Aw yu de du tide? Wi go tɔk bɔt sɔntin we rili impɔtant bɔt yu lɔng. Yu dɔktɔ dɔn ɛva tɛl yu fɔ du ‘lung function test’? Ɔ sɔntɛm yu dɔn de gɛt shɔt briz ɔltɛm ɔ yu dɔn de kɔf bad bad wan? If na so i bi, dis tɔk rili impɔtant to yu. Lɛ wi brok dɔŋ ɛksaktɔli wetin na dis tɛst, wetin mek dɛn de du am, ɛn aw dɛn de du am, insay simpul wɔd dɛn.
Fɔs, wetin na wi lɔng dɛn?
Bifo wi daiv insay di tɛst dɛm, lɛ wi tek smɔl tɛm fɔ ɔndastand wetin na yu lɔng dɛm ɛn di wok we dɛn kin du fɔ yu bɔdi we nɔbɔdi nɔ go biliv.Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, yu lɔng dɛn na tu ɔgan dɛn we tan lɛk spɔnj, we de na di tu say dɛn na yu chɛst. We yu de blo, yu lɔng dɛn de wok lɛk di get, we de tek di ɔksijɛn na di briz ɛn kɛr am go na yu blɔd. Na di sem tɛm, dɛn kin du di impɔtant wok fɔ pul di dɔti we dɛn kɔl kabon dayɔgzayd na yu bɔdi. Jɔs lɛk aw lif dɛn de gi layf to tik, na so yu lɔng dɛn de gi yu di impɔtant briz we de gi layf. Yu tink se dat mek sɛns?
So, wetin rili na Lɔng Fɔnkshɔn Tɛst?
Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk gud wan pan di Lɔng Fɔnkshɔn Tɛst (LFT), sɔm tɛm dɛn kin kɔl am Pulmonari Fɔnkshɔn Tɛst (PFT). Fɔ tru, dɛn tɛst ya de sho aw yu lɔng dɛn de wok fayn—spɛshal wan, aw yu go ebul fɔ blo ɛn pul di briz fayn ɛn fayn. Tink bɔt am lɛk diagnostik ‘tune-up’ fɔ yu lɔng dɛm; jɔs lɛk aw mɛkanik kin chɛk aw injin de wok fayn, dɛn tɛst ya kin mek yu dɔktɔ no klia wan bɔt yu lɔng wɛlbɔdi naw.
Wetin mek yu dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu fɔ du dis tɛst?
Yu kin de wɔnda wetin mek yu Nirogi Lanka dɔktɔ dɔn ɔda dis tɛst. Bɔku impɔtant rizin dɛn de fɔ dis ɛvalueshɔn:
- Fɔ chɛk aw yu de blo: If yu de kɔf ɔltɛm, yu nɔ de blo fayn, yu taya we yu de du layt (lɛk we yu de klaym stɛp), ɔ yu de fil se yu chɛst tayt ɛn yu de swɛt, dɛn tɛst ya de ɛp fɔ no di rizin we mek yu de kɔf.
- Fɔ no if yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu lɔng: Dɛn tɛst ya impɔtant fɔ no ɔ no if yu gɛt sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn lɛk Asthma , COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) —bɔku tɛm dɛn kin gɛt fɔ du wit smok—ɛn Pulmonary Fibrosis .
- Fɔ wach aw di sik de go bifo: If yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt wan sik we dɛn dɔn no se na yu lɔng, dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya wan wan tɛm fɔ mek shɔ se yu tritmɛnt plan de wok fayn ɛn fɔ si if yu sik stebul, i de bɛtɛ, ɔ i de wɔs.
- Evalueshɔn bifo yu du di ɔpreshɔn: Bifo dɛn du big ɔpreshɔn, dɛn tɛst ya kin ɛp wi fɔ no if yu lɔng dɛn strɔng fɔ bia wit di strɛs we di ɔpreshɔn gɛt ɛn di ifɛkt dɛn we anestezi kin du.
- Fɔ asɛs di damej we yu gɛt na di wokples: If yu wok involv fɔ de ɔltɛm wit dɔst, kemikal, ɔ tin dɛn lɛk asbest (ɛgz., na mayning ɔ kemikal manufakchurin), wi kin yuz dɛn tɛst ya fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu lɔng tɛm damej.
Wetin na di Tεst dεm we dεn kin kכmכn fכ di Lכng Fכnshכn?
Bɔku kayn LFT dɛn de, bɔt di wan we dɛn kin yuz mɔ—ɛn bɔku tɛm di fɔs tin we dɛn kin du—na Spirometry .
Wetin na Spiromɛtri?
