Yu tɔng na mɔsul we yu nɔ go biliv ɛn we gɛt pawa, nɔto so? I de ɛp yu fɔ it, chuk, swɛla, test, ɛn tɔk klia wan. So, jɔs imajin: if yu gɛt pen, swel, chenj in kɔlɔ, ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ muv yu tɔng, dat kin mek yu layf tranga ɛvride. Na pafɛkt nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl wɔri ɔ wɔri we yu notis sɔntin we nɔ kɔmɔn, mɔ if yu nɔ shɔ wetin mek i de apin.
Bɔt bɔku tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit langwej nɔ siriɔs. Dat se, sɔmtɛm dɛn chenj ya kin sho se pɔsin de wɔri bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs we nid mɔ atɛnshɔn. If yu gɛt siriɔs sik ɔ if di sik de fɔ pas sɔm wiks, i bɛtɛ fɔ go to pɔsin we sabi bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na Nirogi Lanka fɔ mek dɛn ebul fɔ no am fayn fayn wan.
Yu tong kin tɛl wi bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi ?
Yɛs, na fɔ tru. Di we aw yu tɔŋ de luk, fil, muv, ɛn wok kin gi yu valyu tin dɛn bɔt yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tin ya we kin mek pɔsin no bɔt sɔntin kin rili simpul; fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu drink kɔfi we rili wam ɛn bɔn yu tɔŋ, dɛn kin tink se yu go fil pen. Bɔt ɔda tɛm dɛn, yu kin nid dɔktɔ fɔ ɛp yu fɔ no di tin we mek yu gɛt dis sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if i tan lɛk se yu tɔng dɔn swel ɔ i dɔn big, i kin bi bikɔs yu gɛt alɛji, yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, ɔ sɔntɛnde, yu gɛt tumbu.
If yu gɛt ɛni dawt, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu. Dɛn go advays yu if yu nid patikyula tritmɛnt ɔ if yu ebul fɔ kɔntrol di tin wit simpul chenj na yu layf .
Wetin na di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu tɔŋ?
Chek if yu de gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya wit yu tɔŋ:
- I kin big ɔ swel pas aw i kin saiz.
- I kin at fɔ muf frɔm wan say to di ɔda say.
- Yu sɛns fɔ teist dɔn lɔs sɔm pat ɔ i dɔn lɔs ɔl .
- Di kɔlɔ kin chenj (ɛgz., i kin tɔn wayt, yɔlɔ, brayt rɛd, pepul, brawn, ɔ blak).
- di sכfa tεkschכ de chenj (i de sכft, i de divεlכp rayz spat dεm, כ i de sho lεk ia).
- Yu kin fil pen, sos , ɔ bɔn na yu tɔng ɔ na sɔm patikyula say dɛn.
Wetin na di kɔmɔn tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit langwej?
Tכng εshyu כ chenj kin bi sayn dεm fכ sכt tεm (tεmporari) כ lכng tεm (krכnik) hεlth kכndyushכn. Dɛn tin ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm simpul tin dɛn we kin mek yu vɛks, lɛk fɔ bɔn yu tɔŋ pan ɔt drink, to siriɔs tin dɛn lɛk kansa na yu mɔt.
Wetin mek di tɔŋ kin big ɔ swel?
Macroglossia de tɔk bɔt wan big tɔŋ we nɔmal. Bɔku tɛm dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf wan sik we dɛn bɔn wit ɔ wan ɔndalayn mɛdikal prɔblɛm we kin apin as tɛm de go. Sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek yu tɔŋ big na:
- Acromegaly: Na tin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we di bɔdi kin mek tumɔs ɔmon we de mek pɔsin gro . Dis kin mek difrɛn pat dɛn, ivin di tɔŋ, big.
- Amyloidosis: Na disɔda we gɛt fɔ du wit prɔtin usay di prɔtin we nɔ de wok fayn kin mek di tisu ɛn ɔgan dɛn nɔ de wok fayn. dis kin mek yu tכng big wit skel ed dεm.
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: Na wan sik we kin mek pikin dɛn gro we kin mek di tɔŋ tan lɛk se i big we yu kɔmpia am wit di mɔt.
- Down syndrome : Na jεnεtik kכndyushכn we de afekt di mεntal εn fכshal divεlכpmεnt, usay di tכng kin sho se i big pas di avεrej.
- Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis): Na grup we nɔ kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin na di mɛtabolikwe de afekt di pikin in divεlכpmεnt, usay di tכng we big na kכmכn sayn.
