Yu tink se di dɔktɔ put di stetɔskɔp na yu nɛk ɛn tɛl yu se yu yɛri wan strenj sawnd? Mek wi tok abaut dis (Carotid Bruit)!

Yu dɔn ɛva si dɔktɔ de lisin to yu wit stetɔskɔp na di tu say dɛn na yu nɛk? We yu de lisin, sɔmtɛm di dɔktɔ kin yɛri "whooshing" sawnd frɔm di blɔd vesel dɛm na yu nɛk , ɔ sawnd lɛk wata we de rɔsh tru dɛn. Na dat wi kin kɔl ``Carotid Bruit'' (dɛn kin kɔl am "carotid bruee"). Dis nɔto sɔntin we wi fɔ fred, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am.

Wetin na dis strenj sawnd we dɛn kɔl `(Carotid Bruit)`?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Carotid Bruit)` na wan ɔnusual, trɔbul sawnd we kin apin we blɔd de flɔ insay wan ɔ mɔ pan di men blɔd vesel dɛn na yu nɛk, di `(Carotid Artery)`. Imajin am, lɛk se riva we kwayɛt kin bang wan rɔk wantɛm wantɛm ɛn bigin fɔ flɔ wit trɔbul. na so wi kin kכl `(Turbulent Flow)` we bכdi de fכlכ na di vein dεm, insted fכ fכlכ sכmtεm εn wan we, bכt na sכm chaotic εn tכbulεnt we . dis `(Carotid Artery)` bכdi vεsul dεm na dεn wan dεm we de bכn di כksijεn εn nyutriεnt dεm we yu bren nid . So, if ɛni prɔblɛm de wit dɛn vessel ya, i kin afɛkt di we aw wi bren de wok.

Dɔktɔ kin yɛri dis `(Carotid Bruit)` sawnd bay chans we dɔktɔ de chɛk yu. we yu yεri dis sawnd kin bi sayn se yu `(Carotid Artery)` d כn sכmtεm bikoz fכ fεt dεposit dεm (wi kin kכl dis bak `(Plaque)`) . כltu, sכmtεm pipul dεm we gεt hεlty `(Carotid Artery)` kin yεri dis sawnd bak. Dɔn bak, sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin yɛri dis sawnd ilɛksɛf dɛn blɔd vesel dɛn rili smɔl. So, dכkta de yuz dis `(Carotid Bruit)` sayn lεk jכs wan sכm sכm pat pan big pazl. Dat min se, fɔ yɛri dis sawnd nɔmɔ nɔ de sho se yu gɛt siriɔs sik, na jɔs ɛp fɔ disayd if yu nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst ɛn tritmɛnt.

Aw wan `(Carotid Bruit)` de sawnd lɛk?

Dis `(Carotid Bruit)` sawnd tan lɛk di sawnd we riva we de flɔ fast fast , sawnd lɛk "hush hush". Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ yɛri dis fɔ yusɛf. Yu kin jɔs yɛri dis sawnd we dɔktɔ prɛs in stetɔskɔp (di inschrumɛnt we dɛn kin wɛr na yu chɛst ɔ bak) jisnɔ na difrɛn pat dɛn na yu nɛk ɛn lisin. Di dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ tek briz ɛn ol am fɔ sɔm tɛm. Dat min se fɔ lisin klia wan to di sawnd we blɔd de flɔd.

If di dɔktɔ yɛri ``Carotid Bruit'' lɛk dis, i go ɛksplen am to yu, wetin i kin min, ɛn if yu nid fɔ du ɛni ɔda tɛst. So, no wori, okay?

Wetin mek dis `(Carotid Artery)` de mek dis sawnd? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

di men εn mכst kכmכn kכz fכ dis ``Carotid Bruit`` na wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl ``Atherosclerosis`` .

Atɛrosklɛrosis na di men ɛnimi!

`( Atherosclerosis )` na wan wɔd we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn. fכ simpul wan, i min se wan fεt sכbstans, mכr prεsis `(Plaque)`, de dכn insay di bכdi vεsul dεm (arteries) na yu bכdi, εn di spεs fכ bכdi fכ fכlכ insay dεn vεsεl dεm (wi de kכl am bak `(Lumen)`) de dכn sכmtεm. imajin se as tεm de go, dכti de kכlכp insay wata paip εn kכl di paip, so bak dεn fεt layεr dεm ya `(Plaque)` de bil insay wi bכdi vεsul dεm, we de rεdכks di spεs fכ blכd fכ fכlכ. dis `(Plaque)` we de bכku kin mek di bכdi kכlכt fכm. Dis blɔd klɔt kin stɔp di blɔd fɔ flɔ usay i fɔm, ɔ i kin travul wit di blɔd ɛn blok wan vein na ɔda ples.