Spirometry na wan strεt, nכn invasiv tεst. Dɛn go aks yu fɔ sial yu lip dɛn rawnd wan mɔt we dɛn kɔnɛkt to wan tin we dɛn kɔl Spirometer . Afta yu tek dip briz, dɛn go aks yu fɔ pul di briz wit pawa ɛn kɔmplit wan as yu ebul— imajin se yu de tray fɔ blo ɔl di kandul dɛn we de pan batde kek insay wan briz.
Dis tɛst de mɛzhɔ tu impɔtant valyu dɛn mɔ:
1. FVC (Forced Vital Capacity): Dis de mכsu di tכtal volyum fכ di briz we yu kin pul fכs afta yu tek dip briz we yu kin blo.
2. FEV1 (Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second): Dis de mכsu aw bכku briz yu kin pul insay di f כs sεkכnd fכ da fכs briz de.
We yu dɔktɔ analayz dɛn valyu ya, i go ebul fɔ no aw yu lɔng dɛn wɛl ɛn if sɔntin de we de ambɔg yu aywe (lɛk di wan dɛn we asma ɔ COPD kin mek). Fɔ ɛgzampul, pɔsin we gɛt asma kin sho se i gɛt smɔl FEV1 valyu we yu kɔmpia am wit pɔsin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi.
Yu kin sabi bak bɔt wan Pik Flɔ Mita . Dis na smɔl, pɔtabl tul we pipul dɛn we gɛt asma kin yuz bɔku tɛm na os fɔ wach aw dɛn lɔng dɛn de wok fɔ dɛnsɛf. I de wok pan di sem kayn prinsipul dɛn fɔ fos fɔ blo.
Ɔda kayn tɛst dɛn de?
Yɛs, pan ɔl we spiromɛtri na kɔmɔn tin, spɛshal tɛst dɛn de fɔ no mɔ bɔt di sik, we yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu if nid de:
- Lכng Vכlyum Tεst dεm: dεn de gi prεsis mכsu fכ yu lכng kapasiti, lεk di tכtal amoun fכ di briz we yu lכng kin ol (Tכtal Lכng Kapasiti) εn di briz we de rεst afta yu brith nכmal (Rεsidyual Volyum). Bɔku tɛm dis kin min fɔ sidɔm insay wan smɔl rum we gɛt glas wɔl we dɛn kɔl Body Plethysmograph .
- Gas Difyushɔn Tɛst (DLCO): Dis impɔtant tɛst de mɛzhɔ aw ɔksijɛn de muv fayn fayn wan frɔm yu lɔng dɛn ay sak (alveoli) insay yu blɔd, we de sho aw yu lɔng dɛn de mek am izi fɔ chenj gas.
- Kardiopulmonary Exercise Tests: If yu dɔktɔ nid fɔ si aw yu lɔng, at, ɛn yu blɔd sistɛm de ansa we yu bɔdi strɛs, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ du layt ɛksesaiz (lɛk fɔ waka pan tredmil ɔ yuz bayk we nɔ de muv) we yu de du di tɛst.
Aw yu fɔ rɛdi fɔ di tɛst?
Fɔ pripia na di men tin fɔ mek yu gɛt kɔrɛkt rizɔlt. Yu dɔktɔ ɔ di ɔspitul wokman dɛn na Nirogi Lanka go gi yu klia instrɔkshɔn dɛn, we kin gɛt dɛn tin ya:
- Ajɔstmɛnt fɔ di mɛrɛsin: If yu yuz inhala fɔ asma ɔ ɔda mɛrɛsin lɛk brɔnkodilɛta fɔ ɛp fɔ blo, yu dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ stɔp dɛn fɔ sɔm awa (tipikli 4–6 ɔ 12 awa) bifo di tɛst. Bɔt duya mɛmba: nɔ stɔp ɔ chenj ɛni wan pan yu mɛrɛsin dɛn if yu dɔktɔ nɔ tɛl yu klia wan.
- Nɔ smok: Yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ smok ɔltogɛda di de we dɛn de du di tɛst ɛn if i nɔ fɔ smok, fɔ at le tu awa bifo dɛn du di tɛst.
- Nɔ it big big it dɛn:Nɔ it big it jɔs bifo di tɛst. If yu bɛlɛ ful-ɔp, dat kin mek yu lɔng dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ bɔku, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo dip dip wan.
- Wear fayn klos: Nɔ wɛr klos we tayt ɛn we nɔ de ambɔg yu rawnd yu chɛst ɔ yu wes. Bifo dat, wɛr klos we nɔ tay ɛn we fayn ɛn we go mek yu ebul fɔ blo fri wan.
