Yu blɔd vesel dɛn na yu nɛk dɔn blok? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt wan karotid ɔltrasɔund!

Yu dɔn ɛva yɛri bɔt wan tɛst we dɛn kɔl Carotid Ultrasound? Sɔntɛm yu dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu bɔt am, ɔ sɔntɛm yu jɔs want fɔ no bɔt am. Nɔ wɔri, na tɛst we rili simpul, we nɔ de mek yu fil pen, ɛn we rili impɔtant. So, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am ditayli tide, nɔto so?

Wetin na karotid ɔltra saund?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, carotid ultrasound na tɛst we de luk insay yu carotid arteries . Dɛn blɔd vesel dɛn ya de na di tu say dɛn na yu nɛk, ɛn dɛn de gi blɔd to yu bren . So yu kin imajin aw i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn at dɛn ya gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

Dis tɛst de yuz sawnd wev fɔ tek pikchɔ dɛn insay yu blɔd vesel dɛn. I tan lɛk ɔltra saund skan fɔ uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, bɔt dɛn kin du am na yu nɛk. I de yuz bak wan teknɔlɔji we dɛn kɔl Doppler ultrasound . I kin si aw blɔd de muv fayn ɛn aw fast fast na yu blɔd vesel dɛn. Yu nɔ tink se i wɔndaful?

Ustɛm dɛn nid fɔ du dis tɛst?

Dɔktɔ go want fɔ du dis karotid ɔltrasɔund tɛst mɔ fɔ si if blɔd klot ɔ fat dɛposit (plek) de na yu karotid at. Dɛn fat dɛn ya tan lɛk rɔst we de na wata paip. As tɛm de go, dɛn tin ya kin gɛda ɛn blok di blɔd vesel dɛn. If dis apin, di blɔd we de go na di bren kin go dɔŋ, ɛn dis kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm lɛk strok .

Imajin, dis tan lɛk wata paip na yu gadin we gɛt dɔti we dɔn stɔp insay ɛn we de mek di wata nɔ flɔ. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ kip dɛn paip ya klin.

Udat dis tɛst impɔtant pas ɔl to?

Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du dis tɛst if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• If dɛn dɔn du ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul wan blɔd vesel we dɔn blok.
• If dɛn dɔn put stent na di karotid at, chɛk fɔ si if i de wok fayn.
• If wan tɛst we dɛn bin dɔn du bifo dis tɛm sho se di blɔd vesel dɔn blok smɔl, na fɔ wach am ɔltɛm.
• If di dɔktɔ yɛri wan sawnd we nɔ kɔmɔn (bruit) , lɛk sawnd we pɔsin de wis, we i put di stetɔskɔp na yu nɛk.
• If yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn ɔ yu gɛt ay kɔlɔstrel .
• If yu bin dɔn gɛt strok ɔ transient ischemic attack (TIA) , we tan lɛk mini-strok ɛn i dɔn wɛl.
• If yu de pripia fɔ di korona at baypas ɔpreshɔn .
• To yuIf yu gɛt dayabitis mɛllitus.
• If ɛnibɔdi na yu famili dɔn gɛt strok ɔ at sik.
• If wan bכdi (hεmatoma) de we dεn kכlekt na di nεk εria.

Wetin spɛshal wan Doppler ultrasound de luk fɔ?

If dɔktɔ dɛn yuz dis Doppler teknɔlɔji, dɛn kin ɔndastand mɔ bɔt:

• Aw blɔd kin flɔ?
• Ɛnitin de we de blok ɔ we de smɔl na di blɔd vesel?
• Sɔntɛnde i kin pɔsibul bak fɔ no ɛni abnɔmal tin we dɛn bɔn wit ɔ tumor.

Udat de du dis karotid ɔltra saund tɛst?

Bɔku tɛm, na sonografa ɔ ɔltra saund tɛknɔlɔjis kin du dis tɛst. Sɔntɛnde, wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn di raytin , we na dɔktɔ we de stɔdi di pikchɔ dɛn we dɛn dɔn skan, kin du dis tɛst bak.

Aw dis tɛst de wok? I rili simpul!

Carotid ultrasound nɔ de yuz ɛni raytin , so i rili sef. As wi bin dɔn tɔk, i de yuz sawnd wev fɔ mek pikchɔ dɛn we de insay yu karotid blɔd vesel dɛn.

