Yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am!

Sɔntɛnde, yu fes kin fil dray, i kin flay, ɔ i kin it? Sɔntɛm i rɛd ɛn i gɛt smɔl smɔl blista dɛn we de mɔna yu? Dis kin bi prɔblɛm we kin afɛkt bɔku pipul dɛn pas aw yu tink. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we de na di skin we dɛn kɔl ɛkzema we kin apin na di fes. Nɔ wɔri, if yu no mɔ bɔt dis, dat go mek yu fil fayn, ɛn i go ɛp yu bak fɔ kɔntrol am.

Wetin na fes ɛkzema?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, if yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes, dat min se di layt we de protɛkt yu skin nɔ de wok fayn. Wi skin gɛt natura l tin we de protɛkt am frɔm bad bad tin dɛn we de na di envayrɔmɛnt. So, insay di kes fɔ ɛkzema, dis barɛri kin wik. Dɔn yu skin kin rili sɛnsitiv. ivin sכm sכm tin dεm na di envayroment, lεk `irritants` εn `allergens`, kin bigin fכ riak kwik. Dis riakshɔn na wetin wi kɔl `ɛkzema flare`. Na da tɛm de de sayn dɛm wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, lɛk wae yu de it, yu de rɛd, ɛn yu de dray.

Wetin na di kayn ɛkzema we de na di fes?

Bɔku kayn ɛkzema de we kin apin na di fes. Sɔm pan di kayn dɛn we dɛn kin yuz mɔ na:

• Atɔpik dɛmatitis
• Kɔntakt dɛmatitis
• Nyurodamatitis we gɛt di sik
• Numular ɛkzema we de mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ waka
• Sɛbɔrɛyk dɛmatitis

Jɔs tink bɔt, sɔntɛnde, i kin pas wan pan dɛn kayn tin ya na difrɛn pat dɛn na yu bɔdi di sem tɛm.

Udat kin gɛt ɛkzema na in fes?

Ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt ɛkzema na in fes. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt am mɔ. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan udat dɛn bi:

• If pɔrsin na yu famili dɔn gɛt ɛkzema bifo: Dat min se if yu mama, papa, brɔda ɛn sista dɛm, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛm dɔn gɛt dis sik, yu kin gɛt am bak.
• Pipul wae gɛt sik lɛk dɛmatitis (skin inflammation), asma, alɛji, ɔr hay fiva (alɛji to tin dɛm lɛk pɔlin) kin gɛt ɛkzema bak .

Dɛn kin tɔk bak se uman dɛn kin gɛt ɛkzema smɔl pas man dɛn.

Aw kɔmɔn tin fɔ gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes?

Akɔdin to sɔm statystik na Amɛrika, pas 10% pan di pipul dɛm, ɔ lɛk wan pan ɛvri tɛn pipul dɛm, gɛt sɔm kayn ɛkzema. Di sayn dɛm fɔ ɛkzema kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Ɛn dis sik kin apin pan bɔku difrɛn pat dɛn na di bɔdi, mɔ di fes.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes?

De sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae nɔr kin pasmak, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt siriɔs sayn dɛm. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk wetin na dɛn sayn ya:

• Inflameshɔn: Sɔm say dɛn kin rɛd ɛn swel.
• Itchy skin: Dis na di men prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt.
• Rɛd, pepul, ɔ dak brawn spat (rash): Di kɔlɔ fɔ dɛn spat ya kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay aw yu skin tan.
• Dray, flaky, ɔ peel skin: Di skin kin dray bad bad wan.
• Fɔ fil pen ɔ inflamɛns na di skin.
• Wrinkles ɔnda di yay.
• Smɔl blista ɔ blista we ful-ɔp wit wata.

Dɛn sayn ya kin apia ɛnisay na yu fes, frɔm yu chin to yu fɔrɛst. Bɔt, dɛn kin si ɛkzema na di fes mɔ na di chɛst.

