Yu an sikrit wan de wok difrɛn we fɔ yu? Lɛ wi lan bɔt Alien Hand Syndrome!

Yu dɔn ɛva tink bɔt aw i go tan lɛk fɔ gɛt yu yon an, we yu nɔ gɛt ɛni kɔntrol pan am, ɛn du ɛnitin we yu want wit am? I tan lɛk sɔntin we kɔmɔt na fim we de mek pɔsin fred, nɔto so? Sɔntɛnde, dis kin rili apin. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan rili strenj, ɛn smɔl frayd, bɔt rili rare kɔndishɔn. Dɛn kɔl am ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’ .

Wetin na ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Alien Hand Syndrome na we wan pan yu an (ɛn sɔmtɛm ivin wan leg, bɔt dat nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm) de akt indipɛndɛnt frɔm di ɔda pat na yu bɔdi, dat na, we yu nɔ gɛt yu kɔntrol, fɔ insɛf. I kin fil lɛk se yu an gɛt sɛpret bren, difrɛn maynd. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kɔntrol wetin i de du ɛni we. I nɔ de lisin to wetin yu de tɔk, i de du difrɛn tin dɛn fɔ insɛf.

Imajin, yu an go ɔp wantɛm wantɛm ɛn i tan lɛk se i de flɔt na di ays. Ɔ, we yu grap sɔntin, yu nɔ de lɛf am. We yu dɔn tay yu sules, da an de go ɛn opin dɛn. If dis apin to wan leg, i kin tek wan stɛp fɔ go bifo insɛf.

Dis na ɛkspiriɛns we rili de mek pɔsin fred. I kin fil lɛk se yu de na fim we de mek yu fred, lɛk se ɔda pɔsin de kɔntrol dis pat na yu bɔdi. Alien Hand Syndrome na wan sik wae kin apun bikɔs ɔf sɔm ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn dɛm, bren injury, ɛn ivin afta sɔm bren ɔpreshɔn.

Dis nɔto sik we de ambɔg ɔlman, i nɔ kin bɔku. Sɔntɛnde dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘Alien Limb Syndrome’. Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl am bak wit jok "Dr. Strangelove syndrome" afta wan pɔsin we de insay wan 1964 fim.

Wetin na di men kayn ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’?

Dɛn dɔn no fayv men kayn dis sik:

• Diagnostic dyspraxia (intermanual conflict): Dis na we wan an de wok agens wetin di ɔda an de du. Tink bɔt am lɛk we yu opin domɔt wit wan an ɛn lɔk am wit di ɔda an.
• Alien hand sign: Fo dis, yu de fil laik se yu han no bi yu yon, bot na oda pesin in.
• Anarchic hand syndrome: Yu an de du wan wok we yu nɔ gɛt ɛni kɔntrol pan am.
• Supernumerary hand: Yu fil lɛk se yu gɛt ɛkstra an.
• Levitating hand: Yu an kin rayz ɔtomɛtik wan we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik?

De sayn dɛm fɔ Alien Hand Syndrome kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin, bɔt in jɛnɛral, yu kin notis tin dɛm wae de apun to yu an wae yu nɔr kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol, lɛk:

• Fɔ tɔch pat dɛn na yu bɔdi, klos, ɛn tin dɛn we de rawnd yu.
• Wans yu grab somtin, yu no fit let am go.
• Di an kin es ɔp ɔtomɛtik wan.
• Finga dɛn we de wev, we de muv.
• I at fɔ yuz yu tu an fɔ du wok.
• If i afɛkt wan leg, i pɔsibul fɔ waka ɔ tinap pan wan leg.

Imajin se dis de apin:

We yu tray fɔ ɔn layt wit wan an, di ɔda an (di an we di sik afɛkt) kin es in an ɛn ɔf am. If yu an we gɛt di sik grap sɔntin, yu fɔ yuz yu ɔda an fɔ pul am. We yu de rid buk, da an de kin es di buk ɔtomɛtik wan ɛn i kin tan lɛk se i de flɔt ɔp yu ed. Sɔntɛnde, di an we gɛt di sik kin ivin slap ɔ wund insɛf.

Apat frɔm dɛn men tin ya, ɔda tin dɛn kin de lɛk:

• Fɔ fil wik na yu an ɔ yu leg.
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk (aphasia) .
• Nɔ ebul fɔ no difrɛns bitwin wetin dɛn de si ɛn wetin dɛn tɔch (anomia) .
• Pan ɔl we yu bin ebul fɔ du am bifo, naw i nɔ izi fɔ rid ɛn rayt.

Us an ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’ de afɛkt?

