Yu ni meniscus dɔn rɔtin? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am!

Yu dɔn ɛva fil wan sawnd we de pop wantɛm wantɛm na yu ni we yu de ple spɔt ɔ waka? Ɔ yu dɔn fil se yu ni swel, stif, ɛn wik sote yu nɔ ebul fɔ ivin tinap? Yu kin gɛt wan mɛniskɔs we dɔn rɔtin . Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis tide.

Wetin na dis `(Meniscus)` na di ni?

Okay, naw mek wi luk wetin dis `(Meniscus)` bi. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wi kin kɔl am `(Meniscus )` tu pat pan di katilej `(katilaj) ` insay yu ni. Dɛn tin ya tan lɛk rɔba, we strɔng smɔl. dεn de bitwin yu thigh bon (dכkta dεn kכl am `(Femur)`) εn shin bon (dεn kכl am `(Tibia)`). jכs lεk `(shכk abzכba)` na motoka, dεn tu pat dεm na di kכtilaj `(Meniscus)` de abzכp di shכk dεm we de kam na yu kכn, rεdכks di frikshכn bitwin di bon dεm, εn protεkt di jכint. in oda wod, i de akt lεk gud `(kushכn)` fכ di kכn.

Aw dis `(Meniscus)` de tear?

Naw yu gɛt wan kwɛstyɔn, ‘So aw dis de te?’ Bɔku men rizin dɛn de we mek wan `(Meniscus)` kin te.

• Knee twist wantɛm wantɛm: Imajin se yu de ple spɔt lɛk kriket, ɔ nɛtbɔl, ɔ futbɔl. If yu tɔn to wan say wantɛm wantɛm, we yu de kip yu fut plant na grɔn, ɛn yu ɔpa bɔdi twist, yu ni kin twist ɛn te dis `(Meniscus)` wantɛm wantɛm. Dis kin apin bɔku to spɔt pipul dɛn, ivin yɔŋ pipul dɛn.
• Wetin kin apin wit di ej: As wi de ol, di katilej we de na wi ni, lɛk di ɔda pat dɛn na wi bɔdi, kin west smɔl smɔl ɛn wik. Dɔn, ivin di smɔl tin, sɔntɛm ivin step pan say we nɔ ivin, kin mek i rɔtin. Dɛn kɔl dis `degenerative tear` .
• At: If yu gɛt at at na yu ni, dat min se di katilej de west. Pipul wae gɛt dis sik kin izi fɔ gɛt meniscus tear. Sɔntɛnde, ivin if yu nɔ gɛt ɛni injuri, i kin te bikɔs ɔf at at sik.

Yu tink se kayn tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin kray na di meniskɔs?

yes, tu pat dεm de fכ di kכtilaj na εvri wan pan yu kכn dεm, we dεn kכl ``Meniscus''. Fɔ fala dis, wi de tɔk bɔt tu men kayn dɛn dipen usay di kray wata de apin:

• Medial Meniscus Tear: Dis kin apin we di pat pan di katilej we de insay di ni de te.
• Lateral Meniscus Tear: Dis kin apin we di pat pan di kכtilaj we de na di כdasay na di kכn de te.

Ɔda kayn dɛn de bay di we aw dɛn de te, bɔt dɛn tu ya na di men wan dɛn we dɛn sheb bay usay dɛn de.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se di mɛniskɔs dɔn rɔtin?

כltεm, we dεn tכn wan `(Meniscus)`, i kin bi fכ pop sawnd frכm insay di kכn. Bɔt dis nɔ kin apin to ɔlman. I kin kam wit sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk:

• Knee pen , stiffness, ɛn swelDis swel nɔ kin apin wantɛm afta di injury, bɔt i kin apin sɔm awa afta dat ɔ di nɛks de.
• Mi ni de fil tayt , lɛk se i lɔk.
• Di leg nɔ kin ebul fɔ bɛn ɔ ɛkstɛnd ɔl .
• We yu tinap, yu ni kin fil lɛk se i de giv-ɔp, lɛk se i de jomp na di sayd ɔ i nɔ de kɔntrol insɛf igen .

‘So, yu kin waka afta yu dɔn te yu meniskɔs?’ i aks am. yu go de wɔnda. Fɔs, yu kin ebul fɔ waka wit sɔm wet na yu bak. Bɔt afta sɔm dez, yu ni go bigin fɔ swel ɛn di pen go bɔku.

Udat dɛn de pan denja pas ɔlman?

