Yu de wɔri bɔt yu lɔng dɛn? Mek wi lan bɔt Blak Lɔng Sik!

Wi ɔl no se sɔm wok dɛn gɛt smɔl smɔl denja dɛn. Bɔt sɔm wok dɛn de, we wi nɔ kin si di denja dɛn we de pan dɛn, ɛn na afta sɔm tɛm nɔmɔ dɛn kin no. Wan pan dɛn kayn sik ya na "blak lɔng sik". Pipul dɛn we de wok na kol mayn kin gɛt dis sik mɔ. Dis nɔto sik we kin kam wantɛm wantɛm, bɔt i kin notis smɔl smɔl.

Wetin na Blak Lɔng Sik?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, blak lɔng sik na sik we di lɔng dɛn kin inflam ɛn gɛt skata bikɔs dɛn kin blo fayn fayn dɔst we dɛn kin si na kol mayn. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl am bak ``Kol Wokman dɛn Nyumokoniosis''. Imajin, we wi de blo, dɛn smɔl smɔl dɔst dɛn ya kin go insay wi lɔng. We dis dɔst kin gɛda as tɛm de go, i kin bigin fɔ pwɛl di lɔng dɛn. jכs lεk aw sכm wund de lεf ska, dis dכst de mek ska (`(fibrosis)`) na di lכng dεm bak. Dis na wetin kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo.

If yu fɔdɔm na lada, yu kin fil am wantɛm wantɛm. Bɔt dis blak lɔng sik nɔ tan lɛk dat. Sɔntɛnde, di sik kin apin sɔm ia afta yu dɔn inhal kol dɔst. Bɔt di damej we dɛn kin pwɛl di lɔng dɛn we dɛn smɔl smɔl dɔst dɛn de kin du nɔto tin we nɔ impɔtant.

Tu men kayn blak lכng sik de.

Tu men kayn dis sik de, i kin dipen pan aw lɔng yu wok na kol mayn ɛn ɔmɔs dɔst yu inhal. Dɛn tu kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo.

1. Simpul Blak Lכng Disease: Dis na we sכm sכm blak spat dεm de fכm na yu lכng. If yu luk pan X-ray ɔ CT skan, dɛn kin tan lɛk smɔl smɔl blak spat dɛn. If na so i bi, i rili impɔtant fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn gud gud wan, tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn kɔrɛkt wan, nɔ fɔ gɛt kol dɔst mɔ, ɛn fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm ɛn chɛk yu lɔng. Di kwik we yu kech dis simpul kɔndishɔn, na di mɔ i go bɛtɛ fɔ yu. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu ɔltɛm.

2. Kɔmplikɛt Blak Lɔng Sik: Insay dis, di skata na di lכng dεm kin bכku pasmak εn i kin spre oba wan big εria na di lכng. Pan ɔl we dis skata nɔ go ebul fɔ wɛl ɔl, tritmɛnt dɛn de we go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ fil fayn. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dis sik bak `(Progressive Massive Fibrosis)`.

Aw dis sik kin bɔku?

Blak lכng sik na wan kayn lכng sik we dεn kכl ``interstitial lכng sik''. Dis ``interstitial lung disease'' na sik we nɔ kin bɔku. Bɔt, blak lɔng sik kin apin nɔmɔ pan pipul dɛn we de mayn kol. Pan dɛn wan ya, dis sik nɔ kin bɔku. Pan ɔl we dɛn dɔn no fɔ lɔng tɛm se na kol dɔst de mek dis sik, lɛk 16% pan di wan dɛn we de wok na di kol mayn stil gɛt dis sik. I sɔri fɔ no se dis pasɛnt de bɔku.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt blak lכng sik?