- Kafin ɛn ɛksesaiz: Dɛn kin advays yu fɔ avɔyd kafin (we de insay ti, kɔfi, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn) ɛn fɔ du bɔku bɔku tin dɛn fɔ sɔm awa bifo di tɛst.
Apat frɔm dat, if yu de gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk kol, fiva, ɔ kɔf di de we dɛn dɔn plan fɔ du yu tɛst, duya tɛl yu dɔktɔ ɔ di say we dɛn de du di tɛst wantɛm wantɛm. Sɔntɛm yu go nid fɔ put yu apɔntinmɛnt fɔ wan ɔ tu dez.
Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du Spirometry tɛst?
Lɛ wi waka tru wetin rili apin we dɛn de du spiromɛtri tɛst. Duya una biliv tranga wan—natin nɔ de fɔ fred. Dis na tin we nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin ɛn we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen.
1. Yu go sidɔm fayn fayn wan na chia.
2. Dɛn go put wan sɔft nos klip pan yu nos. Dis de mek shɔ se na yu mɔt nɔmɔ yu de blo, ɛn dis de mek di briz nɔ go kɔmɔt na yu nos we dɛn de du di tɛst.
3. Di tɛknishian ɔ nɔs go aks yu fɔ put yu lip dɛn tayt wan rawnd di mɔt we di spayrɔmita de mek fɔ mek i gɛt sikrit sil, fɔ mek shɔ se ɛni briz nɔ lik kɔmɔt.
4. Fɔs, dɛn go aks yu fɔ blo nɔmal fɔ sɔm briz.
5. Dɔn di pat we impɔtant pas ɔl de kam: Di tɛknishian go tɛl yu se: “Tek dip briz, ful-ɔp yu lɔng dɛn as yu ebul!” We yu dɔn du dat, dɛn go se, “Naw, blo am as tranga wan, as fast, ɛn fɔ as lɔng as yu ebul!Kɔntinyu fɔ blo, kɔntinyu fɔ blo te yu lɔng dɛn ɛmti kpatakpata!”
Tink bɔt am lɛk se yu de tray fɔ blo ɔl di kandul dɛn na batde kek wan tɛm, ɔ yu de ful-ɔp big balyɔn wan tɛm. Yu nid fɔ tray tranga wan fɔ du am. Yu kin fil taya smɔl, ɔ wan wan tɛm yu kin layt smɔl, bɔt dis na nɔmal tin.
6. Dɛn go aks yu fɔ ripit dis prɔses bɔku tɛm (bɔku tɛm at le tri saksesful tray fɔ mek shɔ se i kɔrɛkt). Yu go gɛt tɛm fɔ rɛst bitwin ɛni tɛm we yu tray fɔ du am.
7. Sɔntɛnde, afta di fɔs tɛst, dɛn kin gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we de mek yu brɔnkodilayt (tipikli tru inhala). Yu go wet fɔ 10–20 minit ɛn afta dat yu go ripit di we aw yu de blo. Dɛn kɔl dis ‘Post-Bronchodilator Spirometry.’ I kin ɛp fɔ no aw yu aywe dɛn kin ansa di mɛrɛsin. Dis impɔtant fɔ no bɔt sik dɛn lɛk asma.
Bɔku tɛm, di wan ol tɛst kin tek 30 to 45 minit. Di tɛknishian go gayd yu fɔ du ɛvri step. If yu fil ɛnitin we nɔ fayn ɛnitɛm, nɔ shem fɔ tɛl dɛn.
Wetin di rizɔlt fɔ dis tɛst go tɛl wi?
We di tɛst dɔn, yu dɔktɔ go analayz di data (lɛk FVC ɛn FEV1 valyu) ɛn grafik fɔ ɛksplen yu rizɔlt to yu. Dɛn tin ya we dɛn dɔn fɛn de gi wi impɔtant tin dɛn fɔ no:
- Fɔ no if yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu lɔng: Dɛn kin ɛp fɔ no if yu gɛt sik lɛk asma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, ɔ bronchiectasis.
- Fɔ asɛs aw di sik siriɔs: If wan kɔndishɔn de, dɛn valyu ya kin ɛp fɔ klas aw i siriɔs (ɛgz., smɔl, mɔdaret, ɔ siriɔs).
- fכ kategoriz di kכndyushכn (Obstructive vs. Restrictive): dεn sheb di lכng kכndishכn dεm bכku bכku wan to ‘obstructive’ sik dεm (we di aywe dεm de sכmtεm, lεk asma כ COPD) εn ‘restrictive’ sik dεm (we di lכng dεm nכ kin ebul fכ εkspכnd ful wan, lεk pulmonary fibrosis). Spirometry de ɛp fɔ difrɛns bitwin dɛn kayn ya.
