Lɛ wi lan bɔt di gland dɛn we de na yu mɔt we de mek saliva. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt wan (Salivary Gland Scan)!

Yu dɔn ɛva wɔnda aw saliva kin kɔmɔt na wi mɔt ɛn wetin kin ɛp am? wan kayn gland de we dεn k כl saliva gland dεm insay wi mכt. Dis na di gland dεm we de mek saliva εn kip wi mכt wet εn εp wi fכ digεst it. So sɔntɛnde dɛn kin du spɛshal tɛst fɔ si if dɛn saliva gland ya de wok fayn ɛn if ɛni prɔblɛm de. Na dat wi kin kɔl `(Salivary Gland Scan)`. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis jɔs tide.

Wetin na dis Saliva Gland Scan tɛst?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na tɛst we dɛn de yuz wan mɛdikal tɛknɔlɔji we dɛn kɔl ``nyukliar mɛrɛsin''. I tan lɛk se yu tek foto, bɔt i de luk di saliva gland dɛn na yu mɔt. Dɛn kin yuz am mɔ fɔ chɛk if dɛn gland ya de wok fayn ɛn de mek inof saliva. sכm pipul dεn kin kכl dis bak ``salivary gland fכnshכn skan''. di men saliva gland dεm we de na di tu say dεm na yu yes εn na yu jaw, dεn kכl dεm di parotid gland dεm . biכs dis tεst kin gi infכmeshכn bak bכt dεn gland dεm ya, sכmtεm dεn kin kכl am ``parotid scintigraphy''.

So, ustɛm dɛn kin du dis tɛst?

Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ skan yu saliva gland. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• If yu tink se yu gɛt blok ɔ tumbu na yu saliva gland: Yu kin fil sɔntin we strenj insay yu mɔt, na yu chɛst, ɔ na yu jaw eria.
• If di say dεm we de rawnd di saliva gland dεm swel εn yu de fil pen: Dis min se yu de fil swel כ pen na say dεm lεk insay yu mכt, na di tu say dεm na yu jaw, כ nia yu yes.
• If yu mɔt de dray ɔltɛm: Dɛn kɔl dis na mɛrɛsin ``Xerostomia.'' I min se di saliva we de na di mɔt de dɔŋ, we de mek di mɔt dray.

If sɔm kayn sayn dɛn de, di dɔktɔ kin du dis skan fɔ si if ɛni prɔblɛm de insay pɔsin in bɔdi.

Aw dɛn kin du dis skan?

Dis na tɛst we spɛshal smɔl. I de yuz kamɛra ɛn redioaktiv sɔbstans (wi kɔl am `(tracer)`). Nɔ wɔri, dis `(tracer)` nɔ go du yu bad bad wan, i jɔs de yuz wan rili smɔl.

Imajin, dis `(tracer)` tan lɛk drop wata we gɛt kɔlɔ. We yu put am na yu bɔdi, i kin miks wit yu saliva ɛn travul tru yu saliva gland dɛn. We yu luk am wit da spɛshal kamɛra de, yu go si klia wan aw dis day de travul na di rod. Na laik se yu de wach moto fo rod wit `(CCTV)` kamera. Dis kin mek dɔktɔ dɛn ɔndastand aw yu saliva gland dɛn de wok ɛn if sɔntin dɔn blok sɔmsay.

Aw yu fɔ pripia bifo di tɛst?

Natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt bifo yu go fɔ dis `(Salivary Gland Scan)`. Bɔt sɔm smɔl smɔl tin dɛn de we yu fɔ no bɔt.

• Na yu yonƆl di jɔyri, lɛk iaring ɛn nɛks, we de na di fes, ed, ɛn nɛk eria fɔ kɔmɔt, bikɔs dɛn kin ambɔg di pikchɔ dɛn we de na di skan.
• If yu gɛt alɛji to ɛni it, mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt am bifo tɛm.
• Yu fɔ tɛl di dɔktɔ dɛn bak if yu gɛt bɛlɛ, ɔ yu tink se yu gɛt bɛlɛ . Dis rili impɔtant.

