Yu pikin de sɔfa wit alɛji? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dɛn ‘Allergen Immunotherapy’ shot ya!

Yu smɔl pikin kin gɛt alɛji bɔku tɛm? Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin sniz, it, ɛn gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, nɔto so? So tide wi go tɔk bɔt ‘alɛji shot’ we kin ɛp fɔ pul dɛn alɛji prɔblɛm ya. Nɔr wɔri, dis na tritmɛnt wae dɔn mek bɔrku pipul dɛn fil fayn.

Wetin na Alɛji Shot?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dɛn ‘alɛji shot’ ya na tritmɛnt fɔ sɔm kayn alɛji. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ‘alɛrjen imyunotɛrapi’. Dis kin ɛp yu mɔ if yu pikin gɛt alɛji fɔ tin dɛn lɛk:

• Di tin dɛn we de apin na di envayrɔmɛnt: Tink bɔt pɔlin, mold, ɔ dɔst mayt. Dɛn tin ya kin rili ambɔg sɔm pikin dɛn we dɛn kam nia dɛn.
• Pet dander: Sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt rash ɔlsay na dɛn bɔdi ɛn dɛn kin bigin fɔ sniz we dɛn tɔch pusi ɔ dɔg. Na da tɛm de i kin apin.
• Insɛkt sting: Fɔ ɛgzampul, if animal lɛk wasp, ɔn, ɔ ant swɛt yu, yu kin gɛt sɔntin we kin mek yu skin swel bad bad wan ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo.

Bɔt wan tin rili impɔtant – dɛn ``alɛji shot`` ya nɔ kin ɛp wit alɛji fɔ it. Dat min se dɛn nɔ de wok fɔ alɛji we kin apin afta yu dɔn drink milk ɔ it pinat. Difrɛn tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ dɛn wan dɛn de.

Wetin mek dɛn kin yuz dɛn alɛji shot ya?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si wetin mek dɛn de gi dɛn `allergy shot` ya. Alɛji na we sɔntin we de na di envayrɔmɛnt (e.g. wan dɔst patikyula, wan pɔlin) we nɔmal fɔ du bad to wi bɔdi kam insay wi bɔdi, ɛn wi bɔdi in imyun sistɛm de riak pasmak wantɛm wantɛm. I tan lɛk se yu de mek big big fus bɔt smɔl tin.

Wi kin kɔl tin dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt alɛji dis kayn we ``Allergens.'' Bɔrku tin kin bi ``Allergens'', lɛk dɔst, pusi fut, pɔlin, sɔm insɛkt dɛm, ɛn sɔm it dɛm.

We wan alɛrjen kam insay di bɔdi, di bɔdi kin pul kemikal dɛn. Wan pan dɛn na histamin . We dis histamin ɛn ɔda kemikal dɛn kɔmɔt, sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fɔ sniz, fɔ swɛt, fɔ kɔf, fɔ stɔp yu nos, fɔ it, ɛn fɔ gɛt ayv. Sɔm alɛji kin rili bad , so yu nid fɔ tek tɛm wit dɛn. Kכndishכn dεm we de mek yu layf de pan denja lεk anafylaksis kin apin bak.

Infakt, di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt ɔ kɔntrol alɛji na fɔ de fa frɔm dɛn alɛji dɛn de as yu ebul.Bɔt i at fɔ bi da we de ɔltɛm. Alɛji, dɔktɔ dɛn we spɛshal pan alɛji, kin ɛp yu fɔ no if yu pikin gɛt alɛji ɛn wetin i alɛji to. Dɛn kin du sɔm tɛst dɛn lɛk fɔ tɛst dɛn skin ɛn fɔ tɛst blɔd. Bay di rizɔlt fɔ dɛn tɛst dɛn de, dɛn kin gi yu advays bɔt di tritmɛnt, mɛrɛsin (lɛk antihistamin), ɛn aw fɔ de fa frɔm dɛn alɛrjens dɛn de.

So, if di tritmɛnt ɛn mɛrɛsin dɛm wae yu tɔk bɔt nɔr de gi yu bɔrku rilif, ɔr if fɔ de fa frɔm di tin dɛm wae de mek yu gɛt alɛrji na prɛktikal tranga, den alɛrgist kin tɛl yu bɔt dis tritmɛnt wae dɛn kɔl alɛji shot.

Aw alɛji shot kin ɛp?

Naw lɛ wi si aw dɛn `allergy shot` ya de wok. wetin dis de du na, di pikin in bכdi de yus sכmtεm to di spεsifi k `(Allergens)` we i alerji to. afta dat, di bכdi nכ de bost bכku wit dεn `(Allergens)` dεm lεk bifo. fכ bi prεsis, di bכdi de bil wan `(Immunity`)` εgεst dat `(Allergen`). dat min se di bכdi de bi lεs sεnsitiv to dat `(Allergen`).

Wan ɔda tin na dat fɔ pikin dɛn we gɛt alɛji ɛn asma, dɛn alɛji shot ya kin ridyus bak di frɛkuɛns we asma kin gɛt. Yu nɔ tink se dat na big tin? Fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm dɛn we i kin gɛt fɔ blo na big rilif fɔ di pikin.

