Yu pikin de snor we i de slip? I tan lɛk se i de swɛla? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Obstructive Sleep Apnea!

Yu smɔl pikin kin slip fayn na nɛt? Sɔntɛnde, prɔblɛm kin de we kin ambɔg pikin dɛn slip di we aw wi nɔ kin ivin tink bɔt. wan pan dεn kayn kכndyushכn dεm ya we bכku mama εn papa nכ no, bכt i kin afekt di hεlth divεlכpmεnt fכ dεn pikin dεm, dεn kכl am `(Obstructive Sleep Apnea)`. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na sik we pɔsin kin stɔp fɔ blo fɔ sɔm tɛm we i de slip. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis smɔl mɔ tide, bikɔs if yu no dis kwik, yu kin ɛp yu pikin.

Wetin na Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Obstructive Sleep Apnea)` na we pɔsin stɔp fɔ blo fɔ sɔm tɛm we i de slip. Di rizin fɔ dis na bikɔs sɔntin we de na di say we di briz de blo, dat na di trot, de mek di briz nɔ de flɔ. "Obstructive" min se dɛn dɔn blok am. "Apnea" min se di brith de stɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm. So we dεn tu tin ya kam togεda, dεn kכl dis kכndyushכn `(Obstructive Sleep Apnea)` כ `(OSA)`. We yu de blo stɔp lɛk dis we yu de slip, di ɔksijɛn we de na di bɔdi kin go dɔŋ ɛn di kabon dayɔgzayd kin go ɔp . Dis kin mek di pikin nɔ ebul fɔ slip fayn. if dεn nכ trit am fayn, dis `(OSA)` kכndyushכn nכ kin כnli afekt di pikin in lanin, bihayvya, εn fכshal divεlכpmεnt, bכt i kin mek i gεt at prכblεm. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek kia ɔf dis.

Wetin mek dis kin apin to yɔŋ pikin dɛn? Wetin na di rizin dɛn?

We wi de slip, ɔl di mɔsul dɛn na wi bɔdi kin rilaks. Semweso, di mɔsul dɛn we de biɛn wi trot, we de ɛp fɔ mek di say we wi de blo opin, dɛnsɛf kin rilaks. Insay pɔsin we gɛt Obstructive Sleep Apnea, dɛn mɔsul ya kin rilaks tumɔs ɛn dɛn kin blok di say we di briz de blo. Dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo. εspεshali pan pikin dεm, if di tכnsil dεm na di trot כ di adenoyd dεm we de bihayn di nos big , chans de fכ mek dεn tin ya blok di aywe we dεn de slip. di men rizin we mek yכŋ pikin dεm kin gεt OSA na biכs fכ dεn tכnsil dεm εn adenoid dεm ya we big. Apat frɔm dis, sɔm ɔda tin dɛn de we kin afɛkt di divɛlɔpmɛnt fɔ OSA na pikin:

• If pɔsin na di famili gɛt `(OSA)`: Sɔntɛnde dis kin bi frɔm in mama ɛn papa.
• Fat : If yu fat pasmak na di pikin dɛn we fat pasmak, dat kin mek di say we di briz de blo smɔl.
• Sɔm mεdikal kכndyushכn dεm: fכ egzampl, pikin dεm we gεt kכndyushכn lεk `` Down syndrome '' כ ``cerebral palsy'' kin gεt hכy risk.
• Sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn wit di mɔt, jaw, ɔ trot : I kin kam bak bikɔs ɔf sɔm difrɛns dɛn we dɛn bɔn wit di we aw di aywe de smɔl.
• Big big tɔŋ pozishɔn: Sɔm pikin dɛn gɛt tɔŋ we big pas aw dɛn kin du, we kin mek dɛn fɔdɔm bak we dɛn de slip ɛn blok di say we dɛn de blo.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ `(Obstructive Sleep Apnea)`? Aw dɛn kin no se i gɛt am?

We pɔsin stɔp fɔ blo, di ɔksijɛn we de na di bɔdi kin go dɔŋ ɛn di kabon dayɔgzayd kin go ɔp. we dis apin, wi bren kin sεnd signal we se, "O, wek εn brith." Bɔku tɛm, dis kin apin kwik kwik wan, ɛn wi kin slip bak ɛn wi nɔ kin ivin mɛmba se wi wek. Bɔt pɔsin we gɛt Obstructive Sleep Apnea kin kɔntinyu fɔ stɔp ɛn wek ɔl nɛt. Bikɔs ɔf dis, dɛn nɔ kin ɛva gɛt dip slip ɛn rɛst. Na sɔm sayn dɛm we yɔŋ pikin we gɛt OSA kin sho:

• Snor we yu de slip: Dis nɔto jɔs sawnd we yu de snor. Bɔku tɛm, di pɔsin go snor lawd wan, dɔn i go stɔp wantɛm wantɛm, mek "hhhh" sawnd ɔ na in nos sawnd lɛk se i nɔ izi fɔ blo, dɔn i bigin fɔ blo bak. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn go mek sawnd we dɛn de blo we dɛn de blo.
• I tan lɛk se yu de gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo we yu de slip.
• Fɔ gɛt slip we nɔ de rɛst: fɔ tos ɛn tɔn na bed, fɔ slip na strenj pozishɔn.
• Fɔ wet na bed: Dis impɔtant fɔ tink bɔt mɔ if pikin we nɔ bin de wet di bed na nɛt trade bigin fɔ wet bak.
• De slip ɔr prɔblɛm wit bihayvya/lanin: Fɔ fil taya na de ɛn gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ kɔnsɛntret bikɔs yu nɔr de slip fayn na nɛt.
• We yu de slip ɔ we yu de fred na nɛt.

