We yu de op fɔ bi mama, yu go gɛt fɔ du bɔku difrɛn mɛdikal tɛst dɛn, nɔto so? Skan, blɔd tɛst... Pan dɛn tin ya, yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di ‘AFP tɛst’. Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek yu fred smɔl ɛn want fɔ no mɔ we yu yɛri dis. Bɔku mama dɛn kin fred we dɛn yɛri di nem fɔ dis tɛst. So, na dat mek tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis blɔd tɛst we dɛn kɔl Alpha-fetoprotein (Alpha-fetoprotein - AFP) insay wan simpul langwej we yu kin ɔndastand.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na AFP?
I rili rili simpul. Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) na wan protin we di liva fכ yu pikin we de divεlכp de mek bay nכmal wan. Dis protin de pas bak insay yu blɔd frɔm yu pikin. So, wetin dɔktɔ dɛn kin du na fɔ tek wan sɛmpul pan yu blɔd ɛn mɛzhɔ di AFP we de insay.
Di impɔtant tin na dat dis nɔto tɛst fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt sik . Dɛn kɔl am skrinin tɛst . dat min se i de כnli gi indikεshכn if di pikin de pan risk fכ gεt bכn difεkt, spεshal wan nyural tyub dεfekt. di nyural tכb na di pat pan di pikin in bכdi we go bi di bren εn di spεnal kכd insay di fכs tεm.
Dis min se dis tɛst nɔr de 100% garanti se yu gɛt sik. I jɔs de gi wan indikashɔn fɔ di pɔsibul. Dis kin bi pat pan "Quad Screen" test pakej wae yu dɔktɔ kin rεkomεnd.
Aw ɛn ustɛm dɛn kin du dis tɛst?
Dis na wan rili simpul, we dɛn kin du ɔltɛm fɔ tɛst blɔd. No rizin nɔ de fɔ mek yu fred.
- Ustɛm: Dɛn kin du dis tɛst bitwin 15 ɛn 20 wiks we yu gɛt bɛlɛ . Dat min se yu de lɛk 4 mɔnt so.
- Aw dɛn kin du am: Jɔs lɛk aw yu kin gi blɔd fɔ ɛni ɔda sik. Wan tɛnishian go yuz smɔl nidul fɔ pul smɔl blɔd frɔm wan vein we de na yu an. Yu go fil smɔl tingling, ɛn yu kin fil smɔl brus usay dɛn put di nidul. Na dat. Dɔn dɛn go sɛn yu blɔd sɛmpul to lab fɔ mek dɛn tɛst yu.
Wetin di rizɔlt dɛn se?
Dis na di pat we de mek bɔku pipul dɛn fred. Bɔt lɛ wi si wetin i rili tɔk. No wori, okay?
Jɛnɛral wan, tri kayn rizɔlt dɛn de we pɔsin kin gɛt. Mek wi ɔndastand am na tebul lɛk dis.
| Rizɔlt | Wetin i kin min (Possible Indication) . |
|---|---|
| Nɔmal ɔ Negativ Rizɔlt | Dis na di gud nyus. dis min se yu pikin gεt rili sכm risk fכ gεt nyural tyub dεfekt כ sכm כda kromozom abnכmaliti dεm. |
| I ay pas aw dɛn bin de ɛkspɛkt AFP lɛvɛl | dis kin sho sכm chans fכ di pikin gεt nyural tכb dεfekt (e.g. spina bifida). Bɔt bɔku ɔda tin dɛn de we kin afɛkt dis. |
| Lɔw AFP lɛvɛl pas aw dɛn bin de ɛkspɛkt | dis kin sho se sכm chans de fכ wan kromozom abnכmaliti lεk Daun sεndrכm כ Edwards sεndrכm. |
A fɔ wɔri if di rizɔlt nɔmal?
