Yu pikin gɛt mak we dɛn bɔn am? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am!

As mama, na nɔmal tin fɔ wɔri smɔl we yu si smɔl ples ɔ di kɔlɔ na yu smɔl pikin in skin, nɔto so? Bɔku tɛm, na dɛn tin ya wi kin kɔl ‘bɔn mak’. Pan ɔl we sɔm pan dɛn kin jɔs dɔn, tɛm kin de we yu nid fɔ bisin bɔt dɛn smɔl. So, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dɛn bɔn mak ya tide insay wan simpul we we yu go ɔndastand, okay?

Wetin na di mak dɛn we pɔsin kin bɔn?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, bɔn mak na wan spat ɔ blemish we de fɔm na di skin, ilɛksɛf di pikin stil de na di bɛlɛ ɔ afta dɛn bɔn am. Dɛn gɛt ɔl kayn shep, kɔlɔ, ɛn saiz. Sɔm de na di sem lɛvul wit di skin, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn de ɔp. Sɔm gɛt ed dɛn we smɔl, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn gɛt ed dɛn we nɔ de ɔltɛm. Na di sem tin kin apin to kɔlɔ; dɛn kin kɔmɔt frɔm brawn, layt brawn, blak, ɛn layt blu to pink, rɛd, ɛn pepul. Di impɔtant tin na dat bɔku pan di mak dɛn we dɛn kin bɔn pikin nɔ kin du bad. Bɔku pan dɛn go go ɔ shrink as tɛm de go. Bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm, sɔm mak dɛn we dɛn kin bɔn kin gɛt fɔ du wit ɔda wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn bɔn mak ya.

Wetin mek dɛn bɔn mak ya kin apin?

Naw yu kin de tink se, "Wetin mek dis apin to mi pikin? A bin du sɔntin we nɔ rayt we a bin gɛt bɛlɛ?" Nɔ mek dat ful yu. Di tru tin na dat, dɔktɔ dɛn stil nɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek bɔku pan di mak dɛn we dɛn kin bɔn pikin. Dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp dɛn. Dɛn nɔ kin kam bikɔs ɔf ɛnitin we yu du ɔ nɔ du we yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Dɛn nɔ kin kam bikɔs ɔf smɔl injuri ɔ trauma na di skin we yu gɛt pikin. Sɔm kayn bɔn mak kin rɔn na famili, bɔt dɛn nɔ dɔn fɛn ɛni patikyula jɛnɛtik kɔz yet. So, nɔ wɔri bɔt am, nɔto yu fɔlt.

Wetin na di men kayn mak dɛm fɔ bɔn pikin?

Dɛn kin sheb di mak dɛn we dɛn kin bɔn to tu men kayn. Dɛn difrɛn pan aw dɛn kin fɔm, ɛn dat mek dɛn kin difrɛn pan wetin kin mek dɛn.

• Vascular Birthmarks : Dɛn kin kam bikɔs di smɔl smɔl blɔd vesel dɛn na wi bɔdi nɔ de fɔm fayn fayn wan. Ɔ tu bɔku blɔd vesel dɛn kin gɛda togɛda na wan ples, ɔ dɛn kin wayd ɛn big pas aw i kin bi.
• Pigmented Birthmarks: dis kin bi we di sεl dεm we de gi kכla to wi skin (pigment sεl dεm) de gro tu mכch na wan ples, dat na fכ kכlכp tכgeda.

Naw lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɛni wan pan dɛn kayn dɛn ya smɔl mɔ.

Lɛ wi tɔk fɔs bɔt di vaskyuɛl bɔn mak dɛm.

di kayn mak dεm we de kכmכn fכ bכn na di makul stεn, hεmangiomas, εn pɔt-wayn stεn. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk wetin na ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya.

Makula stɛyn ɔ ‘salmɔn pat’.

