U-Khloe Kardashian usanda kuveza ukuthi wayenomdlavuza wesikhumba ngo-2022, wavula isifuba ngokululama kwakhe futhi wanxusa abalandeli bakhe ukuthi bahlolele umdlavuza wesikhumba njalo. Inkanyezi ye-TV engokoqobo yabelane ngochungechunge lwezithombe ku-Instagram, ekhombisa umonakalo owenziwe isimila se-melanoma esihlathini sakhe, kwakheka indentation.

Ebelana ngesithombe ozishuthe sona esibukweni esibonisa eduze isihlathi sakhe, uKardashian wabhala: “Akukhona ukuthi besidinga umcibisholo ukuze sibonise i-indent enkulu ohlangothini lobuso bami kodwa ngenxa yokuthi bekufanele sikhiphe isimila esihlathini sami, ngibe ne-indent.”

UKardashian, 39, uthe isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, wayecabanga ukuthi indawo encane esihlathini sakhe kwakuyinduna. "Angikhonondi neze ngoba ngincamela ukuba ne-indent kune-melanoma nganoma yiluphi usuku," kuqhuba uKardashian. “Ngibonga kakhulu kubo bonke odokotela abangisizile futhi abaqhubeka nokungisiza ohambweni lwami lomdlavuza wesikhumba.”

UDkt Rinky Kapoor, onguchwepheshe weDermatologist, Cosmetic Dermatologist & Dermato-Surgeon, The Esthetic Clinics, uthe i-melanoma wuhlobo lomdlavuza wesikhumba osuka kuma-melanocyte, amangqamuzana akhiqiza i-melanin, i-pigment eyenza isikhumba, izinwele namehlo ethu sibe nombala.

“Iwuhlobo oluyingozi kakhulu lomdlavuza wesikhumba ngenxa yokuthi unamandla okusakazekela kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba,” ngokusho kukaDkt Swapna Priya Consultant Dermatologist CARE Hospitals Hitec City, Hyderabad.

Ziyini izimbangela zako?

I-melanoma ibangelwa ikakhulukazi ukulimala kwe-DNA kumangqamuzana esikhumba, ngokuvamile okubangelwa ukuchayeka emisebeni ye-ultraviolet (UV) evela elangeni noma emibhedeni yokushuka, kusho uDkt Priya.

UDkt Kapoor wachaza ukuthi ezinye izici eziyingozi zihlanganisa umlando wokushiswa yilanga kakhulu, isikhumba esikhanyayo, umlando womndeni we-melanoma, ama-moles amaningi, ukuncipha kwamasosha omzimba, nezici ezithile zofuzo.

Yiziphi izimpawu? Ungazihlola kanjani?

Ukuzihlola njalo isikhumba kubalulekile ukuze kusheshe kutholwe noma yimaphi ama-moles angavamile, amabala, noma izinguquko kuma-moles akhona.

NgokukaDkt Kapoor, umthetho we-ABCDE ungasiza ekuhlonzeni izimpawu ezingase zibe khona zemelanoma:

A: I-asymmetry
B: Ukungahambi kahle komngcele
C: Umbala uyashintsha
D: Ububanzi obukhulu kuno-6mm
E: Evolution noma izinguquko ngokuhamba kwesikhathi

Ngokuphathelene nokuvakasha kodokotela besikhumba, ngokuvamile kuyanconywa ukuba kuhlolwe isikhumba somzimba ogcwele ngudokotela wesikhumba njalo ngonyaka. Kodwa-ke, abantu abasengozini enkulu bangadinga ukuvakashelwa kaningi, njengoba belulekwa udokotela wabo wesikhumba, kusho uDkt Priya.

Wazi kanjani ukuthi usengozini ye-melanoma?

Ngokusho kochwepheshe, kunezinto ezithile ezinganquma ukuthi usengozini enkulu ye-melanoma.

• Uhlobo Lwesikhumba: Abantu abanesikhumba esimhlophe abanamehlo akhanyayo nezinwele basengozini enkulu ngenxa yokuncipha kwe-melanin, enikeza isivikelo esithile esingokwemvelo emisebeni ye-UV.
• Umlando Womuntu Siqu: Uma uke waba ne-melanoma esikhathini esedlule, ingozi yakho yokuyiqala futhi iphezulu.
• Umlando Womndeni: Umlando womndeni we-melanoma wandisa ubungozi bakho.
• Ukuchayeka Emisebeni ye-UV: Ukuchayeka kakhulu emisebeni ye-UV evela elangeni noma emibhedeni yokushukwa kwesikhumba kwandisa ubungozi bakho.

Uzivikela kanjani ku-melanoma?

Odokotela besikhumba bachaza izindlela ezithile zokuzivikela kumelanoma.

• Ukuvikela Ilanga: Sebenzisa isikrini selanga esine-SPF ephezulu, gqoka izingubo zokuzivikela, futhi ugweme ukuchayeka elangeni ngokuqondile phakathi namahora aphakeme kakhulu (10 am kuya ku-4pm).
• Ukuhlola Isikhumba Okuvamile: Zihlole njalo ukuze uthole noma yiziphi izinguquko ezingajwayelekile kumavukuzane noma esikhunjeni.
• Gwema Imibhede Yokushuka: Gwema ukusebenzisa imibhede yokushuka, ngoba ibeka isikhumba emisebeni ye-UV eyingozi.
• Yazi Isikhumba Sakho: Qaphela isikhumba sakho nanoma yiziphi izinguquko kuma-moles, ama-freckles, noma amabala.
• Ama-moles atypical: Ukuba nama-moles amaningi noma angavamile kungase kwandise ingozi.

Kubalulekile ukuthintana nochwepheshe bezempilo, ikakhulukazi udokotela wesikhumba, ukuze ahlole izici zakho zobungozi futhi wakhe uhlelo oluqondene nawe lokuvimbela umdlavuza wesikhumba kanye nohlelo lokuhlonza ngokushesha. Ukuhlolwa njalo nokuqapha mayelana nezinguquko esikhumbeni sakho kubalulekile ekwehliseni ingozi ye-melanoma neminye umdlavuza wesikhumba.

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