Yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo wantɛm wantɛm wit trot we de at? Dis kin bi epiglotaytis!

Yu dɔn ɛva yɛri bɔt wan strenj filin usay yu trot kin at wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ swɛla it, ɛn yu kin fil lɛk se yu de swɛla? Sɔntɛm yu smɔl pikin dɔn gɛt sɔntin lɛk dis apin to dɛn ɛn yu rili wɔri. Sɔmtɛm lɛk dis, wan tin wae wi fɔ tink bɔt na dis sik wae dɛn kɔl Epiglottitis. Dis na siriɔs tin smɔl, so lɛ wi no bɔt am.

Wetin na Epiglottitis? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan!

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, epiglottitis na we wan smɔl pat na wi trot we dɛn kɔl epiglottis de swel. Tink bɔt am dis epiglotis na wan tin flap we de na di katilej nia di bays pan wi tɔŋ. We yu it ɔ drink, i kin ɛp fɔ dayrɛkt dɛn tin dɛn de dairekt insay wi windpaip (trachea) instead fɔ dayrɛkt insay wi windpaip. I de du tin lɛk get.

so, if dis epiglotis swel fכ sכm rizin, dat na if inflammation de, den na da tεm de di prכblεm de stat. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak "acute epiglottitis" . Dis min se di sayn dɛm kin apin wantɛm wantɛm ɛn bad bad wan . I kin rili at fɔ blo ɛn swɛla it. If dɛn nɔ trit dis swɛlin kwik kwik wan, i kin blok di say we di briz de kɔmɔt kpatakpata ɛn i kin ivin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

Dis rili impɔtant: If yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili gɛt dɛn sik ya, yu nid fɔ go na ɔspitul ɔ imejensi rum (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm. Nɔ ivin tink bɔt fɔ trit dis na os. Dis na mɛdikal imejensi!

Aw dis sik kin kɔmɔn?

Fɔ tru, epiglotaytis nɔto sik we kin rili bɔku, bɔt i kin apin to yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɛn big pipul dɛn bak.

Trade, bifo 1985, bifo dɛn bin de yuz di Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaysin bɔku bɔku wan, dis sik bin de mɔ pan pikin dɛn we ol bitwin 3 ɛn 5. Dis na bikɔs di men tin we kin mek dɛn gɛt dis sik na pikin dɛn na di baktri we dɛn kɔl Hib. Bɔt, fɔtunate wan, di Hib infɛkshɔn dɛn dɔn go dɔŋ bad bad wan bikɔs ɔf di vaysin. Naw, ivin na kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, i kin apin to lɛk 0.5 pikin dɛn pan ɛvri 100,000 pikin dɛn.

Bɔt dɛn dɔn ripɔt se dis biɛn tɛm, di wan dɛn we de gɛt dis sik dɔn bɔku pan big pipul dɛn . Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf infɛkshɔn dɛn we nɔto (Hib). Dɛn kin tɔk se i kin apin bitwin 1 ɛn 4 pan ɔl 100,000 big pipul dɛn na Amɛrika.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Epiglottitis? Aw wi kin no am?

Di epiglottitis simptom dɛm kin bigin wantɛm wantɛm ɛn i kin wɔs kwik kwik wan. Sɔmtɛm, e kin tek sɔm dez fɔ mek di sik fulɔp pan pikin dɛn we dɔn big ɛn big pipul dɛn. Bɔt bikɔs di say dɛn we yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin blo smɔl, .Ivin if di epiglotis dɔn swel smɔl, di bad bad sayn dɛn kin apin wantɛm wantɛm we dɛn nɔ wɔn ɛni wan pan dɛn .

Di sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin na dɛn 4 ya wae kin bigin wit di lɛta "D":

• Disfagia: Dis min se it ɛn drink kin rili at fɔ swɛla. I kin fil lɛk se i nɔ de go dɔŋ yu trot.
• Disfonia: Dis min se di vɔys kin chenj, i kin ala, ɔ i kin at fɔ tɔk.
• Drooling: Dis min se saliva de drip frɔm di mɔt. I at fɔ swɛla, so di saliva kin gɛda na di mɔt ɛn kɔmɔt fɔ insɛf.
• Distress: Dis min se i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, i kin fil se i dɔn swɛla, ɛn i kin sho sayn dɛn fɔ se i nɔ gɛt ɔksijɛn.

Apat frɔm dɛn tin ya, ɔda sayn dɛn kin de:

• Bɔku pen na di trot.
• Fiva we kin rich 38 digri sɛlshiɔs (100.4 Fɛnayt) ɔ pas dat.
• Wan ay-pitch wispa sawnd (stridor) we yu de blo.
• Opin di mɔt ɛn ledɔm bifo fɔ tray fɔ blo. (Dis na wan sik we dɛn kin si pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn.)
• Very restless, i kin vɛks bad bad wan. (Dis na big sayn bak we dɛn kin si pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn.)

