Yu bin skrach yu nɛk wantɛm wantɛm? Dis na Whiplash kɔndishɔn? Lɛ wi fɛn ɔndastand di rayt tin we i bi!

Imajin se yu de rayd tri-wil motoka na rod. Wantɛm wantɛm, wan motoka kam bifo, so di drayva slam di brek. Yu ed de go bifo wantɛm wantɛm ɛn afta dat i go bak bak. Yu nɔ kin fil natin da tɛm de, bɔt we yu wek di nɛks mɔnin, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔn yu nɛk, i kin at bad bad wan. Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt ɛkspiriɛns lɛk dis? Bɔku tɛm, dis we aw pɔsin kin jok wantɛm wantɛm kin mek di mɔsul dɛn, di tɛndon dɛn, ɛn di bon dɛn na di nɛk pwɛl, ɛn na di dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dis ‘wiplash.’

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Whiplash?

Whiplash na injuri we kin apin we yu nεk (insay mεdikal tεm, wi kin kכl dis di ``sεvikal spayna'') εn כp bak de jכk bak εn go bifo wan wan. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, i tan lɛk we pɔsin in nɛk kin swɛt.

Fɔ ɔndastand aw dis kin apin, lɛ wi tek wan smɔl ɛgzampul. We yu de insay motoka we de muv ɛn brek wantɛm wantɛm, dɛn kin trowe yu bɔdi bifo, nɔto so? Semweso, we yu aksɛlayt wantɛm wantɛm frɔm motoka we dɔn stɔp, yu bɔdi kin prɛs pan di sit ɛn go bak. Insay fizik, dɛn kɔl dis inɛs. Jɔs lɛk yu bɔdi, yu bren sɛf de insay yu ed. If sɔntin apin wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɛk de wok lɛk ‘shɔk absɔba’ fɔ yu ed, we de mek yu bren nɔ pwɛl.

Bɔt we pɔsin wund wit wiplash, di impak kin so kwik dat yu ed, nɛk, ɛn ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi kin muv difrɛn spid. Dis kin put prɛshɔn we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia pan di mɔsul dɛn, di ligamɛnt dɛn, ɛn di vɛrbra dɛn na yu nɛk. Di mɔ di impak bad, na di mɔ i kin pwɛl. Bɔt i sɔprayz fɔ no se ivin smɔl impak kin mek pɔsin gɛt bad bad whiplash . Dɛn stil de du risach bɔt di tin we mek i apin. If di bad tin apin, i kin mek di vεrbra dεm na yu nεk brok, we kin pwεl di spεnal kכd εn di nεv dεm. Na dat mek dɔktɔ dɛn kin tek di pen na dɛn nɛk siriɔs wan afta aksidɛnt.

Udat dis tin kin afɛkt mɔ?

Whiplash kin apin to ɛnibɔdi, pan ɛni ej, bɔt tu grup patikyula kin gɛt ay risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs ɔ lɔng tɛm ifɛkt.

1. Pipul dɛn we dɔn ol (we dɔn pas 65 ia): As dɛn de ol, dɛn mɔsul ɛn bon dɛn kin wik bay dɛnsɛf, ɛn dis kin mek dɛn gɛt ɛni kayn injury mɔ.

2. Uman: Risach dɔn sho se uman dɛn kin sɔfa mɔ wit wiplash we dɛn gɛt motoka aksidɛnt. Sɔntɛm bɔku rizin dɛn de fɔ dis.

• Ayt: Bikɔs uman dɛn kin shɔt pas man dɛn, di ed we de na di motoka sit nɔ kin fit fayn fayn wan rawnd dɛn ed.
• Strukchɔ fɔ di spayna:di spays εn strכkchכ fכ di vεrbra dεm na uman in spayna difrεn frכm di wan dεm fכ man dεm.
• Mɔsul dɛn: Bɔku tɛm, uman dɛn nɔ kin gɛt bɛtɛ mɔsul, so dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ tek di pawa we pɔsin kin gɛt wantɛm wantɛm.
• Di we aw dɛn mek motoka: Bikɔs dɛn mek bɔku motoka dɛn fɔ fit di avrej bɔdi saiz fɔ man dɛn, di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek motoka dɛn nɔ go wok fɔ uman dɛn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ wiplash?

Di simptom dɛm fɔ whiplash dipen pan aw di injuri siriɔs. I impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se pan ɔl we sɔm sayn dɛn kin apin jɔs afta di aksidɛnt, ɔda wan dɛn kin tek 12 awa, wan de, ɔ ivin sɔm dez fɔ sho. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to yu bɔdi fɔ sɔm dez afta aksidɛnt.

Dɛn kin klas aw dis sik kin tranga. Dɛn kɔl am di ‘Kwibɛk Klasifikɛshɔn’. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan di stej dɛm ɛn di sayn dɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit dɛm.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt whiplash?

Whiplash kin apin ɛni tɛm we yu chenj spid ɔ dairekshɔn wantɛm wantɛm. Di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na:

• Kar aksidɛnt: Ɛspɛshali di kɔlishin dɛn we kin apin biɛn na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt aksidɛnt.
• Kɔntakt spɔt: Insay spɔt lɛk rɔgbi, futbɔl, ɛn ɔki.
• Rayd tin dɛn lɛk rola kɔsta na amusement pak.
• Simpul slip ɔ fɔdɔm: Sɔntɛnde, ivin we yu fɔdɔm nɔmal wan kin mek yu gɛt wiplash, i kin dipen pan di we aw yu fɔdɔm.