Yu kin bigin fɔ fil sɔm kayn sik sɔm ia afta yu dɔn gɛt kol dɔst. Yu nɔ go gɛt ɛni sayn fɔs. Bɔt wit dis kɔndishɔn (Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis), de sik kin bɔku smɔl smɔl as tɛm de go. Di men sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt dis sik na:

• Fɔ fil se yu chɛst tayt.
• I kin tranga we yu de du ɛksɛsayz ɔ du wok we yu de du tranga wan.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo. Naw yu kin fil shɔt fɔ blo ivin we yu de du nɔmal wok dɛn we yu bin de du trade we yu nɔ tray fɔ du am.
• Wan kɔf we pɔsin kin kɔf. Sɔntɛnde dis kɔf kin kam wit blak mucus.

We yu dɔktɔ de chɛk yu, i go notis se yu de blo ɔ krak krak sawnd na yu chɛst we yu de blo. Pan ɔl we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ no frɔm do se yu gɛt blak lɔng, tɛst lɛk ɛkstrem rayt kin ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no if na blak lɔng ɔ ɔda lɔŋ sik bay we yu luk di patikyula sayn dɛn we de na yu lɔng.

Wetin kin mek dɛn blak spat ya na di lɔng dɛn?

Wi nɔ de si ɔl di dɔst we wi de blo insay Bɔt dɛn smɔl smɔl dɔst dɛn ya we de na kol mayn dɛn gɛt kabon . Dɔn bak, i kin dipen pan usay yu de wok na di mayn ɛn di kayn rɔk we yu de mayn, dis dɔst kin gɛt sɔntin bak we dɛn kɔl silika .

We yu blo kol dɔst, dɛn smɔl smɔl dɔst ya kin go dip dip wan insay yu lɔng. wi imyun sistεm de no dεn tin ya as "fכrin tin dεm." So, di sistεm de tray fכ pul dεn patikyula dεm ya. dis imyun sistεm na in de mek di lכng dεm swel εn skata, we kin mek i gεt di simptom dεm fכ blak lכng sik.

Yu lɔng dɛn kin tɔn blak we yu de smok marijuana?

Fɔ smok ɛnitin nɔ fayn fɔ yu lɔng. I nɔ mata if na marijuana (ɔ kanaba), sigrɛt, siga, ɛnitin. We yu de smok, yu de blo sɔm tin dɛn we gɛt pɔyzin, tin dɛn we de mek yu lɔng, ɛn tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt kansa.

If yu smok, dat kin pwɛl yu lɔng. I kin mek bak yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu brith lɛk fɔ kɔf, brɔnkaytis, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), ɛn kansa na yu lɔng. Bɔt fɔ smok nɔ kin mek pɔsin gɛt Kol Wokman dɛn Nyumokoniosis. Dis patikyula lכng sik na kol nכmכ de kכz am.

Yu tink se vaping de tɔn yu lɔng dɛn blak?

Lɛk fɔ smok, vaping kin pwɛl di lɔng dɛn, bɔt i nɔ kin mek di lɔng dɛn blak. Bɔt fɔ vaping (ɛn smok) kin mek di sayn dɛm fɔ blak lɔng wɔs.

Bɔt vaping kin kam wit in yon risk dɛn. We yu de vap, yu de yuz `vape pen` (we dɛn kin kɔl bak `e-cigarette`) fɔ wam wan likwid insay `vapor` ɛn inhal am (i kin bi tabak, marijuana, ɔ ɔda tin). We yu de vayp, di patikyula dεm we yu de inhal de mek bak di imyun rεspכns na yu lכng. Bɔt dɛn nɔ kin kɔl am blak lɔng sik. I kin mek skata na di lכng, כgan dεm we de pwεl, εn wan siriכs kכndyushכn we dεn kכl `(EVALI)` (e-sigarεt כ vaping-associated lung injury).

Yu tink se blak lɔng sik kin pas?

Nɔ, blak lɔng sik nɔ kin pas. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kech am frɔm ɔda pɔsin, ɛn yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kech am frɔm ɔda pɔsin. Ɛn i nɔto ``jɛnɛtik`` sik. Di wangren we fɔ gɛt blak lɔng sik na fɔ mayn kol.

Na vayrɔs ɔ baktri de mek dis?