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl dɛn tin ya bak ‘salmon patches’, ‘enjɛl kis’ ɔ ‘stork bites’. dis na di kayn bכn mak dεm we kin kכmכn wit di bכdi vεsεl dεm. Dɛn kin gɛt layt rɛd, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin gɛt pink. Dɛn kin de na di fɔrɛst, ɔp di aylid, biɛn di nɛk (dɛn kin kɔl am bak di krawd fut), ɔp di nos, na di ɔp lip ɔ na di bak pat pan di ed. Yu fɔ mɛmba se dɛn spat ya kin dak we di pikin kray ɔ tray smɔl. Nɔ mek yu fred fɔ dis. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn spat ya go dɔn bay di tɛm we di pikin ol wan ɔ tu ia. Sɔm spat dɛn na di bak pat na di nɛk kin las fɔ lɔng tɛm smɔl, sɔntɛm te i big. Bɔt dɛn nɔto prɔblɛm.

Ɛmanjiɔm ɔ ‘strawberry mak’.

εmanjioma na wan kayn bכn mak we sכm pipul dεn kכl ‘strawberry marks’ biכs i de luk lεk strawberry we i de pan di sכfa pan di skin. dεn kכl dεm ``superficial hemangioma'' we dεn de na di sεf fכ di skin, ``dip hemangioma'' we dεn de dip כnda di skin, εn sכmtεm ``kכmpawnd εmangioma'' we dεn de insay di tu layεr dεm. Ɛmanjiɔma na smɔl smɔl skin we rayz ɛn we kin bi dak rɛd. Tink bɔt am lɛk smɔl strawberry. Bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin apia te sɔm dez ɔ wik afta dɛn bɔn am, dɔn dɛn kin apia. Dip hemangiomas, we de dip ɔnda di skin, kin tan lɛk blu bikɔs i kin kɔnɛkt to di blɔd vesel dɛn we de na di dip layers na di skin. wan imכtant tin bכt εmangiomas na dat i de gro kwik kwik wan insay di fכs 6 mכnt dεm na di pikin in layf. Mama dɛn kin fred we dɛn si am. Bɔt, afta dat, dɛn kin smɔl, dɛn kin smɔl, ɛn dɔn kpatakpata bitwin di ej we dɛn ol 5 ɛn 10. Bɔt sɔm big big ɛmanjiɔm, we dɛn shrink, kin lɛf wan kayn we we nɔ kɔmɔn na di skin, dat na smɔl skata. If nid de, dɛn kin kɔrɛkt dis leta wit smɔl ɔpreshɔn. Ɔda wan dɛn kin lɛf wan rɛd kɔlɔ na di skin, we dɛn kin ɛp wit spɛshal lɛsa tritmɛnt. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin apin ɛnisay na di bɔdi, dɛn kin si dɛn mɔ na di ed ɔ di nɛk. Bɔt if dɛn de nia di yay, nos, ɔ mɔt, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin ambɔg tin dɛn lɛk fɔ si, fɔ blo, ɛn fɔ it. If dat apin, di dɔktɔ go trit am.

Pɔt-wayn stɛyn dɛn

Dis na spat dɛn we tan lɛk se dɛn dɔn tɔn smɔl rɛd wayn sɔnsay na di bɔdi. Na so dem get dia nem. Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn kin si dɛn na yu fes, nɛk, yu an, ɔr yu fut. Dɛn pɔt-wayn stɛyn dɛn ya kin bi ɛni saiz, frɔm smɔl dɔt to big stɛyn. Bɔt sɔntin spɛshal de bɔt dɛn, .dis dεm de כnli big as di pikin de gro, dat na wit di pikin in gro. As tɛm de go, dɛn kin dak, ɛn if dɛn nɔ trit dɛn, we dɛn ol midul ej, dɛn kin rɔf ɛn ivin fil lɛk ston ston. Dɛn tin ya nɔ go ɛva go fɔ dɛnsɛf, ɛn i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba dat. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin wɔri mɔ bɔt di pɔt-wayn stɛyn dɛn we de nia di yay, fɔ si if dɛn de mek ɛni prɔblɛm wit di yay. If dɛn spat ya de na sɔm pat dɛn na di fes, dɛn kin nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst dɛn lɛk MRI skan fɔ si if ɛnitin de afɛkt di bren.