Nɔ fred! Bak, dis na jɔs risk. Jɔs bikɔs di rizɔlt nɔr nɔ min se prɔblɛm de wit di pikin. Bɔku tɛm dɛn tin ya kin bi " lay lay pɔsitiv." Dat min se di tɛst kin sho se di pikin gɛt prɔblɛm, pan ɔl we prɔblɛm nɔ de.
Bɔku ɔda rizin dɛn de we mek di AFP lɛvɛl kin ay ɔ smɔl.
- Miskalkuleshɔn fɔ di ej we yu gɛt bɛlɛ: Yu bɛlɛ ej kin bi wan ɔ tu wik ɔf frɔm wetin yu tink. Dis kin afɛkt di rizɔlt bad bad wan, bikɔs di AFP lɛvɛl kin difrɛn frɔm wan wik to di ɔda wik.
- twin dεm : if yu de gεt twins, di AFP lεvεl na di mama in bכdi go inkrεs nכmal wan biכs di tu pikin dεm de prodyuz AFP. Sɔntɛm yu nɔ go ivin no se yu gɛt twins!
- Yu wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn:Tin dɛm lɛk yu bɔdi wet ɛn if yu gɛt dayabitis kin afɛkt dis rizɔlt bak.
Okay, so wetin go apin nɛks?
If yu AFP rizɔlt nɔto nɔmal, yu dɔktɔ go tek di nɛks step smɔl smɔl, ɛn i nɔ go panik.
1. Fɔ chɛk di rizɔlt bak: Sɔntɛnde, di dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔ du ɔda blɔd tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt di rizɔlt. Bɔrku tɛm, di rizɔlt kin kam bak nɔrmal di sɛkɔn tɛm.
2. Ditayl Ultrasound Scan: Dis na di nɛks tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Di dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔ mek dɛn du gud Ultrasound skan. Frɔm dis, .
- Yu kin kɔnfɔm di rayt de we yu gɛt bɛlɛ.
- Yu kin si klia wan if dɛn na twins.
- Dɛn kin tek tɛm luk di pikin in bɔdi pat dɛn, mɔ di bren, in spayna, ɛn at fɔ si if ɛni prɔblɛm de we dɛn bɔn am.
3. Ɔda spɛshal tɛst dɛn: If sɔm dawt stil de afta di ɔltra saund skan, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔda tɛst. Dat na wan tɛst we dɛn kɔl amniocentesis . na ya, dεn de tek sכm sכm wata (amniotic fluid) we de rawnd di pikin εn tεst am. Dis kin gi mɔ spɛshal, kɔnfɔmeshɔn infɔmeshɔn.
4. Mɛdikal kɔnsultɛshɔn: Na ɛni step, yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen ɔltin to yu. Tɔk to am bɔt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ tin we de mɔna yu. If nid de, i kin sɛn yu to spɛshal pɔsin.
Fɔ disayd fɔ du sɔntin di tɛm lɛk dis kin at. Bɔt mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. Yu dɔktɔ ɛn yu mɛdikal tim de fɔ ɛp yu ɛn gi yu ɔl di infɔmeshɔn we yu nid. Yu kin tɔk to dɛn ɛn disayd fɔ du di bɛst tin fɔ yu ɛn yu famili.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- AFP na tεst we de gi indikεshכn fכ di pikin in hεlth, bכt i nכ de 100% kכnfכm se sik de.
- Nɔ panik if di tɛst rizɔlt nɔto nɔmal. I kin bi bikɔs ɔf ɔda rizin dɛn, lɛk fɔ gɛt twins ɔ fɔ nɔ kɔl di ej we uman gɛt bɛlɛ di rɔŋ we.
- Nɔ jomp to kɔnklushɔn bays pan di AFP rizɔlt nɔmɔ. Di nɛks ɔltra saund skan ɛn ɔda tɛst dɛn go gi klia pikchɔ.
- Na yu rayt fɔ tɔk opin wan wit yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛnitin we de mɔna yu ɔr de fred. Na di bɛst we bak fɔ mek yu nɔ fred.











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