No sɔlv nɔ de fɔ di bak prɔblɛm? Lɛ wi lan ɔltin bɔt di maylogram tɛst!

Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt bak pen ɔ pen we de go dɔŋ yu leg ɛn yu nɔ ebul fɔ no wetin de mek yu gɛt am? Yu go mɔs dɔn si dɔktɔ ɛn dɛn go mɔs dɔn du tɛst lɛk ɛkstrem rayt, CT skan, ɔ MRI. Bɔt wetin dɛn go du if dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ fɛn ɛnitin we klia? Na da tɛm de dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ mek dɛn du spɛshal tɛst we dɛn kɔl maylogram. Lɛ wi si wetin i bi, aw dɛn de du am, ɛn wetin yu nid fɔ no.

Wetin na Maylogram?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, maylogram na spɛshal tɛst we de tek ditayli pikchɔ dɛn fɔ yu spayna. insay dis, dεn de yuz spεshal wata (kכntrast mεtirial) fכ si klia wan prכblεm wit yu spεnal kכd εn di nεv dεm εn sכft tisu dεm we de rawnd am. Tink bɔt am, nɔmal spayna ɛkstrem de sho di bon dɛn nɔmɔ. Bikɔs i nɔ de yuz dis kayn spɛshal wata. Bɔt insay maylogram, dis wata de mek yu spɛnal kanal, yu spɛshal kɔd, ɛn yu nɛv dɛn luk fayn fayn wan wayt pan ɛkstrem rayt ɔ CT skan. Dis tan lɛk wan we we dɛn kɔl fluoroscopy. Dis min se yu raydiɔlɔjis kin si dis wata we de muv along yu spayna insay rial tɛm.

Yu go dɔn yɛri dɔktɔ dɛn kɔl dis ‘Sɛvikal Maylogram’ ɔ ‘Lumbar Myelogram’. Dɛn nɔto difrɛn tɛst dɛn. Dɛn jɔs min us pat pan di spayna dɛn want fɔ tek pikchɔ. fכ egzampl, if dεn want fכ luk di sεvikal sεkshכn na yu spayna, dεn kכl am sεvikal maylכgram. if dεn want fכ luk di lכmba sεkshכn na yu spayna, dεn kכl am lumbar myelogram. Dɔn gɛt am?

Wetin mek dɔktɔ go ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du maylogram?

If yu gɛt bak pen we nɔ de dɔn, yu dɔktɔ go fɔs ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek CT skan ɔ MRI fɔ no di tin we mek yu de fil. Bɔt if nɔbɔdi pan dɛn tɛst dɛn de nɔ klia, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du maylogram fɔ no mɔ.

Bɔku sik dɛn de we pɔsin kin no wit dis tɛst. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Hεnia / bulging disk dεm: Dis na wetin wi kin kכl 'herniated disk'. dis na we di sכft tisu bitwin di vεrbra dεm de bulge kכmכt εn pinch di nεv dεm.
• Atraytis na yu spεnal joyn dεm: Dis kin mek di joyn dεm swel εn pen.
• di spεnal stεnosis: Dis na we di spεs insay di spayna de sכmtεm, we de mek di spεnal kכd כ nεv dεm kכmprεs.
• bon spur / Osteophytes: na di fכmeshכn fכ sכm sכm sכm spayk dεm we de gro pan di bon dεm.
• Spinal tכmכro dεm.

Dɔn bak, if dɛn jɔs dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan yu bak ɛn yu gɛt nyu pen ɔ wikɛd tin we nɔ de chenj, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du dis maylogram tɛst.

Aw maylogram kin wok?

Maylogram kin no prɔblɛm dɛn we rɛgyula (CT) skan ɔ (MRI) nɔ kin ebul fɔ no. i fayn fכ si klia wan if di bon dεm, di disk dεm, εn כda tisu dεm we de rawnd di spεnal kanal de kכmprεs di nεv dεm כ di spεnal kכd.

We di raydiɔlɔjis injɛkt spɛshal wata (kɔntrast matirial) insay yu spayna, di wata de travul tru di spes we de rawnd yu spaynal kɔd. Yu nerv dεm εn yu spεnal kכd de sho lεk silhouette pan X-ray כ CT skan. Dis kin mek di dɔktɔ ebul fɔ fɛn prɔblɛm dɛn we ɛkstrem rayt ɔltɛm nɔ kin ebul fɔ fɛn.

