Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil lɛk se yu kɔnfyus? Yu fɔgɛt wantɛm wantɛm wetin yu bin want fɔ tɔk, yu nɔ ebul fɔ mɛmba wetin mek yu go na wan rum, ɔ i kin tek yu sɔm tɛm fɔ mɛmba pɔsin in nem. Dis na smɔl tin dɛn we kin apin to wi ɔltɛm. Bɔt insay mɛrɛsin, "kɔnfyushɔn" de tɔk bɔt wan sik we difrɛn smɔl, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin rili siriɔs. Na wan sayn wae de sho se prɔblɛm de wit di we aw wi bren de woke. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt di difrɛns bitwin dis nɔmal fɔgɛt ɛn di kɔnfyushɔn we wi rili nid fɔ wɔri bɔt.
Wetin na Kɔnfyushɔn? Wetin na di tin dɛn we de mek wi kɔnfyus?
Insay ɛvride layf, wi kin yuz di wɔd "kɔnfyushɔn" fɔ tɔk bɔt smɔl smɔl laps. Bɔt insay mɛrɛsin, i gɛt minin we rili dip. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, kɔnfyushɔn na tin we de ambɔg wi mɛmori, tink, atɛnshɔn, ɛn no bɔt di wɔl we de arawnd wi.
Tink bɔt am, wi bren tan lɛk kɔmpyuta. Dɛn kin yuz difrɛn pat dɛn na di bren fɔ du difrɛn wok dɛn. Sɔntɛnde, sɔm pat dɛn kin nid fɔ wok togɛda. Kɔnfyushɔn kin apin we dɛn pat ya nɔ de wok fayn.
Yu kin ɔndastand dis difrɛns izi wan frɔm di tebul we de dɔŋ ya.
| Dis nɔto kɔnfyushɔn (nɔmal tin dɛn) . | Dis na de sayn dɛm fɔ wan sik wae dɛn kɔl Kɔnfyushɔn. |
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| Fɔ kɔl pɔsin wit di rɔng nem, nɔ ɔndastand sɔntin we dɛn tɔk. | Nɔr de no bɔt di tin dɛm wae de arawnd yu: Nɔr de no bɔt wetin de apin arawnd yu. |
| Fɔ tek smɔl tɛm fɔ mɛmba sɔntin. Tink se, "Wetin a kam fɔ se?" | Disorientation: Nɔ no simpul tin lɛk usay yu de, us de, us tɛm i de, ɛn udat na di prɛsidɛnt fɔ di kɔntri. |
| Fɔ se sɔntin we fiba am we yu nɔ mɛmba di rayt nem fɔ wan kɔlɔ (e.g. fɔ se ‘rɛd’ instead ɔf dak rɛd). | Bɔrku prɔblɛm wae de mɛk yu mɛmba: fɔgɛt sɔmtin wae yu dɔn tɔk sɔm minit bifo, nɔr no yu fambul mɛmba ɛn tink se na ɔda pɔrsin. |
| Smɔl mistek dɛn, lɛk fɔ mek mistek we yu de kɔl smɔl mɔni na yu maynd. | I nɔ de tink fayn: Tin dɛn lɛk fɔ nɔ ebul fɔ kɔnt dɔŋ frɔm tɛn, nɔ ebul fɔ no di mɔnt dɛn frɔm wan say to di ɔda say. |
| Hallucinations and Delusions: Fɔ si tin dɛn we nɔ rili de (lɛk fɔ yɛri vɔys we nɔbɔdi nɔ de), fɔ mistek rial tin (si blak sɔk lɛk blak pusi), ɛn fɔ ol lay lay biliv pan ɔl we dɛn de ɛksplen ɔltin. |
Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pipul dɛn kɔnfyus?
Kɔnfyushɔn kin kam bikɔs ɔf ɛnitin we de ambɔg di we aw di bren de wok. Dis min se bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis. Sɔmtɛm, sɔm tin kin kam togɛda fɔ mek dis sik.
Na sɔm pan di men rizin dɛn:
- Fɔ drink rɔm pasmak .
- di blɔd shuga lɛvɛl pasmak (Hyperglycemia) ɔ di blɔd shuga lɛvɛl pasmak (Hypoglycemia).
- Blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di bren .
- Bren kansa ɔ ɔda bren lɛsin dɛn.
- Dihaydreshɔn (we nɔ gɛt wata na di bɔdi).
- Ilɛktrɔlayt imbalans , fɔ ɛgzampul, smɔl sodium.
