Wetin fɔ du if wan blɔd vesel we de go na di bren blok? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɛmbolik strok!

Wetin kin apin if blɔd we de klɔt sɔmsay na wi bɔdi brok ɛn stɔp na blɔd vesel na wi bren? Na tin we de mek pɔsin fred, nɔto so? Yes, dis na wetin wi kin kol ‘embolic stroke’. Dis na mɛdikal imejensi we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. We sɔntin lɛk dis apin, ɛvri sɛkɔn kin kɔnt, so fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl.

Wetin na ɛmbolik strok? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ɛmbolik strok na we blɔd klɔt ɔ ɔda tin (wi kɔl dis ‘ɛmbolizm’ ) stɔp na blɔd vesel we de kɛr blɔd go na di bren, we de stɔp di blɔd fɔ flɔ to wan pat na di bren, we de mek da pat de pwɛl. dis de pan di big kategori we dεn kכl ‘ischemic stroke’ . Tink bɔt am lɛk wan dɔti we de stɔp na wata paip ɛn stɔp di wata we de flɔ. na ya, dis ‘εmbolizm’ we min blכd kכlכt, kin fכm bכku tεm insay wan big bכdi we de כda say na di bכdi, sכmtεm na di at, εn i kin brok fri frכm de, travul tru di bכdi εn i kin stכk insay wan sכm sכm bכdi na di bren. Dɔn di pat na di bren we da vein de gi blɔd nɔ de gɛt ɔksijɛn ɛn tin dɛn we de mek i gɛt tin fɔ it.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ ɛmbolik strok?

Di sayn dɛm kin tan lɛk ɔda kayn ischemic strok. Dɛn kin kam wantɛm wantɛm , so i impɔtant fɔ mek yu ɛn di wan dɛn we yu lɛk fɔ no bɔt dɛn.

• Aphasia na wan sik wae de mek pɔrsin nɔr ebul fɔ tɔk fayn ɔr nɔr kin ebul fɔ tɔk igen. Sɔntɛm yu nɔ go ivin ebul fɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk.
• Wantɛm we yu nɔ de si fayn , yu nɔ de si tu tɛm (Diplopia), ɔ yu nɔ de si fayn na wan ɔ ɔl tu di yay.
• Wan filin fɔ kɔnfyus ɛn kɔnfyushɔn wantɛm wantɛm , fɔgɛt usay yu de ɛn ustɛm i bi.
• Sɔm kayn bad bad tin kin apin , i kin lɔs fɔ no ɔltin (Kɔma).
• Vertigo na filin fɔ spin ɛn lɔs balans .
• Wan ed we kin at bad bad wan wantɛm wantɛm . Dis difrɛn frɔm nɔmal ed pen ɛn i nɔ kin ebul fɔ bia.
• Amnesia na we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ mɛmba tin wantɛm wantɛm .
• Wantɛm we yu de biev chenj , lɛk fɔ jɔs vɛks ɔ vɛks.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit .
• Fɔ fil se yu nɛk tayt .
• Fɔ mek dɛn drɛg am ɛn fɔdɔm we yu nɔ no natin .
• Fɔ gɛt fit (Seizures) .
• Slurred tok ɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔl wɔd dɛn kɔrɛkt wan (Dysarthria).
• Di ridɔkshɔn ɔ lɔs ɔl di sɛns dɛm lɛk fɔ si, yɛri, smɛl, test, ɛn tɔch .
• Wan say na di fes ɔ bɔdi kin swɛla, kin swɛt, ɔ wik .

Wetin na di wɔnin sayn dɛm fɔ ɛmbolik strok? Mɛmba fɔ ‘BI FAST’!

I impɔtant fɔ mɛmba wetin di Inglish wɔd dɛn ‘BE FAST’ min fɔ no if yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt strok. Ɛvri sɛkɔn impɔtant dis tɛm! Di kwik we yu du sɔntin, na di mɔ yu nɔ go ebul fɔ du bad.

