Yu dɔn du blɔd vesel tɛst bak na yu nɛk? Mek wi lan bɔt di CIMT tɛst! (Karotid Intima-Midia Tiknɛs - CIMT Tɛst)

Yu don eva yehri boht `(CIMT)` tehst? Sɔntɛm yu dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu fɔ du dis tɛst. Fɔ tru, na tɛst we rili simpul ɛn we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen. So, tide wi go tɔk rili simpul wan bɔt wetin na dis `(CIMT)` tɛst, wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt frɔm am, ɛn udat i impɔtant fɔ.

Wetin na dis CIMT tɛst?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di CIMT tɛst de mɛzhɔ di tik we di insay wɔl dɛn na di men blɔd vesel dɛn na yu nɛk, we na di karotid at dɛn . Di carotid arteries na tu rili impɔtant blɔd vesel dɛn we de na di tu say dɛn na yu nɛk we de gi blɔd we gɛt ɔksijɛn to yu bren, ed, ɛn fes. Dɛn tan lɛk tu big big rod dɛn.

We i kam pan di blɔd vesel wɔl, i gɛt sɔm men layers. di CIMT tεst bεsכs de luk di tik we di tu insay layεr dεm na di bכdi vεsεl wכl - di "intima" εn di "midya" .

• di intima na di layt we de insay di bכdi we de kam insay di bכdi dairekt wan.
• Midia na di layt we de ɔnda, na di midul.

Tink bɔt am lɛk paip we de kɛr wata. Jɔs lɛk aw di wɔl na da paip de tik, di rod fɔ mek di wata flɔ kin smɔl, na di sem tin kin apin we di wɔl dɛn na dɛn blɔd vesel dɛn ya tik.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt frɔm CIMT tɛst?

di men tin f כ dis tεst na fכ no if yu gεt bכku fεt, we dεn kכl `plak` , insay di wכl dεm na yu carotid atεri dεm. dis na mεdikal dεm we dεn kכl am `atherosclerosis` . Jɔs lɛk aw wata paip kin rɔst as tɛm de go, dis kayn tin kin gɛda insay wi blɔd vesel dɛn.

We di plek bɔku dis we, di blɔd vesel wɔl kin jɔs tik. So, dis ``(CIMT)`` tεst kin mכsu dat tik εn no if dis kayn bild de, εn if na so , aw i siriכs. Di bɛst pat na dat dis tɛst kin ɛp fɔ no dis sik kwik kwik wan, bifo ɛni sayn fɔ sho.

Naw yu go de wɔnda, wetin go apin if yu kam fɔ no? Yuz dis infɔmeshɔn, yu dɔktɔ kin asɛs yu risk fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu at ɛn blɔd lɛk at atak ɛn strok . Dɔn dis kin ɛp yu fɔ plan di tritmɛnt dɛm, mɛrɛsin dɛm, ɛn chenj dɛm na yu layf fɔ ridyus yu risk.

Di CIMT tɛst tan lɛk wan pat pan wan big pazl. I de gi yu dɔktɔ impɔtant tin dɛn bɔt yu at wɛlbɔdi.

Udat want fɔ tek di CIMT tɛst?

Dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du dis ``(CIMT)`` tɛst if dɛn tink se yu de pan risk fɔ gɛt atherosclerosis , we na di fat we de bɔku na yu blɔd vesel. Wetin na dɛn tin ya we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm?

• Hyperlipidemia we de na di bɔdi: Dat min se yu blɔd kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl bɔku.
• Haypatɛyshɔn : Dis min se yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn, ɔ if yu blɔd prɛshɔn tu ay.
• Hyperglycemia : Dis min se yu blɔd shuga lɛvɛl tu ay (fɔ ɛgzampul, pan pipul dɛn we gɛt dayabitis).
• Sɔm tin wae kin mek pɔrsin liv layf : Dis risk kin bɔrku fɔ pipul dɛm wae de smok ɛn yuse tobacco.

So, if yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn risk factor ya, yu dɔktɔ kin aks yu bak fɔ tek dis `(CIMT)` tɛst.

Aw dɛn kin du di CIMT tɛst?

Dis `(CIMT)` tεst dεn de du am yuz כltra saund tεknכlכji . Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di skan we dɛn kin yuz fɔ si bebi dɛn. Na di sem teknɔlɔji dɛn de yuz fɔ dis wan. Na tɛst we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin . Dat min se dɛn nɔ de put natin insay yu bɔdi, dɛn nɔ de kɔt am. So yu nɔ de fil ɛni pen .

Na wan ɔltra saund tɛknishian/tɛknɔlɔjis de du dis tɛst. Dɛn tren am spɛshal wan fɔ du dɛn tɛst dɛn ya. Na dis na aw i de wok insay simpul wɔd dɛn:

1. Di teknishian go pres wan smɔl tin we yu kin ol wit an - we dɛn kɔl transdyusɔ - jisnɔ pan difrɛn say dɛn na yu nɛk.

2. Dis transdyusɔ de mek ay frikyuɛnsi sawnd wev dɛn (ɔltra sawnd wev dɛn).

3. dis sawnd wev dεm de travul dכn yu nεk, hit tin dεm insay (inklud yu carotid atεri dεm) εn rεflek bak (as `echoes`).

4. Di transdyusɔ insɛf de kech dɛn wev dɛn ya we de kam bak ɛn sɛn dɛn to kɔmpyuta.

5. Di kɔmpyuta de mɛzhɔ dɛn wef dɛn ya ɛn mek pikchɔ dɛn frɔm dɛn. Dɛn kin yuz dɛn pikchɔ ya fɔ no aw di blɔd vesel wɔl tik.

