Yu pikin kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in yes bɔku tɛm? Mek wi tok abaut Ear Tubes!

Yu smɔl pikin kin wek na nɛt ɛn kray ɔltɛm? Yu tink se i kin tɔch ɛn pul in yes ɔltɛm? Sɔntɛnde, i kin kray bikɔs i nɔ ebul fɔ it ɔ drink milk? Yu go mɔs de wɔri ɛn fred bad bad wan bɔt dɛn tin ya. Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn sayn ya kin kam pan smɔl wan lɛk dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf infεkshɔn na in yes. I nɔ bad fɔ gɛt am wan ɔ tu tɛm, bɔt if dis kɔntinyu, den yes tyub na sɔntin we dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɔk se na sɔlv. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis jɔs tide.

Wetin na dɛn Iya Tiub ya?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Iya Tiub dɛn rili smɔl, lɛk smɔl tub. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, na wan rili smɔl tiub we dɛn kin put oba di ia drɔm. insay mεdikal sayns, dεn kin kכl dεn wan ya wit sεvεra nem dεm lεk `(Tympanostomy tubes)`, `(Ventilation tubes)`. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin mek dɛn tin ya wit plastic ɔ mɛtal.

Di dɔktɔ kin mek wan rili smɔl ol na di pikin in yes ɛn put dis tiub tru am. di men wok we dis de du na fכ drein di fluid/pus we de kכmכt na di midul ia εn alaw di briz fכ go insay di midul ia. dis de ridyus di prεshכn na di yes εn bכku bכku wan de kכntrכl di divεlכpmεnt fכ infεkshכn.

Wetin mek pikin nid fɔ gɛt ia tyub?

Bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn kin wɔnda se, "Wetin mek mi pikin kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in yes ɔltɛm?" Infakt, bɔku pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 5 ia yet go gɛt at le wan ia infɛkshɔn. dis na biכs di Eustachian tube we de kכnekt di yes to di trot na yכŋ pikin dεm, i sכt εn i כrizכnal pas big pipul dεm. I tan lɛk dreyn na wi os. if dis tiub nכ de wok fayn, wata kin bכku na di midul ia.

Imajin, we pikin gɛt kol, dis ``Eustachian tube'' de swel ɛn ful-ɔp wit mכkus. Dɔn di wata nɔ kin ebul fɔ kɔmɔt ɛn i kin stɔp insay di yes. Ples lɛk dis na di bɛst say fɔ mek jem lɛk baktri ɛn vayrɔs gro. Dis na di men rizin we mek di yes infεkshכn kin apin bכku tεm.

If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ yuz yu yes tyub, rizin dɛn kin de fɔ dis:

Di sayn dɛm we de sho se pikin gɛt infɛkshɔn na in yes

• Kray pas aw yu kin kray, ɔltɛm (especially we yu put am dɔŋ na nɛt).
• Iya pul, yes grab.
• Yɔlɔ ɔ brawn wata ɔ pus we de kɔmɔt na di yes.
• Fɔ fil lɛk se yu de lɔs yu balans, fɔdɔm ɔltɛm.
• Fiva.
• Nɔ de ansa fayn to sawnd (bikɔs i nɔ de yɛri fayn).
• I nɔ izi fɔ slip.

Aw dɛn kin du dis ɔpreshɔn?

Dis na rili simpul, smɔl ɔpreshɔn we kin tek lɛk 15 minit . Dɛn kɔl am ``Myringotomy'' ɔ ``Tympanostomy''.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin du dis pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn we dɛn de yuz jenɛral anestezi. Di rizin fɔ dis na fɔ mek di pikin nɔ muf we dɛn de du di ɔpreshɔn. Bikɔs di pikin de slip, i nɔ de fil ɛni pen. Fɔ big pipul dɛn, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin du dis bay we dɛn de mek di yes nɔmɔ nɔ gɛt natin.

