Imajin, sɔmbɔdi we yu sabi, sɔntɛm na yu famili mɛmba, kin lɔs kɔnshɛns wantɛm wantɛm, ɛn dɛn bɔdi, mɔ dɛn bak ɛn nɛk, kin arch bak ɛn biɛn lɛk bɔw. If yu bin de ledɔm na yu bak na bed, dɛn bak go arch ɔp ɛn mek brij. Ɛnibɔdi we si dis go rili fred, nɔto so? Na tin we rili de mek pɔsin fred. Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis ‘opisthotonos’. Dis nɔto jɔs we yu mɔsul dɛn de twitch, bɔt i kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm we dip ɛn siriɔs.
Wetin rili na ‘Opisthotonos’?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, opisthotonos na wan we we nɔ want, we rili strɔng we di mɔsul dɛn na di nɛk ɛn bak kin kɔntrakt. Dis nɔto sɔntin we di pɔsin go ebul fɔ kɔntrol . I tan lɛk akshɔn we de riflɛs. Na dis tɛm, di pɔsin we sik nɔ kin no natin ɔ i kin de na kɔma.
We di bɔdi bɛn bak lɛk dis, i kin gi big shɔk to di wan dɛn we de si am.
- If yu de ledɔm na yu bak: Lift yu chɛst ɛn bɛlɛ ɔp kɔmɔt na grɔn ɔ na bed.
- If yu de ledɔm na yu sayd: Yu bɔdi go bɛn ɛn tan lɛk kres mun.
Di impɔtant tin na dat, dis nɔto nɔmal tin. Opisthotonos na strɔng sayn fɔ sho se sɔntin we rili siriɔs dɔn apin to di bren ɔ di nervɔs sistɛm.
Wetin mek dis de apin? Wetin na di men rizin dɛn?
Nɔto wan rizin de fɔ dis denja, bɔt bɔku rizin dɛn kin de. Ɔl dɛn rizin ya kin afɛkt di we aw di bren de wok dairekt wan. Lɛ wi si wetin na di men kategori dɛm fɔ di kɔz dɛm.
| Kategori fɔ di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik | Ɛgzampul dɛn |
|---|---|
| Infεkshכn dεm | Sivεr infεkshכn dεm wae de afekt di bren. Ɛgzampul dɛn: Tɛtanɔs, Mɛningaytis, Ɛnsɛfalaytis, Rabis. |
| Pɔyzin, Pɔyzin, ɛn Drug dɛn | Sɔm anestetik (e.g. Propofol - rili rare), pɔyzin lɛk strychnine, sɔm ol drɔgs we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mental sik, drɔgs lɛk PCP, ɛn di sting we sɔm spayda ɔ skɔpiɔn dɛn we gɛt pɔyzin kin sting. |
| Bren Damej ɔ Sik dɛn | Kכndishכn dεm lεk intrakranial εmoraji, sεribral haypoksia, ed bad bad injury, sεiz, bren lεshכn, haydrosefalus, εn Pakinsin sik. |
| Divεlכpmεnt כ Mεtabolik Kכndishכn dεm | Dis kכndyushכn kin kכz bak fכ sכm jεnεtik εn mεtabolik sik dεm. εgzampl dεm: Sεribra Palsi, Kεrnicterus (bren dεm we dεn dכn pwεl we dεn bכn bad bad wan). |
Wetin yu go du if yu si dis?
If yu si pɔsin we gɛt opisthotonos, dɛn fɔ tek am se na mɛdikal imejensi . Nɔ ɛva tray fɔ trit di sik na os. Di wangren tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ kɛr di pɔsin go na ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) kwik kwik wan. Taym na di men tin na ya.
Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?
I impɔtant fɔ ɔndastand dis. Dɔktɔ nɔ de trit di twist we di bɔdi de twist we dɛn kɔl opisthotonos. Dɛn kin trit di ɔndalayn kɔz fɔ di sik.
Fɔ ɛgzampul, if di tin we kin mek i sik na tetanɔs, di tritmɛnt na fɔ di tetanɔs. If di tin we mek am na blɔd we de kɔmɔt na in bren, di tritmɛnt na fɔ dat. So, di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin gi kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.
Bikɔs di wan dɛn we gɛt dis sik nɔ kin no natin, dɛn kin lɛf di famili fɔ disayd fɔ du di mɛrɛsin. If dis kayn tin apin, na yu dɔktɔ nɔmɔ go ebul fɔ ɛksplen to yu di bɛst we fɔ trit di pɔsin we yu lɛk. Aks am ɔltin klia wan.
Wetin wi go du fɔ mek dis nɔ apin?
Bɔrku pan di tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt opisthotonos nɔr kin no ɛn wi nɔr kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol. Bɔt, sɔm tin dɛn de we wi kin tray fɔ avɔyd.
