Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt spɛshal kɔd injuri.

Wi ɔl no bɔt di impɔtant tin we di spɛnal kɔd impɔtant, nɔto so? I tan lɛk wan big mɛsej we de na wi bɔdi. So, wetin kin apin if eni damej de pan dis spεnal kכd, dat na, wan `(Spinal Cord Injury)`? Sɔmtɛm dis kin bi smɔl tin, wae yu kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol, ɔr e kin bi smɔl mɔr, sɔntɛm na fɔ ɔl yu layf. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis ditayli ɛn jɔs tide.

Wetin na di kayn we aw di spɛshal kɔd tan?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di bɔndɛl ɔf nɛv fayba dɛn we de rɔn tru di spɛshal kɔd de gi infɔmeshɔn bitwin wi bren ɛn ɔl ɔda pat dɛn na wi bɔdi . Dis na wan pan di tu men pat dɛm na wi Sɛntral Nɛvɔs Sistɛm (CNS). Di ɔda wan na di bren.

Tink bɔt wi nervɔs sistɛm lɛk big aywe sistɛm. I gɛt len ​​dɛn we de kɛr mɛsej frɔm di bren, ɛn bak len dɛn we de kɛr mɛsej to di bren. Di spɛshal kɔd na di men aywe. I gɛt kɔnekshɔn to di spɛshal nɛv dɛn. Dɛn tan lɛk on-ramp ɛn ɔf-ramps na di aywe. dis כf-rεmp dεm de kכnekt to di pεrifεral nεv dεm we de rכn כlsay na di bכdi. Nɛv signal tan lɛk motoka dɛn we de travul na dɛn rod ya.

Naw, di spɛnal kɔd we dɔn pwɛl tan lɛk we dɛn dɔn blok wan aywe. Bɔt, jɔs lɛk aw dɛn kin blok rial layf, no rod nɔ de fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ waka. Mɛsej dɛn we nid fɔ travul na di rod dɛn we dɛn dɔn blok nɔ kin ebul fɔ rich usay dɛn de go. If di damej bad bad wan, di rod we dɛn kin lɔk kin de sote go. Na da tɛm de bad bad sayn dɛm lɛk paralayz kin apin.

Aw dɛn sik ya kin sheb?

di masta sabi pipul dεm kin sheb di spεnal kכd injuri to tu men tכp dεm: bay aw di injuri de afekt di spεnal kכd εn bay usay na di spεnal kכd di injuri de apin. wit spεnal kכd injuri (SCI), di nεv signal dεm kin disrupt enisay dεn dכn di injuri sayt.

Bay di say we dɛn de:

di spayna dεn sheb to difrεn pat dεm. di ifekt dεm kin difrεn dipכnt pan us pat pan di spayna dεm we dεn dכn pwεl.

• sεvikal spayna: dis de na yu nεk, frכm di bכs pat pan yu ed te to bכt sכlda lεvεl.
• Thoracic Spine: Dis de kכmכt frכm di כp bak to jכs dכn di rib kεj.
• Lumbar Spine: Dis de na di lכw bכk. i de go klos to di tכp pat pan di bכtכm, bכt di spεnal kכd de εnd sכmtεm oba dat.
• Sakral Spin: dis εria de gεt di nεv rכt dεm we de kכmכt frכm di bכtכm to di telbon.

Bay aw i siriɔs:

Tu kayn dɛn de dipen pan aw di damej bad:

• SCI we nɔ kɔmplit: Dis tan lɛk aywe we na sɔm len dɛn nɔmɔ dɛn dɔn lɔk. Di ɔda len dɛn opin, we de mek sɔm tin dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ du dɔŋ di say we dɛn dɔn pwɛl.
• Komplit SCI:Na ya, dɛn dɔn blok ɔl dɛn rod dɛn de. No mɛsej nɔ go ebul fɔ pas. Bɔku tɛm, dis kin min se ɔl di abiliti dɛn we de dɔŋ di say we dɛn dɔn pwɛl kin lɔs fɔ ɔltɛm, ivin paralayz .

