I nɔ tu te yet we yu si wan blɔd tɛst ripɔt, yu tink se i se yu rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku? Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl fɔ fred ɛn fred we yu si sɔntin lɛk dat. Yu kin tink se, "Wetin na dis? A gɛt siriɔs sik?" Bɔt nɔ wɔri. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt dis simpul wan, jɔs lɛk aw yu go tɛl yu padi.
Wetin dis bɔku bɔku rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn min?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis min se di nɔmba fɔ di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn (RBC) na yu blɔd pas aw i fɔ bi. Wi blɔd gɛt tri pat mɔ: rɛd sɛl, wayt sɛl, ɛn pletlɛt. di men wok we rεd sεl dεm de du na fכ kכri כksijεn frכm di lכng to di כda pat dεm na di bכdi.
Tink bɔt am lɛk motoka dɛn we de na rod. We motoka dɛn bɔku, trafik kin flɔ fayn fayn wan ɛn nɔ kin ful-ɔp. Semweso, we inof rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn de, ɔksijɛn kin travul ɔlsay na di bɔdi. Bɔt we di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku tumɔs, jɔs lɛk we rod ful-ɔp wit motoka, trafik jam, wi blɔd kin tik. dis dεn kכl am ``Erythrocytosis'' insay mεdikal tεm dεm. We blɔd tik, di risk fɔ mek blɔd klɔt kin bɔku. I kin bi bak wan sayn fɔ wan ɔndalayn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm.
כl di rεd bכdi sεl dεm we dεn kin tek as ‘high’?
Dɔktɔ dɛn kin mɛzhɔ yu rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn fɔ ɔndastand yu wɛlbɔdi ɛn fɔ no if yu gɛt sik dɛn. Tipikli, dεn valyu ya kin difrεn sכmtεm dipכnt pan di lab we de du di tεst. Bɔt in jɔnal, nɔmal valyu dɛn na dɛn wan ya.
| Pɔsin | Nɔmal rɛd sɛl saiz (fɔ wan maykrolit blɔd) . |
|---|---|
| Man dɛn | 4.7 to 6.1 milyɔn |
| Na uman dɛn | 4.2 to 5.4 milyɔn |
| Pikin dɛn | 4.0 to 5.5 milyɔn |
Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin no se di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku we dɛn du blɔd tɛst fɔ ɔda wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm. If dis apin, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du ɔda tɛst fɔ no wetin mek i apin.
Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn de bɔku?
Sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn pan ɔl we dɛn rɛd blɔd sɛl bɔku. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn sik ya:
| Di sayn we de sho se di sik de | Tɔk bɔt |
|---|---|
| Taya/taya | Taya pasmak fɔ natin. |
| I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo | Fɔ fil shɔt fɔ blo ivin if yu tray smɔl. |
| Ɛd we de at ɛn we pɔsin nɔ de si fayn | Yu ed kin at ɔltɛm ɛn yu nɔ kin si fayn. |
| Pen na di jɔyn dɛn | Pen na di jɔyn dɛn. |
| Skin we de it | Skin kin it, mɔ afta yu dɔn was yu wit ɔt wata. |
| Prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de slip | Inshɔmnia ɔ we yu de snor mɔ ɛn mɔ. |
Wetin mek di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn kin bɔku? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?
Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn kin bɔku. Nɔto ɔltɛm dis kin sho se yu gɛt siriɔs sik. I kin kam bak bikɔs ɔf sɔm tin dɛn we wi de liv wi layf. Lɛ wi luk di men tin dɛn we kin mek wi du dis.
Bikɔs ɔf di mɛdikal kɔndishɔn dɛn
- Hat Failure: We di at wik, i nɔ kin ebul fɔ pɔmp inof ɔksijɛn to di bɔdi. Fɔ kɔmpɛns, di bɔdi kin bigin fɔ mek mɔ rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn.
- Conngenital Heart Disease: Na bikɔs ɔf sɔm difrɛns dɛn na di at we de de we dɛn bɔn am.
- Polycythemia Vera: Dis na wan kayn blɔd kansa we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we di bon mɛro kin mek rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn we nɔ kin kɔntrol.
- di kidni tכmכro dεm: bikoz fכ di כva prodyushכn fכ wan כmon (Erythropoietin) we de mek di kidni dεm prodyuz rεd bכdi sεl dεm.
- Lכng sik dεm: Sik dεm lεk `COPD` εn `Emphysema` de ridyus di כksijεn we di bכdi de gεt. Fɔ kɔmpɛns dis, di bɔdi de mek mɔ rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn.
- Hypoxia: Na ɛni kɔndishɔn we di ɔksijɛn we de na di blɔd nɔ bɔku.
- Slip Apnea: Na sik wae de kam wae yu de blo kin stɔp ɔltɛm wae yu de slip. Dis kin mek bak di ɔksijɛn we de na di bɔdi nɔ bɔku ɛn i kin mek di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku.
Di impak we wi layf gɛt
- Smok: Di kabon monoksayd we de insay sigrɛt smok kin tay pan ɛmoglobin, we na di prɔtin we de kɛr ɔksijɛn na di blɔd. Dis kin mek di blɔd nɔ ebul fɔ tay ɔksijɛn. Di bɔdi de kɔmpɛns bay we i de mek mɔ rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn.
- Fɔ liv na ay ay ples: Imajin se yu de muf frɔm Kɔlɔmbɔ to Nuwara Ɛlia. Di ɔksijɛn kɔnsɛntreshɔn na di atmosfɛs we ay ay ples nɔ bɔku. Fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ ajɔst to dis, natin nɔ de fɔ mek yu bɔdi gɛt mɔ rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn.