Aw a fɔ rɛdi fɔ mek dɛn du mi maylogram?

Yu dɔktɔ go gi yu wan ditayl list fɔ di tin dɛn we yu fɔ du bifo yu gɛt maylogram. Bɔt, jɔs lɛk ɔl ɔda tin dɛn, mɛmba dɛn tin ya:

• Tɔk to yu padi ɔ yu fambul we yu kin abop pan fɔ drayv yu go na os. (Dɛn kin gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we de mek yu fil fayn, so i nɔ fayn fɔ drayv afta di tɛst.)
• Start fɔ drink bɔku wata (4-8 glas) lɛk wata ɛvri tu awa stat di de bifo di tɛst.
• Stɔp fɔ it siks awa bifo di tɛst. Bɔt yu kin drink wata lɛk wata te siks awa bifo di tɛst. Ɛgzampul dɛn: wata, ti we nɔ swit, klia soda, strɔng kɔfi, frut drink dɛn we nɔ swit, ɛn sup brot.

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• We yu kam fɔ di tɛst, mɛmba di dɔktɔ bak se yu gɛt dayabitis.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn nɔ nid fɔ du ɛni lab tɛst bifo dɛn du maylogram. Bɔt if yu gɛt histri bɔt blɔd disɔda, wan sik lɛk we yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi, ɔ yu gɛt sik na yu kidni fɔ lɔng tɛm lɛk Kronik Kidni Disease (CKD), yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du blɔd tɛst.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du maylogram tɛst?

Dɛn nɔ go put yu na slip we dɛn de du maylogram. Bɔt dɛn kin gi yu sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu fil fayn fɔ ɛp yu fɔ rilaks. Wan raydiɔlɔjis ɛn tɛknɔlɔjis go de na di rum wit yu di wan ol tɛm.

We dɛn de du di tɛst, dɛn go du dɛn tin ya:

• Dɛn go aks yu fɔ ledɔm pan ɛgzam tebul (bɔku tɛm na yu bɛlɛ ɔ sayd).
• Dɛn dɔn klin yu lɔwa bak eria wit antiseptik, ɛn na dat nɔmɔ.Dɛn kin injɛkt wan mɛrɛsin we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil fayn (local anesthesia).
• afta dat, dεn de injεkt di kכntrast mεtirial insay di sak we fulכp wit wata we de rawnd yu spεnal kכd. (Yu kin fil smɔl prɛshɔn ɔ nɔ fil fayn insay dis tɛm.)
• Dɛn kin tilt di ɛgzam tebul bak ɛn go bifo smɔl. dis na fכ εp di wata fכ fכlכ fayn fayn wan tru yu spεnal kכd. Di dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu raydio kin aks yu bak fɔ tilt ɔ shek yu ed.
• Dɔn, dɛn kin tek ɛkstrem rayt ɛn CT skan fɔ yu spayna.

Bɔku tɛm, di wan ol tin kin tek lɛk wan awa so. Sɔm tin kin mek yu nɔ fil fayn ɔ yu ed kin at smɔl.

Wetin kin apin afta dɛn dɔn du maylogram?

Afta di tɛst , di dɔktɔ dɛn go de wach yu fɔ lɛk wan awa so. Dɔn dɛn go disayd if yu rɛdi fɔ go na os. Dɛn go gi yu instrɔkshɔn dɛn we yu rayt bɔt wetin fɔ du afta yu dɔn go na os. Yu raydiɔlɔjis go sɛn wan ditayl ripɔt to yu praymari kia dɔktɔ (PCP) ɔ di dɔktɔ we rifer yu.

Ɛni sayd ɛfɛkt de we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt maylogram?

Na lɛk tɛn pasɛnt (10%) pan pipul dɛn kin gɛt sayd ɛfɛkt afta dɛn dɔn du maylogram. Di kɔmɔn sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm we kin sɔlv insay wan ɔ tu dez na:

• Ɛd we de at.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit.