Dɛn `(Meniscus)` kray wata ya kin rili kɔmɔn, mɔ pan di wan dɛn we de ple spɔt. Pipul dɛn we de ple spɔt dɛn we nid fɔ tɔn, stɔp, ɛn jomp wantɛm wantɛm, lɛk tɛnis, futbɔl, baskɛtbɔl, volibol, nɛtbɔl, ɛn kriket, kin gɛt mɔ risk. Dɔn bak, insay kɔntakt spɔt , if pɔsin fɔdɔm ɛn hit pɔsin, dɛn kin twist dɛn ni ɛn te dɛn `(Meniscus)`. Dis kin apin to yɔŋ atlet dɛn.

bכt, lεk aw a bin se bifo, dijεnεraytiv mεniskכs tεar (we kin apin bikoz fכ di wear εn tear fכ di kכtilaj wit di ej) kin apin to εnibodi, ivin if dεn aktiviti lεvεl.

Wetin kin apin if di meniscus tear nɔ wɛl fayn?

Dis na tin bak we rili impɔtant. If di meniscus tear nɔ wɛl fayn, yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt pen ɛn nɔ fil fayn na yu ni. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bɔt i kin mek di knee joint west kwik kwik wan, ɛn dis kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm lɛk ɔstiɔ-arayt tumara bambay. Dis min se di katilej na yu ni kin wear dכn mכr εn di bon dεm kin bigin fכ rכb pan dεn wan dεm.

Aw dɔktɔ kin no dis?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go tek tɛm chɛk yu ni fɔs. I go chɛk fɔ si if i de swel, i de fil pen, ɛn if wata de bɔku. Dɔn i go du sɔm spɛshal tɛst dɛn (lɛk di McMurray tɛst ɔ Thessaly tɛst ) fɔ si if yu kin bɛn ɛn stret yu ni, ɛn aw fa i kin go. Dɛn tɛst ya kin gi yu wan rough idea if di meniscus dɔn pwɛl.

Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek ɛkstrem rayt fɔ no aw di pɔsin wund. Bɔt ɛkstrem rayt nɔ kin sho se di mɛniskɔs dɔn rɔtin bikɔs na wan pat pan di katilej. Bɔt ɛkstrem rayt kin ɛp fɔ no if ɛni ɔda tin dɔn pwɛl di bon. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) skan fɔ luk fɔ di mɛnisk we dɔn rɔtin. MRI kin sho klia wan se di sɔft tisu dɛn lɛk di katilej dɔn pwɛl.

Sɔntɛnde, di dɔktɔ kin du wan tin we dɛn kɔl `Arthroscopy`.Dɛn kin du am bak. Dis min se yu fɔ put smɔl kamɛra (atrɔskɔp) insay di ni tru wan rili smɔl say we dɛn kɔt, luk di injuri we de insay dairekt wan, ɛn no ustɛm i bad. Dis na wan we we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no di sik ɛn fɔ trit am.

Wetin na di bɛst tritmɛnt dɛn?

Okay, naw mek wi luk di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis. Di tritmɛnt dipen pan bɔku tin, lɛk aw big di meniscus tear de, usay i de, yu ej, ɛn yu aktiviti lɛvɛl. I kin ivin wɛl we dɛn nɔ du am ɔpreshɔn .

Fɔs, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ tek wan NSAID (Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug) fɔ ridyus pen ɛn kɔntrol di swɛlin. Apat frɔm dat, dɛn go tɛl yu fɔ fala di RICE we fɔ di fɔs dez afta di injuri. RICE tinap fɔ:

• R - Rɛst: Nɔ put wet pan yu ni we dɔn wund as yu ebul. Yu kin nid bak fɔ yuz stik dɛn.
• I - Ays: Put ays pak (nɔto dairekt pan di skin, bɔt pan klos) pan yu ni fɔ 15-20 minit sɔm tɛm insay di de.
• C - Kכmpreshכn: Rap yu kכn wit kכmpreshכn bεndεj fכ ridyus di swεl. Bɔt nɔ rap am tu tayt.
• E - Ɛlevɛshɔn: Fɔ ridyus di swɛlin, rɛst yu leg wit am ɛlevɛshɔn ɔp yu at.

Apat frɔm dat, i kin fayn fɔ wok wit pɔsin we de mɛn yu bɔdi fɔ mek di mɔsul dɛn na di ni strɔng ɛn fɔ mek di ni fleks ɛn ɛkstɛnd fayn. Fyzikal tritmɛnt rili impɔtant.

Yu nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn pan yu ni?

di big, mכr siriכs mεniskכs tכch dεm nכ kin hεl fכ dεn wan. Di kray wata we de na di ɔda pat na di mɛnis, usay blɔd nɔ de bɔku, kin at fɔ wɛl mɔ. If di RICE we dɛn de yuz, NSAID, ɛn fizik tritmɛnt nɔ bɛtɛ, ɔ if yu ni lɔk, ɔ if yu na yɔŋ pɔsin we de wok tranga wan, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔpreshɔn pan yu mɛnisk .

bכku tεm dεn kin du dis tru wan prכsidכs we dεn kכl `Arthroscopy` , we na wan rili sכm sכm insεshכn (lεk `keyhole surgery`) we de alaw fכ rεkכv kwik kwik wan. Dis na rili kɔmɔn ɔpreshɔn we dɛn kin du fɔ mek dɛn gɛt bon. di ɔpreshɔn kin ɔl tu ripɛnt di `(Meniscus)` we dɔn rɔtin ɔ pul di pat we dɔn rɔtin (`meniscectomy`) . Dɔktɔ dɛn kin tray fɔ mek di `(Meniscus)` fayn ɛnitɛm we i pɔsibul, bikɔs i bɛtɛ fɔ di ni fɔ lɔng tɛm. Bɔt if di kray wata tu bad fɔ mek i fayn, di dɔktɔ kin gɛt fɔ pul pat ɔ ɔl di `(Meniscus)`.