- Hypothyroidism : Dis kin apin we di tayroyd gland nɔ de mek inof tayroyd ɔmon . Dis na wan kɔmɔn tin we kin mek pikin dɛn gɛt makroglosia.
- Tכmכro dεm: Bεnign growth lεk lymphangiomas εn hemangiomas, כ malignancies lεk lymphoma, kin mek di tכng big.
Glossitis de tɔk bɔt we yu tɔng de swel we yu gɛt inflamɛns. Di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin na:
- Infεkshכn dεm.
- Injury na in mɔt.
- Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di ɔmon dɛn.
- Di tin dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it.
- Dray mɔt (xerostomia).
- Iriteshɔn frɔm it dɛn we gɛt spays ɔ we yu de yuz tabak.
- Alɛji fɔ sɔm it ɔ mɛrɛsin dɛn.
Wetin mek i kin at fɔ muv di tɔŋ?
I nɔ kin izi fɔ muv yu tɔng kin kɔmɔt frɔm di nerve damej ɔ strɔkchɔral prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek i nɔ muv. Sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na:
- Dysarthria: Wik ɔ paralayz di mɔsul dɛm we dɛn kin yuz fɔ tɔk (inklud di tɔŋ) bikɔs ɔf di nerve dɛm we dɔn pwɛl.
- Glossoptosis: na wan sik we dεn kin bכn we di tכng de posishכn fa bak na di mכt, we de afekt in muvmεnt. Bɔrku tɛm dis kin gɛt fɔ du wit tin dɛm lɛk sɛribra palsi, Down syndrome, ɔ Pierre Robin syndrome.
- Ankyloglossia (Tongue-tie): Na wan sik we dɛn kin bɔn we dɛn kin ankɔ di tɔŋ na di flɔ na di mɔt bay wan shɔt tisu band, we kin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ muv. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin kɔrɛkt dis wit smɔl tin we dɛn kin du we dɛn smɔl.
Lɔs ɔ chenj na di teist
Prɔblɛm dɛn we yu kin gɛt na yu tɔŋ kin bi we yu nɔ de teist igen ( ageusia ), yu nɔ de teist igen, ɔ yu kin chenj aw yu de si di flawa dɛn.
Di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin kin bi:
- Damej pan yu teist bɔd dɛm (ɛgz., frɔm bad bad bɔn).
- Baktri, vayral, ɔ fɛns infɛkshɔn.
- Di sayd ifekt dɛm fɔ sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛm (ɛgz., kimotɛrapi kin chenj di teist bɔku tɛm).
- Nɛv dɛn we dɔn pwɛl.
Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di kɔlɔ ɛn di we aw di say we dɛn de
Dɛn gi bɔku kɔndishɔn dɛn nem afta di chenj dɛn we de apin na di we aw di tɔŋ de luk. Bɔku tɛm, we yu tɔŋ tɔn wayt, yɔlɔ, ɔ blak, dat kin sho se yu nɔ klin yu mɔt fayn. If yu nɔ de klin yu tɔng ɔltɛm, baktri ɛn fɛns kin gɛda. Bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn kin apin, dɛn chenj ya we kin apin na di kɔlɔ ɛn di we aw dɛn mek am kin bi sɔntin we de sho se pɔsin gɛt wan sik we de ɔnda di mɛrɛsin.
- Wait tɔŋ: I kin tan lɛk se yu tɔng gɛt wayt kɔtin ɔ wayt pat. Dis kin bi bikɔs baktri dɛn kin gɛda. sכm tεm dεm, i kin sho se fכn infεkshכn we dεn kכl `thrush` (oral candidiasis) כ wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl `oral lichen planus`. insay rare instans, i kin bi sayn fכ `leukoplakia`, wan kכndyushכn we kin pכtεnshal fכ go bifo to kεnsar.
- Yɔlɔ tכng: Dis kin apin we di dεd skin sεl dεm de kכmכt pan di tכng, we de mek i luk yכlכ.
- Blak hairy tong: Dis kin apin we day skin sel ɔ baktri dɛn kin trɔp na di tong, we kin mek i tan lɛk blak ɔ brawn, lɛk ia. Apat frɔm we yu nɔ de klin yu mɔt fayn—we na di tin we kin mek yu gɛt dis sik pas ɔl—di tin dɛn lɛk redyushɔn tɛrapi to di ed ɛn nɛk, fɔ yuz tabak ɛn rɔm, ɛn fɔ mek yu mɔt dray kin mek dis apin.
