Yu skin de tɔn blu-grey kɔlɔ? I kin bi se na Argyria! Wi go tɔk bɔt dis?

Yu dɔn ɛva notis se pɔsin in skin de tɔn wan strenj blu-grey kɔlɔ? Ɔ yu dɔn notis se dis kayn chenj de na yu yon skin? Sɔmtɛm e nɔr kin siriɔs, bɔt wan sik de wae nɔr kin bɔrku bɔt impɔtant wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt am. Na dat wi go tok abaut tide. Dɛn kɔl am Argyria.

Wetin na Argyria?

Okay, so wetin na Argyria? fכ simpul wan, na kכndishכn we wi skin εn di mכkus mεmbran dεm - di dilik, mכst layn dεm insay wi bכdi, lεk insay wi mכt - de tכn wan bluish-grεy kכla. Tink bɔt am lɛk se sɔmbɔdi dɔn peint yu bɔdi wit blu-grey pent. Di men tin we kin mek dis apin na we wan mɛtal we dɛn kɔl silva kin gɛda na wi bɔdi. Yu kin gɛt dis sik if yu de pan smɔl smɔl silva fɔ lɔng tɛm, ɛn if yu it dɛn.

Silva na sɔntin we wi ɔl no. Na wan tin we de insay di wɔl in krɔkrɔs. Dɛn kin yuz am fɔ mek jɔlɔs, kɔtlɛri, miro, batri, ɛn bɔku ɔda tin dɛn. Infakt, smɔl smɔl tin dɛn de na dis mɛtal ɔlsay rawnd wi ɛvride. Dɛn kin de na di briz we wi de blo, di it we wi de it, di wata we wi de drink, di tin dɛn we wi kin yuz fɔ ful-ɔp di tit, sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, ɛn di tin dɛn we wi kin it. Dat min se mi ɛn yu ɔl gɛt smɔl silva na wi bɔdi. Dat na nɔmal tin. Bɔt if dis silva we de na di bɔdi bɔku tumɔs, dat min se di sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt Argyria kin bigin fɔ sho.

Aw kɔmɔn tin na Argyria?

Naw yu kin de tink se, ‘O, dis na sik we ɔlman kin gɛt?’. Fɔ tɔk tru, Argyria nɔto wan sik we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt. Di rizin fɔ dis na bikɔs di we aw pipul dɛn de yuz silva fɔ mek tin dɛn ɛn fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn dɔn go dɔŋ bad bad wan insay di ia 1900. Trade, dɛn bin de yuz silva fɔ mek sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn. Bɔt naw, dis kayn we fɔ yuz am nɔ bɔku igen.

Pipul dɛn we de wok wit silva, lɛk na say dɛn we dɛn de mayn silva ɔ na faktri dɛn we de mek silva, na dɛn kin gɛt di prɔblɛm pas ɔlman. Dɔn bak, sɔm pipul dɛn kin yuz kɔloyd silva as tin fɔ it. Dɛn kin de pan denja bak. Koloidal silva na sɔlvushɔn we dɛn mek bay we dɛn sɔlv silva patikyula dɛn na wata. Sɔm pipul dɛn biliv se i kin mɛn sik, bɔt na smɔl sayɛns pruf de fɔ dis, ɛn i kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik dɛn bak lɛk argyria.

Wetin na di men kayn Argyria?

Difrɛn kayn Argyria dɛn de? Yɛs, wi de tɔk bɔt tri men kayn dɛn:

1. Jɛnɛralayz Argyria:Wetin kin apin pan dis kes na dat di sayn dɛm kin spre ɔlsay na di bɔdi, ɔr oba big say dɛm na di skin. I kin tɔn blu-grey, lɛk di wan ol bɔdi. Imajin, i kin bigin na wan ples fɔs, dɔn i kin skata smɔl smɔl to di wan ol bɔdi.

2. Localized Argyria: Dis na wae de sik kin de na wan smɔl say na di bɔdi ɔr skin. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan say na di an kin chenj in kɔlɔ. Dis kin apin usay dɛn dɔn yuz sɔntin lɛk ɔnt we gɛt silva.

3. Argyrosis: Dis na we di sayn dɛm kin afɛkt wan ɔ ɔl tu yay nɔmɔ. Dis min se di wayt pat pan di yay (conjunctiva) ɔ di kɔnia kin tan lɛk blu-grey. Dis kin kam bikɔs yu de yuz sɔm ay drɔp dɛn we gɛt silva fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Argyria?

De men sayn wae yu kin si pan dis kayn tin na:

• Yu skin kin tɔn blu-grey kɔlɔ, sɔntɛm i kin ivin tɔn grey. Dis na di men ɛn di sayn we de sho klia wan.
• di haypapigmεntεshכn kin apin na di say dεm we di san de kכmכt. Dis min se di say dɛm lɛk di fes, di nɛk, ɛn di an kin dak pas ɔda say dɛm. Dɛn kin tink se dis kin apin we di silva patikyula dɛn de riak wit di san.
• Yu nel dɛn kin dak pas aw i kin dak. Dɛn kin tɔn blu-grey kɔlɔ bak.
• di apinεns fכ sכm sכm pat dεm we lεk bכmp (macules) na di skin we dεn tכn blu-grεy. dis kin bi say dεm we nכ de mek yu fil pen, we de rayz we de na di sem lεvεl wit di skin.

