Yu gɛt dɛn sik ya bak? Lɛ wi lan gud gud wan wetin na strok!

Di bren na wan pan di impɔtant pat dɛn na wi bɔdi. So wetin yu go du if di bren nɔ gɛt inof blɔd? Imajin wetin go apin insay shɔt tɛm. Dis na di kayn sɔdɛn, denja tin we wi de tɔk bɔt tide, we dɛn kɔl strok. Yu kin dɔn yɛri se dɛn kɔl am ‘paralysis’. Dis na siriɔs tin, so i impɔtant fɔ mek yu ɛn di wan dɛn we yu lɛk no gud gud wan wetin fɔ du.

Wetin na strok? Wetin kin rili apin to di bren?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, strok na wan sik we kin apin we di blɔd we de kɛr ɔksijɛn ɛn tin dɛn we de mek wi gɛt tin fɔ it na wi bren kin kɔt ɔ ridyus wantɛm wantɛm. Jɔs lɛk aw wata paip we blok na wi os kin mek wata nɔ de, we di bren lɔs blɔd, di bren sɛl dɛn kin bigin fɔ day. Dis kin rili denja, bikɔs wans di bren sɛl dɛn dɔn day, i kin rili at fɔ mek dɛn kam bak.

sכmtεm dכkta dεn kin kכl dis ``Sεribrovaskul Aksidεnt (CVA)'', we min "aksidεnt to di bכdi vεsul dεm na di bren." Stroke na di sɛkɔn tin wae kin mek pɔrsin day ɔlsay na di wɔl, so nɔto tin wae wi fɔ tek am layt.

Strɔk kin apin tu men we dɛn:

1. Ischemic Stroke: Dis na di kayn strok we pipul dɛn kin gɛt pas ɔl . Blɔd we de klɔt kin blok wan blɔd vesel we kin kɛr blɔd go na di bren, ɛn i kin blok di blɔd flɔ kpatakpata ɔ sɔm pat pan am.

2. Ɛmorajik Strɔk: Dis kin apin we wan blɔd vesel na di bren bɔs ɛn blɔd go insay ɔ rawnd di bren.

Ilɛk aw i bi, strok na mɛdikal imejensi. Ɛni sɛkɔn kin kɔnt. Di kwik we dɛn bigin fɔ trit, na di mɔ di chans fɔ ridyus di bren we de pwɛl ɛn sev pɔsin in layf.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se pɔrsin gɛt strok? Aw yu no dɛn?

De sayn dɛm fɔ strok kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Dɛn kin difrɛn bak dipen pan usay di strok de na di bren. Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we kin apin to pɔsin. Wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tin ya kin apin di sem tɛm:

• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk, ɔ fɔ lɔs fɔ tɔk kɔmplit wan (`Aphasia`). Yu nɔ kin tɔk fayn, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔk di wɔd dɛn we yu want fɔ tɔk, ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ ɔndastand wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk.
• blכr vishכn, dכbl vishכn (`Diplopia`), כ sכdεn lכs fכ si na wan כ tu yay.
• Fɔ fil se yu kɔnfyus ɛn wɔri.
• Sɔmtɛm, yu kin lɔs yu kɔnshɛns (`Kɔma`).
• Diziz, na filin fɔ spin (`Vertigo`).
• Wan ed we kin at bad bad wan wantɛm wantɛm. Dis kin fil bad pas aw yu kin fil lɛk yu ed we nɔmal.
• Lɔs di mɔsul kɔntrol na wan say na di fes. I kin tan lɛk se dɛn pul di fes na wan say we i de smayl.
• Lכs bεlε, nכ ebul fכ kכntrכl limb dεm, εn stכg lεk pכsin we dכn drכnk (`Ataxia`).
• Lɔs fɔ mɛmba (`Amnesia`).
• Tin dɛn lɛk we yu de biev we yu de chenj wantɛm wantɛm, we yu vɛks, ɛn we yu de agyu.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit.
• Stif nɛk.
• Fɔ mek i fɔdɔm wantɛm wantɛm ɛn fɔdɔm.
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik.
• Fɔ tɔk fayn, fɔ tɔk smɔl smɔl (Dysarthria).
• I nɔmal fɔ mek di bɔdi in sɛns (we de si, yɛri, smɛl, te, tɔch) go dɔŋ ɔ nɔ de igen wantɛm wantɛm.
• Yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ pawa, yu wik, ɔ yu nɔ gɛt pawa ɔlsay na di bɔdi (fes, an, leg) (Paralysis).

