Aw yu kidni dɛn de? Mek wi fain out wit wan renal scan.

yu don eva yehri boht kidni skan, aka rεnal skan? Sɔntɛm wan dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu fɔ du dis. Ɔ sɔntɛm yu want fɔ no bɔt am. Wetin na rεnal skan? Wetin mek dɛn kin du am? Na sɔntin we wi fɔ fred? Wi go tɔk bɔt ɔl dis tide, jɔs lɛk se yu de tɔk to yu padi.

Wetin rili na rεnal skan?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, rɛnɛral skan na spɛshal tɛst we de chɛk aw yu kidni dɛn de wok fayn. Na imej tɛst we de pan di fild fɔ nyuklia mɛrɛsin. Tink bɔt am lɛk fɔ tek foto fɔ yu kidni, bɔt i nɔ kin jɔs si di shep fɔ yu kidni, bɔt i kin si bak aw dɛn de wok.

Na dis kin apin: Pɔsin we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, ilɛksɛf na dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we tren, kin injɛkt smɔl smɔl redioaktiv tin (dɛn kin kɔl am bak `radioisotope` ɔ `radiotracer`) insay wan vein na yu an ɔ yu an. Dis na smɔl tin we nɔ de ambɔg di bɔdi. Di tin de travul tru yu blɔd to yu kidni. Dɔn dɛn kin sɛn yu na wan spɛshal skan mashin. Di mashin de yuz di redioaktiv tin fɔ fɛn usay di kidni dɛn de ɛn sɛn di data we tan lɛk pikchɔ to kɔmpyuta.

Dis rεnal skan de εp fכ no di kidni sik dεm εn dizכrd dεm we dεn bigin fכ no . Dɛn kin yuz am bak fɔ si aw pɔsin dɔn gɛt kidni transplant fayn fayn wan.

Dɛn kɔl dis ɔda tin, yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt am:

• Renal scintigraphy we dɛn kin du
• Nyuklia mɛrɛsin rεnal skan
• Nyuklia mɛrɛsin kidni skan
• Renogram we dɛn kɔl Renogram

Wetin rili dɛn kin chɛk wit rεnal skan?

Dis skan de luk mɔ pan aw yu kidni dɛn de wok. Apat frɔm dat, yu kidni dɛn:

• Shep
• Sayz
• Lokeshɔn insay di bɔdi

Yu kin gɛt klia pikchɔ bak bɔt tin dɛn lɛk dat.

Wetin mek dɛn de rifer yu fɔ mek dɛn du yu rεnal skan?

If dɔktɔ sɔprayz se yu kidni nɔ de wok fayn, dɛn go ɔda dis rεnal skan. Dɛn kin ɔda ɔda tɛst dɛn bak, fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Blɔd tɛst dɛn
• Urinalysis we dɛn kin du
• X-ray we dɛn kin du

Dis kin bi sayn dɛm fɔ se di kidni nɔ de wok fayn.

Dɔn bak, bɔku ɔda rizin dɛn de we mek dɔktɔ ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du dis skan:

• If yu nɔ gɛt alɛji fɔ di day dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek ɛkstrem rayt, dat min se fɔ skan yu rεnal na fayn tin we nɔ bad.
• If yu na pɔsin we gɛt kidni transplant.
• To yuIf yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn (haypa prɛshɔn).
• If i at ɔ i nɔ pɔsibul fɔ pis bikɔs di kidni dɔn blok .

Us mεdikal kכndyushכn dεm dεn kin no wit rεnal skan?

Dis skan kin ɛp fɔ no bɔku pan di sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• di ay blכd prεshכn na di men vein dεm we de gi bכdi to yu kidni dεm (dεn kכl am `Rεnal Hypertension`).
• di kidni dεm de swεla (Hydronephrosis) bikoz fכ sכm blכk.
• Kidni sist, kidni tumor, ɔ abses.
• di at dεm we de kכri bכdi to di kidni dεm de sכmtεm כ blok (`Renal artery stenosis`).
• di kidni fכnshכn we de dכn afta dεn du di כpεrayshכn כ di kidni transplant.
• di urine de fכlכ bak frכm di blad to di kidni dεm (Vesicoureteral reflux).

Aw rεnal skan kin rili wok?

