Yu pikin in yay dɛn rɛd? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis yay sik (Conjunctivitis / Pinkeye)!

As mama, aw yu kin fred we yu si yu smɔl pikin in yay tɔn rɛd ɛn wata wantɛm wantɛm? Sɔntɛnde dis kin pas frɔm ɔda pikin dɛn na skul ɔ na ples fɔ ple. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl "ay sik". pan mεdikal tεm, dis na wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl `(Conjunctivitis)` כ lεk aw sכm pipul dεn kin kכl am `(Pinkeye)`.

Wetin na dis sik na di yay rili (kɔnjɔktiviti)?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Conjunctivitis)` na inflamɛns na di mɛmbran we de kɔba di wayt na wi yay ɛn di insay layn na di aylid. dis mεmbran na wetin wi de kכl `(Conjunctiva)`. Dis na rili smɔl infɛkshɔn. Bɔt pan ɔl we i kin tan lɛk se i siriɔs smɔl we di yay rɛd, sɔntɛnde i kin swel, ɛn lɛk dat, bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin siriɔs so.

Bɔt if yu pikin sho dɛn kayn sik ya, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Bikɔs, pan ɔl we sɔm kayn `(Conjunctivitis)` kin bɛtɛ fɔ dɛnsɛf, sɔm kin nid tritmɛnt. Sɔntɛnde, ivin smɔl prɔblɛm dɛn kin big if dɛn nɔ trit dɛn.

Wetin mek dis yay sik kin bɔku pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn?

Yu go de wɔnda wetin mek dis yay sik kin ambɔg yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɔltɛm. Di men rizin na bikɔs bɔku tɛm i kin pas. Yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin ple togɛda na skul, priskul, ɔ na ples fɔ ple. Da tɛm de, chans de fɔ mek dɛn nɔ no se dis sik go pas frɔm dɛnsɛf. Pikin dɛn de tɔch dɛn yay, dɛn nos, ɛn dɛn mɔt ɔltɛm, dɔn dɛn de tɔch tɔys dɛn, dɔn dɛn de tɔch ɔda pikin dɛn. So, e kin izi fɔ pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik fɔ spre am to ɔda pɔrsin.

Bɔt nɔr tink se dis na sik wae de ambɔg smɔl pikin dɛm nɔmɔ. Yɔŋ pipul dɛn ɛn ivin big pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik na dɛn yay. So, if pɔsin na di famili gɛt am, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek ɔda pipul dɛn tek tɛm bak.

Aw yu kin no di sayn dɛm fɔ pinki?

We i kam pan yay sik, ɛni pikin kin sho difrɛn sayn dɛn. Bɔt sɔm kɔmɔn sayn dɛn de we pɔsin kin si:

• di yay dεm we de rεd: Dis na di men εn di sik we de sho klia wan. Di wayt pat na di yay kin gɛt wan pinkish-rɛd kɔlɔ.
• Di yay we de it ɛn bɔn: Wan sayn na if di pikin bigin fɔ rɔb ɛn skrach in yay ɔltɛm. Sɔntɛnde, i kin bi bak se pɔsin kin bɔn lɛk se sɔntin de insay di yay.
• Dischaj frɔm di yay: Dis kin apin difrɛn we dɛn.
• Sɔntɛnde , wata kin kɔmɔt klia wan .
• Sɔntɛnde , wan yɔlɔsh, tik dischaj (pus) kin kɔmɔt. Dis kin apin mɔ pan baktriyal infɛkshɔn.
• Aylid dɛn we stɔp na mɔnin: We yu wek na mɔnin afta yu dɔn slip na nɛt, yu yaylid dɛn kin stɔp togɛda bikɔs ɔf di wata we dɔn gɛda na yu yay. I kin at bak fɔ mek yu pikin opin in yay.
• Aylid swel: Di aylid kin swel ɛn rɛd.
• Di we aw pɔsin kin fil fɔ layt:Sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ luk brayt layt ɛn dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn yay de tɔn blu.
• Fɔ fil lɛk se sɔntin dɔn stɔp na dɛn yay: Sɔm pikin dɛn nɔ kin fil fayn, lɛk se sɔntin lɛk wan gren sand dɔn stɔp na dɛn yay.

