Yu no bɔt dis valyu blɔd vesel we de na yu nɛk? (Vertebral Artery) Lɛ wi tɔk ditayli!

Wi ɔl bisin bɔt wi bɔdi wɛlbɔdi. I impɔtant mɔ fɔ no bɔt di vaskul sistɛm we de gi blɔd to wi bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan kayn blɔd vesel we rili impɔtant. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl `(Vertebral Arteries)`. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, dɛn tin ya tan lɛk di layf blɔd we de gi tin fɔ it to di ɔp pat na wi bɔdi.

Wetin na dɛn `(Vertebral Arteries)` ya? Wetin dɛn rili de du?

fכ simpul wan, di `Vertebral Arteries` na tu big bכdi vεsεl dεm we de na wi nεk we de kכri bכdi to di bren εn spεnal kכd (di men nεv we de rכn tru di spayna). Yɛs, tu de, wan de na di lɛft say ɛn di ɔda wan de na di rayt say. di nem `Vertebral` kכmכt frכm di fכs se dεn at dεm ya de rכn along wi vεrbra, di bon dεm na di spayna. dis tu atεri dεm de jכyn na di bכs pat pan di sכkul fכ fכm wan big at we dεn kכl di `Basilar Artery`. wi kin kכl dis כl sistεm bak `Vεrtebrobasilar sistεm`.

So, di men wok we dɛn tin ya de du na fɔ gi wi bren di ɔksijɛn ɛn di tin dɛn we i nid . yu no se 20% pan di tכtal bכdi fכ fכm to wi bren na dεn ``Vεrbral Atεri`` ya de gi am . di rεst 80% na di כda men at we de na di nεk we dεn kכl ``Carotid Artery`` de gi am. So imajin aw dɛn tin ya impɔtant!

dis `(Vertebral Arteries)` dεm de gi כf plεnti sכm sכm branch dεm. di big wan pan dεm dεn kכl dεm `(Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery)`. dis na wan pan di tri men at dεm we de gi bכdi to wi `(Sεribכl)`, dat na sכm pat pan di bren (di sεribכl). Dis `(Cerebellum)` na tin we rili impɔtant. I de ɛp fɔ kɔntrol bɔku tin dɛn na wi bɔdi, lɛk fɔ balans, fɔ muv, fɔ tɔk, ɛn fɔ si tin.

So, usai dεn ``Vεrbral Atεri'' ya de?

dis tu `(Vertebral Arteries)` de stat frכm di `(Subclavian Arteries)` כnda wi kכlabon, dat na כnda di ``clavicle`` bon. dis `(Subclavian Arteries)` de stat frכm di ``Aorta``, we na di big bכdi we de na wi bכdi. di ``Aorta`` na di wan we de kכri bכdi frכm di at to di כl bכdi. fכ bi prεsis, di ``Subclavian Artery`` na di rayt say de stat frכm di ``Brachiocephalic Artery`` we kכmכt frכm di ``Aorta``. di ``Subclavian Artery`` na di lεft say de stat dεn wan frכm di ``Aorta``.

afta dat dεn tu `(Vertebral Arteries)`, sεparat wan, de go כp di lεft εn rayt sayd dεm na wi spayna na di nεk. dis atεri dεm de kכba wit mכsul dεm we dεn kכl `(Suboccipital muscles)` na di bכs pat pan di sכkul. Wi kin kɔl dis eria bak `(Suboccipital triangle)`.

Wetin na di spεshal pat dεm na di Vεrbral Atεri we de along in rod?

Tink bɔt am lɛk wan lɔng rod. Difrɛn intasekshɔn ɛn difrɛn eria dɛn de na da rod de. na so dis `(Vertebral Artery)` de sheb to fכ pat (`segments`) akɔdin to di eria we i de travul. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi:

• V1 (pri-foraminal) sɛgmɛnt: .dis na di fכs pat we de stat wit di ``Subclavian Artery''. dis de go biεn di ``Carotid Artery'', we na כda big at we de na di nεk.
• V2 (foraminal) sekshכn: dis sεkshכn de go כp wit di vεrbral vein dεm (vein dεm we de kכri bכdi bak) εn nεv dεm. dis ``Vεrbral Atεri`` de enta tru wan opin we dεn kכl ``Transverse Foramen`` insay di C6 vεrbra (i.e. di siks vεrbra na di nεk) εn i de kכmכt tru di C2 vεrbra (di sεkכn vεrbra כnda di sכkul).
• V3 (ekstradural כ εkstraspεnal) sεgmεnt: dis sεgmεnt de kכv εn twist sכmtεm we i de pas oba di C1 vεrbra (dεn kכl am bak ``Atlas'', we na di bon we de tכp mכst na di spayna) εn i de go insay di sכkul.
• V4 (intradural כ intracranial) sεgmεnt: dis na di las sεgmεnt we de go insay di sכkul. afta dat di rayt εn lεft `(Vertebral Arteries)` de jɔyn fכ fכm di `(Basilar Artery)` we wi bin dכn tכk bכt.

Yu dɔn si aw dɛn vein dɛn ya kɔmpleks fɔ gi blɔd to wi bren?

Us sik ɛn dizayd kin afɛkt di `(Vertebral Arteries)`?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si us kayn prɔblɛm dɛn prɛshɔ blɔd vesel ya kin kam wit.

