Yu tink se i at fɔ no if yu sik? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Infectious Disease Dɔkta dɛn!

Wi kin gɛt difrɛn sik dɛn na wi layf ɛvride, nɔto so? Sɔm pan dɛn kin wɛl insay tu ɔ tri dez. Bɔt sɔm sik dɛn de we at fɔ no ɛn we at fɔ trit. Na da tɛm de wi nid spɛshal dɔktɔ dɛn fɔ ɛp wi. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan grup we gɛt spɛshal dɔktɔ dɛn. Dat na infɛkshɔn sik dɔktɔ dɛm, ɔ as wi kin se na Inglish, `( infectious disease doctors)` ɔ `(ID Dɔkta dɛm)`.

Udat na dis spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we kin pas?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt na dɔktɔ we dɔn gɛt spɛshal trenin bɔt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt. Dɛn tan lɛk ditektiv dɛn we de chɛk di smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we de insay wi bɔdi. Dɛn sabi fɔ no ustɛm di sik na ɛn gi di rayt tritmɛnt fɔ am.

So, wetin na sik we pɔsin kin gɛt?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si wetin na dis sik we de pas. Infɛkshɔn sik na sik we de kam bikɔs ɔf di bad bad tin dɛn we de insay wi bɔdi. Dɛn maykroɔganism ya rili smɔl, dɛn tu smɔl fɔ si wit yu yay. Dis kin apin mɔ bikɔs ɔf:

• Vayrɔs dɛn
• Baktri dɛn we de na di bɔdi
• Fɔngi dɛn
• Parasayt dɛn

Dɛn ɔrganizm ya de ɔlsay rawnd wi. Jɔs tink, dɛn kin de na wi skin, na di briz we wi de blo, na di wata we wi de drink, na di it we wi de it. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, wi kin liv wit sɔm pan dɛn tin ya we nɔ gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm. Dɛn nɔ de kɔz wi ɛni prɔblɛm. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dɛn smɔl smɔl tin ya kin kam insay wi bɔdi, pwɛl wi bɔdi sɛl dɛn, ɛn mek wi gɛt difrɛn sik dɛn. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn sik ya kin rili smɔl, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin tranga so dat kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

Aw dɛn sik ya we pɔsin kin gɛt kin skata?

Di sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kin skata difrɛn we dɛn.

• Frɔm pɔsin to pɔsin: Sik lɛk kol ɛn flu kin skata na di briz we pɔsin sniz ɔ kɔf. Sɔm sik kin pas bak we pɔsin tɔch am.
• Frɔm dɔti it ɔ wata: Sɔm baktri ɛn vayrɔs kin kam insay wi bɔdi frɔm dɔti it ɔ wata. Fɔ ɛgzampul, Salmonella infɛkshɔn.
• Frɔm grɔn: Sɔm maykroɔganism dɛn de liv na grɔn. Dɛn tin ya kin go insay di bɔdi tru wan wund.
• Frɔm insɛkt ɛn animal: Dɛn kin gɛt sik dɛn frɔm animal dɛn lɛk mɔskito, flawa, ɛn tik. Sɔm animal dɛn kin gɛt sik bak bay we dɛn bit ɔ skrach.

Dɛn sik ya we wi kin gɛt kin afɛkt wi skin, usay wi kin urinary, wi lɔng, wi blɔd, ɛn rili ɛni pat na wi bɔdi. Di sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kin rili bɔku ɔlsay na di wɔl. Bɔt sɔm kin bɔku pas ɔda wan dɛn. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di flu, mizɛl, di kɔmɔn kol, strep trot, ɛn COVID-19.

Wi nid dis spɛshal dɔktɔ fɔ ɛni smɔl sik?

Nɔ, dat nɔ nid fɔ bi. Nɔr ɔltɛm yu nɔr nid fɔ go to spɛshal pɔrsin wae gɛt infɛkshɔn sik wae yu gɛt kol ɔr yu gɛt smɔl fiva. Yu famili dɔktɔ ɔr jenɛral dɔktɔ kin trit dɛn smɔl smɔl infɛkshɔn ya.

So ustɛm dɛn nid dis spɛshal pɔsin? Dɛn nid spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin fɔ trit ɛn manej infɛkshɔn dɛn we at fɔ no, we kɔmpleks, we kin rili bad, ɔ we kin de fɔ lɔng tɛm (we kin te).

Imajin, sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ nɔ kin ebul fɔ no ustɛm na di sik. Ɔ di mɛrɛsin we dɛn de gi nɔ de ɛp. Na da tɛm de dɛn spɛshal dɔktɔ dɛn ya kin ɛp. Dɛn tan lɛk ditektiv dɛn we de tray fɔ fɛn di rut kɔz fɔ di sik. Dɛn kin tray fɔ no wetin de mek yu gɛt di sik bay we dɛn de luk ɛvri smɔl smɔl tin na yu mɛdikal istri ɛn lab rizɔlt.

So, wetin rili spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we kin pas kin du?

