Oh, i fil se yu de swɛla? Mek wi fain out ekzakli wetin na (Asphyxiation)!

Sɔntɛnde, i kin at fɔ blo wantɛm wantɛm, nɔto so? Ɔ yu dɔn ɛva si pɔsin de tray tranga wan fɔ mek i nɔ swɛla? Dis na rili tin we de mek pɔsin fred ɛn we de mek pɔsin denja. Tide wi go tok abaut dat suffocation, or di medikal term `(Asphyxiation)`. If wi ɔndastand dis kɔrɛkt wan, wi go ivin sev pɔsin in layf.

Wetin na `(Asphyxiation)`? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Asphyxiation)` min se yu bɔdi nɔ de gɛt inof ɔksijɛn. Dis kin gɛt big impak pan di we aw pɔsin de blo. Sɔntɛnde, i kin ivin mek i nɔ no natin. If tin bad pas ɔl, ivin day kin apin. Sɔm kin kɔl am `(asphyxia)`, ɔda wan dɛn kin kɔl am `(suffocation)`. Dɛn ɔl min di sem tin.

Wetin na di men kayn `(Asphyxiation)`?

Difrɛn kayn pipul dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin swɛla. Lɛ wi luk di men wan dɛn.

`(Mɛkanikal asfiksia)` - Mɛkanikal asfiksia

Dis na wae yu nɔr kin ebul fɔ blo bikɔs ɔf sɔm tin wae de na yu bɔdi ɔr yu bɔdi pozishɔn. Tink bɔt am lɛk se sɔmbɔdi de chok yu, ɔ smɔl pikin gɛt tɔys we stɔp na dɛn trot, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn Sɔntɛnde we wi misplace wi pozishɔn, fɔ ɛgzampul, smɔl pikin kin tɔn ova ɛn nɔ ebul fɔ tɔn ova ɛn gɛt dɛn nos ɛn mɔt stɔp na di pilo, dat sɛf kin fɔdɔm insay dis kategori.

Traumatik asfiksia - swɛla we pɔsin kin swɛla bikɔs ɔf aksidɛnt

dis na pat bak pan ``mεkanikal asfiksia''. wetin de apin ya na dat yu chεst, dat na di ``thoracic cavity'' we di rib kεj, mכsul dεm, tisu dεm, εn skin de rawnd, de sכf bikoz fכ wan big fכs (``trauma'') we de kכmכt na do. Imajin se dɛn swɛt yu chɛst tranga wan we big aksidɛnt apin. Dɔn, dɛn kin push blɔd we kɔmɔt na di at bak tru di vein dɛn to di nɛk ɛn di bren.

Asfiksia we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de bɔn pikin

Dis na sɔntin we gɛt fɔ du wit wi smɔl bebi dɛn. dis kכndyushכn kin apin we di pikin nכ gεt di כksijεn we i nid jכs bifo, di tεm we i bכn, כ jis afta i bכn. Dis na sɔntin we wi fɔ rili tek tɛm wit.

`(Kכmpreshכn asfiksia)` - sכfכkshכn biכs fכ kכmprεshכn

dis na wan kayn ``mεkanikal asfiksia'' bak. dis kin apin we big fכs we de na do kכmprεs yu chεst כ bכdi. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if dɛn swɛt yu na say we bɔku pipul dɛn de (tink bɔt kɔnsɛt), ɔ if pɔsin sidɔm na yu chɛst ɔ nil dɔŋ na yu chɛst.

Aw kכmכn dεn kכl dis kכndyushכn ``Asphyxiation''?

Dis kin rili kɔmɔn pas aw yu go tink. Fɔ ɛgzampul, na Amɛrika nɔmɔ, insay 2016, na lɛk 19,000 pipul dɛn bin day bikɔs dɛn bin de swɛla.

