Yu no bɔt di Breast MRI tɛst? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt di ditil dɛn!

Yu kin dɔn yɛri di wɔd ‘Breast MRI’. Ɔ sɔntɛm dɔktɔ go dɔn tɛl yu fɔ du dis tɛst. Wetin na di brɔst MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) rili? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na tɛst we de tek pikchɔ dɛn insay yu bɔdi. Bɔt i nɔ de yuz ɛkstrem rayt. Bifo dat, i de yuz big magnet, redio wev, ɛn kɔmpyuta fɔ mek pikchɔ dɛn we rili klia ɛn ditayli bɔt yu bɔdi. Yu dɔktɔ kin yuz ‘Breast MRI’ bak wit ‘Mammogram’ fɔ chɛk fɔ brɔst kansa. Ɔ dɛn kin yuz ‘bayɔpsi’ fɔ tek smɔl pat pan di bɔdi fɔ si if kansa de ɔ aw fa di kansa dɔn skata.

Wetin mek dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du MRI na yu bɔdi?

Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek yu dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔ mek dɛn du dis tɛst. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• If yu de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt brɔst kansa (i.e. if sɔmbɔdi na yu famili dɔn gɛt am, ɔ if yu gɛt jɛnɛtik muteshon lɛk BRCA1 ɔ BRCA2), dɛn kin aks yu fɔ gɛt dis apat frɔm yu rɛgyula mammogram.
• if yu brεst gεt dense tisu (`dεns brεst`), dis kin imכtant as adishכnal tεst.
• Fɔ pɔsin we dɛn jɔs dɔn no se gɛt bɔdi kansa, tek tɛm luk aw fa di kansa dɔn skata .
• Fɛn ɔda tin dɛn bɔt di tin dɛn we nɔ fayn na di bɔdi we at fɔ no kɔrɛkt wan wit mamogram ɔ ɔltra saund na di bɔdi.
• Chek fɔ si if di brɔst implant (lɛk silinda) dɔn bɔs, ɔ if pɔsin we gɛt implant gɛt kansa.

Yu injekt spɛshal likwid (kɔntrast day) fɔ dis?

Yes, mכst tεm, dεn kin yuz kכntrast day fכ dis `Breast MRI` tεst. Dɛn kɔl dis `Gadolinium`. dis dεn gi yu tru wan sכm `IV` layn insay wan vein na yu an. dis de mek di `Radiologist`, we na raydiolojist, si rili klia wan wetin nכmal εn wetin nכmal na yu brεst. Dis difrɛn frɔm di `kɔntrast day` we dɛn kin yuz fɔ `CT skan` (`Computed Tomography scan`), nɔto so?

Wetin na di rilayshɔn bitwin Breast MRI ɛn brɛst kansa?

Afta dɛn dɔn no se yu gɛt bɔdi kansa, bɔku tɛm dɔktɔ dɛn kin se yu fɔ du `Breast MRI` fɔ no mɔ bɔt am. Na dis na wetin ɔda tin we i kin no:

• Aw fa di kansa dɔn skata? Dis min if i dɔn spre to di nipple, di skin, ɔ di chɛst mɔsul dɛn we de ɔnda am.
• Luk fɔ ɔda say dɛn we gɛt kansa ɔ di tisu we nɔ de na di bɔdi. Ivin 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 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.
• Chek di limf no dεm na yu armpit fכ si if dεn big. If dɛn big, dis kin bi sayn fɔ se di kansa dɔn skata (metastasized) to da eria de.
• Dis kin ɛp bak fɔ si aw di tritmɛnt fɔ bɔdi kansa kin wok fayn, mɔ di kemotɛrapi, we dɛn kin gi fɔ mek di tumbu smɔl bifo dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn.

כda tin, wan `Breast MRI` kin εp bak fכ si di kכndishכn fכ di lumpectomy sayt dεm sεvεra ia afta tritmεnt fכ brεst kεnsar. Bikɔs sɔntɛnde `Mammogram` ɛn `Ultrasound` kin luk di sem, ilɛksɛf ska ɔ kansa dɔn kam bak.

Aw yu fɔ pripia bifo yu du MRI na yu bɔdi?

I fayn fɔ tɛl yu Rediolɔg ɔ Redio Tɛknɔlɔjis dɛn tin ya bifo yu Brɔst MRI?