Infɛkshɔn sik spɛshal pɔsin na dɔktɔ we spɛshal fɔ no, manej, ɛn trit akyu ɛn krɛse sik dɛn we smɔl smɔl tin dɛn lɛk baktri, vayrɔs, fɛns, parasayt, ɛn priɔn kin kam wit.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn nɔ kin wok dɛn wan. Dɛn kin wok wit ɔda dɔktɔ ɛn spɛshal pipul dɛn fɔ no di sik ɛn plan di tritmɛnt. Sɔmtɛm, wae dɛn nɔr kin ebul fɔ fɛn de tin wae de mek pɔrsin gɛt dis sik, dɛn kin aks fɔ ɛp frɔm dɛn spɛshal pipul ya.

Dɔn bak, dɛn dɔktɔ ya kin spɛn bɔku awa fɔ du risach, fɔ tray fɔ no aw dɛn maykirɔb dɛn ya kin afɛkt difrɛn pat dɛn na wi bɔdi, ɛn aw dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt wi sosayti. Dɛn kin gɛt sɛns bak bɔt dɛn ɔda tin ya:

• Infεkshכn dεm we nyu כ we de chenj as tεm de go.
• Infɛkshɔn kin skata, mɔ tru intanashɔnal travul.
• Dɛn kin stɔdi dip wan bɔt di antibayɔtik, antivayrɔs, ɛn vaysin.

Us tɛm wi fɔ go to ID dɔktɔ?

Bɔku tɛm, yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ ɔda spɛshal pɔsin we de trit yu go rifer yu to infɛkshɔn sik dɔktɔ (ID Dɔkta). Dis na bikɔs dɛn nid ɔda ɛp fɔ no ɛn trit yu infekshɔn. Sɔntɛm di infekshɔn nɔ kin rili kɔmɔn, i kin tranga, i dɔn de fɔ lɔng tɛm, ɔ dɛn nɔ kin no se i gɛt am.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt skin kin aks fɔ ɛp frɔm dɔktɔ we gɛt ID fɔ wan strenj sik we i nɔ no bɔt na in skin. Semweso, dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de mɛn dɛn pulmon kin aks fɔ ɛp frɔm dɛn fɔ no wetin mek dɛn gɛt nyumonia we at fɔ trit.

Sɔm we dɛn we ID dɔktɔ dɛn kin ɛp ɔda dɔktɔ dɛn:

• Fɔ no bɔt infɛkshɔn ɔ vayrɔs dɛn we at fɔ no, we kɔmpleks.
• Fɔ no di rayt maykroɔganism we de mek pɔsin gɛt di sik.
• Fɔ analayz di ripɔt dɛn we dɛn kin gi na di lab tɛst, lɛk di wok we dɛn de du fɔ blɔd, ɛn fɔ mek dɛn no wetin fɔ du.
• Fɔ trit infɛkshɔn we nɔ gɛt antibayɔtik (dat na, kes dɛm we di sik nɔ de bɛtɛ wit di antibayɔtik we dɛn kin gi).
• Fɔ fɛn di kɔz fɔ di sayn dɛm lɛk ay fiva we yu nɔr ɛksplen ɔr wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn we de bɔku.
• Fɔ gi lɔng tɛm, spɛshal kia fɔ di sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn lɛk HIV/AIDS ɔ Epataytis.
• Fɔ ridyus di infɛkshɔn na di say dɛn we dɛn de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs lɛk ɔspitul, wi de advays fɔ mek dɛn mek gaydlain fɔ antibayɔtik ɛn vaysin, fɔ no us kayn disinfɛktant fɔ yuz, ɛn us kayn pɔsin in prɔtɛktiv ikwipmɛnt (PPE) fɔ yuz.

Wetin na sɔm pan de sik dɛm wae ID dɔktɔ dɛm kin trit?

Bɔku bɔku difrɛn sik dɛn de we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de pas na di wɔl. Na sɔm pan di kɔmɔn tin dɛm wae pɔrsin wae sabi bɔt infɛkshɔn sik kin trit:

• Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infεkshכn (dis na baktri we de mek yu bεlε at εn dayariya) .
• E. coli infεkshכn (dis na baktri dεm bak we de mek fכd pכyzin) .
• Fiva dɛn we wi nɔ no wetin mek i apin
• Epataytis (na wan vayral infεkshכn we de afekt di liva) .
• `HIV/AIDS`
• Lukosaytɔsis (we di wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn kin bɔku) .
• Laym sik ɛn ɔda sik dɛn we tik kin kam wit
• Mizɛl
• Meningococcal disease (na wan siriɔs infekshɔn we tan lɛk mɛningɔytis) .
• Mpox `(Mpox)`
• Mumps we de mek pɔsin gɛt bɔdi
• Rubɛla we de na di wɔl
• Infɛkshɔn dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs wit ɔda pɔsin (STI) .
• Streptococcal infεkshכn (trot infεkshכn, skin infεkshכn, εtk) .
• Tubakulɔsis (TB) .
• Kɔf we de mek pɔsin kɔf (Pertussis) .

Dis list nɔr de tɔk bɔt ɔltin, bɔt na dɛn tin ya dɛn kin si bɔku tɛm.

