Yu nos blok tu? Mek wi tok abaut decongestants!

Oh, dis dez, wen yu get kol, yu nos get stuffy, no bi so? Yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn, yu ed kin fil ebi, ɛn sɔntɛnde yu kin ivin mek sawnd na yu nos we yu de tɔk. So, da tɛm de, bɔku pan wi kin go na di famasi ɔ aks dɔktɔ fɔ sɔntin we de mek wi nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku nos, dat na mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek wi nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku wata. Wi de kol dis ``Decongestants'' fo Inglish. So, yu tink se wi go tɔk mɔ bɔt dis tide?

Wetin na dɛn mɛrɛsin ya (`Decongestants`) we dɛn kin gi fɔ mek yu nos nɔ klin?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Decongestants)` na wan kayn mɛrɛsin we de gi rilif frɔm yu nos we stɔf. We yu gɛt kol, ɔ sɔm alɛji, di dilik mɛmbran dɛn we de insay yu nos kin swel ɛn ful-ɔp wit mכkus, ɔ wetin wi kin kɔl ‘snot’. Na da tɛm de yu nos kin fil lɛk se i dɔn stɔp ɛn i kin at fɔ blo. So wetin dɛn `(Decongestants)` mɛrɛsin ya de du na fɔ ridyus di swɛlin we de insay yu nos, we de mek i izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.

Tink bɔt am, di stɔp kin kam we di smɔl smɔl blɔd vesel dɛn we de insay yu nos kin swel smɔl. Wetin dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin du na dat dɛn kin shrink dɛn blɔd vesel dɛn de smɔl, dat min se dɛn kin mek dɛn smɔl. Dɔn di swɛlin kin go dɔŋ, ɛn dis kin mek i izi fɔ yu fɔ blo. Yu ɔndastand?

Aw dɛn tin ya kin mek di nos nɔ bɔku?

fכ bi prεsis, dεn ``decongestant'' dεm ya de kכnstrikt di bכdi vεsul dεm fכ sכm tεm, we na di sכm sכm tכb dεm we de kכri bכdi, insay wi nos. We wi gɛt sɔntin lɛk kol, dɛn blɔd vesel ya kin big, ɛn dis kin mek di tisu we de rawnd wi swel. Na da tɛm de di nos kin stɔp. So we yu tek dɛn mɛrɛsin ya, di blɔd vesel dɛn kin smɔl, we kin mek yu nɔ swel, i kin mek mɔ ples insay di nos, ɛn i kin mek i izi fɔ yu fɔ blo. I de kɔntrol bak di flɔ we di mכkus de fכlכ te to sɔm mak.

Impɔtant: Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin jɔs kɔntrol di sayn dɛm, nɔto fɔ mɛn di sik. Dis min se dɛn nɔ de kil di vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt kɔmɔn kol.

Us kayn dikɔnjɛstant dɛn de?

Tu men kayn ``decongestant'' de we yu kin bay na famasi.

1. Di tin dɛn we yu kin yuz fɔ mek yu mɔt:

• Dɛn tin ya kin kam lɛk tablɛt, kapsul, ɔ srɔp.
• We yu tek dɛn tin ya, dɛn kin afɛkt di wan ol bɔdi.
• fכ egzampl, di mכst kכmכn mεdikeshכn dεm gεt di aktiv ingridiεnt dεm `(Pseudoephedrine)` εn `(Phenylephrine)`.
• Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin jɔyn dɛn ``Decongestants`` ya wit ``Painkillers`` ɔ ``Antihistamines`` fɔ alɛji. Yu kin dɔn si dɛn na ``Kol ɛn Flu`` tablɛt.

2. Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di nos nɔ klin:

• Dɛn tin ya kin kam insay di we aw dɛn kin spɛd di nos ɔ drɔp na di nos.
• Bikɔs dɛn kin put dɛn tin ya dairekt insay di nos, bɔku tɛm dɛn kin bigin fɔ wok kwik kwik wan.
• εgzampl: Spray we gεt aktiv ingridiεnt dεm lεk `(Oxymetazoline)` εn `(Xylometazoline)`.
• Yu fɔ rili tek tɛm we yu de yuz dɛn tin ya, ɛn a go ɛksplen wetin mek leta.

