Momma yensua Parathyroid Scan ho ade wɔ nsɛm a ɛnyɛ den mu.

So wosuro kakra bere a wo duruyɛfo ka kyerɛɛ wo sɛ yɛ ‘Parathyroid Scan’ no? Ɛyɛ ade a ɛyɛ daa sɛ nsɛmmisa pii bɛba w'adwene mu, te sɛ "Scan bɛn na eyi yɛ? So ɛbɛyɛ yaw? Dɛn nti na wɔreyɛ eyi?" Enti ɛnnɛ yɛbɛka biribiara ho asɛm wɔ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ mmerɛw yiye so, wɔ ɔkwan a wubetumi ate ase so. Eyi nyɛ hu sɛnea ebia wubesusuw no.

Dɛn ankasa ne Parathyroid Scan?

Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, Parathyroid Scan yɛ sɔhwɛ a ɛnyɛ yaw, a ahobammɔ wom a ɛhwɛ parathyroid ntini a ɛwɔ yɛn nipadua mu no. Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, saa ntini nketenkete anan yi a ɛwɔ thyroid ntini a ɛwɔ yɛn kɔn mu no akyi no betumi ayɛ adwuma dodo. Nnuruyɛfo de saa mfonini yi di dwuma de hu ntini anaa ntini a ɛyɛ adwuma boro so ankasa. Mpɛn pii no, eyi hwehwɛ sɛ wɔyɛ ultrasound scan anaa nuklea scan.

Dɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ meyɛ saa scan yi?

Sɛ wo mogya mu nhwehwɛmu kyerɛ sɛ calcium dodow akɔ soro a, ebia wo duruyɛfo besusuw sɛ wowɔ tebea bi a wɔfrɛ no hyperparathyroidism. Sɛ osi gyinae sɛ tebea yi ho ayaresa a eye sen biara ne oprehyɛn a wɔbɛyɛ de ayi ntini a ɛyɛ adwuma boro so no afi hɔ a, ɔbɛkra sɛ wɔnyɛ saa scan yi.

Susuw sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ mmerɛw kɛse sɛ wobɛyɛ ntini bi oprehyɛn a wunim ntini a ɛyɛ ɔhaw no ankasa, sen sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ no ho hwɛ. Mfonini ahorow a efi saa scan yi mu no te sɛ asase mfonini ma oduruyɛfo a ɔyɛ oprehyɛn no. Enti obetumi ayɛ oprehyɛn ntɛmntɛm denam ntwitwiridii ketewaa bi so . Ɛtɔ da bi a, saa ntini yi betumi akɔ mmeae afoforo a ɛnyɛ baabi a ɛtaa wɔ (ectopic glands). Wɔ tebea horow a ɛtete saa mu no, saa scan yi betumi aboa ma wɔahu baabi a saa ntini ahorow no wɔ.

Scan ahorow bɛn na ɛwɔ hɔ?

Parathyroid scan ahorow atitiriw abien na ɛwɔ hɔ. Wo duruyɛfo ne wo besusuw ɔkwan a eye ma wo ho.

Ultrasound a wɔde yɛ nhwehwɛmu

Ebia woahu eyi pɛn. Ultrasound scan de nnyigyei asorɔkye a ano yɛ den di dwuma de yɛ akwaa a ɛwɔ nipadua no mu no ho mfonini. Wonnya mframa a ɛbɔ biara. Ɛyɛ adeyɛ a ahobammɔ wom yiye. Ɛte sɛ nea wohwɛ nipadua no mu a woantwitwa.

Nuklea afiri a wɔde hwehwɛ nneɛma mu

Mma wo ho nnsuro sɛ wote saa din yi a. Eyi nso yɛ adeyɛ a ahobammɔ wom yiye. Wɔsan frɛ no `(sestamibi scan)` anaa `(MIBI)`. Nea ɛkɔ so wɔ ha ne sɛ wɔde radioactive nsu ketewaa bi a ahobammɔ wom `(radiotracer)` gu wo ntini mu. Saa nsu yi ne mogya no tu kwan na parathyroid ntini no twetwe.

Afei mfoninitwa afiri titiriw bi twa wo kɔn ho mfonini. Saa ntini a ɛyɛ adwuma boro so noEsiane sɛ saa nsu yi twe pii nti, ɛda adi sɛ ɛhyerɛn wɔ mfonini ahorow no mu sen afoforo no. Mpɛn pii no, wɔ scan yi mu no, wotwa mfonini ahorow mpɛn pii, na wubetumi de atoto ho.

Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, ebia nnuruyɛfo bɛkamfo scan ahorow abien no nyinaa (ultrasound ne nuclear) akyerɛ na ama woanya mfonini a emu da hɔ sen biara.

Ɔkwan bɛn so na ɛsɛ sɛ misiesie me ho ma scan no?

Eyi yɛ mmerɛw yiye. Wo duruyɛfo bɛma wo akwankyerɛ pɔtee bi. Sɛ nhwɛso no, nneɛma te sɛ sɛ ebia wubetumi adi anaa wobɛnom ansa na wɔayɛ scan.

• Ɛho behia sɛ wuyi agude biara , te sɛ kɔnmuade ne asomuade, ansa na woayɛ scan, efisɛ ebetumi asiw mfonini ahorow no kwan.
• Sɛ wɔreyɛ wo nuklea nhwehwɛmu a, ɛsɛ sɛ woka kyerɛ wo duruyɛfo sɛ woanyinsɛn, ebia woanyinsɛn, anaasɛ worema nufu . Eyi ho hia paa.

Dɛn na ɛba bere a wɔreyɛ scan no?

Saa adeyɛ yi bɛsakra kakra a egyina scan ko a woreyɛ so.

Sɛnea wɔyɛ ultrasound scan

Nea ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ara ne sɛ wobɛda sɔhwɛ pon so, na wode biribi te sɛ pillow ahyɛ wo kɔn ase.

1. Mfiridwumayɛfo no de gel kakraa bi bɛhyɛ wo kɔn honam ani. Eyi rempira wo honam ani na ɛremma wo ntade ho nkekae.

2. Afei wɔde afiri bi a ɛte sɛ afiri a wɔde kasa (transducer) fa gel no so nkakrankakra. Eyi ne ɔkwan a wɔfa so twa parathyroid ntini ahorow no mfonini.

3. Ɛboa kɛse sɛ wobɛma wo ho ayɛ dinn wɔ saa bere yi mu na ama woanya mfonini ahorow a emu da hɔ.

4. Sɛ wɔyɛ adwuma no wie a, wɔpopa gel no.

Sɛnea wɔyɛ nuklea scan

Wɔ eyi mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ woda mpa so kɛkɛ.

1. Nea edi kan no, oduruyɛfo anaa ɔyarehwɛfo de nsu a ahobammɔ wom (radiotracer) bɛhyɛ ntini bi a ɛwɔ wo basa mu mu. Ɛyaw biara remma gye sɛ obi bɛte nka kakra bere a wɔde ade no ahyɛ mu no.

2. Afei, mfoninitwa afiri titiriw bi twa wo kɔn ho mfonini bere a woada hɔ no.

3. Worennya ɔhaw biara wɔ scan no akyi. Wubetumi mpo de wo kar akɔ fie.

Bere tenten ahe na egye ansa na wɔahu nea efi scan no mu ba?

Mfonini ahorow a efi scan no mu no, radiologist bi hwɛ mu yiye na wɔde amanneɛbɔ kɔma wo duruyɛfo ne oprehyɛn ho ɔbenfo. Afei oduruyɛfo no bɛfrɛ wo na wahyehyɛ bere bi a ɔne wo besusuw nea ebefi mu aba no ho. Eyi betumi agye nna kakraa bi anaa dapɛn biako.

Sɛ nea efi mu ba no san ba sɛ ‘ɛnyɛ nea ɛnteɛ’ a, dɛn na ɛkyerɛ?

Nha wo ho. ‘Abnormal’ kyerɛ sɛ scan no huu ntini a ɔhaw wom no.

• Wɔ `nuclear` scan mu no, mmeae a radioactive nsu no twetwe ntɛmntɛm no da adi sɛ ``hot spots.'' Ɛno ka kyerɛ oprehyɛn no sɛ, ``Eyi ne gland a ɛsɛ sɛ woyi fi hɔ.''
• Sɛ ultrasound scan kyerɛ sɛ parathyroid ntini no ayɛ kɛse a , ɛyɛ nea efi mu ba a ɛnyɛ ne kwan so.

Enti, parathyroid scan yɛ mmoa ma wo, ɛnyɛ biribi a ɛsɛ sɛ wusuro. Sɛ wowɔ nsɛmmisa bi fa eyi ho a, nkura biribiara mu na bisa wo duruyɛfo.