- Jiografik tɔŋ: Dis kɔndishɔn gɛt smɔl smɔl rɛd pat dɛn na di tɔŋ wit wayt bɔda dɛn, we de mek i tan lɛk map—na dat mek dɛn gi am di nem. I nɔ kin pas ɔ i nɔ kin ambɔg pɔsin, pan ɔl we wan wan tɛm i kin fil lɛk se i de fil lɛk se i de fil lɛk se i de fil lɛk se i de fil lɛk se i de fil lɛk se i de fil lɛk se i de fil bad ɔ i de fil bad.
Wan tɔŋ we gɛt rɛd kɔlɔ kin sho difrɛn tin dɛn we de ɔnda am, lɛk:
- Fɔlik asid we nɔ de ɛn we nɔ gɛt Vitamin B-12:Dɛn tin ya we nɔ de kin mek yu tɔng fil swel ɛn fil pen.
- Kawasaki sik: I kin tan lɛk se di tɔŋ krak, ɔ i kin tan lɛk brayt rɛd wit bɔmp, we tan lɛk strawberry. Dɛn kin kɔl dis `strawberry tongue` .
- Pɛlagra: Dis kin mek yu tɔng swel, inflam ɛn yu mɔt sɔri.
- Pernicious anemia: Bikɔs ɔf anemia, yu tɔŋ kin tan lɛk se i smɔl, i kin rɛd, ɛn i kin swel, pas fɔ gɛt in nɔmal tin, ɛn i kin fil pen.
- Skarlet fiva: `Strawberry tongue` na wan mak simptom fɔ skarlet fiva.
Impɔtant Notis: If yu notis rɛd ɔ wayt pat, ɔ tik tik eria dɛn na yu tɔŋ we nɔ de klia afta sɔm dez, dis kin bi sayn fɔ `tɔng kansa`. Duya, go to pɔsin we sabi bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs kwik kwik wan if yu si dɛn kayn chenj ya.
Tɔng we de pen
Tɔng pen—we kin sho se i de at, bɔn, ɔ i nɔ kin fil fayn—na tin we kin rili apin. Bɔrku tɛm na infɛkshɔn ɔ inflamɛns kin kam wit am.
Di kɔmɔn tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt pen na in tɔŋ na:
- Injury: If yu it ɔt it ɔ drink, i kin bɔn yu tɔng, ɛn i kin mek yu fil pen.
- Sɔl ɛn mɔt ɔlsa: Kansa so, kol so (fiva blista), ɛn ɔda mɔt ɔlsa kin apia na yu tɔŋ ɔ rawnd yu. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn tin ya kin rili mek pɔsin fil pen ɛn i kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ it.
- Dɛn tit prɔblɛm: If yu nɔ klin yu mɔt fayn, dat kin mek yu tɔng fil pen ɛn yu kin si se yu kɔlɔ kin chenj (wayt, yɔlɔ, ɔ blak tɔŋ we gɛt ia). Denchɔ dɛn we nɔ fit fayn kin mek bak di mɔt ɛn di tɔng gɛt bɔku pen.
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia: Dis na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we kin afɛkt di nerve we de sav pat pan di tɔŋ. I kin mek yu gɛt shap pen we de chuk yu na di bak pat pan yu tɔŋ.
- Bɔn mɔt sindrom (bɔnin tɔŋ): Dis na wan sik we de mek yu fil bad bad wan we yu kin gɛt bɔn na yu tɔŋ ɛn di ruf na yu mɔt. If yu dɔn pas 60 ia, yu kin gɛt dis sik pasmak.
Sɔntɛnde, di pen na di tɔŋ kin kam wit ɔda sayn dɛm lɛk fɔ swel ɔ fɔ chenj in kɔlɔ—bɔku tɛm dɛn kin si am pan tin dɛm lɛk anemia, di tɔŋ we de na di say we yu de, ɛn di glosaytis.
Aw dɛn kin no if pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in tɔŋ?
Yu dɔktɔ go no di ɔndalayn prɔblɛm bay we i go ebul fɔ no aw yu tɔŋ de luk nia yu sayn dɛm ɛn yu mɛdikal histri. Dɛn kin du dɛn tin ya:
- Aks bɔt yu sik: Dɛn go aks aw lɔng yu dɔn notis de chenj, if de sik de wɔs, ɛn if yu dɔn tray ɛni mɛrɛsin.