Aw dɔktɔ kin no di sik we dɛn kɔl Whiplash kɔrɛkt wan?

Dɔktɔ go jɔs no se i gɛt Whiplash afta i dɔn pul ɔda siriɔs sik dɛn. Dat min se, di dɔktɔ go chɛk fɔs fɔ si if ɛnitin de we denja, lɛk we in nɛk bon brok ɔ we in spaynal kɔd wund. Na afta dɛn dɔn kɔnfyus se dɛn kayn tin ya nɔ de, na in dɛn kɔl dis Whiplash.

Fɔ du dis, di dɔktɔ go aks yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn bɔt aw di aksidɛnt apin ɛn di sayn dɛn we yu gɛt. Apat frɔm dat, i go du wan ɛgzam pan in bɔdi ɛn wan ɛgzam fɔ di nyurolɔjik. If nid de, dɛn kin ɔda dɛn bak fɔ du dɛn tɛst ya:

• X-ray we dɛn kin du
• CT Skan (Kɔmpyuta Tomografi - CT skan) .
• MRI skan (Magnetik Rɛsɔnans Imej - MRI skan) .

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

No dairekt "cure" nɔ de fɔ whiplash. Di men gol fɔ tritmɛnt na fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛm ɛn sɔpɔt di bɔdi fɔ ebul fɔ wɛl fɔ insɛf. Bɔku tritmɛnt dɛn de we yu kin gɛt.

Ridyus di muvmɛnt na di nɛk (Immobilization) .

If yu sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt injury na yu nɛk ɔ bak afta aksidɛnt, di fɔs tin we di imejensi savis go du na fɔ put wan sɛvikal kɔla (ɔ C-kɔla) fɔ mek yu nɛk nɔ muv. Dis go mek di wet we yu ed gɛt pan yu nɛk mɔsul dɛn nɔ bɔku ɛn i go mek yu spayna nɔ pwɛl mɔ.

Di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz

Dɛn kin yuse bɔrku kayn mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol pen ɛn ɔda sayn dɛm.

• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin fil pen: Dɛn kin gi am kɔmɔn tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin fil pen lɛk paracetamol ɛn NSAID (e.g., ibuprofen, naproxen). If di pen bad bad wan, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi dɛn bak strɔng mɛrɛsin lɛk opioid fɔ shɔt tɛm, wit big tek tɛm.
• Anti-inflammatory drugs: Dɛn wan ya kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di swɛlin.
• Di tin dɛn we de mek di mɔsul dɛn rilaks: Dɛn kin ridyus di bad bad pen we pɔsin kin gɛt we di mɔsul dɛn kin swɛt ɛn mek di mɔsul dɛn wɛl.
• Nεv blɔk: Fɔ siriɔs pen we de te, dɛn kin yuz dis tritmɛnt fɔ stɔp di pen signal fɔ rich na di bren.

Fɔ put kol ɛn ɔt pan am

If yu put sɔntin we kol, lɛk ays, na di say we yu wund fɔ di fɔs 7-10 dez, i kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di swɛlin ɛn inflamɛns. Afta dat, if yu put layt ɔt pak, i kin mek di blɔd flɔ mɔ na di say we yu wund ɛn i kin mek i wɛl kwik kwik wan.

Ɛksesaiz ɔ fyzikal tritmɛnt

Afta di injuri dɔn wɛl, ɛksesaiz ɔnda di gayd we pɔsin we de mɛn di bɔdi de gayd kin ɛp fɔ mek di nɛk mɔsul dɛn strɔng ɛn mek di nɛk ebul fɔ muv bak.

Ɔda patikyula tritmɛnt dɛn

Dɛn kin yuz tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) (we de aplay wan jɛnɛral ilɛktrik kɔrɛnt to di skin) ɛn Radiofrequency Nerve Ablation (we de yuz ɔt fɔ blok pen signal) bak fɔ pen we nɔ de dɔn. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, dɛn kin nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn if wan vayb na di nɛk brok ɔ wan ligamɛnt rɔtin.

Ustɛm na di bɛst tɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Yu kin ɔndastand dis klia wan frɔm di tebul we de dɔŋ ya.

Wetin wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm wit wiplash?

Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp dis kpatakpata bikɔs i kin apin wantɛm wantɛm, bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm.

• Ajɔst di motoka sit ɛn di ed rɛst fayn fayn wan: Adjɔst di ayt fɔ di ed rɛst so dat i go fit fayn fayn wan na di midul pat na yu ed bak.
• Wear di sit bɛlt kɔrɛkt wan: Wear di sit bɛlt akɔdin to yu sholda, snugly against yu bɔdi.
• Drayv sef wan: Kip sef distans frɔm di motoka we de bifo yu, ɛn avɔyd fɔ brek wantɛm wantɛm ɛn tranga wan.
• If yu si se motoka go kam nia yu: If yu si se motoka we de kɔmɔt biɛn de kam fɔ bang yu, kip yu ed stret ɛn ledɔm na di edrɛst if i pɔsibul.
• Bi sef we yu de ple: Fɔ fala di lɔ dɛn ɛn avɔyd fɔ rɔsh we denja we yu de ple spɔt we gɛt fɔ du wit kɔlishin.

Fɔ bɔrku pipul dɛm, whiplash kin wɛl insay sɔm dez ɔr wik. Bɔt fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, di pen we dɛn kin fil fɔ lɔng tɛm kin te fɔ sɔm mɔnt ɔ ivin fɔ lɔng tɛm. So, if yu gɛt pen na yu nɛk afta aksidɛnt, nɔ ignore am. Nɔ shem fɔ go to dɔktɔ if nid de.