I-Chemotherapy uhlobo lomuthi wokwelapha osebenzisa izidakamizwa noma imithi. It isetshenziswa ngokumelene izinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza. I-Chemotherapy isebenza ngokukhomba nokuqeda ama-cell cell-dividing cells. Esikhundleni sokuthi kube nomuthi owodwa we-chemotherapy we-universal, kunezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene eziphumelela kakhulu ezinhlobonhlobo ezithile zomdlavuza.
Imigomo
I-Chemotherapy inikezwa ngamaphuzu ahlukene ekwelashweni komdlavuza futhi ifeze imigomo ehlukene. Umphumela oyifunayo ungahlukaniswa kulezi zigaba ezimbili:
- Ukwelapha umdlavuza ngokubulala amangqamuzana omdlavuza . Lokhu kuhlanganisa amaseli emathunjini ayisisekelo namaseli omdlavuza asakaze kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba. I-Chemotherapy ingase ibe yodwa ukwelashwa okunikeziwe noma ingasetshenziswa nezinye izifo. I-neoadjuvant chemotherapy inikezwa ngaphambi kokuhlinzekwa noma ukwelashwa kwemisebe ukuze wenze lesi sifo sibe sincane. I-Adjuvant chemotherapy inikezwa ukuvimbela ukuphindaphinda kwesisu sokuqala ngemva kokuhlinzwa noma ukwelapha imishanguzo ngokubulala amangqamuzana omdlavuza asele.
- I-chemotherapy ye-palliative yokunciphisa izimpawu. Umgomo we-chemotherapy kungase kube ukukhulula izimpawu, ezifana nobuhlungu. Kunikelwa ukulawula ukukhula kwezicubu noma ukuwaqeda noma ukuwaqeda, okungawunciphisa izimpawu kodwa kungabi ukwelashwa.
Indlela i-Kemotherapy ephathwa ngayo
Izidakamizwa ze-chemotherapy zinikezwa kanengi nge-intravenously (IV) noma ngomlomo (ngomlomo).
Ezinye izindlela zokuphatha zenziwa, kodwa lezo zivamile kakhulu. Ukuvama kanye nobude be-chemotherapy kuxhomeke ezintweni eziningi.
I- oncologist izokwakha uhlelo lwezokwelapha olusekelwe kuhlobo lomdlavuza, isiteji, nezinye izici zezempilo, uhlobo lwemizimba ye-chemotherapy echazwe, kanti nezinye izindlela zokwelashwa nazo zisetshenziswa.
Hlola ulwazi lwezokwelapha ezithile ze-chemotherapy esekelwe uhlobo lomdlavuza:
Ngaphambi kweKhemotherapy
Buza i-oncologist yakho imibuzo eminingana ngaphambi kokuqala i-chemotherapy, njenge:
- Iyiphi imithi yokwelapha i-chemotherapy echazwe?
- Kungani lokhu okwakhiwa kwamakhemikhali okhethwe ngabanye?
- Iyini ubude nemvamisa yokwelapha?
- Imiphi imiphumela emibi engingayilindela?
- Imiphi imiphumela emibi edinga ukwelashwa ngokushesha?
- Iphumelela kangakanani imithi ye-chemotherapy kulabo abanemilandulo efanayo yamacala?
- I-chemotherapy iyothinta kanjani impilo yami yansuku zonke?
- Ngiyiphi imishanguzo engaphezu kwamandla engingayithatha, ubuhlungu obunjalo bunciphisa noma iminye imithi?
- Ngingadinga yini ukuthi omunye umuntu angiqhube ekhaya ngemva kwesimiso semithi ngayinye?
- Yiziphi izinto ongazithola ngesikhathi seseshini, njenge-iPod, ithebhulethi, i-electronic reader, idivaysi yokudlala ephathekayo, noma ezinye izinto zokusiza ukudlulisa isikhathi?
Okuqhamuka uma udla imishanguzo
Ukuthi ukwelashwa kwakho kwe-chemotherapy kukuthinta kanjani kuncike ezintweni eziningi, njengokuthi ukwelashwa okunonya, impilo jikelele jikelele, nokuthi yisiphi imithi yokwelapha i-chemotherapy. Imithi eminingana ingahle ibekwe ukulwa nemiphumela emibi yokwelashwa.
Ukugcina umagazini wezinhlungu noma uphawu kuyindlela ephumelelayo yokugcina ithrekhi yemiphumela emibi yokwelapha.
Lolu hlobo lwephephabhuku lisiza ukunikeza udokotela ukuqonda okwengeziwe ukuthi ubekezelela kanjani ukwelashwa. Kuphinde kukusize ukhumbule imininingwane ebalulekile ongayikhohlwa ngesikhathi sokuqokwa kwakho kwezokwelapha. Imiphumela emibi evamile ihlanganisa:
- Isikhumba esomile
- Izinguquko zobulili
- Ukukhathala
- I-nausea
- Ukuqokwa
- Ukulahlekelwa izinwele
- Uhudo
- Inani leplatelet elincane
- Izinguquko zokunambitha
> Imithombo:
> "Umhlahlandlela we-Chemotherapy" I-American Cancer Society. 06/09/2015.
> "Chemotherapy PDQ" National Cancer Institute. Ngo-Ephreli 29. 2015.