• B - Balans: Si if yu lɔs yu balans wantɛm wantɛm ɔ if yu stɔp we yu de waka.
• E - Ay: Chɛk fɔ si if yu nɔ de si wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ de si fayn, ɔ yu de si tu tɛm .
• F - Fes: Smayl ɛn luk. Si if wan say na di fes de drɔp ɔ i tan lɛk se dɛn dɔn pul am.
• A - Arms: Rays ɔl tu yu an fɔ go bifo. If yu gɛt strok, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ es wan an fayn ɛn i kin fɔdɔm ɔ i nɔ kin izi fɔ ol am ɔp.
• S - Tɔk: Si if yu ɔ di ɔda pɔsin in tɔk nɔ de tɔk fayn, i nɔ izi fɔ pik di rayt wɔd dɛn, ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ ɔndastand .
• T - Taym: Taim na di esens! If yu notis ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya , kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm ɛn gɛt ambulans . If i pɔsibul, luk yu wach ɔ fon fɔ mɛmba di tɛm we yu sik bigin. We yu tɛl dɔktɔ da tɛm de, i go izi fɔ dɛn fɔ pik di bɛst tritmɛnt.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt ɛmbolik strok?

di men tin we kin mek yu gɛt ɛmbolik strok na, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk , na ‘ɛmbolism’ . Dis min se blɔd klɔt (bɔku tɛm na ɛya bɔbul, fat patikyula, ɔ ɔda tin) we de fɔm na wan ples na di bɔdi kin brok kɔmɔt de, travul tru di blɔd, ɛn stɔp na wan blɔd vesel na di bren.

Bɔku sik dɛn de we kin mek blɔd klɔt:

• Atrial Fibrillation: dis na di kכndyushכn we di כp chεmba dεm na di at (atria) nכ de kכntrakt fayn, bכt insted dεn de bit kwik kwik wan εn i nכ de bit. Dis kin mek blɔd gɛda insay di at, ɛn dis kin mek i izi fɔ mek blɔd klɔt. Dɛn wan ya kin brok pasmak ɛn travul go na di bren.
• Atherosclerosis: Dis na we fεt dεposit lεk kכlestכl de bכku insay di bכdi vεsul dεm (atεri dεm), we de mek di wכl dεm na di at dεm at εn sכmtεm. dis fεt dεposit (plek) kin brok εn blכk di at dεm na di bren.
• Di sik we de mek dɛn blɔd klɔt: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt di abit fɔ mek dɛn blɔd klɔt izi wan, ilɛksɛf na bikɔs ɔf dɛn jɛnɛtiks ɔ ɔda sik dɛn.
• Sɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt, lɛk COVID-19, kin mek bak di blɔd klɔt.
• Infεkshכn dεm we de mek di tisu dεm day . Fɔ ɛgzampul, insay sɛpsis , wan bad bad infɛkshɔn, baktri ɔ sɔm pat dɛn we dɔn day kin go insay di blɔd ɛn travul go na di bren. dis kin apin bak pan hat valv infεkshכn (infεkshכn εndokarditis).

Wan mini-strok - εmbolik transiεnt ischemik atak (TIA) .

Sɔntɛnde, transiɛnt ischemic atak (TIA), we dɛn kin kɔl bak mini-strok, kin apin. Dis tan lɛk strok, bikɔs di blɔd we de go na di bren kin stɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm. Bɔt di sayn dɛm kin dɔn insay sɔm minit to wan ɔ tu awa as di klot de sɔlv ɔ muv rawnd ɛn kɔmɔt frɔm di blɔk. Bɔt dis na sayn we de sho se yu go gɛt big big strok tumara bambay . Pɔsin we dɔn gɛt TIA kin nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm fɔ no wetin mek i gɛt am ɛn bigin fɔ trit am fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt big big strok.

Udat de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt ɛmbolik strok?

Ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt ɛmbolik strok, bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt mɔ risk:

• Fɔ blak pipul dɛn.
• Fɔ pipul dɛm wae dɔn pas 65 ia (di risk kin go ɔp wit di ej).
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de smok ɔ yuz ɔda tabak/nikotin prɔdak (e.g., vapa, chewer). Smok kin pwɛl di blɔd vesel dɛn ɛn i kin mek di blɔd klɔt.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de yuz drɔgs (espɛshali kɔkɛyn ɛn amfɛtamin) .

Dɔn bak, pipul dɛm wae gɛt sɔm kayn mɛrɛsin kin gɛt bɔrku risk:

• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de drink pasmak (Alcohol use disorder).
• Fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt dayabitis . Dayabitis kin pwɛl di blɔd vesel dɛn.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn (haypa prɛshɔn) . If dɛn nɔ kɔntrol dis, i kin mek di blɔd vesel dɛn pwɛl fɔ lɔng tɛm.
• Fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt ay kɔlɔstrel (Hyperlipidemia) na dɛn blɔd . Dis kin mek yu gɛt ‘atherosclerosis’.
• Pipul dεm wae gεt hat sik (e.g. atrial fibrillation, hat valv prכblεm, hat atak bifo).

Aw fɔ no se pɔsin gɛt ɛmbolik strok? (Diagnosis) .

Dɔktɔ go tɛl yu di rayt tin we na ɛmbolik strok. We yu go na ɔspitul, di fɔs tin we dɛn kin du na fɔ aks bɔt yu sik dɛn, lɛk we dɛn bigin. Dɔn dɛn kin du wan nyurolɔjik ɛgzam . Dis kin chɛk aw yu de tɔk, aw yu de si tin, aw yu gɛt trɛnk, ɛn aw yu de tink. Dɛn kin du wan jenɛral ɛgzam bak fɔ dɛn bɔdi ɛn sɔm ɔda tɛst dɛn.

Dɛn kin yuz tɛst dɛn lɛk dis fɔ kɔnfirm se pɔsin gɛt strok:

• Blɔd tɛst: Chɛk fɔ tin dɛn lɛk prɔblɛm wit blɔd we de klɔt, shuga lɛvɛl, ɛn kɔlɔstrel.
• CT scan: Dis kin tek pikchɔ fɔ di bren ɛn i kin no kwik kwik wan if blɔd de kɔmɔt ɔ blɔd vesel dɔn blok (ischemic stroke).
• MRI skan: Dis kin gi mɔ ditayli imej pas CT skan. I kin ɛp fɔ si di rayt tin we dɔn apin to di bren.
• ECG (Electrocardiogram - EKG) test: dis de tεst di ilektrikal aktiviti na di at fכ chεk fכ di at ritm prכblεm lεk atrial fibrillation.
• EEG (Electroencephalogram - EEG) test: dεn kin du dis bak fכ chεk di ilektrikal aktiviti na di bren, biכs kכndishכn lεk seizure kin kכnfyus sכmtεm wit strok.
• Carotid Ultrasound: fכ chεk fכ fεt dεposit dεm εn di men bכdi vεsul dεm na di nεk (carotid arteries) dכn sכm.
• Echocardiogram: Na ɔltra saund tɛst fɔ di at. Fɔ chɛk fɔ si if blɔd dɔn klɔt na di at ɛn di valv prɔblɛm dɛn.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ ɛmbolik strok?

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl we yu de trit ɛmbolik strɔk na fɔ mek blɔd go bak na di bren kwik kwik wan . Dɔktɔ dɛn kin du dis kwik kwik wan bikɔs dis kin mek di bren nɔ pwɛl fɔ ɔltɛm ɛn i kin ivin sev pipul dɛn layf. Wan wɔd de we se, "Taym na Bren," we min se ɛvri mɔnt we pas we tɛm nɔ de, di bren sɛl dɛn de day.

