I-Lymph Nodes Ekhulisiwe Yanikeza Izikhombisi
Emibuthanweni yezokwelapha, igama elithi "umdlavuza we-lymph node" alisetshenziswa kakhulu, njengoba lifaka ingozi yokuchazwa kabi futhi idale ukudideka. Lokho kusho ukuthi ama-lymph nodes ngokuvamile ayimqoka yokwakha, ukusakazeka nokutholakala kwezinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza.
I-Lymph Nodes Ihlunga i-Lymph
Ngamunye wethu unamakhulu ama-lymph node, futhi i-lymph node ngayinye ihlunga umthamo owutholayo kusuka ezitokisini zethempeli eziqoqa noma ezikhipha i-lymph fluid endaweni ethile emzimbeni.
I-lymph fluid kusuka eminwe, isibonelo, ijoyina u-fluid kusuka engaleni bese ijikeleza esifubeni.
Amanye ama-lymph nodes angaphakathi ngaphakathi emzimbeni, eduze kwenhliziyo, phakathi kwamaphaphu, noma ejulile ngaphakathi kwesisu, ukukhipha nokuhlunga i-lymph fluid ezivela ezingxenyeni zangaphakathi nezicubu. Uma ama-lymph nodes ehlunga i-lymph, umthamo ubuyela esikhumeni futhi usakazwa emuva kwegazi.
Ama-Lymph Nodes Avule Izizathu Ezihlukahlukene
Izifo, umdlavuza, ukulimala, nezinye izimo noma izifo kungabangela i-node, noma iqembu lama-lymph nodes, ukuvuvukala noma ukukhulisa. Ama-lymph nodes avuvukile abonisa ukuthi inqubo ethile, okungenzeka isifo, isebenza, kodwa yizinye izimpawu kanye nokuthola okusiza ukukhomba inkinga.
Ngokwesibonelo, ubuhlungu bezindlebe, umkhuhlane, kanye nezindwangu ezikhulisiwe zendlebe eduze kwendlebe kungase kube ukukhomba ukuthi kungase kube nokutheleleka indlebe noma kubanda. Ngokufanayo, i-lymph nodes ngaphansi komhlathi (i-submandibular nodes) idonsa umlomo, noma umlomo womlomo, nokukhuliswa kulezi zindawo zingabonisa ukutheleleka okuphezulu kokuphefumula, noma izifo zamazinyo, noma ezinye izimo ezihlukahlukene.
Ukuqhuma kwe-Node kuvame ngenxa Yento Engaphandle Kwe-Cancer
Ama-lymph nodes amaningi akhuliswa ukutheleleka, futhi lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi ezinganeni. Uma indawo engaphezu kweyodwa isuke ivuvukale i-lymph nodes, lokhu kuthiwa yi-generalized lymphadenopathy . Ezinye izifo ezithathelwana ngamagciwane kanye nesandulela ngculaza zingabangela ukuba lymphadenopathy ejwayelekile.
Imithi ethile, izifo ze-immune system, kanye ne-khansa efana ne-lymphoma ne-leukemia nayo ingabangela lolu hlobo lwe-lymph node ukuvuvukala.
I-Cancer ku-Lymph Nodes
I-Cancer ingabonakala kuma-lymph nodes ngezindlela ezimbili eziyisisekelo. Ingaqala kuma-lymph nodes, ithuthuka kusuka kumaseli omzimba, noma, ngokuvamile, isakazeka kuma-lymph nodes emdlavuza wezicubu ezahlukene, njengezicubu zesifuba noma izicubu zamaphaphu.
Uma umdlavuza wegciwane uphula kude nesisu futhi usakaze ngokusebenzisa isimiso se-lymph, angase agcine emagqumeni lymph. Lapho umdlavuza ukhula ngaphakathi kwe-lymph nodes, ngokuvamile uthinta ama-lymph nodes aseduze ne-tumor. Odokotela abahlinzayo bangakwazi ukususa umdlavuza oyinhloko, njengesifo somdlavuza webele, kanye nama-lymph nodes asusa isayithi angasuswa futhi. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi i-lymph node biopsy noma i-lymph node dissection, kuye ngokuthi inani lamanqamu omzimba athathwe ukuhlaziywa. Ucwaningo oluncane lwezinto ezincane, ukonakala okukhethekile kanye nokuhlolwa kwe-lymph nodes yi-pathologists kungasiza odokotela ukuba banqume ukuthi hlobo luni lwezokwelapha olungeziwe olungadingeka emva kokuhlinzwa.
Lymphoma
I-Lymphoma ingumdlavuza ovela kuma-lymph nodes avela kumaseli omzimba omzimba. Izinhlobo ezimbili eziyinhloko ze-lymphoma aziyona i-Hodgkin (amacala angu-90%) noHodgkin (cishe u-10%).
Uphawu oluvame kakhulu lwe-Hodgkin lymphoma lungumlenze (noma izibani) mhlawumbe entanyeni, ngaphansi kwengalo, noma ku-groin (i-lymph nodes ekhulisiwe), kodwa akuwona wonke umuntu onamaHodgkin onomqondo okhulisiwe we-lymph nodes njengesibonakaliso. Isibungu asivame ukulimaza, kepha indawo ingaba buhlungu ngemva kokuphuza utshwala . Isifo se-Hodgkin singathinta i-lymph nodes ngaphakathi kwesifuba, futhi ukuvuvukala kwalezi zinombolo kungase kuqhubekele emoyeni, kuholele ukukhwehlela noma kuphephe ukuphefumula.
I-non-Hodgkin lymphoma ingabangela izimpawu eziningi nezimpawu eziningi, kuye ngokuthi ikuphi emzimbeni. Kwezinye izimo kungase kungabangeli izimpawu kuze kube yilapho ikhula inkulu.
I-American Cancer Society ibhala izibonakaliso ezilandelayo ze-non-Hodgkin lymphoma:
- Ama-lymph nodes ekhulisiwe
- Isisu esiswini (isisu)
- Ukuzwa kugcwele emva kokudla okuncane kuphela
- Ubuhlungu besifuba noma ukucindezelwa
- Ukuphefumula noma ukukhwehlela
- Fever
- Ukulahlekelwa kwesisindo
- Izithukuthuku ebusuku
- Ukukhathala (ukhathala ngokweqile)
- I-cell ebomvu ephansi ebomvu ibala (i-anemia)
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-Hodgkin noma i-non-Hodgkin lymphoma, abantu abanesifo esifanayo bangaba nezimpawu ezahlukahlukene uma bezokwelapha.
I-leukemia ingumdlavuza wamangqamuzana aqala igazi. Ngokuvamile, i-leukemia ingumdlavuza wegazi elimhlophe, kodwa ezinye izifo ze-leukemia zivela kwezinye izinhlobo zegazi. Ukuvuvukala kwe-lymph nodes kungaba nesifo se-leukemia. Ngokwesibonelo, nge-lymphocytic leukemia engalapheki, njengoba lesi sifo siphuthuka, ukwandiswa kwama-lymph nodes, i-spleen nesibindi kuqhubeka.
> Imithombo:
> I-American Cancer Society. I-Lymph Nodes neCanscer. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/lymph-nodes-and-cancer.
> I-American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/non-hodgkinlymphoma/index.