Wetin mek dis na kɔf? (Kɔf) - Lɛ wi fɛn ɔut ɛksaktɔli wetin dis anɔynt kɔf bi!

Kɔf na sɔntin we wi ɔl kin gɛt ɔltɛm. Sɔntɛnde, kɔf we kam wit smɔl kol go stɔp insay tu ɔ tri dez. Bɔt sɔm kɔf kin las fɔ sɔm mɔnt, nɔ kin ivin mek wi slip na nɛt, ɛn i kin mek wi nɔ gɛt trɛnk igen. So, wetin rili na dis kɔf? Wetin mek wi kin kɔf? Ɔl di kɔf dɛn na di sem? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔl dis ditayli ɛn jɔs tide.

Wetin na kɔf? Wetin mek wi kin kɔf?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, fɔ kɔf na tin we de mek wi bɔdi ebul fɔ protɛkt wisɛf. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, na ɔtomɛtik rispɔns (riflɛks) . If sɔntin de we yu nɔ want ɔ we de mek yu vɛks we dɔn stɔp na yu trot ɔ yu chɛst aywe (`(Airways)`), di bɔdi kin kɔf fɔ pul am kɔmɔt. Tink bɔt am, if yu chok pan it wantɛm wantɛm we yu de it, yu kɔf, na so i kin bi.

Wetin na dɛn tin ya we de mek pɔsin vɛks?

• Dɔst ɛn smok: Dɔst we de na di say we wi de, di tin dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di motoka, ɛn di smok we de kɔmɔt na sigrɛt kin mek pɔsin kɔf we i de go insay di say we pɔsin de blo.
• Mכkus: We wi gεt sik lεk kol, wi aywe dεm de mek mכr mכkus. Di bɔdi kin kɔf fɔ pul dis mכkus.
• Infεkshכn : We baktri infεkshכn de, i kin irita di aywe dεm bak.

So fɔ kɔf na rili sɔntin we wi bɔdi de du fɔ protɛkt wi. Bɔt if pɔsin kɔf ɔltɛm, i kin rili vɛks.

Wetin na di men tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf?

Bɔku rizin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin kɔf. Sɔm dɛn rili smɔl, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn smɔl. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk di men tin dɛn we kin mek wi gɛt dis sik.

• Kɔmɔn kol ɛn flu (`(Influenza)`): Dɛn tin ya na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf pas ɔl. Dɛn kayn tin ya kin kam bikɔs ɔf vayral infɛkshɔn. Dɛn kɔf ya kin stɔp insay sɔm dez to wan ɔ tu wik.

• Asma: Asma na wan big tin we kin mek bɔku pipul dɛn kɔf, mɔ di yɔŋ pikin dɛn. We yu gɛt asma, yu aywe dɛn kin swel, smɔl, ɛn ful-ɔp wit mכkus. Dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo ɛn i kin mek pɔsin kɔf. Fɔ sɔm pikin dɛn, we dɛn de kɔf ɔltɛm, na di wangren sayn we de sho se dɛn gɛt asma. Dis kɔf kin wɔs, mɔ na nɛt ɔ we yu de du ɛksɛsayz.

• Alɛji ɛn tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin vɛks: Sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt alɛji fɔ tin dɛn lɛk dɔst, pɔlin, ɛn animal dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf, we kin mek pɔsin kɔf bak. Semweso, tin dɛn lɛk sigrɛt smok, strɔng smel, ɛn pwɛl pwɛl we di briz kin pwɛl kin mek bak di say dɛn we di briz de blo vɛks ɛn mek pɔsin kɔf.

• Brɔnkaytis (Brɔnkaytis): .dis na we di men aywe dεm (bronchi) we de go na di lכng dεm kin infεkt εn swεla. Akyu brɔnkayt kin bi bikɔs ɔf wan vayrɔs ɛn i kin kam afta kol. Krεse brɔnkayt na wan sik wae de mɔr siriɔs ɛn bɔrku tɛm i kin apin pan pipul dɛm wae de smok.