Di dɔktɔ kin yuz wan smɔl tin we dɛn kɔl transdyusɔ (lɛk smɔl skan we de chɛk di prayz fɔ di tin dɛn we de na stɔ) na di skin na yu nɛk fɔ sɛn dɛn sawnd wev dɛn ya. We dɛn sawnd wev dɛn ya nak di blɔd vesel dɛn ɛn bounce bak, dɛn kin sɛn di infɔmeshɔn to kɔmpyuta, usay dɛn kin mek am lɛk pikchɔ. Yu kin rɛkɔd dɛn pikchɔ dɛn ya lɛk fim ɔ kip dɛn as foto.

A nid fɔ pripia spɛshal wan bifo di tɛst?

Nɔ, yu nɔ nid fɔ pripia da kayn we de. Bɔt i go fayn fɔ wɛr klos we nɔ tay ɛn we fayn ɛn we nɔ kɔba yu nɛk . If yu shit tu ay rawnd yu nɛk, yu go nid fɔ wɛr ɔspitul klos. Dɔn bak, if yu wɛr nɛks ɔ iaring , i go fayn fɔ pul dɛn bikɔs dɛn kin ambɔg di tɛst.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt pan tɛst de?

Yu go gɛt fɔ mek dɛn du dis tɛst na yu dɔktɔ in ɔfis ɔ na ɔspitul. Di tɛst kin tek lɛk 30 to 45 minit so .

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du di tɛst?

Fɔs, di dɔktɔ ɔ sonografa go put wan transparent jel na di sayd dɛn na yu nɛk . (Mɛmba se tu karotid at dɛn de, wan na ɛni say na yu nɛk.) Dis jel kin fil wam smɔl. Dɛn kin put dis jel fɔ ɛp di sawnd wev dɛn fɔ travul bitwin di transdyusɔ ɛn yu blɔd vesel dɛn.

I rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu nɔ muv rawnd we yu de du di tɛst. Dis na aw yu kin gɛt klia pikchɔ dɛn.

We yu de ledɔm na bed, di dɔktɔ kin put di transdyusɔ na di skin na di tu say dɛn na yu nɛk ɛn prɛs am dɔŋ. As di sawnd wev dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di transdyusɔ de bounce kɔmɔt na di blɔd vesel dɛn, di kɔmpyuta de yuz da infɔmeshɔn de fɔ mek pikchɔ. Di dɔktɔ de muv di transdyusɔ bak ɛn biɛn oba yu skin te i gɛt ɔl di pikchɔ dɛn we i nid.

Yu nɔ go yɛri dɛn sawnd wef ya. כltu, if na Doppler ultrasound, yu kin yεri "swish swish" sawnd lεk wata we de fכlכ tru di bכdi , wit di pitch fכ di sawnd de chenj.

Wetin kin apin afta di tɛst?

We dɛn dɔn fɔ du di tɛst, di dɔktɔ go gi yu wan tawɛl fɔ was di jel we dɛn bin dɔn put na yu nɛk . Afta dat, if yu bin wɛr ɔspitul gɔn, yu kin chenj insay yu klos. If yu nɔ gɛt di rizɔlt di sem de, yu kin go na os. Yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn .

Ɛni risk de pan dis?

No risk nɔ de . Yu kin fil smɔl prɛshɔn we yu put di transdyusɔ na yu nɛk, bɔt nɔ pen nɔ de atɔl . So no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred.

Aw di tin dɛn we kin apin kin tan lɛk? Wetin dɛn min?

Di rizɔlt we yu dɔktɔ go gɛt go tɛl yu aw yu blɔd vesel dɛn smɔl ɔ blok. Dɛn kin sho dis as pasɛnt , ɔ pan 100.

Wetin na nɔmal tin we kin apin?

If yu gɛt nɔmal rizɔlt, i min se yu karotid blɔd vesel dɛn nɔ de blok ɔ smɔl. Dat na gud nyus!

Wetin fɔ du if sɔntin we nɔ kɔmɔn kam?

If di tin dɛn we kin apin nɔ kin fayn, dat min se yu kin gɛt atherosclerosis , blɔd kin rɔtin, ɔ ɔda prɔblɛm we kin mek di blɔd vesel dɛn smɔl. Dis sik kin mek yu gɛt strok.

Aw dɛn kin disayd fɔ trit pɔsin?

If yu gɛt fat dɛposit (plek) na wan ɔ ɔl tu yu carotid arteries, bɔt di blok nɔ rich 50% (fɔ pɔsin we gɛt strok simptom) ɔ smɔl pas 60% (fɔ pɔsin we nɔ gɛt strok simptom), yu dɔktɔ kin advays yu fɔ chenj yu it, ɛksesaiz, ɛn stɔp fɔ yuz tabak prodak .