Tu men tritmɛnt dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz bɔku tɛm:

• Trombolytic therapy: Dis na mεdikeshכn dεm we de kכl bכdi (e.g., Alteplase). Dɛn kin put dɛn mɛrɛsin ya na wan vein fɔ mek di blɔd we dɔn klɔt sɔlv ɛn fɔ mek di blɔd go bak. Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya nɔmɔ if yu rich na di ɔspitul insay 4 ɛn af awa (4.5 awa) frɔm di tɛm we yu bigin fɔ gɛt strok . If yu gi dɛn leta, dat kin mek yu gɛt mɔ blɔd insay di bren.
• Mechanical thrombectomy: Dis na we dɛn nɔ de du ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kin yuz spɛshal tin fɔ pul di blɔd we dɔn klɔt. wan dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn (intɛrvɛnshɔnal nyuroraydiɔlɔjis) kin put wan smɔl, tin tiub (kateta) tru wan big vein na di groin ɔ an ɛn go bifo to di blɔd we de klɔt na di bren ɔnda ɛkstrem rayt gayd. Dɔn dɛn kin yuz wan tin we tan lɛk mɛsh we dɛn kɔl stent ritriva ɔ sɔkshɔn kateta fɔ pul di klot. Dis kin bi insay 6 awa afta di strok simptom bigin, bɔt dɛn kin du am te to 24 awa insay sɔm kes dɛm. Dis kin bεst fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt blɔd klɔt na big vein.

Apat frɔm dat, dɛn kin nid ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn:

• Fɔ kɔntrol di blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn blɔd shuga lɛvɛl: Yu dɔktɔ dɛn go de wach yu blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn blɔd glukɔs ɔltɛm fɔ ɛp yu bren fɔ wɛl. Fɔ mek yu bren nɔ pwɛl, dɛn kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu blɔd prɛshɔn go dɔŋ ɔ (insay sɔm kes dɛn) fɔ mek yu blɔd prɛshɔn go ɔp.
• Di tin dɛn we de mek blɔd tan: Antikɔagulɛnt (e.g. Warfarin, Apixaban) ɔ antipletlɛt(Ex: Aspirin, Clopidogrel) Mεdikeshכn dεm we de stכp di bכdi fכ kכlכt izi wan. Dipen pan wetin mek di strok, yu kin nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ tek dɛn mɛrɛsin ya afta yu dɔn gɛt trombolytic therapy fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɔda strok.
• Endarterectomy ɔ stent plesmɛnt: If di karotid at dɛn na di nɛk dɔn smɔl bad bad wan bikɔs ɔf fat dɛposit (carotid stenosis), dɛn kin ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di fat dɛposit (endarterectomy) ɔ dɛn kin put stent tru di at fɔ opin am. Dis kin ridyus di risk fɔ mek ɔda blɔd klɔt (embolism).
• Mild intentional hypothermia: Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin sef fɔ mek yu bɔdi wam smɔl. Sɔm stɔdi dɔn sho se dis kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di bren damej we pɔsin gɛt strok ɛn afta i dɔn gɛt strok, bɔt dis nɔto standad tritmɛnt yet.
• Ɔksijɛn tɛrapi: We pɔsin gɛt strok, di bren nɔ kin gɛt bɛtɛ ɔksijɛn. If di ɔksijɛn we de na yu blɔd nɔ bɔku, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi yu ɛkstra ɔksijɛn tru wan kanula na yu nos ɔ wan mask mask. Dis kin mek i izi fɔ blo ɛn i kin ɛp fɔ sɛn ɔksijɛn to yu bɔdi ɛn yu bren.

Aw na rihabiliteshɔn afta yu gɛt ɛmbolik strok?