So, we plek de bכku na yu Carotid Artery εn sכm di atεri, wi kin kכl am Carotid Artery Stenosis . We yu yɛri Carotid Bruit kin bi sayn fɔ se yu kin gɛt dis sik.

mɛmba se di `(Carotid Artery)` na di wan we de gi wi bren blɔd we gɛt ɔksijɛn . So, if dis atεri kכlכg wit `(Plaque)`, yu de pan inkrεs risk fכ gεt `(Transient Ischemic Attack - TIA)` (wi kin kכl dis bak tεmporari intarapshכn fכ blכd saplai to di bren, sכm pipul dεn kכl am "mini stroke"), כ `(Ischemic Stroke)` (paralysis we kכz fכ blכd vessel we de saplae di bren). Insay dɛn tu tin ya, di blɔd we de flɔ na di bren kin ridyus ɔ i kin lɔs kpatakpata.

Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no if yu gɛt ` (Carotid artery stenosis) ` ɛn if na so, aw i siriɔs. `(Carotid Bruit)` na onli wɔnin sayn, i nɔ de tɛl yu ɛksaktɔli ɔmɔs `(Plaque)` yu gɛt. So, dɔktɔ nɔ go disayd se yu gɛt `(Carotid Artery Stenosis)` jɔs bay we yu gɛt `(Carotid Bruit)`, bɔt i go yuz am as fɔs step fɔ invɛstigat mɔ.

Yu tink se ɔda rizin dɛn kin de?

pan ɔl we di plek we de bɔku na di tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt carotid bruit, i kin bi bak bikɔs di blɔd vesel dɛn de chenj. Fɔ ɛgzampul, pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik lɛk Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) kin yɛri bak wan carotid bruit. Yu dɔktɔ go rivyu yu mɛdikal istri fɔ tray fɔ no wetin mek yu gɛt yu carotid bruit.

Yu tink se fɔ gɛt `(Carotid Bruit)` siriɔs?

``Carotid Bruit'' na sayn fכ siriכs prכblεm sכmtεm.I kin apin, bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm i kin apin. Sɔntɛnde i kin tan lɛk rɛd layt we se yu kin gɛt `(Carotid Artery Stenosis)`. If yu `(Stenosis)`, ɔ narrowing of the artery, na siriɔs wan, yu go mɔs nid tritmɛnt fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt `(TIA)` ɔ `(Stroke). Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu if yu sik siriɔs ɛn if yu nid tritmɛnt. So nɔ panik ɛn tek tɛm lisin to wetin yu dɔktɔ se.

Yu tink se ``Carotid Bruit'' kin bi nɔmal?

Yes, we yu yɛri wan `(Carotid Bruit)` nɔ kin min ɔltɛm se yu gɛt `(Carotid Artery Stenosis)`. Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt `(Carotid Bruit)` kin nɔr gɛt signifyant `(Plaque)` dipɔsit na dɛn blɔd vesel, ɛn dɛn kin gɛt wɛl bɔdi. Sɔm pipul kin gɛt chenj na di strɔkchɔ na dɛn blɔd vesel, we kin bi nɔmal, ɔ i kin bi bikɔs ɔf wan kɔndishɔn lɛk `(FMD)`. na dat mek `(Carotid Bruit)` na di fכs step nכmכ na di prכsεs fכ no εn trit `(Carotid Artery)` rilayt sik dεm.

If di dɔktɔ se ``Carotid Bruit'' de, wetin kin apin nɛks?

If yu dɔktɔ yɛri ``Carotid Bruit'', i kin bi sayn fɔ se sɔntin nɔ rayt. Dɔn di dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du ɔda tɛst fɔ no di rayt kɔndishɔn fɔ yu ``Carotid Artery''.

Wetin na di ɔda tɛst dɛn?

di tεst we dεn kin du dis tεm na di Carotid Duplex Ultrasound . Dis na tɛst we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen, we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin. I kin luk di blɔd we de flɔ na yu Carotid Artery, if di at dɔn smɔl, ɛn if na so, aw i smɔl. i tan lεk di כltra saund skan we dεn kin du fכ mama dεm we de bכn, bכt dεn kin du dis wan na di nεk.

Yu tink se tin dɛn we kin mek i gɛt prɔblɛm kin afɛkt am bak?

Yes, if yu gɛt `(Carotid Bruit)`, ɛn di sem tɛm gɛt wan ɔ mɔ risk factor fɔ `(Carotid Artery Stenosis)`, di dɔktɔ go mɔs ɔda fɔ du tɛst lɛk di `(Carotid Duplex Ultrasound)` we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Dɛn tin ya we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm na:

• If yu gɛt korona at sik .
• If yu gɛt dayabitis (Tayp 1 ɔ Tayp 2).
• If pɔsin na di famili dɔn gɛt strok bifo.
• If yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn .
• If yu gɛt bɔku bɔku kɔlɔstrel na yu blɔd .
• If yu dɔn ol (bɔku tɛm pas 65 ia, ɔr pas 55 ia if ɔda tin dɛn de we kin mek yu gɛt dis sik).
• Peripheral Artery Disease, na sik we de mek di blɔd vesel dɛn na di leg ɔ an dɛn smɔlIf i de.
• Fɔ yuz tabak ɛn sigrɛt .

di mכr pan dεn risk fכs dεm ya yu gεt, na di mכr yu chans fכ divεlכp ``Carotid Artery Stenosis''.

