Ese gusohora intanga kenshi byaba bifasha kurinda kanseri ya porositate ku bagabo?

Mu bijyanye n’ubuzima bw’abagabo, kanseri ya porositate ni imwe mu ndwara zikomeye. Ni kanseri ya kabiri ikunze gufata abagabo ku isi, ikurikirwa na kanseri y’ibihaha. Muri Brezile, abagabo umunani bayandura buri saha.

Porositate ni urugingo rufite uruhare rukomeye mu bijyanye n’imyororokere, cyane cyane mu bijyanye no gusohora intanga. Abashakashatsi bamaze igihe bibaza niba ibikorwa by’imibonano mpuzabitsina cyangwa gusohora intanga bishobora kugira uruhare mu kurinda iyi ndwara.

Hari ibyavuye mu bushakashatsi bishyigikira iki gitekerezo. Ubushakashatsi buherutse gusuzuma izindi nyigo zakozwe mu gihe cy’imyaka 33 bwagaragaje ko 7 muri 11 zagaragaje ko gusohora intanga kenshi bifite akamaro mu kurinda kanseri ya porositate.

Ibi bishobora guterwa n’uko gusohora intanga bifasha kugabanya uburibwe cyangwa ububabare bushobora gutera iyo ndwara, cyangwa se bigatuma abasirikare b’umubiri barinda porositate baba benshi kandi bakora neza, bityo bagahangana n’uturemangingo twatera kanseri. Hari n’abavuga ko bishobora gutuma ibitekerezo biremereye mu mutwe bigabanuka, ibyo bigatuma uturemangingo two muri porositate tudatandukana byihuse, bikaba byagabanya ibyago byo kurwara kanseri.

Nubwo bimeze bityo ariko, hari byinshi bigaragaza ko ubu bushakashatsi bukibuzemo ibisobanuro byimbitse. Ibyo bipimo byinshi bigaragaza ko akamaro ko gusohora intanga kenshi kaba ku bantu bafite hagati y’imyaka 20 na 39, ariko hari aho byagaragaye ko byaba byongera ibyago ku bantu bakiri bato cyane (nk’abari munsi y’imyaka 20).

By’umwihariko, gusohora intanga mu gihe cy’ubugimbi – ubwo porositate iba ikiri gukura – bishobora kugira ingaruka zikomeye ku bijyanye n’ubuzima bw’iyo porositate mu myaka myinshi nyuma.

Ariko se ibi bikorwa ku rugero rungana gute?

Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe na Kaminuza ya Harvard (USA) bwagaragaje ko abagabo basohora intanga inshuro 21 cyangwa zirenga ku kwezi bagira ibyago biri hasi ku kigero cya 31% byo kurwara kanseri ya porositate ugereranyije n’ababikoze hagati y’inshuro 4 na 7 ku kwezi mu buzima bwabo.

Mu bushakashatsi bwakorewe muri Ositaraliya, abagabo bari munsi y’imyaka 70 basohoye intanga inshuro 5–7 buri cyumweru bagaragaje ibyago bike byo kurwara kanseri ya porositate ku kigero cya 36%, ugereranyije n’ababikoze inshuro nkeya (munsi ya 2–3 mu cyumweru).

Hari n’ubundi bushakashatsi bugaragaza ko gusohora intanga inshuro zirenze 4 ku kwezi bishobora kuba bihagije kugira ngo umuntu yirinde kanseri ya porositate, ariko nabwo ntibuvuga ko ari ku bantu bose.

Bimwe mu bigora abashakashatsi ni uko ubu bushakashatsi bukorwa ku bantu batandukanye, ibipimo byakozwe bikaba bidahuye, hakiyongeraho no kuba gusohora intanga bishobora guturuka ku mibonano mpuzabitsina, kwikinisha, cyangwa n’izisohoka umuntu asinziriye nijoro. Ibi byose bituma ibisubizo bidahuye.

Nanone kandi, hari aho abantu baba batavuga ukuri ku mubare w’inshuro basohoye intanga – bamwe babivuga byinshi kurusha uko byabaye, abandi bakabigira ibanga.

Hari n’ikindi cy’ingenzi: abagabo bafite imyitwarire irimo imibonano mpuzabitsina kenshi bashobora kwanga kujya kwa muganga cyangwa gutinda kubimenya, batinya ko ivuriro ryabasaba ibintu bibabuza gukora imibonano. Ibyo bituma bamwe mu basohora intanga kenshi barwara kanseri ya porositate ariko ntibigaragare mu bushakashatsi.

Hari n’igitekerezo cy’uko gusohora intanga kenshi ubwabyo ntacyo bifasha, ahubwo bikaba ari ikimenyetso cy’uko umuntu afite ubuzima bwiza. Urugero, abagabo bafite ibiro byinshi, badakora imyitozo ngororamubiri, cyangwa batandukanye n’abagore babo, usanga badakora imibonano cyane, kandi ibyo byose bishobora gutuma bagira ibyago byinshi byo kurwara kanseri.

Testosterone (umusemburo w’abagabo) na wo ufite uruhare. Ni wo ugena ubushake bwo gukora imibonano. Iyo testosterone iri hasi, ubushake buragabanuka, bityo gusohora intanga na byo bikagabanuka.

Hari aho bivugwaga ko testosterone nyinshi yongera ibyago byo kurwara kanseri, ubu bigaragaza ko ahubwo iyo iri hasi ari bwo ibyago byo kurwara iyo ndwara byiyongera.

Ubushakashatsi bumwe bwagaragaje ko abagabo basohora intanga kenshi ari na bo baba bafite testosterone nyinshi, kandi ari na bo bagira ibyago bike byo kurwara kanseri ya porositate.

Imibonano mpuzabitsina cyangwa gusohora intanga bifite n’andi mafunguro ku buzima – nk’inyungu ku mutima, ubwonko, ubwirinzi bw’umubiri, gusinzira neza, no kugira umutuzo.

Rero nubwo isano hagati yo gusohora intanga kenshi n’iyo ndwara itarasobanuka neza, kandi hakenewe ubushakashatsi burambuye, gusohora intanga ku rugero rwiza ntacyo byangiza, ahubwo bishobora kuba kimwe mu bigize ubuzima bwiza bw’umugabo.