31 sεgmεnt dεm de na wi spayna (dεn ya kכrεkt to 31 pe dεm fכ `(Spinal Nerves)`). Masta sabi bukman dɛn kin yuz lɛta ɛn nɔmba dɛn togɛda fɔ tɔk bɔt dɛn tin ya. Di lɛta de tɔk bɔt di pat pan di spayna, ɛn di nɔmba de tɔk bɔt di grup we kɔrɛkt. fכ egzampl, C8 na di et (εn lכs) grup na di `(Sεvikal Spin)`.

Bɔku tɛm, tu stej dɛn de fɔ SCI. Di fɔs wan na di fɔs injuri . Bɔt insay sɔm awa ɔ sɔm dez, sɛkɔndari injuri kin apin. dis kin mek di spεnal kכd swel εn mek i gεt mכr damej.

Aw kɔmɔn tin kin apin we pɔsin gɛt injury na di spaynal kɔd?

Infakt, injury na di spaynal kɔd nɔ kin kɔmɔn so. Dɛn kin ripɔt bitwin 250,000 ɛn 500,000 pipul dɛn we kin wund dɛn kayn we ya ɔlsay na di wɔl ɛvri ia.

Na Amɛrika, na lɛk 18,000 nyu kes dɛm wae gɛt traumatik SCI ɛvri ia. Na lɛk 78% pan dɛn nyu SCI pasɛnt ya na man. Di avrej ej we pɔsin ol di tɛm we i wund na lɛk 43 ia.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis? (Sayn dɛn)

di simptom dεm fכ spεnal kכd injuri (SCI) dipכnt pan us nεv signal dεm de disrupt. tri men kayn signal dεm kin afekt: sεns, mכtal, εn כtonomik.

Di Simptom dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de fil:

Sεns signal dεm na dεn kin kכri infכmeshכn to wi bren. Dɛn kin tɛl di bren bɔt di wɔl we de arawnd wi ɛn wetin de apin to wi bɔdi.

wi spεnal kכd de mεnli prכsεs di tכktil signal dεm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, tin dɛn lɛk tɛmpracha, prɛshɔn, vaybreshɔn, ɛn sɔfays tɛkstɔr. i de kכntro bak di sεns fכ wi bכdi posishכn (proprioception). Imajin, yu de na rum we dak ɔlsay ɛn yu de briŋ yu an to yu fes, bɔt yu kin stɔp yu an bifo i hit yu fes. Na dat proprioception bi.

Ɛgzampul dɛn fɔ di sayn dɛm we pɔsin kin fil:

• Pen
• Fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ du natin
• Pin ɛn nidul ɔ tingling sɛnseshɔn (`Paresthesia`) .

Mɔtal Simptom dɛn:

di mכtal signal dεm na dεn wan dεm we de kכmכt frכm wi bren to wi mכsul dεm. Wi bren de yuz dɛn sayn ya fɔ muv sɔm pat dɛn na wi bɔdi.

Di simptom dɛm fɔ di motoka kin bi:

• Wiknɛs - we yu nɔ gɛt trɛnk
• Paralayz - we nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol di mɔsul dɛn
• Di mɔsul dɛn we nɔ de kɔntrol (Spasticity) .

Awtonɔmik Simptom dɛn:

כtonom signal dεm na dεn wan dεm we de kכntro di bכdi prכsεs dεm we de apin כtomatik, we wi nכ de ivin tink bכt dεm. Di wɔd "ɔtonomik" tan lɛk "ɔtomatik," we min tin dɛn we kin apin ɔtomɛtik wan.

Di sayn dɛm we di ɔtoimyun kin gɛt kin bi:

• Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di at rit, mɔSlow at rit (Bradycardia) .
• Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di blɔd prɛshɔn, mɔ di blɔd prɛshɔn we de dɔŋ (haypotension) .
• Chenj na di bɔdi tɛmpracha, mɔ di haypotɛmia
• I nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol di we aw yu de pis ɔ we yu de pul wata (`Urinary Incontinence` ɔ `Fecal Incontinence`)
• Erectile Dysfunction we pɔsin kin gɛt

Wetin na di tin dɛm we kin mek pɔsin gɛt injury na di spaynal kɔd?

Bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt injury na in spɛshal kɔd. Na sɔm pan di men wan dɛn ya:

• Motor Vehicle Crashes: Dis na di tin we kin mek pɔsin kray pas ɔl, we kin mek pas 37% pan di SCI kes dɛm.
• Fɔdɔm: Na lɛk 31% pan di SCI dɛn kin mek pɔsin fɔdɔm.
• Injury we gɛt fɔ du wit vaylɛns: Injury we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt tin lɛk bulɛt ɔ shap wɛpɔn lɛk naif. Na lɛk 15% pan di SCI kes dɛm kin fɔdɔm insay dis kategori.
• Injuri dɛm we gɛt fɔ du wit spɔt: Dɛn wan ya de mek lɛk 8% pan di SCI. Dayv na di mɔs kɔmɔn we fɔ injuri we gɛt fɔ du wit spɔt.

Ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik ɛn tin dɛn we kin mek i apin:

• Kכndishכn dεm we de mek di bon dεm brit, fכ egzampl, Osteopenia εn Osteoporosis.
• Spinal tכmכro dεm, inklud kεnsar (`(Spine Tumors)`).
• sist dεm we fulכp wit wata כ kכva dεm insay di spεnal kכd (`(Syringomyelia)`).
• Infεkshכn dεm we de atak di spayna, כ infεkshכn dεm we de mek di tisu dεm we de rawnd swel εn prεs pan di spayna.
• di bכdi fכ fכlכ di spεnal kכd dεn dכn dכn (`(Ischemia)`).
• difεkt dεm we dεn bכn pikin, fכ egzampl `(Myelomeningocele)` כ `(Spina Bifida)`.
• Imyun sistεm כ alarji kכndishכn dεm, fכ egzampl `(Guillain-Barré Syndrome)`, `(Mכltipl Sklerosis)`, `(Nyuromaylaytis Optica)` כ `(Transverse Myelitis)`.
• jεnεtik kכndishכn dεm, fכ egzampl `(Hεreditary Spastic Paraplegia)`.
• Ilektrik shכk (if di ilektrikal kכrant pas along כ nia di spεnal kכd).

Wetin na de kɔmplikɛshɔn wae kin kam bikɔs ɔf dɛn sik ya?

SCI kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin sote go. Di tin we kin apin pas ɔl na we di bɔdi we de dɔŋ di injuri nɔ kin wok fayn ɔ sɔm pat pan am. Dis kin mek yu gɛt sɔm kayn paralayz:

• Tetraplegia (sכmtεm dεn kin kכl am Kwadriplegia): Dis na wan kכndyushכn we di bכdi paralayz frכm di nεk dכn. dis kin apin we di sεvikal spayna dεn dכn pwεl. Di prɔblɛm dɛn kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay usay di damej kin apin.
• Paraplegia: Dis na we na di lכw pat na di bכdi nכmכ de paralayz. dis kin apin we di tכraks, lכmba, כ sakral pat dεm na di spayna dεm dכn pwεl. bak, di komplikashכn kin difrεn dipכnt pan usay di damej de apin, bכt i kin afekt di bכdi fכnshכn frכm di chεst dכn.

Ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin:

• כtonomik disrεflεksia (if damej de apin na כ oba di T6, i.e. di siks tכraks nεv).
• Spinal (Nyurojɛnik) Shɔk.
• Nyuropatik Pen we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Nyumonia (`(Nimonia)`).
• Urinary Tract Infεkshכn (`(Urinary Tract Infεkshכn)`).
• Blɔd kin klɔt na di leg ɛn di lɔng dɛn.
• Prεshכn sכr (`(Prεshכn sכr)`).
• Sepsis (blɔd pɔyzin).
• Day (especially if di כp pat pan di spayna dεm dכn pwεl).

Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ tɛl yu mɔ bɔt di prɔblɛm dɛn we yu kin gɛt. I go ɛksplen to yu bak aw fɔ no ɛn ansa dɛn kɔmplikeshɔn dɛn de.

Aw fɔ no kɔrɛkt wan if yu gɛt injury na yu spɛnal kɔd? (Diagnosis) .

