Sɔntin de we nɔ fayn wit yu tɔŋ? (Tongue Problems) Mek wi tok abaut dis!

Wi tɔŋ na wɔndaful, pawaful mɔsul we de ɛp wi fɔ it, chuk, test, ɛn tɔk klia wan, nɔto so? So imajin, if sɔntin we rili impɔtant apin to wi tɔŋ, lɛk pen, swɛlin, chenj in kɔlɔ, ɔ we wi nɔ ebul fɔ muv am fayn, aw i go at fɔ du di wok dɛn we wi de du ɛvride? Sɔntɛnde, we wi si sɔntin lɛk dis, i nɔmal fɔ lɛ wi fred smɔl ɛn wɔri bikɔs wi nɔ no di rayt tin we mek i apin. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, dɛn prɔblɛm ya we kin apin na di tɔŋ nɔ kin rili siriɔs. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dɛn chenj ya kin sho se yu gɛt mɔ siriɔs wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm we dɛn nid fɔ tek kia ɔf. If yu gɛt siriɔs sik bak na yu tɔng, ɛn if di sik de te fɔ pas sɔm wiks, i go mɔs bi se yu go to dɔktɔ ɛn aks fɔ advays.

Wi tong de tɛl wi bɔt wi wɛlbɔdi ?

Yɛs, i kin rili ebul. Di we aw yu tɔŋ de luk, fil, muv, ɛn aw i de wok, ɔl kin gi yu tin dɛn fɔ no bɔt yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tin ya we kin mek pɔsin no bɔt sɔntin kin rili simpul. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu drink wan kɔp ɔt kɔfi ɛn bɔn yu tɔŋ, i nɔmal fɔ lɛ yu fil pen. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, yu nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin mek yu tɔŋ chenj. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu tɔng swel ɛn i tan lɛk se i dɔn big, i kin bi se yu nɔ gɛt alɛji, yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, ɔ ivin yu gɛt tumbu.

If yu gɛt ɛni dawt, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu. Dɔn i go advays yu fɔ no if yu nid tritmɛnt ɔ if yu kin ebul fɔ manej di sik na os wit chenj na yu layf .

Wetin na di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit in tɔŋ?

Yu dɔn ɛva fil sɔntin lɛk dis na yu tɔŋ?

• Di tɔŋ kin big pas aw i kin bi ɔ i kin swel .
• I kin at fɔ muv di tɔŋ rawnd.
• Di sɛns fɔ teist kin lɔs ɔl ɔ sɔm pat pan am .
• di tכng in kכla de chenj (fכ egzampl, i kin bi wayt, yכlכ, dak rεd, pepul, brawn, כ blak).
• di say we di tכng de chenj (i kin sכft, i kin gεt spat dεm we rayz, כ sכmtεm dεn kin ivin si di ditel dεm we lεk di ia).
• Yu kin fil pen, fil pen , ɔ yu kin bɔn ɔlsay na yu tɔŋ ɔ sɔm say dɛn na yu tɔŋ.

Wetin na di kɔmɔn prɔblɛm dɛn we kin afɛkt di tɔŋ?

Prɔblɛm ɔ chenj na di tɔŋ kin bi sayn fɔ shɔt tɛm (tɛmporari) ɔ lɔng tɛm (krɔnik) mɛdikal kɔndishɔn. Dɛn tin ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm sɔntin we simpul lɛk fɔ bɔn yu tɔŋ afta yu it sɔntin we wam, to sɔntin we siriɔs lɛk kansa na yu mɔt.

Wetin mek wi tɔŋ kin big ɛn swel?

Makroglossia we dɛn kɔlNa big big tɔŋ we nɔmal. Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf wan sik we de we dɛn bɔn am (we dɛn bɔn am), ɔ bay wan ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn we de divɛlɔp as tɛm de go. Sɔm pan de tin dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt big tɔŋ na:

