Lɛ wi lan bɔt di rεumatoid factor na yu bɔdi. Wetin na am ɛn wetin mek i impɔtant?

Yu kin dɔn yɛri di wɔd "Rheumatoid Factor" frɔm dɔktɔ. Ɔ yu go dɔn si dis nem na wan pan yu blɔd ripɔt. So yu go de wɔnda wetin dis min. Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt am jɔs tide. Pan ɔl we dis na smɔl mɛrɛsin, a go ɛksplen am di we we yu go ɔndastand.

Wetin rili na Rimatɔyd Fakta?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Rheumatoid Factor na wan kayn antibodi na wi bɔdi. Naw yu kin de wɔnda wetin na antibodi. Imajin se wi bɔdi tan lɛk kɔntri. Dɛn antibodi dɛn ya tan lɛk sojaman dɛn we de protɛkt da kɔntri de. Dɛn wok na fɔ fɛn, kech, ɛn pwɛl di jem, alɛrjens, ɔ pɔyzin we de kam insay wi bɔdi. We sɔntin we nyu ɔ we wi nɔ no kam insay wi bɔdi, wi imyun sistɛm, we na wi bɔdi in difens sistɛm, kin mek sɔm patikyula antibodi dɛn fɔ fɛn ɛn pwɛl da pɔsin de we de kam insay wi.

Bɔt, sɔntɛnde wi imyun sistɛm kin mek smɔl mistek . Ɔ i kin bi tu aktif. Na da tɛm de dɛn kin mek dis antibodi we dɛn kɔl Rheumatoid Factor. difrεnt lεk כda nכmal antibodi dεm, dis RF nכ gεt spεsifi k tכgεt fכ atak. So sɔntɛnde i kin bigin fɔ atak wi yon wɛlbɔdi tisu dɛn . Na da tɛm de sɔm ɔtoimyun sik dɛn kin apin. Yu ɔndastand?

Wetin na di simptom dɛm fɔ inkris RF valyu?

Naw yu kin de wɔnda us simptom go sho if di RF valyu go ɔp na di bɔdi. Fɔ tru, i kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin . כlso, di simptom dεm de difrεn dipכnt pan di kכz fכ di inkrεs pan di RF valyu. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt ay RF valyu bɔt dɛn nɔ kin sho ɛni simptom . כlso, sכmtεm di RF valyu kin inkrεs fכ no rizin we de sho, כ fכ no spεshal rizin.

Usay yu kin gɛt di sik ɛn aw dɛn kin tranga go dipen pan us wɛlbɔdi tisu yu imyun sistɛm de atak. Bɔt sɔm kɔmɔn sayn dɛn de we kin apin to pipul dɛn we gɛt ay RF lɛvɛl:

• Jɔyn pen , mɔ na di jɔyn dɛn.
• Swel, wi kin kɔl am bak `(inflammation)`.
• Di kɔlɔ we di skin kin chenj.
• Fɔ fil wam na sɔm say dɛn.
• Fɔ fil taya ɔltɛm , lɛk se yu dɔn de wok tranga wan ɔl di de.
• Fiva we kin kam ɔltɛm.

Wetin na dis rεumatoid fכktכ (RF) tεst?

Di rεumatoid factor (RF) tεst na simpul bכdi tεst . Na dɔktɔ dɛn kin du dis fɔ si ɔmɔs rεumatoid factor de na yu blɔd. Dɛn kin tek wan sɛmpul pan yu blɔd ɛn sɛn am na lɛbɔtri fɔ mek dɛn analays am.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat dis RF tɛst nɔmɔ nɔ go ebul fɔ kɔnfɔm ɔ pul ɛni sik we yu tink se yu gɛt. Bɔt i kin ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ pul sɔm sik dɛn ɔ fɔ kam nia fɔ no di sik.

Wetin na di tɛm we dɛn kin du di RF tɛst?

Dis RF test de ɛp dɔktɔ fɔ no di kɔndishɔn dɛn lɛk ɔtoimyun sik dɛn. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• Rimatɔyd Atraytis
• Di sik we dɛn kɔl Sjögren in sindrom
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) na wan at at sik we pikin kin gɛt ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek i gɛt am.
• Lupus we gɛt di sik
• Sklɛrodama
• Miks Kɔnɛktiv Tisu Disizin

Apat frɔm dat, sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz dis RF tɛst fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔ we nɔ de dɔn . Dɛn kayn infɛkshɔn ya na:

• Epataytis C we dɛn kɔl C
• Tubakulɔsis (TB) .
• Infεkshכn εndokardaytis, na infεkshכn na di insay layn na di at

A nid fɔ pripia ɛnitin we spɛshal bifo di RF blɔd tɛst?

Nɔ, yu nɔ nid fɔ du ɛni spɛshal tin . Yu kin it ɛn drink nɔmal wan ɛn go du yu wok dɛn ɛvride.

Yu dɔktɔ kin tek blɔd sɛmpul we yu de du yu bɔdi ɛgzam ɔltɛm. Ɔ, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ du dis tɛst we yu si yu dɔktɔ wit nyu sayn dɛn. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu blɔd sɛf sɛf.

Wetin kin apin we yu tek di tɛst?

Dis RF test na jɔs lɛk ɛni ɔda blɔd tɛst we yu dɔn du bifo. Yu dɔktɔ ɔ lab tɛknishian go tek smɔl blɔd frɔm wan vein we de insay yu ɛlbo ɔ di bak pat na yu an . If yu de fred fɔ nidul ɔ yu nɔ de fil fayn fɔ gi blɔd, tɛl yu dɔktɔ bifo tɛm. Dɛn go ɛp yu fɔ fil fayn ɛn gɛt kɔnfidɛns.

