Dɛn dɔn aks yu bak fɔ du Echo tɛst? Lɛ wi no bɔt dis jɔs! (Ikokardiogram) .

Yu dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu fɔ du ‘Echo test’? Yu go dɔn fred smɔl we i tɔk dat, ‘O, wetin dis go du, a nɔ no if na big prɔblɛm.’ Bɔt rili no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred. Dis na tɛst we rili simpul, bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin mek pɔsin fil pen. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, na di sem tin wit di skan we de luk di pikin na mama we gɛt bɛlɛ in bɛlɛ. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt dis Echo tɛst, ɔ Echocardiogram, insay wan rili simpul we we yu go ɔndastand.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Echocardiogram?

Echocardiogram na ɔltra saund tɛst fɔ yu at. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘ɛko’, ‘at ɛko’, ɔ ‘kadyak ɔltrasɔund’. I de yuz ay frikyuɛnsi sawnd wev fɔ mek sɔm pikchɔ dɛn we de muv na yu at we i de bit. We yu dɔktɔ luk dɛn pikchɔ ya, i go ebul fɔ no mɔ bɔt aw yu at de wok, aw i tan, ɛn aw blɔd de pas insay am.

Dis tɛst kin chɛk bɔku tin, lɛk aw di at de pɔmp blɔd fayn fayn wan, if di at valv dɛn de wok fayn, ɛn if ɛni prɔblɛm de wit di at mɔsul. Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek dɔktɔ dɛn kin ɔda fɔ du dis tɛst.

• Fɛn wetin mek yu gɛt di sik: Imajin se yu gɛt pen na yu chɛst, yu nɔ de blo fayn, yu de taya ɔltɛm, ɔ yu leg dɛn de swel. Dis tɛst go ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no if di kɔz na at prɔblɛm.
• Kɔnfɛm wan sik: Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin sɔprayz se yu gɛt sik afta i dɔn chɛk yu. Dis ɔltra saund tɛst kin kɔnfirm da saspek de.
• Asɛs aw di at de wok: Dis kin ɛp fɔ no aw di at de pɔmp fayn ɛn if i wik.
• Monitor wan kɔndishɔn we bin dɔn de bifo: If yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt sɔntin lɛk at valv sik, dɛn kin du dis tɛst ɔltɛm fɔ si if i de chenj ɔr de wɔs as tɛm de go.
• Pripia fɔ ɔpreshɔn na yu at: Dis tɛst impɔtant fɔ no di kayn we aw di at de bifo yu du di ɔpreshɔn.
• Chek di rizulyt afta di ɔpreshɔn: Dɛn kin du dis tɛst bak fɔ si if di ɔpreshɔn bin wok fayn ɛn if di at dɔn wok fayn.

Bɔku tɛm, dis na tɛst we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin . Dat min se dɛn nɔ de put natin insay di bɔdi. Bɔt insay sɔm spɛshal kes dɛn, spɛshal kayn ɛko de we kin min fɔ put smɔl tin insay di bɔdi. Mek wi luk dat tu.

Difrɛn kayn ɛko tɛst dɛn de?

Yɛs, difrɛn kayn ɛko de we yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu dipen pan wetin yu nid. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan di kayn dɛn we kɔmɔn pas ɔl.

Aw dis Echo mashin de wok?

Wan ɛko tɛst de yuz ɔltra saund teknɔlɔji. Dɛn kin put wan smɔl tin we dɛn kɔl transdyusɔ (lɛk smɔl maykrofon) na yu chɛst ɛn sɛn sawnd wev dɛn na yu at. Dɛn sawnd wev ya kin bounce ɔf pat dɛn na yu at ɛn bounce bak (echoes). Di transdyusɔ kin pik dɛn wev dɛn ya we de kam bak ɛn sɛn dɛn to kɔmpyuta.

Dɔn, kɔmpyuta softwe de yuz dis data fɔ mek wan pikchɔ we de muv di at. Dis tan lɛk fim, so di dɔktɔ kin wach aw di at de bit ɛn di valv dɛn we de opin ɛn lɔk layv.

Apat frɔm dis bɛsis tɛknik, sɔm spɛshal we dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no mɔ tin dɛn:

• Doppler ultrasound: Dis de luk di spid ɛn di say we di blɔd de flɔ. Jɔs lɛk aw di `Doppler` reda we dɛn kin yuz na di wɛda ripɔt de sho aw klawd de muv, dis de sho aw blɔd de muv insay di at. Dis rili impɔtant fɔ si if blɔd de lik tru di at valv dɛn ɔ if dɛn dɔn blok.
• Tri-dimensional (3D) ultrasound: Dis na tri-dimensional (3D) pikchɔ we de sho di at, pas fɔ yuz 2D skan ɔltɛm. Dis kin mek di dɔktɔ no di rayt we aw di at shep ɛn aw i de wok.
• kכntrast imej: sכmtεm, if di pat dεm na di at nכ de si klia wan, dεn kin injεkt spεshal wata (`kכntrast day`) insay yu vein. we dis wata go insay di at, di insay pat pan di at kin klia pasmak pan di skan imej dεm.

