Yu de gi blɔd fɔ chɛk yu kɔlɔstrel ɛn gɛt di ripɔt. LDL, HDL, triglycerides... Na big rilif fɔ si se ɔltin nɔmal, nɔto so? "O... A nɔ gɛt kɔlɔstrel, a nɔ go gɛt at prɔblɛm," yu kin tink. Bɔt, yu bin no bɔt wan ɛnimi we ayd we nɔ de sho na dis nɔmal kɔlɔstrel ripɔt, bɔt we gɛt big impak pan at sik? Tide wi go tok abaut dat.
Wetin na Lipoprotein(a) ɔ Lp(a)?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Lipoprotein(a) , ɔ Lp(a) fɔ shɔt, na wan patikyula tin we gɛt fat na wi blɔd, jɔs lɛk kɔlɔstrel. Bɔt dis wan spɛshal smɔl. dis Lp(a) patikyula kin stik na di wכl dεm na wi bכdi vεsul dεm (atεri) bכku pas di LDL kכ lestכl we wi כl no as "bad kכlestכl", εn sכmtεm i kin kכlok dεm. Imajin se trafik jam na rod, we dis Lp(a) de go ɔp, blɔd fɔ flɔ insay wi blɔd vesel dɛn de ambɔg. Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) . Dis kayn tin kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs sik lɛk at atak ɛn strok as tɛm de go.
di big prכblεm wit dis na dat di lεvεl fכ Lp(a) de inkrεs pas wetin wi de it כ εksεsayz, bכt na biכs fכ wi jin dεm . Dat min se na sɔntin we wi gɛt frɔm wi mama ɛn papa. I nɔ mata aw yu de liv wɛl, yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl kin ay pan yu jɛnɛtiks. Na dat mek, ivin if yu nɔmal kɔlɔstrel ripɔt gud, i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis risk we ayd.
Dɛn se wan pan ɛvri fayv pipul dɛn na di wɔl gɛt denja ay lɛvɛl fɔ Lp(a), bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ no bɔt am.
Wetin mek dis tɛst rili impɔtant? Udat dɛn de pan big risk?
Te to dis biɛn tɛm, dɛn bin de tɔk mɔ bɔt di Lp(a) tɛst bitwin di dɔktɔ dɛn we de mɛn di at. Bɔt dat de chenj. Di big big mɛdikal ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn na di wɔl naw se ɔlman fɔ gɛt di Lp(a) tɛst wan tɛm insay dɛn layf .
Imajin, sɔm pipul dɛn de we dɔn gɛt tu ɔ tri at atak, stent, baypas ɔpreshɔn, bɔt dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ fɛn ɛni rizin fɔ wetin mek dis de apin. insay dεn kayn kes dεm ya, we dεn chεk di Lp(a) lεvεl, dεn fכnshכn se i rili hכy. Dat min se, dis kin bi di men rizin we dɛn dɔn ayd fɔ lɔng tɛm.
Lɛ wi luk di tebul we de dɔŋ fɔ si di difrɛns bitwin wan rɛgyula kɔlɔstrel tɛst ɛn wan Lp(a) tɛst.
| Tin | Jɛnɛral Kɔlɔstrel Tɛst (Lipid Profayl) . | Lp(a) tɛst we dɛn kin du |
|---|---|---|
| Wetin dɛn de tɛst? | I de mɛzhɔ tin dɛn lɛk LDL, HDL, Tɔtɔl Kɔlestɔl, ɛn Triglisɛrɛyd. | na wan spεsifi k patikyula we dεn kכl Lipoprotein(a) nכmכ dεn de mכsu. |
| Di tin dɛn we kin afɛkt di pɔsin | Di it, ɛksesaiz, ɛn bɔdi wet kin mek big difrɛns. | Na di jin dɛn mɔ de sho am. Di we aw pipul dɛn de liv dɛn layf nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ pawa fɔ du dat. |
| Aw ɔltɛm fɔ chɛk | Na dɔktɔ advays, dɛn fɔ chɛk-ap wan wan tɛm (e.g. wan tɛm insay di ia). | Bɔku tɛm, fɔ chɛk-ap wan tɛm insay yu layf, na in nɔmɔ go du fɔ yu. |
Udat dɛn de pan denja pas dat?
Pan ɔl we ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt ɛlevɛt Lp(a) lɛvɛl, sɔm grup dɛn kin gɛt smɔl ay risk:
- Pipul dɛn we gɛt at sik na dɛn famili: If yu fambul we de nia yu, lɛk yu mama, papa, ɔ yu brɔda ɛn sista dɛn, dɔn gɛt at atak ɔ strok we i yɔŋ (we nɔ rich 55 ia yet fɔ man, ɔnda 65 ia fɔ uman), yu go gɛt ay Lp(a) lɛvɛl.