Bɔt if yu gɛt ed we nɔ de go , ɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn bad bad tin ya , yu fɔ kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm:

• Fiva.
• Stif nɛk.
• Tingling na yu leg.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ wɛl afta dɛn dɔn du maylogram?

Bɔku tɛm, i kin tek lɛk 24 awa so. Afta yu dɔn du maylogram, yu kin nid fɔ sidɔm ɔ ledɔm fɔ sɔm awa. if yu rεst bכku, i kin εp fכ ridyus di risk fכ sεribra spεnal fכluid (CSF) lik. Yu kin go bak to yu nɔmal tin dɛn afta lɛk wan de so. Bɔt if yu ed nɔ de pen, ɔ if yu gɛt ɛni ɔda siriɔs sayn lɛk fiva, nɛk we stif, ɔ yu leg dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk, yu fɔ rili tɛl yu dɔktɔ.

Na sɔm tin dɛm wae yu kin du na os fɔ ɛp yu fɔ wɛl:

• Tray fɔ mek yu ed ay pas di ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi. Tray fɔ tinap stret as lɔng as yu ebul.
• Drink bɔku wata we yu kin drink. Nɔ drink rɔm atɔl.
• Fɔ ed we de at, tray sɔntin lɛk asetaminofɛn ɛn sɔm drink dɛn we gɛt kafinɛ (kɔfi, ti). Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ pul di ed we de at fɔ dɛnsɛf.
• Nɔ es ɛni wet ɔ du bɔku bɔku tin dɛn fɔ 24 awa.

Ustɛm a go no di rizɔlt fɔ di maylogram?

Afta yu gɛt di ripɔt frɔm di raydiɔlɔjis, yu praymari kia dɔktɔ (PCP) ɔ di dɔktɔ we rifer yu go rivyu di tɛst rizɔlt. Bɔku tɛm, dis kin tek sɔm dez. Dɔn dɛn go kɔl yu fɔ ɛksplen di rizɔlt ɛn tɛl yu wetin fɔ du nɛks.

Ustɛm a fɔ kɔl di dɔktɔ afta dɛn dɔn du maylogram?

Afta yu dɔn du maylogram, kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya apin:

• Fiva pas 101 digri F (38.3 sɛlshiɔs).
• If yu fil diziz ɛn fil lɛk se yu kin fɔdɔm (fainting).
• If yu leg dεm de sכmtεm כ yu nכ de fil (Tingling כ numbness in your legs).
• If pen ɔ dischaj de nia di say we dɛn injekt.
• If di nɛk stif (Stiff neck).
• Ed pen we nɔ go dɔn.
• Wan we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ pis .

Aw maylogram kin mek pɔsin fil pen?

Di ansa to dis kwɛstyɔn kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. If yu nɔ ebul fɔ bia di pen, i bɛtɛ fɔ lɛ yu nɔ kam. Bɔt yu kin gɛt sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn we yu de du di tɛst, lɛk:

• I kin fil lɛk se yu de push we dɛn injɛkt di spɛshal likwid (kɔntrast matirial).
• As dɛn de muv di nidul , wan shap pen we tan lɛk ilɛktrik kin apin wantɛm wantɛm nia di bɔdi ɔ di leg .

Dɔn bak, di tin dɛn we de sho difrɛns kin mek tin dɛn lɛk dis:

• Wan wam ɔ flush filin.
• Wan mɛtal teys na yu mɔt.
• Nauses fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Yu dɔktɔ ɛn di tim we de de go du ɔl wetin dɛn ebul fɔ mek yu fil fayn ɛn mek dɛn du di tɛst kwik kwik wan, so natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt.

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

Bak pen we de kɔntinyu fɔ de kin pul di ɛnjɔymɛnt kɔmɔt na yu layf ɛn stɔp yu fɔ du di tin dɛn we yu lɛk. We skan ɔltɛm nɔ de gi yu ansa, i kin bi se na tɛm fɔ mek yu du maylogram. Dis tɛst kin ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin de mek yu nɔr fil fayn ɛn ɛp yu fɔ fɛn sɔlv wae go woke fɔ yu. So if dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du dis tɛst, tɔk bɔt am, ɔndastand am, ɛn go bifo wit am. Wi op se yu go gɛt fridɔm frɔm yu prɔblɛm jisnɔ!

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