Wetin yu fɔ ɛkspɛkt we yu go si ID dɔktɔ?

We yu go to pɔsin we sabi bɔt infɛkshɔn sik, dɛn go fɔs du ɛgzam fɔ yu bɔdi. Dɔn dɛn go aks yu bɔt yu kɔmplit mɛdikal istri. Dɛn kin aks yu bɔrku kwɛstyɔn bɔt yu sik, di mɛrɛsin wae yu de tek, ɛn di say we yu de liv. Ɔl dis infɔmeshɔn impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn no di sik.

Dɔn, dɛn kin ɔda sɔm tɛst dɛn, lɛk dɛn wan ya, fɔ ɛp fɔ no di sik:

• Blɔd tɛst dɛn
• Test fɔ yu urine
• Stɔl sampul dɛn
• Trot swab dɛn
• Tisu biopsies (we dɛn tek smɔl pat pan di skin fɔ ɛgzamin) .
• Imej tɛst dɛn lɛk X-Ray, MRI, CT skan
• Spinal tap / Lumbar pankchɔ

Na wit di rizɔlt fɔ dɛn tɛst ya, di dɔktɔ kin no di rayt tin we mek yu sik ɛn bigin di bɛst tritmɛnt.

Aw pɔsin kin bi spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we kin pas?

Fɔ bi spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin nɔ kin izi. Dɛn nid fɔ gɛt bɛsik mɛdikal digri lɛk ɔda dɔktɔ dɛn. Bɔt apat frɔm dat, dɛn kin spɛn sɔm ia fɔ stɔdi bɔt imyunɔlɔji (di stɔdi bɔt wi bɔdi in imyun sistɛm) ɛn epidemiology (we dɛn kin stɔdi bɔt di tin dɛn we kin mek wi sik ɛn aw dɛn kin skata).

Dɛn no bɔku tin bɔt aw smɔl smɔl tin dɛn lɛk vayrɔs, parasayt, baktri, ɛn fɛns kin afɛkt wi bɔdi, aw dɛn kin mek wi gɛt sik, ɛn aw fɔ kɔntrol dɛn.

Di edyukeshɔn ɛn trenin stej dɛm we dɛn kin dɔn fɔ dis na:

• Wan besik digri.
• Fo ia edyukeshɔn na mɛdikal skul.
• Tri ia rɛzidɛns trenin pan Intanɛt Mɛdisin.
• Fɛlɔship pan sik dɛn we kin pas (bɔku tɛm fɔ tu ia).
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin go fa ɛn dɛn kin gɛt spɛshal trenin fɔ ɔda ia pan wan patikyula wok, lɛk we dɛn kin gɛt infɛkshɔn we dɛn kin transplant dɛn ɔgan dɛn.
• Dɔn yu nid fɔ gɛt bɔd sɛtifiket.

Yu kin si aw dis nid fɔ gi yu layf to Jiova.

Usay dɛn dɔktɔ ya de wok?

Di wan dɛn we sabi bɔt sik dɛn we kin pas kin wok na difrɛn say dɛn.

• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin pe atɛnshɔn pan risach ɛn wok na pɔblik wɛlbɔdi institiushɔn dɛn, lɛk di Sɛntral fɔ Kɔntrol ɛn Prɛvenshɔn fɔ Sik (CDC) na Amɛrika.
• Ɔda wan dɛn kin wok na di klinik fil, we min na ɔspitul ɔ kɔmyuniti wɛlbɔdi sɛnta, dɛn kin si di sik pipul dɛn ɔltɛm.

So, if yu gɛt wan sik we de kam pan pɔsin we at fɔ no ɛn we at fɔ trit, yu famili dɔktɔ kin sɛn yu to spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt infɛkshɔn. Dɛn sabi bɔt infɛkshɔn we baktri, vayrɔs, fɛns, ɛn parasayt kin kam wit. Dɛn go woke wit yu ɔda dɔktɔ dɛm fɔ mɛn yu sik ɛn ɛp yu fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

• Infɛkshɔn sik spɛshal pɔsin na dɔktɔ we gɛt spɛshal trenin we de trit kɔmpleks, at fɔ no, ɔ siriɔs infɛkshɔn.
• Nɔto ɔl smɔl sik dɛn nid dis spɛshal dɔktɔ. Yu famili dɔktɔ, Mista.I kin ɛp bɔku tɛm.
• If yu dɔktɔ rifer yu to ID spɛshal pɔsin, dat min se yu sik nid spɛshal atɛnshɔn ɛn no. Nɔ wɔri, dɛn de fɔ ɛp yu.
• Dɛn dɔktɔ ya kin bigin fɔ trit yu afta dɛn dɔn tek tɛm lisin to yu sik ɛn mɛrɛsin histri, ɛn du di tɛst dɛn we yu nid.
• Mɛmba se if yu go to di rayt spɛshal pɔsin di rayt tɛm, dat kin mek yu wɛl kwik kwik wan.

So, a op se naw yu dɔn ɔndastand mɔ bɔt infɛkshɔn sik spɛshal pipul dɛm. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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