If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Nɔ west tɛm.

Aw lɔng pɔsin we gɛt strok kin las? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin apin to am?

Aw lɔŋ strok go de dipen pan aw lɔng dɛn dɔn kɔt di blɔd we de go na di bren. di bren sεl dεm nכ kin ebul fכ liv if dεn nכ gεt כksijεn fכ lכng. Dɛn kin bigin fɔ day insay sɔm minit dɛn. If naf bren sɛl dɛn day na wan eria, di damej kin de sote go. Dis min se prɔblɛm wit aw pɔsin de tɔk, aw i de waka, ɛn aw i nɔ de mɛmba tin kin te fɔ ɔl in layf.

Na dat mek wi se tɛm na di men tin . If wi mek di blɔd go bak na di bren kwik kwik wan, wi go mek i nɔ pwɛl sote go ɔ at ɔl i go mek i nɔ bad.

Ivin afta dɛn dɔn trit am, di tin dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin gɛt strok kin las fɔ sɔm tɛm. Sɔm sayn dɛm ɛn sayd ɛfɛkt kin te fɔ wan ia ɔr mɔr.

Sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt strok! Mɛmba fɔ ‘BI FAST’.

Wan izi we de fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt strok. Dɛn kɔl am ‘BI FAST’ . Dis na akɔdin we dɛn mek bay we dɛn jɔyn di fɔs lɛta dɛn na sɔm Inglish wɔd dɛn. If yu mɛmba dis, yu kin du sɔntin kwik kwik wan if yu ɔ pɔsin we de nia yu notis di sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt strok.

• B - Balans: Yu kin lɔs yu balans wantɛm wantɛm , yu kin fil lɛk yu ed de tɔn, ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ waka.
• E - Ayz: Yu nɔ de si fayn wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ de si wan ɔ ɔl tu yay, ɔ yu nɔ de si sɔm pat pan yu yay.
• F - Fes: Dɛn kin drɔ di fes to wan say . We dɛn aks am fɔ smayl, i tan lɛk se wan say na di fes de go dɔŋ.
• A - An: We dɛn aks am fɔ es ɔl tu di an, i nɔ go ebul fɔ es wan an fayn ɛn i kin fɔdɔm, ɔ wan an kin fil lɛk se i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk.
• S - Tɔk: Fɔ slɔk wɔd dɛn we yu de tɔk, nɔ mɛmba wetin fɔ tɔk, ɔ fil lɛk se yu de tɔk smɔl smɔl. I kin at bak fɔ ɔndastand wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk.
• T - Taym: Taym na prɛshɔ!If yu si ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya , kɔl 1990 (Suwa Sariya) wantɛm wantɛm ɔ kɛr di pɔsin go na di ɔspitul we de nia yu kwik kwik wan. If yu mɛmba di tɛm we di sik bigin, dat go ɛp di dɔktɔ bɔku bak fɔ trit dɛn. Bikɔs sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn kin jɔs de insay sɔm tɛm afta di sik bigin.

Wetin na de men tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt strok?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, tu men kayn strok de, ɛn ɛni wan pan dɛn gɛt difrɛn tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt strok.