• Acromegaly: Dis na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Wetin kin apin ya na dat di bɔdi kin mek tumɔs ɔmon we de mek pɔsin gro . So, lεk כda כgan dεm, di tכng kin big.
• Amyloidosis : Dis na sik we gɛt fɔ du wit wan prɔtin. dis kin mek di tisu dεm εn di כgan dεm nכ de wok fayn fayn wan. Dis kin mek di tɔŋ big ɛn di ed dɛn na di tɔŋ kin rɔtin.
• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: Dis na wan sik wae de afekt di fyzikal divεlכpmεnt fכ pikin dεm. Dis kin mek di pikin in tɔŋ tan lɛk se i big we yu kɔmpia am wit in mɔt.
• Daun sindrom : Dis na sik bak we pikin dɛn bɔn wit we kin afɛkt di we aw pikin dɛn de tink ɛn in bɔdi. If na so i bi, di tɔŋ kin tan lɛk se i big pas aw i kin bi.
• Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis): Dis na grup bak we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we kin afɛkt di pikin dɛn we de gro. Tɔng we big na di kɔmɔn tin we kin apin to dis.
• Hypothyroidism : Dis kin apin we di tayroyd gland nɔ de pul inof tayroyd ɔmon insay di blɔd. Dis na di kɔmɔn tin we kin mek di tɔŋ big (macroglossia) pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn.
• Tכmכro dεm: Limfanjכma εn εmanjiכma na bεnεg tכmכro dεm we kin mek bak yu tכng big. Limfoma, we na wan kayn kansa, kin mek bak in tɔng big.

Glossitis na we di tɔŋ kin swel bikɔs ɔf inflamɛns. I kin bi bikɔs ɔf:

• Infεkshכn dεm.
• Sɔl dɛn na yu mɔt.
• Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di ɔmon dɛn.
• Di tin dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it.
• Dray mɔt (xerostomia).
• At bɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de it tin dɛn we gɛt spays ɔ we yu de yuz tabak.
• Alɛji fɔ sɔm it ɔ mɛrɛsin dɛn.

Wetin mek i nɔ kin izi fɔ muv di tɔŋ?

Yu kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ muv yu tɔŋ if di nɛv dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit yu tɔng dɔn pwɛl, ɔ if yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit di strɔkchɔ we de mek yu tɔng nɔ ebul fɔ muv. Na sɔm rizin dɛn ya:

• Disatria: 10.Di nerve damej kin mek di mɔsul dɛm we de ɛp yu fɔ tɔk, inklud di tɔŋ, wik ɔ nɔ de wok.
• Glossoptosis: Dis na wan sik we dɛn bɔn wit. dis na di say we di pikin in tכng de posishכn tכwεd di bak pat pan di mכt. Dis kin afɛkt di we aw di tɔŋ de muv. Glosoptosis kin apin wit kכndyushכn dεm lεk sεribra palsi, Daun sεndrכm, כ Pierre Robin sεndrכm.
• Tong-tay (Ankyloglossia): Dis na sik bak we pɔsin kin bɔn wit. insay dis kכndyushכn, di pikin in tכng de atak di bכtכ m mכt, we de mek i nכ muv. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin kɔrɛkt dis wit smɔl ɔpreshɔn we dɛn smɔl.

Lɔs fɔ teist ɔ chenj na teist

di tכng prכblεm dεm inklud di tεst we dεn kin lכs kכmplit (dεn kכl am `ageusia` ), di sεns fכ tεst dεm we de dכn, כ di we aw dεn de si am chenj. Dɛn tin ya kin apin bikɔs ɔf:

• Damej pan yu teist bɔd dɛm (fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu tɔng dɔn bɔn bad bad wan).
• Baktri, vayral, ɔ fɛns infɛkshɔn.
• Di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm fɔ sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛm (fɔ ɛgzampul, kemotɛrapi fɔ kansa kin mek yu chenj di teist).
• Nɛv dɛn we dɔn pwɛl.

Di chenj we di kɔlɔ ɛn di we aw di tɔŋ de chenj

Dɛn gi difrεn kכndyushכn dεm in nem afta dεn men sayn, we di tכng de sho. Bɔku tɛm, wayt, yɔlɔ, ɔ blak tɔŋ na sayn fɔ se yu nɔ de klin yu mɔt fayn. If dɛn nɔ klin di tɔŋ fayn, baktri ɛn fɛns kin gro pan am. Bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm, dɛn chenj ya na di kɔlɔ ɛn di we aw dɛn mek am kin bi sayn fɔ wan ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn.