Wetin mek ɛkzema kin kam pan dis fes? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Nɔto wan tin de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt ɛkzema na in fes, bɔt bɔku tin dɛn kin mek i gɛt ɛkzema. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk di men tin dɛn we kin mek wi gɛt dis sik:

• Di tin dɛn we de mek di envayrɔmɛnt vɛks: Ilɛksɛf yu gɛt alɛji ɔ yu nɔ gɛt alɛji, sɔm tin dɛn we de na wi envayrɔmɛnt kin gɛt bad bad tin fɔ du to wi skin. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm plant dɛn, animal dɛn we dɛn kɔl dander, harsh sop, tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ was klos, fayv dɛn we kin kɔmɔt na sɔm kayn klos dɛn, smok we kin kɔmɔt na di ays, ɛn ivin we di ples kin chenj. Tink bɔt am, sɔntɛnde di sɛnt ɛn mek-ap we wi kin yuz kin mek dis apin bak.
• Ova-riaktiv imyun sistεm: Wi imyun sistεm na in de protεkt wi frכm tin dεm lεk baktri dεm εn vayrus dεm we de mek sik. Bɔt pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɛkzema, sɔmtɛm di imyun sistɛm nɔr kin ɔndastand wi. Dat min se i de si di sɛl dɛn na di skin, ivin smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin vɛks ɔ tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin gɛt alɛrji na di say we i de, as big ɛnimi. Dɔn di imyun sistɛm kin bigin fɔ atak dɛn tin ya. Dis kin mek di skin kin swel, i kin rɛd, ɛn i kin it.
• Jɛnɛtiks: Wi jin dɛn na di tin dɛn we de bil wi bɔdi. εni chenj we wi chenj na wi DNA sikεns, we dεn kכl jεnεtik mכtεshכn, kin afekt di we aw di protin dεm na wi skin de wok. If pɔsin na yu famili gɛt ɛkzema, yu go gɛt dis sik.

Wetin na di tin dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes?

Ɔlman we gɛt fes ɛkzema gɛt spɛshal tin (`triggers`) we de mek dɛn simptom dɛn wɔs, ɔ mek dɛn gɛt `flare-up`. Dɛn tin ya difrɛn fɔ ɛnibɔdi. Bɔt na sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin want fɔ du sɔntin:

• Di kayn sop ɛn ditajɛnt (espɛshali di wan dɛn we at fɔ was).
• Dray weta (lɔ humidity na di ays).
• Kontakt wit alergen (e.g. dכst, pכlεn, sכm it dεm).
• Di kayn mek-ap dɛn.
• Fayba dεm na klos (e.g. wul, sכm sεntetik fayv dεm).
• Smok ɛn di pwɛl pwɛl we di briz de pwɛl.
• Strɛs.

Mɛmba se, i rili impɔtant fɔ no wetin na yu bad abit dɛn so dat yu go ebul fɔ de fa frɔm dɛn as yu ebul.

Yu tink se ɛkzema we de na yu fes kin pas?

Nɔ, ɛkzima na di fes nɔ kin pas. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kech am bay we yu tɔch ɔ de nia pɔsin we gɛt ɛkzema. Dis na mistek we bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink.

Aw fɔ no fɔ tru if yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes? (Diagnosis) .

Fɔ no fɔ tru if yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu skin ɛn luk fɔ sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt ɛkzema, lɛk di say dɛn we dɔn dray ɛn di kɔlɔ we yu skin dɔn chenj.

