Ɔltin bɔt di Calcium Score Test, we de ɛp fɔ no di risk fɔ gɛt at atak kwik kwik wan

Wan big tin we bɔku pan wi kin fred na we wi gɛt at atak. Yu dɔn ɛva wɔnda aw i go fayn fɔ gɛt sɔm kayn wɔnin kwik kwik wan bɔt dis sik, we sɔntɛnde kin kam wantɛm wantɛm ɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni sayn? Wɛl, tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan spɛshal tɛst we de gi wi rili impɔtant infɔmeshɔn bɔt di wɛlbɔdi fɔ di blɔd vesel dɛn na yu at. Dɛn kɔl dis di Kalsiɔm Skɔ Tɛst.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na dis Kalsiɔm Skɔ Tɛst?

Dis na rili spɛshal CT skan (Computed Tomography Scan) tɛst. I de luk fɔ di kalsiɔm we de na di men blɔd vesel dɛm we de gi blɔd to yu at, di korona at.

Naw yu kin de tink se, "Kalsiɔm fayn fɔ bon, nɔto so? Wetin mek i go bi prɔblɛm if i de na di at na di at?" Yɛs, da stori de na tru. Bɔt dis kalsiɔm we de bɔku kin apin difrɛn we. Tink bɔt di wata paip dɛn we de na wi os. As tɛm de go, tin dɛn lɛk rɔst ɛn dɔti kin kam insay dɛn paip dɛn de, ɛn dis kin mek di ples we de insay di paip dɛn nɔ bɔku, nɔto so? semweso, tin dεm lεk kכlestכl εn fεt de bil insay wi korona at dεm, we de fכm wan layεr we wi kכl ‘plak’ . Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis sik Atherosclerosis ɔ Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) . As tɛm de go, dis plek kin at ɛn kalsiɔm kin gɛda insay dɛn.

So, wetin dis Calcium Score Test de du na fɔ no ɔmɔs pan dɛn calcium-bound, hardened areas de, ɛn ɔmɔs pan dɛn de. we dis kalsiכm lεvεl inkrεs, na gud tin we de sho se di plek we de bכku insay yu blכd vesel dεm de go כp, εn di at dεm de sכmtεm sכmtεm sכmtεm. Dis kin gi wi gud aidia bɔt di risk fɔ gɛt at atak tumara bambay.

Udat want fɔ du dis Kalsiɔm Skɔ Tɛst?

Dis nɔto tɛst we dɛn kin advays fɔ ɔlman. I kin fayn fɔ pipul dɛm wae de pan risk fɔ gɛt hat sik bɔt nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn yet (e.g., chɛst pen, shɔt briz) . Pipul wae de bitwin 40 ɛn 70 ia wae gɛt wan ɔr mɔr pan dɛn tin ya kin tɔk to dɛn dɔktɔ bɔt dis tɛst.

Apat frɔm dat, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt wan sik we dɛn kin gɛt frɔm dɛn mama ɛn papa we dɛn kɔl famili hypercholesterolemia . Dɛn kin tink bɔt dis kayn pɔsin fɔ dis tɛst ilɛksɛf dɛn nɔ rich 40 ia yet.

Aw ɔltɛm dɛn fɔ du dis tɛst?

Jɛnɛral wan, if yu tek dis tɛst fɔ di fɔs tɛm ɛn di rizɔlt na ‘Ziro’, dat min se di risk rili smɔl naw. If yu want fɔ mek shɔ se di risk stil smɔl, yu kin nid fɔ tek ɔda tɛst insay 3 to 5 ia.Sɔm bɛnifit kin de we yu de tɛst bak. Bɔt if yu rizɔlt nɔ bin nɔmal (abov ziro) at le wan tɛm, smɔl bɛnifit de fɔ ritest. If na so i bi, di tin fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan di tritmɛnt ɛn chenj dɛn layf.

Udat nɔ fɔ tek dis tɛst?

Dɛn nɔ kin ɛva du dis tɛst pan uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, bikɔs di raytin we dɛn kin pul frɔm CT skan kin ambɔg di pikin we de na di bɛlɛ.

Dɔn bak, dis tɛst nɔ kin yus bɔku pan dɛn kayn tin ya.

• Fɔ pɔsin we nɔ gɛt ɛni risk fɔ gɛt at sik .
• Fɔ pɔrsin wae dɔn ɔlrɛdi no se dɛn de pan rili ay risk fɔ gɛt at sik (dɛn pipul ya nid tritmɛnt ɛni we).
• Fɔ pɔsin we dɛn dɔn ɔlrɛdi no se i gɛt Koronari At Disease .
• Sɔmbɔdi wae dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt sɔm kayn hat sik (lɛk wae de fil pen na in chɛst) .
• Ɛnibɔdi we dɔn gɛt tritmɛnt fɔ korona at sik bifo (e.g. fɔ put stent, baypas ɔpreshɔn) .

If yu gɛt dis kayn tin, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt us ɔda tɛst dɛn we fayn fɔ no ɔ wach yu sik.

Aw yu kin rɛdi fɔ di tɛst? Aw yu kin tek di tɛst?

