Yu nɛk veins dɛn dɔn blok? Lɛ wi lan ɔltin bɔt (Carotid Angiography)!

Yu dɔn ɛva tink bɔt aw i impɔtant fɔ mek blɔd go na wi bren tru di blɔd vesel dɛn we de na wi nɛk? Sɔntɛnde, dɛn blɔd vesel ya kin blok. Na da tɛm de wi go tɔk bɔt wan spɛshal tɛst we dɛn kin du fɔ si ɛksaktɔli wetin de apin na di men blɔd vesel dɛn na yu nɛk. Dɛn kɔl dis karotid angiografi . Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt dis simpul wan ɛn di we we yu go ɔndastand.

So, wetin rili na Carotid Angiography?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, carotid angiography na tɛst fɔ si aw blɔd de flɔ na di big blɔd vesel dɛn we de na yu nɛk we dɛn kɔl carotid arteries . Dɛn blɔd vesel ya kin kɛr blɔd kɔmɔt na wi at to wi ed ɛn bren. Tink bɔt dɛn as di men at we de mek wi bren gɛt layf.

Sɔntɛnde, dɛn blɔd vesel ya kin lɔk wit fat, lɛk we wata paip kin lɔk. Dɔktɔ dɛn kɔl dis Carotid Artery Disease . Di men tin we kin mek dis apin na wan sik we dɛn kɔl Atherosclerosis . Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, dɛn kin du wan angiografi tɛst fɔ si ɔmɔs di blɔd vesel dɛn kin lɔk ɛn usay dɛn kin lɔk. Dis tɛst de yuz ɛkstrem rayt ɛn wan spɛshal wata we dɛn kɔl Kɔntrast Day fɔ tek pikchɔ fɔ di blɔd vesel dɛn. Dɔn di dɔktɔ kin si klia wan wetin de apin insay di blɔd vesel dɛn.

Ustɛm dɛn kin du carotid angiography?

Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs kin aks yu fɔ du dis tɛst:

• If i sɔprayz se yu gɛt Carotid Artery Disease .
• If yu dɔn gɛt mini-strok (ɔ Transient Ischemic Attack - TIA) . dis na we di bכdi fכ fכlכ to di bren de rεdכks fכ sכm tεm, we de mek yu gεt simptom dεm we lεk strכk (e.g. wik wan say na di bכdi, i at fכ tכk) εn afta dat i de bכku afta sכm tεm.
• If yu dɔn gɛt strok .

Insay dis kayn tin, dis tɛst rili impɔtant fɔ no di blɔd vesel dɛn we de na di nɛk kɔrɛkt wan.

Yu kin tɛst ɛni ɔda tin bifo dis tɛst?

Yɛs, bɔku tɛm if dɔktɔ tink se yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl carotid artery disease , dɛn go fɔs du wan simpul tɛst we nɔ gɛt pen we dɛn kɔl carotid ultrasound . Dis kin gi yu rough idea bɔt di blɔd vesel dɛm. Bɔt if di ɔltra saund pikchɔ dɛn nɔ klia inof, ɔ if di dɔktɔ want fɔ si mɔ tin dɛn, den dɛn go ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek carotid angiography.

Udat de du dis karotid angiografi?

Dɛn kin du dis.Dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du we dɛn de yuz pikchɔ dɛn. Wan intavɛnshɔnal raydiɔlɔjis, fɔ bi prɛsis. Na in de du dis fayn fayn wok sef wan ɛn kɔrɛkt wan.

Aw di Carotid Angiography de wok? I rili simpul!

Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan aw dɛn kin du dis tɛst:

1. fכs, di dכkta de put wan vεri tכn, fleksibul tכb we dεn kכl ``kateta'' insay wan bכdi we de na yu groin (כ sכmtεm yu an). Yu nɔ go fil bɔku pen we dɛn put dis insay, bikɔs di eria go swɛt.

2. afta dat, dεn de injεkt wan spεshal likwid we dεn kכl ``Contrast Dye`` insay di bכdi vεsul dεm tru dis tכb ``(Catheter). dis likwid na in de mek di bכdi vεsul dεm klia wan we yu si am pan εks-ray ``(X-ray).

3. Fɔ dɔn, dɛn kin tek ɛkstrem rayt pikchɔ dɛn. Dɛn kin yuz dɛn pikchɔ ya fɔ chɛk if di blɔd vesel dɛn dɔn blok ɔ if dɛn dɔn smɔl.