Wetin wi fɔ tek tɛm wit we wi de yuz dis mɛrɛsin?

Yɛs, dis na pɔynt we rili impɔtant. ``(Decongestants)`` nɔto sɔntin we yu kin jɔs tek lɛk vaytamɛn.

Lan mɔ bɔt aw fɔ sprɛy na yu nos

If yu de yuz sprɛy we de mek yu nɔs nɔ klin, mɛmba dis:

• I nɔ fayn fɔ yuz dɛn sprɛy ya ɔltɛm fɔ pas 3 to 5 dez.
• Yu no wetin mek? If yu kɔntinyu fɔ yuz di sprɛy, yu nos go yus to am ɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ liv if yu nɔ gɛt di mɛrɛsin. Dɔn, we yu stɔp fɔ yuz di mɛrɛsin, yu nos kin ful-ɔp mɔ pas aw yu bin de yuz am trade. Wi kin kɔl dis `Ribaund Kɔnjɛshɔn` ɔ `(Rhinitis Medicamentosa)`. I tan lɛk wan bad bad saykl. So, jɔs yuz am lɛk aw dɔktɔ tɛl am, ɔ lɛk aw dɛn rayt am na di lɛbl fɔ di mɛrɛsin.

Mɛmba dis bɔt ɔral decongestants

Oral decongestants kin mek sɔm sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn bak. Nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt dɛn, bɔt i fayn fɔ no bɔt dɛn.

• Di at rit we de go ɔp
• We pɔsin nɔ de slip ɔ we i nɔ de slip
• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Fɔ fred ɔ fɔ wɔri
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt blɔd prɛshɔn bak.

So, pipul dɛm wae gɛt dɛn wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm ya fɔ mɔs go to dɔktɔ bifo dɛn tek dis mɛrɛsin:

• Pipul dɛn we gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn (haypa prɛshɔn).
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt at sik.
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt tayroyd disɔda.
• Pipul wae gɛt shuga (`Dayabetes Mellitus`).
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt glaukoma, we na wan sik we kin mek dɛn yay gɛt mɔ prɛshɔn.
• If man dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm wit prɔstat (prostate big).
• Mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ we de gi pikin dɛn bɛlɛ nɔ fɔ ɛva tek dɛn tin ya if dɛn nɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Yu fɔ rili tek tɛm we yu de gi pikin dɛn dis mɛrɛsin?

Yɛs, fɔ tru! Wi nid fɔ tek tɛm pas aw wi kin tink we wi de gi smɔl pikin dɛn mɛrɛsin fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt sik.

• Di we aw pikin dɛn bɔdi de ansa dɛn mɛrɛsin ya difrɛn frɔm big pipul dɛn.
• Di doz we dɛn fɔ gi dɛn rili smɔl, ɛn i kin difrɛn bak dipen pan di ej ɛn wet.
• Sɔm kayn dikonjɛstant dɛn nɔ kin fayn fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 ia yet. Sɔm nɔ kin fayn atɔl fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 2 ia yet.
• If dɛn gi di rɔng doz, ɔ if dɛn gi di rɔng mɛrɛsin, siriɔs sayd ɛfɛkt kin apin, lɛk at bit kwik kwik wan ɛn we yu gɛt sik.

"O, mama ɛn Papa, a de aks una fɔ nɔ ɛva gi una smɔl pikin dɛn dis kayn stɔf nos mɛrɛsin frɔm di famasi we yu nɔ aks dɔktɔ fɔs. I kin rili denja."

Ɔda tin dɛn de we dɛn kin yuz insted ɔf `(Decongestants)`?

Yɛs, ɔda simpul tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ mek yu nɔs we dɔn stɔp nɔ go tek mɛrɛsin. Sɔm pan dɛn tin ya yu grani dɛn go dɔn tich yu.

