Yu want fɔ no bak bɔt dis kayn siriɔs ɛn kɔnvulsiv ‘seizure’? Mek wi tok!

Sɔntɛnde yu go dɔn si sɔmbɔdi nɔ no natin wantɛm wantɛm, i kin kɔnfyus, ɛn fɔdɔm wit mɔs we de kɔmɔt na in mɔt. Ɔ sɔntɛm yusɛf dɔn ɛkspiriɛns am. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl seizure. I kin bi sɔntin we de mek pɔsin fred. Bɔt we yu no wetin i bi, natin nɔ de fɔ fred. Lɛ wi si wetin na sik we de mek pɔsin sik, wetin mek i kin apin, ɛn wetin fɔ du.

Wetin na dis ‘seizure’?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, we pɔsin sik na we di ilɛktrik wok we de apin wantɛm wantɛm bitwin di nɛv sɛl dɛn (nyurɔn dɛn) na yu bren we nɔ de wok fayn. Tink bɔt yu bren lɛk smɔl ilɛktrik sistem. Sɔntɛnde dis kin mek ‘shɔt sɔrkwit’. Dis na we dɛn sayn ya kin apia. Nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl seizure di sem we. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin nɔ no natin ɛn dɛn kin gɛt kɔnvulshɔn. Ɔda wan dɛn nɔ kin du dat, bɔt bifo dat, dɛn kin stɔp fɔ du wetin dɛn de du ɛn de luk dɛn blank fɔ sɔm tɛm. Dɛn kin ivin fil lɛk se dɛn an ɔ dɛn fut de shek shek. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt wan sik nɔmɔ na dɛn layf. Ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn bɔku tɛm insay di de. So yu ɛkspiriɛns kin rili difrɛn frɔm ɔda pɔsin in yon.

Wetin na di men kayn sik wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt sik?

Naw lɛ wi si wetin na di men kayn sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik. Tu men kayn dɛn de:

1. Jɛnɛral sik (ɔ jɛnɛral we de bigin fɔ sik): Dis na we ilɛktrik aktiviti de stat na ɔl tu di say dɛm na di bren di sem tɛm. Yu kin gɛt jɔk na ɔl tu di say dɛn na yu bɔdi, ɔ jɔs wan say. Sɔntɛnde, yu kin jɔs tinap de we yu nɔ gɛt ɛni jɔk. Dis kayn tin kin bɔrku pan yɔŋ pikin ɛn titi, bɔt i kin apin to ɛnibɔdi we ol ɛni ej.

2. Fכkal sik (כ fכkal כnset sik): Insay dis kayn sik, di ilektrikal aktiviti de stat na wan say na di bren, כ na wan spεsifi k εria (a "fokus"). Bɔrku tɛm, di sayn dɛm kin afɛkt wan say na di bɔdi. Yu kin no ɔ yu nɔ kin no bɔt dis tɛm. Dis min se yu kin mɛmba di sik we yu gɛt ɔ yu nɔ kin mɛmba. Sɔntɛnde, di fɔs sik kin stɔp, ɔ i kin spre to ɔl tu di say dɛm na di bren.

Wetin na di kayn sik wae de afekt di ol bren (`Generalized seizures`)?

naw lε wi luk sכm ditel pan di difrεn kayn sik dεm we de afekt di כl bren (`Generalized seizures`).

• `Absence seizures`: Insay dis, yu kin stɔp wetin yu bin de du wantɛm wantɛm, de luk blank wan, ɛn i tan lɛk se yu nɔ ebul fɔ yɛri ɛnitin fɔ sɔm tɛm. I tan lɛk se yu dɔn ‘go kɔmɔt na di wɔl’ fɔ sɔm tɛm. Dis kin go fɔ insɛf insay sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn.
• `Atonic seizures` (dεn kin kכl am bak `drop seizures`): insay dis, di bכdi kin lכs di mכsul kכntrכl wan wan εn i kin fכl na grכn.
• `Clonic seizures`: Insay dis, di tu say dεm na di bכdi de jכk, εn i kin bi se i de lכs kכnsεns. Sɔntɛnde, na wan say nɔmɔ na di bɔdi kin jɔk, dɔn i nɔ kin lɔs in kɔnshɛns.
• `Myoclonic seizures`: insay dis, wan mכsul כ sεvεra mכsul dεm we kכnekt tכgeda de jכk wan wan. I tan lɛk smɔl jolt, lɛk ilɛktrik shɔk.
• `Sεkכndari jεnaralised sik dεm`: insay dis, ilektrikal aktiviti fכs de stat na wan pat pan di bren (`focal seizure`), εn afta dat i de spre to di כl bren (`jεnaralized seizure`).
• `Tonic-clonic seizures`: Dis na di kayn we we bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink bɔt we dɛn yɛri di wɔd `seizure.` Fɔs, di mɔsul dɛm na di bɔdi kin stiff (`tonic phase`), dɔn i nɔ kin no natin ɛn di wan ol bɔdi kin bigin fɔ shek (`clonic phase` - `convulsions`).
• Tonic seizures: Insay dis, yu kin lɔs yu kɔnshɛns ɛn di mɔsul dɛm na di bɔdi kin stif, bɔt di jɔk (kɔnvulshɔn) nɔ kin apin.