• Nyumonia: Dis na infεkshכn we de afekt di lכng. Di sayn dɛm kin bi fɔ kɔf, fiva, i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo , ɛn in chɛst kin pen. Nyumonia na wan sik we dɔktɔ fɔ rili si am.

• Saynsaytis ɛn Pɔstnasal Drip: Saynɔs na di say dɛn we de insay wi fes. Saynaytis kin apin we dɛn wan ya gɛt di sik. afta dat di mכkus de bigin fכ drεn insay di bak pat na di trot (Postnasal Drip). Dis kin mek yu kɔf bak, mɔ na nɛt.

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): Insay sɔm pipul dɛn, di bɛlɛ asid kin kam ɔp di εsophagus ɛn i kin mek di trot vɛks. Dis kin mek bak yu kɔf dray, mɔ jɔs afta yu dɔn it ɔ we yu ledɔm.

• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn: Sɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ ay blɔd prɛshɔn (lɛk ACE inhibitors) kin mek yu kɔf dray as sayd ɛfɛkt. If yu de tek ɛni mɛrɛsin, tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu gɛt nyu kɔf.

• Ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf: Apat frɔm dis, i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, pɔsin kin kɔf ɔltɛm bikɔs ɔf siriɔs tin dɛn lɛk TB (TB) ɛn kansa na in lɔng . Bɔt dɛn tin ya nɔ kin bɔku, so nɔ wɔri bɔt dɛn tin ya jɔs bikɔs yu kin kɔf ɔltɛm. Bɔt if yu gɛt kɔf we nɔ de dɔn, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. As yu no, kɔf na big sayn bak fɔ COVID-19.

Difrɛn kayn kɔf de?

Yɛs, dɛn kin sheb kɔf difrɛn we dɛn. Dis klasification de ɛp dɔktɔ dɛn bak fɔ no di kɔz.

Dray Kɔf vs Prodaktiv/Wet Kɔf

• Dray kɔf : Dis kayn kɔf nɔ de mek mכkus. I kin tan lɛk se na tikl na di trot. Dis kayn kɔf kin apin bɔku tɛm di fɔs tɛm we di vayrɔs infɛkshɔn, asma, GERD, ɛn sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn.
• Mכkus kכf: Insay dis, mכkus de kכmכt we yu de kכf. di kכla (wayt, yכlכ, grεn) εn di tik we di mכkus tik kin gi sכm aidia fכ di kayn infεkshכn. yu kin si mכkus kכf pan kכndishכn dεm lεk `(Bronchitis)` εn `(Nimonia)`.

Akyu Kɔf vs Kronik Kɔf

• Sɔdɛn kɔf (`(Akyu Kɔf)`):Dis na kɔf we kin te pas 3 wik. Bɔrku tɛm na tin dɛm lɛk kol, flu, ɛn `(Acute Bronchitis)` kin kam wit am.
• Persistent cough (`(Chronic Cough)`): Dis na di nem we wi kin gi to kɔf we kin las fɔ pas 8 wik. Bɔku tin dɛn kin de we kin mek dis apin. Asma , `(GERD)`, `(Kronik Brɔnkaytis)`, `(Postnasal Drip)` na di men wan dɛm. Sɔntɛnde, kɔf kin kɔntinyu ivin if sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin kɔf kam togɛda.

Kɔf we de na nɛt

Sɔm kɔf kin mɔna yu na nɛt pas na de. Pipul wae gɛt asma, GERD, ɛn postnasal drip kin gɛt wɔs kɔf na nɛt.

Kɔf we pɔsin kin kɔf we pɔsin de du ɛksɛsayz

Sɔm pipul dɛn, mɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt asma, kin gɛt kɔf we dɛn de du ɛksɛsayz ɔ afta dɛn dɔn du ɛksɛsayz. dis kin bi bikoz fכ wan kכndishכn we dεn kכl ``Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction''.

Lɛ wi tek tɛm smɔl mɔ bɔt kɔf na yɔŋ pikin dɛn.

