Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection fɔ Bak Pen: Ɔltin bɔt dis insay Simpul Tɛm

Sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt bad bad pen ɛn yu nɔ kin fil fayn we kin kɔmɔt na yu bak fɔ go dɔŋ yu leg? Yu dɔktɔ go dɔn tɛl yu se yu "nid fɔ gɛt stɛroyd injɛkshɔn na yu bak." Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl frayd ɛn fred we yu yɛri dis. So, tide wi go tɔk bɔt wetin na lumbar epidural steroid injection, wetin i de du, ɛn if yu fɔ fred, ɔl dis na simpul wɔd, insay langwej we yu kin ɔndastand.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection?

Dis min se yu fɔ injɛkt wan mɛrɛsin lɛk stɛroyd ɔ kɔtikosterɔyd na di epidural spɛs we de rawnd yu spɛnal nɛv dɛn, we de na di ɔda pat na yu bak.

di men tin fכ dis na fכ kכntrכl di pen we de kכmכt we de kכmכt כ inflameshn fכ di nεv rכt dεm na di spayna. Dɛn kɔl dis pen we dɛn kin kɔl lumbar radiculopathy . Yu go dɔn yɛri se dɛn kɔl am sciatica . Dis pen kin kɔmɔt na di bak to di bɔdi, dɔŋ di leg, to di anklɛ, ɛn ivin to di fut.

Aw dis vaysin de wok insay wi bɔdi?

Fɔ ɔndastand dis, lɛ wi lan smɔl fɔs bɔt wi spayna.

Tink bɔt yu spayna lɛk wan bɔnch smɔl bon dɛn we dɛn dɔn gɛda pan dɛnsɛf. Wi kin kɔl dɛn vertebra ya . Fayv pan dεn vεrbra dεm de na di bכtכm pat pan yu spayna. Bitwin dɛn tu bon ya, wan eria de we gɛt kusɛn, we tan lɛk jɛlɛ. Wi kin kɔl dɛn intavɛrbral disk ya . Na dɛn disk ya de mek wi ebul fɔ bɛn, ɛkstɛnd, ɛn twis wi spayna.

di spεnal kכd we de wok lεk di "mεn kεbul" na wi bכdi de rכn tru dis spayna. Na tru dis di nεv dεm de spre כlsay na di bכdi. so, di prכtektiv spεs we de rawnd di spεnal kכd na wetin wi kכl di epidural spεs .

Naw imajin, if wan pan dɛn disk dɛn de we wi bin de tɔk bɔt bulj smɔl, ɔ if ples nɔ de na di spayna fɔ sɔm ɔda rizin, wan nerv we de go tru de kin pinch. Lɛk pɔsin we de step pan wata paip. Dɔn da nɛv de kin swel ɛn mek pɔsin fil pen. Na di pen we de go dɔŋ di leg.

dis injεkshכn involv fכ injεkt wan stεroyd insay di epidural spεs, rayt nia di nεv we swεla εn kכmprεs. Dis mɛrɛsin de ridyus di inflamɛns dairekt wan . We di swel go dכn, di prεshכn pan di nerv de go dכn bak. Dɔn di pen we yu de fil kin ridyus bad bad wan.

Us kɔndishɔn dɛn de yuz dis vaysin fɔ?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin se dis vaysin na tritmɛnt fɔ difrɛn tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt bak pen. Lɛ wi ɔndastand dɛn kɔndishɔn ya jɔs frɔm di tebul we de dɔŋ ya.

Aw a fɔ pripia bifo a gɛt di vaysin?

I rili impɔtant fɔ tɔk bɔt sɔm tin dɛn klia wan wit yu dɔktɔ bifo yu gɛt dis vaysin.

• If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu plan fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ, mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ, bikɔs dis we aw dɛn kin du dis kin yuz wan kayn ɛkstrem rayt (fluoroscopy).
• Tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔl di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek (blɔd tan, dayabitis mɛrɛsin, blɔd prɛshɔn mɛrɛsin, vaytamɛn, Ayurveda mɛrɛsin). I kin aks yu fɔ stɔp fɔ tek sɔm mɛrɛsin fɔ sɔm dez.
• Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ fast fɔ sɔm awa bifo dɛn gi yu di injɛkshɔn.
• Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ mek dɛn du MRI ɔ CT skan na yu bak. Dis go ɛp yu fɔ fɛn di rayt say usay yu nid fɔ injɛkt di mɛrɛsin.
• If dɛn gi yu drɔg fɔ mek yu nɔ no natin, dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ kam wit pɔsin fɔ kɛr yu go na os.

Sɔm gud kwɛstyɔn dɛn fɔ aks di dɔktɔ

• Aw lɔng dis tritmɛnt kin las?
• If dis nɔ ɛp mi, wetin na di nɛks tin dɛn we a go du?
• Wetin na di bad tin dɛn we kin apin we dis kin apin?
• Wetin a go fil we a gɛt di vaysin?

