Yu bak de at bak? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis herniated disk!

Yu de wach TV ɛn yu de kam fɔ grap, ɛn wan shap pen de shot yu spayna lɛk laytin. Ɔ yu yɛri ‘klik’ na yu bak as yu de pik bag we gɛt tin fɔ it frɔm di flɔ, ɛn frɔm de, yu de fil pen we de mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ muf. Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt ɛkspiriɛns lɛk dis? Bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔl dis "slipped disc." Fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn, wi kin kɔl dis sik herniated disc . Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk wetin i rili bi, wetin mek i kin apin, ɛn wetin dɛn kin du bɔt am.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na di disk we gɛt hεnia?

Fɔ ɔndastand dis, wi fɔs nid fɔ no smɔl bɔt wi spayna. Wi spayna gɛt 24 smɔl smɔl bon dɛn we dɛn kɔl vɛrbra, we dɛn gɛda pan dɛnsɛf. Bitwin dɛn bon ya, lɛk wan shok absɔba na motoka, na wan sɔft kusɛn we dɛn kɔl intavɛrbral disk.

Dis disk gɛt tu pat dɛn:

1. Insay pat: I rili saf lɛk jeli. Dɛn kɔl dis `(Nucl EUS Pulposus)`.

2. כta pat: dis jεli de rawnd wan tכf, strכng kכva we dεn kכl ``Annulus Fibrosus``.

Disk we gɛt hεnia na we, fɔ sɔm rizin (fɔ ɛgzampul, aksidɛnt, we yu es ebi ebi tin), di had ɔda kɔva we de na di disk de te ɛn di jɛlɛ we de insay de lik kɔmɔt. Tink bɔt am lɛk we yu swɛt donut we ful-ɔp wit jam ɛn di jam kɔmɔt. we di jεli we de kכmכt kכmprεs di spεnal kכd we de nia am כ di nεv dεm we de kכmכt pan am, simptom dεm lεk pen we yu nכ de bia, sכmtεm sכmtεm, εn wik de bigin fכ sho.

Yu tink se ‘Herniated Disk’ ɛn ‘Bulging Disk’ na tu difrɛn tin dɛn?

Yɛs, smɔl difrɛns de bitwin dɛn tu tin ya. Pan ɔl we bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔnfyus dɛn tu tin ya, di tin we kin mek i apin ɛn di we aw dɛn kin apin difrɛn. De sayn dɛm kin rili fiba.

Lɛ wi ɔndastand dis difrɛns mɔ klia wan frɔm di tebul we de dɔŋ ya.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis?

Sɔntɛnde, di disk we gɛt hεnia kin bi asymptomatic . Bɔt bɔku tɛm, di sayn dɛn go apin. dis simptom dεm de dipכnt pan di say we di hεnia disk de εn di εnd we di nεv kכmprεshכn.

Di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm na:

• Pen we shap, we de bɔn, ɔ we tan lɛk ilɛktrik shɔk.
• Numbness ɔ tingling na di say we yu de fil pen ɛn di an ɔ leg we gɛt fɔ du wit am.
• di mכsul dεm we de wik arawnd di εria we yu de fil pen.
• Bɔku tɛm, dɛn sayn ya kin apin na wan say nɔmɔ na di bɔdi.

Dipen pan di say we di pen de

• Lumbar Spine: Dis na di kayn pen wae de kam pan yu spayna . Di pen kin bigin na di ɔda pat na di bɔdi we de dɔŋ, .I kin rayt dɔŋ di bɔdi, dɔŋ di bak pat na di shɔl, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin go ɔlsay te to di fut. I kin tan lɛk se ilɛktrik shɔk . Wi kin kɔl dis spɛshal pen bak ‘Sciatica’.
• Na di nεk (Cervical Spine): di pen kin bigin na di nεk εn i kin spre dכn di sכlda to di an, εn sכmtεm to di finga dεm .

Dis pen kin bɔku we yu de wok, tinap, sidɔm, mɔ we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz. dis na biכs di prεshכn pan di nεv we dεn pinch de inkrεs da tεm de. Bɔku tɛm, di pen kin stɔp smɔl we yu rɛst.

Imejɛnsi Simptom dɛn

Pan ɔl we dɛn kin ebul fɔ mɛn dis sik na os, if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya, dɛn kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit am . If na so i bi, yu fɔ go na ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm.

