Aw yu lɔng dɛn de wok fayn fayn wan? Lɛ wi lan bɔt Pulmonary Function Tests.

Sɔntɛnde, i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo, yu chɛst kin tayt, ɔ yu kin kɔf ɔltɛm? Ɔ dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu fɔ mek dɛn du smɔl tɛst fɔ yu lɔng? na da tεm ya dεn pulmonari fכnshכn tεst dεm , כ ​​``PFTs'' fכ sכt, kin kam in handy. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dɛn kin mɛzhɔ aw yu lɔng dɛn kin ebul fɔ blo ɛn kɔmɔt, ɛn aw dɛn kin chenj di briz fayn fayn wan. Dɛn kin rili gi wi gud pikchɔ bɔt di wɛlbɔdi na yu lɔng dɛn.

Us kayn pulmonari fכnshכn tεst (PFT) dεm de?

Okay, naw mek wi si, difrɛn kayn dɛn `(PFT)` ya de. Ɛni tɛst de luk difrɛn pat dɛn na di lɔng dɛn. Na sɔm pan di men kayn dɛn ya:

• Spirometry: Dis na di test we impɔtant pas ɔl ɛn we dɛn kin du bɔku tɛm. I de mɛzhɔ aw kwik ɛn aw bɔku briz yu kin blo ɛn kɔmɔt. I de gi yu bak wan aidia bɔt ɔmɔs briz yu kin gɛt na yu lɔng.
• di lכng volyum dεm כ di bכdi pletismografi: Dis de mכsu aw bכku briz de lεf na yu lכng dεm difrεn tεm dεm, lεk afta yu tek dip briz εn afta yu pul di briz kכmplit, εn כl di tכtal lכng kapasiti yu gεt.
• Gas difyushɔn stɔdi: Dis na sɔm spɛshal tɛst. I de mɛzhɔ aw yu lɔng dɛn de tek gas dɛn lɛk ɔksijɛn insay yu blɔd fayn fayn wan. Dat min se i de mɛzhɔ di efyushɔn we di gas de chenj frɔm yu lɔng to yu blɔd.
• Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET): Dis tɛst de sho aw yu at, yu lɔng, ɛn yu mɔsul dɛn de wok togɛda we yu de du shɔt ɛksɛsayz. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no if na yu lɔng, at, ɔ ɔda tin kin mek yu nɔ blo fayn.

pan dεn wan ya, spirometry na di mכst kכmכn we dεn kin du εn dεn kin yεri fכ lכng fכnshכn tεst.

Ustɛm dɛn fɔ du dɛn lɔng tɛst ya (PFT)?

Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek yu dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ du PFT. Yu fɔ tink bɔt dis mɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya:

• If yu fil se yu chɛst tayt, pen, ɔ tayt.
• Kɔf, mɔ if i de kɔntinyu ɛn kam wit blɔd.
• If yu fil se yu nɔ de blo fayn, ɔ if i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ blo dip.
• Difεlεns fכ brith, na wan kכndyushכn we dכkta dεn kכl ``Dyspnea''.
• If yu yɛri "whistling" sawnd frɔm yu chɛst we yu de blo.

Mɛmba se sɔntɛnde yu nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl. Bɔt dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du PFT as pat pan yu chɛk-ap ɛvri ia, ɔ if yu na pɔsin we de smok, fɔ chɛk fɔ ɛni chenj na yu lɔng.

Apat frɔm dɛn sayn ya, dɔktɔ dɛn kin lan bɔku mɔ frɔm PFT dɛn:

• Fɔ no if ɛnitin de we de blok ɔ we de smɔl na di say dɛn we di briz de blo (aywe dɛn) na yu lɔng dɛn.
• Fɔ no kwik if ɛni chenj de pan di ebul we di lɔng dɛn ebul fɔ tek ɔksijɛn insay di blɔd.
• Mekɔp aw krɛse sik (krɛse sik dɛm) dɔn afɛkt di wan dɛm wae de kɔntinyu fɔ smok.
• Fɔ no if di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn de gi yu de ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn.
• Ɔndastand if yu lɔng dɛn kin afɛkt we yu de pan sɔm tin dɛn we yu de wok ɔ usay yu de liv.
• Bifo yu du ɛni ɔpreshɔn ɔ ɔda mɛrɛsin, disayd if yu lɔng dɛn go ebul fɔ bia wit am.