- Tɔk bɔt aw yu de liv yu layf: If yu tink se yu gɛt tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit yu tit, dɛn kin aks yu bɔt aw yu de klin yu mɔt.
- Du ɛgzamin fɔ yu bɔdi: Bɔku tɛm, we yu de si yu tɔng, i go du fɔ mek yu no se yu gɛt di sik.
- I se dɛn fɔ du blɔd tɛst: If dɛn tink se dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ blɔd ɔ dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, dɛn go tɛl dɛn fɔ du blɔd tɛst.
- Du bayɔpsi: If ɛnitin de we dɛn tink se nɔmal sɛl dɛn, lɛk di wan dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit kansa ɔ di tin dɛn we kin apin bifo kansa, dɛn go tek wan tisu sɛmpul fɔ mek dɛn analays am na lɛbɔtri.
Yu diagnostik joyn go dipen ɔl pan di sɔspɛkt kɔz fɔ yu tɔŋ kɔnsyusɔn.
Aw dɛn kin trit prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit dɛn tɔŋ?
Di tritmɛnt de dipen pan di rut kɔz fɔ yu sik. Di we aw dɛn kin du tin kin bi:
- Fɔs ɛp: Kia wantɛm wantɛm if dɛn dɔn bɔn yu tɔŋ.
- Spich therapy: If wan nyurolɔjik kɔndishɔn afɛkt yu tɔŋ, yu kin nid ɛp fɔ tɔk ɛn swɛla.
- Mεdikeshכn: If infεkshכn de, dεn kin gi yu mεdikeshכn dεm we de fכnshכn כ antibaytik.
- Dɛntist visit: If yu tong pen gɛt fɔ du wit di bad we aw yu de klin yu tit ɔ yu nɔ de yuz di tin dɛn we yu de yuz fɔ wok, na dɛntist go de kia fɔ di tritmɛnt.
Aw a go ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit mi tɔŋ?
Pan ɔl we nɔto ɔl di tɔŋ kɔndishɔn dɛn kin avɔyd, fɔ kip yu mɔt fayn fayn wan kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt infɛkshɔn ɛn inflamɛns bad bad wan.
- Brush yu tit tu tɛm ɛvride.
- Flos bitwin yu tit wan tɛm insay di de.
- Skrap yu tong fɔ pul di baktri dɛm we dɔn gɛda.
- Go to yu dɛntist ɔltɛm fɔ mek dɛn klin yu dɛntist.
Nɔ smok ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ smok, bikɔs dɛn tin ya kin mek yu gɛt pen we de mek yu gɛt kansa na yu mɔt.
Ustɛm a fɔ wɔri bɔt mi tɔŋ?
If yu de fil bad bad wan ɔ if di sayn dɛn nɔ de bɛtɛ insay sɔm wiks, mek tɛm fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ. Bɔrku pan di tɔŋ prɔblɛm kin sɔlv fɔ dɛnsɛf, bɔt di sayn dɛm wae de kɔntinyu fɔ de kin sho se wan ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn wae nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin.
Aw di tɔŋ we gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn we nɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi kin tan lɛk?
di tכng we hεlty kin bi yunifכm pink εn i kin kכba wit sכm sכm bכmp dεm (papillae). Wan tɔŋ we nɔ fayn kin tan lɛk brayt rɛd, wayt, yɔlɔ, ɔ ivin blak. Bifo i gɛt bɔmp dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi, i kin tan lɛk se dɛn kɔba am wit fayv dɛn we tan lɛk ia, ɔ i kin tan lɛk se i nɔ smol.
Di takeaway fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi
Bɔku tɛm, nid nɔ de fɔ wɔri pasmak bɔt smɔl chenj dɛn we de apin na yu tɔŋ; bɔku tɛm di sayn dɛm kin sɔlv fɔ dɛnsɛf. Bɔt if di sik kɔntinyu ɔ i de wɔs, duya go to dɔktɔ. Mɛmba se bɔku tɛm, na fɔ chɛk yu bɔdi nɔmɔ fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik. Frɔm de, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu tritmɛnt we dɛn mek fɔ yu bay di tin we mek yu gɛt am. Yu tong na impɔtant pat pan yu bɔdi—mek shɔ se yu kia fɔ am as pat pan yu ɔl Nirogi Lanka wɛlbɔdi joyn!
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