• Stiam inhalashɔn: Yu mɛmba da tɛm de we yu bin de put sɔm kɔriandr lif, ɔ sɔm pawpaw lif, ɛn sɔm laym lif insay wan bol we gɛt ɔt wata, dɔn yu put klos oba yu ed ɛn inhal di stim? I de gi yu nos bɔku rilif. I de ɛp fɔ mek di mucus lɔs. Bɔt yu fɔ rili tek tɛm we yu de inhal stim wit smɔl pikin dɛn, bikɔs di ɔt wata kin bɔn dɛn.
• Saline nasal wash: Yu kin fɛn am na famasi dɛn we dɛn kɔl Saline nasal spray. I gɛt sɔl wata we dɛn dɔn klin. I kin yuz am fɔ ɛnibɔdi we ol ɛni ej, ivin smɔl pikin dɛn, ɛn i nɔ gɛt ɛni sayd ɛfɛkt. I de mek di insay pat na di nos wet, i de mek sɔm mɔkus lɔs, ɛn i nɔ de mek di nos nɔ bɔku. Yu kin mek am bak na os bay we yu ad smɔl sɔl to wan kɔp bɔyl wata.
• Drink bɔku wata: If yu kɔntinyu fɔ it wata fayn, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku wata ɛn mek i izi fɔ pul wata kɔmɔt na yu nos.
• Mek di rum wet: Dray briz kin mek yu nos stɔp mɔ. Yu kin mek di ples wam bay we yu yuz humidifier ɔ kip wan bol wata na di rum.
• Slip wit yu ed we yu es smɔl: If yu slip wit yu ed ɔp wit ɛkstra pilo, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nos nɔ rɔtin.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Nos we de rɔn wit kɔmɔn kol fɔ stɔp insay sɔm dez. Bɔt, insay kes dɛn lɛk dis, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ.

• If yu nos kɔnjɛshɔn las pas 7-10 dez.
• If yu gɛt ay fiva.
• Apat frɔm we yu nos kin stɔp, yu kin gɛt bad bad yes pen, ɔ yu kin gɛt bad bad pen na yu fes ɔ yu fɔrɛst (sayn pen).
• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo ɔ yu chɛst de pen.
• If tik grɛn ɔ yɔlɔ mכkus de, ɛn fiva de bak.
• If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan di sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ bifo yu tek mɛrɛsin we de mek yu nɔ gɛt sik.
• If smɔl pikin in nos stɔf, i nɔ gri fɔ it ɔ drink, i tan lɛk se i nɔ izi fɔ blo, ɔ i de slip pas aw i kin slip, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Fɔ dɔn, di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so wi don tok plenti abaut `(Decongestants)` nau, no bi so? Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis:

• ``(Decongestants)`` na mεdikeshכn dεm we de gi sכm tεm rεlif frכm di nos kכnjεshכn. Dɛn nɔr de trit di ɔndalayn kɔz fɔ de sik.
• Yuz dis mɛrɛsin ɔltɛm jɔs lɛk aw dɛn rayt am na di lɛbl ɔ lɛk aw dɔktɔ ɔ fama tɛl yu. Nɔ tek pas di doz we dɛn tɛl yu fɔ tek.
• Yu fɔ no bɔt di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt ɛn di intarakshɔn we di mɛrɛsin kin gɛt. If yu de tek mɛrɛsin fɔ ɔda sik, aks dɔktɔ bifo yu tek dikonjɛstant.
• Yuz sprɛy na yu nos fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Nɔ yuz am fɔ pas 3-5 dez.
• Tek tɛm mɔ we yu de gi ɔ tek dis mɛrɛsin to yɔŋ pikin dɛn, mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ we de gi dɛn pikin in bɛlɛ, ɛn di wan dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn . Di advays we dɔktɔ gi am rili impɔtant.
• If yu gɛt ɛni dawt, nɔ shek fɔ aks dɔktɔ ɔ di pɔsin we de na di famasi usay yu de gɛt yu mɛrɛsin. I rili impɔtant fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi.

So, di nɛks tɛm we yu gɛt stɔf nos, a op se yu go ebul fɔ kip dɛn tin ya na yu maynd ɛn akt wit sɛns. Wi de wish yu fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan!

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