Aw di blɔd de go na yu leg? (Pulse Volume Recordings - PVR) Lɛ wi lan bɔt di tɛst!

Yu dɔn tɔk to dɔktɔ bɔt di pen ɛn swɛ we yu kin fil sɔntɛnde na yu leg? Ɔ, yu de dawt smɔl bɔt di blɔd we de go na yu leg? If na so, yu dɔktɔ go dɔn tɛl yu bɔt wan tɛst we dɛn kɔl Pulse Volume Recording (PVR) . Tide, wi go tɔk ditayli bɔt wetin dis rili bi, aw dɛn kin du am, ɛn if ɛnitin de fɔ fred. I rili simpul, so nɔ wɔri, okay?

Wetin na Pulse Volyum Rikɔdin (PVR)?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Pulse Volume Recording (PVR) tɛst na we fɔ no aw blɔd de flɔ na yu leg, ɔ aw blɔd de go. I de yuz ɔltra saund teknɔlɔji. Dis min se i de yuz ay frikshɔn sawnd wev fɔ luk di blɔd we de flɔ insay yu at.

Di bɛst pat na, na tɛst we nɔ gɛt pen , we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin . Dat min se dɛn nɔ gɛt nidul ɔ say we dɛn kɔt di skin. Sɔm kin kɔl am "pulse volume recording," ɔda wan dɛn kin kɔl am "segmental pressure test." Ilɛk aw i bi, i de du di sem tin.

Ustɛm dɛn kin du PVR tɛst?

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du dis PVR tɛst fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) ɛn fɔ si aw i rili bad.

Yu sabi wetin na PAD?

PAD na wan sik we di blɔd vesel dɛm (arteries) we de kɛr blɔd frɔm wi at to wi leg dɛn kin smɔl smɔl. I tan lɛk wata paip we kin lɔk wit dɔti as tɛm de go. Di men tin we kin mek dis apin na di atrɔsklerɔsis . Dis na we di kɔlɔstrel ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we gɛt fat kin gɛda insay di blɔd vesel dɛn ɛn blok dɛn.

If yu gɛt pen we yu nɔ ebul fɔ ɛksplen na yu leg we yu de waka, dɔktɔ kin du dis PVR tɛst fɔ si if blɔd dɔn klɔt ɔ ɔda tin dɔn blok na di blɔd vesel dɛn na yu leg.

Sɔntɛnde PVR tɛst kin ɛp bak fɔ no di kɔndishɔn dɛn lɛk:

• Di sik we de na di at ɔ di finga dɛn.
• Tɔrɔsik Ɔtlɛt Sindrom (TOS) .

Na PVR na di onli we fɔ chɛk PAD stetɔs?

Nɔ, PVR na jɔs wan we fɔ chɛk fɔ PAD. Na wan tɛst we nɔ de ambɔg di vaskul . Yu dɔktɔ kin du sɔm ɔda tɛst dɛn bak wit di PVR tɛst, lɛk:

• Ankle-brachial index (ABI): Dis na di tɛst we dɛn kin du mɔ fɔ no PAD. Dɔktɔ go tay blɔd prɛshɔn kɔf na yu anklɛ.Dɛn kin put wan insay ɛn kɔmpia di prɛshɔn wit di prɛshɔn we de na di an. Dis na tin we rili fiba PVR. כltu, biכs PVR de mכsu puls vכlyum na difrεn pכynt dεm na di leg, PVR kin gi mכr akכrd risכlt pan pipul dεm we gεt kalsifayd/harden atεri dεm bikoz fכ dayabεtis mεlitכ s כ krכnik kidni sik .
• Arterial duplex ultrasound: Insay dis tɛst, dɔktɔ kin yuz wan tin we yu kin ol na yu an fɔ sɛn ay frikyuɛnsi sawnd wev dɛn na yu leg dɛn. Di tin dɛn we dɛn fɛn sho usay di blɔd vesel dɛn smɔl ɔ blok. Bɔt i nɔ tan lɛk PVR, i nɔ de mɛzhɔ blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Ɛksesaiz strɛs tɛst: Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ waka pan tredmil . Dɔn yu dɔktɔ kin mɛzhɔ yu blɔd prɛshɔn bifo ɛn afta yu dɔn du ɛksɛsayz. Dis ɛksesaiz tɛst kin bi if yu rɛst PVR rizɔlt nɔmal, bɔt yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm we yu nɔ ɛksplen, lɛk pen na yu leg we yu de waka.

Udat de du dis PVR tɛst?

כltu, dεn PVR tεst dεm ya εn כda nכn-invasiv vaskulεr tεst dεm na pipul dεm we dεn tren spεshal wan we dεn k כl vaskulεr tεkn כ lכjis כ sonografa dεm . Sɔntɛnde, nɔs kin du yu PVR tɛst bak.

A nid fɔ pripia ɛnitin bifo di PVR tɛst?

Fɔ tru, nɔ spɛshal prɛparashɔn nɔ nid fɔ di PVR tɛst. Bɔt di dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ stɔp fɔ tek sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn di de bifo di tɛst, ɔ if yu de smok, fɔ stɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm. Smɔl tin dɛn lɛk dat.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du PVR tɛst?