Sɔntɛnde, if yu sik tan lɛk ɔda sik dɛn na yu skin, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔda tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik, fɔ pul ɔda sik dɛn, ɔ fɔ no di rayt tin we mek yu gɛt di sik. Dɛn tɛst ya kin bi:

• Patch test: Dis kin ɛp fɔ no if yu gɛt alɛji fɔ sɔntin na di say we yu de.
• Blɔd tɛst ɔ skin skrap tɛst (kɔlchɔ swab tɛst): Chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt infekshɔn.
• Skin biopsy: Dɛn kin tek smɔl sampul pan di skin ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ ɛkzema na yu fes?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ di fes ɛkzema kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di kayn skin we yu gɛt ɛn wetin de mek yu gɛt di sik. Dis min se wetin wok fɔ wan pɔsin nɔ kin wok fɔ ɔda pɔsin. Na sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn kin yuz:

• Yuz mɔstizayza ɔ loshan we de saful pan di skin ɛn we fayn fɔ di skin we gɛt sɛnsitiv.
• Fɔ yuz mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ gɛt inflammatory: Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu stɛroyd dɛn we yu kin put pan yu bɔdi ɔ mɛrɛsin dɛn we nɔ de mek yu bɔdi wam (NSAID).
• Layt tɛrapi: Dis kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di blemish dɛm na di skin.
• Mεdikeshכn dεm we yu de it: Yu dכkta kin gi yu mεdikeshכn dεm lεk antihistamines fכ ridyus it, kכtikostεroyd fכ ridyus swεl εn inflamεshכn, כ immunosuppressant dεm fכ kכntrכl di aktiviti fכ di imyun sistεm.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt di bad tin dɛn we kin apin to yu, aw fɔ yuz am ɔltɛm, ɛn aw fɔ tek am bifo yu bigin ɛni nyu mɛrɛsin. Dis go ɛp yu fɔ avɔyd prɔblɛm dɛn we nɔ impɔtant.

Us kayn mɔstizayza, krim, ɔ klinsin we pɔsin we gɛt ɛkzema na in fes fɔ yuz?

Pan ɔl we bɔku difrɛn kayn mɔstizayza dɛn de na di makit, di kayn mɔstizayza, krim, ɔ klinsin we yu pik kin gɛt big impak pan aw yu skin de wɛl. So, mɛmba dɛn tin ya we yu de pik:

• Pik prɔdak dɛn we nɔ gɛt sɛnt ɛn we nɔ gɛt day.
• Pik di wan dɛn we saful ɔ we fayn fɔ di skin we gɛt sɛnsitiv.
• di prɔdak dɛm we gɛt ɔyl (e.g. petrolium jeli, minral ɔyl) ɔ gris (e.g. ɔntmɛnt ɔ krim) na di bɛst. Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ mek di skin wet fɔ lɔng tɛm.
• Pik di wan dɛn we nɔ gɛt tin dɛn we de mek di skin nɔ pwɛl ɔ we de mek di skin nɔ tinap tranga wan, we sɔntɛnde kin at fɔ di skin.
• pik prɔdak dεm we gεt tin dεm we de mek di skin in nεchכral barεri strכng (e.g. lipid dεm, sεramid dεm).

Ɔlman in skin difrɛn, so wetin kin wok fɔ wan pɔsin nɔ kin wok fɔ ɔda pɔsin. If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ no us mɔstizayza we bɛtɛ fɔ yu, aks yu dɔktɔ.

Aw kwik a go fil fayn afta dɛn dɔn trit mi?

Afta yu dɔn gɛt tritmɛnt fɔ wan ɛkzema flare-up, i kin tek sɔm wiks fɔ mek yu skin wɛl ful wan. If dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn di bɔdi gɛt tritmɛnt, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ bɔku kwik kwik wan. Yu kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt flare-ap tumara bambay bay we yu avɔyd tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks ɛn alɛrjens we de mek yu gɛt di sik, ɛn bay we yu de kip yu skin wet bay we yu de put mɔstizayza ɔltɛm.

Aw fɔ mek ɛkzema nɔ wɔs na di fes?