We dɛn de skan yu rεnal, wan nyuklia mɛrɛsin tɛknɔlɔjis (dɔktɔ we dɛn tren spɛshal fɔ yuz redioaktiv drɔgs ɛn imej mashin) kin tek pikchɔ fɔ yu kidni. Dɛn pikchɔ ya de sho aw blɔd de flɔ insay ɛn kɔmɔt na yu kidni. Dɛn kin sho ɔda ɔgan dɛn bak na yu urinary system, lɛk:

• Kidni dɛn
• Yuritɛr dɛn
• Blada we de na di bɔdi

I de sho bak aw di urine de muv bitwin dɛn tin ya.

Di tin dɛn we kin kɔmɔt frɔm dis nyuklia skan kin ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ si if yu kidni dɛn nɔ de wok fayn ɔ if ɛnitin dɔn blok.

Us kayn rεnal skan de?

Nyuklia mɛrɛsin tɛknɔlɔjis dɛn kin yuz mɔ fɔ 4 kayn rεnal skan:

1. ACE inhibitor renal scintigraphy: Dis tεst de luk fכ di blכd vesel dεm we de gi bכdi to di kidni dεm, we de mek di bכdi prεshכn bכku. Dɛn kin tek pikchɔ fɔ yu kidni bifo ɛn afta dɛn gi yu blɔd prɛshɔn mɛrɛsin (wan ACE inhibitor).

2. Diuretic renal scintigraphy: Dis skan de luk fɔ blɔk na di kidni ɔ prɔblɛm wit di urine flɔ. Dɛn kin tek pikchɔ bifo ɛn afta dɛn gi yu wata pil (we dɛn kɔl diuretic) fɔ luk aw di urine de muv tru di kidni dɛm.

3. rεnal kכtikal scintigraphy: dis de tεst aw di tisu we de na di כdasay na di kidni dεm (rεnal kכtikal tisu) de wok fayn fayn wan. Dɛn kin gi yu wan redioaktiv tin tru wan IV ɛn afta dat, wan kamɛra kin tek pikchɔ fɔ di tin lɛk tu awa so afta dat.

4. Rεnal pεrfyushכn: Dis nyuklia mεdisin tεst de luk di כmכnt כf blכd we de fכlכ to yu kidni dεm. Dis skan de mכsu di wit fכ yu rεnal vein dεm εn aw yu kidni dεm de wok fayn fayn wan. Kamɛra kin tek pikchɔ dɛn ɔltɛm fɔ 20 to 30 minit.

Aw a go pripia fɔ mek dɛn du mi rεnal skan?

Bifo yu du yu rεnal skan, yu fɔ mek wan kɔmplit list fɔ ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek. Dis fɔ inklud vaytamɛn ɛn ɛbul sɔpɔtmɛnt. Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn kin nid fɔ stɔp sɔm dez bifo di skan. Fɔ ɛgzampul, nɔ-stɛroyd anti-inflammatory drɔgs (NSAID), lɛk ibuprofen (e.g., Advil®, Motrin®) ɛn aspirin (e.g., Bayer®, St Joseph®) , kin afɛkt di rizɔlt fɔ yu rεnal skan.

I rili impɔtant bak fɔ tɛl yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pipul dɛn bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Yu gɛt ɛni alɛji (lɛk fɔ sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, lɛtɛks).
• Yu gɛt klaustrophobia? Na bikɔs di kamɛra kin de nia yu bɔdi we dɛn de skan.
• Yu de fred nidul (`trypanophobia`)? If na so i bi, dɛn go tich yu we dɛn fɔ dil wit am.
• Yu de gi pikin bɔbi naw? Na bikɔs di redioaktiv tin kin go insay yu milk.
• If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu tink se yu kin gɛt bɛlɛ , as di skan kin ambɔg di pikin we de na di pikin.

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin aks yu fɔ drink mɔ wata bifo dɛn du di skan. Yu kin nid bak fɔ ɛmti yu blad (i.e. urinate ) bifo di skan bigin.

Wan ɔda tin na dat, pik klos dɛn we fayn fɔ wɛr . I fayn fɔ lɛf tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit mɛtal lɛk glas ɛn jɔyri na os. Dɛn kin ambɔg di skan.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt we dɛn de du di skan?

Tipikli, dis na wetin kin apin we dεn du kidni skan:

• Wan nyuklia mɛrɛsin tɛknɔlɔjis go put wan IV layn na wan vein na yu an ɔ yu an. Dɔn, dɛn go injɛkt wan tin we dɛn kɔl redioaysɔtop ɔ redio traysa tru am.
• Dɛn go mek yu ledɔm na tebul fɔ ɛgzamin ɔ dɛn go put yu intubate. Di redioaktiv matirial go mek ɛnaji (we dɛn kɔl gama rayt). Gama kamɛra go tek dɛn rayt ya ɛn mek pikchɔ fɔ yu kidni dɛn. Di tɛknishian go si dɛn pikchɔ dɛn ya na kɔmpyuta skrin.
• Dipen pan di rizin we mek yu de du di kidni skan, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ stil ɔ muf go difrɛn say dɛn .