- Ɔmon prɔblɛm , mɔ di tayroyd sik (Hypothyroidism / Hyperthyroidism).
- Head injuries , mɔ di kɔnkyushɔn.
- Infεkshכn , spεshal sik dεm we de afekt di bren lεk `Encephalitis`, `Meningitis`, εn infεkshכn dεm we de mek yu layf de pan denja lεk `Sepsis`.
- Wan sik lɛk strok kin mek blɔd nɔ de flɔ na di bren.
- כksijεn we n כ de na di bren (Sεribral haypoksia).
- Yuz sɔm mɛrɛsin ɔ drɔgs .
- Mental sik dɛm , fɔ ɛgzampul, sik dɛm lɛk skizofrenia .
- Maygren we gɛt di sik .
- Nyurolɔjik sik dɛm lɛk Alzaima ɔr dimɛnshɔn .
- di big big כgan dεm lεk di liva כ di kidni dεm we nכ de wok fayn .
- Seizures , mɔ afta we yu dɔn sik.
- Kabon monoksaydInhalashכn fכ tכxik gas dεm lεk `(Carbon monoxide)` כ fכ it כda tכxin dεm. If na so i bi, yu kin kɔl di Nashɔnal Pɔyzin Infɔmeshɔn Sɛnta na di Kɔlɔmbɔ Nashɔnal Ospital fɔ gɛt advays.
De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na, if yu gɛt dis sik, nɔr ignore am. I kin bi sayn fɔ wan siriɔs ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn.
Aw dɛn kin trit dis sik?
Infakt, dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ kin trit di sayn fɔ Kɔnfyushɔn, bɔt dɛn kin trit di ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn we mek i kam.
If yu ɔ pɔsin we de nia yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, duya nɔr de mɛn yusɛf ɔr tray fɔ du ɛnitin na os. Ɛspɛshali if dis na nyu tin, i go mɔs bi se yu go to yu dɔktɔ fɔ no di tin we mek i apin.
Di dɔktɔ go du di tɛst dɛn we yu nid, no wetin de mek yu gɛt dis sik, ɛn gi yu di tritmɛnt we fit pas ɔl fɔ da sik de.
Wetin kin apin if dɛn nɔ trit am?
Kɔnfyushɔn na sɔntin we de ambɔg wi fɔ kɔntrol wetin wi de tink, du, ɛn tɔk. So, pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik nɔr kin no se dɛn gɛt dis kayn prɔblɛm.
If dɛn nɔ trit am, dɛn bad tin ya kin apin:
- Di chenj we pɔsin de biev: I kin mek i vɛks wantɛm wantɛm, i kin fɛt, ɛn dat kin mek i wund.
- Fɔdɔm ɛn aksidɛnt: Kɔnfyushɔn kin mek pɔsin fɔdɔm ɛn gɛt siriɔs injury.
- Nɔ ebul fɔ du in yon wok: As tɛm de go, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ du tin fɔ insɛf ɛn i kin abop pan ɔda pipul dɛn.
- Risk fɔ gɛt ɔda sik na yu bren: Kɔnfyushɔn, mɔ afta yu dɔn ol 65 ia, kin mek yu gɛt sik lɛk dis maynia sik leta na yu layf.
- Prɔblɛm na yu maynd: Dɛn kin gɛt dis sik lɛk pwɛl hat.
Yu tink se dɛn kin avɔyd fɔ kɔnfyus?
Wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp kɔnfyushɔn ɔltogɛda, bɔt wi kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt sɔm pan di tin dɛn we kin mek i gɛt am.
- Manej di sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn: If yu gɛt sik dɛn lɛk dayabitis, ay blɔd prɛshɔn, ɔ epilepsy, fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn ɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn gud gud wan.
- Wear safety gear: Na ed injury na di men tin we kin mek dis apin. So, wɛr ɛlmɛt we yu de rayd baysikul ɛn motoka, ɛn nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ wɛr sit bɛlt we yu de rayd motoka.
- It balans it: Gud it de ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sɔl ɛn it we yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it na yu bɔdi.
- Bi aktif: We yu de du ɛksɛsayz ɛn mek yu gɛt wɛl bɔdi, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku sik dɛn we kin afɛkt yu bren.
- Nɔ tek drɔgs ɛn drink rɔm:Dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt di we aw di bren de wok dairekt wan. Ivin di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɔktɔ gi dɛn fɔ tek di rayt doz.
Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
Kɔnfyushɔn we kin bigin wantɛm wantɛm na tin we kin apin to pɔsin we sik. E kin bi sayn fɔ wan siriɔs sik lɛk wae pɔrsin gɛt strok. If na so i bi, kɛr di pɔsin go na di ɔspitul imejensi rum (ETU) we de nia yu ɛn nɔ de te.
Dɔn bak, if yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili de bigin fɔ gɛt dɛn sik ya smɔl smɔl fɔ mek yu kɔnfyus, i go fayn bak fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Di kwik we dɛn no di kɔz, na di mɔ i izi fɔ trit.
Difrɛns bitwin Kɔnfyushɔn ɛn Delirium
Yu go dɔn yɛri di wɔd `Delirium`. `Delirium` na wan mכr siriכs, spεsifi k kכndishכn pas Kכnfyushכn. Bɔrku tɛm na sɔmtin wae kin apun kwik kwik wan wae de bren de ɔnda tumɔs prɛshɔn bikɔs ɔf sik, aksidɛnt, ɔr ɔda rizin. Di kɔndishɔn fɔ pɔrsin wae gɛt `Delirium` kin chenj frɔm awa to ɔda awa. Nɔto ɔl Kɔnfyushɔn na `Delirium`, bɔt `Delirium` na wan we we kin rili bad fɔ Kɔnfyushɔn.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Big difrɛns de bitwin fɔ fɔgɛt smɔl tin ɛn wetin dɛn kɔl Kɔnfyushɔn pan mɛrɛsin. Tin dɛm lɛk fɔ lɔs tɛm, ples, ɛn tink na siriɔs sayn dɛm.
- Kɔnfyushɔn nɔto sik, bɔt na sayn fɔ wan ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ fɛn di rizin.
- If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk nɔ no natin wantɛm wantɛm, na imejensi. Tek dɛn go na ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm.
- Nɔ tray fɔ trit yusɛf. Ɔltɛm, aks pɔsin we sabi du di wok fɔ advays yu. If yu trit am kwik kwik wan, i kin mɛn ɔ kɔntrol di kɔnfyushɔn we bɔku tin dɛn kin mek.
👩🏽 ⚕️ Ɔda kwɛstyɔn dɛn (FAQ dɛn)
💬 Wetin na Kɔnfyushɔn / Delirium? Yu tink se i denja?
Dis nɔto tin we pɔsin kin fɔgɛt! ‘Kɔnfyushɔn’ na di men sayn fɔ wan sik we rili de kil pɔsin we pɔsin kin gɛt wanwɔd/insay sɔm awa, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk, ɔ i kin frɔz na in ples ɔ i kin bigin fɔ ala ɛn muv rawnd (Agitation). Dis na Imejɛnsi!
💬 Wetin na di men rizin wae mek pɔrsin nɔr kin no natin (Confusion/Delirium)?
Dis nɔto mental sik, dis na di rizɔlt fɔ wan siriɔs sik insay di bɔdi! Di men tin dɛm we kin mek dɛn gɛt dis sik na: 1) ‘Deadly infections (Sepsis/UTI)’ - We ol pipul dɛn gɛt urinary tract infection/lung infection (Nimonia), di fɔs tin we kin apin bifo di fiva na we dɛn nɔ kin no natin! 2) Ɔksijɛn/blɔd nɔ de na di bren (Stroke/Heart Attack). 3) di ‘shuga’ we de na di bכdi de dכn kכmplit (Hypoglycemia/Diabetic Coma). 4) Pɔyzin pan rɔm/drɔg ɔ fɔ lɛf fɔ drink wantɛm wantɛm (Fɔ lɛf fɔ drink rɔm).
💬 Wetin mek wan pan wi pipul fɔ go ɔspitul wantɛm if dɛn kɔnfyus lɛk dis?
If pɔsin we bin de tɔk fayn lɔs in kɔnshɛns lɛk dis insay sɔm minit ɔ dez (Acute onset), i min se in bren/at dɔn ɔlrɛdi fɔdɔm (Impending system failure)! If dɛn gɛt bak 1) we dɛn lɔs dɛn an/fes (Stroke), 2) fiva we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ bia ɛn shek (Infɛkshɔn), 3) i nɔ izi fɔ blo, ɔ 4) dɛn gɛt fit (Seizures), dɛn fɔ kɛr di pɔsin go na ɔspitul wit ambulans we dɛn nɔ de te, bikɔs dɛn kin fɔdɔm na kɔma ɛn day!
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