Naw lɛ wi luk pan di bɔn mak dɛn we gɛt pigmɛnt.

di mכst kכmכn bכn mak dεm fכ dis kayn, we di sεl dεm we de gi kכla to di skin, na ‘Café-au-lait’ spat dεm, ‘Mongolian’ spat dεm, εn wetin wi kכmכn fכ kכl mol, we dεn kכl mεdikal wan ‘congenital nevi’.

Kafe-au-lait ples dɛn

Dis na say dɛn we kin rili kɔmɔn. Di nem min "kɔfi wit milk," bikɔs ɔf di kɔlɔ we di spat dɛn gɛt. Dɛn kin apia ɛnisay na di bɔdi. Sɔntɛnde, as yu pikin de ol, dɛn spat ya kin bɔku. I nɔ bad fɔ gɛt wan ɔ tu ples. Bɔt if yu pikin gɛt siks (6) ɔ mɔ kafe-ɔ-layt spat dɛn, we big pas pensil iras (fɔ smɔl pikin) ɔ big pas wan kwata (fɔ pikin we big smɔl), i impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn. Bikɔs, mɛmba se fɔ gɛt bɔku pan dɛn spat ya kin bi sayn fɔ wan jenɛtik kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl nyurofibromatosis. dis kכndyushכn de mek di nεv sεl dεm de gro abnכmal. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu si bɔku pan dɛn spat ya.

Mɔngolian spat dɛn

Dis na flat, blu-grey spat dɛn. Pan ɔl we dɛn tan lɛk brus, dɛn nɔto brus. Dɛn kin si dɛn mɔ na di bɔdi ɔ di ɔda pat na di bɔdi. Dɛn kin rili kɔmɔn pan pikin dɛn we gɛt dak skin we kɔmɔt na Eshia, Amɛrikan Indian, Afrika, Hispanik, ɛn Sawt Yurop. Bɔku pikin dɛn na wi kɔntri sɛf gɛt dɛn. Dɛn nɔ nid ɛni tritmɛnt, ɛn bɔku tɛm dɛn kin dɔnawe wit dɛn kpatakpata we dɛn rich skul ej, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin du bad.

Moles/Nevi we dɛn bɔn wit

Wi kin kɔl ‘bɔtmak’ brawn spat, we dɛn kin kɔl ‘nevi’ (plural) ɔ ‘nevus’ (singular). Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn spat ya sɔm tɛm na dɛn layf. wan spat we de we dεn bכn am dεn kכl am ‘congenital nevus’, εn dεn tin ya de de fכ layf. pan ɔl we dɛn tin ya nɔ kin du bad, dɛn kin rili big ɔ big big nevi we dɛn bɔn wit, dat na, spat dɛn we big lɛk pal, kin kam smɔl fɔ bi ‘melanoma’, we na kansa na di skin, leta.Bɔt ivin da risk de smɔl. I kin bi se na smɔl risk kin de frɔm smɔl smɔl, we dɛn bɔn wit, bɔt dat sɛf rili smɔl. Dɛn spat ya kin bi layt brawn, dak brawn, ɔ blak; dɛn kin flat ɔ dɛn kin ay; sɔm tɛm dɛn kin ivin gɛt ia we de gro pan dɛn.

Aw fɔ trit di mak we dɛn bɔn pikin?