Dɔn bak, frɔm 2018 to 2019, na swɛla na di men tin we kin mek pikin dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yet day pan aksidɛnt. So, mama ɛn papa dɛn we gɛt smɔl pikin dɛn fɔ rili tek tɛm wit dis.

Aw Asphyxia kin afɛkt mi bɔdi?

Dis sik (Asphyxia) kin afɛkt yu bɔdi difrɛn we dɛn.

Fɔrin tin we de blok

Imajin se sɔntin de blok yu aywe. Dɔn yu bɔdi kin gɛt bɔku bɔku kabon dayɔgzayd. Wi kin kɔl dis bak haypakapnia. pan di sem tεm, כksijεn nכ de go na di bכdi in tisu dεm (hypoxia).

Dɔn di bɔdi kin tray fɔ blo bak. I kin mek yu fred smɔl fɔ si. Yu kin si tin dɛn lɛk we yu yay de big, yu skin de chenj in kɔlɔ, yu an dɛn de ol yu nɛk, ɛn yu de kɔf smɔl smɔl.

Yu blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn yu at rit kin go ɔp wantɛm wantɛm. Yu blɔd pH de drɔp. Yu bɔdi de pul ɔmon dɛn we dɛn kɔl katekolamin. dis katekolamin dεm na כmon dεm we imכtant fכ di bכdi in ‘fεt-כ-flay rεspכns’.

Dɔn, yu blɔd prɛshɔn kin go dɔŋ ɛn yu at kin slo.

If dεn nכ pul di blכk na dis tεm, כ if pכsin nכ trit am kwik, di at kin stכp (cardiac arrest) insay fכ to fayv minit. Dis na tin we rili denja.

We pɔsin de drawn

insay lεk 10% pan di dכwn we yu drawn, yu vokal kכd dεm kin stכp fכ wok wan wan we di wata fכs go insay yu trot. dεn kכl dis ``laryngospasm.'' dεn yu de day frכm ``asphyxiation,'' pan כl we wata nכ de na yu lכng.

insay di כda 90% pan di kes dεm, di mכsul dεm we de na di gap bitwin yu vכkal kכd dεm (di `glottis`) de rilaks, we de mek yu lכng dεm fulכp wit wata.

Yu bɔdi kin tek fresh wata kwik kwik wan. di fresh wata de dil di `plasma` na yu bכdi εn mek di `rεd bכdi sεl dεm` brok dכn (`hεmolysis`).

Sɔl wata kin pul wata frɔm yu blɔd we de go na yu lɔng, ɛn dis kin mek di plasma we de na yu blɔd nɔ bɔku.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu nɔr de blo fayn?

difrεn simptom dεm de we de sho pan dis ``Asphyxiation`` kכndishכn:

• I nɔ izi fɔ blo (dyspnea). Sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn de swɛla.
• Fɔ brith kwik ɔ dip (hyperventilation).
• Nɔbɔdi nɔ kin no natin.
• Kɔf.
• Fɔ mek yu vɔys ala ɔ chenj yu vɔys.
• Nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk.
• Chenj in kɔlɔ na di fes ɔ di lip (i kin bi rɛd, pepul, blu ɔ grey).
• I nɔ izi fɔ swɛla ɔ nɔ ebul fɔ swɛla.
• Di mɛmori we yu nɔ ebul fɔ mɛmba.
• Urin ɔ defecation we yu nɔ want we yu nɔ no.
• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Ɛd we de at.

Wetin na di tin dɛm we kin mek pɔsin gɛt `(Asphyxia)`?

