Udat na dis Pulmonologist? Lɛ wi tɔk ditayli!

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil smɔl fɔ blo? Ɔ yu gɛt kɔf we nɔ go go? Sɔntɛm yu chɛst tayt, yu de swɛt, ɔ sɔntin lɛk dat. If yu gɛt sayn dɛn lɛk dis, i kin bi sayn fɔ prɔblɛm wit yu lɔng. Na da tɛm de wi nid fɔ si dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan lɔng sik dɛm, aka ``Pulmonologist''.

Udat na dis pulmonɔlɔjis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ``Pulmonologist`` na dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan sik dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di lɔng. fכ bi prεsis, i gεt gud כndastandin fכ di sik dεm we de apin na wi ``Respiratory System`` – dat na, di aywe dεm (trachea, bronchi), di sכm sכm εya sak dεm insay di lכng ``Alveoli``, εn di bכdi vεsεl dεm we de asai wit dεm.

Yu go dɔn yɛri sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl dɛn dɔktɔ ya "lɔng dɔktɔ," "spɛshal pɔsin we sabi aw fɔ blo," ɔ "chɛst dɔktɔ." Bɔt ɔl dɛn nem ya de tɔk bɔt di sem spɛshal pɔsin.

Wetin dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de mɛn dɛn pulmon kin du?

di men wok we pulmonologist de du na fכ no εn trit sik dεm na di rεspiretכri sistεm kכrekt wan. Bɔt, dis fil bak rili brayt. So, sɔm pulmonɔlɔjis dɛn spɛshal pan ɔda sabfild dɛn.

Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Kritikal Keya: Sɔm dɔktɔ dɛn kin gɛt spɛshal trenin fɔ trit di wan dɛn we gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm wit dɛn brith.
• Asma: Sɔm pipul dɛn de we dɔn stɔdi mɔ bɔt sɔm patikyula we dɛn fɔ trit pipul dɛn we gɛt asma.
• Slip Mɛrɛsin: Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt pipul dɛn we de snor ɛn swɛla we dɛn de slip . Dɔktɔ dɛn de we spɛshal fɔ trit kɔndishɔn lɛk ``Slip Apnea''.
• Pediatric Pulmonologists: Speshal, dɔktɔ dɛn we spɛshal pan lɔng sik dɛn pan pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 18 ia yet.
• Geriatric Pulmonologists: Dɔktɔ dɛn we de pe spɛshal atɛnshɔn to di sik dɛn we de na di lɔng pipul dɛn we dɔn ol, we dɔn pas 65 ia.

Us kɔndishɔn dɛn we dɔktɔ dɛn we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de mɛn dɛn pulmon kin trit?

Pɔlmonɔlɔjis dɛn kin trit bɔku difrɛn sik dɛn ɛn kɔndishɔn dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo. Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di men wan dɛn:

• Asbestosis we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Aspergillosis we dɛn kɔl Aspergillosis
• Asma we gɛt asma
• Bronchiectasis we dɛn kɔl Bronchiectasis
• Bronchitis - Dis na sik bak we de te we yu nid fɔ rifer to spɛshal pɔsin.
• Krɔnik Bɛriliɔm Disizin (Bɛriliɔsis) .
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Dis kin apin mɔ pan pipul dɛn we de smok bad bad wan.
• Kol Wokman dɛn Nyumokoniosis - Blak Lɔng Sik
• Sistik Faybrosis we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Emphysema - Dis na pat pan COPD bak.
• Intastitial Lɔng Sik we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Respiratory distress bikɔs ɔf lɔng tɛm COVID
• Kansa na di Lɔng
• Pulmonari Haypatɛnshɔn
• Sarkoidosis we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Silikɔsis we de mek pɔsin gɛt sik
• Slip apnɛa fɔ slip
• Tubakulosis sik we dɛn kɔl Tuberculosis

Dis list nɔr kɔmplit, bɔt dɛn tin ya na sɔm pan de sik dɛm wae kin mɔna pipul dɛm.

Wetin mek yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmon?