Aw a fɔ pripia bifo di tɛst?

Dipen pan di kayn ɔltra saund we yu gɛt, di pripia we yu nid fɔ du kin difrɛn smɔl. Yu dɔktɔ ɔ di ɔspitul go gi yu instrɔkshɔn bɔt dis. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn go tɔk tin dɛn lɛk:

• Nɔ drink kɔfi, ti, rɔm, tabak, ɛn sɔntɛm ivin it fɔ sɔm awa bifo di tɛst.
• Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ stɔp fɔ tek sɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ sɔm tɛm, bɔt nɔ ɛva stɔp fɔ tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn if yu dɔktɔ nɔ advays yu.
• If yu de gɛt strɛs ɛko, duya wɛr fayn ɛksɛsayz klos ɛn sus.
• If yu de du TEE (throat swab test), dɛn go gɛt sɛdateshɔn, so yu go nid fɔ briŋ pɔsin fɔ kɛr yu go na os afta di tɛst. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ drayv da de de.

Bɔku tɛm, bifo di tɛst, yu fɔ pul yu klos frɔm yu wes dɔŋ ɛn wɛr wan gɔn we di ɔspitul dɔn gi yu.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du di tɛst?

Na wan pɔsin we de stɔdi bɔt at sik we dɛn dɔn tren fɔ gɛt at sik kin du dis tɛst. Bɔku tɛm, i kin tek lɛk 40 to 60 minit so. Wan TEE kin tek lɛk 90 minit so.

1. I izi fɔ fɛn yu:We dɛn de du TTE, dɛn go mek yu ledɔm na bed. We yu de du TEE, dɛn go gi yu wan numbing liquid fɔ ol yu trot dɔŋ ɛn sedated am. We strɛs ɛko de, dɛn go put yu pan tredmil. Dɛn kin put jel na yu chɛst fɔ ɛp di sawnd wev dɛn fɔ go insay fayn fayn wan.

2. Dɛn kin kɔnɛkt am to EKG monita: Dɛn kin put sɔm smɔl smɔl stika dɛn (ilɛktrod) na yu chɛst, we kin wach yu at rit ɔl di tɛm we yu de du di tɛst.

3. Fɔ tek pikchɔ fɔ di at: Dɛn kin put wan tin we dɛn kɔl `transducer` na yu chɛst ɛn muv am sloslo fɔ tek pikchɔ fɔ di at.

4. Dɛn kin tɛl yu fɔ chenj di we aw yu de blo: Sɔntɛnde dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ ol yu briz fɔ sɔm tɛm, ɔ tɔn lɛft. Gɛt dɛn bɛst pikchɔ dɛn de.

We dɛn dɔn tek inof pikchɔ dɛn, di tɛst kin dɔn. Dɔn yu kin put yu klos bak.

Ɛni risk de we dis kin apin?

Wan rutin TTE (thoracic echocardiogram) rili sef . I nɔ gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm we dɛn no bɔt.

Ɔda spisis kin gɛt rili smɔl risk.

• We yu strɛs ɛko , yu kin sho yu sayn dɛm (chɛst pen, yu nɔ kin blo fayn). Bɔt nɔ wɔri, dɛn kin du dis tɛst ɔnda dɔktɔ in sɔpɔtishɔn.
• Sɔntɛm yu trot kin at fɔ sɔm dez afta yu dɔn du TEE .
• Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ pɔsin kin gɛt alɛji fɔ kɔntrast day .

Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen ɔl dis to yu bifo yu du di tɛst.

Us kayn tin yu go si na di Echo ripɔt?

εchocardiogram kin gi bכku infכmeshכn bכt di strכkchכ εn di wok we di at de du. If yu ripɔt nɔmal, dat min se no big prɔblɛm nɔ de wit di we aw yu at de mek ɛn aw i de wok. I kin no bak difrɛn kayn mɛrɛsin wae kin nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt.

• Blɔd klɔt: Blɔd klɔt we de fɔm insay di chɛmba dɛn na di at.
• Hat sik we dɛn kin bɔn wit: At prɔblɛm we kin de we dɛn bɔn am.
• Cardiomyopathy: Na sik dɛn we kin afɛkt di at mɔsul.
• At tכmכro: Kansa כ benign tכmכro dεm we de fכm na di at.
• Infective endocarditis: Na wan denja infεkshכn na di at valv dεm.
• Pɛrikarditis: Na inflamɛns na di prɔtɛktiv mɛmbran we de rawnd di at.
• Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Na bulge na di chɛst pat na di men blɔd vesel we de kɔmɔt na di at.
• Valv sik: Prɔblɛm we di at valv nɔ de opin ɔ lɔk fayn fayn wan.