Apat frɔm dat, di dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin dɛn lɛk:

• Mεdisin dεm fכ sכlv di blכd kכlכt (e.g. `Thrombolytics`) .
• Mɛrɛsin fɔ mek blɔd nɔ klɔt (e.g. Aspirin ɔ Clopidogrel) .
• Mεdikeshכn dεm we de dכn kכlestכl (e.g., `Statins`) .
• Mεdisin dεm fכ lכs bכdi prεshכn (e.g. `Antihypertensives`)

Bɔt if di blɔk pas dat (50% ɔ mɔ fɔ pɔsin we gɛt strok simptom, 60% ɔ mɔ fɔ pɔsin we nɔ gɛt strok simptom), di dɔktɔ kin se dɛn fɔ tek di carotid endarterectomy fɔ pul di fat we de de.Dɛn kin se dɛn fɔ du ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kɔl carotid artery bypass graft (ABP). di rizulyt fכ wan carotid ultrasound dεn kin yuz fכ plan dis כpεrayshכn, as i de sho εksakכt usay di blכk de. Wan ɔda tritmɛnt fɔ siriɔs blɔk na angioplasty . Dis min se dɛn kin pul di fat we de na di wɔl dɛn na di blɔd vesel, ɛn dis kin mek di blɔd flɔ mɔ ɛn mɔ. Afta dɛn dɔn du angioplasty, dɛn kin put stent fɔ mek di blɔd vesel opin.

Bɔku tɛm, di ɔltrasɔund we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du di karotid kin kɔrɛkt. Bɔt sɔmtɛm i kin sho se i dɔn blok we nɔ rili de. Dɔn bak, di ɛkspiriɛns we di pɔsin we de mek di sonograf gɛt kin mek difrɛns. Dis skan kin pik mɔ siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn pas smɔl wan dɛn. So, yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du ɔda tɛst dɛn fɔ tek pikchɔ, lɛk sɛribra angiografi , CT angiografi (CTA) , ɔ magnɛtik rɛsɔnans angiografi (MRA) . Sɔntɛnde, di bon dɛn na yu nɛk kin mek di ɔltra saund nɔ si sɔm pat dɛn na yu karotid at. Ultrasound nɔ kin "si" tru bon.

Ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt strok

Yu dɔktɔ go disayd bak us tritmɛnt go fayn fɔ yu bay ɔda tin dɛn we yu gɛt fɔ mek yu gɛt strok. Yu de pan big risk fɔ gɛt strok if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• Di ay blɔd prɛshɔn
• Kɔlestɔl we bɔku
• Shuga
• Di sik we de mek pɔsin gɛt di at (PAD) .
• Atrial fibrillation (wan at bit we nɔ de bit ɔltɛm) .
• Siklɔs sik sik
• Fat
• At sik

If yu yuz tabak, it tin dɛn we gɛt bɔku fat ɛn sɔl, ɛn we yu nɔ de du natin, dat kin mek yu gɛt strok bak.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ no di tin dɛn we kin apin?

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu raydio kin tɔk to yu di sem de ɛn tɛl yu di rizɔlt. Ɔda tɛm, di raydiɔlɔjis go sɛn di carotid ɔltra saund rizɔlt to yu dɔktɔ, we go tɛl yu bɔt dɛn insay sɔm dez.

Yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ bak?

If yu nɔr dɔn gɛt yu carotid ultrasound rizɔlt fɔ sɔm dez, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. Afta yu gɛt yu rizɔlt, if yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt di tritmɛnt we dɛn gi yu, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Carotid Ultrasound na simpul we fɔ no if blok ɔ narrowing de na yu carotid arteries. I nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen ɛn i nɔ de tek lɔng tɛm fɔ mek i du am.. If yu dɔktɔ si se yu gɛt sɔm smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl. Ivin if sɔntin lɛk ɔpreshɔn fayn fɔ yu, yu kin stil ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt strok bay we yu tek gud wɛlbɔdi abit dɛn . Bifo yu no, dɛn wɛl bɔdi chenj ya go bi pat pan yu layf, ɛn yu nɔ go ivin tink bɔt dɛn, dɛn go jɔs bi yu abit.

So, if yu dɔktɔ aks yu fɔ du dis kayn tɛst, nɔ fred fɔ go bifo wit am. I go rili ɛp yu fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi!

` Carotid ultrasound, bכdi vεsεl dεm na di nεk, strכk, Doppler skan, fεt dεposit, kכlestכl, bכdi prεshכn