I rili kɔmɔn fɔ mek yɔŋ pikin dɛn gɛt kɔf. Dɛn imyun sistɛm stil de divɛlɔp, so bɔku tɛm dɛn kin gɛt kol, fiva, ɛn kɔf.

Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek mama ɛn papa dɛn wɔri we yɔŋ pikin kɔf. Bɔt nɔto ɔl kɔf dɛn fɔ fred.

Bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn de we wi nid fɔ tek tɛm smɔl bɔt di kɔf we yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin kɔf:

• Asma: As wi bin dɔn tɔk, asma kin bi wan men tin we kin mek pikin dɛn kɔf ɔltɛm. Yu fɔ no bɔt kɔf we kin wɔs na nɛt ɛn kɔf we kin apin we yu de ple.
• Whooping cough (Pertussis): Dis na wan denja baktri infεkshכn. I kin mek yu kɔf so fast dat yu nɔ kin ivin ebul fɔ blo, ɛn las las yu kin blo wit "whoop" sawnd. Vaysin de fɔ dis, mek shɔ se yu tek am fayn fayn wan.
• Krɔp: Dis na sik we di ɔpa aywe dɛn kin swel, we kin mek yu gɛt wan kayn kɔf we de bark. Yu kin gɛt sawnd we yu de blo (stridor) we yu de blo.
• Chok: Sɔntɛnde, smɔl pikin dɛn kin gɛt sɔntin we kin stɔp na dɛn aywe bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn we dɛn kin put na dɛn mɔt. Dɛn fɔ tink bɔt dis bak if dɛn gɛt kɔf wantɛm wantɛm, bad bad wan ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ blo.

If yu pikin in kɔf nɔ stɔp insay sɔm dez, if i nɔ izi fɔ blo, if i gɛt fiva, if i nɔ de it fayn, if i taya ɛn i nɔ de ple, den fɔ tru fɔ kɛr dɛn go to dɔktɔ.

Wetin na di ɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔf?

Yu nɔ nid fɔ rɔn go to dɔktɔ fɔ ɛvri kɔf. Fɔ simpul kɔf, sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du na os.

• Drink bɔku wata: If yu drink bɔku wata lɛk ɔt wata ɛn sup, i go mek yu trot wet ɛn ɛp fɔ mek yu trot tan, ɛn dis go mek i izi fɔ mek yu kɔmɔt.
• Ɔni:Dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn we dɔn pas wan ia ɛn big pipul dɛn wan ti spɔnj ɔni. Ɔni kin mek yu trot nɔ at ɛn i kin mek yu kɔf kol. Bɔt nɔ gi ɔni to bebi dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yet.
• Stiam Inhalashɔn: We yu inhal stim frɔm ɔt wata bɔtul, i kin ɛp fɔ wet di say dɛn we di briz de blo ɛn fɔ mek di mכkus lɔs. Bɔt yu nid fɔ rili tek tɛm we yu de blo stim fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn, bikɔs i kin bɔn dɛn. I fayn bak fɔ opin di ɔt wata tap na di bafa ɛn de na di stim fɔ sɔm tɛm.
• Stay away frɔm smok ɛn tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks: Nɔ tek ples dɛn we gɛt sigrɛt smok. Vaykum yu os gud gud wan. Ridyus di yus fɔ strɔng-smel ``(Air fresheners)`` ɛn sɛnt.
• Rɛst: Fɔ rɛst di bɔdi fayn fɔ ɛni sik.
• Gargle wit salt wata: If yu gɛt trot we de at, gargle wit lukewarm salt wata kin mek yu fil fayn.
• Kɔf srɔp dɛn we dɛn kin bay na kɔt (OTC kɔf srɔp): Pan ɔl we dɛn tin ya kin gi sɔm kɔf kɔf fɔ sɔm tɛm, dɛn nɔ kin wok fɔ ɔl kɔf. Sɔm kɔf srɔp nɔ fayn fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ fɛn di tin we mek yu kɔf ɛn trit am. So ɔltɛm go to dɔktɔ bifo yu tek mɛrɛsin.