1. Bikɔs wan blɔd vesel blok (Ischemic Stroke) .

Dis kin apin we blɔd klɔt ɔ ɔda tin kin stɔp na blɔd vesel we kin kɛr blɔd go na di bren. I tan lɛk dɔti we de stɔp na wata paip. Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf:

• Atɛrosklɛrosis: Dis na we fat tin dɛn lɛk kɔlɔstrel kin gɛda na di wɔl dɛn na di blɔd vesel dɛn as tɛm de go, ɛn dis kin mek dɛn smɔl smɔl. I tan lɛk se rɔst de bɔku insay wan ol wata paip. Blɔd kin klɔt izi wan na dɛn say dɛn ya we smɔl ɛn i kin stɔp.
• Atrial Fibrillation: Dis na di at bit we nɔ de bit ɔltɛm. We di at nɔ de bit fayn, blɔd kin klɔt insay di at. Dɛn klɔt ya kin brok ɛn stɔp na wan blɔd vesel na di bren. Dis sik kin kam mɔr pan pipul dɛm wae de snor (Sleep Apnea).
• Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek dɛn blɔd klɔt: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt di abit fɔ mek dɛn blɔd klɔt izi wan.
• di at dεm we dεn bכn wit: fכ egzampl, dεn wan dεm we gεt ol na di at, lεk ``Atrial Septal Defect`` כ ``Ventricular Septal Defect``.
• Microvascular ischemic disease: I de damej di rili smɔl blɔd vesel dɛn na di bren.

2. Bikɔs ɔf di blɔd vesel we bɔs (Hemorrhagic Stroke) .

Dis kin apin we wan blɔd vesel we de insay di bren bɔs ɛn bigin fɔ blɔd. Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf:

• Bren aneurism: Dis na we di wɔl na di blɔd vesel na di bren wik ɛn bulge lɛk balyɔn. Dis kin bɔs wantɛm wantɛm.
• Bren tumor: Sɔm bren tumor kin put prɛshɔn pan blɔd vesel ɛn mek dɛn bɔs.
• Ay blɔd prɛshɔn: If dɛn nɔ kɔntrol di blɔd prɛshɔn fɔ lɔng tɛm, chans de fɔ mek di blɔd vesel dɛn pwɛl ɛn bɔs.
• Moyamoya sik ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek di blɔd vesel dɛn na di bren wik.

Lɛ wi lan bak bɔt TIA ɔ ‘Mini-Stroke’?

Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt wan Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Dɛn kin kɔl am bak "mini-stroke." I tan lɛk we pɔsin kin gɛt strok, bɔt di sayn dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. De sayn dɛm kin dɔn insay sɔm minit to sɔm awa. Wetin kin apin na dat di blɔd we de flɔ to di bren kin stɔp fɔ sɔm tɛm, bɔt di tin we kin ambɔg kin dɔn ɛn di blɔd kin flɔ bak.

Bɔt, wetin yu go du if yu bin gɛt TIA?Dat na siriɔs wɔnin! I min se di risk fɔ gɛt rial strok insay di nɛks tɛm rili bɔku. So, ɛnibɔdi we gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ TIA nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin no wetin mek i apin ɛn gi yu di tritmɛnt we yu nid fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt big big strok.

Udat dɛn kin gɛt strok?

Pan ɔl we ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt strok, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Pipul wae dɔn pas 65. De risk fɔ gɛt strok kin go ɔp wae pɔrsin de ol.
• Pipul dɛm we de smok, ɔ yuz ɔda kayn tabak (e.g. chewing tobacco), ɛn bak di wan dɛm we de vap.
• Pipul dɛn we de yuz drɔgs.

Dɔn bak, pipul dɛm wae gɛt sɔm kayn mɛrɛsin kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt strok:

• Pipul dɛn we gɛt adikshɔn to rɔm (`Alcohol use disorder`).
• Dɛn dɔn si se sɔm pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt COVID-19 kin gɛt mɔ risk fɔ gɛt strok leta na layf.
• Pipul dɛm wae kin sɔfa wit maygren ed pen ɔltɛm.
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn (haypa prɛshɔn). Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin ivin no se dɛn gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt ay kɔlɔstrel na dɛn blɔd (Hyperlipidemia).
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt Tayp 2 Dayabitis.

Aw yu kin no kɔrɛkt wan se yu gɛt strok?