Wetin na di kayn sik wae de afekt wan pat na di bren nכmכ (`Focal seizures`)?

naw lε wi luk di kayn sik dεm we de afekt כnli wan pat pan di bren (`Focal seizures`).

• Focal seizures (dεn bin de kɔl am simpul pat pan di sik dεm): Insay dis kayn sik, yu kin no wetin de apin, we min se yu kin fil am, ɛn mɛmba am afta dat.
• Focal seizures (dεn bin de kɔl am kɔmpleks pat pan di sik dεm): We yu sik, yu nɔr de no natin, yu nɔr no bɔt wetin de arawnd yu, ɛn yu nɔr de mɛmba wetin apin afta dat.

Aw kɔmɔn tin kin apin we pɔsin kin gɛt sik?

Yu kin de wɔnda aw dɛn sik ya kin rili kɔmɔn. Ɔlsay na di wɔl, dɛn dɔn tɔk se lɛk wan pan ɛvri 10 pipul dɛn go gɛt at le wan tɛm we dɛn go gɛt sik insay dɛn layf. So dis nɔto ɔl dat we nɔ kɔmɔn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt sik?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ di sik kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ di kayn sik ɛn aw i siriɔs, bɔt di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm na:

• Nɔbɔdi nɔ kin no natin.
• di bכdi muvmεnt dεm we dεn nכ kin kכntrol (kכnvכlshכn, mכsul dεm we de spam, jכk).
• Fɔ de luk, we yu nɔ de luk ɛnitin .

Apat frɔm dis, ɔda kwaliti dɛn kin de:

• Di chenj wae de kam pan pɔrsin in filin kwik kwik wan (kɔnfyushɔn, frayd, gladi at, wɔri).
• Tutpik we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek tut.
• Drooling we yu de drɔl.
• Ayz dɛn we de muv rawnd we nɔto fɔ natin.
• Lɔs di urinary ɔ bowel kɔntrol.
• Fɔ mek strenj nɔys (lɛk fɔ grɔmbul, fɔ snor).

Bɔt mɛmba se dɛn sayn ya kin apin fɔ shɔt tɛm . Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin las frɔm sɔm sɛkɔn to sɔm minit.

Wetin na di stej dɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de sik?

Sɔm sik wae kin kam pan pɔrsin kin gɛt sɔm difrɛn stej dɛm, bɔt nɔr to ɔlman kin gɛt ɔl dɛn stej ya.

1. Prodrom faz: .Yu kin notis chenj na yu maynd ɛn bihayvya sɔm dez bifo yu gɛt sik. Yu kin fil lɛk yu ed de tɔn, i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ pe atɛnshɔn, ɔ yu kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ slip.

2. Aura phase: Yu kin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm bifo di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ se yu gɛt sik bigin. Dɛn tin ya kin bi we yu de chenj yu yay (we yu de si brayt layt, si tin dɛn we dɔn chenj), yu ed de at, yu ed de tɔn, yu de fil lɛk yu de fil fɔ fred, yu de wɔri, ɛn yu de chenj yu sɛns (we yu de chenj di we aw yu de te, smɛl, sawnd, ɛn tɔch).

3. Ictal phase: Dis na we di sik kin rili apin. Dis na wae yu go gɛt de sik wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt.

4. Postictal phase: Wae de sik dɔn dɔn, yu kin gɛt kɔnfyushɔn, taya pasmak, yu bɔdi kin at, ɛn yu kin gɛt strɔng filin (sɔri, vɛks, gladi at).

di imכtant tin na dat nכto כl di sik dεm we de sik gεt dis prε-sayn fכs we dεn kכl ``Aura.`` כlsay na di sik dεm kin kam wan wan, witout nכ wɔnin.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de wɔn yu bifo yu gɛt sik?

