Yu yay de tɔn blu bak? Mek wi tok abaut 'Raccoon Eyes'.

Yu dɔn ɛva notis se pɔsin gɛt blu ring we tan lɛk brus rawnd in yay, lɛk se i dɔn wɛr glas? Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔnfyus dis wit dak sɛklɔ ɔnda dɛn yay bikɔs dɛn nɔ kin slip. Bɔt i difrɛn bad bad wan, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin bi sayn fɔ se wi gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm insay wi bɔdi. Wi de kɔl dis ‘Raccoon Eyes’. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt ɔl dis insay simpul, padi biznɛs we.

Wetin na dis ‘rakun ays’?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ‘rakun yay’ na dak blu ɔ pepul brus we de apia na yu aylid dɛn we de ɔp ɛn dɔŋ. Dɛn tan lɛk blak sɛklɔ dɛn we de rawnd yu yay. Dɛn gɛt dɛn nem bikɔs dɛn tan lɛk di blak ring dɛn we de rawnd rakun in yay.

fכ mεdikal, wi kin kכl dis `(Pεriorbital ecchymosis)`. Na brus we de kam bikɔs blɔd de lik insay di tisu dɛn we de rawnd di yay. Dis kin apin afta aksidɛnt na in ed ɔr yay. Dɛn brus ya kin kam bikɔs di blɔd vesel dɛn we de rawnd di yay dɔn pwɛl, ɛn di blɔd we de kɔmɔt pan dɛn kin gɛda ɔnda di skin we de rawnd di yay.

Di difrɛns bitwin ‘rakun yay’ ɛn jɔs dak sɛklɔ ɔnda di yay

Bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔnfyus dɛn tu tin ya. Bɔt big difrɛns de bitwin dɛn tu. Lɛ wi ɔndastand dis difrɛns klia wan.

Wetin na di men tin dɛm we kin mek pɔsin gɛt ‘rakun ays’?

Bɔku tɛm, na aksidɛnt kin mek dis apin. Di blɔd vesel dɛn we de rawnd di yay kin rili dilik, so ivin di smɔl tin kin pwɛl dɛn. Dɛn aksidɛnt ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm smɔl injuri we yu de shep yu aybrɔw to siriɔs kɔndishɔn lɛk we yu skel brok.

Imajin se sɔmbɔdi dɔn gɛt motoka aksidɛnt, ɔ i dɔn fɔdɔm frɔm ay ay ples. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ mek ‘rakun yay’ nɔ de apia wantɛm wantɛm afta di aksidɛnt. I kin jɔs bigin fɔ apia wan de, tu, sɔntɛm tri dez afta dat.

Na sɔm pan di men rizin dɛn:

• Basal skull fracture: Dis na di mכst siriכs εn kכmכn kכz. We pɔsin blo di ed, di bays pan di skel kin brok ɛn blɔd kin lik kɔmɔt ɛn gɛda rawnd di yay.
• Orbital fracture: Dis kin apin we di yay blo dairekt wan.
• Krɔs injuri / thoracic trauma: We yu krɔs injuri na di chɛst i kin mek di blɔd flɔ mɔ na di ed ɛn mek di blɔd vesel dɛn bɔs.
• Ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt dis sik: Sɔntɛnde, we yu sniz bad bad wan, yu kɔf bad bad wan, ɔ ivin vɔmit yu kin mek yu gɛt dis sik bay we i kin bɔs di blɔd vesel dɛn we nɔ gɛt wan bɔt.
• Ɔpreshɔn: Dɛn kin si dis bak afta dɛn dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan yu fes, lɛk raynoplasti.

Di link bitwin bren injuri ɛn ‘raccoon ice’.

Dis na di pat pan di bren we denja pas ɔl we wi ɔl nid fɔ no bɔt. Sɔntɛnde, ‘Raccoon eyes’ na wɔnin sayn fɔ sho se sɔntin siriɔs de apin rawnd yu bren.

dis min se di prεshכn insay di sכkul kin inkrεs, we de mek ``Intracranial hypertension.`` כ, di prכtektiv fכluid we de rawnd di bren (wi kכl dis ``Cerebrospinal fluid`` כ ``CSF``) kin lik aut tru wan frakshכn na di sכkul. Dis wata we de lik kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs infɛkshɔn na yu bren ɛn ivin day.

Ɔda sik dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik we nɔ kin ambɔg pɔsin?

Yes, ivin if yu nɔ gɛt aksidɛnt, sɔm mɛdikal kɔndishɔn kin mek yu gɛt ‘rakun yay’. Bɔt dɛn tin ya nɔ bɔku.

• Blɔd vesel dɛn we nɔmal we de rawnd di yay
• Amyloidosis we dɛn kɔl am
• Ɔtoimyun sik dɛm (e.g. Lupus erythematosus) .
• Sɔm kayn kansa (Kaposi sarkoma, nyuroblastoma, mɔltipɛl mayloma) .
• Kɔnkyushɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Prɔblɛm fɔ mek blɔd klɔt, lɛk ɛmofilia
• Sɔm infεkshכn dεm (e.g., adenovirus) .
• Venɔs sayn trombosis we de mek pɔsin gɛt sik
• Liva prɔblɛm dɛn

Aw dɛn kin trit dis?

Di impɔtant tin fɔ ɔndastand ya na dat wi nɔ de trit di blu kɔlɔ we de rawnd di yay, bɔt wi de trit di ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn we mek i apin .

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go du sɔm tɛst dɛn fɔs fɔ no di tin we mek i apin. Dɛn tin ya kin bi fɔ du imej tɛst lɛk CT skan, MRI, ɛn blɔd tɛst.

Dɛn kin disayd aw fɔ trit am afta dɛn dɔn fɛn di rizin.

• If fraktrɔs de, dɛn go nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn.
• If di prɛshɔn na di bren bɔku, dɛn kin gi tritmɛnt fɔ ridyus am.
• If na infekshɔn, dɛn go gi yu di rayt mɛrɛsin.
• Fɔ smɔl injuri, dɛn kin se yu fɔ rɛst ɛn ays fɔ mek yu nɔ swel.

Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ mek ‘rakun yay’ wɛl?

Wae dεn dכn trit de kכz, i kin tek lεk wan כ tu wiks fכ di brus kכmכt. Insay dis tɛm, yu go notis se di brus de chenj in kɔlɔ. Fɔs i go bi dak blu/pepul, dɔn i go tɔn rɛd, pink, grɛn, ɛn yɔlɔ, ɛn leta i go kam bak to yu nɔmal skin kɔlɔ.

If pikin gɛt ‘rakun yay’, yu tink se i go bi sayn fɔ se dɛn de trit am bad?

Dis na tin we rili sɛnsitiv bɔt impɔtant. Yɛs, sɔm tɛm dɛn de, we ‘rakun yay’ de rawnd pikin in yay kin bi sayn fɔ sho se dɛn dɔn du sɔm kayn bad bad tin to di pikin ɔ siriɔs aksidɛnt.

If yu tink se pikin dɔn wund, duya kɔl fɔ ɛp. Tɔk to di pikin ɛn aks aw dɛn wund. If di pikin de fil bad bad wan ɔ i de pan denja wantɛm wantɛm, kɔl di imejensi savis dɛn wantɛm wantɛm. If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt yu pikin in sef, na yu wok as sitizin fɔ tɛl di Child Protective Services Authority, di polis ɔ di ɔspitul we de nia yu.