• Pen na di an ɔ leg, we kin kam wit bad bad wikɛd na da say de.
• Fɔ gɛt fiva ɔ infekshɔn.
• Lכs fכ fil na di jεnital εria כ arawnd di anus.
• Inability fכ kכntro di bכdi כ blad fכnshכn (Blad כ bowel dysfunction).

Dɛn tin ya kin bi sayn fɔ se di spɛshal kɔd dɔn pwɛl bad bad wan, so nɔ ɛva ignore dɛn.

Aw yu go fɛn dis, Dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

1. Fɔ Ɛgzam fɔ Yuz

Fɔs, di dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt di pen we yu de fil ɛn chɛk yu. We dɛn bin de du dis ɛgzamin, .

• Dɛn kin prɛs di say dɛn we de mek pɔsin fil pen na di bak ɔ di nɛk.
• Dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ ledɔm na di bed ɛn du tin lɛk fɔ stret yu leg ɛn bɛn am.
• i de tεst di nεv fכnshכn (rεflεks) na di kכn εn di ankכl.
• Dɛn kin tɛst di trɛnk we di mɔsul dɛn na di an ɛn leg gɛt.
• I tɛl dɛn fɔ waka pan dɛn il ɛn fut finga dɛn.

Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn kin no di sik kɔrɛkt wan wit dis fyzikal ɛgzamin.

2. Ɔda tɛst dɛn if nid de

Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔda tɛst fɔ no ɔda kayn mɛrɛsin ɔ fɔ no di rayt nerve we dɛn de pinch.

• X-ray: Dɛn nɔ kin si disk we gɛt hεnia pan ɛkstrem rayt ɔltɛm, bɔt i kin ɛp fɔ no if di pen na bikɔs ɔf ɔda tin, lɛk we i brok ɔ we i gɛt tumbu.
• MRI Scan: `(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)` na tεst we de yuz magnεtik fil fכ prodyuz rili klia 3D imej dεm fכ di spayna εn disk dεm. Dis na di bεst we fכ si εksεkεkt usay di hεnia disk de εn us nεv dεm i de prεs pan.
• CT Skan we dɛn kin du:Computerized Tomography (CT) na wan we we de mek kros-sekshכnal imej dεm fכ di spayna bay we dεn de kכlekt bכku εks-ray.
• EMG/NCS: `(Electromyogram and Nerve Conduction Studies)` na tεst dεm we dεn kin yus fכ no if wan nεv dεn dכn pwεl כ i irita. Dis involv fɔ sɛn rili smɔl ilɛktrik signal to di mɔsul ɛn nerv dɛn ɛn mɛzhɔ di wok we dɛn de du.

Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek i wɛl? Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn?

Pan ɔl we dis kin tan lɛk se i de mek pɔsin fred, di gud nyus na dat bɔku pan di wan dɛn we gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl herniated disc kin wɛl fɔ dɛnsɛf insay sɔm wik ɔ mɔnt, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn.

Tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ mek yu wɛl kwik kwik wan:

1. Rɛst: Nɔ du tin dɛn we de mek yu fil pen mɔ, lɛk fɔ es di wet, fɔ bɛn, ɛn fɔ de na di sem pozishɔn fɔ lɔng tɛm.

2. Mɛrɛsin: Yu kin tek pen kil ɛn anti-inflammatory drugs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

3. Kol ɛn ɔt pak: Ays pak fayn fɔ ridyus pen ɛn swel insay di fɔs tu dez. Afta tu dez, yu kin yuz hot pak fɔ rilaks di mɔsul dɛn.

4. Fyzikal Tɛrapi: We di pen dɔn stɔp, yu dɔktɔ go rifer yu to pɔsin we de mɛn yu bɔdi. Ɛksesaiz we de mek di mɔsul dɛn na yu bak ɛn bɛlɛ strɔng ɛn tich yu aw fɔ tinap fayn, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ kam bak.

Na if dɛn simpul tritmɛnt ya nɔ de mek pɔsin fil fayn, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl am fɔ tek stɛroyd injɛkshɔn ɔ, nɔto ɔltɛm, i kin tɛl am fɔ du ɔpreshɔn.