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt sayn fɔ wɔn pipul dɛn bifo dɛn gɛt sik, bɔt dis nɔ kin apin to ɔlman.

• Sεns dεm: yu de si brayt layt, si tin dεm difrεnt, yu de yεri strenj sawnd dεm wan wan, fכ fil strenj tεst (lεk mεtal, bita) כ smεl, strenj sεns dεm na yu skin (lεk fכ sכmtεm כ tingling).
• Di chenj wae de chenj pan aw pɔrsin de fil: I kin bigin fɔ gɛt strɔng filin wantɛm wantɛm (frayd, gladi at), fil lɛk se sɔntin dɔn apin bifo pan ɔl we i nyu (`déjá vu`), ɔr kin fil lɛk nyu tin pan ɔl we i rili sabi (`jamais vu`).
• Awtonɔmik simptom dɛm: Dis na simptom dɛm wae de afɛkt di bɔdi sistɛm dɛm wae yu bren de kɔntrol ɔtomɛtik wan. Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na fɔ swet, fɔ drɔl, fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ we nɔ fayn, ɛn fɔ gɛt palɛ skin.

Wetin na de tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt sik?

Wetin mek pɔsin kin gɛt sik we de mek pɔsin sik? as a bin se, di men tin we kin mek dis apin na we di ilektrikal aktiviti inkrεs bitwin di nεv sεl dεm (`Nyuron`) na yu bren wan wan, abnכmal, we dεn nכ kכntro. dis nεv sεl dεm de kכmכnik wit dεn wan dεm tru ilektrikal signal dεm. we di sik de sik, di bren sεl dεm we dεn afekt de sεnd dεn signal dεm to כda sεl dεm na di εria we de rawnd am we dεn nכ de kכntrol. Dis we aw ilɛktrik de skata pasmak na in kin mek yu gɛt di sayn dɛm fɔ mek yu gɛt sik.

Dɛn kin sheb di tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt sik wae de mɛk pɔrsin fil bad to tu men grup dɛm:

1. Provoked seizures (ɔ nonepileptic seizures): Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf wan tɛmporari kɔndishɔn ɔ wan patikyula tin (dɛn kɔl am trig). Dis min se na sɔntin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt di sik.

2. Sik we yu nɔ provok (`Un provoked seizures` ɔ `epileptic seizures`):Dɛn tin ya kin apin fɔ dɛnsɛf, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin si ɛni rizin. Dɛn kin apin bak bɔku tɛm. Dɛn sik ya na di men sayn fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl ɛpilepsi.

Sɔntɛnde, dɛn nɔ kin no klia rizin fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt sik. Wi kin kɔl dɛn tin ya `idiopathic seizures`.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik?

Nɔto di sem tin dɛn de we kin mek ɔlman kin trig, bɔt na sɔm tin dɛn ya we kin apin:

• Nɔmal blɔd shuga lɛvɛl (tu lɔw ɔ tu ay).
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn (lɛk `Wellbutrin®` ɔ `bupropion`).
• Layt dɛn we brayt, we de flash ɔ we de flik.
• Ɔt sik we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Ay fiva.
• Di we aw pɔsin nɔ de slip fayn.
• Strɛs.
• Yuz drɔgs ɔr rɔm (espɛshali di sayn dɛm wae yu kin gɛt fɔ lɛf fɔ drink rɔm we yu stɔp fɔ drink rɔm).

If yu kin gɛt sik we de mek yu sik ɔltɛm, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu rayt bɔt wetin yu bin de du ɛn aw di say we yu bin de bifo yu sik. Dis infɔmeshɔn go ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin na di tin dɛn we de mek yu sik.

Us ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik?

