Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt di sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we dɛn kɔl Lissencephaly (smooth brain).

As mama ɔ papa, yu big op na fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi pikin. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, wit di tin dɛn we wi kin yɛri ɛn si, mɔ we wi kin yɛri bɔt sik dɛn we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we kin ambɔg pikin dɛn, wi kin rili fred. Bɔt wetin impɔtant pas fɔ fred na fɔ ɔndastand dɛn tin dɛn de kɔrɛkt wan ɛn simpul wan. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt wan pan dɛn kayn sik ya we nɔ kin bɔku, bɔt we fayn fɔ mek wi no as mama ɛn papa . Dat na Lisɛnsɛfali.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Lisɛnsɛfali?

Lissencephaly na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm we di pikin gɛt bɛlɛ , we di pikin de gro na di bɛlɛ, we di pikin in bren de divɛlɔp. Nɔmal wan, as di pikin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi in bren de divɛlɔp, i kin gɛt bɔku fold ɛn wrinkles na in fes. Tink bɔt am lɛk we yu pak big pepa insay smɔl bɔks. Na dɛn fold ya de mek di bren ebul fɔ du in kɔmpleks wok fayn fayn wan.

bכt fכ Lisεnsεfali, dεn wrinkl dεm ya nכ de fכm fayn bitwin di 9 εn 12 wik dεm we di bεlε de. Dis kin mek bɔku tɛm di bren in fes kin tan lɛk smol smol . Di wɔd "Lissencephaly" rili min "smol bren."

Dis kכndyushכn nכ de afekt כl pikin dεm di sem we. pan ɔl we sɔm pikin dɛn kin gro nia di nɔmal rit, ɔda wan dɛn nɔ kin gro pas di lɛvɛl we pikin we ol 5 mɔnt kin gro. Pan ɔl we no mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ dis sik, sɔpɔt fɔ kia fɔ di pikin kin ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn ɛn mek layf izi fɔ di pikin. Pan ɔl we dis sik kin mek sɔm pikin dɛn layf de pan denja, sɔm pikin dɛn kin liv te dɛn big.

Difrɛn kayn dis sik de?

Yɛs, wi kin si dis pan tu men we dɛn.

1. Isolated Lissencephaly: Na ya, di pikin gɛt Lissencephaly nɔmɔ. Nɔbɔdi nɔr gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin.

2. I gɛt fɔ du wit ɔda sik dɛn: Sɔmtɛm dis kin apin as pat pan ɔda jɛnɛtik sindrom.

Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan de men sik dɛm wae de kam na di tebul wae de dɔŋ ya.

Wetin na de tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt lisɛns?

Dis na tin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, i kin apin pan lɛk wan pan ɛvri 100,000 pikin dɛn we dɛn bɔn.

Risach pipul dɛn dɔn kam fɔ no se di men tin we kin mek dis apin na we sɔm jin dɛn nɔ fayn . Bɔt di impɔtant tin we wi fɔ ɔndastand ya na dat bɔku pan dɛn tin ya we nɔ fayn na in jɛnɛtiks nɔ kin kɔmɔt frɔm mama ɛn papa to pikin dɛn . Dis min se nɔrbɔdi na di famili nɔr bin dɔn gɛt dis sik bifo. Dis kin bi chenj dεm we kin apin random wan pan di pikin in jεnεtik mek-ap.

Sɔmtɛm, pikin dɛm we gɛt dis sik nɔ kin gɛt ɛni wan pan di jin dɛm we dɛn dɔn no te naw. Dis min se di sik kin kam bikɔs ɔf ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt jɛnɛtiks we di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis nɔ dɔn no yet, ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn nɔ no bɔt.

Apat frɔm dat, sɔm risach dɛn dɔn sho se:

• sכm infεkshכn dεm we kin apin na di mama we i bεlε (uterin infεkshכn).
• Bebi we de na in bɛlɛ gɛt strok .

Tin dɛn lɛk dat kin de mek dis apin bak.

Wetin kin bi di sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik?

Di kayn we aw pɔsin kin gɛt lisɛns ɛn di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn bad bad wan frɔm wan pikin to ɔda pikin.

Bikɔs di bren nɔ de divɛlɔp fayn , wan big sayn we yu kin si we dɛn bɔn am ɔ jɔs afta dat na we yu ed smɔl (maycrocephaly) .

Ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn kin du na:

• I nɔ izi fɔ swɛla
• Di mɔsul dɛn we de spam
• Sivεr mental εn fכshal chalenj dεm εn divεlכpmεnt delay.

Sɔm pikin dɛn nɔ kin ɛva ebul fɔ sidɔm, tinap, waka, ɔ rol oba. Dɛn mɔsul dɛn kin wik. Dɛn kin gɛt bak dɛn an, finga, ɔ fut finga dɛn we nɔ fayn.

Tin dɛm wae yu fɔ no bɔt aw pɔrsin kin gɛt sik

Na lɛk 8 pan ɛvri 10 pikin dɛn we gɛt dis sik kin gɛt wan spɛshal kayn fit we dɛn kɔl infantile spasms . Dis na tin we rili denja.

We dis fit kin apin, i nɔ kin tan lɛk big, gurgling fit lɛk aw wi kin tink. Bifo dat, di pikin kin jɔs de shek shek, i kin rɔtin lɛk se in bɛlɛ de at, ɔ i kin ivin tan lɛk se i de fred . Sɔm mama ɛn papa dɛn kin mistek tink se dis na kɔlik ɔ riflɔks.

Apat frɔm dat, lɛk 9 pan ɛvri 10 pikin dɛn we gɛt lissencephaly kin gɛt epilepsy , we na wan sik we kin mek dɛn fit fɔ lɔng tɛm, insay di fɔs ia we dɛn de liv.

Aw fɔ no bɔt dis sik?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz mɔ bren skan fɔ no dis sik.

• CT skan we dɛn kin du
• MRI skan we dɛn kin du

Dɛn skan ya de sho klia wan aw di bren de smol smol.

Wae dεn kכnfכm di diagnosis, sכmtεm dεn kin du jεnεtik tεst fכ tray fכ no us jεnεtik dεfεkt kכz am.

Aw dɛn de trit am ɛn aw fɔ mɛn am?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, no mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ dis sik. Bɔt yu kin kɔntrol yu pikin in sik, mek i izi fɔ yu pikin ɛvride, ɛn gi yu pikin gud kwaliti layf. Dɔktɔ ɛn mama ɛn papa dɛn kin wok togɛda fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan dɛn tin ya.

• Fizik tritmɛnt, wok tɛrapi, ɛn tɔk tɛrapi: Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ mek di pikin in mɔsul dɛn strɔng, tren am fɔ du wok dɛn we i kin du ɛvride, ɛn fɔ mek i ebul fɔ tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol di fit:If di pikin gɛt fit, i impɔtant fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ gi di mɛrɛsin we di dɔktɔ gi am fɔ kɔntrol am.
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ ɛp am: Di pikin kin yuz wilchia ɔ spɛshal chia we kin mek i sidɔm stret.
• Fɔ gi pikin tin fɔ it: Pikin dɛn we nɔ kin izi fɔ swɛla kin nid fɔ put it tyub tru di nos ɔ dɛn bɛlɛ fɔ mek i go rich di it dairekt to di bɛlɛ.

I nɔ kin izi fɔ blo ɛn swɛla, ɛn bak fɔ fit we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, na di men prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek pikin dɛn we gɛt dis sik kin day.