• I nɔ bad if yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de gi pikin in bɛlɛ . Bikɔs if yu gɛt bɛlɛ, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ du MRI wit kɔntrast day. we yu gi pikin bεlε kin afekt di MRI imej dεm bak.
• If i at fɔ ledɔm na yu bɛlɛ fɔ 30 to 60 minit.
• If yu dɔn ɛva gɛt alɛji to kɔntrast day bifo.
• If yu gɛt frayd fɔ gɛt say dɛn we dɛn nɔ gɛt (claustrophobia), sɔntɛnde dɛn kin gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we de mek yu fil fayn fɔ ɛp yu fɔ rilaks bifo yu du di tɛst.

Dɔn bak, if yu gɛt ɛni mɛtal tin ɔ mɛrɛsin we dɛn put insay yu bɔdi, yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɛn MRI Tɛknɔlɔjis bɔt dɛn. Chek fɔ dɛn tin ya:

• Ilɛksɛf na pesmɛka ɔ difibrilator.
• ilektronik/implant stimulatכr כ divays dεm, fכ egzampl wan vagus nεv stimulator.
• Wan kɔklia implant ɔ ɔda ia implant.
• Aneurism klip ɛn kɔyl dɛn.
• Stent nɔ de na di at.
• Filta dɛn, fɔ ɛgzampul filta dɛn we de mek blɔd klɔt.
• mεtal fragmεnt dεm na di bכdi כ yay (e.g. bulεt, mεtal fragmεnt, ayכn pauda).

Dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ yuz dɛn divays ya wan tɛm wit MRI:

• wan divays we de kכntinyu fכ mכsu di blכd shuga lεvεl (`Continuous glucose monitor (CGM)`).
• Di `insulin pɔmp`.
• mεdikeshכn pat dεm (e.g. bכt kכntrכl pat dεm, nikotin pat dεm).

If yu de yuz dis kayn tin, i go fayn fɔ mek yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am ɛn aks wetin dɛn go du fɔ di MRI.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du MRI fɔ di bɔdi?

Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu fɔ ɛkspɛkt we yu de du Brɔst MRI:

• Yu go gɛt fɔ wɛr ɔspitul klos.
• If yu de du MRI, nɔto fɔ chɛk fɔ si if dɛn put yu brɔst, dɛn go put IV layn na wan vein na yu an fɔ injɛkt kɔntrast day we dɛn de du di tɛst.
• Yu go ledɔm fes dɔŋ pan tebul we gɛt ol dɛn we dɛn mek fɔ fit yu bɔdi. Di teknɔlɔjis go ɛp yu fɔ posishun yusɛf fayn fayn wan. If yu geht eni difikulti, tel dem, okay?
• Dɔn di pɔsin we de stɔdi bɔt di tɛknɔlɔji go put di magnet insay di MRI mashin. I go tek di pikchɔ dɛn frɔm kɔmpyuta we de na wan sɛpret rum, ɛn i go de wach yu tru wan winda. Yu kin tɔk bak to di teknɔlɔjis tru intakɔm if yu want.
• We di mashin de tek pikchɔ, i rili impɔtant fɔ de stil as yu ebul fɔ mek shɔ se di pikchɔ dɛn klia ɛn nɔ blɔk. Di MRI mashin de mek lawd klik sawnd ɔl di tɛm we dɛn de du di tɛst. Dis min se di mashin de wok fayn fayn wan. Dɛn go gi yu iaplɔg fɔ put insay yu yes fɔ kɔba di nɔys.
• If yu MRI nid kɔntrast day, di tɛknɔlɔjis go injɛkt am afta dɛn dɔn tek di fɔs sɛt fɔ pikchɔ dɛn. Dɔn, dɛn go tek mɔ pikchɔ dɛn ɔ we dɛn de injɛkt di day ɔ afta dɛn dɔn injɛkt di day.
• We dɛn dɔn fɔ du di tɛst, di dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu go aks yu fɔ wet fɔ sɔm tɛm we i de luk di pikchɔ dɛn, ɛn i kin aks yu if dɛn nid mɔ pikchɔ dɛn.
• Afta yu tek inof pikchɔ, di Tɛknɔlɔjis go pul yu IV layn ɛn put smɔl bandej oba di eria. Dɔn di tɛst dɔn dɔn.

Afta dɛn dɔn du di brɔst MRI?

Afta yu brɔst MRI, yu kin go du yu nɔmal tin dɛn. Bɔt if yu bin gɛt MRI brɔst bayɔpsi, we min se yu fɔ tek wan pat pan di tisu frɔm di MRI, yu fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn di rayt we. As wi bin dɔn tɔk, if yu tek wan mɛrɛsin we de mek yu fil fayn bifo yu du di tɛst, yu fɔ mek pɔsin kɛr yu go na os.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ mek dɛn du MRI fɔ di bɔdi?

pan ɔl we bɔku ples dɛn kin gi 40 to 60 minit fɔ `Breast MRI`, di aktual `skan` kin tek lɛk 20 minit nɔmɔ. di rεst כf di tεm dεn de spεnd fכ `skrin kwεshכn`, insay di `IV`, εn `prכp posishכn`.

Ɛni risk de we yu de du MRI fɔ yu bɔdi?

Di risk fɔ gɛt Breast MRI rili smɔl if yu ɛn di Teknɔlɔjis fala di sefty instrɔkshɔn dɛn fayn fayn wan. Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin na:

• Alɛji riakshɔn to kɔntrast day: Smɔl chans de fɔ mek yu gɛt alɛji to kɔntrast day. Bɔt, dis nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Ivin if i apin, i kin bi smɔl tin ɛn di mɛdikal tim go trit am kwik.
• Falz pɔsitiv: Bikɔs MRI na tɛst we rili sɛnsitiv, i kin gɛt lay lay pɔsitiv. dis min se di tisu we rili nכmal kin sho se i abnכmal. Bɔt if dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu bɔdi si sɔntin we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu bɔdi, dɛn kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du ɔda tɛst fɔ no wetin i bi.

Wetin na di rizɔlt we dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn du MRI na di bɔdi?

Yu MRI ripɔt kin difrɛn dipen if yu bin gɛt brɔst MRI fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt bɔdi kansa (skrinin), fɔ no if yu gɛt wan sik (diagnostic), ɔ fɔ chɛk fɔ kansa we yu dɔn gɛt. Bɔt di dɔktɔ we ɔda yu brɔst MRI go tɔk to yu bɔt di rizɔlt.

Di raydiɔlɔjis dɛn ɔl de yuz di sem standad we fɔ ripɔt di rizɔlt fɔ di brɛst ɛgzam. Dɛn kɔl am di Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) . I de rayt di rizɔlt pan wan skel we de frɔm 0 to 6. Yu MRI rizɔlt go ɔltɛm de na yu ilɛktronik mɛdikal rɛkɔd akɔn (if yu gɛt wan) ɛn na yu dɔktɔ in ɔfis insay wan to tu biznɛs dez. Dɔn yu dɔktɔ go tɔk to yu bɔt di tin dɛn we dɔn apin.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Breast MRI ɛn Mammogram?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz ɔl tu di mammogram ɛn di brɔst MRI fɔ ɛp fɔ no di bɔdi kansa ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we nɔ fayn na di bɔdi.

Mamogram na di fɔs tin we dɛn kin pik fɔ chɛk ɛn no if i gɛt bɔdi kansa, mɔ bikɔs na dɛn wan ya we dɛn kin tek fɔ no if dɛn gɛt maykrokalsifikeshɔn kɔrɛkt wan , we na di fɔs sayn fɔ sɔm bɔdi kansa dɛn.

Difrɛns de bak pan di we aw dɛn tu imej tɛst ya de wok.

Yu tink se Breast MRI bɛtɛ pas Mammogram?

Notin nɔ de we dɛn kɔl wan pɔsin we bɛtɛ pas di ɔda wan. Dɛn kin rili yuz dɛn fɔ difrɛn tin dɛn. Mamogram na di gold standad tɛst fɔ brɔst kansa. Apat frɔm di mamogram, MRI kin ɛp bak fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt bɔku risk fɔ gɛt bɔdi kansa ɔ we dɛn dɔn no se gɛt bɔdi kansa. Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen to yu us tɛst go fayn fɔ yu bay aw yu de si yu.

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

brεst MRI na wan rili imכtant tεst we de εp fכ no, no, εn evaluate brεst kansa εn כda abnכmal tin dεm na di brεst. I nɔmal fɔ fil smɔl fred ɛn wɔri bifo dɛn du MRI. Yu kin gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn ɛn wɔri bɔt wetin di rizɔlt fɔ di tɛst go sho ɛn aw dɛn go afɛkt yu wɛlbɔdi. Nɔ shek fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. I kin ɛksplen di brɔst MRI to yu ɛn tɛl yu bak bɔt wetin go apin afta dat.

Mɛmba se fɔ no di sik kwik kwik wan na di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm bɔku sik dɛn . So if dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du dis kayn tɛst, nɔ fred am, no di rayt tin dɛn ɛn fes am.

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