Naw yu go de wɔnda if ɔl dɛn spat ya nid fɔ trit. Nɔ, dɛn nɔ de du dat. Makula stɛyn, ɔ salmon pat, kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf. Di wan dɛn we de na di bak pat na di nɛk kin las fɔ sɔm tɛm, bɔt dɛn nɔ kin rili notis dɛn ɛn nɔto prɔblɛm. Bɔku ɔda bɔn mak dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit blɔd vesel dɛn kin trit if nid de. Pɔt-wayn stɛyn ɛn sɔm ɛmanjiɔm kin afɛkt pikin dɛn filin bikɔs i kin afɛkt aw dɛn de luk, mɔ if dɛn de na dɛn fes. sכm sכm hεmangioma dεm na ples dεm we dεn nכ de si bכku bכku tεm nכ nid tritmεnt. Bikɔs, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, bɔku pan dɛn kin smɔl fɔ dɛnsɛf we di pikin ol 10 ia. Bɔt dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit ɛmanjiɔm we big ɛn we pɔsin kin si. Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn (lɛk prɔpranɔlɔl ɛn stɛroyd) dɛn kin injɛkt dɛn dairekt insay di ɛmanjiɔm, sɔm dɛn kin gi dɛn insay di bɛlɛ (tru IV), ɛn sɔm kin tek dɛn wit mɔt. Pikin dɛn we gɛt pɔt-wayn stɛyn kin bɛnifit frɔm laser tritmɛnt. Dis min se yu fɔ yuz layt we gɛt ay pawa (lɛza) fɔ mek di kɔlɔ we di stɛyn gɛt layt. Bɔku stɛyn dɛn kin layt afta dɛn dɔn trit dɛn bɔku tɛm wit wan kayn lɛsa we dɛn kɔl pulsed-day laser. Sɔm stɛyn dɛn kin kam bak, ɛn dɛn kin nid fɔ trit am mɔ. Dɛn kin bigin fɔ trit di pikin wit lɛsa we di pikin stil yɔŋ, bɔku tɛm i dɔn ol fɔ sɔm mɔnt. Dis na bikɔs di stɛyn ɛn di blɔd vesel dɛn stil smɔl, so di tin dɛn we kin apin kin fayn. Stayn na di ed ɛn nɛk kin ansa fayn to laser tritmɛnt. Speshal mek-ap, ɔ kɔsmɛtik, kin kɔba wan pɔt-wayn stayn fɔ sɔm tɛm. Bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin trit di bɔn mak dɛn we gɛt pigmɛnt ɛn dɛn kin lɛf am fɔ gro. Bɔt dɛn kin trit di mɔl dɛn we dɛn bɔn wit, mɔ di big wan dɛn, ɛn sɔntɛnde di say dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt kafe-ɔ-layt, we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin pul dɛn bɔn mak ya wit ɔpreshɔn, mɔ big ɔ big big nevi we dɛn bɔn wit. Bɔt fɔ pul di big wan dɛn kin tranga, ɛn i kin nid fɔ du bɔku tin dɛn. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin pul di kafe-au-lait spat dɛn wit laser tritmɛnt, dɛn kin kam bak.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Dis rili impɔtant. I bεst fכ sho bכtmak to dכkta jכs we yu fכs notis am na yu pikin in bכdi fכ no us kayn i bi, us monitarin i nid, εn if i nid tritmεnt כ nכ. Pantap dat,

Blɔd we kɔmɔt na wan mak we dɛn bɔn amIf i de dreyn, i de pen, i de it, ɔ i de rɛd, i de swel, ɔ i de kɔmɔt na di pus , yu fɔ mɔs go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Jɔs lɛk ɛni wund we de blɔd, was di wund wit sop ɛn wata, put klin goz bandej, ɛn prɛs am te di blɔd stɔp. If di blɔd nɔ stɔp, kɔl dɔktɔ. Sɔntɛnde, ɛmanjiɔm kin gɛt opin sɔri na sɔm say dɛn, we kin gɛt di sik. Di bɔn mak dɛn we gɛt pigmɛnt nɔ kin bɔku. כltu, dεn fכ mכnitor di nכmal mol dεm, spεshal wan we dεn bכn wit di nevi dεm fכ chenj dεn saiz, kכla, shep, εn ayt כlsay na di layf. If yu notis ɛni impɔtant chenj, tɛl yu dɔktɔ .