Us kayn sik dɛn PFT ya kin ɛp fɔ no?

PFT nɔto jɔs wan rutin tɛst. Bɔrku tɛm dɛn kin ɛp fɔ no, kɔnfirm, ɔr asɛs di kayn sik lɛk:

• Asma: Na wan sik wae kin mek i nɔr kin izi fɔ blo wae kin kam pan bɔrku pipul dɛm.
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Dis kin apin mɔ pan pipul dɛn we de smok.
• Pulmonary fibrosis: Dis na di kכndyushכn we di lכng tisu de tik, we de mek i at fכ brith.
• Wiknɛs pan di mɔsul dɛm we de ɛp fɔ blo.
• Di trakya we de smɔl.

Udat dɛn kin du dɛn lɔng lɔng tɛst ya?

Dɛn ``(PFT)'' ya kin bi bay wan respiratory therapist we dɔn gɛt spɛshal trenin fɔ dis. I go ɛksplen to yu di tɛst ɛn ɛp yu fɔ du am kɔrɛkt wan.

Aw dɛn kin du dis tɛst fɔ no aw di lɔng dɛn de wok?

Dis rili nɔ kɔmplikt lɛk aw yu go tink.

Bɔku ikwipmɛnt dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz we dɛn de du `PFT`. Dɛn tin ya na, insay sɔm tɛst dɛn, wan bɔks we transparent, we nɔ gɛt briz (yu fɔ sidɔm insay am), wan smɔl saf klip we yu kin put na yu nos (dis kin ɛp yu fɔ blo tru yu mɔt nɔmɔ instead fɔ blo tru yu nos), wan mɔt we yu kin put na yu mɔt, ɛn wan smɔl ilɛktronik tin we de mɛzhɔ di rit ɛn aw yu de blo. Dɛn kɔl dis wan `Spirometer` .

Aw a fɔ pripia bifo dis tɛst?

Bifo yu PFT, yu dɔktɔ ɔ di say we dɛn de du di tɛst kin gi yu sɔm advays, lɛk:

• Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ stɔp fɔ tek ɛni mɛrɛsin (lɛk inhala) we yu de yuz fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn fɔ sɔm tɛm.Dɛn kin du dis fɔ mek dɛn gɛt kɔrɛkt tɛst rizɔlt. So du jɔs lɛk aw di dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Wear klos we nɔ gɛt natin ɛn we fayn fɔ yu. Nɔ wɛr klos we tayt, mɔ we de rawnd di chɛst eria.
• Nɔ du ɛksɛsayz pasmak di de bifo di tɛst ɔ di mɔnin fɔ di tɛst.
• If yu de yuz tabak tin dɛn (lɛk sigrɛt), nɔ yuz am fɔ at le sɔm awa bifo yu du di tɛst.

Na if yu fala dɛn tin ya kɔrɛkt wan nɔmɔ yu go ebul fɔ gɛt di bɛst rizɔlt .

A kin it bifo di tɛst?

I nɔ fayn fɔ it big it bifo di tɛst. I fayn bak fɔ stɔp fɔ drink tin dɛn we gɛt kafinɛ (lɛk kɔfi ɛn ti) fɔ shɔt tɛm bifo di tɛst, bikɔs dɛn tin ya kin gɛt smɔl ifɛkt pan aw yu de blo.

Wetin a fɔ ɛkspɛkt di de we dɛn go du di tɛst?

Yu go nid fɔ mek dɛn du ``PFT'' na spɛshal pulmonary function testing lab, we kin de na ɔspitul ɔ ɔtpeshɛnt dipatmɛnt.