Bikɔs dɛn nɔ kin slip fayn na nɛt, dɛn pikin ya kin gɛt dɛn tin ya:

• I rili at fɔ wek na mɔnin.
• A kin taya bad bad wan insay di de, ɛn sɔntɛnde a kin slip na skul.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ mek yu kɔnsɛntret ɔ fɔ bi pɔsin we de wok pasmak.

Bikɔs ɔf dis, Obstructive Sleep Apnea kin gɛt bɔku impak pan di pikin in skul pefɔmɛns. Sɔntɛnde, ticha ɔ ɔda pipul dɛn kin tink se di pikin gɛt disabled fɔ lan lɛk ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

Imajin, aw pikin we de tray tranga wan fɔ blo fayn ɔl nɛt, di nɛks mɔnin go fil fayn? Aw i mɛmba wetin i dɔn lan? Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis.

Aw yu kin no dis sik?

If yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, i go fayn fɔ mek yu tɔk to dɔktɔ:

• If yu kin snor bɔku tɛm we yu de slip.
• If yu slip nɔ de rɛst bad bad wan, if yu de tos ɛn tɔn.
• If yu kin slip ɔltɛm insay di de.
• If yu gɛt ɔda sayn dɛm fɔ slip apnea.

Yu famili dɔktɔ kin sɛn yu to pɔsin we sabi bɔt slip ɔ i kin tɛl yu fɔ stɔdi bɔt aw yu de slip. Slip stɔdi ``(polysomnogram)``Na tɛst we de ɛp dɔktɔ dɛn fɔ no if pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin de slip. I nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen ɛn i nɔ gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm. Bɔt di pikin go gɛt fɔ de na ɔspitul ɔ na say usay dɛn kin slip fɔ wan nɛt. Nɔ wɔri, dɛn mek am fɔ mek i izi fɔ di pikin fɔ du. We dɛn de du dis tɛst fɔ slip (polysomnogram), dɔktɔ dɛn kin chɛk dɛn tin ya:

• Di we aw di yay dɛn de muv
• At rit we yu de bit
• Breathing pattern (we yu stɔp fɔ blo ɛn fɔ aw lɔng) .
• Bren wev (lan bɔt di difrɛn stej dɛm we pɔsin kin slip) .
• Blɔd ɔksijɛn lɛvɛl
• Di kabon dayɔgzayd we de na di blɔd
• Snor ɛn ɔda nɔys dɛn we pɔsin kin mek we i de slip
• Di we aw yu bɔdi de muv ɛn aw yu de slip

Na we dɔktɔ dɛn gɛda ɔl dis data nɔmɔ dɛn go ebul fɔ no kɔrɛkt wan if pikin gɛt OSA ɛn aw i bad.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ dis?

If di sik nɔr bad, dat na, i nɔr kin so, sɔmtɛm dɔktɔ dɛn kin wach aw di pikin de slip fɔ sɔm tɛm bifo dɛn bigin fɔ trit am fɔ si if di sik dɛn kin bɛtɛ fɔ dɛnsɛf. Sɔm pikin dɛn kin kɔntrol mild OSA wit nos sprɛy ɔ ɔda mɛrɛsin. Bɔt if na di tonsil dɛn we dɔn big na in de mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo , yu dɔktɔ go sɛn yu to dɔktɔ fɔ yu yes, nos, ɛn trot (ENT dɔktɔ). Di ENT dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔpreshɔn lɛk:

• Tonsillectomy (we dɛn kin pul di tonsil dɛn ) .
• Fɔ pul di adenoyd dɛn we dɔn big (adenoidectomy) .
• Fɔ pul dɛn tu wan tɛm (adenotonsillectomy) .

Bɔku tɛm dis ɔpreshɔn na tritmɛnt we kin rili wok fayn fɔ Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn, yu pikin kin ebul fɔ blo fayn ɛn slip fayn. If na ɔda tin we kin mek yu gɛt OSA (fɔ ɛgzampul, yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu jaw), yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ yuz CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) . CPAP involv fɔ wɛr mask oba yu pikin in fes we i de slip. Dis mask kin kɔba jɔs di nos ɔ ɔl tu di nos ɛn mɔt. I kɔnɛkt to wan smɔl mashin we de kɔntinyu fɔ gi prɛshɔn fɔ di briz fɔ mek di say we di briz de kɔmɔt opin. I kin fil lɛk se i strenj smɔl fɔs, bɔt pikin dɛn kin yus to am kwik kwik wan. If na di pikin in wet de mek OSA, ., Yu fɔ rili wok wit dɔktɔ fɔ mek wan sef plan fɔ lɔs yu wet, lɛk fɔ it ɛn ɛksesaiz. Bɔt yu kin nid fɔ yuz CPAP mashin bak fɔ ɛp yu fɔ blo fayn we yu de slip.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

So, wi bin tɔk bɔku bɔt `(Obstructive Sleep Apnea)`. Dis nɔr kin apin lɛk aw yu kin tink, ɛn na sik wae dɛn kin trit fayn fayn wan if dɛn no am kwik.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu pikin de snor na nɛt, i tan lɛk se i nɔ izi fɔ blo, ɔ i de slip na de, ɛn nɔ jɔs dismis am as "jɔs di we aw pikin dɛn de."

Sɔntɛm i nɔ go siriɔs. Bɔt, if na ``(OSA)``, fɔ bigin tritmɛnt kwik go fayn fɔ di pikin in ɔl layf. Na ɔlman in wok fɔ ɛp yu pikin fɔ slip fayn ɛn rɛst. Nɔ wɔri, dɔktɔ dɛn de fɔ ɛp yu.

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Slip apnea, pikin dɛn slip, snor, tɔnsil, adenoyd, CPAP, polysomnogram