Pan ɔl we yu kin fil sik wit blak lɔng sik, nɔto infɛkshɔn we vayrɔs ɔ baktri kin mek. Jɔs lɛk aw yu bɔdi de ansa fɔrina tin dɛn lɛk vayrɔs ɛn baktri dɛm, na so di dɔst we yu inhal na di kol mayn de mek yu imyun sistɛm wok. Fɔs, dis imyun rεspכns kin mek yu fil lεk yu gɛt kɔmɔn kol ɔr di flu.

Wetin na di kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛm wae de kam wit blak lכng sik?

Bɔrku ɔda siriɔs kɔndishɔn (kɔmplikɛshɔn) de wae kin apun bikɔs ɔf dis sik:

• Tubakulɔsis (TB) .
• At we nɔ de wok fayn
• Kansa na di lɔng

Aw dɛn kin no se Kol Wokman dɛn Nyumokoniosis?

If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, yu dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu mɛdikal istri ɛn yu wok istri. Dɛn go du ɛgzam fɔ dɛn bɔdi. If nid de, dɛn go ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn du mɛdikal tɛst.

Us tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ no dis sik?

If yu chɛst ɛks-ray ɔ kɔmpyuta tomografi skan (CT skan) sho se yu gɛt blak lɔng, yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ du sɔm tɛst dɛn (pulmonary function tests) fɔ si aw yu lɔng dɛn de wok fayn. Dɛn tɛst ya impɔtant fɔ no aw blak lɔng dɔn afɛkt yu lɔng. Yu mɛdikal tim kin luk dɛn mɛzhɔmɛnt ya leta fɔ no if di tritmɛnt de wok ɔ if yu sik de wɔs.

Yu mɛdikal tim kin ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn du spɛshal blɔd tɛst we dɛn kɔl "arterial blood gas" fɔ chɛk fɔ si if di ɔksijɛn nɔ bɔku. If dɛn de evalyu yu fɔ kɔmpɛnshɔn fɔ blak lɔng sik, dɛn kin du dis tɛst tu tɛm: wan tɛm we yu sidɔm ɛn rɛst, ɛn wan tɛm afta yu dɔn du ɛksɛsayz as yu ebul.

Aw dɛn kin trit blak lɔng sik?

Tritmɛnt fɔ blak lɔng sik na fɔ ridyus di diskɔmfɔt we yu de fil, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ mɛn di sik ɔltogɛda.Sɔntɛnde, if pɔsin transplant pɔsin in lɔng, i kin mɛn blak lɔng. Apat frɔm dat, yu dɔktɔ kin manej blak lɔng simptom wit tin dɛn lɛk:

• Fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku kol.
• Tray fɔ mek yu lɔng dɛn nɔ irita mɔ (stɔp fɔ smok ɛn vayp, gɛt yu vaysin dɛn di rayt tɛm).
• Mεdisin dεm we de mek di aywe dεm opin εn ridyus di swεla (bronchodilators).
• Pulmonari rihabiliteshɔn (`(Pulmonari rihabiliteshɔn)`).
• Fɔ gi ɔksijɛn.

Wetin a go ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt dis sik?

Fɔ gɛt diagnosis lɛk blak lɔng sik kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ kam fɔ no, mɔr lɛk if yu nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn. Dis kɔndishɔn go de wit yu fɔ di res ɔf yu layf.

If yu gɛt kɔmplikɛt blak lɔng sik, yu kin gɛt mɔ sayn ɛn yu nid fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ bɔku tɛm. Yu kin nid ɔda ɔksijɛn bak. Ɔl togɛda, risach dɔn sho se blak lɔng sik kin mek di layf shɔt bay lɛk 12.6 ia.

A go ebul fɔ go bak na wokples?

If yu gɛt blak lɔng sik, i nɔ fayn fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ wok pan wok we gɛt bɔku kol dɔst. Yu dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ aplay fɔ di `Pat 90 program`, we de ɛp yu fɔ chenj to wok we gɛt ``lɔw dɔst.`` Dipen pan aw yu sik dɛn bad, yu kin ebul fɔ du ɔda wok. Yu kin nid bak fɔ tek tɛm fɔ lɛf fɔ wok we yu nɔ de fil fayn.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd blak lɔng sik?