We dɛn kɛr yu go na di imejensi rum, di fɔs tin we dɔktɔ go du na fɔ du nyurolɔjik ɛgzam. Dis min se yu fɔ chɛk aw yu ebul fɔ tɔk, yu trɛnk, yu balans, ɛn aw yu de si tin.

Dɔn, dɛn kin du bɔku tɛst fɔ no if na strok, us kayn i de, ɛn ustɛm i afɛkt na di bren. Di men wan dɛn na:

• Blɔd tɛst: Chɛk fɔ tin dɛn lɛk prɔblɛm wit blɔd we de klɔt, di shuga lɛvɛl, ɛn di kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl.
• CT skan: Dis kin tek pikchɔ fɔ di bren ɛn i kin chɛk kwik kwik wan fɔ si if blɔd de kɔmɔt ɔ di blɔd vesel dɛn dɔn blok.
• MRI skan: Dis kin tek ditayla pikchɔ dɛn bak bɔt di bren. Dis kin ɛp fɔ gɛt klia pikchɔ bɔt di damej we dɔn apin to di bren.
• E.C.G., ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn. (`Ilektrokardiogram - EKG`): I de chɛk aw di at de wok. I kin no prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk `(Atrial Fibrillation)`.
• EEG (Electroencephalogram - EEG): dis de mכsu di ilektrikal aktiviti na di bren. Sɔntɛnde dis kin ɛp fɔ no if pɔsin de sik we de mek pɔsin sik.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ strok?

Di tritmɛnt we yu go gɛt go dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Aw bɔku bren dɔn pwɛl bikɔs ɔf di strok?
• Us pat na di bren de afɛkt?
• Us kayn strok yu bin gɛt? (Blɔd vesel we dɔn blok ɔ we dɔn bɔs?)

Bɔt di fɔs tin we di dɔktɔ dɛn want fɔ du na fɔ mek di blɔd go bak na di bren kwik kwik wan, ɛn dis kin mek di bren nɔ pwɛl sote go.

• If pɔsin gɛt ischemic strok bikɔs i blok na in blɔd vesel, di tritmɛnt na fɔ ɔl tu sɔlv ɔ pul di blɔd we dɔn blok.
• Thrombolytic medications: Dɛn wan ya kin wok fayn if dɛn gi dɛn insay sɔm awa afta di sik bigin.
• כpεrayshכn (`Mechanical thrombectomy`): sכmtεm, spεshal if na big bכdi kכlכt, dεn kin put sכm sכm tכb tru di leg כ an insay di bren εn pul di kכlכt kכmכt.
• Dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin bak fɔ kɔntrol blɔd prɛshɔn.

• Fɔ pɔsin we dɔn gɛt ɛmoraji strok bikɔs in blɔd vesel dɔn bɔs, di gol na fɔ stɔp di blɔd we de kɔmɔt insay di bren ɛn ridyus di prɛshɔn we de pan di bren.
• Dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin fɔ stɔp di blɔd ɛn fɔ kɔntrol di blɔd prɛshɔn.
• Sɔntɛnde, i kin nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di blɔd we dɔn gɛda insay di bren, fɔ mek di blɔd vesel we dɔn brok, ɔ fɔ ridyus di prɛshɔn na di bren (intracranial pressure).

Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu ustɛm di tritmɛnt dɛn we fayn fɔ yu, wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt frɔm dɛn, ɛn aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek yu wɛl.

Aw impɔtant fɔ rihabiliteshɔn afta yu dɔn gɛt strok?

Rihabiliteshɔn na rili impɔtant pat pan strok tritmɛnt. I tan lɛk se yu bigin bak. I de ɛp yu fɔ ajɔst to di chenj dɛn we dɔn apin na yu bɔdi ɛn maynd bikɔs ɔf di damej we di strok dɔn mek na yu bren. I impɔtant fɔ mek yu gɛt di tin dɛn we yu bin dɔn du trade ɔ lan fɔ liv wit nyu disabiliti.