Dis kin dipen pan usay di bren damej ɔ injuri de. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• if di lεft mεdial fכnt lכb na di lεft say na di bren dεm dεm, di rayt an kin afekt.
• di damej we di kכpas kכlosכm (dis na di pat we lεk brij we de kכnekt di rayt εn lεft εmisfya) kin afekt di lεft an.
• if damej de na di rayt parietal lobe (dis de jis dכn di krawn na di sכkul, oba εn bihayn di bren), di lεft an kin afekt.

Sɔntɛnde i kin afɛkt wan leg, ɛn ɔda tɛm i kin afɛkt ɔl tu di an dɛn.

Wetin kin mek yu gɛt ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’?

Di men tin we kin mek dis apin na we pɔsin wund ɔ lɛ i gɛt di say dɛn we de dɔŋ ya na di bren:

• Kכpas kכlכsum: Na di pat pan di bren bitwin di rayt εn lεft εmisfya.
• Parietal rijyכn: כnda di krawn na di sכkul, na di tכp εn bak pan di bren.
• Frontal rijyכn: Na di pat pan di bren we de biɛn di fכs.

Dɛn say ya kin pwɛl bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn lɛk:

• Ɔpreshɔn: Fɔ ɛgzampul, afta dɛn dɔn du ɔpreshɔn lɛk kɔpas kalɔsotɔmi, dip dip bren stimuleshɔn, ɔ pul wan tumbu na di frɔntal lob na di bren.
• Bikɔs ɔf wan ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn .

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, we yu want fɔ muv yu an, wan nɛtwɔk we gɛt nyuron dɛn na di bren kin faya wan tɛm. Bɔt Alien Han Sindrom we dɛn kɔl Alien Hand Syndromepan pכsin we gεt dis kכndyushכn, dεn nεv sεl dεm ya de כnli faya na sכm pat dεm na di bren (isolated activation). Dis min se di nεv sεl dεm nכ de wok fayn כ dεn nכ de kכmכnik wit dεn wan dεm.

Wetin na di tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’?

Bɔku sik dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik. Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Alzaima
• Bren tumor
• Kɔtikobasal sindrom (CBS) .
• Di sik we dɛn kɔl Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) .
• Ɛmoraji we de insay di kraynia
• Maygren aura simptom dɛm
• Di sik we dɛn kɔl multiple sclerosis
• Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Parkinson
• Parry-Romberg sindrom we gɛt di sik
• Subdural hematoma (na blɔd we de klɔt na di bren) .

Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, dɛn dɔn ripɔt dis bak wit strok.

Wetin na di risk factor dɛm fɔ dis?

Yu kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt alien hand syndrome if yu gɛt wan sik wae de afɛkt tin dɛm lɛk:

• Nyurodijɛnɛreshɔn
• distrukshכn fכ di protεktiv kכva (maylin) we de rawnd di nεv sεl dεm (demyelination) .
• Prion sik dɛn

Dis sik kin afɛkt big pipul dɛm, bɔt sɔmtɛm i kin kam bak pan pikin dɛm.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin kin gɛt ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’?

Imajin se wan pan yu an nɔ de wok di we aw yu want am. Dis muvmɛnt wae yu nɔr de kɔntrol kin gɛt big impak pan aw yu de fil bɔt yu bɔdi ɛn yu maynd wɛl bɔdi. We yu fil lɛk se wan pat pan yu bɔdi nɔto yu yon, i kin tranga fɔ bia wit am. Dis kin mek tin dɛn lɛk:

• Pwɛl at
• Wɔri
• Fɔ fred ɔ fɔ gɛt paranoia

"A fil se mai han no bi mi yon... I no de du wetin a want..." Aw yu de fil se yu no get ep we yu get tinkin laik dis, no bi so?

Apat frɔm dat, alien hand syndrome kin mek pɔsin wund. Yu an we gɛt di sik kin tɔch tin dɛn we i nɔ fɔ tɔch, lɛk pan ɔt pan ɔ shap nɛf. Yu kin wund yusɛf bak we yu de bit ɔ pan yusɛf.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’?

Nɔr patikyula tɛst nɔr de fɔ no dis sik. Dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik ɛn wach aw yu de muv we dɛn de du yu bɔdi ɛgzam. Yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ if dɛn jɔs dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan yu bren ɔ yu ed wund.