Sɔm pan di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt epiglottitis kin tan lɛk ɔda sik dɛm lɛk krop . Bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm krɔp kin bi imejensi, lɛk epiglotaytis. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ gɛt kɔrɛkt diagnosis ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.

Speshal atenshɔn to di simptom dɛm na yɔŋ pikin dɛm

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, di we aw yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin blo kin rili dilik. So, if dɛn gɛt dis sik, e kin wɔs kwik kwik wan. Imajin, if yu si yu smɔl pikin i nɔ izi fɔ blo wantɛm wantɛm, in mɔt opin, ɛn ledɔm bifo, dat nɔto gud sayn. If na so i bi, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ nɔ panik ɛn kɛr am go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt Epiglottitis?

Di men rizin fɔ dis na baktriyal infɛkshɔn.

• Fɔ pikin dɛm , di baktri dɛm we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt bifo tɛm , Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), na di men pɔsin we de du di bad tin.
• pan big pipul dεm , i kin kכz fכ כda kayn baktri dεm we nכto Hib, lεk Streptococcus pneumoniae εn Staphylococcus .

Sɔntɛm ɔda rizin dɛn de:

• Vayral infekshɔn: Sɔm kayn vayrɔs, fɔ ɛgzampul , di varicella-zoster vayrɔs, we kin mek pɔsin gɛt chukchuk, ɛn di hεpi simpul vayrɔs, we kin mek pɔsin gɛt hεpiWe wi gɛt di sik, wi bɔdi kin wik, ɛn chans de fɔ mek sɛkɔndari baktri infɛkshɔn ɛn epiglotaytis kam.
• Fɔngal infεkshɔn: Dis kin bi bak bay fכngal infεkshכn lεk Candida, spεshal wan pan pipul dεm we wik imyun sistεm.
• Injury to the trot: Dis sik kin apin if sɔntin nak yu trot wantɛm wantɛm, if dɛn hit yu frɔm do, if yu swɛla sɔntin we strenj, ɔ if yu drink wata we rili wam .
• Smok: Dis kin apin nɔto jɔs frɔm sigrɛt we yu de drink ɔltɛm, bɔt i kin apin bak frɔm vaping, ɔ we yu de smok drɔgs lɛk krak kɔkɛyn.
• Kεmikכl bכn: If pɔyzin kεmεkal kam insay di bεlε, i kin bכn di trot εn mek yu gεt εpiglotaytis. dis dεn kכl am kכrosiv εpiglotaytis.

Yu tink se Epiglottitis kin pas?

Di impɔtant tin ya na dat di sik we dɛn kɔl epiglottitis nɔ kin pas dairekt frɔm pɔsin to pɔsin. Bɔt di jem dɛm we kin mek dis sik (fɔ ɛgzampul, di Hib baktri dɛm) kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

Jɔs bikɔs yu gɛt jem lɛk Hib nɔ min se yu go gɛt epiglottitis. Bɔt i kin apin if di jem go insay yu epiglotis ɛn mek yu swel. Dis jem kin pas tru di droplet dεm na di saliva כ mכkus we de kכmכt we yu kכf כ sniz.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Epiglottitis?

Bikɔs dis na mɛdikal imejensi we kin mek yu layf de pan denja, dɔktɔ dɛn go fɔs mek yu brith stebul. Dɛn go jɔs du diagnostik tɛst afta dɛn dɔn no se i rili sef fɔ du dat.

We yu sik dɔn stebul, dɔktɔ dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya:

• Kɔlchɔ tɛst: Dɔktɔ kin tek wan swab na yu trot ɛn sɛn am na lab fɔ luk fɔ baktri ɔ vayrɔs.
• Blɔd tɛst: Dɛn kin du difrɛn blɔd tɛst fɔ chɛk di nɔmba fɔ di wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn (na dɛn wan ya de fɛt infɛkshɔn na wi bɔdi) na yu blɔd, ɔ fɔ chɛk if baktri ɔ vayrɔs de na yu blɔd.
• Laryngoscopy: Dis na fɔ put smɔl kamɛra na di ɛnd pan wan tint, fleksibul tiub insay di trot fɔ chɛk di epiglotis ɛn di say we de rawnd am.
• Imej tɛst: We dɛn tek ɛkstrem rayt, i kin sho aw di swel dɔn rich. Sɔntɛnde, we dɛn tek ɛkstrem rayt, di swɛlin na di epiglotis kin tan lɛk sayn we de sho se pɔsin in big big an .

Aw dɛn kin trit Epiglottitis?