Sɔntɛnde, insted ɔf ɛkstrem rayt, dɛn kin yuz CT skan (dɛn kin kɔl am bak CT Carotid Angiography) ɔ MRI (dɛn kin kɔl am bak Magnetic Resonance Angiogram - MRA) . Dis na fɔ yu dɔktɔ.

Aw yu kin rɛdi fɔ dis tɛst?

Sɔm tin dɛn de we dɛn go aks yu fɔ du bifo dis tɛst, ɛn i rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu fala dɛn kɔrɛkt wan.

• Fɔ it ɛn drink: Yu dɔktɔ go advays yu bɔt ɔmɔs awa yu fɔ fast bifo di tɛst ɛn wetin yu fɔ it ɔ drink ɛn wetin yu nɔ fɔ it. I impɔtant fɔ fala dɛn instrɔkshɔn ya.
• Mɛrɛsin: Yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek (especially blood thinners lɛk aspirin ) ɛn ɛni herbal supliment we yu de yuz. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu if yu fɔ tek dɛn mɛrɛsin ya bifo yu du di tɛst.
• Valyu Tin dɛn: Lɛf yu valyu tin dɛn lɛk gold jɔy, ring, ɛn nɛks na os.
• If yu de na ɔspitul: If yu fɔ de na ɔspitul fɔ wan nɛt, kam wit tin dɛn we yu go nid fɔ de fayn (e.g., klos, slip).
• If yu de du ɔtpeshɛnt prosidur: Yu go nid fɔ arenj fɔ mek pɔsin drayv yu go na os afta di tɛst, bikɔs i kin at fɔ mek yu drayv afta di tɛst.

Wetin yu fɔ ɛkspɛkt we yu kam na di tɛst?

We yu kam na di tɛst, .

• Dɛn go gi yu ɔspitul gɔn fɔ wɛr.
• If yu de yuz glas ɔ tin fɔ ɛp yu fɔ yɛri, aks di dɔktɔ if yu kin wɛr am we yu de du di tɛst.
• Bɔt kɔntakt lens dɛnNɔ wɛr am we yu de du di tɛst.

Us kayn ɛkspiriɛns yu kin gɛt we yu de tek di tɛst?

Carotid angiography kin tek bitwin 60 ɛn 90 minit . Insay dis tɛm, di dɔktɔ ɛn di mɛdikal tim go:

• wan sכm sכm tכb we dεn kכl ``kateta`` de insay wan vein na yu an εn dεn de gi yu di mεdisin εn wata we yu nid tru am. dis dεn kכl am ``IV - Intravenous`` .
• Dɛn go gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we de mek yu fil fayn ɛn mek yu fil lɛk se yu de slip smɔl.
• Dɛn kin tay smɔl smɔl strip dɛn we tan lɛk stika (ilɛktrod) na yu chɛst, ɛn dɛn kin wach di ilɛktrik wok we yu at de du wit ECG (Electrocardiogram) mashin ɔl di tɛm we dɛn de du di tɛst.
• Di groin (ɔ an) kin numb wit lokal anestezi . Dɔn yu nɔ go fil ɛni pen we dɛn put di kateshɔn.
• afta dat, dεn kin put wan kateshכn insay di tכb, εn dεn kin injεkt wan spεshal wata we dεn kכl "Contrast Dye" tru am fכ mek di bכdi vεsul dεm si.

Dis karotid angiografi de at?

Bɔku tɛm, dis tɛst nɔ kin mek pɔsin fil pen. Di wangren tin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin fil na we dɛn injɛkt di spɛshal wata (Kɔntrast Day) insay di bɔdi smɔl ɔ wam ɔ tingling . Bɔt dis kin dɔn insay sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn.

Bɔt if yu fil ɛnitin lɛk dis we yu de du di tɛst , yu fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs wantɛm wantɛm se:

• Chest pen ɔ diskɔmfɔt.
• Skin we de it.
• I kin fil lɛk se a go gɛt nauseous.
• Di sayn dɛm fɔ wan siriɔs alɛji (e.g., yu kin fil se yu trot tayt, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ blo) - dɛn kɔl dis anafylaksis .
• Ɛni blurring ɔ chenj na di vishɔn.

Nɔ wɔri, di mɛdikal tim de wach yu, so if sɔntin lɛk dat apin, dɛn go trit am kwik.

Wetin kin apin we di tɛst dɔn?

We di tɛst dɔn, .