Yu praymari kia go ɔltɛm rifer yu to pulmonɔlɔjis if dɛn tink se yu gɛt wan sik we yu de blo we nid spɛshal tɛst. Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmono if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya:

• Kɔf we nɔ de dɔn: Kɔf we kin las fɔ pas sɔm wiks fɔ rili bi sɔntin we de mek pɔsin wɔri.
• Dispnea: Pan ɔl we i nɔmal fɔ fil shɔt fɔ blo wit smɔl tray, i kin siriɔs if yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo ivin we yu jɔs tinap.
• Asthma exacerbations (Asthma Attacks): If yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol yu asma ɛn i de kam bɔku.
• Chɛst pen ɔ tayt: Dis kin bi sayn fɔ hat sik, bɔt i kin bi bak bikɔs ɔf prɔblɛm wit in lɔng.
• Wiz na sawnd we pɔsin kin blo we kin kɔmɔt na di chɛst.
• Di sayn dɛm we de sho se pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn we i de slip: Fɔ ɛgzampul, i kin slip pasmak na de ɛn i kin snor lawd wan.

Imajin, yu padi dɔn gɛt kɔf fɔ sɔm mɔnt, ɛn pan ɔl we i de tek mɛrɛsin, i tan lɛk se i nɔ de bɛtɛ. In famili dɔktɔ dɔn sɛn am to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de mɛn in bɔdi. Na da tɛm de wi nid dis spɛshal ɛp.

Wetin kin apin we yu go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmonɔlɔji fɔ di fɔs tɛm?

If dis na di fɔs tɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmon, i go aks yu fɔs bɔt yu mɛdikal istri ɛn afta dat i go du yu bɔdi ɛgzam. Dis tɛm ya, yu kin tɔk bɔt yu rizin fɔ go to yu ɛn di sayn dɛm we yu gɛt wit di dɔktɔ.

Imajin, aw i go fayn if yu ebul fɔ pripia smɔl bifo yu go to dɔktɔ, jɔs lɛk aw yu de stɔdi fɔ ɛgzam. Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin rayt:

Tin dɛn we yu kin pripia bifo di mitin:

• Aw lɔng yu dɔn gɛt di sayn dɛm?
• Yu dɔn notis ɛni patikyula tin we kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu sik ? (e.g. sɔm sik dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn,strɛs, sɔm chenj dɛn we di wɛda kin chenj).
• Ɛnitin de wae kin mek yu sik wɔs ɔr wɔs ?
• Yu de smok? Yu de vape? Ɔ yu dɔn du dat trade?
• Yu kin gɛt alɛrjens ɔ tin dɛn we kin mek yu bɔdi vɛks tru yu wok, tin dɛn we yu lɛk fɔ du, ɔ di say we yu de liv ? (e.g., sɛkɔn-han smok, kemikal, grens, animal fam, bɔd).
• Ɛnibɔdi na yu famili gɛt sik we de mek i nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn?
• Yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn we yu go lɛk fɔ aks di dɔktɔ ? (I fayn fɔ rayt dɛn tin ya bifo tɛm, ɔdasay yu go fɔgɛt dɛn sɔntɛnde.)

Wetin go apin we di mitin dɔn?

Afta yu dɔn rivyu yu sayn dɛm ɛn chɛk yu, yu dɔktɔ kin:

• Dɛn kin ɔda fɔ du bɔku ɔda tɛst dɛn.
• Schedul fɔ go fɔ di visit we dɛn go fala am.
• Rikɔmɛnd tritmɛnt ɔ gi mɛrɛsin.
• Rifer to ɔda spɛshal dɔktɔ (fɔ ɛgzampul, if dɛn tink se yu prɔblɛm gɛt fɔ du wit at sik).

Us tɛst dɛn we dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn kin du?

Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmon kin ɔda difrɛn tɛst dɛn fɔ ɛp fɔ no if yu gɛt sik ɛn pik di tritmɛnt we go fayn fɔ yu. Sɔm pan dɛn tin ya na:

• Blɔd Tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin no tin lɛk infɛkshɔn na di bɔdi ɛn sayn dɛm fɔ sɔm sik dɛm na di lɔng.
• Imej tɛst lɛk chɛst ɛkstrem rayt ɔ CT skan (Computed Tomography Scans): Dɛn tin ya kin chɛk aw di lɔng dɛn de, ɛn if tumbu ɔ ɔda tin we nɔ fayn de.
• Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs): Dis na test dεm we de mכsu aw yu lכng dεm de wok fayn εn aw bכku briz yu kin tek insay εn kכmכt.
• Spirometry: Dis na PFT bak. I de mɛzhɔ aw fast ɛn aw bɔku briz yu de blo ɛn kɔmɔt. Dis na impɔtant tin fɔ no bɔt sik dɛn lɛk asma ɛn COPD.
• Bronchoscopy: Na tɛst we dɛn kin pas wan smɔl tiub we gɛt kamɛra dɔŋ di winda fɔ luk insay di lɔng dɛn. if nid de, dεn kin tek tisu sεmpl (bayopsi) dεm bak wit dis prכsidכm.
• Stɔdi fɔ Slip: Dɛn kin du dis tɛst fɔ no if sik dɛn lɛk Slip Apnea de.

Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin nid fɔ ripit dɛn tɛst ya ɔ dɛn kin nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst fɔ kɔnfirm di rizɔlt. Nɔ wɔri bɔt dat, na fɔ gi yu di bɛst tritmɛnt.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Dɔktɔ we de mek pɔsin ebul fɔ blo ɛn dɔktɔ we de du di pulmonari?

Jɛnɛral wan, dɛn tu ya na di sem spɛshal pɔsin. Dat min se, na `Pulmonologist`. Bɔt sɔmtɛm we wi se `Respiratory Doctor`, i kin min bak sɔmbɔdi lɛk `Respiratory Therapist`, `Allergist`, ɔ `Toracic Surgeon`. Dɛn ɔl ya na pipul dɛm wae de ɛp fɔ mɛn difrɛn kayn sik dɛm wae de kam pan pɔrsin in lכng εn rεspiretכri.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin dɔktɔ we de mɛn di at ɛn pɔsin we de mɛn di bɔdi?

Di difrɛns de na di fild fɔ spɛshalsayz. Cardiologist na spɛshal pɔsin we de stɔdi bɔt sik dɛn na di at ɛn di at ɛn di blɔd sistɛm. Na di ɔda say, Pulmonologist na spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we de na di lɔng ɛn di we aw pɔsin de blo.

Bɔt tink bɔt am, wi at ɛn wi lɔng na tu ɔgan dɛn we de wok tranga wan. So, if yu gɛt wan sik lɛk `(Pulmonary Hypertension)` (pulmonary hypertension), yu kin gɛt fɔ go to ɔl tu dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu at ɛn dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmon. Bikɔs we dis kayn tin apin, di at ɛn di lɔng dɛn ɔl tu kin afɛkt.

Aw yu kin bi pɔsin we sabi bɔt pulmonɔlɔjis?

Fɔ bi dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de mɛn di bɔdi nɔto izi wok. I nid fɔ gɛt bɔku ia fɔ lan buk ɛn fɔ tren pɔsin fɔ du sɔntin . Afta yu dɔn yu MBBS, yu nid fɔ du postgrɛdyut trenin pan Intanɛt Mɛdisin. Afta dat, yu nid fɔ du feloship na Pulmonology. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin tren bak pan ɔda sab-spɛshal tin dɛn, lɛk imejensi mɛrɛsin. Dis na lɔng waka ɛn i nid fɔ gi yu layf to Jiova.

Fɔ dɔn, di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl!

Bɔku tɛm wi nɔ kin ivin tink bɔt aw fɔ blo, nɔto so? Bɔt, na we wi gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm nɔmɔ wi kin no se i gɛt valyu. If yu gɛt kɔf ɔltɛm, ɔ if yu fil lɛk se yu de gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo lɛk aw yu bin de blo, sik dɛn we de mek yu blo kin gɛt big impak pan wi kwaliti layf. Sɔmtɛm dɛn kayn tin ya kin siriɔs ɛn kin las fɔ ɔl yu layf. Bɔt dɛn kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol sɔm tin dɛn fayn fayn wan if dɛn no ɛn trit dɛn fayn fayn wan.

Na de pulmonologist kin kam in. Dɛn gɛt spɛshal trenin fɔ ɔndastand aw yu respiratory system de wok ɛn wetin kin mek yu gɛt sayn dɛm lɛk fɔ kɔf ɛn fɔ blo shɔt. Dɛn kin ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol di tin dɛn we yu de gɛt fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn mek yu layf izi smɔl.

If yu nɔ shɔ if yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu pulmon, aks yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ ɔda pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs we yu trɔst fɔ advays. Dɛn go ebul fɔ tɛl yu di rayt tin fɔ du. Mɛmba se, wɛlbɔdi lɔng impɔtant fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi!

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