Yu bin nak yu ed bad bad wan? Lɛ wi lan di rayt tin bɔt di bad bad tin dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin na in ed!

Insay wi layf ɛvride, i kɔmɔn fɔ de nak wi ed wan wan tɛm. Sɔntɛnde, wi nɔ kin ivin pe atɛnshɔn to am bɛtɛ. Smɔl pikin kin fɔdɔm ɛn nak dɛn ed we dɛn de ple, ɔ wi kin nak wi ed pan kɔba we wi de du sɔm wok na di kichin. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, ivin smɔl bɔmp kin tɔn to siriɔs injuri. So, tide wi go tok abaut dis ed injuri, dat na, `(Head Injury)`.

Wetin na ed injuri?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ed injuri na ɛni kayn damej pan yu ed, dat na, yu skel ɛn yu bren .

Bɔku tɛm dɛn injury ya kin smɔl ɛn dɛn kin wɛl insay sɔm dez . Bɔt sɔm ed injury, mɔ di wan dɛn we kin mek blɔd kɔmɔt insay yu skel ɔ we kin pwɛl yu bren, kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn .

Wi ɔl dɔn hit wi ed pan opin kɔba ɔ wi dɔn bit bɔl we wi de ple kriket. Bɔku tɛm, if yu rɛst fɔ sɔm dez, dat go mek yu tinap bak. Bɔt we yu nak yu ed, mɔ if yu de fil bad bad wan, yu de fil lɛk yu ed de tɔn, yu ed de layt, ɔ yu jɔs de fil lɛk se yu nɔ de fil fayn smɔl , i nɔ kin ɛva bad fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn mek dɛn chɛk am. Na bikɔs sɔm tin dɛn nɔ kin si na do, bɔt prɔblɛm kin de insay.

Wetin na di kayn we aw pɔsin kin wund in ed?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin sheb di bad bad tin dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in ed to tu men grup dɛn:

1. Klos ed injuri: Dis na injuri we kin apin frɔm insay we yu nɔ brok yu skel . Dis na di injury dɛm wae wi kin si bɔrku tɛm. Imajin, yu fɔdɔm pan yu bayk ɛn nak yu ed na grɔn, bɔt yu skel nɔ brok ɛn blɔd nɔ bin de kɔmɔt. Bɔt yu kin gɛt smɔl kɔnkyushɔn.

2. Open head injuries: Dis na we sɔntin de go insay yu skel ɛn go insay yu bren . Bɔku tɛm, dis kin mek pɔsin gɛt siriɔs aksidɛnt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔntin we shap lɛk motoka aksidɛnt ɔ blo na ed.

Apat frɔm dɛn tu men kayn ya, sɔm ɔda patikyula kayn dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin wund na in ed. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• Kɔnkyushɔn: Dis na di kayn we aw pɔsin kin gɛt ed injury. Imajin, we yu nak yu ed tranga wan, di bren kin jolt bak ɛn biɛn wantɛm wantɛm insay di skel. Na da tɛm de kɔnkyushɔn kin apin. di sכkul nכ de brok, bכt di bren in wok kin afekt fכ sכm tεm.
• Skul we brok: As di nem sho, dis na frakshכn na di sכkul bon dεm. Dɛn tin ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm smɔl krak krak to bad bad wan fɔ brok to sɔm pat dɛn.
• Skelp we dɛn kɔt ɔ wund: Kɔt ɔ skrap na di skel . Dɛn tin ya kin blɔd ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin nid fɔ stich.
• Traumatik bren injuri (TBI):Dis na sik we rili siriɔs. Na damej pan di bren we pɔsin kin blo wantɛm wantɛm ɛn we pɔsin kin fos am. I kin tranga pas fɔ kɔnkyushɔn, ɛn kin ivin gɛt ɛfɛkt fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt we i wund na in ed?

De sayn dɛm wae de sho se pɔrsin gɛt injury na in ed kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Dɔn bak, di kayn injury ɛn aw i apin kin afɛkt di sayn dɛm. Insay sɔm smɔl smɔl injury dɛn, di say we di injury de kin at fɔ sɔm minit ɛn afta dat i kin go fɔ insɛf. Ɔ, wans di shɔk ɛn pen fɔ di ed injury dɔn stɔp, di sayn dɛm kin go witout ɛni simptom at ɔl.