• Wait tɔŋ: I kin tan lɛk se dɛn kɔt di tɔŋ wit wayt kɔtin, ɔ i kin gɛt wayt pat. Bɔrku tɛm, wayt tɔŋ kin kam bikɔs bɔrku bɔrku bɔrku bɔrku bɔrku bɔrku. Sɔntɛnde, wayt tɔŋ kin bi sayn fɔ wan fɛns infɛkshɔn na di mɔt we dɛn kɔl thrush ɔ oral lichen planus. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, i kin bi sayn fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl leukoplakia, we kin tɔn to kansa.
• Yɔlɔ tכng: Dεd skin sεl dεm kin gɛda na di tכng, we de mek di tכng we de fכm yכlכ.
• Blak hairy tong: Dεd skin sεl dεm כ baktri dεm de bכku pan di tכng, we de mek di tכng we de fכm de sho blak כ brawn. I kin tan lɛk bak se di tɔŋ kɔba wit fayn fayn ia. Apat frɔm we yu nɔ de klin yu mɔt fayn (we na di tin we kin mek yu gɛt mɔt), redyushɔn tɛrapi fɔ yu ed ɛn nɛk, fɔ yuz tabak ɛn rɔm, ɛn fɔ mek yu mɔt dray kin mek dis apin bak.
• Jiografik langwej:I de sho lεk sכft rεd spat dεm na di tכng, wit wayt bכda rawnd dεm. I tan lɛk di bɔda dɛn fɔ di provins dɛn na wan map fɔ Sri Lanka, na dat mek dɛn kɔl am ‘jiografik’ langwej. I nɔ de pas ɛn i nɔ de ambɔg pɔsin. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin mek pɔsin fil pen.

Rεd tכng kin bi sayn fכ difrεn kכndyushכn dεm, fכ egzampl:

• Fɔlik asid we nɔ de ɛn we yu nɔ gɛt vaytamɛn B-12: Dis kin mek di tɔŋ swel ɛn fil pen.
• Kawasaki sik: I kin tan lɛk se di tɔŋ krak ɔ rɛd, wit rɔf say lɛk strawberry. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak `strawberry tongue` .
• Pεlagra: Di tכng kin swel εn sos kin fכm na di mכt.
• Pernicious anemia: Anemia kin mek di tong swel ɛn rɛd ɛn smol instead fɔ rɔf. I kin mek pɔsin fil pen bak.
• Skarlet fiva: Na wan sik we dɛn kɔl ``Strawberry tongue'' na wan kɔmɔn sayn fɔ skarlet fiva.

Impɔtant: If yu notis rɛd ɔ wayt spat ɔ tik tik say dɛn na yu tɔŋ we nɔ de go afta sɔm dez ɛn kɔntinyu, i kin bi sayn fɔ kansa na yu tɔŋ. So if yu si ɛnitin lɛk dat, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Tɔng de pen

Tɔng pen, we min se yu de fil pen ɔ yu de inflamɛns, na wan pan di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin na di tɔŋ. Bɔrku tɛm, na infekshɔn ɔ inflamɛns kin mek yu tɔng pen. Sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in tɔŋ pen na:

• Injury: If yu it ɔ drink it we rili wam, dat kin mek yu fil pen ɛn bɔn yu tɔŋ.
• Sɔl ɛn mɔt ɔlsa: Kansa so, kol, ɛn ɔda mɔt ɔlsa kin kam pan ɔ rawnd di tɔŋ. Dɛn kin rili fil pen ɛn mek i nɔ izi fɔ it.
• Tit prɔblɛm: If yu nɔ klin yu mɔt fayn, dat kin mek yu tɔng de at, yu tɔng kin chenj in kɔlɔ (wayt, yɔlɔ ɔ blak tɔŋ we gɛt ia), ɛn dɛnt we nɔ fit fayn kin mek yu mɔt ɛn yu tɔng fil pen bak.
• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia: Dis na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we kin afɛkt wan nerve we de rɔn tru wan 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 (bɔn tɔŋ): Dis na sik we de mek pɔsin fil pen bad bad wan. I kin mek pɔsin bɔn na di tɔŋ ɛn di ruf na di mɔt. Yu kin gɛt dis sik if yu dɔn pas 60 ia.

Sɔntɛnde, di pen na di tɔŋ kin kam wit ɔda sayn dɛm, lɛk fɔ swel ɛn di kɔlɔ we de chenj na di tɔŋ – fɔ ɛgzampul, pan tin dɛm lɛk anemia, di tɔŋ we de na di say we yu de, ɛn di glossitis.

Aw fɔ no di prɔblɛm dɛn we de na di tɔŋ?

