Yu dɔn lɔs yu vishɔn wantɛm wantɛm ɛn yu dɔn gɛt am bak? Mek wi lan bɔt (Amaurosis Fugax)?

Yu dɔn ɛva lɔs di vishɔn wantɛm wantɛm na wan yay, ɔ sɔntɛm yu tu yay, fɔ shɔt tɛm, dɔn yu gɛt am bak insay sɔm minit? I kin mek yu fred, lɛk se blak kɔtin dɔn fɔdɔm bifo yu yay, ɔ sɔmbɔdi de pul kɔtin frɔm di sayd. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis kayn tɛmporari vishɔn lɔs.

Wetin na Amaurosis Fugax?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis `(Amaurosis Fugax)` min se yu kin lɔs yu yay na wan yay, ɔ sɔmtɛm yu tu yay, fɔ sɔm tɛm, dat na fɔ shɔt tɛm. Bɔt yu nɔ de fil ɛni pen pan dis. di rizin fכ dis na di bכdi fכ fכlכ to di rεtina , we na di layεr fכ sεl dεm na di bak pat pan di yay we de sεnd signal to di bren bכt wetin wi de si, de stכp fכ sכm tεm εn i de ambɔg. Imajin se wi yay tan lɛk kamɛra, ɛn dis retina de du tin lɛk in fim. Dɔn, if di blɔd nɔ flɔ fayn to am, di imej dɛn kin stɔp fɔ si fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Di nem ``Amaurosis Fugax'' kɔmɔt frɔm di Grik wɔd ``amaurosis'' we min 'daknɛs'' ɛn di Latin wɔd ``fugax'' we min 'mɔmɛntari'' ɔ 'fɔ smɔl tɛm''. As di nem sho, dis we aw pɔsin kin si tin kin te fɔ sɔm sɛkɔn to sɔm minit . Sɔntɛnde, di vishɔn kin lɔs kpatakpata, ɔ na wan pat pan am nɔmɔ nɔ kin si fayn.

sכmtεm dכkta dεn kin kכl dis kכndyushכn `transiεnt mכnokul blayndnεs`, `transiεnt mכnokul vishכnal lכs`, כ `transiεnt baynokul vishכnal lכs`. dat min se `tεmporari lכs fכ si na wan yay` כ `tεmporari lכs fכ si na di tu yay`.

Pan ɔl we sɔm pan di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si dis kayn we kin smɔl, ɔda wan dɛn kin bi siriɔs tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin pe atɛnshɔn to am . Yu yay dɔktɔ go ɛp yu fɔ no di rayt tin we mek i apin. Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ yu go bigin fɔ gi di rayt tritmɛnt.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ mɛmba se if yu lɔs yu yay wantɛm wantɛm fɔ ɛni rizin, na imejensi ɛn yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis?

If yu gɛt `(Amaurosis Fugax)`, di men sayn na we yu de dak wantɛm wantɛm, we yu nɔ de fil pen, we yu nɔ de si fayn, ɔ we yu nɔ de si klia wan na wan pat pan yu yay. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, dis kin fil lɛk kɔtin we de fɔdɔm frɔm ɔp ɔ pul kɔtin bifo dɛn yay. I kin bi ɛkspiriɛns we fiba di kɔtin we dɛn kin lɔk na ple.

Imajin, we Nilanthi bin de drink in mɔnin ti, wantɛm wantɛm wan blak kɔtin fɔdɔm bifo in rayt yay. I nɔ bin ebul fɔ si natin fɔ lɛk wan minit so. I bin rili fred. Bɔt afta sɔm tɛm, i bin ebul fɔ si bak. Dis na di nature of `(Amaurosis Fugax)`.

As di nem sho, dis na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ.. Dat min se i go bɛtɛ fɔ insɛf afta sɔm tɛm, ɛn yu vishɔn go kam bak. Bɔt dis kin apin pas wan tɛm. So, mɛmba se, we yu nɔ de si fayn wantɛm wantɛm, ilɛksɛf yu de fil pen ɔ yu nɔ de fil pen, na sɔntin we yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Na bikɔs siriɔs rizin kin de biɛn dis.