Dɛn alɛji shot ya gɛt smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we dɛn dɔn klin pan di alɛji dɛn we de mek yu pikin gɛt prɔblɛm. Dכkta dεm go inkrεs di doz sכmtεm insay di fכs 3-6 mכnt dεm. Dɛn kɔl dis di bild-ap faz. insay dis tεm, di bכdi in imyun sistεm kin sef fכ adap to dεn alergen dεm ya εn bil imyuniti εgεst dεm. Insay dis tɛm, yu kin nid fɔ gɛt di shot dɛn wan ɔ tu tɛm insay di wik.

afta dat, di hεyest, mכst ifektiv, εn sef doz we dεn kin gi pikin na dεn ``mεntenans dכz.'' dεn kin gi dis lεk wan tεm insay di mכnt. dכkta dεn kin gi dis ``mεntenans dכz'' to pikin dεm te dεn ol lεk 3 to 5 ia. Bɔt as tɛm de go, bɔku pikin dɛn kin ridyus di nɔmba fɔ di shot dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt.

Sɔm pikin dɛn alɛji simptom dɛn kin bigin fɔ impɔtant di tɛm we dɛn de du di ``Buildup Phase.'' Dɛn kin fil fridɔm wantɛm wantɛm. Ɔda pipul dɛn nɔ kin fil bɔku fridɔm te dɛn rich di ``Maintenance Phase.'' Dis kin difrɛn frɔm wan pikin to ɔda pikin. Bɔt afta sɔm ia we dɛn dɔn gɛt dɛn ``alɛji shot ya,'' sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt lɔng tɛm rilif frɔm dɛn alɛji simptom dɛm . Dis rilif kin kɔntinyu ivin afta dɛn dɔn stɔp di tritmɛnt.

Yu tink se dɛn alɛji shot ya rili sef?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn gɛt. Alɛji shot, we pɔsin we tren fɔ kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs gi am fayn fayn wan, na tritmɛnt we rili sef ɛn we go wok fayn.Dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya ivin to pikin dɛn we ol lɛk 5 ia.

Bɔt smɔl riakshɔn kin apin na di say we dɛn injɛkshɔn. Dis kin apin jɔs afta di injɛkshɔn ɔ afta sɔm awa. Di say we dɛn gi di injɛkshɔn kin rɛd smɔl, i kin it, ɛn swel. If dis apin, yu kin gɛt fridɔm bay we yu put ays pak ɔ tek wan antihistamin lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu .

Smɔl mɔ, we min se ayv ɛn it ɔlsay na di bɔdi, nɔ kin bɔku. Mɔr siriɔs riakshɔn – tink se ayv, i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, yu trot kin swel, yu nɔs, yu ed kin tɔn – nɔ kin bɔku. Bɔt if bad bad tin apin, dɛn nid fɔ trit am wantɛm wantɛm. Na dat mek dɛn kin kip pikin dɛn we gɛt alɛji shot na di dɔktɔ in ɔfis fɔ lɛk 30 minit afta dɛn dɔn gi dɛn injɛkshɔn. Bikɔs if sɔntin lɛk dat apin, i kin bigin fɔ wok kwik kwik wan.

Impɔtant: If pɔsin gɛt siriɔs riakshɔn na imejensi. So, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu gɛt dɔktɔ nia yu. If sɔntin lɛk dis apin, di dɔktɔ kin kɔntrol am kwik kwik wan bay we i gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk `Adrenaline`.

Sɔm ɔda advays dɛn de:

• Dɛn fɔ gi pikin dɛn alɛji shot ɔltɛm ɔnda di sɔpɔtishɔn fɔ wan alɛji/imyunɔlɔjis, dat na, dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan alɛji ɛn imyunɔlɔji.
• If pikin sik, mɔ if i gɛt asma ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ blo, i nɔ fayn fɔ gi dɛn shot ya te di dɔktɔ se, "Okay, i sef naw." I fayn fɔ tɔk to di dɔktɔ ivin we dɛn gɛt fiva ɔ kol.
• If yu pikin de tek ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin, yu fɔ rili tɛl di dɔktɔ bifo yu gi am alɛji shot. Sɔm mɛrɛsin kin miks wit dis tritmɛnt.

Nɔ wɔri, if yu tek kia ɔf dɛn tin ya, dis na tritmɛnt we rili sef.

Aw wi go fɛn gud dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt alɛji?

Okay, naw yu go mɔs de wɔnda aw fɔ fɛn spɛshal pɔsin lɛk dis. I nɔ at so.