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ kin yuz bɔku we dɛn fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik we de na in spayna:

• Fizik Ɛgzam: Di dɔktɔ kin du dis fɔ luk fɔ tin dɛn we go ɛp yu fɔ no ɔ pruf fɔ no aw di tin dɔn pwɛl.
• Nyurolɔjik Ɛgzam: Dɛn kin du dis fɔ chɛk di patikyula wok dɛn we yu nervɔs sistɛm de du. Dis kin min fɔ chɛk aw yu ebul fɔ muv yu an ɛn yu fut, tɛst yu trɛnk, ɛn chɛk aw yu de fil ɛn aw yu de fil.
• Imej Skan: Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na kɔmpyuta tomografi (CT) skan ɛn magnɛtik rɛsɔnans imej (MRI) skan. CT skan kin kwik ɛn i kin sho yu dɔktɔ ɛni bon we dɔn pwɛl ɔ prɔblɛm. MRI skan kin tek lɔng tɛm bɔt dɛn kin mek bɔku bɔku pikchɔ dɛn bɔt tin dɛn lɛk bon, sɔft tisu, ɛn nerv dɛn.
• Diagnostik Tεst dεm: εgzampl dεm na Ilektromayografi (EMG) εn Nεv Kכndukshכn Tεst dεm. Dɛn tin ya de mɛzhɔ di ilɛktrik signal dɛn we dɛn kin sɛn to di mɔsul dɛn. dis kin εp fכ no di εria dεm we di signal dεm de disrupt bikoz fכ di damej pan di nεv dεm כ di spεnal kכd.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis? (Tritmɛnt)

Di tritmɛnt fɔ `(SCI)` kin difrɛn bad bad wan. Di fɔs tin we wi fɔ tink bɔt na if na aksidɛnt apin ɔ nɔto aksidɛnt. If ɛni dawt de se `(SCI)` na aksidɛnt, na mɛdikal imejensi ɔltɛm. Sɔm ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt `(SCI)` na mɛdikal imejensi bak. Dɛn kayn imejensi dɛn ya na:

• Infɛkshɔn: Dɛn tin ya kin kil pɔsin kwik kwik wan if dɛn nɔ trit am.
• di bכdi fכ fכlכ bכku (`Ischemia`): fכ mek di bכdi fכ fכlכ bak na tin we de sev layf, we i fכ fכlכ kwik kwik wan.
• Awtoimyun Kɔndishɔn: We dɛn kin apin wantɛm wantɛm, lɛk Guillain-Barré Syndrome, siriɔs prɔblɛm kin apin if dɛn nɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.

Tritmɛnt fɔ spɛshal kɔd injuri we aksidɛnt apin:

Yu fɔ tek tɛm ɔltɛm ɛn du ɔl wetin yu ebul fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt mɔ damej pan di spɛnal kɔd ɔ ɔda bad bad tin dɛn. Pɔsin we nɔ tren ɛn we kwalifay nɔ fɔ muf ɔ muv pɔsin we kin gɛt ``SCI''. Di wangren tin we nɔ de apin na we di risk de fɔ day ɔ gɛt siriɔs injuri if dɛn nɔ pul di pɔsin we wund (fɔ ɛgzampul, we motoka aksidɛnt ɛn faya kech).

Wan SCI we kɔmɔt frɔm aksidɛnt, na di imejensi mɛdikal pipul dɛn kin fɔs asɛs am. di gol dεm na fכ mek di spεnal kכd nכ muv εn fכ limit כ fכ mek di spεnal kכd mכr pwεl (we dεn de trit כda imejensi kכndishכn dεm bak).

Insay ɔspitul, dɛn kin trit SCI we aksidɛnt mek na di Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bikɔs dɛn injury ya rili siriɔs. We dɛn de trit SCI, bɔku tɛm dɛn kin trit di injuri dairekt wan. Bɔku we dɛn de fɔ ɛp:

• Ɔpreshɔn: Di men gol fɔ ɔpreshɔn na fɔ ridyus di prɛshɔn we de pan di spayna. I kin mek bak di damej we dɔn kam bikɔs ɔf di injury dɛn we de rawnd am we dɔn mek di spayna kɔmprɛs.
• Mεdikeshכn dεm: Mεdikeshכn dεm lεk stεroyd dεm de rεdכks di swel εn inflameshn we de rawnd di spayna.
• Trakshכn: Dis de εp fכ kip yu na wan ples, we de mek yu nכ muv arawnd di (SCI).
• Splints, Braces, Halos: Semweso lεk Traction, dεn ya de εp fכ stebul di εria we de rawnd di SCI. Bɔt, yu nɔ tan lɛk Trakshɔn, yu kin wɛr dɛn we yu de muv rawnd.