If dɛn no se yu gɛt epiglottitis, dɛn go bigin fɔ trit yu wantɛm wantɛm.Na di ɔspitul, di mɛdikal tim go du dɛn tin ya:

• Fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ blo fayn fayn wan:
• Fɔs, dɛn kin put ɔksijɛn mask oba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos fɔ mek mɔ briz go insay yu lɔng.
• If di say we di briz de blok, dɛn kin put wan tiub fɔ blo tru di mɔt insay di briz paip.
• Na sכm tεm, if dεn nכ kin put dis tכb tru di mכt, i kin nid fכ put tכb tru di nεk insay di briz paip. Dɛn kɔl dis tracheostomy . Bɔt dis nɔ kin nid bɔku tɛm fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt epiglotaytis.
• Gi wata: Dɛn go gi yu bɔku wata we yu nid tru wan tiub we dɛn put insay wan vein (dat na ‘IV drip’, we wi kɔl salin).
• Gi antibayɔtik: If yu gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu wan brayt-spɛktrum antibayɔtik tru IV. Dis mɛrɛsin de kil bɔku pan di baktri dɛm we kin de mek di sik. Wae yu kɔlchɔ rizɔlt dɔn kam bak, dɛn kin gi yu difrɛn antibayɔtik we de tɔch di patikyula baktri dɛm we mek di infekshɔn.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm Epiglottitis?

Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp dis kpatakpata, tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm:

• Vaysin yu pikin: Fɔ pikin dɛn, di bɛst protɛkshɔn na fɔ gɛt ɔl di vaysin dɛn we dɛn nid na di rayt ej, mɔ di Hib vaysin. Bikɔs yɔŋ pikin dɛn imyun sistɛm nɔ dɔn ful-ɔp yet, dɛn kin rili sɔfa fɔ gɛt Hib infɛkshɔn.
• Fɔ fala di gud we aw yu fɔ klin: Was yu an ɔltɛm wit sop ɛn wata. Nɔ tɔch yu yay, yu nos, ɛn yu mɔt ɔltɛm.
• Protɛkt yusɛf frɔm infekshɔn: Tek tɛm nia pipul dɛm wae de kɔf ɛn sniz. Nɔ go nia dɛn, ɔ wɛr mask.
• Fɔ avɔyd tin dɛn we go mek yu trot at: Nɔ de nia tin dɛn we go mek yu trot at, lɛk fɔ drink wata we rili wam ɛn fɔ smok.

Wetin kin apin if yu gɛt epiglottitis? Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ mek i wɛl?

Fɔ bɔrku pipul dɛm, i kin tek lɛk wan wik fɔ wɛl bɔdi frɔm di epiglottitis. Yu go nid fɔ de na di ɔspitul fɔ lɛk tri to fayv dez. Bɔt, yu go bigin fɔ fil fayn insay di fɔs dez. Ivin if dɛn put tyub fɔ blo, bɔku tɛm yu go ebul fɔ blo yusɛf insay sɔm dez.

If yu gɛt dis sik bikɔs ɔf infekshɔn, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek antibayɔtik fɔ di ful kɔs fɔ tritmɛnt (bɔku tɛm lɛk sɛvin dez) fɔ kil di baktri kpatakpata.

Mɛmba di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl: di epiglottis we swel na mɛdikal imejensi!If yu ɔ pɔrsin wae yu sabi gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ epiglottitis, kɔl 1990 (ɔ yu lokal imejensi nɔmba) kwik kwik wan, ɔr go na di ɔspitul imejensi rum we de nia yu.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go to dɔktɔ? Wetin wi fɔ du?

Epiglottitis kin mek yu layf de pan denja if di swel blok di say we yu de blo. So, if yu ɔ pɔrsin wae yu sabi tink se dɛn gɛt epiglottis we dɔn swel, go to imejensi tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.

Nɔ ɛva du dɛn tin ya:

• Nɔ mek pɔsin we gɛt epiglotaytis ledɔm na in bak.
• Una nɔ put ɛnitin na dɛn mɔt.

Dɛn tin ya kin mek i at fɔ blo.

Du dis:

• Tray fɔ de kwayɛt as yu ebul, bikɔs strɛs kin mek yu trot fil mɔ ɛn mɔ.

Impɔtant kwɛstyɔn dɛn fɔ aks di dɔktɔ

Bifo yu kɔmɔt na ɔspitul, yu kin aks di dɔktɔ dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Wetin mek a bin gɛt epiglottitis?
• Aw lɔng a nid fɔ tek antibayɔtik?
• Aw a fɔ tek kia ɔf mi trot we a de wɛl?
• Aw lɔng a fɔ de tinap stret?
• A go gɛt fɔ kam bak fɔ fala-ɔp visit?
• Aw a go ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt dis sik tumara bambay?

Fɔ dɔn, mɛsej we yu kin kɛr go na os

If yu ɔr pɔrsin wae yu lɛk gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ epiglottitis, nɔr delay fɔ go to imejensi kia. If yu nɔ shɔ if na epiglottitis ɔ ɔda tin, mɛmba se if pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo ɔ fɔ swɛla, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to pɔsin kwik kwik wan.

If dɛn trit dɛn kwik kwik wan, bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl kpatakpata frɔm Epiglottitis. Bɔt, fɔ du sɔntin kwik kwik wan na di men tin. So, no bɔt dɛn sik ya ɛn go to ɛp kwik kwik wan. Wi de wish yu ɛn yu famili fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan!

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