Stroke rehab na wan impɔtant pat pan tritmɛnt. I impɔtant fɔ mek yu ajɔst to di chenj dɛn we de apin na yu bren ɛn bɔdi afta yu gɛt strok ɛn fɔ gɛt bɔku pan di tin dɛn we yu dɔn lɔs bak as yu ebul. Di rihabiliteshɔn program na fɔ yu, bay wetin yu nid. Dis kin involv fɔ ɛp frɔm tritmɛnt pipul dɛm lɛk:

• Fizik tritmɛnt: Mek yu mɔsul dɛn strɔng, mek yu balans fayn, ɛn ebul fɔ waka bak ɛn yuz yu an ɛn fut.
• Occupational therapy: De ɛp yu fɔ lan fɔ du yu ɛvride wok (lɛk fɔ it, drɛs, ɛn was) fɔ yusɛf bak. I de ɛp yu bak fɔ du di wok dɛn we yu de du na os ɛn wok sef wan, mɔ di wan dɛn we yu nid fɔ muv fayn fayn wan na yu bɔdi.
• Spich therapy: I de ɛp yu fɔ gɛt bak ɔr impɔtant yu langwej ɛn tɔk skil dɛm (Aphasia, Dysarthria). I de tren yu bak fɔ kɔntrol di mɔsul dɛm we de ɛp yu fɔ tɔk, blo, it, ɛn swɛla (Dysphagia).
• Cognitive rehab: Impruv yu mɛmori, atɛnshɔn, skil fɔ sɔlv prɔblɛm, ɛn ɔda mental abiliti dɛm (if strok afɛkt am).
• I kin nid fɔ gɛt saykayatrik kɔyl bak, bikɔs na kɔmɔn tin fɔ gɛt pwɛl hat, wɔri, ɛn fɔ chenj in maynd afta yu dɔn gɛt strok.

Wetin na di chans fɔ sev frɔm ɛmbolik strok?

De nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛm wae kin sev frɔm strok de bɔrku ɛvride, as wi de fɛn nyu tritmɛnt wae kwik kwik wan. Bɔt nɔr wan tɛm nɔr de fɔ wɛl ɔr prɔgnosis wae de woke fɔ ɔlman.

Masta sabi bukman dɛm se lɛk 80% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɛmbolik strok kin liv fɔ at le wan mɔnt . Afta yu fɔs strok, yu risk fɔ gɛt ɔda strok kin bɔku. Pipul wae dɔn gɛt bɔrku strok kin gɛt bɔrku sɔvayv rɛt. Na dat mek i rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɔda strok.

Aw lɔŋ i kin tek fɔ wɛl frɔm ɛmbolik strok?

Ɔlman in bɔdi kin ansa difrɛn we we i gɛt ɛmbolik strok. Wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt (`prognosis`) de dipen pan sɔm tin dɛm:

• Aw yu bin gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan .
• Us pat dɛn na di bren bin afɛkt ɛn aw i bin afɛkt .
• Yu ej ɛn ɔl yu wɛl bɔdi (if yu gɛt ɔda mɛrɛsin).
• Aw yu tek pat pan di rihabiliteshɔn program fayn fayn wan .

E kin tek mɔnt to wan ia ɔr mɔr fɔ mek bɔrku pipul dɛn rich sɔm kayn lɛvul fɔ wɛl. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt fɔ liv wit disabiliti fɔ ɔltɛm. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt. Dɛn go ɛp yu fɔ sɛt gol ɛn ɛkspɛkteshɔn fɔ yu wɛl bɔdi we fit fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi ɛn kɔndishɔn.

Aw wi go mek yu nɔ gɛt ɛmbolik strok?

Di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɛmbolizm ɛn ɛmbolik strok na fɔ mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn kɔntrol di tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm . Tray fɔ du dɛn tin ya:

• Ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm (at le 30 minit 5 dez insay di wik).
• It tin dɛn we balans ɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it (mɔ frut, vɛjitebul, ligɛm, ɛn ɔl gren we gɛt fayv, smɔl sɔl, shuga, ɛn fat). Mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ fala wan it plan lɛk di it we dɛn kin it na Mɛditarenian .
• Chek yu blɔd prɛshɔn, kɔlɔstrel, ɛn blɔd shuga ɔltɛm ɛn kɔntrol dɛn . Tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek.
• Lɛf fɔ smok kpatakpata ɛn avɔyd fɔ de na say dɛn we ɔda pipul dɛn de smok.
• Limit ɔ stɔp fɔ drink rɔm ɔltogɛda .
• If yu gɛt at sik lɛk atrial fibrillation, gɛt di rayt tritmɛnt fɔ am.