Bɔrku rizin kin de fɔ dis shɔt briz. Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan dɛn:

• Anafylaksis: Dis na bad bad alɛji. Bɔku tɛm, na tin dɛn we pɔsin kin it kin mek i apin. I kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs sik bak lɛk fɔ vɔmit, fɔ swel na yu an ɛn yu fes (espɛshali di lip).
• Asma: .Dis na `krכnik` lכng sik. I kin wɔs bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn lɛk fɔ pwɛl di briz, fɔ du ɛksɛsayz, fɔ mek animal dɛn we dɛn lɛk, ɛn smok smok.
• `(Positional asphyxiation)` - Positional asphyxiation: Dis na we di posishכn we yu bכdi de blok yu brith. Bɔku tɛm dis kin apin to pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn ɔ smɔl pikin dɛn we nɔ strɔng fɔ tɔn dɛn bɔdi. fכ egzampl, dis kin apin if pikin de slip in fes dכn εn in nos εn mכt stכp na di matres εn dεn nכ ebul fכ tכn ova.
• Kεmikכl asfikshishכn: Dis kin apin we kεmikכl we yu de blo de pul כksijεn kכmכt na yu lכng dεm εn fulכp dεm wit כksijεn. Dɔn ɔksijɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ rich ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi. Kεmεkal dεm lεk kabכn monoksayd, saynayd, haydrojεn sכlfayd, εn sɔm kεmεkal dεm we de insay tin dεm we dεn kin klin na os kin mek dis apin.
• Ovados of opioids: Opioids na kεmikכl dεm we de wok wit nerve sεl dεm fכ ridyus pen. If yu tek dɛn tumɔs, yu brith kin slo ɛn leta yu kin stɔp.
• Drawning: Dis na swɛla we yu de swɛla we yu put yu wata insay wata, bɔku tɛm na wata.
• Fɔrin tin we de blok / we de ambɔg: Fɔrin tin de blok di say we di briz de blo. Dis kin apin we yu nɔ swɛla it fayn, ɔ we yu vɔmit kin stɔp na yu trot afta yu dɔn drink tumɔs rɔm (alcohol poisoning).
• Strangulation: Fɔ blok di say we yu de blo bay we yu rap yu an, rop, kɔd, ɔ ɔda tin rawnd yu nɛk.

Aw fɔ no `(Asphyxiation)`?

Dis chok na ``mεdikal imejensi`` we nid fכ trit kwik kwik wan . If yu de nia yɔŋ pikin ɔ big pɔsin we gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo wantɛm wantɛm, aks dɛn if dɛn de ``chok.`` If dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ ansa, luk fɔ dɛn sayn ya:

• Fɔ ol di nɛk (dis na di yunivasal sayn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ se yu dɔn stɔp).
• Fɔ kɔf smɔl smɔl ɛn wik.
• Fɔ mek wisl sawnd we yu de blo (`wheezing`).
• Nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk.
• Nɔbɔdi nɔ kin no natin.

If pikin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, wach fɔ si if i chenj di we aw i de biev. Fɔ ɛgzampul, i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, i nɔ kin kray, ɔ i kin kɔf kwik kwik wan.

Yu tink se i fayn fɔ gi pɔsin we nɔ ebul fɔ blo sɔntin fɔ drink?

Nɔ, i nɔ fayn atɔl. If yu gi pɔsin we i nɔ ebul fɔ blo sɔntin fɔ drink, i kin blok di say we di briz de blo mɔ.

Us tɛst dɛn kin yuz fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt `(Asphyxia)`?

If sɔntin stɔp na yu aywe, yu dɔktɔ kin yuz ɛkstrem rayt ɔ brɔnkoskɔpi fɔ fɛn di say we dɔn blok ɛn pul am.

Aw dɛn kin trit `(Asphyxia)`?