Dis na di men tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ du. No nid fɔ pripia bɔku, so kip yu maynd opin.

Wetin kin apin we dɛn de du di tɛst?

Okay, naw mek wi si wetin de apin di tɛm we dɛn de skan. Dɛn go kɛr yu go na wan ``nyuklia mɛrɛsin'' rum. Dɛn go aks yu fɔ ledɔm na tebul de. Dɔn, ɔltɛm na ``nyuklia mɛrɛsin tɛknɔlɔjis'', tɛknishian we de du dɛn tɛst ya, go du dɛn tin ya:

1. Fɔs, dɛn go put di tin dɛn we yu de yuz fɔ tek pikchɔ nia yu fes ɛn yu nɛk. I luk smɔl lɛk ``X-ray`` mashin. Bɔt nɔ wɔri, i nɔ go at.

2. nεks, dεn de injεkt sכm sכm rεdyuaktiv sכbstans we dεn kכl ``(tracer)`` insay wan vein na yu an. Dis tɛm ya, yu kin fil smɔl pen, lɛk we smɔl ant kin swɛt ɔ we nidul kin chuk yu. Dis go go insay sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn.

3. Naw dɛn go tek di pikchɔ dɛn fɔ yu saliva gland dɛn. Dis kin tek lɛk 45 minit so. Na wetin yu fɔ du na fɔ de stil ɛn nɔ muf. Yu nɔ go fil ɛni pen we yu de tek di pikchɔ ɔ frɔm di mashin.

4. Dɔn, mek yu saliva gland dɛn wok, we min se yu fɔ gi yu mɔt wan saliva, wan pis lɛmon, ɔ sɔntin we sɔl. Dis go mek yu saliva gland dɛn bigin fɔ mek mɔ saliva.

5. Fɔ dɔn, insay lɛk 20 minit so, wi go tek sɔm ɔda pikchɔ dɛn bɔt yu saliva gland dɛn. Dis go chɛk fɔ si if difrɛns de pan di we aw yu saliva de flɔ afta yu gi am di sɔl tin.

Dis na wetin kin apin we dɛn de du di tɛst. Stay rilaks as yu ebul. If yu fil ɛnitin we nɔ fayn, tɛl di pipul dɛn we de de.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt afta di tɛst?

Afta di skan dɔn, yu kin bigin fɔ du yu nɔmal tin dɛn bak pas yu dɔktɔ advays yu ɔda we. Yu nɔ go nid fɔ rɛst bɔku.

Bɔt, wan tin de we wi fɔ mɛmba. I kin stil gɛt smɔl pat pan di ``(tracer)`` we yu injɛkt insay yu bɔdi. Fɔ mek i nɔ afɛkt ɔda pipul dɛn ɛni we, du dɛn tin ya:

• Flush di tɔylɛt wantɛm wantɛm afta yu dɔn yuz am. Smɔl smɔl pat pan di traysa go kɔmɔt na yu urine ɛn stɔl fɔ di fɔs 24 awa afta di skan.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop afta yu dɔn yuz tɔylɛt.

If yu du dis kɔrɛkt wan, prɔblɛm nɔ go de.

Ɛni risk de fɔ dis tɛst?

If bɔku pipul dɛn want fɔ tek dis tɛst, .Di risk dɛn rili smɔl we yu kɔmpia am to di bɛnifit dɛn. Di redioaktiv tin we dɛn kin gi yu rili smɔl, ɛn bɔku tɛm i kin kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi kpatakpata insay wan de.

Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt fɔ avɔyd dis tɛst ɔ put am bifo fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Udat dɛn go gɛt fɔ avɔyd ɔ put dis tɛst bifo tɛm?