Yɛs, dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd blak lɔng sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn lɛk OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) na Amɛrika dɔn mek standad fɔ ɛp fɔ mek pipul dɛn nɔ gɛt blak lɔng sik. If yu de wok na ɔ nia kol mayn, yu bɔs fɔ du tin dɛn fɔ ridyus di kol dɔst we de na di say we yu de wok ɛn fɔ mek di briz go fayn. If i pɔsibul, fɔ wɛr fes mask we fit fayn (fit-tested) kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm di dɔst.

Afta wok, yu fɔ kip di mask te yu pul yu wok klos. Rimov di mask bifo yu shaw ɛn was ɛni kol we de na yu ed ɛn skin fayn fayn wan. I fayn fɔ wɛr mask ivin we yu de was yu wok klos.

Udat de pan big risk fɔ gɛt blak lɔng sik?

Di big tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt blak lɔng sik na fɔ wok na kol mayn. Bɔt if yu na (ɔ yu dɔn bi) kol mayn, dɛn tin ya de mek yu gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm:

• If yu de smok.
• If yu dɔn gɛt dɔst we pasmak we yu de wok.
• If yu dɔn wok na kol mayn fɔ bɔku ia.
• If yu dɔn wok na say dɛn we gɛt bɔku bɔku rɔk dɔst ɔ silika na di mayn.

Aw a kin kia fɔ misɛf?

If yu gɛt blak lɔng sik, yu fɔ stɔp fɔ yuz tin dɛn we kin mek yu lɔng dɛn vɛks mɔ. Dis inklud:

• Lɛf fɔ smok. Dis impɔtant fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi naw ɛn tumara bambay. Bɔt i nɔ izi. If yu gɛt COPD ɛn yu de smok, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw yu go gɛt ɛp fɔ lɛf fɔ smok. Dɔn bak, nɔ fɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn we de smok (`sɛkɔnd smok`) as yu ebul.
• Stay away frɔm kol mayn dɛn. If yu inhal mɔ kol ɛn silika patikyula dɛn, dat go mek yu kɔndishɔn wɔs.
• Pe atɛnshɔn to di wɛda. Na mɔtalman, chɛk di Air Quality Index (AQI), we dɛn kin ripɔt wit di wɛda fɔkɔs. If di AQI "nɔ wɛl fɔ sɛnsitiv grup dɛm" ɔr wɔs, tray fɔ de insay os te i impɔtant - ɛn wɛr mask if yu go na do.
• Nɔ gɛt infɛkshɔn. Infεkshכn na yu respiratory kin mek yu kכndyushכn wɔs. Gɛt yu vaysin fɔ influenza, nyumokɔk nyumonia, ɛn COVID-19 di rayt tɛm. Dɔn bak, tink bɔt fɔ wɛr fes mask we yu de go na do insay flu sizin.
• Ɛksesaiz, bɔt tek tɛm. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt us ɛksesaiz yu kin du, aw yu fɔ push yusɛf tranga wan, ɛn aw fɔ no if yu de push yusɛf tumɔs.
• Plan fɔ mek di flare-up dɛn. Nɔbɔdi nɔ lɛk fɔ tink bɔt fɔ sik we yu de fil fayn. Bɔt if yu gɛt plan fɔ aw yu go ebul fɔ kɔntrol di prɔblɛm dɛn we de mek yu fil bad, dat kin ɛp yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ go to dɔktɔ we yu rili fil bad.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to mi dɔktɔ?

Yu dɔktɔ go want fɔ si yu fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu ɔltɛm. Na in na di bɛst pɔsin bak fɔ aks bɔt ustɛm ɛn usay yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

• Aw bad mi kɔndishɔn de?
• Us mɛrɛsin a nid? Ɛni bad bad tin dɛn de we kin apin to am?
• Wan we de fɔ mek a ebul fɔ du ɛksasaiz sef wan?
• Aw ɔltɛm a fɔ gɛt tɛst fɔ blak lɔng sik?
• Wetin a fɔ du if a gɛt flawa?
• A nid fɔ transplant mi lɔng?