Pan ɔl we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ protɛkt ɛvri kes fɔ ɛkzema, yu kin du dɛn tin ya fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt flare-up:

• Stay away frɔm di alɛrgens na di envayrɔmɛnt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu nɔ lɛk dɔst, mek yu os klin fayn fayn wan.
• Stay away frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu skin vɛks. Fɔ ɛgzampul, nɔ yuz sop dɛn we at ɛn sɔm kayn mek-ap.
• Put mɔstizayza we de saful pan di skin ɛn we fayn fɔ di skin we gɛt sɛnsitiv ɔl di de.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt if yu gɛt ɛkzema na yu fes?

Eczema na wan sik wae de kam wae yu de liv yu layf, wae nɔr kin ebul fɔ wɛl ɔl.If yu gɛt tin dɛn we de mek yu fil bad ɛn tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt alɛrji, dat kin mek yu fes bigin fɔ fil bad. Ivin wit tritmɛnt, e kin tek sɔm wiks fɔ mek yu sik nɔr de igen.

Put bɔku bɔku mɔstizayza we nɔ gɛt sɛnt, we gɛt fɔ du wit ɛkzema ɔl di de, mɔ we yu fɔs grap na mɔnin, ɛnitɛm we yu skin fil dray insay di de, afta yu dɔn was we yu skin stil wet, ɛn bifo yu go slip na nɛt. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu bak wan krim ɔ ɔntmɛnt we gɛt mɛrɛsin fɔ yuz we yu de flay.

Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɛkzema na dɛn fes kin nɔr kin no bɔt dɛnsɛf bikɔs ɔda pipul dɛn kin si de sik. I kin tranga fɔ fes di sosayti. Sɔntɛnde, we yu mek mek-ap, dat kin mek di sik wɔs ɛn i kin mek i nɔ wɛl.

If yu de fil strɛs bikɔs ɔf ɛkzema, ɔ if yu sik dɛn de wɔs instead fɔ bɛtɛ, mek shɔ se yu go to yu dɔktɔ.

Yu tink se di ɛkzema we de na di fes go wɛl ɔltogɛda?

Yɛs, di ɛkzema flawa dɛn kin bɛtɛ. Bɔt ivin wit tritmɛnt, dɛn kin tek sɔm wiks. Mɛmba se, ɛkzema na sik we nɔ de mɛn. Dis min se i kin kam bak ivin afta i dɔn klin. Di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɛkzema na fɔ de fa frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks ɛn tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt alɛrji ɛn fɔ mek yu skin wet bay we yu de put mɔstizayza ɔltɛm. If yu ɛkzema nɔr de bɛtɛ, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt mɛrɛsin fɔ trit yu sik.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu sik nɔr de bɛtɛ insay sɔm wiks, ɔr if i de wɔs, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Tɛl yu dɔktɔ bak if yu gɛt ɛni bad bad tin na yu skin (e.g., nyu spat, pen) to mɔstizayza ɔ ɔntmɛnt we yu de yuz.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu go si dɔktɔ, nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ aks dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Wetin a fɔ du fɔ mek di ɛkzema na mi fes nɔ wɔs?
• A gɛt alɛji fɔ sɔntin?
• Wetin de mek mi ɛkzema de wɔs?
• Us kayn mɔstizayza yu kin advays?
• Ɔmɔs tɛm insay di de a fɔ put mɔstizayza?
• Ɛni sayd ɛfɛkt de fɔ di mɛrɛsin we dɛn dɔn gi yu?

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Facial eczema na wan sik wae nɔr de dɔn ɛn kin afɛkt yu skin ɔl yu layf. I kin flay wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ i kin wɔs we yu kam nia tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks ɛn tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt alɛrji. Bikɔs ɛkzema kin afɛkt aw yu luk, i kin mek sɔm pipul dɛn fil bad ɛn nɔr kin gɛt bɛtɛ ɔnɔ fɔ dɛnsɛf. If yu skin kɔndishɔn de mek i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ de wit ɔda pipul dɛn ɔ fɔ wok, nɔ shem fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we sabi bɔt mental wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt flare-up tumara bambay, kip yu skin gɛt wata fayn fayn wan bay we yu de yuz mɔstizayza ɔltɛm.

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