Bɔt wi nid fɔ no di sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt mɔ bad bad injuri na in ed . Luk fɔ tin dɛn lɛk:

• Ɛd pen: Na bad bad ed pen we nɔ de chenj.
• Lump ɔ swɛlin: Na lump ɔ swel we yu kin fil we yu tɔch di ed.
• Brus: Brus na di ed ɔ fes.
• Blɔd: Blɔd we de kɔmɔt na yu ed, nos, ɔ yes.
• Stiff neck: I nɔ kin izi fɔ muv di nɛk.
• Klia wata we de kɔmɔt na di yes ɔ nos: Dis kin bi sɛribrospaynal fluid (CSF), we na di wata we de rawnd di bren. Dis na sayn we rili denja .
• Diziz: Na filin fɔ spin.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit: Bɛlɛ de at ɛn vɔmit.
• Di sayn dɛm na yu maynd: I nɔ kin izi fɔ pe atɛnshɔn, yu kin mɛmba prɔblɛm, yu kin fil lɛk se yu de na fɔg.
• chenj dεm na di yay כ di vishכn: di pupil dεm we dεn dilayt, di blכr vishכn, εn di pupil dεm na di tu yay dεm nכ ikwal saiz (anisocoria).
• Lɔs fɔ no natin: Fɔ fɔdɔm, fɔdɔm we yu nɔ no natin.
• Seizures : Na seizure wae kin kam pan lɛk fit.

Impɔtant: If yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tin ya afta yu dɔn wund yu ed, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm .

Aw lɔng afta pɔsin in ed wund, di sayn dɛn kin sho?

Insay bɔku ed injury, di sayn dɛn nɔ kin sho wantɛm wantɛm . Ɛspɛshali pan dɛn klos ed injury dɛm we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, di sayn dɛm nɔ kin si fɔs. Sɔntɛnde, i kin tek sɔm awa, sɔm dez, ɔr ivin sɔm wiks fɔ mek di sayn dɛn de sho.

So, if yu no se yu dɔn gɛt ed injury ɔ aksidɛnt, ɛn afta dat yu bigin fɔ gɛt ɛni strenj sayn (ɛni wan pan di wan dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt), ivin if dɛn nɔ kam wantɛm wantɛm, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ ɔ go na ɔspitul .

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin gɛt injury na in ed?

Blɔd we de kɔmɔt insay di skel, we dɛn kɔl subdural hematoma, kin bi wan prɔblɛm we rili denja we pɔsin wund na in ed . If blɔd gɛda insay di skel, i kin put ɛkstra prɛshɔn pan di bren, ɛn dis kin mek di bren pwɛl.

Dɔn bak, bikɔs ɔf di injuri dɛn na di edIntracranial hemorrhage, we na blɔd we de kɔmɔt insay di bren (we fiba strok), kin apin bak.

Dɛn kɔmplikeshɔn ya kin mek di bren pwɛl fɔ shɔt tɛm ɔ fɔ ɔltɛm . Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt shɔt tɛm mɛmori afta dɛn dɔn gɛt smɔl injury na dɛn ed, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin ivin mɛmba aw di aksidɛnt apin. Mɔr siriɔs ed injury kin afɛkt di bren wok fɔ ɔltɛm. Dis kin mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ mɛmba ɔltɛm, yu maynd nɔ kin ebul fɔ muv, ɔ yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ muv sɔm pat dɛn na yu bɔdi .

We i rili bad, di injury na di ed kin kil pɔsin, mɔ if di pat dɛn na di bren we de kɔntrol di impɔtant sistɛm dɛn lɛk di at ɛn di lɔng dɛn dɔn pwɛl.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in ed wund?

Ɛni strɔng pawa ɔ impak kin mek pɔsin in ed wund. Yu kin tink bɔt sɔntin we de nak yu ed, ɔ yu ed we de nak sɔntin. Yɛs, na dɛn tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik. Bɔt, nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bɔt we yu bɔdi de shek shek wantɛm wantɛm, yu ed kin shek bak ɛn go bak kwik kwik wan .

Di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in ed wund na:

• Fɔdɔm: Pipul dɛn we dɔn ol ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin fɔdɔm mɔ. Ɛn fɔdɔm frɔm ayt kin rili siriɔs.
• Kar aksidɛnt: I kin izi fɔ mek pɔsin wund in ed we pɔsin gɛt motoka, baysikul, ɛn tri wil motoka.
• Vaylɛnt akt: tin dɛn lɛk fɔ ambɔg pɔsin, fɔ chuk pɔsin wit sɔd, fɔ shot pɔsin.
• Spɔt aksidɛnt: I kin gɛt injury na in ed pan spɔt dɛn we gɛt bɔku impak lɛk rɔgbi, bɔksin, ɛn kriket.

Udat dɛn de pan big risk?

Ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt injury na in ed, bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl risk:

• Pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 65 ia ɛn pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 4 ia yet (ɛnibɔdi we gɛt mɔ risk fɔ fɔdɔm).
• Pipul dɛm we de wok na wok dɛm we gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi (e.g. na di kɔnstrɔkshɔn industri).
• Plɛya dɛn we de ple spɔt dɛn we gɛt ay impak.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no if pɔsin gɛt injury na in ed?