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ mek dɛn skan di rεnal?

di tεm we i tek fכ dis kin difrεn dipכnt pan di kayn rεnal skan. Bɔku tɛm i kin tek ɛnisay frɔm 30 minit to tu awa . Yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pɔsin go mek yu no dis bifo tɛm.

Wetin kin apin afta di skan?

Afta di nyuklia mɛrɛsin tɛknɔlɔjis dɔn pul yu IV layn, yu kin go na os ɛn bigin fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn bak we yu nɔ gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm.

Aw da redioaktiv tin de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi?

di tin we dεn kכl ``radiotracer`` כ ``radioisotope`` de kכmכt na yu bכdi we yu de pis. Yu nɔ go fil ɛni diskɔmfɔt ɔ pen frɔm am.

Wetin na di risk dɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du rεnal skan?

Infakt, di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin skan di kidni kin rili smɔl. I nɔ de yuz bɔku raytin pas ɛkstrem rayt.

Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm:

• Alɛji riakshɔn (dis kin apin smɔl smɔl).
• Di kɔlɔ we de chenj (rɛd, pepul, brawn, ɔ blak), swel, ɔ pen na di say we di IV de. If dis diskɔmfɔt nɔ go dɔn insay sɔm dez, tɛl dɔktɔ.

Wan ɔda tin, i bɛtɛ fɔ avɔyd fɔ kɔntakt smɔl pikin ɛn bɛlɛ uman fɔ sɔm awa afta di skan.

Ustɛm a go gɛt di skan rizɔlt?

Wan nyuklia mɛrɛsin tɛknɔlɔjis ɔ raydiɔlɔjis go rivyu di rizɔlt fɔ yu rεnal skan. Dɔn dɛn go sɛn ripɔt to yu dɔktɔ. Yu dɔktɔ go kɔl yu fɔ tɔk bɔt di rizɔlt ɛn tɛl yu wetin fɔ du nɛks.

If di tin dɛn we kin apin nɔ kin fayn, wetin yu kin du nɛks?

Mɛmba se sɔntɛnde, di tin dɛn we kin apin nɔ kin kɔmɔt lɛk aw dɛn bin de tink. Bɔt nɔ wɔri bɔt am.

If yu rizɔlt nɔrmal, yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du ɔda tɛst fɔ mek dɛn no ɔfishal diagnosis. Dɛn tɛst ya kin bi:

• Ɔda tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin du fɔ tek pikchɔ, lɛk ɔltra saund, MRI, ɛn/ɔ CT skan .
• Ɔda tɛst dɛn we di kidni de du.
• Kidni bayɔpsi (we involv fɔ tek wan smɔl pat pan di tisu frɔm di kidni ɛn chɛk am).

Ustɛm a fɔ kɔl di dɔktɔ?

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt yu rεnal skan. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Tin dɛn lɛk aw fɔ pripia fɔ di skan ɛn aw fɔ mek di tɛst izi fɔ yu .
• Ustɛm yu go ebul fɔ ɛkspɛkt yu rizɔlt ?
• Wetin fɔ du if di rizɔlt nɔ nɔmal .
• Wetin na di nɛks tin we yu fɔ du ?

Dɔn bak, mek shɔ se yu tɛl dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya:

• Sayn dεm fכ infεkshכn, lεk fiva, kכla we de chenj na di say we yu de IV, swel, כ ed we de at.
• If yu fil se yu gɛt alɛji.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis.

Di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin yuz rɛnɛral skan fɔ no sɔm patikyula kidni kɔndishɔn dɛn. Jɛnɛral wan i rili sef, wit smɔl risk fɔ kɔmplikeshɔn.Afta di tɛst, yu kin go bak to yu nɔmal tin dɛn wantɛm wantɛm.

Bɔt, na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl nervɔs ɔ wɔri fɔ gɛt tɛst lɛk dis. Nɔ wɔri. Di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs dɔn tren ɛn gɛt ɛkspiriɛns fɔ mek dis tɛst izi fɔ yu. If yu stil gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ tin we de mɔna yu, nɔ shem fɔ aks am. Di wɛlbɔdi fɔ yu kidni dɛn rili impɔtant!

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