Yu gɛt alɛji fɔ sɔm it dɛn? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt alɛji fɔ it!

Ɔmɔs pan una dɔn yɛri bɔt alɛji fɔ it , ɔ lɛk aw sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am, ‘Food Allergies ’? Sɔntɛm yu, sɔmbɔdi na yu famili ɔ yu padi dɔn gɛt sɔntin lɛk dis. Dis na rili sɔntin we wi fɔ wɔri bɔt. So, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis ditayli, rili simpul wan, tide?

Wetin na dis alɛji fɔ it?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, alɛji fɔ it na we wi imyun sistɛm – di ami we de protɛkt wi frɔm sik – mistek si sɔm it dɛn as ‘ɛnimi’. Nɔmal wan, dis imyun sistɛm de wok fɔ protɛkt wi bay we i de fɛt di jem ɛn vayrɔs dɛn we de kam insay di bɔdi. Bɔt insay di kes fɔ alɛji fɔ it, dis sistɛm de si wan prɔtin we de insay it we nɔ de du bad as ‘invader’ ɛn bigin fɔ fɛt am.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na ya na dat yu nɔ go ebul fɔ tink se jɔs bikɔs yu bin gɛt smɔl alɛji di nɛks tɛm, yu go gɛt di sem riakshɔn di nɛks tɛm. Sɔntɛnde, di nɛks tin we pɔsin kin du kin mek i day . So, pɔsin we gɛt alɛji fɔ it fɔ lɛf fɔ it di it we i alɛji to kpatakpata. Dɔn bak, i rili impɔtant fɔ kip wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl epinephrine wit yu ɔltɛm if ɛnitin apin. Imajin, wan yɔŋ bɔbɔ bin de we nem Kanale, i nɔ bin izi fɔ blo ivin afta i it smɔl pinat. I bin de kip in epinephrine pen wit am ɔltɛm.

Us it dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji pas ɔlman?

Infakt, ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt alɛji fɔ ɛni it. Bɔt sɔm it dɛn de we kin mek wi gɛt alɛji fɔ it. Dis na di men wan dɛn:

• Milk (lɛk kaw in milk, bɔfa milk) .
• Eg dɛn
• Pinat dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek tin dɛn
• Soya
• Wit
• Tri nat - Ɛgzampul fɔ dɛn tin ya na kash, amɔnd, ɛn walnut.
• Fish
• Shelfish - fɔ ɛgzampul, shrimps, krab, ɛn squid.
• Sesam we dɛn kin yuz

We yu si dis list, yu go tink se, ‘O, na dɛn tin ya wi kin it ɔltɛm.’ Yɛs, na tru. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it? Aw yu no am?

Naw lɛ wi si wetin na di sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin gɛt alɛji fɔ it.) we kin apin. As wi bin dɔn tɔk, we wi bɔdi in imyun sistɛm no se it we nɔ fayn fɔ it na ‘ɛnimi’, i de mek antibodi dɛn fɔ fɛt am.

Dɔn, ɛvri tɛm we wi it da it de we de mek wi vɛks (ɔ sɔntɛnde wi kin ivin jɔs tɔch am ɔ smɛl am), wi bɔdi kin pul kemikal dɛn lɛk histamin . Na we dɛn kemikal dɛn de kɔmɔt na in kin mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji. Dɛn sik ya kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin, ɛn ivin di sem pɔrsin kin gɛt difrɛn sayn dɛm difrɛn tɛm. Na sɔm tin dɛn we kin apin:

• We pɔsin de swɛt
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo
• Kɔf
• Fɔ mek pɔsin ala lawd lawd wan
• Fɔ fil se yu trot tayt (troat tayt) .
• Bɛlɛ de at (bɛlɛ pen) .
• Fɔ vɔmit
• Rɔnbɛlɛ
• Ay we de it, yay we gɛt wata, yay we swel
• Skin rash, hayv
• Rɛd spat dɛn na di skin
• De swɛl
• Blɔd prɛshɔn we de go dɔŋ wantɛm wantɛm, diziz, ɛn i kin mek i nɔ no natin (we i kin pas) .

Dis kin rili denja: Anafylaksis.

Sɔntɛnde, if pɔsin gɛt alɛji fɔ it, i kin mek i gɛt wan bad bad tin we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja we dɛn kɔl anafylaksis . Dis kin bigin wit di ɔspitul sayn dɛm wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Bɔt, de sik kin wɔs kwik kwik wan. I kin rili at fɔ blo, ɔ yu nɔ kin no natin. Dɛn sayn ya kin afɛkt pas wan pat na di bɔdi. Anafylaksis kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja if dɛn nɔ trit am kwik wit epinephrine we dɛn kin injɛkt. So i impɔtant fɔ rili tek tɛm.

Fɔ alɛji fɔ it ɛn fɔ nɔ gri fɔ it na tu difrɛn tin dɛn, nɔto so?