Di tritmɛnt de dipen pan wetin de mek di briz nɔ de blo fayn. Di tritmɛnt dɛn we yu kin gɛt na:

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): We yu gi yu chɛst kɔmpreshɔn, i de ɛp fɔ mek di blɔd go na di impɔtant ɔgan dɛn te di at bigin fɔ bit bak. Dis na fɔs ɛp we rili impɔtant.
• Heimlich maneuver: we yu de trowe di bɛlɛ de ɛp fɔ pul tin dɛn kɔmɔt na di say we di briz de blo. Dis kin fayn mɔ we sɔntin, lɛk it, stɔp na di say we di briz de blo.
• Mɛrɛsin: Dɛn kin yuz sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, i kin dipen pan wetin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan inhala fɔ asma, epinephrine (EpiPen®) fɔ alɛji, ɔ naloxone (Narcan®) fɔ opioid ɔvados.
• Fɔ gɛt layf bak frɔm yu mɔt to yu mɔt: Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ blo fayn fayn wan. Dɛn kin du am fɔ pipul dɛm wae dɔn drawn ɔr wae gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo afta dɛn dɔn tek tumɔs opioid.
• Ɔksijɛn tɛrapi: Dɛn kin gi ɔksijɛn to di bɔdi tru wan tiub fɔ blo, ɔksijɛn mask, nos tyub, ɔ ventilatɔ.

Aw fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt `(Asphyxiation)`?

Di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis kayn swɛla na fɔ tek tɛm . If pɔsin na yu eria gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, kɔl 1990 (Sri Lanka in imejensi ambulans savis) wantɛm wantɛm.

• We yu de it, chew yu it sloslo ɛn jɔs tɔk afta yu dɔn swɛla. Wach yu pikin dɛn gud gud wan we dɛn de it. Ɛnkɔrej dɛn fɔ it wit smɔl mɔt ɛn tɛl dɛn se dɛn nɔ fɔ tɔk te dɛn dɔn swɛla dɛn it.
• If yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it, kin kɛr EpiPen ɔltɛm. Chek di ingridiɛnt lɛbl pan ɔltin we yu de it.
• We yu de swim na wata, go wit at le wan ɔda pɔsin. If yu nɔ ebul fɔ swim, wɛr layf jakit.
• If yu de pan denja fɔ gɛt asma atak, kip wan inhala nia yu ɔltɛm.
• Instɔl kabon monoksayd ditektɔ dɛn na yu os. Mek wan tren tɛknishian inspɛkt di tin dɛn we de yuz fiul lɛk wud ɔ gas (e.g., stov, wata hita, ɔfna) wan tɛm insay di ia.

Wetin kin apin if `(Asphyxia)` apin?

If dɛn trit di tin we mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo kwik kwik wan, bɔku tɛm i kin izi fɔ mek i wɛl.

Bɔt if dɛn nɔ trit am kwik kwik wan, i kin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔ fɔ ɔltɛm, lɛk strok, injuri na in bren, ɔ day. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi du sɔntin kwik kwik wan.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

If yu dɔn ɛva gɛt dis kayn tin, ɔ if yu want fɔ no mɔ bɔt am, yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ dɛn tin ya:

• Wetin a fɔ du if pɔsin nɔ de blo?
• A go gɛt ɛni wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm we go de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔ we go de sote go bikɔs a nɔ ebul fɔ blo?
• A gɛt alɛji fɔ it? A fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt alɛji?
• Wetin a fɔ du fɔ protɛkt misɛf frɔm dis `(asphyxia)` kɔndishɔn tumara bambay?

Fɔ dɔn, sɔntin we wi fɔ mɛmba! (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Asphyxiation na wan sik wae de mek yu frayd pasmak wae yu kin kɔt ɔksijɛn na di bɔdi. If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu de wit de sho sayn dɛn fɔ swɛla, i kin mek yu fred. Bɔt, i impɔtant fɔ lɛ wi nɔ gɛt wanwɔd as yu ebul. Yu fɔ no di sayn dɛn we de sho se i nɔ izi fɔ blo, mɔ if yu an dɛn de ol yu nɛk. Kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm ɛn fala dɛn instrɔkshɔn. Di kwik we yu trit di tin we mek yu swɛla, na di mɔ yu go gɛt chans fɔ avɔyd wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn we go de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔ we go de sote go. If yu no ɛn du sɔntin kwik kwik wan, dat go ɛp fɔ sev pɔsin in layf!

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