- Gɛt di vaysin fayn fayn wan: Tɛtanɔs ɛn RabisDɛn sik ya na sik dɛn we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ avɔyd bay we dɛn gi am di vaysin. If yu nɔ shɔ bɔt yu vaysin ditil, mɔ if animal dɔn bit yu ɔ yu gɛt dip wund, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm fɔ advays.
- Protɛkt yu ed: Wear ɛlmɛt we yu de rayd baysikul ɔ motoka. Wear sit bɛlt we yu de rayd motoka. Dɛn sef tin ya kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di injury na di ed ɛn di damej we kin kam wit di bren.
- Stay away frɔm drɔgs: Nɔ yuz ɛni mɛrɛsin ɔ drɔg (especially PCP) we yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ in prɛskrishɔn. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔdinari mɔsul spasm we yu de tek mɛrɛsin we dɔktɔ gi yu, tɛl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
- Tek tɛm wit animal dɛn we gɛt pɔyzin: Wear tin dɛn fɔ protɛkt yusɛf lɛk glɔv we yu de wok na gadin, we yu de gɛda faya wud, ɔ we yu de klin say dɛn usay spayda ɛn skɔpiɔn kin de. If animal we gɛt pɔyzin bit yu ɛn yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn we nɔ kɔmɔn, go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm. If yu tink se yu dɔn it pɔyzin, yu kin kɔl di Nashɔnal Pɔyzin Infɔmeshɔn Sɛnta na di Kɔlɔmbɔ Nashɔnal Ospital wantɛm wantɛm fɔ gɛt advays.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Opisthotonos na wan we we di mɔsul dɛn kin kɔntrakt we i nɔ want we kin mek di bɔdi bɛn bak lɛk bɔw. Dis na tin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.
- Dis nɔto nɔmal tin ɛn i kin bi sayn fɔ wan rili siriɔs kɔndishɔn we de afɛkt di bren ɔ di nervɔs sistɛm.
- If yu si dis sayn pan pɔsin, tek am se na mɛdikal imejensi ɛn kɛr di pɔsin go na ɔspitul in Imejɛnsi Tritmɛnt Yunit (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm.
- Di tritmɛnt nɔto fɔ di bɔdi we bɛn, bɔt na fɔ di sik we de ɔnda di sik we mek i kam . So, di tritmɛnt kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.
- Fɔ gi di pɔsin di sikman tritmɛnt kwik ɛn kɔrɛkt wan kin go fa fɔ sev in layf ɛn fɔ mek di bren nɔ pwɛl bɛtɛ.
👩🏽 ⚕️ Ɔda kwɛstyɔn dɛn (FAQ dɛn)
💬 Wetin na arm pen? Yu tink se dis na prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt?
I nɔmal fɔ fil di mɔsul dɛn we de at na yu an afta yu dɔn es sɔntin we ebi. Bɔt ‘Arm Pain’ insay mɛdikal sayɛns de tɔk bɔt wan pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia we yu de bɔn/numb ɔ dull/shap shot pen we kin apin na yu an (frɔm di nɛk to di sholda, ɛlbo ɛn finga) fɔ sɔm rizin. Dis kin bi sayn fɔ injuri to di mɔsul dɛm na yu an, ɛn bak fɔ wɔn sayn fɔ ‘layf-threatening emergency’ insay di bɔdi (at/bren)!
💬 Wetin na di men rizin we mek wan an we dɛn tren fayn fayn wan kin at lɛk dis (Arm Pain) wantɛm wantɛm?
di men tin dεm we de mek di an pen na: 1) Sεvikal Radikulopati - Insay dis, di an de fil sכmtεm lεk se i de sεnd ilektrikal kכrant dכn frכm di nεk dכn di an. 2) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - di nεv dεm we de nia di wrist de kכmprεs εn di finga dεm de sכm. 3) Wan mɔsul/katilaj we de te. Bɔt di rizin we denja pas ɔl na dat we di at nɔ gɛt inof blɔd/gɛt at atak (Angina / Myocardial Infarction), di pen kin skata dɔŋ di ‘lɛft an’!
💬 We yu wund yu an, wetin na di ‘fatal/emergency situations’ we yu fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm we yu nɔ put balm/masej na os?
Fɔ nɔmal injuri, yu kin put ays/ɔt wata ɛn rɛst. Bɔt di big denja! 1) If di pen na di an (especially di lef an) kam wit ‘chɛst pen & shɔt briz’, i go mɔs bi se na at atak! 2) If di an wan wan ‘completely numb/heavy’ ɛn di fes fɔdɔm na wan say we nɔ gɛt ɛni pen (Sudden unilateral weakness), na blɔd vesel na di bren we dɔn bɔs/blɔk ɛn de mek yu gɛt strok, yu nid fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm!
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