Wetin bak yu want fɔ no?

We yu si bɔn mak pan pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn, mɔ if i big ɔ na say we pɔsin kin si lɛk in fes, yu kin shɔk smɔl ɛn fil bad fɔs. Dat na nɔmal tin. If di bɔn mak de na say we pɔsin kin si, sɔm pipul dɛn kin aks kwɛstyɔn bɔt am ɛn luk am strenj wan. I kin mek pɔsin fil bad smɔl. Dɛn kayn tɛm dɛn de, i go ɛp yu fɔ gɛt simpul ansa na yu maynd fɔ gi dɛn. Bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ kin du am bikɔs dɛn gɛt bad at, dɛn jɔs want fɔ no mɔ. Bɔt if dɛn krɔs di layn ɛn aks kwɛstyɔn, ɔ if dɛn de mek dɛn fil bad, yu gɛt rayt fɔ tɛl dɛn dat wit fayn we. Mɛmba se frɔm we dɛn smɔl, pikin dɛn kin wach aw dɛn mama ɛn papa kin bia wit dɛn kayn tin dɛn de ɛn aw dɛn kin tɔk. Na so dɛn kin lan fɔ dil wit di we aw ɔda pipul dɛn kin biev. We dɛn tɔk to pikin dɛn bɔt wan mak we dɛn bɔn am simpul wan ɛn opin wan, dat kin ɛp dɛn fɔ tek am as pat pan dɛnsɛf, jɔs lɛk dɛn ia kɔlɔ ɔ dɛn yay kɔlɔ. If sɔmbɔdi aks bɔt am, gi am simpul ansa. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔntin lɛk, "Dis na jɔs bɔn mak. Dɛn bɔn mi wit am." Dɔn bak, fɔ gɛt pikin we yu fambul ɛn padi dɛn we de trit am lɛk aw i nɔmal, lɛk am, ɛn sɔpɔt am, rili impɔtant fɔ mek pikin in maynd gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn fɔ gɛt kɔnfidɛns pan insɛf.

So, wetin na di men mɛsej dɛn we wi fɔ tek go na os we wi fɔ tek frɔm dis stori?

Okay, lɛ wi mɛmba naw di impɔtant pɔynt dɛn frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt.

• Bɔku pan di mak dɛn we dɛn kin bɔn pikin nɔ kin du bad, ɛn bɔku pan dɛn go dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf. So nɔ wɔri we yu nɔ nid fɔ wɔri.
• Bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin no wetin kin mek dɛn bɔn pikin, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp dɛn. Nɔ fil gilti fɔ dat.
• tu men kayn mak dεm de we dεn bכn pikin: vaskulεr εn pigmεnt. Insay ɛni kayn, ɔda sɔbtayp dɛn de.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ sho fɔs ɛvri bɔn mak, ilɛksɛf i smɔl, to dɔktɔ ɛn aks fɔ advays.
• Sɔm spat dɛm, lɛk ɛmanjiɔm ɛn pɔt-wayn stɛyn, kin nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt, mɔ if dɛn de ambɔg di we aw pɔsin de luk, si (if i de nia di yay), it (if i de nia di mɔt), ɔ brith (if i de nia di nos).
• If yu gɛt pas 6 kafe-au-lait spat, if dɛn big, ɔ if yu notis chenj na di saiz, kɔlɔ, ɔ shep fɔ di mɔl dɛn we yu bɔn wit, mek shɔ se yu tɛl dɔktɔ.
• Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ gi pikin we gɛt bɔn mak yu lɔv, sɔpɔt, ɛn nɔmal, gladi ples.

a op se dis ansa bohku pan yu kweshon boht bohnmak. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn, nɔ shek fɔ aks yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn.

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