I-Nose Swabs yayingahlonza Ngolunye Umdlavuza Wamaphaphu

Umdlavuza Wamaphaphu: Ukuvama kanye Nembangela 

Iphaphu, isitho sesistimu yokuphefumula, lisiza abantu ukuphefumula ngenqubo ezenzakalelayo yokushintshana ngegesi. Okungukuthi, ukuletha umoya-mpilo (inhalation) kanye nokukhipha i-carbon dioxide (ukukhipha umoya). Kulinganiselwa ukuthi umuntu oyedwa kwabangu-1 waseCanada uzoba isifo esibulalayo ngesikhathi esisodwa ekuphileni kwakhe. Ngokuqondile: 12 kwabesilisa abangu-1 no-12 kwabesifazane abangu-1. Ukufa okungu-15 ngeviki, ngokwesilinganiso, kuzophumela. Ngeshwa, naphezu kokuthi umphakathi uyazi kahle imiphumela emibi yokubhema , okunesibopho  sama-400% awo wonke umdlavuza wamaphaphu kanye no-85% wabo bonke ababulawa umdlavuza, umdlavuza wamaphaphu usalokhu njengembangela eyinhloko yomdlavuza - ovame kakhulu kunebele, umdlavuza we-colorectal kanye ne-prostate kuhlangene.  

Imbangela eyinhloko ye-LC ukubhema. Lapho ubhema, ufaka izinto eziningi ezibangela umdlavuza emaphashini akho futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi umonakalo kulawo maseli uba ongenakulungiseka. Okukhathazayo ukuthi, umdlavuza wamaphaphu ungaqubuka nakubantu abangabhemi futhi abangakaze bachayeke entuthu kagwayi. Isizathu salokhu nokho asicacile.  

Umdlavuza Wamaphaphu: Ukuthuthukiswa Nokuthola 

Njengawo wonke umdlavuza, umdlavuza wamaphaphu uba khona lapho kukhona uguquko kumaseli amaphaphu abenempilo ngaphambilini. Ngeshwa, lapho amaseli eguqulwa awabe esalandela imijikelezo yamaseli evamile (okungukuthi awafi lapho kufanele). Amaseli aguquliwe ngakho aqhubeka aphindaphinda futhi abangele izimila, ama-neoplasm noma izilonda. Uma umdlavuza usuka emaphashini, ubizwa ngokuthi umdlavuza wamaphaphu.  

Indlela evame ukusetshenziswa yokuxilonga ukuthi umuntu unomdlavuza wamaphaphu ngokuhlolwa kwe-imaging (CT scans). Inkinga nge-CT scans , ukuthi ayikwazi ukuthola ukukhula okungavamile okungavamile. Ngakho uma umuntu anaso isifo, ama-CT scan empeleni angageja ukukhula okunjalo futhi uma umdlavuza usutholakele, kungase kuphuze kakhulu. Enye indlela yokuxilonga umdlavuza wamaphaphu i-sputum cytology (isikhwehlela sihlaziywa ngesibonakhulu) kanye nama-biopsies (amasampula ezicubu angejwayelekile athathwa ngokuhlinzwa).  

Ikhala: Ukuthola Okungaphezu Kokuhogela nje 

Ucwaningo lwakamuva lubonise ukuthi ukuswayipha kwekhala kungaqinisekisa ubukhona bomdlavuza wamaphaphu. UDkt. Avrum Spira e-Boston University Medical Center uyabika  “ngokubheka ukuthi izakhi zofuzo ze-bronchial ne-nasal epithelial zishintshwa ngokufanayo ukuchayeka kwentuthu kagwayi, sifuna ukunquma kulolu cwaningo ukuthi ingabe isakhi sofuzo esihlobene nomdlavuza singase sibonakale ngendlela efinyeleleka kalula. i-nasal epithelium”. Manje yini uDkt. Spira kanye nozakwabo abathole? Ngokusobala indlela entsha “iwukuthuthukisa ngendlela elinganiselwe ukuhlonzwa komdlavuza wamaphaphu”.  

Kuyathakazelisa nokho, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwe-nasal swab okubonisa ukuthi awunawo akusho ukuthi umuntu akanawo umdlavuza wamaphaphu. Ukuhlolwa kuhloselwe ukunikeza isiqinisekiso ngenkathi odokotela neziguli zilinde izikena ze-CT ukuba zidlule. Ngakolunye uhlangothi uma ukuhlolwa kuza njengokuhle, khona-ke izidakamizwa ezithile zinganikezwa iziguli, ngaleyo ndlela kwandise amathuba azo okusinda.