Me yasa Hawaii ke da ƙimar cutar kansa mafi ƙanƙanta a Amurka?

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A duk lokacin da ƙungiyar kiwon lafiya ta bayyana jihohin da ke da mafi yawan cutar kansa na fata, ba abin mamaki bane lokacin da wurare masu zafi na shekara, ke sauka a ko kusa da saman wuri. (Hi, Florida.) Menene shine abin mamaki, ko da yake, shine ganin irin wannan yanayi a ƙasan jerin. Amma ya faru: A cikin sabon rahoton Lafiya na Amurka daga Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), Hawaii ta tabbatar da wurin da ake so. kadan ciwon kansar fata.

A cewar rahoton, wanda ya yi nazari kan adadin mambobi na Blue Cross da Blue Shield da aka gano suna da ciwon daji na fata, kashi 1.8 cikin 100 na ’yan Hawaii ne kawai aka gano. Wadannan sun hada da basal cell carcinoma da squamous cell carcinoma, biyu daga cikin nau'o'in ciwon daji na fata, da kuma melanoma, mafi muni, a cewar Cibiyar Nazarin Dermatology ta Amirka (AAD).

Don kwatantawa, Florida tana da mafi yawan adadin masu cutar da kashi 7.1.

Me ke bayarwa? Shannon Watkins, MD, wani likitan fata na birnin New York wanda ya girma a Hawaii, ya ce salon rayuwa yana taka muhimmiyar rawa. "Ina so in yi tunanin cewa, rayuwa a cikin yanayin rana duk tsawon shekara, 'yan Hawaii sun san mahimmancin kariya da hasken rana kuma sun fi iya hana kunar rana a jiki," in ji ta. "Haɓakawa a cikin Hawaii, kariya ta rana da rigunan kariya sun kasance wani ɓangare na rayuwar yau da kullun a gare ni, iyalina, da abokaina." (PS: Hawaii tana hana sunscreens na sunadarai wanda ke cutar da murjani na murjani.)

Amma tabbas mazauna Florida suna sane da faɗuwar rana, suma. Don haka me yasa jihohin biyu ke matsayi akan kowane ƙarshen bakan? Kabilanci abu ne mai yiyuwa, in ji Dokta Watkins. "Akwai 'yan Asiya da yawa da 'yan tsibirin Pacific a Hawaii, kuma melanin, wanda ke ba da launi ga fata, na iya aiki a matsayin ginannen hasken rana," in ji ta.

Kawai saboda wani yana da ƙarin melanin ba yana nufin sun tsira daga cutar kansa ba, kodayake. A zahiri, rahoton AAD ya ba da rahoton cewa a cikin marasa lafiya da launin fata mai duhu, galibi ana gano cutar sankarar fata a matakan ta na baya, wanda ke sa ta fi wahalar magani. Bincike ya kuma nuna cewa waɗannan marasa lafiya ba su da ƙima fiye da Caucasians don tsira da melanoma. Kuma rahoton 2014 daga Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka ya ce jihar Aloha ta sami rahoton sabbin cututtukan melanoma fiye da matsakaicin ƙasa.

Abin baƙin ciki, dalili ɗaya na yawan cutar kansa na fata yana da ƙanƙantawa kawai yana iya zama cewa Hawaiian ba a yin gwajin su sosai, saboda suna tunanin ba su da haɗari. Jeanine Downie, MD, ta ce, "Zan yi imanin cewa yawan ziyartar ofisoshin likitan fata na shekara -shekara, binciken fata na rigakafin yana da karanci idan aka kwatanta da manyan yankunan kasar [wadanda ke da] babban fifiko ga nau'ikan fata masu laushi," in ji Jeanine Downie, MD, Sabuwar. Likitan fata na tushen Jersey da mai ba da gudummawar ƙwararren likita ga Zwivel. "Wannan na iya karkatar da lambobi."

Ko da kuwa inda kake zama da kuma yawan cutar sankarar fata a zahiri akwai, a bayyane yake cewa abubuwa biyu suna da mahimmanci: kariya ta rana da gwajin cutar kansa na fata na yau da kullun. Ka tuna, ciwon daji na fata shine cutar kansa mafi yawan jama'a a Amurka, tare da kusan mutane 9,500 a kowace rana, a cewar AAD. Amma idan an kama shi da wuri, basal cell da squamous cell carcinomas suna da matukar warkewa, kuma tsawon shekaru biyar na rayuwa don gano melanoma da wuri (kafin ya yada zuwa ƙwayoyin lymph) shine kashi 99 cikin dari.

Idan ba ku da inshorar lafiya-ko likitan fata na yau da kullun don yin dubawa-zaku iya neman kamfanonin da ke ba da sabis na kyauta. Misali, Gidauniyar Skin Cancer, alal misali, ta yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Walgreens don Makomarsu: Yaƙin Neman Lafiya, ɗaukar bakuncin wayoyin hannu a duk faɗin Amurka waɗanda ke ba da gwajin kyauta daga likitan fata. Kuma kar a manta game da duba-kai na yau da kullun-ga koyaswar mataki-mataki na yadda ake yin ɗaya da kyau, da ladabi na Skin Cancer Foundation.

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