E kin tranga fɔ fɛn pɔrsin wae nɔr dɔn gɛt kɔf sɔm tɛm na dɛn layf. Sɔntɛnde, kɔf we kin kam wit smɔl kol go bɛtɛ insay tu ɔ tri dez. Bɔt sɔm kɔf dɛn de we kin mek wi sɔfa fɔ sɔm wik ɛn mɔnt. Wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ slip fayn na nɛt, wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ du ɛni wok, ɛn wi kin kɔf ɔltɛm ivin we wi de tɔk. Wetin na dis kɔf rili? Wetin mek wi kin kɔf? Dis na sayn fɔ wan siriɔs sik? Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt ɔl dɛn tin ya.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na dis ‘kɔf’?
Fɔ kɔf nɔto sik. Na natura l difεns mεkanism na wi bכdi. Tink bɔt am, we sɔntin we wi nɔ want, lɛk dɔti ɔ dɔst, stɔp na wi trot, aywe (airways), ɔ lɔng, kɔf na signal frɔm di bren fɔ pul am kɔmɔt. Jɔs lɛk we yu gɛt ɔt pepa na kichin, yu kin kɔf wantɛm wantɛm. So kɔf na gud tin we wi bɔdi de yuz fɔ protɛkt insɛf ɛn wɛl insɛf.
Bɔku kayn kɔf de.
Yɛs, nɔto ɔl di kɔf dɛn kin bi di sem. Dɛn kin sheb kɔf bay aw lɔng i kin te, if i kin mek mɔkus, ɛn aw i kin sawnd. Dis chɔt go ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand dis izi wan.
| Aw fɔ klas kɔf | Tɔk bɔt |
|---|---|
| Ɔmɔs tɛm | |
| Akyu kɔf | I bigin wantɛm wantɛm ɛn i dɔn de go fɔ lɛk 2-3 wiks. Dis kayn kɔf kin kam wit tin dɛm lɛk kɔmɔn kol ɛn flu. |
| Subakut Kɔf | Kɔf we kin kɔntinyu ivin afta we di infekshɔn dɔn klin. I kin las frɔm 3 to 8 wiks. |
| Kɔf we nɔ de dɔn | Kɔf we de kɔntinyu fɔ pas 8 wik, dɔktɔ fɔ rili chɛk am. |
| Mukus we de na di wɔl | |
| Prodaktiv/Wet Kɔf | We yu kɔf, i kin mek yu gɛt mɔkus ɛn blɔd. dis kכf kin apin we di bכdi de tray fכ klin di mכkus frכm di lכng dεm. |
| Nɔn-prɔdaktiv/Dray Kɔf | Wi kin kɔl am ‘wik kɔf.’ Dis nɔ de mek pɔsin gɛt mɔyz. I jɔs tan lɛk se na tikl na di trot. |
| Saund ɛn Kɔndishɔn | |
| Whooping Kɔf we de mek pɔsin kɔf | Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf wan baktri infekshɔn we dɛn kɔl Pɛtɔsis . I gɛt in nem frɔm di ‘whooping’ sawnd we i de mek we yu de blo. |
| Barking Kɔf | If i tan lɛk se dɔg de ala, i kin bi sayn fɔ krɔp, we na wan sik we kin mek di layn na di lɔng dɛn swel. |
| We pɔsin de swɛt | If yu mek sawnd we yu de blo we yu de blo, dat min se yu aywe dɛn dɔn blok. Dis kin apin pan tin dɛm lɛk asma . |
Udat kin gɛt kɔf mɔ?
Pan ɔl we ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt kɔf, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt mɔ risk.
- Fɔ di wan dɛn we de smok tabak ɔ ɔda tin
- Fo di wan dem we de vape
- Di wan dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn na dɛn lɔng ɔ dɛn nervɔs sistɛm
- Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt alɛji
- Yɔŋ pikin dɛn , mɔ di wan dɛn we kin go na say dɛn we dɛn kin kia fɔ pikin dɛn ɛn skul, kin gɛt kɔf bikɔs dɛn kin gɛt sik ɔltɛm.
