Yu kin gɛt pen na yu nɛk ɛn bak ɔltɛm? I kin bi wan sik we dɛn kɔl Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)!

Sɔntɛnde, i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ tɔn yu nɛk? Ɔ i tan lɛk se yu nɛk shɔt smɔl? Sɔntɛm yu dɔn notis se dis kayn chenj dɔn apin na yu pikin in nɛk. Pan ɔl we bɔku rizin de fɔ dis, tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we nɔ kin bɔku bɔt we impɔtant we dɛn kɔl Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS). Nɔ wɔri, wi go kip am simpul.

So, wetin na Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) na wan sik we tu ɔ mɔ vεrbra dɛn na wi nɛk, ɔ spεnal jɔyn dɛn, kin jɔyn togɛda, ɛn mek wan bon. Dis na wan sik we dɛn bɔn wit. nכmal wan, sכm sכm spεs de bitwin di vεrbra dεm na wi nεk (dεn kכl dεm bak `(sεvikal vεrbrae)`), we fulכp wit pat dεm we lεk jεli we dεn kכl `(intavεrbral disk dεm)`. Na dɛn tin ya de mek wi ebul fɔ tɔn wi nɛk bak ɛn biɛn izi wan. כltu, pan pכsin we gεt KFS, dεn vεrbra dεm ya de fכs tכgeda, we kin mek di nεk nכ muv.

33 vεrbra dεm de na wi spayna. di tכp 7 vεrbra dεm de na di nεk (C1 to C7). insay KFS, di tu vεrbra dεm we dεn kin afekt mכst na C2 εn C3. כltu, sכmtεm di kכndyushכn kin afekt כda vεrbra dεm na di spayna dכn dכn di nεk.

Dɛn gi di sik in nem Klippel-Feil Syndrome afta di tu dɔktɔ dɛn we bin fɔs no bɔt am.

Tri men tin dɛn de we KFS gɛt (dɛn tin ya kin bi wan, tu, ɔ ɔl, ɔ sɔntɛm nɔto wan atɔl):

• difεlεns fכ tכn di nεk bikoz di vεrbra dεm na di nεk de stik tכgeda.
• Short nek apinans.
• di ia layn, we de na di bak pat pan di ed, de posishכn lכw pas aw i nכmal.

Dis sik nɔ kin jɔs de na di nɛk. Sɔntɛnde, i kin afɛkt bak di at, di lɔng, di kidni, di mɔt, di yay, di yes, di mɔsul dɛn, di nerv dɛn, di spaynal kɔd, ɛn ɔda bon dɛn.

Aw kɔmɔn tin na Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

KFS na rili wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. I kin afɛkt lɛk wan pan ɛvri 40,000 to 42,000 pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn na di wɔl. Dɛn kin tɔk bak se i kin bɔku smɔl pan gyal pikin dɛn.

Aw a go no if mi pikin gɛt Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

sכmtεm, dipכnt pan aw di kכndyushכn siriכs, dεn kin no am we dεn de du כltra saund skan insay di fכs trimεst we di bεlε de. Ɔ, if no klia sayn nɔ de we dɛn bɔn am, we i smɔl, ɔ we i smɔl, dɛn kin no am we i big ɔ leta. Bɔt, we yu tink bɔt di difrɛn difrɛn sayn dɛm ɛn ɔda prɔblɛm dɛm wae kin kam wit dis sik, i nɔ kin izi fɔ no am te leta.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

I sɔprayz fɔ no se sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt KFS nɔr kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl, ɔr kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae nɔr kin pasmak. Bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik.Pan ɔl we dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt sɔm pipul dɛn bad bad wan, dɛn kin afɛkt ɔda pipul dɛn bad bad wan. Dis min se di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin.

Dis na de kɔmɔn sayn dɛm wae dɛn kin si bɔrku tɛm:

• I nɔ kin izi fɔ tɔn di nɛk: Dis na di sayn we kin apin to yu bɔdi. i kin apin biכs wan כ mכr pan di vεrbra dεm na di nεk de stכk togeda.
• Di ia layn, we de na di bak pat pan di ed, dɔŋ.
• Short nek apinans.
• Difrɛns pan di sayz ɛn shep fɔ di sayd dɛn na di fes.
• di instability fכ di vεrbra dεm na di כp nεk, we de kכnekt to di sכkul. Dis kin rili denja, mɔ if yu wund pan aksidɛnt, motoka aksidɛnt, ɔ pan spɔt dɛn lɛk rɔgbi ɔ futbɔl.
• Skɔliosis: Dɛn kin si dis pan bitwin 30 ɛn 50 pasɛnt pan di pipul dɛm.
• Ed de at.
• Dɛf: Dis kin afɛkt lɛk 30 pasɛnt pan di pipul dɛn.
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔn di ɔp bak.
• Nεv pen we de rayt to di an ɔr leg.
• Mɔsul pen na di nɛk ɛn/ɔ bak.
• Damej pan di nerv dɛm na di nɛk ɔ bak.
• di spεnal stεnosis: Dis kin mek di spεnal kכd pwεl.
• Kidni sik: Dis kin ambɔg lɛk 30 pasɛnt pan di pipul dɛn.

Apat frɔm dat, ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn kin apin:

• I nɔ de yɛri fayn ɔ i de dɛf.
• Wan cleft palata ɔ wan abnɔmal shep na di palata.
• abnכmaliti dεm na di rεprכdaktiv sistεm, urinary sistεm, at, lכng, rib difכmiti, limb dεfכm.
• di wik we di ligament dεm we de na di tכp pat pan di nεk we de kכnεkt di sכkul wik. dis kin mek di spεnal kכd kכmprεs εn pwεl di nεv dεm we di nεk de muv.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

Risach pipul dɛn stil nɔ ɔndastand gud gud wan di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt KFS. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin tek am se i kin apin wan wan tɛm. Dat min se, e kin apun if yu nɔr gɛt famili histri bɔt dis sik ɔr nɔr gɛt klia jɛnɛtik kɔz.

כltu, insay sכm tεm dεm, dis kכndyushכn kin kכz fכ chenj (mכtεshכn) insay wan כ mכr jin dεm we de involv fכ divεlכp di bon εn spεnal.

Sɔntɛnde, KFS kin apin togɛda wit ɔda mɛrɛsin, ɔr as sayd ɛfɛkt fɔ ɔda sik we dɛn bɔn wit. KFS de apin as sayd ifekt fכ כda sik, bikoz fכ chenj (`(mutations)`) na di jin dεm we de asai wit dεn sik dεm.

Sɔm pan di mɛdikal kɔndishɔn dɛm wae kin gɛt fɔ du wit KFS na:

• we yu drink rɔm we yu bεlε i kin mek yu gεt sεntri nεv sεstem prכblεm εn כda prכblεm (`(fetal alcohol syndrome)`).
• wan kכndyushכn wit abnכmal divεlכpmεnt fכ di yay, yes, εn spayna (`(Goldenhar syndrome)`).
• abnכmal divεlכpmεnt fכ di sכlda bon (`(Sprengel diformity)`).
• di abnכmaliti dεm we de mek di yay muvmεnt (`(Duane syndrome)`).
• we wan כ tu kidni dεm nכ de (rεnal agenesis).
• wan kכndishכn wit abnכmal divεlכpmεnt fכ di yay, yes, εn vεrbra dεm na di nεk (`(Wildervanck syndrome)`).
• abnכmaliti dεm na di sεntri nεv sεstem (fכ egzampl, kכndishכn dεm lεk Chiari malfכmeshכn, spina bifida, εn syringomyelia).

Yu tink se Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) kin kɔmɔt frɔm yu mama ɛn papa?

Bɔku tɛm, KFS nɔ kin kɔmɔt frɔm dɛn mama ɛn papa. כltu, lεk aw wi bin dכn tכk, insay sכm kes dεm, di kכndyushכn kin kכz bay chenj (`(mכtεshכn)`) insay wan כ mכr pan di tri jin dεm we dεn aydentify. If dis kayn jɛnɛtik kɔz de, dɛn kin gɛt KFS bak.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

Dɔktɔ go no se yu gɛt KFS bay di sayn dɛm, klinik ɛgzamin, ɛn difrɛn imej tɛst dɛm. Dɛn kin no dis sik we dɛn smɔl. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin no am as ali as pikin we de na di bɛlɛ.

