Yu kin gɛt bak yu nos we kin stɔp ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo? (Nasal Congestion) Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

Yu kin gɛt nos bak we kin stɔp ɔltɛm? Ɔ yu kin fil se i nɔ izi fɔ blo smɔl wit tin dɛn lɛk we yu nɔs de rɔn, we yu de sniz, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn? Sɔmtɛm dis kin go insay sɔm dez, bɔt fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn i kin las fɔ wan ɔ tu wik. So, dis stuffy nos, or wetin wi de kol `(Nasal Congestion)`, na im wi go tok abaut tide.

Wetin mek dis nos de stɔp? (Wetin na Nasal Kɔnjɛshɔn?)

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di nos we stɔf kin kam bikɔs di dilik tisu dɛn we de insay yu nos kin irita . Tink bɔt am dis we: yu nos tan lɛk domɔt we de go insay yu bɔdi. Di briz we de go insay dis domɔt kin kɛr dɔst, jem, ɛn tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt alɛrji.

We sɔntin lɛk dis go insay di nos, di tisu dɛn we de na di nos kin inflam ɛn bigin fɔ swel. na di sem tεm, mכkus kin bigin fכ fכm fכ εp fכ dכn dεn fכrin tin dεm ya. So, dis tisu we swel εn di mכkus we dεn kכlכs na dεn de mek di nos kכlכ de blok εn mek i at fכ wi fכ brith. Bɔrku tɛm, dis sik kin bɛtɛ insay sɔm dez, bɔt sɔmtɛm if i te fɔ pas wan wik, i kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt infekshɔn. If i kɔntinyu ɛn dɛn nɔ trit am, sɔntɛnde i kin mek i gɛt tin dɛn lɛk `(Sinusitis)` (Sinusitis), `(Nasal Polyps)`, ɔ ivin `(Middle Ear Infections)`.

Aw yu bɔdi kin fil we yu nos stɔp?

Nos we stɔf nɔto sɔntin we pɔsin fɔ tek am layt. We yu nos fil fɔ stɔp ɛn ebi, i kin bi bikɔs ɔf:

• I kin at fɔ blo tru di nos.
• Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl runny nose, ɛn na wetin wi kin kɔl runny nose.
• Bikɔs yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo tru yu nos, yu kin bigin fɔ blo tru yu mɔt. Wi de kol dis `(Mouth Breathing)`.
• We di pikin in nos stɔf, i kin at fɔ gi am in bɛlɛ ɔ fɔ gi am bɔtul. Dɛn gɛt fɔ blo tru dɛn nos, so i kin bi big prɔblɛm we dɛn nos stɔp.

Sɔntɛnde, we yu nɔs stɔf kin bi di fɔs sayn fɔ sho se yu bɔdi de fɛt wan vayral ɔ baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Na sכm tεm, tכmכro כ polip insay di nos kin mek bak di nos stכf.

Udat dis nos we stɔf kin afɛkt mɔ?

Dis na rili sɔntin we kin apin to ɛnibɔdi. Akɔdin to sɔv, lɛk 12% pan di pipul dɛn gɛt nasal kɔnjɛshɔn ɛni tɛm. Dis min se na wan sik we kin rili kɔmɔn.

Ɛni ɔda sayn de apat frɔm we yu nos kin rɔtin?

Yɛs, apat frɔm di nos we stɔf, sɔm ɔda sayn dɛn kin de. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Fɔ sniz
• Kɔf
• Ed de at

Wetin na di men tin wae kin mek yu nos kin rɔtin?

Fɔ tru, bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek yu nos kin stɔp. Di rizin na dat wi nos na frɔntlayn sɛntinɛl we de protɛkt wi frɔm ɔda tin dɛn we de kam insay wi bɔdi.Tin dεm lεk dכst, sכm sכm pat dεm, εn alergen dεm na di briz we wi de blo de go insay di nos. di fayn fayn ia dεm εn di cilia dεm (sכm sכm tin dεm we lεk ia) insay di nos de kech dεn fכrin tin dεm ya εn dayrεkt dεm to di nos. We wi sniz ɔ blo wi nos, dɛn bad tin ya kin kɔmɔt na di sistɛm.

Bɔt sɔmtɛm dɛn nos ia ɛn cilia ya nɔ kin ebul fɔ kech ɔltin. we dat apin, di tisu dεm we de insay di nos kin swel εn mek mכr mכkus. Dɛn tu tin ya kin kam togɛda fɔ mek yu nos stɔp.

Wetin na di rizin dɛn we yu kin si bɔku tɛm?

