N 'chifukwa Chiyani Khansa Yapakhungu Yotsika Kwambiri Ku US?

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Nthawi zonse bungwe la zaumoyo likawulula madera omwe ali ndi matenda ochuluka kwambiri a khansa yapakhungu, sizodabwitsa kwambiri pamene malo otentha, otentha chaka chonse afika pamwamba kapena pafupi ndi malo apamwamba. (Moni, Florida.) Chiyani ndi chodabwitsa, komabe, ndikuwona zotere zili pansi pamndandanda. Koma zidachitika: Mu lipoti laposachedwa la Health of America kuchokera ku Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), Hawaii yapeza malo omwe amasilira. ochepa Matenda a khansa yapakhungu.

Malinga ndi lipotilo, lomwe limawunika kuti ndi mamembala angati a Blue Cross ndi Blue Shield omwe amapezeka kuti ali ndi khansa yapakhungu, ndi 1.8% yokha ya ku Hawaii omwe adapezeka. Izi zikuphatikizapo basal cell carcinoma ndi squamous cell carcinoma, mitundu iwiri ya khansa yapakhungu yofala kwambiri, ndi khansa yapakhungu, yomwe ndi yakupha kwambiri, malinga ndi American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).

Poyerekeza, Florida inali ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha odwala omwe ali ndi 7.1 peresenti.

Nchiyani chimapereka? Shannon Watkins, M.D., dokotala wa khungu wa ku New York City yemwe anakulira ku Hawaii, akuti moyo umakhudza kwambiri. "Ndimakonda kuganiza kuti, ndikukhala m'malo owala chaka chonse, anthu aku Hawaii amadziwa kufunikira koteteza dzuwa ndi zoteteza ku dzuwa ndipo amatha kupewa kutentha kwa dzuwa," akutero. "Kukula ku Hawaii, zoteteza ku dzuwa komanso zovala zoteteza dzuwa zinali gawo la moyo watsiku ndi tsiku kwa ine, banja langa, komanso anzanga." (PS: Hawaii ikuletsa mafuta oteteza dzuwa omwe amawononga matanthwe ake a coral.)

Koma zowonadi kuti okhala ku Florida amadziwa kuti nawonso amakhala padzuwa. Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani mayiko awiriwa akuyika kumapeto kwa sipekitiramu? Mitundu ndiyotheka, atero Dr. Watkins. "Ku Hawaii kuli anthu ambiri a ku Asia ndi Pacific Island, ndipo melanin, yomwe imapangitsa khungu kukhala lopaka utoto, imatha kukhala ngati mafuta oteteza ku dzuwa," akufotokoza motero.

Chifukwa chakuti wina ali ndi khansa ya khansa yambiri sikutanthauza kuti ali otetezeka ku khansa yapakhungu, komabe. M'malo mwake, AAD imanena kuti kwa odwala omwe ali ndi khungu lakuda, khansa yapakhungu nthawi zambiri imapezeka ikumaliza, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuchiza. Kafukufuku wasonyezanso kuti odwalawa ndi ochepa kuposa a ku Caucasus kuti apulumuke khansa ya khansa. Ndipo lipoti la 2014 lochokera ku Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lati boma la Aloha linali ndi milandu yambiri yokhudzana ndi khansa yapakhungu yatsopano kuposa dziko lonse.

Zachisoni, chifukwa chimodzi chomwe chiwopsezo cha khansa yapakhungu ndichotsika kwambiri chingakhale chakuti anthu aku Hawaii sakupimidwa kwambiri, chifukwa akuganiza kuti ali pachiwopsezo chochepa. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe amapita kukaonana ndi dermatologist chaka chilichonse, kuteteza khungu kumachepa poyerekeza ndi madera akutali mdzikoli [omwe ali ndi kutchuka kwakukulu kwamitundu yopepuka," akutero a Jeanine Downie, MD, a New Dermatologist yochokera ku Jersey komanso katswiri wazachipatala ku Zwivel. "Izi zitha kusokoneza manambala."

Mosasamala komwe mumakhala komanso kuchuluka kwa khansa yapakhungu komwe kulipo, zikuwonekeratu kuti pali zinthu ziwiri zofunika: kuteteza khungu ndi kuwunika khansa yapakhungu pafupipafupi. Kumbukirani, khansa yapakhungu ndiyo khansa yofala kwambiri ku United States, pomwe anthu pafupifupi 9,500 amapezeka tsiku lililonse, malinga ndi AAD. Koma ngati agwidwa msanga, basal cell ndi squamous cell carcinomas amachiritsidwa kwambiri, ndipo zaka zisanu zomwe zimapulumuka kwa melanoma yoyambirira (isanafalikire ku ma lymph node) ndi 99%.

Ngati mulibe inshuwaransi yazaumoyo-kapena dermatologist wokhazikika kuti akuyeseni - mutha kuyang'ananso makampani omwe amapereka chithandizo chaulere. Skin Cancer Foundation, mwachitsanzo, idalumikizana ndi Walgreens paulendo wawo: Kampeni Yathanzi Labwino, kuchititsa anthu ogwiritsa ntchito mafoni ku US omwe amapereka zowunikira zaulere kuchokera kwa dermatologist. Ndipo musaiwale za kudziyang'anira mokhazikika-nayi phunzilo latsatane-tsatane la momwe mungachitire moyenera, mwaulemu wa Skin Cancer Foundation.

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