Dɔktɔ kin no if pɔsin gɛt injury na in ed bay we i de chɛk in bɔdi, ɛgzam fɔ di nyurolɔjik, ɛn ɔda tɛst dɛn . If dɛn kɛr yu go na ɔspitul imejensi rum (ER) afta aksidɛnt, di dɔktɔ dɛn we de de go no se yu gɛt am.

Yu dɔktɔ go chɛk yu ed ɛn yu nɛk. Dɛn go aks yu bɔt yu sik ɛn ustɛm dɛn bigin. Aw lɔng afta di injury yu simptom dɛn bin apia, ɛn if yu no di rayt tin we mek di injury, tɛl dɛn dat bak.

Di dɔktɔ kin yuz tɛst dɛn lɛk dis fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt injuri na in ed:

• Kɔnkyushɔn tɛst: I de tɛst tin dɛn lɛk mɛmori ɛn atɛnshɔn.
• CT skan (`CT scan - computed tomography scan`): dis kin si klia wan tin lεk bכdi we de bכn εn frakshכn insay di sכkul.
• MRI (magnɛtik rɛsɔnans imej): .Dis kin mek bak ditayli pikchɔ dɛn bɔt di bren ɛn di tisu dɛn we de rawnd am.
• X-ray: Chɛk fɔ si if yu skel brok.
• Blɔd tɛst: Fɔ no sɔm tin dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ ed injury?

Yu dɔktɔ go gi yu tritmɛnt bay di kayn ed injury ɛn aw i siriɔs. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl pan ɛni ed injuri na fɔ mek blɔd nɔ kɔmɔt ɛn prɛshɔn we go bɔku insay di skel . Dis na aw yu de protɛkt yu bren ɛn mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn.

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt smɔl injury kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn sik na os bay wae dɛn de rɛst ɛn avɔyd fɔ du bɔku bɔku bɔdi . If i sef fɔ mek yu tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ tek mɛrɛsin we yu nɔ de bay (OTC) lɛk paracetamol. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn nɔ fɔ tek mɛrɛsin lɛk NSAID (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) afta yu dɔn wund yu ed bikɔs dɛn kin mek yu blɔd kɔmɔt insay di skel.

If yu gɛt wan patikyula injuri, lɛk we yu kɔnkyushɔn ɔ yu skel brok, yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen to yu di ditil dɛm, inklud di tritmɛnt plan ɛn di tɛm fɔ wɛl fɔ da injuri de.

Pipul dɛn we gɛt mɔdaret ɔ siriɔs injury na dɛn ed (especially traumatic brain injuries (TBI) ɔ open head injuries) kin nid ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek dɛn ripɛnt di damej ɛn kɔntrol di blɔd ɛn prɛshɔn we de insay di skel. Yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn go tɛl yu us kayn ɔpreshɔn yu nid ɛn aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek yu wɛl.

Yu kin nid fɔ gɛt fizik tritmɛnt afta yu dɔn wund yu ed. Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu bɔdi go gi yu ɛksesaiz fɔ mek yu nɛk mɔsul dɛn strɔng. Dis impɔtant mɔ pan kes dɛm lɛk whiplash.

Wetin yu nɔ fɔ du afta yu dɔn wund yu ed?

Yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn go tɛl yu us tin dɛn yu fɔ avɔyd afta yu dɔn wund yu ed.

Dis impɔtant mɔ we yu de wɛl frɔm kɔnkyushɔn . Eni aktiviti wae nid fɔ gɛt bɔrku kɔnsɛntreshɔn kin mek di sayn dɛm fɔ kɔnkyushɔn kam bak. Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu nɔ fɔ go wok fɔ sɔm dez, ɔ dɛn kin tɛl yu pikin nɔ fɔ go skul. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu ustɛm yu kin go bak smɔl smɔl fɔ go wok ɔ skul wok te yu sik dɛn bɛtɛ.

Nɔ tray fɔ rɔsh bak fɔ spɔt ɔ wok lɛk se yu jɔs de bi heroic. If yu gi yu bɔdi di tɛm we i nid fɔ wɛl, dat nɔ min se yu wik.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt if yu gɛt injury na yu ed?

Ɔlman in bɔdi kin ansa difrɛn we we i wund in ed.

Pan ɔl we sɔm pipul dɛn kin tek sɔm wiks fɔ wɛl frɔm injury, sɔm ed injury kin tek mɔnt (ɔ ivin lɔng pas dat) fɔ wɛl na dɛnsɛf.

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu bigin fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn bak ɛvride. Nɔ go bak fɔ du ɛksɛsayz, trenin, ɔ spɔt te yu dɔktɔ se i nɔ bad.

Aw fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ wund na in ed?