Bɔku tɛm, wan rihabiliteshɔn program kin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tin ya:

• Cognitive rehab: Impruv yu maynd skil dɛm lɛk mɛmori, atɛnshɔn, ɛn ebul fɔ sɔlv prɔblɛm.
• Ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi: Trenin fɔ du ɛvride wok (e.g., fɔ drɛs, it, was, wok na os) fɔ yusɛf ɛn sef wan bak. Dis impɔtant mɔ fɔ wok dɛn we nid fɔ muv fayn fayn wan.
• Fizik tritmɛnt: I de mek di mɔsul dɛn strɔng, i de mek di bɔdi balans fayn, ɛn i de ɛp fɔ yuz di an ɛn fut dɛn bak. Dis kin ɛp wit tin dɛn lɛk fɔ waka ɛn tinap.
• Spich therapy: I de ɛp fɔ mek pɔsin ɔndastand di tɔk ɛn langwej bak. I de tich yu bak aw fɔ kɔntrol di mɔsul dɛn we de ɛp yu fɔ tɔk, blo, it, ɛn swɛla.

Dis rihabiliteshɔn prɔses kin tranga smɔl, bɔt nɔr giv ɔp. Yu kin go bifo smɔl smɔl.

Aw de rεt wae de rεkכvεshכn εn tεm wae de rεkכvεshכn lεk afta yu gεt strok?

I at fɔ tɔk fɔ tru aw ɔlman kin wɛl frɔm strok. Strɔk kin kil pɔsin ɛn i kin mek pɔsin gɛt disabled fɔ ɔltɛm. Bɔt, i impɔtant fɔ mek wi kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt op. Nɔto ɔlman in tɛm fɔ wɛl ɔ di tin we kin apin to am na di sem.

Ɛmoraji strok, we kin kam bikɔs blɔd vesel bɔs, dɛn kin tek am se i denja pas ischemic stroke, we kin kam bikɔs blɔd vesel blok. Bɔt dat nɔ min se fɔ wɛl frɔm ɔda kayn strok kin izi, kwik, ɔ bɛtɛ.

Di prɔgrɛs we yu go gɛt fɔ wɛl kin dipen pan sɔm tin dɛn:

• Aw yu bin gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.
• Us pat na di bren bin afɛkt?
• Us kayn strok yu bin gɛt?
• Aw yu ɔl gɛt wɛlbɔdi?

I kin tek bɔku pipul dɛn sɔm mɔnt fɔ mek dɛn wɛl te to sɔm tɛm afta dɛn dɔn gɛt strok. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt bay aw yu sik. I go ɛp yu bak fɔ sɛt gol dɛn fɔ wɛl we go fayn fɔ yu.

Wetin wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt strok?

Dɛn se: “Prɛvenshɔn bɛtɛ pas fɔ mɛn am.” So if wi ebul fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt strok, na dat na di bɛst tin fɔ du. Bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm:

• It tin dɛn we go mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi. It mɔ frut, vɛjitebul, ɔl gren, ɛn fayv. Ridyus ɔyl, sɔl, ɛn shuga. Mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet we go fayn fɔ yu.
• Ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm. Du 30 minit wokɔt we go mek yu swet fɔ at le 5 dez insay di wik.
• Kip yu mɛrɛsin kɔndishɔn (lɛk blɔd prɛshɔn, kɔlɔstrel, ɛn dayabitis) ɔnda kɔntrol. Tek di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek di rayt tɛm.
• If yu de smok, stɔp. I nɔ fayn bak fɔ de nia pipul dɛn we de smok.
• Si dɔktɔ wan tɛm insay di ia fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu kɔmplit wan. Bɔrku tɛm, wi nɔr kin fil ɛni sayn pan ɔl we tin lɛk blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn kɔlɔstrel kin ay. Na tru wan tɛst nɔmɔ dɛn kin no dɛn. Dɔn, wi kin trit dɛn kwik ɛn avɔyd big big sik dɛn lɛk strok.

Aw yu kin tek kia ɔf yusɛf afta yu gɛt strok? Wetin yu fɔ no bɔt?