Difrɛn ɔda sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik kin mek i sik. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• abnכmaliti dεm na di bכdi vεsul dεm na di bren (`Aneurysms`).
• Tumɔs dɛn na di bren.
• כksijεn we nכ de na di bren (`Sεribral haypoksia`).
• Sεribrovaskul sik.
• Shuga.
• Sivεr ed injuri (`Sivεr kכnkyushכn` εn `traumatik bren injuri`), spεshal wan we yu lכs kכnsεns.
• Sik dɛm wae de mek yu bren wik smɔl smɔl, fɔ ɛgzampul, Alzaima sik ɔr frɔntotemporal dimɛnshɔn.
• di hεy bכdi prεshכn εn di sik (`Eclampsia`) we di bεlε de.
• Prɔblɛm wit ilɛktrɔlayt, mɔ we sɔdiɔm (hyponatremia), kalsiɔm, ɔ magnɛsiɔm nɔ bɔku.
• Epilepsy - Dis kin bi wae yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik ɔltɛm wae nɔr gɛt klia kɔz.
• Di kɔndishɔn dɛn we de na di jɛnɛtiks.

Sɔntɛm ɔda rizin dɛn de:

• כmon chenj dεm (`Hכmon-rεlatεd chenj dεm`).
• Infεkshכn dεm (especially encephalitis, meningitis, כ sepsis).
• Inflameshɔn frɔm ɔtoimyun kɔndishɔn dɛn.
• Mental hεlth prכblεm (dεn kכl dεm `saykojεnik sik`), fכ egzampl `kכnvכshכn dizכrd`.
• di prכblεm dεm wit di bren divεlכpmεnt we de apin we dεn bכn am (`Congenital brain abnormalities`).
• Strɔk we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Fɔ it pɔyzin (kabon monoksayd pɔyzin, hεvi mɛtal pɔyzin).
• Snek bayt ɔ ɔda animal we gɛt pɔyzin we pɔsin bit.

Udat de pan big risk fɔ gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl seizure?

Ɛnibɔdi, pan ɛni ej, kin gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl seizure. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm:

• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt ɔda sik dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt.
• If pɔsin na di famili dɔn gɛt sik we de mek i sik (genetic influence).
• Fɔ pikin dɛn (we nɔ rich 18 ia yet).
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn pas 50 ia.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin gɛt sik?

We pɔsin gɛt sik, i kin izi fɔ mek i wund , bikɔs bɔku tɛm pipul dɛn nɔ kin no natin ɛn fɔdɔm. Aksidɛnt kin apin we yu fɔdɔm, ɔ we yu de du ɔda tin (lɛk we yu de drayv motoka, we yu de yuz mashin, ɔ we yu de klaym ayt). We di bɔdi de jɔk, di an ɛn fut dɛn kin bang tin dɛn we at, ɛn dis kin mek i kɔt, brus, ɛn ivin brok bon dɛn.

Status epilepticus na wan sik wae denja. I kin apin we di sik kin te fɔ pas fayv minit, ɔ we ɔda sik kin kam bifo di pɔsin dɔn wɛl ɔlsay frɔm wan sik we i gɛt. Dis na mɛdikal imejensi we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. I kin mek yu bren pwɛl ɛn ivin day.

Strɔng kɔnekshɔn de bak bitwin di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt ɛn di maynd wɛlbɔdi. Pipul wae gɛt dis sik kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn maynd lɛk fɔ wɔri ɛn pwɛl hat . Dis na bikɔs di sik kin ambɔg di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride ɛn di tin dɛn we dɛn kin ɛnjɔy. Yu kin fil wɔri ɛn wɔri fɔ gɛt ɔda sik we de mek yu sik. Sɔntɛm yu nɔ go ebul fɔ slip na nɛt de wɔnda ustɛm di nɛks wan go kam. If yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik bifo ɔda pipul dɛn, yu kin shem ɛn yu nɔ go want fɔ go na do ɔ spɛn tɛm wit yu padi dɛn. Bikɔs sik na sɔntin we kin apin we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, i nɔmal fɔ mek yu gɛt dɛn kayn filin ya. Wan pɔsin we de advays yu bɔt mental wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kin ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol dɛn filin ya.

Aw yu go no se yu dɔn sik?

Dɔktɔ, we bɔku tɛm na dɔktɔ we de mɛn nyuro, kin no se pɔsin gɛt sik we de mek i sik. Dis kin min fɔ ɛgzam in bɔdi, ɛgzam fɔ di nyurolɔjik, ɛn ɔda tɛst dɛn. We dɛn de du dɛn tɛst ya, di dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik, yu mɛdikal istri, ɛn if ɛnibɔdi na yu famili dɔn gɛt dis kayn sik.

I kin rili ɛp fɔ kam wit pɔsin we si yu sik wit yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Bikɔs yu nɔ go mɛmba wetin bin apin da tɛm de, da pɔsin de kin tɛl di dɔktɔ di ditil dɛn.

