Yu kin gɛt trot bak ɔltɛm? Mek wi tok abaut dis Throat Culture!

Sɔntɛnde, we wi gɛt trot we de at, i kin rili vɛks, nɔto so? Wi nɔ kin fil lɛk fɔ it ɔ drink, wi kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ tɔk, ɛn sɔntɛnde wi kin jɔs fil lɛk se wi nɔ ebul fɔ bia. So, wan spɛshal tɛst de wae dɔktɔ dɛn kin du fɔ no wetin de mek dis trot de at. Na dat wi de kol `Throat Culture`. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na fɔ no di kayn 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. Mek wi tok abaut dis in mo ditel tide, okay?

Na wich taim yu de du dis trot kolcha?

Dɔktɔ go ɔltɛm ɔda fɔ mek dɛn mek yu trot kɔlchɔ if yu gɛt trot we de at, we dɛn kɔl farinjayt. Dis tɛst kin ɛp fɔ no di rayt tin we mek yu trot de at.

Imajin, yu trot de at, i nɔ izi fɔ swɛla, ɛn sɔntɛm yu gɛt fiva. Di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu trot ɛn sɔntɛm i go disayd fɔ du dis tɛst. Na bikɔs bɔku rizin dɛn kin de fɔ mek yu trot at.

Wetin mek a nid dis Trot Kɔlchɔ?

Naw yu kin de wɔnda, "Wetin mek a nid fɔ du bɔku tɛst fɔ dis trot we de at?" fכ tru, dis `Throat Culture` na wan kayn tεst we de luk fכ baktri dεm. Bɔrku tɛm, na vayrɔs kin mek wi trot at. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin go fɔ dɛnsɛf insay sɔm dez.

Bɔt sɔntɛnde, di trot we de at kin kam bak bikɔs ɔf baktriyal infεkshɔn ɛn fεn infεkshɔn. Na da tɛm de wan trot kɔlchɔ kin rili impɔtant. Dis impɔtant mɔ fɔ no wan sik we dɛn kɔl Strep Throat, we di baktri we dɛn kɔl Grup A Streptococcus kin mek.

Yu dɔktɔ kin sɔprayz se yu gɛt strɛp trot if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya:

• Bɛlɛ de at
• Fiva
• Ɛd we de at (ed we de at) .
• Fil fɔ it
• Pen ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ swɛla
• Smɔl rɛd spat dɛn na di ruf na di mɔt (`Petechiae`) .
• Di limf no dɛm we dɔn swel
• If di tonsil dεm rεd, εn sכmtεm dεn gεt wayt spat dεm

Dɔn bak, if yu gɛt rɔsh na yu skin ɛn yu tɔng dɔn swel, yu dɔktɔ kin tink se yu gɛt skarlet fiva.

Bɔt if yu gɛt dɛn sik ya wit yu trot we de at, i go mɔs bi se na vayral infɛkshɔn:

• Kɔf
• Di vɔys we de ala lawd wan
• Rɛd na di yay, di yay sik (`Conjunctivitis`) .
• Nos we kol, we de rɔn
• Fɔ sniz

Us sik dɛn kin no wit trot kɔlchɔ?

Dis tɛst kin ɛp dɔktɔ dɛn fɔ no bɔku tin dɛn, lɛk:

• `Difteria`
• Gɔna (i kin mek yu gɛt trot infɛkshɔn bak) .
• `Riumatik Fiva` ɔ `Skarlet Fiva`
• Strep Throat - Dis na baktriyal tonsilaytis infεkshכn.
• Thrush (na fεn infεkshכn na di mכt εn trot) .
• Kɔf we de mek pɔsin kɔf (Pɛtɔsis) .

Wetin yu nid fɔ no bifo yu du trot kɔlchɔ?

Bifo yu du dis tɛst, yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen aw dɛn kin du am. I nɔ de mek yu fil pen, bɔt yu kin fil smɔl tingling ɔ nausea fɔ sɔm sɛkɔn we dɛn put di swab na di bak pat na yu trot. Dis nɔto natin fɔ wɔri bɔt.

If yu de mek dɛn du dis tɛst pan yɔŋ pikin, sɔntɛm di dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔ ol di pikin stil. Yu kin ol di pikin na yu lap ɔ ol dɛn an.

I impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu jɔs dɔn tek antibayɔtik ɔ yu dɔn yuz mɔt was, bikɔs dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt di tɛst rizɔlt.

Aw yu kin du wan trot kɔlchɔ?

Dis tɛst rili simpul ɛn i kin du am kwik kwik wan. Di dɔktɔ go du dɛn tin ya:

1. Dem go ask yu to tilt yu ed bak likl.

2. Dɔn, dɛn kin aks dɛn fɔ opin dɛn mɔt big wan ɛn mek "aah" sawnd. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin yuz flat wud (we kin mek yu tɔng pwɛl) fɔ push di tɔŋ dɔŋ smɔl. Dis go mek yu si di insay pat pan di trot fayn fayn wan.

3. Neks, tek wan kɔtɔn swab ɛn rɔb am jisnɔ pan di bak pat na yu trot ɛn di tɔnsil fɔ gɛda wan sampul pan di sɛl dɛn.

4. Fɔ dɔn, dɛn kin tek tɛm put di kɔtɔn swab insay wan tiub we dɛn dɔn sial we dɛn mek fɔ mek di jem dɛn nɔ go insay.

Ɔl dis go tek jɔs sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn. No taim fo tink, e don don!