We yu dɔn wɛl, yu nɔ go gɛt ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn na yu ni tumara bambay.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek dɛn `(Meniscus)` kray wata nɔ kam?

I at fɔ mek aksidɛnt nɔ apin, bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm wit di mɛniskɔs:

• Strɔng di mɔsul dɛm we de sɔpɔt ɛn stebul yu ni (espɛshali di fɔs ɛn bak shɔl mɔsul dɛm) .
• If yu no se yu ni dɛn wik ɛn nɔ stebul, wɛr knee bres we yu de ple spɔt.
• We yu de du ɛksasaiz, nɔ du ɛksasaiz we yu de du tranga wan wantɛm wantɛm, wam yu bɔdi fayn fayn wan, ɛn smɔl smɔl yu fɔ du ɛksasaiz .
• Wear gud spɔt sus we fit di spɔt we yu de ple. If yu sus dɔn pwɛl, bay nyu wan.
• Yuz kɔrɛkt we dɛn , mɔ we yu de jomp, land, ɛn tɔn.

Wetin kin apin afta pɔsin dɔn wɛl? Wetin na di tin dɛn we wi go si?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt meniscus tear kin ebul fɔ go bak to dɛn nɔrmal aktiviti ɛn spɔt. If yu dɔn gɛt ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek yu meniscus te, yu ni fɔ wɛl ɔl afta sɔm mɔnt we yu dɔn tek yu bɔdi tritmɛnt. I rili impɔtant fɔ fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we yu fyzikal tritmɛnt gi yu di rayt we.

Bɔt if dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn yu fɔ pul wan pat ɔ ɔl yu mɛnisk, yu go gɛt at at sik smɔl tumara bambay. Dis na bikɔs naw nɔ bɔku kusɛn na yu jɔyn fɔ absɔb shɔk. As tɛm de go, di jɔyn kin west.

Wetin na di bɛst tɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu fil ɛnitin lɛk dis, go mɔs go to dɔktɔ:

• If yu nɔ ebul fɔ bɛnd ɔ ɛkstɛnd yu leg ful wan we yu nɔ gɛt pen na yu ni.
• If di swel nɔ go dɔŋ afta sɔm dez we yu yuz di `RAIS` we ɛn tek `(NSAID)` mɛrɛsin, ɔ if di pen de wɔs .
• If yu ni fil lɛk se i de stɔp ɔ de giv ɔp we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol .
• If di ni rɛd ɛn wan sik de we tan lɛk fiva.

Impɔtant kwɛstyɔn dɛn fɔ aks di dɔktɔ

We yu go si dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Aw bad mi meniscus tear de? Usay i de?
• I pɔsibul fɔ mek dis kray wata wɛl insɛf? Ɔ yu tink se dɛn go nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn?
• A go nid fɔ gɛt fizik tritmɛnt? Fɔ aw lɔng?
• If dɛn de du ɔpreshɔn pan yu, i go mek di mɛniskɔs fayn ɔ pul wan pat pan am?
• Ustɛm a go ebul fɔ go bak ful wan to mi wok/spɔt?
• Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se wund de wɔs instead fɔ wɛl?
• Wetin na di risk fɔ gɛt wan sik lɛk `(Atraytis)` tumara bambay?

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Injuri lɛk mɛniskus we dɔn rɔtin na yu ni kin rili pen, ɛn i kin mek yu fil pen smɔl na yu bɔdi. I kin mek yu bak smɔl, stɔp yu fɔ du ɛksɛsayz, ple spɔt, ɛn sɔntɛm ivin jɔs waka rawnd di os. Bɔt mɛmba se, .Bɔku tɛm, smɔl smɔl kray wata kin wɛl fɔ dɛnsɛf. Ɔda wan dɛn kin nid ɔpreshɔn, lɛk fɔ du ɔpreshɔn wit at.

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ woke wit yu dɔktɔ fɔ mek wan tritmɛnt ɛn rihabiliteshɔn plan wae go woke fayn fɔ yu, so dat yu go ebul fɔ go bak to yu fav aktiviti dɛm sef wan ɛn nɔr gɛt pen. Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin wɛl ɔltogɛda frɔm wan meniscus tear. So nɔ panik! I bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

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