Yu dɔktɔ go aks bɔt yu mɛdikal istri ɛn yu famili histri. Dɔn dɛn go du ɛgzam fɔ dɛn bɔdi. We dɛn de du dis ɛgzam:

• yu fes, nek (fכ si if i sכt), di rεst pat pan yu spayna, εn yu ia layn (fכ si if i lכw na di bak pat pan yu ed).
• Dɛn kin luk fɔ sayn dɛn we de sho se di sɛvikal nɛv dɔn kɔmprɛshɔn (radiculopathy) ɔ di spɛshal kɔd dɔn pwɛl (myelopathy).
• i de tεst di rεflεks dεm we di spεnal kכd εn כda nεv dεm de kכntro.
• Dɛn go chɛk aw yu de waka.
• Dɛn kin lisin to di chɛst ɛn bɛlɛ ɛn fil dɛn wit dɛn an.

Us tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ no dis sik?

No patikyula lab tɛst nɔ de fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt KFS. Bɔt if yu gɛt bɔku sayn dɛn, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du blɔd tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt ɔda sik dɛn. Dɛn kin chɛk bak fɔ si if tin nɔ fayn na yu at, yu kidni, yu bɛlɛ, ɛn yu urinary system. Dɛn kin gi yu bak tɛst fɔ yɛri. Yu dɔktɔ kin tɔk to yu bak bɔt aw fɔ tɛst yu jɛnɛtiks.

Spinal Imej Tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin du

Yu dɔktɔ go nid fɔ tek ɛkstrem rayt . Dɛn kin ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn du CT skan (Computed Tomography scan) ɔ MRI skan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) .

• εks-ray: dεn kin egzamin di wan ol spayna fכ si if di vεrbra dεm fכs tכgeda, if hεnia disk de, aw di spayna stebul, εn if εni כda tin dεm we nכ de.
• CT skan (`(CT skan)`): .yu kin luk di strכkchכ fכ di fכs vεrbra dεm εn di spεnal kכd mכr ditayli.
• MRI skan: Dis skan de ɛp fɔ si klia wan di sɔft tisu dɛn lɛk di spɛshal kɔd, di disk dɛn we de bitwin di vɛrbra, di nerve rut, ɛn di ligamɛnt dɛn na di spayna, ɛn fɔ no if tin nɔ de na ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi.

Aw dɛn kin trit di sik we dɛn kɔl Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS)?

Di tritmɛnt dipen pan di sayn dɛm we yu gɛt. Yu kin nid mɛrɛsin ɛn/ɔ fizik tritmɛnt. Yu fɔ no di bad tin dɛn we kin apin we aksidɛnt apin ɛn avɔyd fɔ du tin dɛn we go mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm. Nɔto ɔlman we gɛt KFS nid ɔpreshɔn.

Jɛnɛral tritmɛnt ɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae nɔr nid ɔpreshɔn kin du wɛl wit simpul tritmɛnt dɛm lɛk sɛvikal kɔla, bres, ɛn trakshɔn. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin bak fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ swel.

Ɔpreshɔn (`(Ɔpreshɔn)`)

Yu go nid ɔpreshɔn mɔ if:

• If prɔblɛm de wit yu nervɔs sistɛm, dat na yu bren, yu spɛshal kɔd, ɛn yu nervɔs.
• If yu gɛt difɔmiti ɔ instability na yu spayna.
• If yu gɛt nyu mɔsul dɛn we wik, dis kin bi sayn fɔ sɔntin we siriɔs we gɛt fɔ du wit yu spayna ɔ yu spɛnal kɔd.
• If abnɔmal tin dɛn de na ɔda ɔgan dɛn.

if yu gεt wan כ mכr vεrbra dεm na yu nεk dכn di C3 vεrbra (dat na, dכn di C1 εn C2 vεrbra dεm we de nia di sכkul), i kin inof fכ jכs fכ jכs chεk-ap כltεm εn mכnitor di kכndyushכn. If yu ɔ yu pikin de ple kɔntakt spɔt lɛk ɔki ɔ rɔgbi, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ ple dɛn spɔt dɛn de afta yu dɔn lan aw fɔ protɛkt yu nɛk.

כltu, if yu gεt fכs vεrbra dεm oba di C3 vεrbra na yu nεk (i.e. klos to di sכkul), yu fכ fכ tru fכ avכyd hεy-impakt sכpכt, biכs yu de pan hכy risk fכ divεlכp wan denja spεnal injuri.

Yu dɔktɔ go de chɛk yu at, yu lɔng, yu riprodaktiv sistɛm, yu kidni, ɛn ɔda pat dɛn ɔltɛm so dat i go ebul fɔ no ɛni prɔblɛm kwik kwik wan ɛn manej ɔ trit di chenj dɛn, ɔ i go tɛl yu fɔ du ɛni ɔpreshɔn we yu nid fɔ du.

Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) kin wɔs as tɛm de go?

Yɛs, Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) kin wɔs as tɛm de go. If yu gɛt sɔntin we nɔ fayn na yu spayna, yu go gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we yu de ol. fכ egzampl, di jεnεraytiv disk ishu kin mek di nεv kכmprεshכn, bak εn spεnal pen, כ wik na di limb dεm.

Yu kin gɛt injury bak bikɔs yu fɔdɔm ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin ambɔg yu bɔdi. As tɛm de go, ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin insay pɔsin in bɔdi kin kam. Na dat mek i rili impɔtant fɔ mit wit yu mɛdikal tim ɔltɛm. Dɛn go chɛk yu, du ɛni tɛst we yu nid, ɛn disayd ɔ chenj yu tritmɛnt.

Yu tink se Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) kin afɛkt di layf we pɔsin de liv?

Fɔ no di Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) kwik kwik wan na di men tin. Na da tɛm de dɛn kin ebul fɔ sɔlv wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm wit ɔpreshɔn, we dɛn nɔ de du ɔpreshɔn, ɔ tek tɛm wach as tɛm de go. If yu trit di abnɔmal tin dɛm ɛn fala yu dɔktɔ in advays fɔ protɛkt yu spayna, bɔku tɛm yu kin liv nɔmal layf.

Us kayn fiuja pɔrsin wae gɛt Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) kin ɛkspɛkt?

Di tin we go apin to yu go dipen pan di kayn sik we yu gɛt (wetin pat na yu bɔdi de afɛkt) ɛn ɛni ɔda tin we yu go gɛt. Ɔlman difrɛn. Yu mɛdikal tim go tɔk to yu bɔt yu sik we yu kin go fɛn yu ɔltɛm. Sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt bɔku sayn dɛn we kin mek dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ layf.

Yu dɔktɔ dɛn go tɔk to yu bɔt if yu nid fɔ du ɛnitin fɔ protɛkt yu spayna, if yu kin ple spɔt we gɛt ay impak, ɔ if yu nid fɔ mek ɔda chenj dɛn na yu layf. Dɛn go tɔk bak bɔt aw dɛn nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn.

Udat na di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pipul dɛn we kin ɛp fɔ kia fɔ mi?

Difrɛn kayn wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pipul dɛn de we kin de fɔ kia fɔ yu. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Yu rɛgyula prɔvayda.
• Wan spɛshal pɔsin we de mɛn pikin dɛn ɔ intanɛnt mɛrɛsin.
• Wan dɔktɔ we de stɔdi bɔt nyurolɔji.
• Nyurosɔjɔn.
• Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn ɔtpidik.
• Wan dɔktɔ we de du ɔral ɛn maksilofashial ɔspitul.
• Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn di at.
• Gastroenterologist na dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan di dijestiv sistɛm.
• Wan spɛshal pɔsin we sabi bɔt kidni (Nephrologist).
• Wan spɛshal dɔktɔ na di yes, nos, ɛn trot (Otolaryngologist).
• Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de yɛri.
• Wan spɛshal pɔsin we de mɛn di pen.
• Fizik tɛrapist.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) na wan spεnal kכndyushכn we nכ kin apin we tu כ mכr vεrbra dεm na di nεk de fכs tכgeda.Dis kכndyushכn kin mek yu gεt bכku כda prכblεm dεm na di spayna, εn i kin afekt כda pat dεm na di bכdi bak.

Bɔt, nɔto ɔlman na di sem. Yu kin gɛt wan kayn KFS we nɔr kin pasmak, we nɔr kin gɛt ɛni big sayn. Ɔ, yu kin gɛt mɔr siriɔs wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm wae nid fɔ de mɛn yu fɔ lɔng tɛm. Nɔ wɔri, yu tim fɔ spɛshal pipul dɛn go de wit yu ɛvri step na di rod.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no di sik kwik kwik wan, gɛt di rayt tritmɛnt, ɛn fala wetin yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du. Dɔn, bɔku tɛm, yu kin liv nɔmal layf ɛn gladi at. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ dawt, nɔ shem fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ. Dɛn de de fɔ ɛp yu.

` Klippel-Feil sεndrכm, KFS, nεk pen, spεnal sik, vεrbral adheshon, kכnεnital dizכrd, nεk stiffness, spayna fכs