If yu pikin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin mek dis sik na di yay (conjunctivitis) kin apin? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Bɔku men tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik na in yay. Di sayn dɛm ɛn di tritmɛnt dɛm kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ di kɔz. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi no bɔt dis.

1. Bikɔs ɔf wan vayral infεkshɔn (Viral Conjunctivitis) .

Dis na de tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt ay infɛkshɔn. Jɔs lɛk di vayrɔs dɛm we de mek pɔsin gɛt kol ɛn flu, sɔmtɛm infɛkshɔn kin apin bak na di yay.

• Dis kin rili pas.
• Bɔrku tɛm dis kin kam wit sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk kol ɛn trot wae de at.
• If wata kɔmɔt na di yay klia wan na di sayn we kin apin mɔ.
• Dis kayn ay infekshɔn kin klin insɛf insay sɔm dez. I nɔ nid patikyula antibayɔtiks. Bɔt sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn de we kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ kam pan pɔsin.

2. Bikɔs ɔf wan baktri infεkshɔn (Bacterial Conjunctivitis) .

Dis na sik bak we pɔsin kin gɛt. We sɔm kayn baktri dɛm go insay di yay, dis kayn infekshɔn kin apin.

• Dis kin pas bak, bɔt nɔto fast lɛk di vayrɔs.
• Wan pan di men sayn dɛm na di tik, yɔlɔ ɔ grɛn wata (sputum) we de kɔmɔt na di yay.
• We yu wek na mɔnin , yu yaylid dɛn kin so swel dat yu nɔ go ebul fɔ opin dɛn .
• Dis kayn yay sik nid fɔ gɛt ay mɛrɛsin (`(Ay drop)` ɔ `(Ointment)`) we gɛt antibayɔtik. I rili impɔtant fɔ yuz di mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw di dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

3. Bikɔs ɔf wan alɛji (Allergic Conjunctivitis) .

Dis nɔto sik we pɔsin kin pas. i kin apin we di yay dεn kin sεnsitiv to sכm tin dεm na di envayroment (wi kin kכl dεn ya ``Allergens'').

• Fɔ ɛgzampul, dis kin apin to pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt alɛji fɔ tin dɛn lɛk pɔlin, dɔst, animal dɛn we dɛn kɔl dander, ɛn mold .
• Dis kin mek yu it bad bad wan, yu kin rɛd, ɛn wata kin kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi .
• Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn tu yay kin afɛkt di sem tɛm.
• I kin kam bak wit ɔda alɛji simptom dɛm, lɛk fɔ sniz ɛn fɔ rɔn na yu nos.
• Di tritmɛnt fɔ dis na fɔ tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we de kɔntrol alɛji (antihistamine ay drɔp ɔ pils) ɛn fɔ de fa frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt alɛji.

4. Bikɔs ɔf sɔntin we de mek di yay vɛks (Irritant Conjunctivitis) .

Dis nɔto sik bak we pɔsin kin gɛt. I kin kam bay we yu tɔch ɔ ɛnta sɔntin we de ambɔg yu (we de mek yu vɛks) na di yay.

• Ɛgzampul dɛn:If smok, klorin (we dɛn kin si na swimin pul), shampoo, sop, ɔ ɔda kemikal dɛn go insay yu yay.
• Sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk fɔ rɛd, wata, ɛn inflamɛns na di yay kin apin.
• Dis sik kin dɔn wans dɛn dɔn pul di tin we de mek pɔsin vɛks ɛn was di yay fayn fayn wan wit klin wata.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Dis na tin we rili impɔtant. If pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn gɛt rɛd ɛn wata yay, nɔ tek am layt. I kin bi wan sik we dɛn kɔl Ophthalmia Neonatorum. dis kin bi fכ sכm infεkshכn dεm we de pas frכm di mama to di pikin we i de bכn. Dis na siriɔs sik ɛn i nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Ustɛm yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ?

