We wi tink bɔt ɔltra saund skan, bɔku pan wi kin tink bɔt da fayn blak ɛn wayt pikchɔ de we de sho pikin we de na in bɛlɛ we i gɛt bɛlɛ, nɔto so? Bɔt, imajin, instead fɔ tek pikchɔ dɛn fɔ di bɔdi yuz ɔltra sawnd sawnd wev, yu go sɔprayz, nɔto so? Yɛs, na di layt ɛn wɔndaful mɛdikal tɛknɔlɔji we wi de tɔk bɔt tide. I dɔn briŋ nyu op nɔto jɔs fɔ bren sik lɛk Alzaima ɛn Pakinsin, bɔt i dɔn briŋ bak fɔ siriɔs sik dɛn lɛk kansa.
Wetin na Fɔs Ɔltrasɔund?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis tan lɛk we wi bin smɔl, wi bin de yuz sanglas lens fɔ fos di san in rayt ɛn bɔn pepa. Bɔt na ya wi nɔ de yuz ɔt, bɔt wi de yuz sawnd wev dɛn we nɔ de du bad.
Insay nɔmal skan, sawnd wev dɛn kin skata ɔlsay na di bɔdi ɛn mek pikchɔ. Bɔt insay di Fokus Ɔltrasɔund we, bɔku bɔku sawnd wev dɛn kin rili prɛsishɔn to wan rili smɔl target, we na lɛk wan milimita, insay di bɔdi. Dis kin mek wi ebul fɔ mek di chenj we wi want nɔmɔ na da say de we wi want fɔ chenj ɛn nɔ ambɔg ɛni ɔda say na di bɔdi. I kin bi fɔ pwɛl di tisu, ɔ i kin bi fɔ mek wan patikyula tin apin. Pan ɔl we dis tan lɛk ɔpreshɔn, fɔ tru, na tritmɛnt we nɔ kin tek bɔku pipul dɛn bikɔs dɛn nɔ kin yuz nɛf.
Dis kin ɛp fɔ gɛt Alzaima sik?
Alzaima na wan sik wae nɔr kin fayn ɛn wae kin mek pɔrsin nɔr kin mɛmba smɔl smɔl. No mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ am yet. Di men rizin na di prɔblɛm we i kin gɛt fɔ kɛr di mɛrɛsin go na di bren.
wan nכchכral protεktiv wכl de rawnd wi bren we dεn kכl "Blood-Brain Barrier" . I wok na fɔ mek di jem ɛn pɔyzin dɛn we de na di blɔd nɔ go insay di bren. Dis na tin we rili impɔtant fɔ protɛkt wi. Bɔt di prɔblɛm na dat, bikɔs ɔf dis wɔl we de protɛkt pɔsin, di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi fɔ Alzaima sik kin blok bak fɔ mek i nɔ go insay di bren.
So, wit fɔs ɔltrasɔund, di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis de tray fɔ opin dis Blɔd-Bren Barɛri fɔ sɔm tɛm, lɛk fɔ nak na domɔt ɛn opin am fɔ sɔm tɛm. Dɔn, dɛn kin put di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn nid insay di bren.
Na di sik pipul dɛm we dɔn tray dis we fɔ du risach, dis wɔl we de protɛkt dɛnsɛf dɔn lɔk bak insay sɔm awa ɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni damej. Dat na big sakrifays. Sɔm sayɛnsman dɛn biliv se if dɛn opin di Blɔd-Bren Baria dis we, if dɛn nɔ tek mɛrɛsin, di bɔdi in yon imyun sistɛm go ebul fɔ go insay di bren ɛn ɛp fɔ pul di bad bad tin dɛn we dɛn kɔl amyloid we de mek pɔsin gɛt Alzaima sik. Pan ɔl we dɛn stil de du risach, dɛn gɛt bɔku op fɔ tumara bambay.
Yu tink se sɔlv de we go de fɔ di Essential Tremor we go de sote go?
Essential tremor na wan nyurolɔjik kɔndishɔn we kin afɛkt bɔku pipul dɛn as dɛn de ol, mɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt trem we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol na dɛn an ɛn fut. I kin so bad dat ivin simpul wok dɛn lɛk fɔ drink kɔfi, fɔ rayt, ɔ fɔ it kin tranga.
Rich Pɔli we ol 83 ia bin gɛt fɔ stɔp fɔ drɔ ɛn sheb ɔltogɛda bikɔs ɔf dis sik. I bin gɛt dis fɔs ɔltrasɔund tritmɛnt.
Aw dɛn kin du dis tritmɛnt?
1. Fɔ no di target: Fɔs, dɛn kin yuz MRI skan fɔ no usay di smɔl smɔl nɛv sɛl dɛn na di bren we de sɛn di rɔng signal dɛn we de mek dɛn shek shek ya de.
2. Tritmɛnt: Dɔn dɛn kin tay wan spɛshal tin we tan lɛk ɛlmɛt na di pɔsin in ed, we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di ɔltra saund wev dɛn we dɛn dɔn fos de go na di smɔl say nɔmɔ we dɛn dɔn no.