Na dis na aw dɛn kin tek blɔd:

• Fɔs, dɛn kin klin di say we dɛn go pul di blɔd fayn fayn wan wit wan wayp we gɛt antiseptik.
• Dɔn, dɛn kin put wan ɛlastik band rawnd di tap pat pan yu an ɛn tay am smɔl. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin aks yu fɔ klem yu fist ɔ swɛt yu an. Dɛn tu tin ya kin mek blɔd go na yu an, ɛn dis kin mek i izi fɔ tek blɔd sɛmpul.
• Neks, di prist go tek tɛm put nidul na yu an ɔ yu fɔs an. Yu kin fil lɛk se yu de swɛt, lɛk se smɔl ant de swɛt yu . Insay dis tɛm, tray fɔ ol yu an stil ɛn blo nɔmal wan.
• Dɛn kin gɛda wan blɔd sɛmpul insay wan smɔl vayl.
• Dɛn kin pul di swɛlin ɛn put wan smɔl plasta na di say we di swɛlin de.

Dis nɔ kin apin smɔl, bɔt sɔntɛnde yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu wan finga prik kit we yu kin du na os. Dɔn yu kin chuk yu finga tip wit lans ɛn gɛda di blɔd pan wan spɛshal pepa strip. Yu fɔ rid di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we de wit di RF tɛst kit fayn fayn wan ɛn fala dɛn ɛksaktɔli . Dɛn fɔ pak di blɔd sɛmpul fayn fayn wan ɛn sɛn am na di lɛb di sem we.

Wetin kin apin afta dɛn dɔn fɔ du di tɛst?

Wans di dɔktɔ ɔ di lab tɛknishian tek yu blɔd sɛmpul, na dat dɔn. Natin nɔ de we yu nid fɔ du. Dɛn go sɛn di blɔd sɛmpul na di lab fɔ mek dɛn tɛst am.

Ɛni risk de wit dis tɛst? Ɛni bad bad tin dɛn de we kin apin to am?

Fɔ tru, nɔ big risk nɔ de fɔ gɛt di rεumatoid factor (RF) tεst.

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil smɔl diziz ɔ layt ed afta dɛn dɔn gi blɔd. If dis apin, i go fayn fɔ mek yu sidɔm fɔ sɔm minit bifo yu grap. Ivin if dɛn bad bad tin ya apin, dɛn kin dɔn insay sɔm minit.

Wetin na di avrej RF valyu?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin mɛzhɔ di rεumatoid factor bay we dɛn de mɛzhɔ ɔmɔs yunit RF yu gɛt pan wan mililita blɔd. dεn rayt am as `U/mL.` wan hεlty, nכmal lεvεl fכ RF de less dan 20 yunit pan wan mililita (<20 U/mL) .

Yu tɛst ripɔt kin se "Negative" ɔ "Positive". "Nεgεtiv" risכlt min se yu gεt nכmal lεvεl dεm fכ RF na yu bכdi. "Positiv" risal min se yu gεt hכy lεvεl RF na yu bכdi.

I tan lɛk se i kɔnfyus smɔl se "negativ" tɛst rizɔlt na "gud" wan, nɔto so? Bɔt i min se nɔ chenj nɔ de we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu blɔd (dat min se i nɔ fayn fɔ ɛnitin we nɔmal).

Wetin di ay RF valyu min den?

Yu ay RF lɛvɛl kin sho se yu kin gɛt ɔtoimyun sik ɔ ɔda wɛlbɔdi kɔndishɔn . Bɔt mɛmba se we yu du rεumatoid factor (RF) tεst nɔr kin no ɛni sik dairekt wan. Dɔn bak, if yu gɛt ay RF lɛvɛl, dat nɔ min se yu gɛt rεumatoid at at sik (ɔ ɛni ɔda sik) . Na jɔs wan tin fɔ ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin mek yu gɛt di sik.

Wi no naw se Rheumatoid Factor na antibodi we wi imyun sistεm de mek mistek. Dis RF tɛst na simpul blɔd tɛst we dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz fɔ ɛp fɔ no di sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de fɛt insɛf lɛk rεumatoid arthritis ɛn Sjögren’s syndrome.

Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen yu tɛst rizɔlt to yu, ɛn if yu gɛt ɛni mɛrɛsin, dɛn go ɛp yu fɔ fɛn tritmɛnt dɛn we go ɛp fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn ɛn ridyus di impak we dɛn kin gɛt pan yu ɛvride layf.

Di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis atikul (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di men pɔynt dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• Rheumatoid Factor na wan kayn spɛshal antibodi we wi bɔdi in imyun sistɛm de mek.
• Di RF tɛst na blɔd tɛst we de ɛp dɔktɔ dɛn fɔ no di sik dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn de fɛt dɛnsɛf ɛn sɔm infɛkshɔn dɛn.
• Nɔ fred di RF lɛvɛl we de go ɔp wantɛm wantɛm . Na in wan nɔ go ebul fɔ no if sik de. Na wan tin nɔmɔ kin ɛp dɔktɔ fɔ no if i gɛt di sik.
• Ɔltɛm tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt yu RF tɛst rizɔlt, ɛn bak ɛni sayn we yu kin gɛt. Na dɛn nɔmɔ go ebul fɔ gi yu di bɛst advays.
• Difrɛn tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt ay RF lɛvɛl. So nɔ panik ɛn fala wetin yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du.

A op se yu dɔn ɔndastand mɔ bɔt Rimatɔyd Fakta naw. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

` Riumatoid faktɔ, RF tɛst, antibodi, ɔtoimyun sik, jɔyn pen, rεumatoid at, blɔd tɛst