As a bin se bifo, i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni sayn fɔ yu yay sik. Bɔt, mɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, nɔ de te:

• If yu gɛt siriɔs ay pen .
• If i tan lɛk se yu nɔ de si fayn ɔ yu de si chenj.
• If di yay dɛn rɛd pasmak .
• If pikin we dεn bכn gεt simptom dεm fכ ay sik (dis kin bi Ophthalmia Neonatorum, lεk aw a bin tכk bifo).
• If de sik nɔr de bɛtɛ afta tu ɔr tri dez, ɔr if i de wɔs.
• If di pikin gɛt ɔda sik we de mek di imyun sistɛm wik (e.g., Dayabitis, HIV).
• If di skin we de rawnd di yay rɛd, swel, ɛn i kin fil pen (dis kin bi sayn fɔ ɔda infɛkshɔn rawnd di yay).
• If di pikin de sεnsitiv pasmak to brayt layt (`(Photophobia)`).

If na so i bi, if yu go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan, dat kin ɛp di pikin fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan ɛn mek i nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we nɔ nid fɔ apin.

Dɔktɔ, aw yu go no gud gud wan if yu gɛt dis yay sik?

Bɔku tɛm, di dɔktɔ kin no if dis na kɔnjɔktiviti ɔ nɔto so, ɛn if na so, us kayn , bay we i de chɛk yu pikin in yay ɛn aks yu bɔt di sayn dɛn we de sho se i gɛt di sik .

• Aw di yay dɛn rɛd?
• Aw di dischaj tan lɛk? (I gɛt wata, i tik, us kɔlɔ?)
• Ɛni ɔda sayn dɛn de we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik? (fiva, kol, it)
• Ɛni ɔda pɔsin na os dɔn notis?

Na rare kes, ɔ we di tritmɛnt nɔ ɛp, di dɔktɔ kin tek smɔl sampul pan di dischaj frɔm di yay (a ``swab test``) ɛn sɛn am fɔ go na lab tɛst. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no if di infɛkshɔn na ``vayrɔs``, ``baktri``, ɔ ɔda tin. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, dɛn nɔ kin nid fɔ du dɛn tɛst ya.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ ay sik?

Dɛn kin trit di sik we de na di yay akɔdin to wetin i de mek, na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek i sik.

Tritmɛnt fɔ vayral ay sik:

• As a bin se bifo, no spesifik ``(Antibiotic)`` tritment de fo dis. Jɔs lɛk kol, i go wɛl insɛf insay 7-14 dez.
• Bɔt yu kin ridyus di pikin in diskɔmfɔt bay we yu:
• Wap yu yay (jɛnɛt wan) wit klos we dɛn dɔn wet wit klin, kol wata .
• If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du am, yu kin yuz atifishal wata fɔ mek yu yay nɔ dray.
• Mek di pikin rɛst fayn.

Tritmɛnt fɔ baktriyal ay sik:

• Fɔ dis, di dɔktɔ go gi yu ay drɔp ɔ ɔntmɛnt we gɛt antibayɔtik .
• Yu fɔ tek dis mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek, fɔ di ful tɛm we di tritmɛnt de. Nɔr stɔp fɔ tek am jɔs bikɔs yu sik dɔn stɔp. If yu du dat, i kin mek di sik kam bak, ɔ di bɔdi nɔ go ebul fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin.
• Bifo yu put di mɛrɛsin, was jisnɔ fɔ was ɛni dɔti we de rawnd di yay wit klin ɛn wet klos.

Tritmɛnt fɔ alɛji ay sik:

• Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ kip di pikin fa frɔm di alɛrgen.
• Fɔ mek di yay nɔ it ɛn rɛd, di dɔktɔ kin gi yu ay drɔp ɔ mɛrɛsin we yu kin it we gɛt wan antihistamin.
• We yu wet yu yay wit kol wata, dat kin mek yu fil fayn bak .

Tritmɛnt fɔ Iritant Ay Disease:

• Rimov ɛnitin we de mek pɔsin vɛks we dɔn go insay di yay ɛn was di yay fayn fayn wan wit klin wata.
• Bɔrku tɛm, di sayn dɛm kin stɔp afta sɔm tɛm. If dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ du dat, go to dɔktɔ.