Wetin mek dis de apin? Wetin na di rizin dɛn?

di men tin we de mek `(Amaurosis Fugax)` na, lεk aw wi bin dכn tכk bכt, wan bכdi we de gi bכdi to di rεtina insay di yay de blok fכ sכm rizin. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no di rayt tin we mek dis blɔk de blo. Na da tɛm de nɔmɔ yu dɔktɔ go ebul fɔ disayd di rayt tritmɛnt.

difrεn rizin dεm de we kin mek di rεtina atεri oklushכn:

• Blɔd we de klɔt: Blɔd we de klɔt ɔdasay na di bɔdi kin brok ɛn lod insay wan smɔl blɔd vesel we de gi blɔd to di yay.
• Plɛk we kɔmɔt frɔm Atɛrosklɛrosis: Sɔntɛnde di wɔl dɛn na wi big blɔd vesel dɛn kin tik wit fat (wan tin we dɛn kɔl atɛrosklɛrosis). Wan smɔl pat pan dis plek kin brok ɛn stɔp na blɔd vesel, jɔs lɛk dɔti we kin stɔp na paip.
• Inflameshɔn na yu optik nɛv: Na infɛkshɔn ɔ inflamɛns na di optik nɛv, we kin kɛr mɛsej frɔm di yay to di bren (lɛk optik nyuraytis), kin mek bak yu nɔ de si fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Apat frɔm dat, yu dɔktɔ go chɛk bak if yu gɛt ɛni ɔda tin we kin bi wan sayn fɔ ``Amaurosis Fugax.'' Di men wan dɛn na:

• Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA): Dis tan lɛk mini-strok. Di blɔd we de go na di bren kin stɔp fɔ shɔt tɛm ɛn afta dat i kin kam bak lɛk aw i bin de. Dis kin bi wɔnin sayn fɔ se big strok de kam.
• Stroke: Na siriɔs tin we kin apin we di blɔd we de go na wan pat na di bren dɔn kɔt kpatakpata.
• Jaynt Cell Arteritis: Dɛn kin kɔl am bak Temporal Arteritis, dis na sik we kin mek di big ɛn midul saiz at na di ed ɛn nɛk swel ɛn inflam. I kin afɛkt bak di at dɛn we de gi blɔd to di yay.
• Optik Nyuraytis: Di optik nerve de swel ɔ inflamɛns.
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Dis na sik we de afɛkt di nervɔs sistɛm.
• Hɛd injuri (Traumatic Brain Injury - TBI): Dɛn kayn prɔblɛm ya kin apin sɔm tɛm afta yu dɔn wund yu ed.

Udat dɛn de pan denja pas ɔlman?

difrεn risk fכs dεm de we kin kכntribyut fכ divεlכpmεnt fכ `(Amaurosis Fugax)`. Sɔm pan dɛn tin ya na tin dɛn we dɛn kin chenj, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn na tin dɛn we dɛn nɔ kin chenj. Na sɔm pan dɛn:

• Carotid Artery Stenosis: If di men blɔd vesel (carotid artery) we de kɛr blɔd frɔm ɔl tu di say dɛn na di nɛk to di bren de blok bay di fat we de de.
• Ay blɔd prɛshɔn (Hypertension): Dis na wetin ay blɔd prɛshɔn min.
• Di kɔlɔstrel we de na di blɔd we ay (Hypercholesterolemia): Di bad kɔlɔstrel we de na di blɔd de go ɔp.
• Smok: Dis na sɔntin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt bɔku sik dɛn.
• If yu bin dɔn gɛt `(TIA)` we bin dɔn de bifo.
• Dayabitis: Dɛn kin kɔl am bak shuga sik.
• At sik: Dis risk kin pasmak bak fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt hat sik.
• Yuz kɔkɛyn.
• Fɔ drink pasmak (`Alcohol use disorder`).
• Ej 50 ɔ pas dat: Di risk fɔ gɛt sɔm sik dɛn kin bɔku we pɔsin de ol.

As yu si, bɔrku pan dɛn tin ya kin gɛt fɔ du wit tin dɛm lɛk at sik ɛn strok, so i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya.