Bifo di tɛst bigin, di dɔktɔ we de mɛn di we aw yu de blo go tek sɔm pasɔnal infɔmeshɔn frɔm yu, lɛk:

• Ayt
• We
• Ej
• Res
• Bɔy ɔ gal

Dɛn kin yuz dis infɔmeshɔn fɔ kɔmpia yu rizɔlt wit di nɔmal valyu fɔ yu ej, ayt, ɛn man ɔ uman.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du di tɛst?

Afta yu tek yu infɔmeshɔn, di respiratory thrapist go kɛr yu go na rum wit ``PFT'' ikwipmɛnt ɛn gi yu instrɔkshɔn bay di kayn tɛst we yu nid fɔ du.

Insay Spiromɛtri:

Fɔs, dɛn kin put wan smɔl saf klip na yu nos. Dis na bikɔs na yu mɔt nɔmɔ yu fɔ blo, nɔto tru yu nos. Dɔn dɛn gi yu wan mɔt. Yu fɔ ol am tayt tayt wan rawnd yu lip. Dis mɔt-pik de kɔnɛkt to di spiromita. Dɔn di pɔsin we de mɛn yu kin tɛl yu aw fɔ blo ɛn kɔmɔt.

Sɔntɛnde dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ tek dip briz ɛn pul di briz sloslo . Ɔda tɛm dɛn dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ tek dip briz ɛn pul di briz kwik ɛn tranga wan as yu ebul . I tan lɛk se yu de blo di kandul dɛn na batde kek. Yu fɔ du dis bɔku tɛm.

Insay bɔdi pletismografi:

Insay dis wan, dɛn kin put klip bak na yu nos. Dɔn dɛn kin mek yu sidɔm insay wan skwea bɔks we tan lɛk glas. Di dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn kin lɔk di domɔt. Yu fɔ de insay fɔ lɛk fayv minit so. Nɔ wɔri, i nɔ at fɔ blo insay.

If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ de na say dɛn we dɛn dɔn kɔnfyus (i.e., if yu na ``Claustrophobic''), tɛl yu thɛrapist bifo tɛm. I go ɛp yu fɔ fil fayn.

As yu de blo insay ɛn kɔmɔt wit di mɔt na yu mɔt, di spiromita de mɛzhɔ di chenj dɛn we de apin na di briz prɛshɔn ɛn volyum insay di bɔks, ɛn i de kɔl di volyum dɛn na yu lɔng.

Insay wan stɔdi we dɛn bin du bɔt gas difyushɔn:

Na ya bak, dɛn kin put di klip na yu nos. We yu put di mɔt na yu mɔt, di dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ blo di briz we gɛt wan rili smɔl, sef amɔnt pan kabon monoksayd (dis nɔ go ambɔg yu), ol yu briz fɔ sɔm tɛm, dɔn pul yu briz.

We yu de blo, wan spayrɔmita de mɛzhɔ ɔmɔs kabon monoksayd yu de pul. Dis de sho ɔmɔs pan di gas de kɔmɔt na yu lɔng dɛn ɛn go insay yu blɔd.

Insay di kadyopulmonari ɛksɛsayz tɛst (CPET):

Insay dis, di pɔsin we de mɛn yu kin kɔnɛkt yu to di tin dɛn we de mek yu at rit, yu blɔd prɛshɔn, ɛn ɔksijɛn we de na yu blɔd. Dɔn, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ waka pan tredmil ɔ rayd bayk we nɔ de muv.

We yu de du ɛksɛsayz, dɛn divays dɛn de kin rayt difrɛn tin dɛn bɔt aw yu at, yu lɔng, ɛn yu mɔsul dɛn de wok.

Aw lɔŋ dis lɔng tɛst kin tek?

PFT kin tek bitwin 15 ɛn 45 minit fɔ dɔn, i kin dipen pan ɔmɔs tɛst yu gɛt ɛn yu sɔpɔt.

If yu fil taya ɔ yu diziz we yu de du di tɛst, nɔ fred fɔ tɛl di pɔsin we de mɛn yu. Dɔn yu kin tek smɔl tɛm fɔ blo ɛn bigin bak.

Yu tink se dis tɛst de mek pɔsin fil pen?