Wetin na di men tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf?
Nɔto wan tin nɔmɔ kin mek pɔsin kɔf, bɔku tin kin de we kin mek i kɔf.
1. Di tin dɛn we de mek di envayrɔmɛnt vɛks ɛn tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin gɛt alɛrjens
Dis na tin dɛm wae bad fɔ wi respiratory system.
- Smok (sigrɛt, wud stov) .
- Strɔng ɔda tin dɛn (perfum, wata we de klin) .
- Shep
- Dɔst
- Pɔlin we dɛn kɔl
- Animal fut
- Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm ACE inhibitors, we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn ay blɔd prɛshɔn.
2. Kɔndishɔn dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf fɔ shɔt tɛm
- Kɔmɔn Kɔl
- Flu
- Akyu Brɔnkaytis
- Sinus infεkshכn `(Sinusitis)`
- Nyumonia
- Kɔf we de mek pɔsin kɔf (Pertussis) .
3. Kɔndishɔn dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf fɔ lɔng tɛm
If yu dɔn gɛt kɔf fɔ pas 8 wik, i kin bi wan pan dɛn rizin ya. So fɔ tru, go to dɔktɔ.
- Bronchitis we nɔ de mɛn
- Asma we gɛt asma
- Alɛji dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt
- Sik dɛm wae de kam pan pɔrsin in lכng lεk COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) .
- Gastroesophageal Riflɔks Disizin (GERD) .
- Dizayd dɛm na di trot ɛn di vokal kɔd dɛm
- At atak ɛn ɔda at sik dɛn
Wetin yu go du fɔ kɔntrol ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt kɔf?
Dɛn kin trit kɔf bay we dɛn de no wetin de mek dɛn kɔf am. If na baktri infekshɔn, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu antibayɔtik. Bɔt bɔku pan di kɔf dɛn kin kɔmɔt frɔm di vayrɔs infɛkshɔn, ɛn di antibayɔtik nɔ go ɛp .
Sɔm simpul tin dɛn de we yu kin du na os:
- Drink bɔku wata: If yu drink wata, i de mek yu trot nɔ dray ɛn irita ɛn i de mek yu nɔ gɛt kɔf.
- Stim inhalashɔn: Stim inhalashɔn frɔm bol ɔt wata ɔ tek ɔt bat i de wet di aywe ɛn ɛp fɔ lɔs di mכkus so dat i kin izi fɔ pul am.
- Ɔni: If yu drink wan ti spɔnj ɔni insay ɔt ti, na fayn we fɔ mek yu trot at ɛn yu kɔf we dɔn dray.
- Nɔ smok: If yu na pɔsin we de smok, di bɛst tin we yu go du na fɔ lɛf fɔ smok.
- Stay away frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks: Stay away frɔm tin dɛn lɛk sɛnt ɛn dɔst we yu no se bad fɔ yu.
Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl: Nɔ ɛva gi kɔf srɔp we yu bay na famasi to pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 ia yet if yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ in aprɔval. Dɛn kin mek pikin dɛn gɛt sayd ɛfɛkt.
Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
Dis rili impɔtant. Nɔmal kɔf go dɔn insay sɔm dez. Bɔt if yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan di sayn dɛn we de dɔŋ ya, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
| Di sayn we de sho se di sik de | Wetin fɔ du |
|---|---|
| If yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. | |
| We pɔsin de swɛt | Si yu famili dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. |
| Fiva we kin las pas tu dez | |
| Chills we de mek pɔsin kol | |
| Tik, yɔlɔ, grɛn, ɔ blɔd mכkus de kɔmɔt | |
| If yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, go na di ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm! | |
| Fɔ fil lɛk se sɔntin dɔn stɔp na yu trot | Go na di ɔspitul we de nia yu Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm. Dis na imejensi. |
| I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo | |
| Blɔd we de kɔmɔt pasmak we yu de kɔf | |
| Bɔrku pen na yu chɛst | |
Lɛ wi lan bak bɔt COVID-19 ɛn kɔf
Kɔf na wan big sayn fɔ COVID-19. Dɔn bak, ivin afta yu dɔn wɛl frɔm COVID-19, kɔf kin de fɔ wik ɔ mɔnt as ‘pɔst-COVID’ kɔndishɔn (Lɔng COVID). Along wit dis, ɔda sayn dɛm lɛk fɔ taya ɛn fɔ shɔt brith kin apin bak. If yu saspek se yu gɛt COVID-19, du tɛst ɛn fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Kɔf na natura we fɔ mek wi bɔdi protɛkt insɛf. Nɔto ɔltɛm i kin siriɔs.
- Difrɛn kayn kɔf dɛn de. Di men wan dɛn na dray kɔf, kɔf we gɛt blɔd, ɛn kɔf we nɔ de dɔn.
- Bɔku pan di kɔf kin kɔmɔt frɔm vayral infɛkshɔn lɛk di kɔmɔn kol, ɛn dɛn kin trit am wit bɔku wata, stim inhalashɔn, ɛn rɛst.
- If yu kɔf gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk ay fiva, i nɔ izi fɔ blo, yu chɛst de pen, ɔ yu de kɔf blɔd, i kin bi siriɔs sik. Go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
- If yu kɔf pas 8 wik, na kɔf we nɔ de dɔn. Dɛn nid fɔ du mɛdikal tɛst fɔ no di tin we mek i apin.
- Nɔ gi kɔf srɔp frɔm di famasi, mɔ to yɔŋ pikin dɛn, we yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.
👩🏽 ⚕️ Ɔda kwɛstyɔn dɛn (FAQ dɛn)
💬 Wetin dɛn kin yuz Rosuvastatin (Rosuvastatin / Crestor) tablɛt fɔ?
Dis na di ‘High Cholesterol/Hyperlipidemia’ (Statin) drɔg we gɛt pawa pas ɔl ɛn we dɔn wok fayn pas ɔl na di wɔl! I strɔng ɛn i gɛt mɔ pawa pas Atorvastatin. I de ridyus ‘bad kɔlɔstrel (LDL)’ bay lɛk 60% ɛn i de mek 100% nɔ gɛt at atak ɛn strok tumara bambay (Cardiovascular Events) (dis impɔtant mɔ fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt famili histri fɔ gɛt ay kɔlɔstrel).
💬 Aw dis pawaful kכlestכl pil (Rosuvastatin) de sכlv bad kכlestכl we i go insay wi bכdi?
Ilɛk aw wi tek tɛm it, sɔm pipul dɛn liva kin mek bɔku kɔlɔstrel wan nɛt. di men mashin na di liva we de mek kכlestכl dεn kכl am ‘HMG-CoA Reductase’. As dis pil rich wi liva so, i de blok/klos ɛn lɔk da mashin de 100% (Enzyme Inhibition). We dɛn ɔf di mashin, di liva nɔ gɛt ɔda tin fɔ du pas fɔ tek di bad kɔlɔstrel we de na wi blɔd ɛn pwɛl am.
💬 Wetin na di ‘fatal dangers’ (black urine) we yu fɔ no bɔt we yu de tek dis pawaful kɔlɔstrel pil?
Di denja we denja pas ɔl frɔm dis na ‘Myopathy/Rhabdomyolysis’! If yu gɛt mɔsul pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia, wik, ɛn dak urine, tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, ɔdasay yu kidni kin stɔp fɔ wok ɛn yu kin day (Asians na dɛn mɔ de pan denja! So dɛn kin gi dɛn wan rili smɔl doz/lɛk 5mg). Dɔn bak, dɛn nɔ fɔ du dis fɔ ‘mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ’ ɛn di wan dɛn we gɛt ‘liva sik’!
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