Ustɛm yu fɔ wɔri bɔt kɔf? Ustɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ!

Pan ɔl we bɔku pan di kɔf dɛn kin stɔp insay sɔm dez, sɔntɛnde wi fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. Yu fɔ no bɔt dɛn "rɛd flag simptom dɛm" ya:

• I nɔ izi fɔ blo ɔ we yu nɔ de blo fayn.
• If yu mek sawnd we yu de blo we yu de blo.
• If yu gɛt siriɔs pen na yu chɛst .
• If yu kɔf blɔd wit mucus .
• Wan ay fiva (e.g., ova 102°F / 38.9°C) we de las fɔ sɔm dez, ɔ fiva we nɔ de go dɔŋ.
• Fiva we kin kam bak.
• If yu lɔs yu wet wantɛm wantɛm di we we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ imajin.
• If di kɔf dɔn de fɔ pas 3-4 wik ɛn de wɔs de go de.
• If na smɔl pikin, if dɛn nɔ gri fɔ it ɔ drink, if dɛn nɔ de ple ɛn dɛn de fil bad, if dɛn de slip pasmak .
• if i tan lεk se di lip כ fes de tכn blu (`(Cyanosis)`).
• I bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm if yu na ol pɔsin ɔ pɔsin we gɛt ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn (e.g., dayabitis, at sik) gɛt kɔf.

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, nɔ west tɛm ɛn go to dɔktɔ.

Aw dɔktɔ kin fɛn di tin we kin mek pɔsin kɔf?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go aks yu sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn fɔs.

• Ustɛm di kɔf bigin?
• Na dray kɔf ɔ na kɔf we gɛt blɔd? Us kɔlɔ na di blɔd?
• Yu kin kɔf mɔ na nɛt ɔ na de?
• Ɛni ɔda sayn de (fiva, kol, chɛst pen)?
• Yu de smok?
• Yu kin tek mɛrɛsin fɔ ɛni ɔda sik?
• eni oda posin na os geht kof?

Dɔn di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu, mɔ we i de lisin to yu chɛst wit stetɔskɔp (`(Auscultation)`).

Bɔrku tɛm, dis infɔmeshɔn ɛn tɛst kin ɛp fɔ no wetin mek yu kɔf. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin nid fɔ du mɔ tɛst. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Chɛst ɛkstrem rayt: Fɔ no if yu gɛt sik lɛk nyumonia ɛn TB.
• Respiratory function tests (Spirometry): Fɔ no di sik dɛm lɛk asma.
• Sɔntɛm blɔd tɛst, sputum tɛst.

Na afta dɛn tɛst ya nɔmɔ di dɔktɔ go gi yu di tritmɛnt we fit yu pas ɔl fɔ yu kɔf.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Wi don tok plenti boht kohf tide. Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dɛn tin ya:

• Kɔf nɔto sik, bɔt na sayn. Na sayn fɔ sho se sɔntin nɔ rayt insay di bɔdi.
• Bɔrku tɛm, kɔf kin kam bikɔs ɔf simpul tin dɛm (lɛk kol) ɛn i kin dɔn insay sɔm dez.
• Nɔ ɛva ignore kɔf we de kɔntinyu fɔ kɔf, ɔ kɔf wit di "rɛd flag" simptom dɛm we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Fɔ tru, yu go si dɔktɔ.
• If yu nɔ smok ɛn nɔ de nia tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks lɛk dɔst ɛn smok, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ kɔf.
• I bɛtɛ fɔ aks dɔktɔ fɔ advays ɛn go to tritmɛnt pas fɔ jɔs bay kɔf sirop na di famasi.

If yu gɛt kɔf we de mɔna yu, nɔ fred fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ no di kɔf ɛn gɛt di rayt tritmɛnt. Dɔn yu kin wɛl kwik kwik wan!

` Kɔf, Flɛgm, Asma, Kol, Brɔnkaytis, Nyumonia, GERD