Aw a fɔ rɛdi fɔ dis tɛst?

Fɔ tru, nɔ spɛshal pripiamɛnt nɔ nid fɔ dis `(CIMT)` tɛst. Bɔt if yu ebul, wɛr klos we nɔ tay ɛn we fayn . Bikɔs di tɛknishian go gɛt fɔ muv di transdyusɔ rawnd yu nɛk, i go izi fɔ dɛn fɔ du dɛn wok if dɛn wɛr sɔntin lɛk shirt we gɛt rum rawnd di nɛk.

Aw fɔ tek di CIMT tɛst stɛp bay stɛp

Di wan ol tɛst kin tek lɛk 30 to 45 minit so . Na dis na aw dɛn kin du am:

1. Fɔs, di tɛknishian go tɛl yu fɔ ledɔm na di ɛgzam tebul. Yu fɔ de kɔmfyut fɔ fes ɔp.

2. Dɔn, dɛn kin put jel na yu nɛk. dis jel de mek gud kכnεkshכn bitwin di transdyusכr εn yu skin, εn i de εp bak di sawnd wev dεm fכ go insay di bכdi.

3. Neks, di teknishian go put di transducer jisnɔ na difrɛn pat dɛn na yu nɛk ɛn muv am rawnd. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn go aks yu fɔ tɔn yu ed smɔl fɔ mek yu fil di bɛst we. Yu go fil smɔl tin we yu de pinch, bɔt yu nɔ go fil pen.If yu nɔ fil fayn pan ɛni we, tɛl di tɛknishian wantɛm wantɛm.

4. We di tɛst dɔn, ɛni jel we pasmak na di nɛk go was.

Na dat na so! I rili simpul, nɔto so?

Wetin kin apin afta di tɛst?

We di tɛknishian tɛl yu se di tɛst dɔn dɔn, yu kin go na os. Yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ du di tin dɛn we yu kin du ɛvride lɛk aw yu kin du.

Ɛni risk de wit dis tɛst?

Dis na di bɛst nyus! Risach pipul dɛn nɔ dɔn fɛn ɛni risk we gɛt fɔ du wit di CIMT tɛst. Na tɛst we rili sef, we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin. I nɔ de yuz raytin. So no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred.

Us kayn rizɔlt wi kin gɛt?

di `(CIMT)` tεst de mכsu di tik we di tu insay layεr dεm na yu karotid at. Dis tɛst de mek pikchɔ dɛn ɛn bak wit nɔmba data. Dɛn kin analayz dis data ɛn wan raydiɔlɔjis kin mek wan ripɔt . Na spɛshal pɔsin we de rid ɛn ɛksplen pikchɔ dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn, lɛk pikchɔ dɛn we dɛn kin yuz ɔltra saund.

Di raydiɔlɔjis go sɛn dis infɔmeshɔn to yu praymari kia dɔktɔ ɔ di dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu at, we go ɛksplen to yu di rizɔlt.

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

Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu ustɛm yu go gɛt yu tɛst rizɔlt. Bɔku tɛm, i go tek sɔm dez.

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

Imajin, if yu ``(CIMT)`` tεst rizulεt sho se yu bכdi vεsεl wכl dεm tik sכmtεm εn plek dכn bigin fכ bכlכp. If na so i bi, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du tin dɛn we go ɛp yu fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt at atak ɛn strok .

Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Dɛn kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol yu blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol di kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl.
• Wi kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɛksɛsayz program we yu kin du ɔltɛm.
• Dɛn kin advays yu fɔ fala di it we go ɛp yu at (e.g., di it we de na di Mɛditarenian).

Dɛn kin du ɔl dis fɔ protɛkt yu wɛlbɔdi tumara bambay.

Ustɛm a fɔ tɔk to di dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ wɔri bɔt di rizɔlt fɔ yu CIMT tɛst ɔ di tritmɛnt plan we yu dɔktɔ dɔn gi yu, mek shɔ se yu kɔl yu dɔktɔ ɛn aks fɔ mek dɛn klarify yu. Na yu rayt.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl we wi nid fɔ lan frɔm dis

Okay, so, frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, dɛn tin ya na di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba:

• wan tεst we dεn kכl ``(CIMT)`` (Carotid Intima-Media Thickness) kin fכ no di fכs sayn dεm fכ fεt dεposit dεm na di big bכdi vεsul dεm na yu nεk.
• Wit dis infɔmeshɔn, yu dɔktɔ kin mek wan plan fɔ mek yu nɔr gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn we yu go gɛt frɔm di sik we de ambɔg yu at ɛn blɔd tumara bambay.
• Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl fred we yu de go fɔ ɛni tɛst. Bɔt yu kin shɔ se di (CIMT) tɛst na kwik, we nɔ de mek yu fil pen, ɛn we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin .
• Di no we di dɔktɔ gɛt frɔm dis tɛst kin valyu fɔ sev yu layf .

So, if dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du dis kayn tɛst, nɔ fred fɔ du am, gɛt di infɔmeshɔn we yu nid, ɛn mek dɛn du am. Na big invɛstmɛnt fɔ yu yon wɛlbɔdi.

` CIMT test, carotid artery disease, hat hεlth, atεrosklεrosis, strok risk, כltra saund, prεvεnshכn