Bɔrku pipul kin kɔnfyus it alɛji wit it intolerance. Fɔ tru, dɛn tu tin ya na tu difrɛn tin dɛn.

Di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu nɔr de it fayn kin bi: yu de blo, yu nɔ de it fayn, yu nɔ de it fayn, yu gɛt gas, yu stɔl nɔ de wok fayn, yu ed de at, yu de fred, ɔ yu de fil lɛk yu flush.

Bɔt sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn de we difrɛn bitwin dɛn tu tin ya :

• Wi imyun sistɛm nɔ de involv pan prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di dijestiv. If pɔsin gɛt alɛji fɔ it, di imyun sistɛm kin rili involv.
• Indigestion kin apin we di bɔdi nɔ ebul fɔ digest sɔm tin lɛk laktɔs . Sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri bɔt am.Bɔt ‘Lɔktɔs Intolɛreshɔn’ . Dat na gud ɛgzampul fɔ dis. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt bɛlɛ we kin pwɛl we dɛn de drink milk fɔ dis rizin.
• Pan ɔl we we pɔsin nɔ de it fayn na tin we nɔ kin mek i fil fayn, bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin bi siriɔs tin . Bɔt if pɔsin gɛt alɛji fɔ it, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

So, if yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm we yu de it we yu de it, i impɔtant fɔ no klia wan if na alɛji ɔ na prɔblɛm wit di we aw yu de digest.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it? (Diagnosis) .

If yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it, di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Yu dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik dɛn ɛn nɔ go gri wit ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt dis sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt blo afta yu dɔn drink milk, dɛn kin tink if na alɛji fɔ it ɔ we yu nɔ de tek laktɔs . Wan ɔda sik we kin mek yu gɛt sayn dɛn we fiba di alɛji fɔ it na di sik we dɛn kɔl Celiac Disease . Pipul dɛn we gɛt dis sik nɔ kin ebul fɔ bia wit gluten, we na wan prɔtin we de insay wit ɛn sɔm ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn kin it.

If yu dɔktɔ tink se yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it, i go mɔs bi se i go sɛn yu to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu alɛji . Dis spɛshal dɔktɔ go aks yu kwɛstyɔn, du yu bɔdi ɛgzam (e.g., lisin to yu lɔng), ɛn du sɔm tɛst fɔ no di prɔblɛm.

Di kayn alɛji tɛst we dɛn kin du mɔ na fɔ tɛst di skin . Insay dis tɛst, dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs kin put wan drop pan wata we dɛn mek wit di it we dɛn tink se na yu skin (bɔku tɛm na di bak pat pan yu an ɔ yu fɔs an), i kin mek smɔl skrach, dɔn i kin wet fɔ sɔm minit fɔ si if ɛnitin de apin (lɛk fɔ rɛd ɔ swel).

Apat frɔm dat, dɔktɔ dɛn kin du blɔd tɛst bak . Dis blɔd tɛst kin chɛk if yu gɛt antibodies agens wan patikyula it na yu blɔd.

If di rizɔlt frɔm dɛn tɛst ya nɔ klia, di alɛjist kin disayd fɔ du wetin dɛn kɔl ‘Food Challenge Test’ .

• Dis tɛst min fɔ mek yu gɛt mɔ alɛji fɔ it smɔl smɔl, ɔnda dɔktɔ fɔ de wach yu dairekt wan. Insay dis tɛm, di dɔktɔ go tek tɛm wach yu sik dɛn. Dɛn fɔ du dis tɛst na alɛji in ɔfis ɔ na ɔspitul, usay dɛn kin gɛt imejensi mɛdikal kia ɛn mɛrɛsin izi wan. Dis na bikɔs wan tin we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja kin apin dis tɛm.

Dɛn kin yuz tɛst chalenj fɔ it bak fɔ si if alɛji kin go as tɛm de go fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn.

Aw yu kin trit pɔsin we gɛt alɛji fɔ it? Wetin yu go du?

No mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji fɔ it. Di wangren rial tritmɛnt na fɔ avɔyd di it we de mek yu fil bad atɔl. Bɔt if yu gɛt alɛji, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ ɛp fɔ ridyus yu sik. Ɛn, if di riakshɔn rili bad, ivin mɛrɛsin dɛn de we kin sev layf.

Ɛnibɔdi we gɛt alɛji fɔ it we kin mek i gɛt siriɔs riakshɔn, lɛk anafylaksis, fɔ kɛr tu doz epinephrine ɔltɛm. Epinephrine na mɛrɛsin we dɔktɔ gi yu. I de insay wan smɔl tin we izi fɔ kɛr (ɔto-injɛkta) . I izi fɔ yuz. Yu dɔktɔ go sho yu aw fɔ yuz am. Ɔltɛm, yu fɔ kɛr tu doz dɛn. Dis na bikɔs i kin ɛp yu fɔ gɛt sɛkɔn doz if wan doz nɔ wok fayn.

Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu bak wan ‘Allergy Action Plan’ . Dis go ɛp yu fɔ rɛdi fɔ, no, ɛn trit wan alɛji. Sheb dis plan wit ɛnibɔdi we nid fɔ no, lɛk yu famili, skul ɔfisa dɛn, ɛn spɔt kɔch dɛn. Dɔn bak, tink bɔt fɔ wɛr ‘Medical Alert Bracelet’ .

Taym na di men tin we de mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji. If yu bigin fɔ gɛt siriɔs alɛji lɛk fɔ blo ɛn yu trot tayt, yuz epinephrine wantɛm wantɛm . Dɔn bak, if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn na tu difrɛn pat dɛn na yu bɔdi di sem tɛm, lɛk we yu skin de rɔsh ɛn we yu de vɔmit, yuz epinephrine wantɛm wantɛm. Dɔn kɔl 1990 (Sri Lanka in imejensi ambulans savis) wantɛm wantɛm ɛn go na di ɔspitul imejensi dipatmɛnt . Di mɛdikal sɔpɔtishɔn rili impɔtant, bikɔs sɔntɛnde sɛkɔn wef fɔ siriɔs sik kin apin, ivin if i tan lɛk se di wɔs pan di sik dɔn stɔp.

Wetin bak yu want fɔ no bɔt dis?

If yu gɛt ɛni kayn alɛji fɔ it, yu nid fɔ bi pɔsin we sabi rid di tin dɛn we dɛn rayt bɔt it . Bɔku manifakta dɛn na wi kɔntri naw de rayt klia wan di tin dɛn we dɛn de yuz fɔ mek di it na di lɛbl. So ɔltɛm rid di lɛbl gud gud wan bifo yu bay nyu it . Mek am abit fɔ chɛk "Dis gɛt pinat?" "Dis gɛt milk?"

Pan ɔl we lɛbl dɛn kin ɛp yu we yu de bay it we dɛn pak, wetin yu kin du we yu de it na do? If yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it, tɛl di pɔsin we de sav yu. Bɔku tɛm, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp de. Aks wetin de insay ɛni it na di menyu ɔ usay dɛn de sho di it. If di pɔsin we de sav yu nɔ no bɛtɛ bɛtɛ wan wetin i bi, si if dɛn kin aks di pɔsin we mek am (ɔ di chɛf) fɔ no.

Wan ɔda tin na fɔ krɔs-kɔntamin.Yu nid fɔ no bak wetin dɛn de tɔk. Dat min se, di kayn it we yu gɛt alɛji to, di pɔsibul fɔ krɔs-kɔntamin wit ɔda it dɛn, lɛk di kɔtin bɔd, tin dɛn, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek ɔda it dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if pɔsin we gɛt alɛji fɔ pinat kɔt ɔda it na di sem kɔt bɔd we dɛn bin de yuz fɔ mek pinat, dat kin bi prɔblɛm. So aks bɔt dis na rɛstɔrant dɛn.

Fɔ liv wit alɛji fɔ it kin tranga sɔntɛnde. If pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt alɛji fɔ it, gi am yu sɔpɔt ɛn ɔndastandin. Sɔm pipul dɛn we gɛt alɛji fɔ it kin fil se dɛn nɔ de nia dɛnsɛf ɔ dɛn nɔ kin fil fayn. Dɔn bak, if yu gɛt alɛji fɔ it, tɛl yu padi dɛn bɔt am. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn go ɔndastand yu ɛn bisin bɔt yu.

So, na som tins yu shud memba from wetin wi tok abaut tide... (Take-Home Message)

Okay, so wi dɔn tɔk bɔku bɔt alɛji fɔ it tide, nɔto so? Pan ɔl dɛn tin ya, na di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Wan alɛji fɔ it nɔto jok. I kin rili siriɔs, sɔntɛnde i kin mek pɔsin gɛt wan sik we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja we dɛn kɔl anafylaksis .
• Nɔ it tin dɛn we yu no se bad fɔ yu kpatakpata . Nɔ tink se, "I nɔ bad fɔ it smɔl."
• If yu de pan denja fɔ gɛt siriɔs alɛji, ɔltɛm kɛr tu epinephrine ɔto-injɛkta dɛn wit yu . Mek shɔ se yu no aw fɔ yuz dɛn.
• If yu gɛt alɛji (especially serious symptoms) , yuz epinephrine wantɛm wantɛm ɛn go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan .
• Rid di tin dɛn we dɛn rayt bɔt di it dɛn fayn fayn wan, tek tɛm bad bad wan we yu de it na do, ɛn no se di tin dɛn we de na di it gɛt krɔs .
• If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt alɛji fɔ it, nɔ panik, bɔt tek tɛm . If yu no ɛn pripia, yu kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol dis sik fayn fayn wan.

If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, mek shɔ se yu tɔk to dɔktɔ. Mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de!

Fɔd Alɛji, Alɛji Simptom, Anafylaksis, Ɛpinefrin, Fɔd Sɛfty, Alɛji Tɛst