Yu tink se dis kin mek pɔsin denja? Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin?

yes, dipכnt pan di kכz bihayn di tεmporari lכs fכ si we dεn kכl `(Amaurosis Fugax)` , di kכmplikεshכn dεm we kin kכmכt frכm dis kin rili siriכs. εspεshali if na di prεkursכr fכ wan `(Stroke)` כ wan `(cardiac event`), i kin ivin bכku layf. Na dat mek wi se if yu lɔs yu yay wantɛm wantɛm , nɔ ignore am atɔl, ɛn go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm . If dɛn no di kɔz kwik kwik wan, dɛn kin avɔyd siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn to bɔku bɔku wan.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no dis?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go aks yu fɔs bɔt yu mɛdikal istri ɛn di sayn dɛm we yu dɔn de gɛt. Dɔn, dɛn go du wan kɔmplit ay ɛgzam. I impɔtant bak fɔ no if yu gɛt ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin, lɛk ay blɔd prɛshɔn ɔ at sik.

Wetin na di tɛst dɛn?

If yu dɔktɔ sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt `(Amaurosis Fugax)`, i kin ɔda fɔ du sɔm difrɛn tɛst dɛn. כl dis na tεst dεm we de rilet to yu `vaskul hεlth`. Na dis na aw dɛn tan lɛk:

• Fyzikal ɛgzamin: Na jenɛral mɛdikal ɛgzamin.
• Blɔd tɛst dɛn:
• Kɔmplit Blɔd Kɔnt (CBC) .
• Blɔd shuga lɛvɛl (`blɔd shuga tɛst`) .
• Luk tin dɛn lɛk di tɛm we blɔd kin klɔt.
• Imej tɛst fɔ yu vaskul sistɛm:
• כltra saund skan (`Ultrasounds`): dεn kin yuz dεn tin ya fכ chεk di kכndishכn fכ di karotid atεri dεm, spεshal wan na di nεk.
• MRI skan (`Magnɛtik Rɛsɔnans Imej - MRI`):Dɛn kin tek ditayli pikchɔ dɛn bɔt di bren ɛn di blɔd vesel dɛn.
• CT scan (`Computed Tomography - CT`): Dis kin tek pikchɔ bak fɔ di bren ɛn di blɔd vesel dɛm.
• ECG test (`An electrocardiogram`): I de chɛk aw di at de wok.
• Holter monitor testing: Na divais we de monitar di hat rit fɔ 24 awa ɔ mɔ.
• C-reactive protein (CRP) testing: I de chεk fכ inflameshn na di bכdi.
• εrythrocyt sedimentation rate (ESR) tεst: dis kin gi wan aydia bak fכ inflammatory kכndishכn dεm.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ dis?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ `(Amaurosis Fugax)` dipen pan di kɔz. Sɔm pan di kɔz dɛm we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, lɛk `(Stroke),` nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. if i kכz fכ כda kכndyushכn, lεk `(Giant Cell Arteritis), den spεshal tritmεnt dεm de fכ da kכndyushכn de.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Amaurosis Fugax)` na wan sayn. So di tritmɛnt na fɔ di ɔndalayn sik we mek dɛn gɛt da sayn de. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• If di tin we kin mek i apin na we blɔd de klɔt , dɛn kin gi pɔsin mɛrɛsin we de mek blɔd tan (lɛk aspirin).
• If di karotid at rili smɔl (Carotid Artery Stenosis) , dɔktɔ dɛn kin se dɛn fɔ du ɔpreshɔn fɔ opin am (Carotid Endarterectomy) ɔ put stent insay.
• If na inflammatory kondishכn lεk `Giant Cell Arteritis` , dεn kin gi anti-inflammatory mεdikeshכn lεk `steroids`.

So, di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ fɛn di tin kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ tek di rayt tritmɛnt.

Wetin a go ɛkspɛkt wit dis sityueshɔn?

Yu luk fɔ `(Amaurosis Fugax)` de dipen bak pan di kɔz. If na siriɔs sik lɛk `(Stroke),` i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

``(Amaurosis Fugax)`` na, as di nem sho, wan tεmporari kכndishכn. Dis min se di vishɔn we pɔsin nɔ de si go sɔlv insɛf afta sɔm tɛm. Bɔt if ɔda tin dɛn de we de mek pɔsin gɛt am, dɛn go nid fɔ trit dɛn ɛn kɔntrol dɛn.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt sik lɛk `Giant Cell Arteritis` ɔ `Multiple Sclerosis (MS)`, yu fɔ fala di tritmɛnt we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du fɔ dɛn sik dɛn de ɛksaktɔli. We dɛn trit di sik we de ɔnda am, dɛn go kɔntrol di sayn `(Amaurosis Fugax)` bak.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ protɛkt Amaurosis Fugax?