Di tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du risach:

Bɔku tritmɛnt dɛn de bak we dɛn kin tray fɔ du we di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis de luk fɔ. Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• Induced Hypothermia: If yu put yu bɔdi tɛmpracha dɔŋ, i kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di tisu dɛn we de pwɛl di spɛnal kɔd ɛn ridyus di swɛlin ɛn inflamɛns. Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ de yuz am bɔku bɔku wan yet, dɛn de yuz am mɔ ɛn mɔ.
• Nyuroprotɛktiv Tritmɛnt: Dis na mɛrɛsin ɔ ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn we de stɔp ɔ nɔ de mek i nɔ pwɛl mɔ afta di fɔs damej.
• Nyurorijenεraytiv Tritmεnt dεm: Dis na drog כ tritmεnt dεm we de εp fכ rigεnεret εn rεpair di spεnal kכd כ nεv tisu dεm we dεn dכn pwεl.

Tritmɛnt fɔ dizayd wae kin kam wit tin dɛm wae nɔr denja:

Di tritmɛnt fɔ nɔ-aksidɛntal spɛshal kɔd injuri (SCI) kin difrɛn bad bad wan. Dɛn kin dipen mɔ pan di tin we kin mek i apin, bɔt ɔda tin dɛn kin ɛp bak. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ tɔk to bɔt di tritmɛnt dɛn we fayn fɔ yu ɛn fɔ tɛl yu mɔ bɔt dɛn.

Fɔ kia ɛn sɔpɔt fɔ lɔng tɛm:

Pɔsin we gɛt ``(SCI)'' kin nid ɔda kia fɔ wik ɔ mɔnt afta di injuri. Sɔm kayn kia kin kɔntinyu fɔ lɔng tɛm, ivin fɔ ɔl dɛn layf. Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na:

• Fyzikal ɔr Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi: Dɛn kayn tritmɛnt ya kin ɛp yu fɔ gɛt trɛnk, kɔntrol di ifɛkt dɛm wae yu gɛt fɔ yu injury, ɛn lan fɔ adap to dɛm.
• Spich Therapy: Pipul wae gɛt injury na di ɔpa spaynal kɔd kin bɛnifit frɔm speech therapy. I kin ɛp fɔ swɛla ɛn fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn.
• Mental Wɛlbɔdi: Traumatik bren injuri (SCI) na saykolojik trauma we go pas di tin dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in bɔdi. Di tin we apin insɛf kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in maynd. Apat frɔm dat, pipul dɛm wae gɛt SCI kin gɛt post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ɔr kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ kil dɛnsɛf.
• Kia ɛn Sɔpɔt insay os: Pipul dɛn we gɛt mɔ siriɔs SCI, mɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt injuri na di ɔpa spɛshal kɔd, kin nid fɔ kia ɛn sɔpɔt na os. Dis kayn kia kin bi bay difrɛn kayn wɛl bɔdi savis dɛm na os.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt injury na di spaynal kɔd? (Prɛvenshɔn) .

`(SCI)` na tin we kin apin bay chans, we yu nɔ bin de ɛkspɛkt. Bɔt, tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ridyus da prɔblɛm de. Dɛn na:

• Yuz ɔltɛm sef ikwipmɛnt ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ waka (e.g. sit bɛlt, ɛlmɛt we yu de rayd insay motoka).
• Drayv tek tɛm ɛn sef wan.
• Nɔ fɔdɔm ɛnitɛm we i pɔsibul (e.g., pul di say dɛn we slipul na di domɔt, tek tɛm we yu de wok na ayt).
• Tek tɛm bad bad wan ɔltɛm we yu de dil wit faya-ayɛn.
• Nɔ ɛva jomp ɔ dayv insay wata usay yu nɔ go ebul fɔ si di bɔt.
• Nɔ yuz di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn tɛl yu fɔ du, drɔgs, ɛn rɔm di rɔŋ we.

Wetin a kin ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt injuri na mi spɛnal kɔd?

Wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt kin dipen pan aw yu wund bad, usay di injury apin, di tritmɛnt we yu de gɛt, ɛn bɔku ɔda tin dɛn. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ tɛl yu mɔ bɔt wetin yu go ɛkspɛkt. I kin gi infɔmeshɔn we fit yu patikyula sityueshɔn ɛn sikɔstɛms.

