Kutheni iHawaii inezinga eliphantsi kakhulu lomhlaza wolusu eMelika?

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Nanini na xa umbutho wezempilo utyhila amazwe ngeziganeko eziphezulu zomhlaza wolusu, ayothusi into yokuba indawo enelanga yetropiki, unyaka wonke ifike emhlabeni okanye kufutshane nendawo ephezulu. (Molo, Florida.) Yintoni ngu Kuyamangalisa, nangona kunjalo, ukubona imeko enjalo emazantsi oluhlu. Kodwa yenzekile: Kwingxelo yeMpilo yeMelika yakutshanje evela kwiBlue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), iHawaii ikhuselekile mbalwa isifo somhlaza wolusu.

Ngokwengxelo, evavanya ukuba mangaphi amalungu eBlue Cross kunye neBlue Shield athe afunyaniswa enomhlaza wolusu, iipesenti ezi-1.8 kuphela zabantu baseHawaii babesele befumanekile. Oku kubandakanya i-basal cell carcinoma kunye ne-squamous cell carcinoma, ezimbini zeendlela eziqhelekileyo zomhlaza wolusu, kunye ne-melanoma, eyona ndlela ibulalayo, ngokwe-American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).

Ukuthelekisa, iFlorida yayinelona nani liphezulu lokufumanisa isifo nge-7.1 yeepesenti.

Yintoni enika? UShannon Watkins, M.D., ugqirha wesikhumba osekwe kwisiXeko saseNew York owakhulela eHawaii, uthi indlela yokuphila idlala indima enkulu. "Ndiyathanda ukucinga ukuba, ukuhlala kwindawo enelanga unyaka wonke, abantu baseHawaii bayazi ukubaluleka kokukhuselwa kwelanga kunye ne-sunscreen kwaye bayakwazi ukukhusela ukushisa kwelanga," utsho. "Ukukhula eHawaii, i-sunscreen kunye nempahla yokukhusela ilanga yayiyinxalenye yobomi bemihla ngemihla kum, intsapho yam kunye nabahlobo." (I-PS: IHawaii iyayinqanda i-sunscreens eyenzakalisa izixhobo zayo zekorale.)

Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo abahlali baseFlorida bayazi ngokukhanya kwelanga, nabo. Ke kutheni le nto la mazwe mabini abekwa kwinqanaba lesiphelo ngasinye? Ubuhlanga yinto enokwenzeka, utshilo uGqirha Watkins. "Baninzi abantu baseAsia kunye nePacific Islanders eHawaii, kwaye i-melanin, enika i-pigment kulusu, inokusebenza njenge-sunscreen eyakhelweyo," ucacisa.

Kungenxa yokuba umntu une-melanin eninzi akuthethi ukuba ukhuselekile kumhlaza wolusu, nangona kunjalo. Enyanisweni, i-AAD inikela ingxelo yokuba kwizigulana ezinombala wolusu olumnyama, umhlaza wolusu udla ngokufunyaniswa kumanqanaba awo amva, nto leyo eyenza kube nzima ukunyanga. Uphando luye lwabonisa ukuba ezi zigulana zinqabile ukuba zisinde kwimelanoma kuneeCaucasia. Kwaye ingxelo ka-2014 evela kumaZiko oLawulo lweNtsholongwane kunye noThintelo lweZifo ithi I-Aloha State ibinamatyala amaninzi axeliweyo we-melanoma entsha kunomyinge wesizwe.

Ngelishwa, esinye sezizathu zokuba umhlaza wolusu uphantsi kakhulu kunokuba kukuba abantu baseHawaii abayi kuvavanywa kangako, kuba bacinga ukuba abasemngciphekweni omncinci. "Ndingakholelwa ukuba izinga lokutyelelwa kweofisi kugqirha wesikhumba ngonyaka, ukuhlolwa kolusu lokuthintela kusezantsi xa kuthelekiswa nemimandla yelizwe [eno]mandla aphezulu kwiintlobo zolusu olukhanyayo," utshilo uJeanine Downie, MD, oMtsha. Ijermatologist esekwe eJersey kunye negalelo kwezonyango kuZwivel. "Oku kunokuwaphazamisa amanani."

Nokuba uhlala phi kwaye zingaphi iimeko zomhlaza wolusu okhoyo, kucacile ukuba zimbini izinto ezibalulekileyo: i-sunscreen kunye nokuhlolwa komhlaza wolusu rhoqo. Khumbula, umhlaza wolusu ngowona mhlaza uxhaphakileyo e-United States, malunga nabantu abangama-9,500 abafunyaniswa yonke imihla, ngokutsho kwe-AAD. Kodwa ukuba ibanjwe kwangoko, i-basal cell kunye ne-squamous cell carcinomas iyanyangeka kakhulu, kwaye iminyaka emihlanu yokusinda kwi-melanoma (ngaphambi kokuba isasazeke kwii-lymph node) ngama-99 eepesenti.

Ukuba awunayo i-inshurensi yezempilo-okanye ugqirha wesikhumba rhoqo ukwenza iskeni-unokujonga nakwiinkampani ezinikezela ngeenkonzo zasimahla. I-Skin Cancer Foundation, umzekelo, isebenzisana ne-Walgreens kwiNdawo yabo: iphulo le-Skin enempilo, ibamba ii-pop-ups eziphathwayo kulo lonke elase-US ezibonelela ngokuvavanywa kwamahhala kwi-dermatologist. Kwaye ungalibali malunga nokuzihlola ngokwesiqhelo-nantsi inyathelo ngenyathelo isifundo sendlela yokwenza enye ngokufanelekileyo, ngoncedo lweSiseko soMhlaza woLusu.

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