Nɔ, we dɛn du tɛst fɔ no aw di lɔng dɛn de wok, i nɔ kin mek pɔsin fil pen. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil smɔl diziz, layt ed, ɔ taya smɔl we dɛn de tek dip briz ɔ pul di briz kwik kwik wan. Yu kin gɛt smɔl kɔf we yu de blo insay di mɔt. Bɔt dɛn sik ya go dɔn afta sɔm tɛm afta dɛn dɔn du di tɛst.

Wetin kin apin afta di tɛst?

Afta di tɛst dɔn, yu kin bigin fɔ tek ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ stɔp, if ɛni wan de, ɛn yu kin bigin fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn bak ɛn du ɛksɛsayz.

If yu fil diziz we yu de du di tɛst, di pɔsin we de mɛn yu go wach yu te dɛn sayn dɛn de go ɛn yu ebul fɔ go na os.

Dɛn go tɛl yu bak ustɛm yu go gɛt yu tɛst rizɔlt.

Ɛni risk de wit dis tɛst?

di tεst dεm we di pulmonari fכnshכn kin rili sef . As wi bin dɔn tɔk, no big prɔblɛm nɔ de, pas fɔ smɔl diziz ɛn taya we yu tek dip briz. Dɛn sayn ya kin go bak afta sɔm tɛm.

Bɔt, na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ , sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl nyumotɔraks (wan lɔŋ we dɔn fɔdɔm). Dɔn bak, yu at rit kin go ɔp smɔl we yu de du PFT. So, if yu jɔs dɔn gɛt at atak ɔ yu gɛt ɛni ɔda at sik, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we de mɛn yu bifo tɛm.

Wetin na di rizulyt dɛn we a kin gɛt? Wetin dɛn de tɛl mi?

Di dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu we yu de blo kin kɔmpia yu tɛst mak to di avɛrej valyu fɔ yu ej, ayt, man ɔ uman, ɛn rays. "Nכmal rεnj" de we dεn de εkspεkt fכ כlman.

Wetin go apin if a "fail" dis tɛst?

Na di tin dis, no rili no bi "failed" PFT. If yu rizulεt de autsay di nכmal rεnj, we min "abnכmal," i min se prכblεm kin de wit yu lכng. If na so, yu dɔktɔ go tɔk to yu bɔt am ɛn disayd if dɛn nid fɔ du ɛni ɔda tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt kɔrɛkt diagnosis ɔ us kayn tritmɛnt plan fɔ bigin. So nɔ fred di tin dɛn we go apin.

Ustɛm a go no mi tɛst rizɔlt?

Yu fɔ ɔltɛm gɛt yu PFT rizɔlt insay sɔm dez . Yu dɔktɔ go mek yu no. If yu nɔ yɛri bak frɔm yu dɔktɔ ɔ klinik insay sɔm dez, yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ ɔ klinik bɔt am.

If dɛn no se yu gɛt wan sik na yu lɔng, yu go nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ du dɛn tɛst ya tumara bambay fɔ wach aw yu sik de go bifo.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Okay, so wi don tok plenti boht pulmonary function test, no so?

Di bottom layn na dat PFT na test we nɔ de mek yu fil pen, we sef fɔ chɛk di wɛlbɔdi na yu lɔng. Dɛn kin no ɛni chenj na di we aw yu de blo ɛn aw yu lɔng dɛn de wok.

• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk we yu de kɔf ɔltɛm, yu nɔ de blo fayn, ɔ yu chɛst de tayt, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. I kin disayd if yu nid ``(PFT)``.
• Fɔ fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we dɛn gi bifo di tɛst ɛksaktɔli.
• If yu fil ɛni prɔblɛm we yu de du di tɛst, tɛl di pɔsin we de mɛn yu.
• Nɔ fred di tin dɛn we go apin. Ivin if prɔblɛm de, yu kin gɛt di tritmɛnt we yu nid fɔ am.

I rili impɔtant fɔ tek kia ɔf yu lɔng wɛlbɔdi, bikɔs wɛl bɔdi impɔtant fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi layf!

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