wezimpundu “usenokuba unxulumene” nentsholongwane, ngokutsho kwakhe. Ukujamelana noMhlaza udliwanondlebe. Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, umyeni wakhe, uTom Mahoney, waye wafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza womqala phantse kwiminyaka elishumi ngaphambi kokuba afumanise ngomhlaza wakhe wangasemva. Ngokujonga emva, uCross ucacisile, oogqirha bamxelela kunye nomyeni wakhe ukuba yomibini imihlaza yabo "inokubangelwa" luhlobo olunye lwe-HPV.

Ngethamsanqa, i-HPV ngoku inokuthintelwa kakhulu. Amayeza okugonya amathathu e-HPV okwangoku avunywe yi-FDA-Gardasil, Gardasil 9, kunye neCervarix - athintela ezona zintlobo zintathu zisemngciphekweni wentsholongwane (HPV16 kunye ne-HPV18). Ezi ngxaki zibangela malunga neepesenti ze-90 zomhlaza wangasese e-US kunye neninzi yomhlaza wesibeleko, wesini kunye nomqala, ngokutsho kwe-Anal Cancer Foundation.

Kwaye okwangoku, ngelixa ungaqala uthotho lweedosi ezimbini xa uneminyaka eyi-9, kuqikelelwa ukuba ngo-2016, kuphela ipesenti ezingama-50 zamantombazana afikisayo kunye neepesenti ezingama-38 zamakhwenkwe afikisayo agonywe ngokupheleleyo i-HPV, ngokukaJohn Hopkins Medicine . Uphando lubonisa ukuba ezona zizathu zixhaphakileyo zokungagonywanga zibandakanya iinkxalabo zokhuseleko kunye nokusilela ngokubanzi kolwazi loluntu malunga ne-HPV, singasathethi ke ngezifo ezinokubangela ixesha elide. (Eyeleleneyo: Kunjani Ukufunyaniswa Une-HPV - kunye noMhlaza Womlomo Wesibeleko-Xa Ukhulelwe)

Kungenxa yoko le nto kubalulekile ukuba abantu abanjengoMnqamlezo baphakamise ulwazi malunga nomhlaza onxulumene ne-HPV. Kwirekhodi, "wayengenomdla wokuba sisithethi somhlaza ezimpundu" waseHollywood, uxelele Ukujamelana noMhlaza. "Ndifuna ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wam kunye nobomi bam," wabelane.

Nangona kunjalo, emva kokudlula kula mava kunye nokufunda amabali angenakubalwa ngabantu "ababeneentloni" kwaye "bexoka malunga nokuxilongwa kwabo," uCross wathi waziva enyanzelekile ukuba athethe. “Ayikho into yokuba neentloni okanye ube neentloni ngayo,” uxelele upapasho.

Ngoku, uCross uthe ubona amava omhlaza wangasemva "njengesipho" - esitshintshe umbono wakhe ngobomi bube ngcono.

“Iyakutshintsha,” watsho kwiphephancwadi. “Kwaye iyakuvusa kwindlela exabiseke ngayo yonke imihla. Andithathi nto nje, akukho nto.”

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