Sɔmtɛm, bifo dɛn sayn ya kam, yu kin si di fɔs sayn dɛn insay di mɔt. Sɔm pat dɛn na di gɔm kin tɔn brawn-grey kɔlɔ, dɔn di sik kin go na di skin.

Aw yu sik kin tan lɛk kin dipen pan sɔm tin dɛm:

• Aw bɔku silva de na yu bɔdi.
• Aw di silva bin go insay di bɔdi (tru di skin, tru di briz, ɔ tru it)?
• Aw lɔng di silva dɔn de na yu bɔdi?

Apat frɔm dɛn men sayn ya, if silva bɔku pasmak na di bɔdi, dat kin mek yu gɛt ɔda sayn dɛn. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Pɔsin we de fil pen na di bɛlɛ
• Taya
• Ɛd we de at
• Kidni dɛn we dɔn pwɛl
• Di rεspכns to sכm mεdikeshכn dεm (Resistance to sכm mεdikeshכn dεm) .
• Skin iritashɔn ɔ it
• Seizures – Dis kin rili rare.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt Argyria?

Di dairekt tin we kin mek dis apin na di silva toxicity , we min se tumɔs silva kin de na di bɔdi.

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, wi bɔdi gɛt smɔl smɔl silva ɛn ɔda mɛtal dɛn. Dat nɔto prɔblɛm. Pɔyzin kin apin we yu de pan silva patikyula fɔ lɔng tɛm. Bɔku we dɛn de we silva kin go insay yu bɔdi:

• Absɔpshɔn: Ɔnt ɛn wata we gɛt silva kin absɔb tru di skin we dɛn put am na di skin.
• We yu blo: Tin dɛn lɛk silva dɔst ɛn smok kin go insay di lɔng we yu inhal tru di nos ɔ yu mɔt.
• Fɔ it: We yu it tin dɛn, drink, mɛrɛsin, ɔ sɔpɔtmɛnt we gɛt silva, i kin go insay di bɛlɛ ɛn go insay di bɔdi.

Aw a go ebul fɔ gɛt silva?

Silva we yu de si na we yu de tek smɔl smɔl silva insay yu bɔdi. Dis kin apin sloslo, fɔ lɔng tɛm. Yu nɔ go gɛt dis kɔndishɔn if yu it wit silva spun ɔ wɛr silva nɛks ɔ iaring. Di silva we de absɔb insay yu bɔdi frɔm dɛn tin ya rili smɔl. Di men we dɛn we yu kin gɛt inof silva fɔ mek yu gɛt argyria na:

• Di wok we pɔsin kin gɛt: Dis kin afɛkt mɔ pipul dɛn we de wok na silva mayning ɛn silva-rilayt manufakchurin (e.g., jɔyri, ilɛktroniks). If dɛn nɔ wɛr di rayt klos fɔ protɛkt dɛnsɛf ɛn dɛn nɔ wɛr fes mask, silva patikyula dɛn kin go insay dɛn bɔdi.
• Fɔ tek mɛrɛsin ɔ tin fɔ it we gɛt silva sɔl, kol silva, ɔ silva asɛtat: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin tek tin dɛn lɛk kol silva as tritmɛnt fɔ difrɛn sik dɛn. Bɔt if dɛn tek dɛn tin ya fɔ lɔng tɛm, chans de fɔ mek dɛn gɛt argyria. Trade, dɛn bin de yuz silva bak fɔ mek sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, bɔt dɛn nɔ de yuz dɛn kayn mɛrɛsin dɛn de naw.
• Di we aw dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kin yuz silva sutura ɔ filin dɛn tit wit silva amalgam: Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin apin dis tɛm. Bɔku pan di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ ful-ɔp dɛn tit ɛn fɔ mek dɛn tit tide nɔ gɛt silva. Bɔt if yu dɔn gɛt ɛni filin bifo, i go fayn fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Argyria?

Yu dɔktɔ go no se yu gɛt argyria afta i dɔn tek yu kɔmplit mɛdikal histri ɛn du yu bɔdi ɛgzam fɔ no mɔ bɔt yu sik dɛn. Di dɔktɔ go aks yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn bɔt if yu dɔn gɛt mɛtal dis biɛn tɛm ɛn if yu dɔn yuz ɛni prɔdak we gɛt silva.

Sɔm tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ kɔnfirm di diagnosis ɛn ruul ɔut ɔda kɔndishɔn. Di tɛst we go wok pas ɔl fɔ dis na fɔ tek bayɔpsi na di skin. Dis min se di dɔktɔ tek smɔl smɔl skin frɔm di blu-grey eria na yu skin ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp fɔ si if silva de insay.

Aw dɛn kin trit Argyria?

Fɔ tɔk tru, fɔ trit Argyria na smɔl prɔblɛm fɔ dɔktɔ dɛn, bikɔs wans di skin dɔn chenj, i kin rili at fɔ mek i kam bak ɔltogɛda.