- Fɔ wach aw di tritmɛnt wok fayn: If yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi de pan tritmɛnt, dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya wan wan tɛm fɔ si if yu lɔng de wok fayn ɔ i de stebul.
Yu dɔktɔ nɔ go luk dɛn rizɔlt ya wansay bɔt i go kɔmpia dɛn wit yu simptom dɛm, mɛdikal histri, ɛn ɔda tɛst dɛm fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik (lɛk ɛkstrem rayt na yu chɛst). So, if yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ yu si se ɛni pat pan di rizɔlt nɔ klia, duya nɔ shem fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ—mek shɔ se yu ɔndastand yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs gud gud wan.
Ɛni risk ɔr diskɔmfɔt de wae gɛt fɔ du wit dis tɛst?
Dɛn kin tek spayrɔmɛtri as sɔntin we rili sef. Siriɔs risk dɛn nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.
Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm we dɛn de du di tɛst ɔ jɔs afta dɛn dɔn du di tɛst:
- Taya ɔ diziz: Di fos fɔ blo kin mek yu taya, ɛn sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ ed fɔ shɔt tɛm, ɛn dis kin sɔlv fɔ insɛf insay sɔm minit.
- Kɔf: If yu tek dip briz ɛn pul yu briz wit pawa, dat kin mek sɔm pipul dɛn kɔf.
- Chɛst tayt: Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil lɛk se yu chɛst tayt smɔl.
- Ɛd we de at: Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl ed pen afta dɛn dɔn du di tɛst.
Bɔt if yu jɔs dɔn gɛt at atak, dɛn dɔn du big ɔpreshɔn pan yu chɛst, dɛn dɔn du big ɔpreshɔn pan yu yay (lɛk fɔ pul katarakt), yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, ɔ yu dɔn gɛt prɔblɛm lɛk we yu lɔng fɔdɔm (nyumothorax), yu dɔktɔ go tek tɛm luk if dis tɛst fayn fɔ yu. I rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu gi yu dɔktɔ wan kɔmplit ɛn kɔrɛkt istri bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs naw ɛn ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu de tek.
Ki pɔynt dɛn we yu kin tek go na os fɔ mɛmba
Wi dɔn kɔba bɔku infɔmeshɔn bɔt Lɔng Fɔnkshɔn Tɛst, spɛshal wan Spirometry. A op se yu dɔn ɔndastand di prɔses klia wan naw. Na di impɔtant pɔynt dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:
- Lכng fכnshכn tεst dεm na awe rili valyu, simpul, we nɔ de mek yu fil pen, ɛn we sef fɔ chɛk yu lɔng dɛn wɛlbɔdi ɛn no aw dɛn de wok fayn.
- If yu de gɛt sɔm kayn sik dɛn we nɔ de dɔn lɛk fɔ kɔf fɔ lɔng tɛm, fɔ swɛt, fɔ blo shɔt, ɔ fɔ mek yu chɛst tayt, nɔ wet fɔ mek dɛn sɔlv fɔ dɛnsɛf; go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu si se nid de, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du dɛn tɛst ya.
- Spirometry na di tεst we dεn kin du pas כl εn we de gi infכmeshכn insay dis kεtכgrεf. Bifo yu apɔntin, mek shɔ se yu fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn gud gud wan bɔt di mɛrɛsin dɛn ɛn di tin dɛn we yu fɔ it.
- No nid nɔ de fɔ wɔri we dɛn de du di tɛst. Wi tɛknishian dɛn we sabi du di wok de fɔ gayd ɛn sɔpɔt yu ɔl di tɛm we yu de du di wok—na jɔs du yu bɛst fɔ fala dɛn instrɔkshɔn dɛn.
- We yu dɔn gɛt yu tɛst rizɔlt, tɔk bɔt am gud gud wan wit yu dɔktɔ. Aks ɛni kwɛstyɔn we yu go gɛt fɔ mek shɔ se yu ɔndastand yu rizɔlt ɛn di nɛks tin dɛn we yu fɔ du.
Yu lɔng na impɔtant tin we de sɔpɔt yu layf. Fɔ put dɛn wɛlbɔdi fɔs, fɔ tek di tin dɛn we dɛn fɔ du bifo tɛm, ɛn fɔ chɛk-ap we dɛn nid we nid de, impɔtant. Nirogi Lanka de wish yu layflɔŋ wɛlbɔdi ɛn wɛlbɔdi!
` Lכng Fכnshכn Tεst, Spirometri, Asma, COPD, Brith, Lכng Wεlth