Si dɔktɔ ɛvri ia (ɔ lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ se) fɔ chɛk-ap . Bɔrku sik ɛn prɔblɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt ɛmbolik strok kin kam as tɛm de go. Dɛn kin ivin mek yu fil fayn. Yu dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ no ɛn kɔntrol di sayn dɛn we de wɔn yu bifo dɛn mek yu gɛt strok.

Aw a kin tek kia ɔf misɛf afta a gɛt ɛmbolik strok?

Fɔ wɛl ɛn fɔ rihabilite afta yu gɛt strok kin bi lɔng, lɔng tɛm. We yu ɛn yu dɔktɔ dɔn mek wan tritmɛnt plan, stik to am as yu ebul. Jɛnɛral wan, yu fɔ:

• Mek shɔ se yu atɛnd yu rihab ɛn ɔda tɛrapi klas dɛn . Du di ɛgzampul dɛn we yu tritmɛnt pipul dɛn kin gi yu na os. Tɛl yu tritmɛnt pipul dɛm if yu nɔr fil fayn ɔr nɔr sef fɔ du ɛnitin. Rihabiliteshɔn na tranga wok, bɔt yu nɔr nid fɔ de pan pen ɔr nɔr de fil fayn ɔltɛm.
• Tink bɔt yu maynd wɛlbɔdi bak . Pwɛl hat ɛn wɔri kin rili kɔmɔn afta yu dɔn gɛt strok. Na nɔmal tin fɔ tink tin lɛk, "Wetin mek dis apin to mi?" "A go ɛva bi di sem igen?" We yu fil sɔri ɔ yu at pwɛl, dat nɔ de mek yu wik ɔ yu nɔ ebul fɔ du natin. Yu maynd wɛlbɔdi impɔtant jɔs lɛk aw yu bɔdi impɔtant. If yu fil se yu nid ɛp fɔ fɛn sɔmtin we yu de wɛl, tɔk to dɔktɔ ɔr pɔrsin wae sabi bɔt mɛntɛl hεlth (kɔnsul, saykayatrist). Sɔpɔt frɔm famili ɛn padi dɛn bak rili impɔtant dis tɛm.
• Tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn di rayt we, di rayt tɛm, ɛn di rayt we . Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu de tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu blɔd tan, ay blɔd prɛshɔn, kɔlɔstrel, ɔ dayabitis. I impɔtant fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ mek yu blɔd klɔt tumara bambay, ɛn if yu tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du, dat go ɛp yu bɔdi fɔ wɛl.

Ustɛm a nid fɔ go na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) bak?

If yu tink se yu gɛt ɔda strok (mɛmba fɔ BI FAST!) , kɔl 911 ɔ yu lokal imejensi nɔmba wantɛm wantɛm . Di risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm ɛn day kin ivin bɔku if yu gɛt ɔda strok . Nɔ delay fɔ aks fɔ ɛp ɔ go na di imejensi rum.

Pipul wae dɔn gɛt ɛmbolik strok kin gɛt mɔ siriɔs prɔblɛm, lɛk:

• di bכdi de kכlכt na di dip vein dεm na di leg dεm (Dip vein thrombosis - DVT): i de swεla, i de rεd, i de pen na di leg.
• At atak: Chɛst de pen, i nɔ izi fɔ blo.
• Nyumonia: Fiva, kɔf, i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo (espɛshali pan pipul dɛm we nɔ kin izi fɔ swɛla, it kin go insay di lכng - Aspiration Nyumonia).
• Pulmonary embolism: I kin shɔt fɔ blo wantɛm wantɛm, i kin pen na in chɛst, ɛn i kin bit kwik kwik wan. Dis kin bi bikɔs blɔd de klɔt we de brok fri frɔm DVT.
• Fɔ gɛt fit (Seizures).