Wetin kin rili apin di tɛm we dɛn de gi di vaysin?

Dɛn kin du dis tin na ɔspitul ɔ klinik. I kin tek bitwin 15 ɛn 30 minit. I rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu nɔ muf atɔl insay dis tɛm.

Dis na di step dɛm we kin apin:

1. Dɛn go chenj yu to spɛshal gɔn ɛn ledɔm na yu bɛlɛ pan tebul. Pilo go de ɔnda yu bɛlɛ. Dɛn kin gi yu smɔl mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu fil pen fɔ ɛp yu fɔ rilaks.

2. Dɛn kin klin di say we dɛn put di injɛkshɔn fayn fayn wan ɛn disinfɛkt am.

3. Neks, di dɔktɔ kin yuz wan mashin we tan lɛk ɛkstrem rayt we dɛn kɔl fluoroscopy fɔ si na di skrin di rayt ples fɔ put di nidul.

4. Dɔn, dɛn kin yuz smɔl nidul fɔ mek di say nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk . So yu nɔ go fil bɔku pen we dɛn put di big nidul insay.

5. Naw we di men nidul de na di rayt ples, dat na, na di epidural spεs, dεn de injεkt sכm day (kכntrast mεtirial) . Dɔn di ɛkstrem rayt sho se di nidul nɔ de na blɔd vesel ɔ ɛni ɔda say, bɔt i de jɔs usay di mɛrɛsin fɔ go.

6. Fɔ dɔn, di dɔktɔ tek tɛm injekt di stɛroyd mɛrɛsin.

7. We di wok dɔn, dɛn kin pul di nidul, dɛn kin pres di say smɔl, klin am, ɛn put plasta.

8. Afta dat, dɛn go alaw yu fɔ rɛst fɔ sɔm tɛm (frɔm sɔm minit to lɛk wan awa) ɛn sɛn yu na os afta yu dɔn chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt ɛni alɛji to di mɛrɛsin.

Yu tink se dis kin mek pɔsin fil bad? Ɛni bad bad tin dɛn de we kin apin to am?

Wan kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt na if dis go mek pɔsin fil bad. We dɛn injɛkt di mɛrɛsin we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil fayn, i kin tan lɛk se smɔl nidul de chuk am. We dɛn put di men nidul, yu kin fil lɛk se yu de prɛs yu , yu de swɛt, ɔ yu de bɔn pas fɔ fil pen. Ilɛk aw dis fil, na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Bɔt if yu gɛt siriɔs pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia, yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Jɔs lɛk ɛni ɔda tritmɛnt, smɔl smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn kin de.

• Di pen kin go ɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm: De pen kin fil fɔ wɔs smɔl fɔ di fɔs tu ɔr tri dez bifo di mɛrɛsin bigin fɔ wok.
• Brus ɔ sɔri na di say we dɛn injekt am: I kin gɛt smɔl brus ɔ sɔri na di say we dɛn injekt fɔ sɔm dez.
• Fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt dayabitis: Stɛroyd kin mek di blɔd shuga go ɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm. So, pipul dɛm wae gɛt shuga fɔ tek tɛm wit dis.
• Fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt glaukoma: Di prɛshɔn na dɛn yay kin go ɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Ɛni siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn de we wi fɔ fred?

Dis na tin wae kin apun , wae min se dɛn nɔr kin apun bɔrku tɛm. Bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ mek dɔktɔ we sabi du am ɛn we gɛt ɛkspiriɛns du dis tritmɛnt fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dɛn prɔblɛm ya.

• Infεkshכn: Wan jεm kin go insay di say we dεn put di nidul.
• Blɔd: If di nidul hit wan blɔd vesel ɛn pwɛl am, blɔd kin gɛda na di epidural spɛs.
• Nεv dεm we dεn dכn pwεl: Na sכmtεm, di nidul kin hit εn damej wan nerv.
• ed we de at bad bad wan: If di nidul hit di tin we de rawnd di spεnal kכd, sכm sεribrospεnal wata kin lik kכmכt, we kin mek yu ed pen bad bad wan we kin rili at we yu tinap.

Na bikɔs ɔf di risk dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya we dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ kin tɛl dɛn fɔ tek pas tu ɔ tri vaysin insay wan ia .

Us sayn dɛn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm?

If yu si ɛni wan pan di sayn dɛm we de dɔŋ ya afta yu dɔn gɛt di vaysin ɛn go na os, kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ go na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) na di ɔspitul we de nia yu.

• Na bad bad ed pen we kin kam pan yu we yu tinap ɔ sidɔm ɛn we kin mek yu fil fayn we yu ledɔm.
• Fiva .
• I nɔ ebul ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ kɔntrol di urine ɔ stɔl .
• Fɔ fil se yu leg dɛn nɔ de fil fayn ɔ yu wik .