כnכfכs, nכ we nכ de fכ kכmplit wan fכ mek dεn nכ kכmplit `(Amaurosis Fugax)`. Bɔt yu kin ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt dis sik bay we yu de manej yu ɔl wɛl bɔdi fayn fayn wan.

Aw a go ridyus di prɔblɛm?

Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt `(Amaurosis Fugax):

• Manej di sik dɛm we nɔr de mɛn: Manej di sik dɛm wae de naw lɛk ay blɔd prɛshɔn, dayabitis, ɛn ay kɔlɔstrel. Tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Fɔ fala di it we fayn: It mɔ frut, vɛjitebul, ligɛm, ɔl gren, mit we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk, ɛn fish. Wi lokal it dɛn bak gɛt bɔku pan dɛn it dɛn ya we gɛt wɛlbɔdi. (Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn se di it dɛn we di Mɛditarenian it dɛn kin it kin mek pɔsin gɛt wɛlbɔdi.) Rid di it dɛn we gɛt bɔku ɔyl, shuga, ɛn sɔl as yu ebul.
• Mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet we go fayn fɔ yu: Tray fɔ mek yu gɛt wet we fit yu ayt.
• Stay actively active: Du sɔntin lɛk fɔ waka ɔ fɔ du ɛksɛsayz fɔ at le 30 minit insay di de.
• Lɛf fɔ smok: If yu de smok, aks fɔ ɛp fɔ lɛf fɔ smok.
• Nɔ drink rɔm: If yu de drink rɔm, i go fayn fɔ mek yu ridyus am to smɔl, ɔ stɔp am kpatakpata.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔt prɔblɛm dɛn we a kin si?

Dis rili impɔtant. If yu nɔ de si fayn wantɛm wantɛm, wit pen ɔ nɔ de fil pen, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Trit am lɛk se na imejensi. Nɔ west tɛm.

Ivin if nɔto imejensi, go ɔltɛm fɔ chɛk yu yay lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ se. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no sɔm kayn tin dɛn bifo dɛn bigin.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ bɔt Amaurosis Fugax?

If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ ɛva fred fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ. Yu kin aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Mi ``Amaurosis Fugax'' gɛt fɔ du wit ɛni ɔda wɛlbɔdi kɔndishɔn?
• Insay mi kes, wetin di dɔktɔ tink se na imejensi? (i.e., us simptom a fɔ kam insay wantɛm if a gɛt dɛn?)
• Us kayn tritmɛnt yu kin kɔmɛnt fɔ mi?
• Wetin na di bad tin dɛn we da tritmɛnt de kin du?
• Yu kin se yu fɔ go to spɛshal dɔktɔ fɔ tritmɛnt?
• Us schedule a fɔ fala fɔ ɛgzam fɔ mi yay?

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori?

Okay, dis na som of di tins we yu nid to memba from wetin wi don de tok abaut so fa.

If yu ɛva gɛt wan rili shɔt tɛm we yu nɔ de si – lɛk se kɔtin dɔn fɔdɔm bifo yu yay – i kin bi `(Amaurosis Fugax)`. If dis apin, ɔ if yu nɔ de si fayn wantɛm wantɛm ɛnitɛm, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dɔn di dɔktɔ dɛn go wok wit yu fɔ no wetin de mek yu gɛt di `(Amaurosis Fugax)` sik, ɛn if yu gɛt ɛni ɔda tin we gɛt fɔ du wit am.

Jɛnɛral wan, di kwik we dɛn no di sik, na di mɔ dɛn kin bigin fɔ trit am kwik kwik wan, ɛn na di bɛtɛ tin kin apin.

So, ilɛksɛf yu de fil pen ɔ yu nɔ de fil pen, nɔ shem fɔ go fɛn ɛp if yu nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn wantɛm wantɛm. Dɔn bak, nɔ shek fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ mek i klarify ɛni kwɛstyɔn we yu go gɛt bɔt aw fɔ no di sik ɛn aw fɔ trit yu. Yu wɛlbɔdi rili impɔtant to yu.

` Amaurosis Fugax, we yu nɔ de si fɔ sɔm tɛm, yu yay nɔ de si, yu retina, yu blɔd vesel blɔk, TIA, Strɔk, paralayz