If yu gɛt sayn fɔ dɛn prɔblɛm ya, kɔl di imejensi savis wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na di imejensi rum.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

Afta yu dɔn gɛt strok, yu ɛn yu famili kin gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn. Nɔ fred fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn.

• "Wetin mek a get dis strok? Usai di blod klot (embolism) fom?"
• "Us sik ɔ prɔblɛm mek dis?"
• "Wetin na mi risk fɔ gɛt ɔda strok?"
• "Us mɛrɛsin a nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ tek, aw a go tek dɛn? Wetin na dɛn sayd ɛfɛkt?"
• "Us chenj a nid fɔ mek na mi ɛvride layf? Tin dɛn lɛk it, ɛksesaiz, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn."
• "Aw lɔŋ a go gɛt fɔ du rihabiliteshɔn?"
• "A go fit draiv and go wok bak? Ustɛm dat go bi?"

"Fɔ gɛt strok kin chenj yu layf. Bɔt dat nɔ min se yu nɔto yu. Mɛmba fɔ gi yusɛf kredit fɔ aw yu de ajɔst di tɛm we yu de rihabilite ɛn rikavari. Ivin if i nɔ de fil lɛk am ɔltɛm, ɛvri smɔl sakrifays fit fɔ sɛlibret."

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ dɛn bɔt wetin yu go du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɔda strok tumara bambay. Dɛn kin ɛp yu fɔ ajɔst di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛvride fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɔda strok. Nɔ fred fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn. Yu na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ advatayz yusɛf ɛn yu wɛlbɔdi , ɛn yu gɛt rayt fɔ ɔndastand ɔl wetin dɛn tɛl yu.

Sɔm tin dɛn we a tink se impɔtant fɔ yu (Take-Home Message)

Okay, so lɛ wi jɔs luk sɔm pan di tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt.

• εmbolik strכk na we di bכdi we de fכm כdasay na di bכdi (bכku tεm na di at) de lod insay wan bכdi we de na di bren. Dis na mɛdikal imejensi!
• Yu fɔ no bɔt di sayn dɛm we de sho se yu gɛt ‘BI FAST’ (we yu nɔ de balans, yu de chenj yu yay, yu fes de drɔp, yu an nɔ de fil fayn, yu nɔ de tɔk fayn). If yu si dɛn sayn ya , kɔl 1990 wantɛm wantɛm . Taym na di men tin.
• Ay blɔd prɛshɔn, dayabitis, at sik (especially atrial fibrillation), ay kɔlɔstrel, ɛn smok na di men tin dɛn we kin mek dis sik.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ bigin tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. Trombolytic therapy ɛn mechanical thrombectomy na di men tritmɛnt dɛm.
• Rihabiliteshɔn impɔtant afta pɔsin gɛt strok. Tɛrapi fɔ tɔk, fɔ trit yu bɔdi, ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi, ɛn kɔgnitiv tritmɛnt kin ɛp fɔ dis.
• Fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɔda strok, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu chenj di we aw yu de liv yu layf fayn (fɔ it gud it, fɔ du ɛksɛsayz ɔltɛm , fɔ lɛf fɔ smok kɔmplit wan, ɛn fɔ lɛf fɔ drink rɔm) ɛn fɔ fala di advays dɛn we di dɔktɔ gi yu di rayt we.
• Nɔto yu wan de . Dɔktɔ, tritmɛnt pipul, fambul, ɛn padi dɛn de we kin ɛp yu pan dis waka. Aks yu dɔktɔ ɛnitin, aks fɔ ɛp. Mental wɛlbɔdi impɔtant jɔs lɛk aw bɔdi wɛlbɔdi impɔtant.

A op se una go si dis infɔmeshɔn yusful, mi dia padi dɛm. Stay wɛlbɔdi ɛn gladi ɔlman!

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