Aw lɔng dɛn sik ya kin te?

If yu gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm, di tin dɛn we SCI kin du nɔ kin bɔku, ɛn yu gɛt bɛtɛ chans fɔ wɛl. Bɔt yu spɛnal kɔd nɔ de mek bak lɛk di nɛv dɛn we de na ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi. Na dat mek SCI kin bi - bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm - fɔ ɔltɛm. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst say fɔ no aw lɔng yu sik go las.

Wetin na di lukin-grɔn fɔ dis sityueshɔn?

Bɔrku tɛm, de luk fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt SCI nɔr kin shɔ, i kin dipen pan di lɛvɛl ɛn di kayn damej, bɔt big big tin dɔn de fɔ kia fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt SCI. Bɔku tɛm, di rizin dɛn we mek di we aw pipul dɛn de si tin nɔ kin shɔ bɔt na:

• Risk fɔ kɔmplikeshɔn: Pɔsin we gɛt spɛshal kɔd injuri (SCI) kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit in injuri. Dɛn tin ya na nyumonia, urinary tract infection, kɔnstipɛshɔn, blɔd we de klɔt, prɔblɛm wit yu skin lɛk prɛshɔn so, ɛn bɔku ɔda tin dɛn.
• Mental hεlth impak dεm: We yu gεt SCI, i nכ de כnli afekt fyzikal hεlth. I kin gɛt bɔku impak bak pan mɛntɛl hεlth. If yu gɛt SCI, dat kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm lɛk pwɛl hat. I kin mek bak di risk fɔ kil dɛnsɛf bɔku.
• Kɔst: Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt SCI nid fɔ kia fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔr fɔ yuz tin dɛm wae de ɛp dɛn. Dɛn tin ya kin dia. Dɔn bak, fɔ fɛn tin dɛn we go ɛp yu, i kin tranga ɔ i kin tek yu tɛm.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ? Ustɛm dɛn nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan?

Ɛni tɛm we yu tink se yu go dɔn gɛt spɛnal kɔd injuri (SCI) bikɔs ɔf aksidɛnt, yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu delay di tritmɛnt, dat kin ambɔg di tin we go apin to yu injuri ɛn di tritmɛnt. Dɔn bak, if yu tink se yu gɛt wan sik we nɔ de mɛn we de mek yu gɛt injury na yu spɛnal kɔd, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

If yu gɛt SCI, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ go bifo yu afta yu fɔs tritmɛnt. Yu fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ du.

Bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn de we kin kam wit SCI we kin nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin kwik kwik wan. De kɔmplikeshɔn wae kin kam kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay aw yu injuri bad, usay di injury de, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm. So, yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst say fɔ no bɔt us patikyula sayn ɔ prɔblɛm dɛn we yu go gɛt we nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk gɛt SCI, yu kin gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu want fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• Usay di damej de?
• Aw di damej kin rili bad?
• Us abiliti dɛn dis damej kin afɛkt?
• Yu tink se di damej go de sote go?
• Tritmɛnt dɛn de we go mek di tin we dɔn pwɛl ɔ mek i nɔ wɔs?
• Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit dis damej?
• Us sayn dɛn a fɔ luk fɔ we go mek a nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
• Us kayn kia ɛn savis dɛn go nid?
• Ɛni ɔganayzeshɔn ɔ grup de na mi eria we go ɛp?

Di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt (Take-Home Message) .

Spinal Kɔd Injury (SCI) na sɔm pan di tin dɛm wae kin pasmak ɛn wae kin mek pɔrsin in layf de pan denja. Bɔku tɛm, di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du kin chenj in layf.

Bɔt bikɔs dɛn dɔn go bifo pan mɛrɛsin sayɛns ɛn di risach we dɛn de du, op de fɔ mek dɛn go ebul fɔ trit dɛn bad bad tin dɛn ya we go wok fayn. Dis min se bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis injury kin adap to di ifɛkt dɛm wae de injury kin gɛt ɛn kin ebul fɔ liv nɔrmal layf. Nɔ giv ɔp. I impɔtant fɔ mek yu go fɛn di rayt advays ɛn sɔpɔt frɔm dɔktɔ.

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