Yu dɔktɔ kin dɔn gi yu ‘Gallium Scan’. Sɔntɛm yu bin de fred smɔl we yu yɛri di nem. Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl nervɔs we yu yɛri di wɔd ‘scan’ ɔ ivin di wɔd ‘radioactive’. Bɔt i rili nɔto natin fɔ fred. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt dis insay wan rili simpul we we yu go ɔndastand.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Gallium Scan?
Gallium skan na spɛshal tɛst we de fɔ nyuklia mɛrɛsin. Nɔ fred di wɔd "nyuklia." I de yuz wan rili smɔl, sef amɔnt ɔf redioaktiv matirial fɔ si wetin de apin insay wi bɔdi.
Dis tɛst de mɔ fɔ luk fɔ di kansa sɛl dɛn we ayd, infɛkshɔn, ɛn inflamɛns (inflammation) insay wi bɔdi. Tink bɔt dis tin we dɛn kɔl gallium lɛk smɔl ‘spay’ we dɛn kin sɛn fɔ fɛn prɔblɛm eria dɛn insay wi bɔdi. Dɔktɔ kin injɛkt smɔl pan dis redioaktiv tin we dɛn kɔl galiɔm insay yu an. Dɔn, wan spɛshal kamɛra de tek pikchɔ usay dis ‘spay’ dɔn go na yu bɔdi.
Us kayn sik dɛn kin yuz dis skan fɔ no?
Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz galiɔm skan fɔ no prɔblɛm dɛn we ayd we i nɔ kin izi fɔ no wit ɔda skan dɛn. Na sɔm pan di men mɛdikal kɔndishɔn dɛm wae dɛn kin no wit dis skan.
| Tayp fɔ di mɛdikal kɔndishɔn | Ɛgzampul dɛn ɛn simpul ɛksplen |
|---|---|
| Kansa | Dɛn kin yuz am fɔ no bɔt kansa, mɔ di Hodgkin lymphoma. I rili impɔtant bak fɔ si if ɛni kansa sɛl de we lɛf na di bɔdi afta dɛn dɔn trit kansa. |
| Infεkshכn dεm | Dis skan de ɛp fɔ no dip infɛkshɔn dɛn, lɛk abses ɔ bon infɛkshɔn (osteomyelitis). |
| Di Kɔndishɔn dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt inflammatory | Dɛn kin yuz am bak fɔ no di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin swel na di bɔdi, lɛk pulmonary fibrosis ɔ sarcoidosis, we kin apin na di lɔng dɛn. |
Apat frɔm dat, sɔntɛnde if pɔsin gɛt fiva we nɔ de dɔn, bɔt dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ fɛn ɛni rizin (fiva we dɛn nɔ no wetin mek i gɛt) , dɛn kin du dis skan bak fɔ si if di tin we mek i gɛt na infɛkshɔn we de ɔnda am.
Yu tink se dis rili denja? Yu tink se wi fɔ fred di raytin?
Dis na di big kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. Di ansa na, nɔ, i nɔ denja . Dis tɛst de yuz wan rili, rili smɔl raytin. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i de pul di sem raytin we yu go gɛt we yu de du sɔm ɛkstrem rayt ɔltɛm.
Di bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i no di sik kɔrɛkt wan wit tɛst lɛk dis, pas di bad tin dɛn we dis rili smɔl raytin kin du.
Aw a fɔ pripia bifo di skan?
Bɔrku tɛm, dis nɔr kin nid fɔ pripia pasmak, bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de wae yu fɔ no bɔt.
- If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de op fɔ bɔn pikin: If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, ɔ yu gɛt ivin smɔl saspek se yu go gɛt bɛlɛ, yu fɔ rili tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɛn di dipatmɛnt we gɛt fɔ du wit di ɔspitul bifo di skan, bikɔs redyushɔn nɔ fayn fɔ di pikin we de na di bɛlɛ.
- If yu na mama we de gi pikin in bɛlɛ: If yu na mama we de gi pikin in bɛlɛ, yu fɔ tɔk bɔt dis bak. Dɛn kin advays yu fɔ stɔp fɔ gi yu pikin in bɛlɛ fɔ sɔm dez afta di skan ɛn gi am fɔmula milk. Dis na bikɔs dis redioaktiv tin kin pas insay yu mama in milk.
- Kɔlon klin: Sɔntɛnde, dɛn go aks yu fɔ tek laxative lɛk wan de bifo di skan. Dis go ɛp fɔ klin yu kɔlon. Dis go mek di pikchɔ dɛn klia pasmak. I tan lɛk se yu de was di lens fɔ kamɛra bifo yu tek foto.