Bɔku tɛm, we yu nɔs stɔf kin gɛt fɔ du wit wan sik we dɛn kɔl `(Rhinitis).` Tu kayn `(Rhinitis):

1. Alɛji Raynayt (dɛn kin kɔl am bak Hay Fiva) .

2. Raynayt we nɔ gɛt alɛji

1. Alɛji Raynayt

Dis na prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. `(Allergic Rhinitis)` na di we aw wi bɔdi de riak to sɔm alɛrjen dɛn we de na di ays. Di men tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt alɛrji na:

• Pɔlin: Pɔlin we tik ɛn plant dɛn kin mek insay di spring, sɔm, ɛn fɔl sizin kin go insay di nos ɛn mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji. Dis kin rili bad we di mɔnin dyu kin kam na sɔm say dɛn na wi kɔntri.
• Dɔst mit: Ilɛk aw yu os klin, dɛn dɔst mit ya kin liv na kap, fɔnicha, ɛn bed.
• Mold: Di spot dɛm we mold kin pul kin mek yu gɛt alɛji. Dɛn kin si dɛn na say dɛn we gɛt bɔku bɔku wata.
• Pɛt dander: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt alɛji to di dander ɛn dɔst we de kɔmɔt frɔm animal lɛk dɔg ɛn pusi.

2. Raynayt we nɔ gɛt alɛji

Dis na we di nos tisu dɛn de swel, gɛda wata, ɛn blok bikɔs ɔf sɔm ɔda rizin, nɔto alɛji. Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf:

• Di tin dɛn we de apin na di envayrɔmɛnt: Stret, we pɔsin de smok (sigrɛt smok, ɔda kayn smok), smok we de kɔmɔt frɔm tin dɛn lɛk pent, ɛn it dɛn we gɛt spays, ɔl kin mek yu nos rɔtin.
• Di mɛrɛsin dɛn: Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin gi yu ay blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn tin dɛn we kin mek yu nɔ fil pen kin mek yu nos rɔtin bak.
• di chenj dεm na di כmon dεm: di nos kin kכnεkt bak di tεm dεm we di כmon dεm de chenj, lεk we i de bכn εn we i bεlε.
• Infεkshכn: Sayn infεkshכn (Sinusitis) כ tin dεm lεk di kכmכn kol kin mek yu nos stכf.
• di adenoyd dεm we big: di adenoyd dεm na gland dεm we de bihayn di nos. Dɛn kin ɛp fɔ trap di jem dɛn. sכmtεm, we dεn adenoid dεm ya kin swεla, dεn kin mek di nos blok, spεshal wan pan yכŋ pikin dεm.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis sik?

Dɔktɔ go no dis sik bay we i de lisin to yu sayn dɛn ɛn chɛk yu nos, yes, ɛn trot. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin du ɔda tɛst dɛn bak fɔ chɛk fɔ ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn du am.

• di trot kכlt: Dis de tεst fכ spεshal kayn baktri dεm na di trot. Dɛn kin du dis bay we dɛn tek wan swab frɔm di bak pat na di trot wit wan lɔng kɔtɔn swab.
• CT skan: Dɛn kin du CT skan fɔ si if ɛnitin de we dɔn blok insay di nos.
• Nasal Endoscopy: Dɛn kin put spɛshal kamɛra (endoscope) insay di nos fɔ luk insay.

Aw yu kin trit yu nos we stɔf?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit pɔsin in nos we stɔf bay di tin we kin mek i stɔp. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt nos we stɔf bikɔs yu gɛt alɛji to pusi, na wan kayn alɛji raynayt. If na so i bi, yu fɔ de fa frɔm pusi ɛn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn.

If yu nos kɔnjɛshɔn na bikɔs ɔf nɔ-alɛji raynaytis, yu kin no di kɔz ɛn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol yu simptom dɛm. Na sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn we yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du:

Tritmɛnt fɔ Nɔn-Alɛji Raynayt:

• Salin sprɛy ɔ rins: Salin sprɛy ɔ nos irigashɔn divays de wet insay di nos ɛn ɛp fɔ klin di mכkus.
• Antihistamines: Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya de ridyus di bɔdi in imyun sistɛm fɔ ansa to alɛrjens.
• Kɔtikosterɔyd nos sprɛy: Dɛn wan ya de ridyus di swɛlin na di nos tisu dɛm.
• Ipratropium bromide spray: Dis spray kin ridyus di mכkus prodakshכn.

Tritmɛnt fɔ Alɛji Raynayt:

Pipul dɛn we gɛt alɛji raynaytis kin yuz antihistamin ɔ kɔtikosterɔyd bak fɔ ɛp fɔ ridyus di swɛlin na di nos tisu dɛn. Pantap dat:

• Decongestant nasal spray: Dɛn tin ya kin mek di nos nɔ klin kwik kwik wan. Bɔt dɛn nɔ fɔ yuz dɛn sprɛy ya fɔ pas tri dez. If yu yuz dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm pas dat, dat kin mek di nos we de rɔn wɔs.
• Anticholinergic nasal spray: Dɛn tin ya kin ridyus di nos mכkus.

Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp yu nos fɔ mek i stɔp?

Bikɔs bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek yu nos rɔtin, i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt am kpatakpata. Bɔt yu kin ridyus di frɛkuɛns fɔ dis prɔblɛm.

• If yu fil lɛk se yu nos kin blok sɔm tɛm dɛn na di ia (e.g., insay di spring ɔ fɔl), tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt sizin alɛji . Dɛn kin ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand wetin kin mek yu gɛt alɛji, aw fɔ avɔyd am, ɛn aw fɔ trit yu sik dɛn.
• Protɛkt yusɛf frɔm vayral infɛkshɔn lɛk kol ɛn flu. Wash yu an ɔltɛm ɛn nɔ de nia pipul dɛn we sik.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt if yu nos stɔp?

Yu kin ɛkspɛkt fɔ gɛt nasal kɔnjɛshɔn wan wan tɛm ɔlsay na yu layf. Pan ɔl we dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ mɛn di sik kpatakpata, dɛn kin trit di sik dɛn ɛn tɛl dɛn aw fɔ kia fɔ dɛnsɛf fɔ ɛp fɔ ridyus dɛn.

Aw fɔ mɛn pɔsin we nɔs we dɔn stɔp kwik kwik wan?

Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin tray fɔ du na os:

• Drink bɔku wata ɛn wata. Fluid dεm de tin aut mכkus εn rεdכks di nos kכnjεshכn.
• Yuz saline nasal spray ɔ rins yu nos. Dis go ɛp fɔ klin di mucus.
• Adhesive strips de we yu kin stik oba yu nos. Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ pul yu nos.
• Yuz humidifier fɔ mek di mɔs we de na di briz go ɔp na os ɛn na wokples.
• Aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu nɔ kin bay. If yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi de tek ɔda mɛrɛsin, mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn. I kin tɛl yu fɔ tek mɛrɛsin we nɔ gɛt ɛni bad bad tin fɔ du.
• If smɔl pikin in nos stɔf ɛn i nɔ izi fɔ gi in mama in bɛlɛ, yuz nasal bɔl sirinj fɔ pul di mכkus.

Impɔtant: Dɛn nɔ kin fayn fɔ yuz sɔm tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ pul di nos fɔ lɔng tɛm. So, yuz dɛn jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Di kɔnjɛshɔn na di nos kin dɔn insay sɔm dez. If i nɔ du dat, yu kin gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn. If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ:

• If yu nos kɔnjɛshɔn las pas 10 dez .
• If di mכkus we de kכmכt na yu nos grεn, yכlכ, כ miks wit blכd .
• If yu gɛt fiva .
• If pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn gɛt in nos we dɔn stɔp ɛn i nɔ ebul fɔ drink milk/bɔtul.

Nos we stɔf na prɔblɛm we kin rili apin. Bɔku rizin dɛn de fɔ dat. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt nos we kin stɔp bikɔs ɔf sizin alɛji. Nos we stɔf kin apin bak we yu de na say dɛn we smok ɔ pent de smok, we yu strɛs, we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, ɔ we yu rich di tɛm we yu de bɔn. Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin fayn fɔ sɔm dez, bɔku tɛm i kin bɛtɛ fɔ insɛf. Bɔt if yu nos stɔp fɔ pas 10 dez, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ. I go ebul fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt infekshɔn ɛn gi yu tritmɛnt so dat yu go wɛl kwik ɛn yu go ebul fɔ blo izi wan.

## Impɔtant Tin dɛn fɔ Mɛmba (Tek-Home Message)

Okay, so wi don tok plenti boht nasal congestion. Fɔ dɔn, na sɔm tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Nos we dɔn stɔpI nɔ kin siriɔs , bɔt if i kɔntinyu fɔ de, ɔ if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva ɛn pale sputum, go to dɔktɔ.
• If yu gɛt alɛji , tray fɔ de fa frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt am.
• Simpul mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin yuz na os (salin, wata fɔ drink, fɔ stim) kin mek yu fil fayn.
• Tek tɛm mɔ if yu pikin gɛt in nos we stɔf , bikɔs i kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ mek dɛn gi am in bɛlɛ.
• Nɔ kɔntinyu fɔ yuz sɔm sprɛy dɛn we yu bay na di famasi we yu nɔ go to dɔktɔ.

If yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu nos we stɔf, nɔ wɔri. If yu gi yu di rayt advays ɛn tritmɛnt, yu go ebul fɔ kɔntrol dis sik fayn fayn wan.

` nos kɔnjɛshɔn, nos we stɔf, raynaytis, alɛji, sayn, kol, flu, nos kɔnjɛshɔn, kol, alɛji, sayn