Bifo di PVR tɛst, yu go nid fɔ pul ɛni klos ɛn jɔyri ɛn put ɔspitul gɔn. As wi bin dɔn tɔk, dis na tɛst we nɔ de mek yu fil pen, we nɔ de ambɔg yu, so yu nɔ go nid anestezi ɔ mɛrɛsin fɔ slip. PVR test kin tek bitwin 30 ɛn 60 minit .

Impɔtant: If yu bin dɔn gɛt ɛni tritmɛnt fɔ vaskul sik dɛn bifo, fɔ ɛgzampul, if dɛn dɔn put stent , angioplasty , ɔ baypass prosidur , yu fɔ tɛl di tɛknɔlɔjis we de du di ɛgzam.

Na dis na wetin kin apin we dɛn de du PVR tɛst:

• Yu go sidɔm pan ɛgzam tebul we gɛt pad.
• Dɔktɔ ɔ tɛknishian go tay blɔd prɛshɔn kɔf na yu big fut finga dɛn, yu anklɛ, yu an, ɔp ɛn dɔŋ shɔl, ɛn yu an.Dɛn kin tay strap dɛn na yu bɔdi. Dɛn kin put spɛshal jel bak pan yu skin. Dis kin ɛp di ɔltra saund wev dɛn fɔ pas fayn fayn wan.
• Dɔn dɛn kin ful-ɔp di kɔf dɛn ɛn tayt dɛn fɔ no yu blɔd prɛshɔn. Yu go fil se di kɔf de tayt, bɔt yu nɔ go fil ɛni prɔblɛm.
• Sɔntɛnde, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ waka ɔ tinap pan yu fut finga dɛn.
• We dɛn tayt di kɔf dɛn, di dɔktɔ kin yuz wan smɔl tin we yu kin ol na yu an we dɛn kɔl transdyusɔ fɔ dayrɛkt ɔltra saund wev dɛn na difrɛn say dɛn na yu leg.
• Dɛn sawnd wev dɛn ya de mɛzhɔ di spid ɛn di volyum we blɔd de muv tru yu leg dɛn. Dɛn rizɔlt ya kin apia na kɔmpyuta skrin as "wevfɔm," ɔ wev patɛn. Di dɔktɔ kin yuz di shep we dɛn wef dɛn ya gɛt fɔ no aw di blɔd de muv.

Wetin kin apin afta di PVR tɛst?

Afta di PVR tɛst dɔn, yu kin go na os. Yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn lɛk aw yu kin du. No prɔblɛm nɔ de.

Ɛni risk de fɔ PVR tɛst?

Nɔ, PVR tɛst na sef, nɔ-invasive prosidur. So, no siriɔs risk nɔ de. Yu nɔ gɛt natin fɔ fred.

Aw lɔŋ i kin tek fɔ no di rizɔlt fɔ di PVR tɛst?

Di vaskulεr tεknכlכg כ sonografa go wok wit dכkta fכ evaluate εn intaprit di risכlt. Dis kin tek sɔm awa ɔ ivin sɔm dez. So, aks yu dɔktɔ aw lɔng i go tek fɔ gɛt di rizɔlt.

Wetin di rizɔlt fɔ di PVR tɛst se?

Yu dɔktɔ go kɔmpia di blɔd prɛshɔn na yu leg wit di blɔd prɛshɔn na yu an. If yu blɔd prɛshɔn smɔl na yu leg pas yu an, yu kin gɛt di sik we de na di at. Yu dɔktɔ go kɔmpia di puls dɛn bak na difrɛn pat dɛn na yu leg fɔ no roughly usay di blɔd vesel dɛn dɔn blok ɔ smɔl. Bɔt PVR tɛst nɔ kin no ustɛm di at dɛn kin afɛkt. Dɛn nid ɔda tɛst dɛn fɔ no dat.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ bɔt di PVR tɛst?

If di rizɔlt fɔ di PVR tɛst nɔrmal, yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:

• If a gɛt PAD, a de pan denja fɔ mek blɔd klɔt?
• Aw di rizɔlt fɔ PVR tɛst kɔrɛkt?
• Wetin na di tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛm fɔ PAD?
• A go nid fɔ du ɛni ɔda tɛst, lɛk ɛgzam fɔ pikchɔ ?

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Pulse Volume Recording (PVR) na wan vaskulεr tεst we nכ de mek yu fil pen, we nכ de invayd we de mכsu bכdi prεshכn εn blכd fכ fכlכ na di at dεm na yu leg. Dis na tɛst fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl peripheral arterial disease (PAD).Wan kɔmɔn tɛst we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no ɛn asɛs di kɔndishɔn dɛn lɛk:

So, if dɔktɔ aks yu fɔ du PVR tɛst, nɔ fred ɔ wɔri bɔt am we nɔ nid fɔ du. Dis na jɔs wan simpul, sef we fɔ no bɔt di wɛlbɔdi fɔ yu leg dɛn. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ tin we de mɔna yu.

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