Us tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt sik we de mek pɔsin sik?

Dɛn tɛst ya kin ɛp fɔ no if yu rili gɛt sik, ɛn if na so, wetin mek yu gɛt am. wan pan di imכtant tin dεm fכ no if yu sik na fכ no if wan patikyula ples de na di bren (`focal point`) usay di sik de bigin. Wae dεn fכnshכn dis `fokal pכynt`, i kin izi fכ di dכkta fכ plan tritmεnt.

Na sɔm pan di tɛst dɛm wae dɛn kin yuse fɔ no if yu gɛt sik wae de mɛk yu sik:

• Blɔd tɛst dɛn.
• CT skan (`Kɔmpyut tomografi (CT) skan`).
• EEG tεst (`Ilektroεnεsεfalogram (EEG)`). Dis de mekɔp di ilɛktrik wok we di bren de du.
• Tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin du fɔ tɛst dɛn jɛnɛtiks.
• MRI skan (Magnɛtik rɛsɔnans imej (MRI)).
• PET skan (Positron ɛmishin tomografi (PET) skan).
• Spinal tap ɔ lumbar pankchɔ.

If di dɔktɔ tink se injuri ɔ kɔmplikeshɔn de we di sik dɔn mek, i kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst bak. Di dɔktɔ go tɛl yu (ɔ pɔsin we de disayd fɔ yu fɔ mɛn yu) us tɛst dɛn de du ɛn wetin mek.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ di sik we de mek pɔsin sik?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ di sik we dɛn kin gɛt kin difrɛn fɔ di kayn sik, aw i siriɔs, ɛn di tin we kin mek i sik. Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk:

• Fɔ trit di ɔndalayn kɔz ɔ kɔndishɔn: Di dɔktɔ go tray fɔs fɔ trit di ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn we mek di sik (lɛk we i gɛt strok ɔ di blɔd shuga we nɔ bɔku). Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sik dɛn we go mek yu sik tumara bambay.
• Fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sik: Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin mek yu nɔ gɛt sik ɔ i kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku sik.
• Ɔpreshɔn: If yu pul ɔ chenj di say we yu de fil na di bren usay di sik kin bigin fɔ sik, dat kin mek di sik nɔ bɔku ɛn i kin rili bad.
• Fɔ mek yu bren wok: Dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn kin put smɔl tin insay yu bren. Dis kin mek ilɛktrik kɔrɛnt go na di bren. Dis kɔrɛnt de ambɔg di abnɔmal ilɛktrik aktiviti ɛn tray fɔ stɔp am. difrεn tכp dεm de fכ mek di bren stimulate, wan egzampl na di vagus nerve stimulation.

If sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn nɔ wok, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ chenj di tin dɛn we yu de it. Sɔm stɔdi dɔn sho se if yu it tin dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɔku kab ɔ ketojɛnik, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku sik dɛn. Bɔt, dɛn stil de du risach bɔt dis.

Wetin na di mɛrɛsin dɛm wae dɛn kin yuse fɔ gɛt sik wae de mɛk pɔrsin fil bad?

Mεdikeshכn kin εp fכ mεnεj di sik dεm we de mek yu sik bay we dεn:

• I kin stɔp jɔs lɛk aw pɔsin kin gɛt sik.
• I de mek yu nɔ gɛt sik dɛn we go mek yu sik tumara bambay.
• I de ridyus di kayn we aw pɔsin kin sik.
• I de ridyus di frɛkuɛns we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de sik.

Na sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek pɔsin sik (dɛn na jɔs ɛgzampul; yu dɔktɔ go disayd us mɛrɛsin we fayn fɔ yu):

• `Bɛnzodiazepin`
• `Karbamazɛpin`
• `Dayazepam`
• `Gabapentin`
• `Lamotrijin`
• `Okskarbazepin`
• `Fɛnitoin`
• `Prɛgabalin`
• `Valproik asid`

Afta yu dɔn bigin fɔ tek nyu mɛrɛsin, yu dɔktɔ go de chɛk yu ɔltɛm fɔ si aw i de wok fayn. I kin tek sɔm mɔnt fɔ mek yu ɛn yu dɔktɔ fɛn di rayt mɛrɛsin ɛn di rayt doz. Ivin if yu fil fayn, i rili impɔtant fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ tek yu mɛrɛsin lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

Stɔdi dɔn sho se lɛk 33% pan di pipul dɛn we de tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt sik kin gɛt kɔmplit rilif frɔm dɛn sik dɛn we de mek dɛn sik. Ɔda 33% ripɔt se dɛn sik kin go dɔŋ afta dɛn dɔn tek di mɛrɛsin.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt sik?