Sɔntɛnde, di dɔktɔ kin du bak fɔ was yu trot fɔ gɛda wan sɛmpul. I go aks yu fɔ gargle wit sɔl wata ɛn put am insay kɔp. Dis we ya kin gɛda wan sampul we big smɔl.

Wetin kin apin afta wan trot kɔlchɔ?

Okay, naw wetin kin apin afta dɛn tek di sampul? Di dɔktɔ tek tɛm pak di sampul insay kɔntena we nɔ gɛt stɛriyl ɛn sɛn am na di lɛb. Na de, di lab tɛknishian dɛn kin put di sampul insay spɛshal tre ɔ kɔntena we dɛn dɔn sterilayz ɛn ad sɔm kemikal dɛn to am. Yu no wetin mek? Fɔ si if baktri ɔ fɛns de gro.

Tipikli, di rizulyt kin de insay lεk tu dez fכ baktri dεm. Fɔ fɛns, i kin tek sɛvin dez.

"nεgεtiv trot kכlt" rizulεt min se nכ baktri כ fכn nכ gro.

"positiv" risal (`Positive Throat Culture`) min se baktri dεm כ fכn dεm dכn gro na di sεmpl.

If yu rizɔlt na pɔsitiv, di lab go tɛst mɔ fɔ si us kayn baktri ɔ fɛns i bi. Yu dɔktɔ yuz da infɔmeshɔn de, i go plan di rayt tritmɛnt fɔ yu.

Bɔku tɛm yu dɔktɔ go gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk antibayɔtik fɔ trit di sik. Dɛn kin gi dɛn bak mɛrɛsin fɔ mɛn pen lɛk nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) fɔ ridyus di trot pen ɛn ɔda sayn dɛm.

Wetin na Rapid Strep Test?

Sɔntɛnde, if yu dɔktɔ sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt strɛp trot, dɛn kin du wan kwik strep tɛst bifo ɔ insted fɔ mek yu trot kɔlchɔ. Dis kin tek lɛk 20 minit so. Di dɔktɔ go tek wan swab frɔm di bak pat na yu trot ɛn tɛst am fɔ si if ɛni baktri de insay.

If dis `Rapid Strep Test` sho se yu gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn, yu dɔktɔ kin stat yu fɔ tek antibayɔtik wantɛm wantɛm. Bɔt ivin if dis tɛst sho se yu nɔ gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn, sɔntɛnde yu dɔktɔ kin du `Throat Culture` fɔ kɔnfɔm di rizɔlt.

Wetin na di bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt trot kɔlchɔ?

Dɛn se dis tɛst rili sef. Bak:

• I kin rili ɛp fɔ no if yu gɛt baktri ɔ fɔn infɛkshɔn.
• I kin bi kwik kwik wan.
• Klosap nɔ gɛt pen.

Ɛni risk ɔ kɔmplikeshɔn de fɔ di trot kɔlchɔ?

Nɔr risk ɔr kɔmplikeshɔn nɔr de we dɛn no bɔt we gɛt fɔ du wit dis tɛst.

Bɔt wan tin fɔ mɛmba na dat i nɔ fayn fɔ du trot kɔlchɔ pan pɔsin we gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl `Acute Epiglottitis`, usay di ɔpa pat pan di trot (we dɛn kɔl di epiglottis) kin swel wantɛm wantɛm. Dis na bikɔs if yu du dis tɛst da kayn tɛm de, i kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo mɔ. Na dat mek dɔktɔ dɛn de wɔri bɔt am.

Aw lɔŋ i kin tek fɔ wɛl afta yu dɔn gɛt trot kɔlchɔ?

Nɔr patikyula tɛm nɔr de fɔ wɛl fɔ dis. Yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ du di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛvride jɔs afta di tɛst.

Ustɛm a kin it ɛn tɔk afta wan trot kɔlchɔ?

Yu kin it, drink, tɔk, ɛn du ɔl ɔda nɔmal tin dɛn jɔs afta di tɛst. No prɔblɛm nɔ de.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to di dɔktɔ bak?

If yu sik nɔr de bɛtɛ ɔr de wɔs, mek shɔ se yu go to yu dɔktɔ bak. Dɔn bak, tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya we yu de du di tritmɛnt ɔ afta yu dɔn gɛt di tritmɛnt:

• If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ swɛla it.
• I nɔ bad if yu gɛt nyu fiva, ɔ if yu fiva we yu dɔn gɛt dɔn wɔs.
• If yu gɛt fiva wit bad bad ed pen ɔ yu nɛk pen.
• If di pen nɔ stɔp afta yu dɔn tek mɛrɛsin.
• If di trot pen na wan say nɔmɔ.

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

We yu gɛt trot we de at, i nɔ kin izi fɔ no if na jɔs simpul infɛkshɔn ɔ sɔntin we rili siriɔs. Na da tɛm de wan `Throat Culture' de kam in handy. Na wan simpul tɛst we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen ɛn we pɔsin kin du insay jɔs sɔm minit.Dis go ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no if yu trot we de at na baktri ɔ fɛns infɛkshɔn. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gɛt di rizɔlt insay tu to sɛvin dez. If yu gɛt baktri ɔ fɛns infɛkshɔn, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu di mɛrɛsin we yu nid fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan. So, if yu gɛt trot we de at, nɔ fred fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn mek dɛn du dis tɛst if nid de, okay?

` Trot we de at, trot kɔlchɔ, trot ɛgzam, swab, strep trot, baktriyal infɛkshɔn, vayral infɛkshɔn, trot infɛkshɔn