• Yu kin aks yu famili dɔktɔ (Praymari kia dɔktɔ ɔ GP) fɔ tɛl yu gud alɛji dɔktɔ. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin no udat na di bɛst spɛshal pipul dɛn na di eria.
• Ɔ, if yu gɛt yu fambul ɔ padi we dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt alɛrgist, yu kin aks dɛn udat dɛn kin kɔmɛnt. I fayn bak fɔ yɛri frɔm ɔda pɔsin in ɛkspiriɛns.
• Insay Sri Lanka, na big gɔvmɛnt ɔspitul dɛn (e.g. Nashɔnal Ospital, Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital) ɛn bak na prayvet ɔspitul dɛnKlinik ɛn spɛshal pipul dɛn de we de mɛn alɛji. Yu kin luk insay dat bak.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ du yu risach ɛn pik dɔktɔ we yu go abop pan ɛn we sabi du di wok. If di dɔktɔ na pɔsin we de ɛksplen ɔltin to yu, yu go fil fri.

Aw mama ɛn papa dɛn go ɛp? Dis kin mek di pikin fil pen?

Wan pan di tin dɛn we bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn kin wɔri bɔt na if dis injɛkshɔn go ambɔg dɛn pikin. infakt, di nidul dεm we dεn kin yuz fכ dεn ``allergy shot'' dεm ya rili sכm. Dɛn smɔl pas di nidul dɛm we dɛn kin yuz fɔ di ``vaysin'' we wi kin gi wi pikin dɛm we dɛn bin yɔŋ, so di pen kin smɔl. I kin tan lɛk smɔl sting, lɛk se ant bit am.

Bɔt, nɔto nɔmal tin fɔ mek sɔm pikin dɛn fil fɔ fred smɔl we dɛn yɛri di wɔd ‘injɛkshɔn’? Na de mama ɛn papa dɛn sɔpɔt ɛn fɔ gɛt gud abit rili impɔtant. We mama ɛn papa gɛt kɔnfidɛns ɛn kɔmit to dis tritmɛnt we (Immunotherapy), na big trɛnk fɔ di pikin. If yu de fred, di pikin kin fred mɔ.

We yu de gi di injɛkshɔn, yu kin ol yu pikin in an tayt, siŋ siŋ we i lɛk, sho fim na yu fon, ɔ du ɔda tin fɔ pul in maynd pan am. Dis go ɛp dɛn fɔ tink tumɔs bɔt di injɛkshɔn. Sɔm dɔktɔ dɛn kin gɛt smɔl tɔys dɛn bak fɔ ɛp fɔ mek pikin dɛn nɔ pe atɛnshɔn.

"We mama ɛn papa de smayl ɛn nɔ de fred, i de gi di pikin bɔku kɔnfidɛns! I kin fil lɛk, 'Dis gud fɔ mi.'"

Fɔ ɔndastand di bɛnifit dɛm fɔ dɛn ``alɛji shot'' ya ɛn aw dɛn de wok go go fa fɔ ɛp yu pikin fɔ aksept dɛm as pat pan in ɛvride rutin. Tink bɔt am, ''Dis na smɔl tin, dis go ɛp mi alɛji, i go mek am izi fɔ mi fɔ ple, rɔn, ɛn jomp,'' ɛn i nɔ go bi bɔku lod to dɛn.

So, wetin na di tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis?

Okay, so lɛ wi rivyu sɔm pan di impɔtant pɔynt dɛm bɔt dɛn `allergen immunotherapy' ya we wi tɔk bɔt tide.

• Alɛji shot na fayn tritmɛnt fɔ sɔm bad bad alɛji dɛn we nɔ de dɔn, mɔ di wan dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt bikɔs ɔf di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji na di say we dɛn de ɛn we insɛkt dɛn kin sting.
• Dis min se yu pikin in bɔdi kin gɛt smɔl smɔl di tin dɛn we kin mek i nɔ gɛt alɛji, ɛn dɛn kin mek i ebul fɔ fɛt di sik.
• Dis nɔ kin woke fɔ alɛji fɔ it. Difrɛn we dɛn de fɔ du dat.
• Di tritmɛnt kin tek sɔm ia (bɔku tɛm 3-5) fɔ mek i gɛt lɔng tɛm rizɔlt. Na lɔng waka, bɔt di tin dɛn we kin apin kin fayn.
• Dis kin rili sef we dɛn du am ɔnda di sɔpɔtishɔn fɔ dɔktɔ we tren. sכm sכm ``(Riakshכn)`` kin apin na di say we dεn injεkt, bכt siriכs wan dεm kin rili rεs.
• Fɔ tru, go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn alɛji, .Dɛn fɔ bigin dis tritmɛnt akɔdin to in advays. Dis nɔ fayn fɔ ɔl pikin, so na di dɔktɔ fɔ disayd.
• Di sɔpɔt, peshɛnt, ɛn di fayn we aw di mama ɛn papa de tink, na big trɛnk fɔ mek di pikin ebul fɔ dɔn dis tritmɛnt fayn fayn wan.

"Mɛmba se ɔl pikin difrɛn. So tɔk to yu dɔktɔ gud gud wan bɔt aw dis tritmɛnt go fayn fɔ yu pikin ɛn aw dɛn go du am."

So, if yu pikin sɛf gɛt alɛji ɛn i gɛt fɔ tek mɛrɛsin ɔltɛm, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt di opshɔn fɔ ‘alɛji shot’. Sɔntɛm dis go mek yu rili fil fri!

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