• Pipul dɛn we gɛt alɛji to traysa: If yu dɔn ɛva gɛt alɛji to wan redioaktiv traysa, yu fɔ rili tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt am.
• Mama dεm we de gi bεlε: di redioaktiv traysa kin pas insay yu bεlε milk. So, nɔ gi yu pikin in bɛlɛ fɔ wan ɔ tu dez afta di tɛst. Bifo dat, gi yu pikin in mama in milk ɔ fɔmula we yu dɔn kip bifo di tɛst. yu kin yuz brεst pכmp fכ εksprεs εn pul di milk (dεn kכl am bak pכmp εn dכmp). Du dis te yu dɔktɔ se i nɔ bad fɔ gi pikin in bɛlɛ bak.
• bεlε כ i kin bεlε: di rεdyushכn we dεn de gεt we dεn de du dis tεst kin nכ gud fכ di pikin. Bɔku tɛm, i bɛtɛ fɔ put dis tɛst bifo pas nɔmɔ if i rili nid fɔ du am. Na if i rili nid fɔ disayd fɔ du sɔntin afta yu dɔn tɔk bɔt am gud gud wan.

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn tin ya.

Wetin go bi di rizɔlt fɔ di tɛst?

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu raydio go rivyu yu skan dɛn. I go sɛn di infɔmeshɔn to di dɔktɔ we rifer yu fɔ di tɛst. Dɔn di dɔktɔ go tɔk to yu bɔt di tin dɛn we dɔn apin.

Wetin na nɔmal tin we kin apin?

Nɔmal rizɔlt min se di traysa dɔn pas tru yu saliva gland dɛn we nɔ gɛt ɛnitin fɔ blok, we nɔ de ambɔg am, ɔ we nɔ de muv sloslo. Dat min se di gland dɛn de wok fayn!

Wetin fɔ du if sɔntin apin we nɔ kɔmɔn?

Di tin dɛn we nɔ kin apin kin min se prɔblɛm kin de. I kin bi sɔntin lɛk dis:

• Tracer nכ kin pas tru di saliva gland dεm: Dis kin bi sayn fכ wan kכndyushכn lεk Sjögren’s syndrome, wan sik we de afekt di gland dεm we de prodyuz mכsichכ na di bכdi bikoz fכ wan imyun sistεm dizכrd.
• di traysa de fכlכ sloslo כ nכ de fכlכ atכl tru wan כ mכr gland dεm: Dis kin sho se wan gland de blok bay sist, ston, כ כda growth.
• di traysa de fכlכ tru wan כ mכr pan di gland dεm kwik kwik wan pas aw i fכ fכlכ: Dis kin bi sayn fכ wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl parotitis, we na we di parotid gland dεm de swel εn infεkt.

Dis na di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ du. Bɔt mɛmba se dɛn tin ya na jɔs tin dɛn we pɔsin kin sɔprayz pan. Di dɔktɔ go chɛk mɔ fɔ no ustɛm i bi.

If di tin dɛn we kin apin nɔ kin fayn, wetin yu kin du nɛks?

If yu skan rizɔlt nɔ nɔmal, nɔ wɔri. Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen wetin fɔ du nɛks.

• If yu gɛt nyu diagnosis, yu dɔktɔ go tɔk to yu bɔt yu tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛm, ɔr kin rifer yu to ɔda spɛshal dɔktɔ fɔ ɔda tritmɛnt.
• Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst bifo dɛn no if pɔsin gɛt di sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin du bayɔpsi, we min se dɛn kin tek wan sɛmpul pan di tisu ɛn chɛk am.

Bɔt yu dɔktɔ go du ɔl wetin i nid fɔ gi yu di bɛst tritmɛnt.

Di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mek yu mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Saliva gland skan na test we nɔ de invayd we de ɛp fɔ no prɔblɛm wit yu saliva gland. Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin mek pɔsin fil pen, ɛn dɛn nɔ nid fɔ pripia ɔ kia fɔ am spɛshal.

If yu de fil smɔl fɔ fred ɔr de strɛs fɔ dis tɛst, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. Dɛn de fɔ ɛp yu ɛn gi yu di bɛst tritmɛnt. Una kin tɔk togɛda bɔt wetin mek yu want fɔ gɛt dis tɛst ɛn aw fɔ rilaks as yu ebul ɔl di tɛm we yu de du di tɛst.

Mɛmba se, i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, ɛn fɔ ɔndastand dɛn kayn tɛst ya kin ɛp.

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