Dɔktɔ go no di prɔblɛm we de ɔnda yu bay we i tink bɔt di chenj dɛn we de apin na yu tɔŋ, wit ɔda sayn dɛn ɛn infɔmeshɔn we yu de gi. I kin du dɛn tin ya:

• Dɛn go aks bɔt yu sik dɛn. Aw lɔng yu dɔn de notis chenj na yu tɔŋ, if i dɔn wɔs, ɛn if yu dɔn tek ɛni mɛrɛsin we dɔn ridyus yu sik.
• Aks bɔt di we aw yu de liv yu layf ɛn di abit dɛn we yu gɛt. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt aw fɔ kia fɔ yu tit, dɛn kin aks yu bɔt aw yu de klin yu mɔt.
• Dɛn go du wan ɛgzam fɔ di bɔdi. I go chɛk yu tɔŋ. Bɔrku tɛm, dis ɛgzamin nɔmɔ kin no di sik.
• Dɛn go ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du blɔd tɛst. If yu tink se yu tɔng prɔblɛm na bikɔs yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ blɔd ɔ yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ du blɔd tɛst.
• Dɛn kin du bayɔpsi: If dɛn tink se di sɛl dɛn we nɔmal, lɛk kansa ɔ wan sik we de bifo kansa, dɛn kin tek wan tisu sɛmpul ɛn tɛst am na lɛbɔtri.

Yu ɛkspiriɛns ɛn di tɛst dɛn we yu go du go dipen pan wetin go mɔs mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu tɔŋ.

Aw dɛn kin trit prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit dɛn tɔŋ?

De tritmɛnt ɔr mɛnejɛmɛnt wae yu nid go dipen pan de kɔz fɔ yu sik. Di tritmɛnt kin inklud:

• Fɔs ɛp: If yu tɔng dɔn bɔn, yu go nid fɔ gɛt di bɛsis fɔs ɛp.
• Spich therapy: If yu gɛt nyurolɔjik kɔndishɔn we de afɛkt yu tɔŋ, yu kin nid ɛp fɔ tɔk ɛn swɛla.
• Mɛrɛsin: If infekshɔn de, dɛn kin nid anti-fɔngal ɔ antibayɔtik.
• Dɛntist visit: If yu tong de at bikɔs ɔf yu mɔt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, yu kin nid fɔ go to dɛntist.

Aw yu go ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu tɔŋ?

Nɔto ɔl di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in tɔŋ, dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd. Bɔt if yu fala gud abit fɔ klin yu mɔt , dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik ɛn inflamɛns.

• Brush yu tit tu tɛm insay di de.
• Flos bitwin yu tit wan tɛm insay di de.
• Skrap yu tong fɔ pul baktri dɛn pan am.
• Mek dɛntist klin yu tit ɔltɛm.

Nɔ smok ɛn yuz tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ smok. Dɛn tin ya kin mek yu gɛt pen we de mek yu fil pen ɛn i kin mek yu gɛt kansa na yu mɔt mɔ ɛn mɔ.

Ustɛm a fɔ wɔri bɔt mi tɔŋ?

If yu gɛt siriɔs pen, ɔr if yu sik nɔr de bɛtɛ afta sɔm wiks, mek apɔntinmɛnt fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Bɔku pan di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in tɔŋ go sɔlv as tɛm de go. Bɔt, di sayn dɛm wae nɔr de sɔlv kin sho se yu gɛt wan ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn wae nid tritmɛnt.

Aw di tɔŋ we gɛt sik kin tan lɛk?

Tכng we gεt hεlth na wan yunifom pink kכla, εn i kכba wit fayn fayn bכmp dεm. Tɔŋ we sik kin bi dak rɛd, wayt, yɔlɔ, ɔ ivin blak. I kin tan lɛk se i kɔba wit fayn fayn ia instead fɔ gɛt bɔmp, ɔ i kin tan lɛk se i smɔl ɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni bɔmp.

So, wetin na di tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis stori?

Bɔku tɛm, nɔ wɔri tumɔs bɔt di chenj dɛn we de apin na yu tɔŋ. Bɔrku tɛm, de sik kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf as tɛm de go. Bɔt if di sayn dɛn kɔntinyu ɔ i de wɔs, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Mɛmba se bɔku tɛm, we yu de chɛk yu bɔdi, na di wangren we fɔ no if yu gɛt wan sik. Dɔn yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ gi yu di rayt tritmɛnt bay wetin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu tɔŋ. Yu tɔŋ na impɔtant pat na yu bɔdi, so nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ tek kia ɔf am bak! Tɔng, Tɔng Sik, Ɔral Wɛlbɔdi, Tɔng Pen, Tɔng Kɔlɔ Chenj, Tɔng Swel, Tɔng Klin