3. Rizult: Di enaji we dεn sawnd wev dεm de gi de hεt כnli di tisu we de gi di rכng signal εn mek i nכ de wok. I tan lɛk we yu kɔt wan sɛktri we nɔ de wok di rayt we.
We dɛn bin de du di tritmɛnt, di dɔktɔ dɛn pul Rich kɔmɔt na di MRI mashin, mek i drɔ wan sɛklɔ, ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ chɛk aw in tret dɔn go dɔŋ. Afta tu awa, we di tritmɛnt dɔn, Rich bin ebul fɔ rayt ɛn drɔ we i nɔ bin de shek shek igen. "A kin it brekfas nau wit spun and witout bib. Dat de mek a gladi," im tok.
Bɔt dis nɔ de gi di sem tin fɔ ɔlman. Na avrej, yu kin ɛkspɛkt fɔ impɔtant lɛk 50%. Dɔn bak, smɔl chans de fɔ mek yu gɛt sayd ɛfɛkt lɛk fɔ mek yu finga dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk ɛn ed we de at. Jɔs lɛk ɛni tritmɛnt, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt di gud ɛn bad tin dɛn.
Ɛp fɔ fɛt kansa?
Kansa sɛl dɛn na sɛl dɛn we rili kɔni. Dɛn rili sabi fɔ ayd frɔm wi yon imyun sistɛm. Nyu imyun thεrapi dεm de εp di imyun sistεm fכ no dεn kansa sεl dεm ya we ayd.
Bɔt sɔntɛnde, mɔ pan kes dɛm lɛk bɔdi kansa, da mɛrɛsin de nɔmɔ nɔ go du fɔ am. Di las tin we di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis de tray na fɔ yuz ɔltrasɔund we dɛn de pe atɛnshɔn pan wit di imyunotɛrapi.
Na ya, dɛn kin yuz fɔs ɔltra saund fɔ pwɛl sɔm sɛl dɛn we de na di say we di kansa de. Dis kin mek wan smɔl swɛlin (inflammation) de. Dis tan lɛk sayn we de wɔn pɔsin. we di imyun sistεm si dis signal, i de no se "prכblεm de ya" εn i de bigin fכ atak di kεnsar. Dis na sɔntin bak we stil de na di risach stej, bɔt i rili prɔmis.
Bɔku ɔda op dɛn we wi go gɛt tumara bambay
Di tin dɛn we dis teknɔlɔji kin du nɔto jɔs di bren ɛn kansa. Sayɛnsman dɛn dɔn ɔlrɛdi de du risach bɔt aw dɛn kin yuz am fɔ difrɛn sik dɛn.
| Risach mɛdikal kɔndishɔn | Rizult we dɛn de ɛkspɛkt |
|---|---|
| Shuga | I de mek di nerv dɛm na di liva we de kɔntrol di blɔd shuga, de kɔntrol di shuga lɛvɛl we nɔ gɛt insulin. |
| Atraytis we pɔsin kin gɛt | di sawnd wev dεm de dayrεkt nia di splin, we de trigεr wan nכmal prכsεs we de ridyus di swεl εn pen na di bכdi. |
| Sik we pɔsin kin gɛt na in maynd | Fɔ chenj di we aw di bren sɔrkwit dɛn de wok we de mek pɔsin gɛt kɔndishɔn lɛk siriɔs pwɛl hat. |
Ɔl dis stil de na di klinik trial stej. Dat min se, dɛn de kɔnfyus di sef ɛn ɛfifishins fɔ dɛn tritmɛnt ya bay we dɛn de yuz volontia pasɛnt dɛn. Na bikɔs ɔf di sik pipul dɛn we de tek pat pan dɛn kayn trial ya, wi pikin dɛn ɛn di jɛnɛreshɔn dɛn we go kam go gɛt di chans fɔ gɛt dɛn kayn advans tritmɛnt dɛn ya tumara bambay.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Ultrasound na pawaful teknɔlɔji we naw dɛn kin yuz am nɔto jɔs fɔ skan, bɔt fɔ trit sik dɛn bak. Dɛn kɔl dis Fɔs Ɔltrasɔund .
- dis mכtכd de alaw fכ trit כnli tisu dεm we dεn tכk insay di bכdi we dεn nכ ivin put naif insay.
- Dis teknɔlɔji kin opin di blɔd-bren barɛri fɔ sɔm tɛm fɔ gi mɛrɛsin na Alzaima sik, ɛn i kin bak fɔ mek di pat na di bren we kin mek pɔsin shek na sik dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit shek, nɔ wok.
- Risach de go bifo kwik kwik wan fɔ mɛn bɔku sik dɛn lɛk kansa, dayabitis, ɛn at at sik.
- Pan ɔl we bɔku pan dɛn tin ya stil de na di risach stej, dɛn de gi wi big op fɔ di tumara bambay fɔ mɛrɛsin.
- If yu ɔ pɔsin we de nia yu gɛt dis sik, i fayn fɔ tɔk bɔt am gud gud wan wit yu dɔktɔ bifo yu disayd fɔ du ɛni nyu tritmɛnt.
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