Dis na tɛst we rili simpul ɛn we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen. So no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred. Di wan ol tin we dɛn kin du kin tek 10 to 15 minit nɔmɔ.

Bifo di tɛst...

• Mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛni alɛji we yu gɛt, ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu de tek, ɛn if yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu kin gɛt bɛlɛ.
• Nɔ it, drink, it dɛn we gɛt kafinɛ lɛk kɔfi, ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ smok fɔ 4 awa bifo yu du di tɛst.
• Yu go nid fɔ pul ɛni mɛtal tin we yu wɛr, lɛk iaring, nɛks, ɛn glas.
• Dɛn go gi yu ɔspitul gɔn fɔ wɛr.

We dɛn de du di tɛst...

• Dɛn go mek yu ledɔm pan spɛshal bed ɛn afta dat dɛn go muf yu tru wan skan mashin we shep lɛk big donut.
• Di tɛnishian go klin (ɛn sɔntɛm i go sheb) tri say dɛn na yu chɛst ɛn tay smɔl smɔl ilɛktrɔd dɛn we kin stika .
• Dɛn kin kɔnɛkt dɛn ilɛktrɔd ya to wan EKG (Electrocardiogram) mashin , we kin rayt aw yu at de du we dɛn de du di tɛst. Dis kin mek di skan ebul fɔ tek pikchɔ dɛn bɔt aw yu at de rit.
• Di pɔsin we de yuz di mashin de wach yu tru wan glas we de na wan ɔda rum. Yu kin tɔk to am ɛn yɛri wetin i de tɔk.
• We dɛn de du di skan, dɛn go aks yu fɔ ol yu briz fɔ 10 to 20 sɛkɔn . Dis na fɔ ɛp fɔ gɛt klia pikchɔ dɛn.
• Dɔn, wan kɔmpyuta program kin analayz dɛn pikchɔ ya fɔ no if kalsiɔm de bɔku na di korona at.

Wetin kin apin afta di tɛst? Ɛni risk dɛn de we kin apin?

We di tɛst dɔn, yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn. No tin nɔ de we de stɔp pɔsin fɔ it ɔ drink.

We wi de tɔk bɔt di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin, bikɔs dɛn nɔ kin injɛkt ɛni kɔntrast day na di bɔdi fɔ dis tɛst, no sayd ɛfɛkt nɔ de we gɛt fɔ du wit am.

Dis na CT skan, so yu kin gɛt smɔl smɔl raytin. Bɔt nɔ wɔri, di kayn raytin we yu kin gɛt na lɛk di sem tin wit di avɛrej raytin we yu bɔdi kin gɛt frɔm di envayrɔmɛnt insay wan ia. So di risk fɔ gɛt kansa rili smɔl. Bɔt fɔ pɔsin we nɔ rich 40 ia yet we dɛn kin du CT skan bɔku tɛm, di prɔblɛm kin pas smɔl. Na dat mek dɛn kin jɔs du dis fɔ di wan dɛn we nid am.

Aw fɔ ɔndastand di tin dɛn we kin apin?

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gɛt di rizɔlt insay wan to tu dez. Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt raydio go luk di skan dɛn, mek wan ripɔt, ɛn sɛn am to yu dɔktɔ.

‘positiv’ test min se di kalsiכm de dכn na yu korona at. Dis min se yu gɛt sɔm digri pan korona at sik (CAD). Dɛn go gi yu wan mak bak bay di kayn kalsiɔm we dɛn fɛn. Dis skɔ kin kɔmɔt frɔm ziro to pas 1000.

If di tin dɛn we kin apin nɔ kin fayn, wetin yu kin du nɛks?

If yu mak pas ziro, dat min se yu de pan denja. Da tɛm de, yu dɔktɔ kin sɛn yu to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu at. Bay di rizɔlt ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm, dɛn kin tɛl dɛn fɔ du dɛn tin ya:

• Fɔ bigin fɔ tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we de kɔntrol di kɔlɔstrel lɛk statin .
• Fɔ du ɛksɛsayz ɛvride .
• Fɔ mek chenj na di it (fɔ ridyus ɔyl, shuga, sɔl, it mɔ frut ɛn vɛjitebul).
• Riferal fɔ ɔda tɛst dɛn if nid de.
• Yu kin go to dɔktɔ ɔltɛm ɛn wach di sik .

Dis tɛst de sho kɔrɛkt wan if wan vein dɔn blok?

Nɔ, nɔto jɔs. dis tεst de כnli sho if di kalsiכm dεn dכn dכn εn plek dεn fכm na di wכl dεm na di bכdi vεsul dεm. dis de gi indikεshכn if di prכsεs fכ sכmtεm di at dεm dכn bigin.

Bɔt i nɔ kin ebul fɔ no aw wan vein dɔn blok ɔ aw blɔd de pas fayn fayn wan. Ɔda spɛshal tɛst dɛn de lɛk angiogram fɔ dat. Di Kalsiɔm Skɔ Tɛst na kwik, tɛst we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen we dɛn kin yuz fɔ asɛs di risk we go apin tumara bambay.