If dɛn no se yu gɛt argyria, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔs fɔ stɔp fɔ yuz ɔl di tin dɛn we gɛt silva. Dis inklud mɛrɛsin, ay drɔp, ɛn sɔpɔtmɛnt. If yu de wok na say usay silva de, yu dɔktɔ go advays yu fɔ wɛr Pɔsin we de protɛkt yusɛf (PPE) we yu de wok. Dis inklud glɔv, gɔgl, ɛn fes shild.

sכm mεdikeshכn dεm de we dεn kin gi fכ pul mεtal dεm na di bכdi, we dεn kכl ``chelating agents.`` כnכfכs, dεn ``chelating agents`` ya nכ de wok bכku fכ argyria.

Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt argyria dɔn ripɔt se dɛn skin kin chenj sɔm kayn tritmɛnt wae dɛn kɔl ``laser therapy.'' Yu dɔn yɛri bɔt ``laser therapy''? Insay dis, dɔktɔ kin yuz pawaful layt fɔ tɔch di skin we dɔn chenj. Dis de pwɛl di skin tisu we de naw ɛn ɛp nyu, wɛlbɔdi skin fɔ gro. Bɔt if dis kin wok fɔ ɔlman ɛn aw i kin wok fayn, kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. I kin dia smɔl bak.

Ɛni bad tin de we di tritmɛnt kin du?

Di rizulyt fɔ ɛni tritmɛnt fɔ argyria kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay aw bɔku silva de na yu bɔdi. Bikɔs di kɔlɔ we di skin kin chenj nɔ kin chenj, di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin gi kin wok fayn smɔl ɔ i nɔ kin wok atɔl. Risach stil de go bifo fɔ fɛn bɛtɛ tritmɛnt fɔ argyria.

Aw a go ebul fɔ kɔntrol mi sik dɛn?

Di kɔlɔ we yu skin kin chenj kin wɔs if yu gɛt bad bad ɔltra vayolɛt (UV) rayt frɔm di san. So, fɔ mek yu skin nɔ dak mɔ, mek shɔ se yu wɛr klos we de kɔba yu skin we yu de go na do, wɛr hat, ɛn yuz sanskrin ɛvride. If yu de du tin dɛn na do, nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ put sanskrin bak we yu de swet ɔ wet.

Yu kin yuz mek-ap fɔ kɔba fɔ sɔm tɛm di say dɛn na yu skin we de sho sayn dɛn fɔ argyria. Bɔt mek shɔ se yu was di mek-ap fayn fayn wan we di de dɔn, ɔdasay i kin mek yu pores klos.

Wetin a go ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt Argyria?

Argyria na wan sik wae nɔr kin izi fɔ trit, ɛn di sayn dɛm nɔr kin kam bak. If di tritmɛnt nɔ wok, yu kin yuz mek-ap fɔ kɔba di blu-grey skin tɔyn fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu yuz ɛni prɔdak we gɛt ivin smɔl silva, mɔ di sɔpɔtmɛnt dɛn lɛk kolyɔdal silva. If yu de wok wit silva, tɔk to yu bɔs bɔt di tin dɛn we yu go du fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm silva patikyula tin dɛn we de na yu wokples, inklud fɔ yuz pɔsin in yon prɔtɛktiv ikwipmɛnt (PPE).

Aw a go ebul fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt Argyria?

Yu kin du dɛn tin ya fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt Argyria:

• Nɔ yuz tin dɛn we gɛt silva, mɔ di silva we dɛn kɔl kol, we yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.
• If yu de wok wit silva, mek shɔ se yu wɛr pɔsin in yon prɔtɛktiv ikwipmɛnt (PPE).
• Yuz sanskrin ɛvride fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt aypa pigmɛnt we yu de na di san.
• If yu de tek mɛrɛsin we gɛt silva, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. Sɔntɛm ɔda we de fɔ du dat.
• If yu gɛt ol amalgam filin dɛn we gɛt silva, tɔk to yu dɛntist bɔt aw fɔ chenj dɛn.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to mi dɔktɔ?

If yu tink se yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ argyria, go to yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn stɔp fɔ yuz silva, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ go ɔlsay na yu bɔdi.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• I fayn fɔ chenj mi ol amalgam filin dɛn?
• Aw a go protɛkt misɛf frɔm silva na wokples?
• Yu tink se laser tɛrapi fayn fɔ mi?
• Wetin na di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm we di tritmɛnt kin gɛt?

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

Argyria na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm bɔt sɔntɛnde i nɔ kin chenj di kɔlɔ we di skin kin chenj. If yu de wok wit tin dɛn we gɛt silva, tɔk to yu bɔs bɔt aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf na yu wokples. Mɛmba se, tin dɛn we gɛt silva lɛk silva we dɛn kɔl kolayz kin ambɔg yu bɔdi. If yu de tink fɔ yuz dɛn, mek shɔ se yu go to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ du am sef wan. I impɔtant fɔ tink tumɔs bifo yu yuz ɛnitin we yu nɔ sabi. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, i go fayn fɔ aks dɔktɔ.

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