Abantu Basashukwa Naphezu Kokukhuphuka Kwamazinga Emelanoma

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Impela, uyayithanda indlela ilanga elizizwa ngayo esikhumbeni sakho-kodwa uma sikhuluma iqiniso, uziba umonakalo esiwazi kahle ukuthi ukushukwa kuyawenza. Izinga lamacala e-melanoma e-U.S. Liphindwe kabili kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu edlule, okuyinombolo ezoqhubeka nokukhuphuka uma kungenziwa imizamo yokuvimbela, ngokusho kombiko omusha ovela kuCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ngenhlanhla, ochwepheshe bezempilo yomphakathi bafuna lokho nje: Ephepheni elishicilelwe ku- JAMA, ongoti abavela eNyuvesi yaseGeorgetown bacindezela uhulumeni ukuba aqale ukusebenzisa imikhawulo emibhedeni yokushuka. "Ukulawula iminyaka umuntu angasebenzisa ngayo umbhede wokushuka kungadlala indima enkulu ekwehliseni ingozi yomdlavuza wesikhumba," kusho uLance Brown, M.D., ongudokotela wesikhumba oqinisekiswe eNew York. "Abantu abasha, njengentsha, abayiqondi imiphumela yokushuka nomdlavuza wesikhumba, nokuthi umonakalo abawenzayo manje nawo ungabathinta ngokuhamba kwesikhathi." Eqinisweni, i-melanoma iphakathi komdlavuza otholakala kakhulu kwabesifazane abasebasha abaneminyaka engu-15 kuya kwengu-39.

Kepha abantu abadala abazi kahle kangcono basalangazela ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi elangeni, naphezu kokuxhumana okufakazelwe kahle phakathi komdlavuza wesikhumba nokushuka ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Manje kungani sisakwenza?

Abanye abantu empeleni bahlelwe ngofuzo ukuze bafise ilanga esikhumbeni sabo. Kunoshintsho oluthile lwezakhi zofuzo olubangela abantu abathile ukuba bafise imisebe ngendlela imilutha yezidakamizwa efisa ngayo ushevu, kubika ucwaningo lweSikole Sezempilo Yomphakathi Yale.

Kwabaningi bethu, noma kunjalo, ukucabanga kuyize futhi kulula: "Abantu bathanda indlela i-tan ebukeka ngayo futhi abaqondi ukuthi ingaholela kanjani kumdlavuza wesikhumba," kusho uBrown. (Futhi, kukhona konke lokho kukhulisa imizwa yokulutha. Bona: Ubuchopho Bakho: Ukukhanya kwelanga.) Futhi ngaphandle kokucabanga kwethu okufisayo, ayikho into efana nokushuka okuphephile, kusho uBrown. Imibhede yokushuka yimbi kakhulu, kodwa ukuchayeka emisebeni yemvelo kusanyusa ingozi yakho yomdlavuza, uthi.

Isikhathi elangeni siyawulayisha umzimba wakho ngevithamini D ebaluleke ngendlela emangalisayo-kodwa kuthatha imizuzu eyi-15 kuphela yokukhanya ukusiza umzimba wakho ukhiqize ukudla okwanele, kusho ochwepheshe.

Kunombono oyiphutha ovamile wokuthi ukushiswa yilanga yikhona okubangela umdlavuza wesikhumba, uBrown uyanezela. Ngokuqinisekile akusizi-ukushiswa yilanga okuhlanu nje ngempilo yakho kukhulisa ingozi yomdlavuza ngamaphesenti angama-80, ngokusho kocwaningo olwenziwe I-Cancer Epidemiology, i-Biomarkers kanye nokuvimbela. Kepha akukho ukusekelwa embonweni wokuthi uma uchitha isikhathi elangeni kodwa ungashi ngeke uthole umdlavuza, uBrown uyanezela.

Ngokuqondene nesikrini selanga, kufanele usigqoke nakanjani. Kepha ungacabangi ukuthi ukhululekile ukuhlala elangeni yonke intambama. "I-sunscreen ayikuvikeli emdlavuzeni wesikhumba. Ikuvimbela ekutholeni ukusha okubi okungaholela kumdlavuza kamuva empilweni," usho kanje.

Iseluleko sikaBrown: Jabulela usuku oluhle, kepha hlala emthunzini ngangokunokwenzeka. Uma usebhishi, i-SPF ephakeme oyiphakamisayo, ingcono (sebenzisa okungenani ama-30!). Futhi uma uphume ntambama yonke, kufanele ufake isicelo kaningi ngokwanele ukusebenzisa ibhodlela eligcwele lesikrini selanga ngokushona kwelanga, uyeluleka. (Zama enye ye-The Best Sun Protection Products ka-2014.)

Kunezici zofuzo ezidlala indima enkulu ekuthuthukiseni i-melanoma, kusho uBrown. Kodwa ilanga lingenye yezinto ezinkulu kakhulu-futhi njengoba ungakwazi ukulawula lena, kungcono ukuphaphatheka kunokuzisola.

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