Bɔku ɔda tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol insɛf. So, dɛn go du tɛst fɔ no if pɔsin nɔ gɛt di sem kayn sik. Yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn du imej tɛst, lɛk MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), fɔ chɛk if ɛni lɛsin de na yu bren.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

Dɔktɔ kin tɔk bɔt tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk dis fɔ mɛn di ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn ɔ fɔ ridyus di sayn dɛm fɔ Alien Hand Syndrome :

• Mεdikeshכn dεm: dεn kin gi antiepileptic dεm כ nyuromכskular blכk εjεnt fכ muvmεnt we dεn nכ kכntro. Dɛn kin gi yu ɔda mɛrɛsin bak dipen pan yu ɔda sayn dɛm.
• Botulinum toxin injection (Botulinum toxin - Botox®): Botulinum toxin (Botox®) kin stכp di mכsul dεm we de wok fכ sכm tεm na wan spεsifi k εria na di bכdi. Pan ɔl we dis kin ɛp fɔ muv we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, dɛn fɔ ripit di tritmɛnt ɛvri sɔm mɔnt.
• Miro bɔks tɛrapi: Dis kin min fɔ yuz miro fɔ mek pɔsin fil lɛk se i de fil. Dis kin trik yu bren fɔ tink se wan pan yu an/leg dɛn de muv bay wilful ɛn i de ɔnda yu kɔntrol.
• Di tin dɛn we de ambɔg yu: If yu an we di sik afɛkt de ol tin ɔltɛm, yu kin kip bɔl ɔ sɔntin we saf we da an de kin ol. Ɔ, yu kin kip da an de na pɔkit fɔ mek yu nɔ du ɛnitin we yu nɔ bin de ɛkspɛkt.
• Difrɛn Tɛrapi: Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ gi yu tritmɛnt lɛk fɔ mɛn yu bɔdi, fɔ mɛn yu woke, ɔr fɔ mɛn yu bɔdi ɛn yu maynd fayn fayn wan.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mɛn Alien Hand Syndrome?

Naw, no mɛrɛsin nɔr de fɔ Alien Hand Syndrome , bɔt dɛn kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛm.

Aw lɔng dis tin go las?

Aw lɔng dis kin te kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Di shɔt tɛm we dɛn ripɔt na 30 minit. Sɔm ripɔt dɛn se dis sik kin te fɔ sɔm dez to sɔm ia. Tritmɛnt kin ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol yu sayn dɛm ɛn fɔ mek yu maynd gɛt wɛl bɔdi.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd Alien Hand Syndrome?

Naw, no we nɔr de fɔ mek dis nɔr apin, bikɔs i kin kam bikɔs yu bren dɔn pwɛl, ɔpreshɔn, ɔr ɔda sik dɛn we de ɔnda yu. Bɔt tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ mek yu nɔ wund yu ed, lɛk fɔ wɛr ɛlmɛt we de protɛkt yu.

Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di frɛkuɛns fɔ di sayn dɛm:

• Gi di an we dɛn afɛkt sɔntin fɔ ol.
• Fɔ kip yu an dɛn na yu poket, ɔ wɛr glɔv ɔ mit.
• Fɔ tɔk ɛn gi kɔmand to di an we dɛn afɛkt (dis kin wok fɔ sɔm).
• Praktis di we aw yu de rilaks di mɔsul dɛn.

Dɛn we ya nɔ de wok di sem fɔ ɔlman. Di tin dɛn we kin apin kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt muvmɛnt we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, sɔm pipul dɛn we gɛt Alien Hand Syndrome kin bi sayn fɔ se pɔsin gɛt strok. If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ strok (e.g., wik na wan say, chenj na yu yay, kɔnfyushɔn), kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na di imejensi rum we de nia yu.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

• Wetin de mek dis tin apin to mi?
• Us tritmɛnt dɛn yu kin advays?
• Ɛni bad tin de we di tritmɛnt kin du?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ mek mi maynd bɛtɛ?
• Aw a go pul di maynd pan mi an we dɔn afɛkt?

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

Alien Hand Syndrome nɔto jɔs wan sik we de mek yu at pwɛl ɛn we de mek yu fil bad, bɔt i kin rili mek yu fred bak if yu gɛt am. Na strenj filin we yu an gɛt in yon maynd ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ du tin ivin we yu tɛl am fɔ stɔp. I tan lɛk se ɔda pɔsin de kɔntrol wan pat na yu bɔdi. Dis we aw yu nɔ ebul fɔ du natin kin rili afɛkt yu bɔdi ɛn maynd.

Bɔt mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. Dɔktɔ dɛn de wae kin trit dis sik ɛn ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol yu sayn dɛm.

So, nɔ ɛva ignore dɛn sayn ya. Si dɔktɔ fɔ advays. Dɛn go tɛl yu aw fɔ trit de sik, ɛn dɛn go tɛl yu bɔt aw fɔ trit di sik, ɛn dɛn go tɛl yu bɔt aw fɔ mek yu nɔ fil fayn we yu nɔr de kɔntrol yu bɔdi, lɛk aw yu de yuz yu maynd wɛl bɔdi.

` Alien Hand Syndrome, we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol yu an, we yu de muv ɔtomɛtik an, yu bren dizayd, nyurolɔjik sik, we yu nɔ want fɔ muv yu an, yu bren kɔndishɔn