Bikɔs di sik kin apin wantɛm wantɛm, dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp am kpatakpata. di bεst tin wae yu kin du na fכ avכyd tin dεm wae kin mek yu sik, כ `trigger`. Fɔ ɛgzampul, kɔntrol di shuga we yu gɛt na yu blɔd, ɛn protɛkt yusɛf frɔm sik ɛn wund.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt sik we de mek a sik? Wetin a fɔ ɛkspɛkt?

Nɔr to af pan pipul dɛm wae dɔn gɛt wan sik wae nɔr gɛt ɛni rizin go gɛt ɔda wan. Bɔt if di sɛkɔn sik apin, dɔktɔ dɛn kin bigin fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek di sik nɔ kam. Insay wan sik we dɛn kɔl provoked seizure, di risk fɔ gɛt ɔda sik kin dipen pan wetin mek di fɔs sik we dɛn kɔl seizure. If dɛn kin trit da kɔz de, yu nɔ go gɛt ɔda sik we de mek yu sik (lɛs di sem tin we mek yu gɛt di fɔs sik apin bak).

Mɛrɛsin kin stɔp di sik ɔr kin ridyus di frɛkuɛns. Bɔt sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt fɔ tray bɔku mɛrɛsin (ɔ wan kɔmbayn mɛrɛsin) fɔ fɛn di wan we go wok fɔ yu.

Sɔntɛnde, i kin at fɔ kɔntrol di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt wit mɛrɛsin nɔmɔ. We dɛn kayn tin ya apin, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl dɛn fɔ du ɔpreshɔn, fɔ it spɛshal it, ɔ ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn.

If yu kin gɛt sik ɔltɛm, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu bɔt di tin dɛn we yu fɔ tek tɛm wit we go ɛp yu fɔ de sef. Yu kin wɛr ɔ kɛr mɛdikal ID breslɛt ɔ kad. Dis go mek ɔda pipul dɛn no wetin fɔ du if yu gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl seizure.

Aw lɔng i dɔn pas we yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik?

Di sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt sik kin te frɔm sɔm sɛkɔn to sɔm minit, wit maksimam tɛm fɔ 15 minit. Bɔt if sɔm sik dɛn kin apin wan afta di ɔda (dis na mɛdikal imejensi), di sayn dɛn kin las fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Wetin go bi mi tumara bambay fɔ sik dɛn we de mek a sik?

Bikɔs ɔlman in sik kin difrɛn, di we aw dɛn kin si tin kin difrɛn bad bad wan. I dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn:

• Yu bin fɛn rizin?
• Yu tink se dɛn kin trit ɛn kɔntrol da kɔz de?
• Us kayn sik yu bin gɛt?
• Aw di sik bin rili bad ɛn aw lɔng i bin las?
• Dis na yu fɔs sik we yu gɛt fɔ sik?
• Yu gɛt wan ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn wae de sik wae de mɛk yu gɛt sik na kɔmɔn sayn fɔ yu?
• Us tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ mɛn dis kayn sik?

Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ gi yu di nyu tin bɔt wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt. Mek shɔ se yu aks am if yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt sik fɔ di fɔs tɛm na yu layf , ɔ if yu nɔ no natin ɛn nɔ no di tin we mek yu sik, yu fɔ rili go na imejensi rum.If yu tink se yu de gɛt sik fɔ di fɔs tɛm we yu de yu wan, yu fɔ si ɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

If yu dɔn gɛt sik bifo, i impɔtant fɔ wach fɔ sayn fɔ ɔda sik. If yu gɛt sɛkɔn sik, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Dis na bikɔs if yu gɛt sik kin mek yu bren chenj, ɛn dis kin mek yu gɛt ɔda sik we yu de fil. So, i bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu no if yu gɛt di sik ɛn bigin fɔ trit yu kwik kwik wan.

If pɔsin kin gɛt sik we de mek i sik bɔku tɛm, i nɔ go nid fɔ kɔl ambulans afta ɛni tɛm we i sik. Bɔt ivin if yu no wetin mek yu gɛt di sik, di bad bad tin dɛn we i kin gɛt kin stil nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik, yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Wetin mek a bin gɛt dis sik we dɛn kɔl seizure?
• Aw a go avɔyd `trig`?
• Us kayn tritmɛnt yu kin kɔmɛnt fɔ mi?
• Ɛni bad tin de we di tritmɛnt kin du?
• A go gɛt ɔda sik we de mek a sik?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ de sef?