- Sɔm etnik grup dɛm: Stɔdi dɔn sho se pipul dɛm we kɔmɔt na Afrika kin gɛt ay Lp(a) lɛvɛl pas ɔda etnik grup dɛm.
- uman dεm we dεn mεnopos: di Lp(a) lεvεl kin inkrεs sכmtεm pan uman dεm afta mεnopos.
- Di wan dɛm wae gɛt shuga: We dɛn kam togɛda wit dayabitis ɛn di ay Lp(a) lɛvɛl kin rili inkrisayz di risk fɔ gɛt at sik.
Wetin wi go du if di Lp(a) lɛvɛl ay?
Okay, naw yu go probabli de wanda, "Wetin if mi Lp(a) level ay? I get cure fo dis?" Dis na kwɛstyɔn we rili impɔtant.
Naw, dεn dεm we de tכk bכt di Lp(a) lεvεl dεm dεn wan dεn stil de na di las stej dεm fכ risεch. Big op de fɔ drɔgs lɛk Pelacarsen , we dɛn tink se dɛn go gɛt dɛn rizɔlt bay 2025.
Bɔt, yu nɔ go jɔs wet fɔ mek i apin. Di onli big tin na fɔ no se yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl ay. Da we de, yu ɛn yu dɔktɔ kin du ɔda tin dɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku at sik.
Fɔ no yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl tan lɛk fɔ no bifo tɛm bɔt wan denja bɛnd na di rod. Ivin if yu nɔ ebul fɔ avɔyd di bɛnd, yu kin slo ɛn drayv tru am wit tek tɛm.
If yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl ay, yu dɔktɔ go mɔs tɛl yu fɔ du dɛn tin ya:
1. Kכntro LDL kכlestכl strikt wan: If yu Lp(a) hכy, i rili implεnt fכ kip di LDL ("bad kכlestכl") lεvεl lכw as yu ebul. Dis kin bi bay we dɛn gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk statin .
2. Kɔntrol ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm: Dɛn fɔ kɔntrol ɔl di ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn, dayabitis, smok, ɛn fat pasmak.
3. Fɔ tɛl di famili: Bikɔs di Lp(a) lɛvɛl na jɛnɛtik, if yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl ay, i rili impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu pikin dɛn, brɔda ɛn sista dɛn, ɛn mama ɛn papa fɔ mek dɛn du dis tɛst bak.
Wan spɛshal not bɔt statin drɔgs
Wan mistek de bitwin sɔm pipul dɛm se statin kɔlɔstrel mɛrɛsin kin mek di Lp(a) lɛvɛl go ɔp smɔl. Dis kin bi tru. כltu, di bεnεfit dεm we statin gεt fכ lכs LDL kכlestכl εn ridyus di כvala hat sik risk fa pas di pכtεnshal sayd ifekt dεm we sכm inkrεs pan Lp(a) lεvεl. So, nɔ ɛva stɔp fɔ tek yu statin if yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.
Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt fɔ mek dɛn du yu Lp(a) tɛst. Pan ɔl we dis nɔto tɛst we dɛn kin du ɔltɛm, dɛn go mɔs rifer yu fɔ dis tɛst afta dɛn dɔn tɔk bɔt yu famili istri ɛn di tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm. Dis na fayn tin we yu go du fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi tumara bambay.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Lp(a) na risk we yu kin ayd: Ivin if yu avrej kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl gud, if yu gɛt ay Lp(a) lɛvɛl kin put yu pan risk fɔ gɛt at sik.
- Tεst wan tεm na yu layf: Bikɔs Lp(a) lεvεl na di jεnεtiks de sho bכku wan, i kin bi inof fכ mek dεn du dis tεst wan tεm na yu layf. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.
- Nɔ panik if yu lɛvɛl ay: If yu no se yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl ay, dat kin ɛp yu fɔ tek stɛp fɔ ridyus yu ɔl at sik risk.
- Kɔntrol ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn: If Lp(a) bɔku, i impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol ɔl di ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm, lɛk LDL kɔlɔstrel, blɔd prɛshɔn, dayabitis, ɛn fɔ smok strikt wan.
- Tɛl yu famili: Bikɔs dis na jenɛtik kɔndishɔn, if yu Lp(a) lɛvɛl ay, tɛl yu fambul dɛm we de nia yu (mama ɛn papa, pikin dɛm, brɔda ɛn sista dɛm) ɛn ɛnkɔrej dɛm fɔ du tɛst bak.
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