Dɔn bak, if dɛn dɔn schedul fɔ du yu at ɔpreshɔn lɛk `(Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - CABG)` , yu dɔktɔ kin want fɔ chɛk di kɔndishɔn fɔ yu `(Carotid Artery)` bifo di ɔpreshɔn. dis na biכs if yu gεt `(Carotid Artery Stenosis)`, yu de pan hכy risk fכ gεt `(Stroke)` we yu de du כ afta sכm hat כpεrayshכn. If na so, dɛn kin trit yu bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt da prɔblɛm de.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ dis?

Nɔto ɔlman we gɛt `(Carotid Bruit)` go nid tritmɛnt. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn go nid tritmɛnt fɔ ridyus dɛn risk fɔ gɛt `(TIA)` ɔ `(Stroke)`. di men gol fכ tritmεnt na fכ mek di bכdi fכ fכlכ tru yu `(Carotid Artery)`.

Kɔntrol wit mɛrɛsin

Bɔrku tɛm, mɔ if yu karotid at nɔr rili smɔl, na mɛrɛsin na di fɔs tritmɛnt. Dipen pan yu sik, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ tek wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn mɛrɛsin ya:

• Blɔd prɛshɔn mɛrɛsin .
• Mɛrɛsin we de mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt bɔku kɔlɔstrel .
• Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin yuz mɛrɛsin lɛk aspirin, we kin mek blɔd nɔ klɔt.

Fɔ chenj di we aw pɔsin de liv in layf rili impɔtant!

If yu mek sɔm chenj dɛn na yu layf, dat kin ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol di plek we de bɔku na yu at. Mek shɔ se yu tray dɛn tin ya:

• Nɔ smok ɛn ɔl di tin dɛn we dɛn kin mek wit tabak kpatakpata. Tobacco na bad bad tin fɔ yu blɔd vesel. I kin mek bak yu gɛt bɔku sik dɛn, lɛk at sik. If yu nid ɛp fɔ lɛf fɔ smok, aks yu dɔktɔ, we dɛn de fɔ du am.
• It tin dɛn we go ɛp yu at . Dis min se yu nɔ fɔ it bɔku bɔku fat, sɔdiɔm, ɛn shuga. Riples rɛd mit wit mit dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ bɔdi lɛk chukchuk, tik, ɛn fish. It mɔ vɛjitebul, frut, ligɛm, ɛn nɛt.
• Ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm . Nɔ bigin tu big wan tɛm. Start smɔl ɛn aim fɔ lɛk 150 minit ɛksesaiz we gɛt mɔdaret-intɛnsity insay di wik. I fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ wetin rayt ɛn sef fɔ yu bifo yu bigin fɔ du nyu ɛksɛsayz program.

Ɔpreshɔn ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn kin du

If yu ``Carotid Artery Stenosis'' tranga pasmak, yu kin nid fɔ gɛt ɔpreshɔn ɔ ɔda spɛshal prɔsidyu. Sɔm pan dɛn tin ya na:

• `(Karotid Ɛndarterektomi)`: Dis na ɔpreshɔn. dis involv fכ opin di `(Carotid Artery)` εn pul di `(Plaque)` we dεn bil insay.
• `(Carotid Angioplasty and Senting)` : insay dis, dεn de put wan sכmכl divays we lεk balכn insay di sכmtεm we dεn sכmtεm na di `(Carotid Artery)` we dεn sכmtεm εn inflate fכ mek di atεri big. afta dat, dεn kin put wan sכmכl mεsh tכb we dεn kכl `(Stent)` insay di at fכ mek i nכ sכmtεm igen.

Bɔt mɛmba se nɔto ɔlman we gɛt ``Carotid Bruit'' gɛt blɔd klɔt ɛn i go nid tritmɛnt. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fɔ no ustɛm yu ``Carotid Bruit'' de afɛkt yu.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu se yu gɛt ``(Carotid Bruit)``, nɔ panik ɔ fred . I nɔ min se yu de pan siriɔs denja. Na jɔs sayn we dɔktɔ de yuz fɔ chɛk yu blɔd vesel dɛn wɛlbɔdi.

So, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis ɛn fɛn ɔda tin dɛn. Dɔn bak, fɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt atherosclerosis (we di at dɛn kin at) ɛn wetin yu kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm we yu gɛt. Bɔku tɛm, fɔ liv fayn layf na di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dɛn tin ya. Fɔ kia fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi de na yu an!

` carotid bruit, nכys na di nεk, carotid atεri, strכk, TIA, atεrosklεrosis, bכdi vεsεl blכk, bכdi saplai to di bren