If ɛni ɔda advays de apat frɔm dis, di ɔspitul go tɛl yu bɔt am.
Wetin kin apin di de we dɛn skan am?
Bɔku tɛm, gallium skan na tu ɔ tri dez, we min se yu fɔ go na ɔspitul tu ɔ tri tɛm.
Fɔs De: Fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin
Ɔl wetin kin apin pan dis de na we dɛn kin put smɔl smɔl tin we dɛn kɔl gallium insay wan vein na yu an. I tan lɛk se yu de tek mɛrɛsin, ɔ salin ɔltɛm. Yu kin go na os afta dat. Di mɛrɛsin kin travul ɔlsay na yu bɔdi ɛn i kin tek wan ɔ tu dez fɔ gɛda na di say dɛn we yu gɛt prɔblɛm.
De Tu/Tri: Fɔ Tek Pikchɔ (Skan) .
Dɛn go du di rial skan wan ɔ tu dez afta dat. We yu go na ɔspitul da de de, na sɔm tin dɛn we go apin:
- Dɛn go gi yu spɛshal ɔspitul gɔn fɔ wɛr.
- Dɛn go aks yu fɔ pul ɔl di tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit mɛtal na yu bɔdi, lɛk iaring, nɛks, ring, ɛn wach. Tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit mɛtal kin ambɔg di we aw di skan mashin nɔ de wok.
- Dɛn go mek yu ledɔm na wan spɛshal bed.
- Dɔn wan big kamɛra go muf rawnd yu bɔdi smɔl smɔl ɛn tek pikchɔ dɛn.
- Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl we yu fɔ mɛmba na ya: Dis kamɛra nɔ de pul ɛni raytin na yu bɔdi. I jɔs de ‘detekt’ gama rayt frɔm di gallium we de insay yu bɔdi, jɔs lɛk aw redio de pik signal.
- Dɛn go aks yu fɔ ol difrɛn pozishɔn dɛn ɛn stil de we dɛn de skan.
Bɔku tɛm, dis ɔltin kin tek lɛk wan awa so. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ kam bak ɔda de fɔ tek mɔ pikchɔ dɛn.
Wetin a fɔ du afta di skan?
Yu kin go na os di sem de we yu skan. Di redioaktiv tin we de na yu bɔdi go pas smɔl smɔl kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi tru yu urine ɛn stɔl fɔ sɔm dez. Bɔt insay dɛn smɔl dez dɛn de, i impɔtant fɔ fala dɛn tin ya fɔ ridyus di chans fɔ mek yu pas ivin smɔl pan di redioaktiv tin to ɔda pipul dɛn.
- We yu de yuz tɔylɛt:
- If yu tɔn urine ɔ fes, klin am fayn fayn wan.
- Flush di tɔylɛt tu tɛm.
- Was yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm afta yu dɔn yuz tɔylɛt.
- Drink plɛnti wata: Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ drink bɔku wata ɛn wata fɔ sɔm dez. Dis go ɛp di redioaktiv tin fɔ kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi kwik kwik wan.
- Travul na plen: If yu de travul go ɔda kɔntri insay 3 mɔnt afta yu skan, aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ lɛta bɔt am , bikɔs sɛnsitiv skan na sɔm aypɔt dɛn kin pik smɔl smɔl gallium we lɛf na yu bɔdi.
Ɛni bad tin de we kin apin to dis?
Dis na tɛst we rili sef. Bɔt, na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt alɛji fɔ di injɛkshɔn. Dis kin inklud fɔ gɛt rash na yu skin ɔ yu nɔs. If dis apin, nɔ panik ɛn tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
Ustɛm a go gɛt di ripɔt?
Bɔku tɛm, yu go gɛt di ripɔt insay tu to tri dez. Di raydiɔlɔjis go tek tɛm luk di skan pikchɔ dɛn, pripia wan ripɔt, ɛn sɛn am to di dɔktɔ we rifer yu fɔ di tɛst. Dɔn yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen to yu di tin dɛn we dɔn apin bay we i yuz da ripɔt de.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Gallium skan na tɛst we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen, we nɔ gɛt wan prɔblɛm, we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn we ayd, inflamɛns, ɛn kansa insay di bɔdi.
- Di raytin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du dis rili smɔl. Nɔ fred am we yu nɔ nid fɔ fred.
- Mek shɔ se yu tɛl di dɔktɔ dɛn if yu gɛt bɛlɛ, yu de wet fɔ bɔn pikin, ɔ yu de gi pikin in bɛlɛ.
- Tek spɛshal kia wit di tɔylɛt klin fɔ sɔm dez afta di skan.
- Dis na valyu tɛst we de ɛp fɔ no di sik kɔrɛkt wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit am kwik kwik wan.
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