Fɔ wɛl ɛn fɔ rihabilite afta yu gɛt strok na wok we nɔ izi fɔ du. We yu dɔktɔ dɔn gi yu tritmɛnt plan, fala am gud gud wan. Jɛnɛral wan, mɛmba dɛn tin ya:

• Mek shɔ se yu go na yu rihabiliteshɔn ɛn ɔda tritmɛnt apɔntinmɛnt dɛn.Tɛl yu tritmɛnt pipul dɛm if yu nɔr fil fayn ɔr nɔr sef bɔt sɔmtin. Rihabiliteshɔn tranga, bɔt yu nɔr nid fɔ de pan pen ɛn diskɔmfɔt ɔltɛm.
• Tink bɔt yu maynd wɛlbɔdi bak. Pwɛl hat ɛn wɔri kin rili kɔmɔn afta yu dɔn gɛt strok. Nɔ tink se we yu fil bad ɔ wɔri, dat kin mek yu wik. Yu maynd wɛlbɔdi impɔtant jɔs lɛk aw yu bɔdi impɔtant. If yu fil se yu nid ɛp, tɔk to dɔktɔ ɔ pɔsin we de gi advays bɔt yu maynd .
• Tek yu mɛrɛsin fayn fayn wan. If yu tek yu mɛrɛsin lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu, dat go ɛp yu bɔdi fɔ wɛl.

If dɛn sayn ya apin bak, ustɛm a fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm?

If yu tink se yu gɛt ɔda strok, kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na di ɔspitul imejensi rum we de nia yu ɛn nɔ de te. If yu gɛt ɔda strok, di risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm ɛn ivin day kin bɔku.

Pipul wae dɔn gɛt strok kin gɛt ɔda siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn bak, lɛk:

• Blɔd we de klɔt na di leg (Dip Vein Thrombosis - DVT) .
• At atak
• Nyumonia
• Pɔlmonari ɛmbolizm
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik

If yu gɛt ɛni sayn fɔ dis sik, yu fɔ kɔl di imejensi mɛdikal savis wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na ɔspitul.

Wetin na di impɔtant kwɛstyɔn dɛn we wi fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

Afta yu gɛt strok, i go fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Us kayn strok a bin gɛt?
• Dis strok go mek a gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit mi fɔ lɔng tɛm?
• Us kayn tritmɛnt ɛn rihabiliteshɔn a nid?
• Us wɔnin sayn dɛn a fɔ luk fɔ fɔ no if ɔda strok de kam?

Nɔbɔdi nɔ sabi yu bɔdi pas yu. If yu fil se sɔntin nɔ rayt ɔ nɔ de na di say we yu de, tek akshɔn. Strok na tin we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt fɔ du wit mɛrɛsin. If yu tink se yu gɛt strok, go to ɛp wantɛm wantɛm. Fɔ gɛt diagnosis ɛn tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan na di bɛst we fɔ sev yu layf ɛn mek yu wɛl ful wan.

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin we yu want fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm ɔl dis tɔk?

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

Strɔk na we pɔsin kin atak di bren wantɛm wantɛm. I rili denja ɛn i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

Mɛmba di wɔnin sayn dɛm we se ‘BI FAST’. If yu si dɛn sayn ya, yu fɔ kɔl 1990 ɔ go na ɔspitul ɛn nɔ de te.

Di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt strok na fɔ liv fayn layf ɛn kɔntrol yu mɛrɛsin fayn fayn wan (blɔd prɛshɔn, kɔlɔstrel, dayabitis).

Fɔ wɛl we yu gɛt strok kin tranga, bɔt if yu tray tranga wan ɛn yu de gi yu layf to Gɔd, yu go mɔs go bifo. Du yu rihabiliteshɔn fayn fayn wan.

Nɔto yu wan de. Fambul, padi, dɔktɔ, ɛn tritmɛnt pipul dɛn ɔl de fɔ ɛp yu.

Strɔk kin bi sɔntin we kin chenj in layf. Bɔt di waka fɔ mek i wɛl, fayn fɔ am. Sɛlibret ɛvri smɔl smɔl prɔgrɛs we yu de mek. Ɛvri smɔl win na big step na yu rikavari joyn.

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