Bɔku tɛm, pɔsin in ed kin wund di tɛm we i nɔ bin de ɛkspɛkt. Bikɔs wi nɔ de plan fɔ dɛn, wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp dɛn ɔltɛm. Bɔt yu kin ridyus yu risk bay we yu fala dɛn jenɛral sefty advays ya:

• Wear di rayt sef ikwipmɛnt fɔ ɔl di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛn spɔt, mɔ ɛlmɛt ɔ tin fɔ protɛkt yu ed. I fɔ gɛt ɛlmɛt we yu de rayd baysikul ɛn we yu de du kɔnstrɔkshɔn wok.
• Ɔltɛm wɛr yu sit bɛlt we yu de drayv.
• Nɔ rɔtin yu os ɔ yu wokples wit tin dɛn we kin fɔdɔm.
• Yuz di rayt ikwipmɛnt ɔ lada ɔltɛm we yu de ol yu an fɔ sɔntin we ay. Nɔ klaym pan chia ɔ tebul.

Aw a go no if mi ed injuri siriɔs?

Infakt, ɛni ed injury kin bi siriɔs, bikɔs yu nɔ go ɛva shɔ if di injury dɔn pwɛl yu bren ɔ di blɔd vesel dɛn we de rawnd am. If yu gɛt ed injury ɛn yu de gɛt ɛni sayn (ivin if dɛn nɔ bigin wantɛm wantɛm), yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ ɔ go na ɔspitul. Na dɔktɔ nɔmɔ go ebul fɔ no fayn fayn wan if yu gɛt injury na yu ed ɛn kɔnfirm if yu bren dɔn afɛkt.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

Yu kin aks di dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Us kayn ed injuri a gɛt?
• Us kayn tɛst dɛn a go gɛt fɔ du?
• Yu tink se a go nid ɔpreshɔn?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek mi ed wɛl?
• Wetin na di sef mɛrɛsin dɛm wae a kin tek we a de wɛl?

Yu kin day bikɔs yu wund yu ed sɔm ia afta dat?

Yɛs, i kin apin. If pɔsin wund na in ed, i kin kil pɔsin ɔ i kin mek pɔsin day, ivin sɔm ia afta i dɔn apin. Dis kin apin to pipul dɛm wae dɔn gɛt injury na dɛn ed bɔku tɛm (especially `Concussions` ɔ ɔda kayn `Traumatic Brain Injuries`).

Ripit injuri na yu ed kin mek yu gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl `Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).` (CTE) kin afɛkt di we aw difrɛn pat dɛn na yu bren de wok ɛn tɔk to dɛnsɛf.

Di wund we pɔsin kin gɛt na in ed kin kɔmɔt frɔm smɔl bɔmp to we i gɛt prɔblɛm we kin mek i day. Pan ɔl we smɔl smɔl injury dɛn we kin apin ɛvride nɔ kin nid spɛshal tritmɛnt, nɔ ignore dɛn if dɛn kin mek yu fil pen, swel, ɔ ɔda sayn dɛn.

Sɔmtɛm, kɔmplikeshɔn wae kin siriɔs kin bigin smɔl ɛn wɔs as tɛm de go. Yu nɔr nid fɔ panik, bɔt yu nɔr want fɔ tek ɛni chans bak wit yu ed ɛn bren wɛl bɔdi. I bɛtɛ fɔ go na ɔspitul if yu notis ɛni sayn ɔ chenj.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis (Take-Home Message) .

We pɔsin wund na in ed kin bi sɔntin we wi ɔl kin tek as sɔntin we nɔ impɔtant. I izi fɔ tink se, "O, na jɔs smɔl bɔmp." Bɔt, as wi dɔn tɔk tide, sɔm ed injury kin bi siriɔs, ɛn sɔm sayn kin tek sɔm dez fɔ sho.

So, mɛmba dɛn tin ya:

• If yu nak yu ed sɔmsay, mɔ tranga wan, pe atɛnshɔn to am.
• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk ed we de at, diziz, vɔmit, chenj we yu de si, ɔ we yu nɔ de no natin , go to dɔktɔ ɛn nɔ de te.
• If yu gɛt klia wata we de kɔmɔt na yu yes ɔ nos, na imejensi! Go na di ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.
• Di big pipul dɛn fɔ tek tɛm mɔ if smɔl pikin dɛn nak dɛn ed.
• Tray fɔ mek yu nɔ wund yu ed bay we yu fala di tin dɛn we yu fɔ du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm (yuz ɛlmɛt, sit bɛlt).

Yu ed na yu prɔpati we gɛt valyu pas ɔl. Na yu wok fɔ tek kia ɔf am. If yu gɛt dawt, nɔ ɛva shem fɔ go to dɔktɔ!

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