Us kayn sik kin afɛkt pikin dɛn?

Pikin dɛn bak kin gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl seizure. Di sem tin dɛn we kin mek big pipul dɛn gɛt sik kin afɛkt pikin dɛn bɔku tɛm. Na sɔm pan di kayn sik dɛm wae kin kam pan pikin dɛm wae kin gɛt sik wae kin mɛk pɔrsin fil fayn (dis na jɔs ɛgzampul dɛm):

• Absence seizures (dεn kin kכl am bak childhood absence epilepsy).
• Epilepsy na pikin dɛn.
• Febrile seizures we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Di spasm we pikin dɛn kin gɛt.
• Juvenail mayɔklɔnik ɛpilepsi.
• `Lɛnɔks-Gastaut sindrom`.
• `Tonik-klonik sik dɛn`.

I sef fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ if a gɛt sik we de mek a sik?

Yɛs, yu kin gɛt bɛlɛ we sef if yu gɛt ɛpilepshi. Bɔt yu dɔktɔ go want fɔ chɛk yu ɛn yu pikin dɛn wɛlbɔdi ɔltɛm. Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt ɛpilepshɔn nɔ fayn fɔ yuz we uman gɛt bɛlɛ. Dɔn yu dɔktɔ go ebul fɔ gi yu ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn we sef fɔ ɛp fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ wɔri bɔt dis, di bɛst pɔsin fɔ tɔk to na yu dɔktɔ.

Pan ɔl we di sik kin tan lɛk sɔntin we yu kin si na TV ɔ fim, i kin bi sɔntin we yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk kin gɛt ɛvride, ɔ ivin bɔku tɛm. Fɔ tru, dɛn nɔ kin fayn fɔ ɛkspiriɛns, ɛn dɛn kin mek pɔsin fred mɔ fɔ wach. Yu kin fil lɛk se yu nɔr de yusɛf bifo, di tɛm, ɛn afta yu gɛt sik, ɛn i kin tek tɛm fɔ mek yu wɛl.

Ivin if yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn we yu kin gɛt, dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ dil wit di sik dɛn kwik kwik wan. Yu dɔktɔ kin tich yu aw fɔ kɔntrol yu ɔndalayn sik, ɔr ɛp yu fɔ no ɛn avɔyd di tin dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt dis sik. Mɛrɛsin kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di sik we yu kin gɛt ɔltɛm, ɛn ɔpreshɔn kin bi opshɔn if ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn nɔ wok.

Wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi want fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis stori? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Okay, so na sɔm tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• Seizure na abnɔmal tin na di ilɛktrik aktiviti na di bren. Pan ɔl we i kin mek pɔsin fred, tritmɛnt dɛn de we pɔsin kin gɛt dipen pan di tin we kin mek i apin ɛn di kayn we aw i de.
• Nɔto ɔl di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik kin bi di sem. Sɔm pipul dɛn gɛt jɔk muvmɛnt, sɔm pipul dɛn jɔs de luk yu. De sayn dɛm kin difrɛn bad bad wan.
• If yu gɛt sik fɔ di fɔs tɛm we yu nɔ gɛt ɛni rizin, ɔ if yu nɔ no natin, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Ivin if i apin di sɛkɔn tɛm, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin we yu dɔktɔ gi yu di rayt we ɛn di rayt tɛm. Nɔ stɔp fɔ tek am fɔ yusɛf.
• Fain out wetin na yu `triggers` en trai for avoid dem.
• Nɔto yu wan de. Dɔktɔ, fambul, ɛn padi dɛn de we kin ɛp ɛn sɔpɔt pipul dɛn we gɛt sik. Tek kia ɔf yu maynd wɛlbɔdi bak.
• Status epilepticus (di sik we de te pas 5 minit ɔ we de kɔntinyu fɔ sik) na mɛdikal imejensi. I nid fɔ mek dɛn put am na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.

If yu ɔ pɔrsin wae yu sabi gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt aw pɔrsin kin gɛt sik, nɔr frayd fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ. Dɛn go ɛp yu.

` Seizure, Epilepsy, Bren Disease, Nyurolɔjik Sik, Simptom dɛm