כl di tεm dεm, prכblεm kin kam biכs fכ di fεt εn kכlestכl we de bכku na dεn at dεm ya, we wi kin kכl `(plak)`. Dis tan lɛk di dɔti ɛn dɔti we kin gɛda na wata paip as tɛm de go. Wi kin kɔl dis kɔndishɔn `(atherosclerosis)` . if dis `(plak)` bil tu mכch, di at kin blכk kכmplit wan.

we `(Atherosclerosis)` de divεlכp na di `(Vεrbral Atεri)` lεk dis, dεn kכl am `(Vεrbral Atεri Stenosis)`. Dat min se di at kin smɔl. Wetin kin mek dis apin?

• Blɔd kin klɔt. Blɔd flɔ kin blok na dɛn say dɛn ya we smɔl ɛn blɔd kin klɔt.
• we di bכdi intarapshכn to di bren fכ sכm tεm i kin mek i gεt ``Transient Ischemic Attack - TIA''. Wi kin kɔl dis bak ''mini strok''.
• Stroke kin apin. Dis kin apin if blɔd klɔt blok wan at na di bren kpatakpata.
• wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl ``Vertebrobasilar insufficiency'' kin apin. Dis min se di bren nɔ de gɛt inof blɔd.

apat frכm dis, כda kכndyushכn dεm de we de afekt dεn vein dεm ya:

• di sεvikal atεri dεsεkshכn: dis na we di wכl we de na di karotid כ vεrbral at we de na di nεk. Dis kin apin as a rizulta fɔ trauma, ɔr pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt wik blɔd vesel bikɔs ɔf sɔm kɔnɛktiv tisu disɔda (lɛk Fibromuscular Dysplasia).
• `(Rotational Vertebral Artery Stenosis)`: Dis na sɔm kayn tin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. i kin apin we dεn kכmprεs wan `(Vertebral Artery)` bikoz fכ wan bon we dεn nכ want fכ gro, we de rεstrikt bכdi fכ fכlכ to di bren. dεn kכl dis bak `(Bowhunter's Syndrome)` biכs dis kכmpreshכn kin inkrεs sכmtεm di tεm we di archery posishכn de.

So aw wi kin kip dɛn prɛshɔ `(Vertebral Arteries)` ya wɛl?

Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. if wi mek sכm sכm sכm chenj dεm na wi layf, wi kin ridyus di risk fכ divεlכp kכndyushכn lεk `(Vertebral Artery Stenosis)`. Si if yu ebul fɔ du dɛn tin ya:

• Stay aktif bɔku dez insay di wik. Dat min se yu fɔ du ɛksɛsayz. Ivin fɔ waka fɔ shɔt tɛm, i fayn.
• It tin dɛn we go ɛp yu at. I fayn fɔ it tin dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɔku fat, kɔlɔstrel, ɛn sɔl. It mɔ vɛjitebul, frut, ɔl gren, ɛn it dɛn we gɛt bɔku fayv.
• Mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet. Fɔ kip yu wet we fit yu ayt rili impɔtant.
• If yu gɛt tin dɛn lɛk dayabitis, ay blɔd prɛshɔn, ɔ ay kɔlɔstrel, kɔntrol dɛn fayn fayn wan. Fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn di rayt we.
• If yu de smok, yu go mɔs lɛf fɔ smok. Smok kin rili ambɔg di blɔd vesel dɛn.

mεmba se dεn tin ya de εp fכ kip nכto כnli yu ``Vertebral Arteries'' bכt di כl bכdi in vaskulכr sistεm hεlty.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Sɔm sayn dɛn de we, if dɛn apia, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, bikɔs dɛn kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt siriɔs sik.

• Sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt strok: Spɛshal wan, .
• Na siriɔs vertigo
• Lɔs fɔ balans na di bɔdi (imbalance) .
• Dabl vishɔn ɔ we yu nɔ de si fayn
• Paralayz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• If yu kin fɔdɔm bɔku tɛm fɔ natin `(Unexplained falls)`

If yu ɔr pɔrsin wae yu sabi de gɛt dis sik, nɔr west tɛm ɛn go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Di kwik we yu trit wan kɔndishɔn lɛk `(Stroke)`, na di bɛtɛ tin go apin.

So, lɛ wi mɛmba di impɔtant pɔynt dɛn frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

yu no naw se di ``Vertebral Arteries`` we wi bin tכk bכt tide na wan rili imכtant sistεm fכ di vein dεm we de gi bכdi to wi bren εn spεnal kכd. fכ kip dεn tin ya hεlty na implεnt fכ di hεlty fכnshכn fכ wi ``Nεvכs sistεm``.

di vεrbral atεri stεnosis, כ Vεrbכbasilar insufisεns, de kכz fכ di bכdi we di plek de bכku na di at dεm. Dis kin mek di blɔd nɔ flɔ ɛn i kin mek pɔsin gɛt strok ɛn TIA.

Bɔt di gud nyus na dat wi kin ridyus dis prɔblɛm bad bad wan bay we wi chenj di we aw wi de liv wi layf fayn fayn wan. Di bɛst we fɔ du dis na fɔ it fayn it, ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm , nɔ smok, ɛn kɔntrol di sik dɛn we yu dɔn gɛt (lɛk dayabitis ɛn ay blɔd prɛshɔn) .

So, tek kia ɔf yu wɛlbɔdi. Na bikɔs natin nɔ de we valyu pas wɛlbɔdi!

`di vεrbral atεri, bכdi to di bren, di nεk vein dεm, paralayz, strכk, di at dεm we de sכmtεm sכmtεm, di kכlestכl dεm we de dכn