- Yuz drɔgs we de ɛp fɔ mek yu wok fayn: Sɔm atlet dɛn kin yuz anabolic steroid ɔ erythropoietin, we kin mek dɛn mek rɛd blɔd sɛl mɔ ɛn mɔ.
Yu tink se strɛs kin mek di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku?
Yɛs. Risach dɔn sho se sɔntin gɛt sɔntin fɔ du wit strɛs ɛn blɔd sɛl dɛn. If yu strɛs, dat kin mek yu gɛt mɔ rɛd blɔd sɛl, nyutrofil, wan kayn wayt blɔd sɛl, ɛn pletlɛt.
Aw dɛn kin trit we di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku?
Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat di tritmɛnt dipen pan di ɔndalayn kɔz fɔ di ay rɛd blɔd sɛl. I impɔtant fɔ fɛn di tin we de mek yu gɛt am ɛn trit am pas fɔ jɔs ridyus di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn.
Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl `Polycythemia Vera`, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk `(Hydroxyurea)` fɔ kɔntrol di we aw dɛn de mek rɛd blɔd sɛl. Dɔn bak, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin yuz wan tritmɛnt we dɛn kɔl `Therapeutic Phlebotomy`. Dis min se yu fɔ pul smɔl blɔd na yu bɔdi ɔltɛm , we tan lɛk we yu de gi blɔd, fɔ kɔntrol yu rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn.
So if yu rɛd blɔd sɛl bɔku, yu fɔ rili go to yu dɔktɔ ɛn tɔk bɔt am. Na in go fɛn di rial tin ɛn disayd us tritmɛnt yu nid.
Wetin wi go du fɔ mek rɛd blɔd sɛl nɔ bɔku?
Pan ɔl we wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp dis ɔltɛm, sɔm tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm:
- Drink bɔku wata: If yu drink at le 8-10 glas wata wan de, i kin ɛp fɔ mek yu blɔd nɔ klɔt.
- Ridyus tin dɛm lɛk kɔfi ɛn drink we gɛt shuga: Dɛn tin ya na diuretics we de mek wata lɔs na di bɔdi ɛn kin mek di blɔd tik.
- Nɔ smok kpatakpata: Dis na wan pan di bɛst tin dɛn we yu go du.
- Ɛksesaiz: Ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm kin rili fayn fɔ di at ɛn di blɔd we de go ɔlsay.
- Nɔ tek ayɔn pils pas yu nid fɔ tek am: Nɔ tek ayɔn pils pas yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek am, bikɔs ayɔn na impɔtant tin fɔ mek rɛd blɔd sɛl.
- If yu gɛt Slip Apnea: Yuz divays lɛk `CPAP` kɔrɛkt wan lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
- If yu gɛt at sik: Fɔ fala di tritmɛnt plan we yu dɔktɔ dɔn gi yu.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Nɔ panik if yu si ay rɛd blɔd sɛl (RBC) kɔnt pan yu blɔd ripɔt. Bɔt nɔ ignore am bak.
- We di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku, dat min se di blɔd kin tik ɛn di risk fɔ mek di blɔd klɔt kin bɔku.
- Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn we pɔsin kin liv in layf lɛk fɔ smok ɛn fɔ liv na ay ay ples, ɛn bak wit at sik, lɔng sik, ɔ sɔm kansa.
- Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn no di rial tin we mek i apin.
- Di tritmɛnt dipen pan di ɔndalayn kɔz. If yu kɔntinyu fɔ liv fayn layf, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm.
👩🏽 ⚕️ Ɔda kwɛstyɔn dɛn (FAQ dɛn)
💬 Wetin na ‘High Red Blood Cell Count / Polycythemia’?
Nɔmal wan, wi blɔd fɔ gɛt rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn fɔ kɛr ɔksijɛn go. bכt insay dis sik, bikoz fכ sכm siriכs prכblεm insay di bכdi/bon mכro, di nכmba fכ di rεd bכdi sεl dεm de inkrεs bay tεn tכzכn (Elevated RBC/Hematocrit), we na wan kכndyushכn we de kil we di bכdi de bi ‘tik/tik lεk כni’ (Hyperviscosity) insted fכ wata. Dis kin mek di blɔd klɔt ɛn di pɔsin kin gɛt at atak/strok ɛni tɛm ɛn day!
💬 Wetin na di men tin we kin mek blɔd tik ɛn mek di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn bɔku (Polycythemia)?
2 men rizin de fɔ dis: 1) Sɛkɔndari Polisaytemia - Dis kin apin bikɔs yu de smok bad bad wan, yu gɛt at sik/lɔng sik (COPD), ɔ yu gɛt slip apnea! afta dat di bren de fred biכs di bכdi de angri fכ כksijεn εn i de tεl di kidni dεm fכ mek nyu sεl dεm (EPO rilis). 2) Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Dis na ‘Blɔd Kansa / Bɔn mɛrɔ dizayd’! Fɔ natin, di bon mɛro de pul tɛn tawzin rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn na di blɔd.
💬 Wetin na di denja simptom dɛm fɔ gɛt ay RBC? Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
Di big big sayn dɛm na ed pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia (bikɔs ɔf ay blɔd prɛshɔn), we yu nɔ de si fayn, ɛn it ɔlsay na yu bɔdi afta yu dɔn shaw/ɔt wata! Dɔn bak, di fes kin rili rɛd ɔltɛm (Plethora). Bɔt if 1) di chɛst de hev/swɛt, 2) wantɛm wantɛm yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo, 3) yu an ɔ yu leg go swɛ ɛn yu nɔ no natin (Stroke symptoms), yu nid fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm bikɔs blɔd klot (Blood clots/Thrombosis) kin stɔp!
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