• Di dɔktɔ tek tɛm pul ɔl di kateshɔn dɛn we dɛn dɔn put insay.
• Dɛn kin put prɛshɔn ɛn put bandej fɔ stɔp di blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di say we dɛn put di tiub.
• Dɛn kin chɛk yu at rit ɛn blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Dɛn go kɛr yu go na wan ɔda rum fɔ rɛst fɔ sɔm awa. Insay dis tɛm, yu go nid fɔ de na bed fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Afta di tɛst, yu dɔktɔ go advays yu fɔ drink bɔku wata ɛn wata fɔ ɛp di kɔntrast day fɔ kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi kwik kwik wan. Yu kin nid bak fɔ pis smɔl pas aw yu kin pis. Fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn gud gud wan bɔt aw ɛn ustɛm fɔ grap ɛn bigin fɔ muv.

Wetin di rizulyt dεm fכ wan carotid angiography sho?

Yu dɔktɔ kin lan bɔku impɔtant tin dɛn frɔm di rizɔlt fɔ dis tɛst.

• Ɛnitin de we de blok ɔ we di karotid at dɛn na yu nɛk dɔn smɔl ?
• If yu gɛt blok lɛk dis, i kin ɛp yu fɔ no if yu gɛt strok .
• Bay dɛn rizɔlt ya, dɔktɔ dɛn go disayd us kayn tritmɛnt yu nid fɔ go bifo, ɔ us layf yu nid fɔ chenj .

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ no di tin dɛn we kin apin?

Di pikchɔ dɛn we dɛn tek we dɛn de du di tɛst na wan dɔktɔ we de stɔdi bɔt di raytin kin chɛk dɛn . I kin yuz dɛn pikchɔ ya fɔ no wetin na di sik ɛn pripia ripɔt bɔt am. Dɔn dɛn kin sɛn di ripɔt to di dɔktɔ we de trit yu. We yu dɔktɔ gɛt di ripɔt, i go kɔl yu ɛn ɛksplen di rizɔlt ɛn wetin fɔ du nɛks.

Ustɛm a fɔ kɔl di dɔktɔ afta di tɛst?

Afta yu dɔn go na os frɔm di tɛst, kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• If yu gɛt simptom dɛm fɔ alɛji riakshɔn to di kɔntrast day (e.g., skin rɛd, swel, it, i nɔ izi fɔ blo).
• If yu nɔ de fil fayn , if yu gɛt fiva.
• If di say we dɛn put di tiub swel, rɛd, ɔ i de fil pen, ɔ if blɔd de kɔntinyu fɔ kɔmɔt de.

Tin dɛn lɛk dis nɔ kin apin, bɔt if dɛn apin, i bɛtɛ fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit di sik we dɛn kɔl Carotid Artery Disease?

If di carotid angiography si se di blɔd vesel dɛn na yu nɛk dɔn blok ɔ smɔl, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du dɛn tritmɛnt ya:

• Carotid Endarterectomy: Dis na ɔpreshɔn we de opin wan blɔd vesel we dɔn blok ɛn pul di fat we de insay.
• Carotid Stenting: Dis min se yu fɔ put wan smɔl tin we tan lɛk mɛsh (Stent) insay di blɔd vesel we dɔn blok fɔ mek di vessel big. Dɛn kin du dis bak bay we dɛn de yuz kateshɔn, we fiba angiografi.
• Mɛrɛsin: Dɛn kin gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk fɔ mek yu blɔd tan ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku kɔlɔstrel.

Apat frɔm dat, di dɔktɔ kin advays yu bak fɔ chenj di we aw yu de liv yu layf, lɛk fɔ lɛf fɔ smok, fɔ it tin dɛn we go mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi, ɛn fɔ du ɛksɛsayz.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so a op se yu naw geht gud aidia boht di tehst we dem kol Carotid Angiography we wi tok boht tide.

Dɛn kin du dis fɔ no if ɛnitin dɔn blok ɔ smɔl na di men blɔd vesel dɛn na yu nɛk.Na bikɔs ɔf blok lɛk dis na in mek denja kɔndishɔn lɛk strok kin apin.

Nɔ fred fɔ tink bɔt dis tɛst. Dɛn kin du am fɔ ɛp yu, fɔ ɔndastand yu wɛl bɔdi kɔndishɔn, ɛn fɔ bigin tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan if nid de. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ fred fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ. I go ɛksplen ɔltin to yu mɔ. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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