We dɛn de du di ɔpreshɔn, di dɔktɔ we de mɛn di yes, nos, ɛn trot (ENT) go du dɛn tin ya:

1. Dɛn kin kɔt wan rili smɔl, dilik insay di ia drɔm bay we dɛn yuz lɛsa ɔ smɔl inschrumɛnt.

2. dεn tek tεm kכl כl di wata we kכmכt na di midul ia (sכkshכn).

3. Dɔn dɛn kin put di ia tyub insay di smɔl ol we dɛn mek.

Dɛn kin kɛr di pikin go na os insay sɔm awa afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn. If di pikin bin gɛt ɛnitin we nɔ de yɛri, i go dɔn jɔs afta dɛn put di tiub ɛn dɛn go bigin fɔ yɛri fayn.

Aw yu kin pripia yu pikin bifo dɛn du yu ɔpreshɔn?

We dɛn tɛl yu pikin se dɛn go du ɔpreshɔn pan am, i kin fil lɛk se yu de fred. I rili impɔtant fɔ rɛdi dɛn na dɛn maynd.

• Nɔ yuz wɔd dɛn we de mek pɔsin fred lɛk "kɔt yu yes" ɔ "pier am." Bifo dat, tɔk sɔntin we simpul ɛn we nɔ de trɛtin, lɛk "Di dɔktɔ go mek smɔl winda na yu yes, ɛn dat go mɛn yu yes we de at."
• Bifo yu se "A de put yu na slip," se, "Di mɛrɛsin we di dɔktɔ de gi yu go ɛp yu fɔ slip fayn. We yu wek, ɔltin go dɔn, ɛn Mama go de nia yu."
• Mek i kɛr di tɔys ɔ blankit we i lɛk go na ɔspitul.
• Mek i biliv se yu go de fɔ am ɔltɛm.

Wetin kin apin afta di ɔpreshɔn? Ɛn yu tink se ɛni risk de?

Di de afta dɛn du di ɔpreshɔn, yu pikin kin fil taya smɔl ɛn sɔntɛm i kin fil lɛk se i nɔ de fil fayn. Dis na bikɔs ɔf di anestezi. Dis fɔ dɔn kpatakpata insay wan ɔ tu dez. If di fiva pas 102°F (38.9°C), kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Fɔ di fɔs wik afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn, yu kin si sɔm wata we gɛt blɔd we de kɔmɔt na yu yes. Dis na nɔmal tin. Bɔt if di yɔlɔ ɔ brawn wata we tan lɛk pus kɔntinyu fɔ dray fɔ pas wan wik, if yu yes de pen, ɔ if yu gɛt ɛni chenj na yu yɛri, mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ.

Pan ɔl we dis na ɔpreshɔn we rili sef, sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn de we kin apin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm:

• Ska we de na di ia drɔm.
• Di tiub dɔn blok.
• di ol na di ia dכm we fכm afta dεn pul di tכb nכ de kכloz insεf (dεn kin kכrekt dis bak wit sכm tritmεnt).
• Sik we de prɛd.

Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin bɔku, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt.

Di bɛnifit dɛn we di Iya Tiub dɛn Gɛt

Di bɛnifit dɛn we di pikin kin gɛt we dɛn du dis smɔl ɔpreshɔn, bɔku.

• Infɛkshɔn na di yes nɔ kin bɔku. Ivin if dɛn kin apin bak, dɛn kin wɛl kwik kwik wan.
• Fɔ yɛri de kam bak fayn fayn wan.
• As di pikin de yɛri fayn, na in di pikin de tɔk ɛn lan bɛtɛ.
• As di pen we i de fil ɔltɛm de dɔn, di pikin in bihayvya de bɛtɛ ɛn di wɔri we i de wɔri nɔ de igen.
• If yu bin de gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ slip bikɔs yu yes de at, yu go slip fayn.
• Nɔ nid fɔ de yuz antibayɔtik ɔltɛm.

di ia tכb dεm kin lεf na di yes fכ lεk 6 mכnt to 2 ia. As di ia dram de wɛl, di tiub go kɔmɔt insɛf. I so smɔl dat sɔntɛnde yu ɔ yu pikin nɔ go ivin notis se i dɔn kɔmɔt.