Marcia Cross tana Tada Sanarwa Game da Haɗin tsakanin HPV da Ciwon Kansa

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Marcia Cross ta shafe shekaru biyu tana jinya daga ciwon daji na tsuliya, amma har yanzu tana amfani da dandalinta don lalata cutar.

A wata sabuwar hira da Magance Ciwon daji Mujallar, Tauraruwar Matan Gidan Magidanta ta yi tunani kan irin yadda ta samu ciwon daji na dubura, tun daga illolin da take fama da ita har zuwa abin kunya da ake dangantawa da yanayin.

Bayan samun ganewar asali a cikin 2017, Cross ta ce maganin ta ya ƙunshi zaman radiyo 28 da makonni biyu na jiyyar cutar sankara. Ta siffanta illolin da ke faruwa a lokacin a matsayin "mai ban tsoro."

"Zan ce lokacin da na fara jinyar chemo na, na yi tunanin ina yin babban aiki," in ji Cross Yin fama da ciwon daji. Amma bayan haka, "daga babu inda," in ji ta, ta fara samun ciwon “bakin ciki” mai zafi - sakamako na gama gari na chemo da radiation, a cewar Mayo Clinic. (Shannen Doherty ya kasance mai gaskiya game da yadda chemo yake da gaske.)

Yayin da Cross a ƙarshe ta sami hanyoyi don sarrafa waɗannan tasirin, ba za ta iya taimakawa ba amma ta lura da rashin gaskiya - tsakanin likitoci da marasa lafiya iri ɗaya - game da abin da za a yi tsammani daga magani. "Ina matukar farin ciki da mutanen da suka yi gaskiya game da hakan saboda likitoci na son yin wasa da shi tunda ba sa son ku fita waje," in ji Cross Magance Cutar Cancer. "Amma na yi karatu da yawa a kan layi, kuma na yi amfani da gidan yanar gizon Gidauniyar Cancer."

Cross ta ce tana ƙoƙari ta zama ɗaya daga cikin masu ba da labari kamar yadda ake yi idan ana maganar ciwon daji. An daɗe ana cutar da yanayin, ba kawai saboda gaskiyar cewa ya shafi dubura (hatta Cross ya yarda ya ɗauki lokacin ta don jin daɗin faɗin "dubura" akai -akai), amma kuma saboda haɗinsa da cututtukan da ake ɗauka ta hanyar jima'i. - wato, papillomavirus na mutum (HPV). (Mai alaƙa: Jagorar ku don Ma'amala da Ingantacciyar Ganowar STI)

HPV, wanda ke iya yaduwa yayin farji, tsuliya, ko jima'i na baki, yana da alhakin kusan kashi 91 na duk cututtukan daji a Amurka a kowace shekara, yana mai sa STI ya zama mafi haɗarin haɗarin cutar sankara, kamar yadda Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafin (CDC). Cutar HPV kuma tana iya haifar da cutar kansa a cikin mahaifa, al'aura, al'aura, da makogwaro. ( Tunatarwa: Yayin da kusan dukkanin ciwon daji na mahaifa ke haifar da HPV, ba kowane nau'in HPV ba ne ke haifar da ciwon daji, mahaifa ko wani abu ba.)

Duk da cewa ba a taɓa samun cutar ta HPV ba, Cross daga baya ta gano cewa cutar sankarar mahaifa tana da alaƙa da cutar, a cewar ta Yin fama da ciwon daji hira. Ba wannan kadai ba, mijinta, Tom Mahoney, ya kamu da cutar sankara a makogwaro kusan shekaru goma kafin ta sami labarin cutar kanjamau. A cikin hangen nesa, Cross yayi bayani, likitoci sun gaya mata ita da mijinta cewa “mai yiwuwa sanadin cutar kansa” iri ɗaya ne na HPV.

Abin farin, HPV yanzu yana da kariya sosai. Magungunan HPV guda uku da FDA ta amince da su a halin yanzu - Gardasil, Gardasil 9, da Cervarix - sun hana biyu daga cikin mafi girman haɗarin ƙwayoyin cuta (HPV16 da HPV18). Waɗannan nau'ikan suna haifar da kusan kashi 90 na cututtukan daji na dubura a Amurka har ma da mafi yawan cututtukan cututtukan mahaifa, al'aura, da makogwaro, a cewar Asusun Ciwon Kansar.

Kuma duk da haka, yayin da za ku iya fara jerin allurar rigakafin kashi biyu tun yana ɗan shekara 9, an kiyasta cewa tun daga 2016, kashi 50 cikin ɗari na 'yan mata matasa da kashi 38 cikin ɗari na samari ne aka yiwa cikakkiyar rigakafin HPV, a cewar Johns Hopkins Medicine. . Bincike ya nuna cewa mafi yawan dalilan rashin yin allurar rigakafi sun haɗa da damuwar aminci da rashin sanin jama'a gabaɗaya game da HPV, ban da cututtukan da zai iya haifar da na dogon lokaci. (Mai alaƙa: Menene Ya Kamata a Gano Ciwon Kai tare da HPV - da Ciwon Mahaifa - Lokacin da kuke Ciki)

Shi ya sa yana da mahimmanci ga mutane kamar Cross don wayar da kan jama'a game da ciwon daji mai alaƙa da HPV. Don rikodin, "ba ta da sha'awar zama mai magana da yawun cutar kansa" na Hollywood, in ji ta Yin fama da ciwon daji. "Ina so in ci gaba da sana'ata da rayuwata," in ji ta.

Koyaya, bayan shiga cikin gogewa da karanta labarai marasa adadi game da mutanen da suke "jin kunya" har ma da "karya game da cutar da suka gano," Cross ta ce tana jin dole ne ta yi magana. "Ba wani abu ba ne don jin kunya ko kunya," in ji ta ga littafin.

Yanzu, Cross ta ce tana ganin gogewar cutar sankarar dubura a matsayin "kyauta" - wanda ya canza ra'ayinta game da rayuwa don mafi kyau.

“Yana canza ku,” ta gaya wa mujallar. "Kuma yana farkar da ku ga yadda darajar kowace rana take. Ba na daukar komai a raina, ba komai.”

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