Aw fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin na os? Aw fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt di sik igen?

We pɔsin in yay infɛkshɔn apin, bɔku tin dɛn de we wi nid fɔ tek kia ɔf na os fɔ mek shɔ se di pikin wɛl kwik ɛn fɔ mek di sik nɔ go pas to ɔda famili mɛmba dɛn ɛn padi dɛn.

Fɔ klin na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl!

• Wash yu an ɔltɛm: Was yu pikin in an ɛn yu yon fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata. Mek shɔ se yu was yu an bifo ɛn afta yu dɔn put mɛrɛsin na yu pikin in yay.
• Stɔp fɔ tɔch ɛn rɔb yu yay: Tich yu pikin bɔt dis. If yu rɔb yu yay, ilɛksɛf i de it, i kin mek di sik wɔs ɛn i kin mek i go to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Fɔ klin di wata we de kɔmɔt na di yay: Damp wan klin kɔtɔn bɔl ɔ klos wit wata ɛn was di yay jisnɔ frɔm insay to di ɔdasay. Nɔ yuz di sem kɔtɔn bɔl/klos we dɛn yuz fɔ wan yay pan di ɔda yay. Trowe am afta yu dɔn yuz am.
• Nɔ sheb tawɛl, pilo, ɔ mek-ap fɔ yu yay: Yuz sɛpret tawɛl ɛn pilo kes fɔ yu pikin. Wash dɛn tin ya ɔltɛm insay ɔt wata.
• Wash bed ɛn tawɛl ɔltɛm: Wash ɛn drɛy dɛn tin ya we yu pikin de yuz ɔltɛm, mɔ if dɛn gɛt wan sik we de ambɔg dɛn yay.

Bɔt fɔ sɛn na skul:

• If na baktriyal ay infekshɔn: Di dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ nɔ sɛn yu pikin na skul ɔ daycare fɔ 24 awa afta yu dɔn bigin fɔ gi antibayɔtik. Afta dat, di risk fɔ gɛt di sik nɔ kin bɔku.
• If na vayral ay infεkshכn: I bεst fכ kip di pikin na os te di wata we de kכmכt frכm am εn di rεd we i de rεd. Aks advays bak frɔm dɔktɔ bɔt dis.
• Alɛji ɔ iritashɔn yay sik nɔ kin pas, so if yu pikin nɔ de gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm, dɛn kin sɛn am na skul.

Mɛmba se: Nɔ kɛr pikin we gɛt ay kɔndishɔn go na swimin pul. I kin mek di sik go to ɔda pipul dɛn, ɛn di wata we gɛt klorin kin mek di pikin in yay vɛks mɔ.

Fɔ dɔn, na sɔm tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

So, pan ɔl we yay sik ``(Conjunctivitis)`` na kɔmɔn tin we yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt, if dɛn tɛl yu bɔt am fayn fayn wan, yu kin dil wit am we yu nɔ wɔri.

• Ay sik nɔto siriɔs sik, bɔt i nɔ fayn fɔ lɛ wi nɔ pe atɛnshɔn to am. Go to dɔktɔ jɔs afta yu notis di sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt di sik.
• Bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin in yay sik (`(Viral)`, `(Bacterial)`, `(Allergic)`, `(Irritant)`). Di tritmɛnt kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di tin we mek i gɛt am.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi klin! Tin dɛm lɛk fɔ was yu an ɛn fɔ avɔyd fɔ tɔch yu yay kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ go ɔlsay.
• Tek di tritmɛnt we di dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek di tritmɛnt di rayt tɛm ɛn di rayt tɛm.
• If pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn gɛt sayn dɛn we de sho se i gɛt yay sik, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, bikɔs i kin rili siriɔs.

If yu tek kia ɔf dɛn tin ya, yu go rili ɛp fɔ mɛn yu pikin in yay sik kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ mek i nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn.

` Ay sik, konjunktiviti, pinkeye, pikin sik, ay infεkshכn, rεd yay