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di imejensi rum (ER)?

If yu gɛt nyu ɔ nɔmal we fɔ blo, ɔ if yu lip, an, ɔ yu fut tɔn blu (saynosis), go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Blak lɔng sik na TB?

Nɔ, blak lɔng sik nɔto TB (TB). Tuberculosis na infεkshכn we di baktri we dεn kכl Mycobacterium tuberculosis de kכz. I kin pas, bɔt i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek pipul dɛn skata.

We yu gɛt blak lɔng sik, yu imyun sistɛm kin wik, so yu kin gɛt TB. Sɔm pan di sayn dɛm fɔ TB ɛn blak lɔng sik na di sem: kɔf, chɛst pen, ɛn blɔd. Bɔt blak lɔng sik nɔto infekshɔn. If yu gɛt blak lɔng sik we nɔ gɛt TB, yu nɔ go gɛt fiva ɔ yu nɔ go swet na nɛt.

Blak lɔng sik na disabled?

I dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn. Insay kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, disabled na sɔntin we di lɔ se. Di men kwɛstyɔn we de ya na: Yu kin du di wok naw we yu bin de du we yu bin de wok na kol mayn? Yu dɔktɔ go nid fɔ ripɔt aw yu gɛt blak lɔng sik, wetin de sho se yu gɛt sik, ɛn aw yu go ebul fɔ kɔntrol am fayn fayn wan wit mɛrɛsin. Fɔ gɛt bɛnifit fɔ blak lɔng sik, di wan dɛn we de wok na di mayn fɔ du spɛshal tɛst we dɛn kɔl `413b ɛgzam.` Dis na tɛst we dɔktɔ dɛn we dɛn tren spɛshal fɔ chɛk di wan dɛn we de wok na di mayn kin du.

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil lɛk se bɔku pipul dɛn de tɛl yu aw fɔ du yu wok. Bɔt nɔbɔdi nɔ fit fɔ sik bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn we nɔ sef. Na dat mek lɔ dɛn de - fɔ ɛp yu fɔ wok sef wan. Ivin wit ɔl dɛn wokples sefty ɛfɔt ya, lɛk 16% pan di wan dɛn we de wok na di kol mayn (dat na 1 pan 6) kin gɛt blak lɔng sik.

Ivin if yu fil fayn wit mɛrɛsin ɛn chenj na yu layf, blak lɔng sik kin bi wan sik wae nɔr kin izi fɔ aksept, mɔr lɛk if yu dɔn si yu padi ɛn kɔleja dɛm de go tru am. If dɛn jɔs dɔn no se yu gɛt dis sik, ɔ if yu sik de wɔs ɛn yu de gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ bia wit am, go to yu dɔktɔ. I kin asɛs yu wɛlbɔdi ɛn rikomɛnd sɔpɔt grup ɛn intavɛnshɔn dɛn we go ɛp yu.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Blak lɔng sik na siriɔs, layf-lɔng kɔndishɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo dɔst we de kɔmɔt na di kol mayn. Di bɛst we fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt am na fɔ fala di tin dɛn we yu fɔ du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dɔst.

• If yu de wok na say we gɛt fɔ du wit kol, na fɔ no se yu sef ɔltɛm. Wear di rayt fes mask ɛn fala di sefty instrɔkshɔn dɛn we di kɔmni gi yu.
• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn trit yu, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ go bifo mɔ ɛn di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin.
• Nɔ smok kpatakpata. I go pwɛl yu lɔng wɛlbɔdi mɔ.
• Fɔ fala di dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn ɛn di we aw dɛn de trit am di rayt we.

Yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na yu wok. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis ɛn tek di step dɛn we yu nid.

` Blak Lɔng Sik, Kol Wokman dɛn Nyumokoniosis, lɔng sik, kol, dɔst, sik we de mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo