Yintoni i-Gadolinium yokwandisa izilonda kwi-Multiple Sclerosis?

Ukwahlula kuya kugxininisa indawo ze-inflammaton esebenzayo

Kwabaninzi kuni, ukufumana i-MRIs yengqondo yakho kunye / okanye intambo yomgogodla yinxalenye eyamkelweyo ye-MS yakho. Kodwa nangona i-MRIs ingaba nzima ukuyiqonda, njengoko kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo, kwaye ezinye zinikezwa ngokungafaniyo ngelixa ezinye zingekho.

Ngaloo, nantsi isishwankathelo sokuba kutheni kwaye "ukungafani" (gadolinium) isetyenziswa kwii-MRIs ukuxilonga okanye ukujonga i-sclerosis.

Ukwahlula kweGadiolinium kunye Nokuba Kuthiwa "Ukwahlukana"

I-Gadolinium, ebizwa nangokuthi "ukungafani," yinto enkulu, i-chemical compound ejoyiweyo kwisisu somntu ngexesha lovavanyo lwe - MRI ngumchwepheshe.

I-Gadolinium ngokuqhelekileyo ayikwazi ukudlula egazini legazi ukuya kwingqondo okanye emgodini ngenxa yomgca wokukhusela kumzimba womntu obizwa ngokuba ngumqobo wegazi. Kodwa ngexesha lokuvuvukala okwenziwe ngaphakathi kwengqondo okanye intambo yomgogodla, njengokuba ngexesha lokuphindaphinda kwe-MS, umqobo we-brain-brain disruptions, uvumela i-gadolinium ukuba idlule.

I-Gadolinium ingangena ingqondo okanye umgudu womgogodla kwaye igxilwe kwi-MS lesion, ukuyikhanyisa nokudala indawo ecacileyo kwi-MRI.

Injongo emva kwe-MS Lesion ethi "Ikhanyisa"

Injongo ye-griolinium-enhanced refonance imaging (MRI) ukuskena kukunika ugqirha wakho inkcazo yeminyaka yezilonda zakho ze-MS, njengokungathi i-MS iphinda iphinda ibuyele ngoku okanye ingaba kwenzekayo kungekudala.

Ukuba isilonda kwi-MRI ikhanya, ithetha ukuba ukuvuvukala okuqhelekileyo kwenzeka ngokuqhelekileyo kwiinyanga ezimbini zokugqibela ukuya kwiinyanga ezintathu. Ukuvuvukala okusebenzayo kuthetha ukuba i-myelin (umxhesho otywalayo owenza i-nerve fibers) iyonakaliswe kwaye / okanye isatshatyalaliswa ngamaseli omzimba omntu.

Ukuba i-lesion kwi-MRI ayifuni emva kokuba i-gadolinium ijojowe, ngoko mhlawumbi i-lesion-elidala yenzeke ngaphezu kweenyanga ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3 ezedlule.

Ngamanye amagama, ukusetyenziswa kokuchasana kunceda umdlavuza we-neurologist ukugqiba iminyaka yobudala.

Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba i-MS lesion ebonwa kwi-MRI ayibangeli iimpawu. Ezi zilonda zibizwa ngokuba "izilonda". Ngokufanayo, kunokuba ngamaqhinga ngamanye amaxesha ukulungelelanisa uphawu oluthile kunye nesilonda esithile kwingqondo okanye emthonjeni.

Kwakhona, akuzona zonke izilonda ezimela i-MS, yingakho i-MRI ayikwazi ukusetyenziswa yedwa ukuxilonga okanye ukubeka iliso kwi-MS yomntu. Izilonda ezibonwe kwi-MRI zibangelwa ukuguga okanye ezinye iimeko zempilo ezinjenge-stroke, ukuxhatshazwa, ukusuleleka, okanye ukuthatha i-migraine. Ngamanye amaxesha, abantu banelinye okanye izilonda ezininzi kwii-MRIs zabo, kwaye oogqirha abakwazi ukuchaza isizathu.

Ukongeza, izilonda zenza izinto ezithakazelisayo. Ngamanye amaxesha ahlaselwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwaye ekugqibeleni ayenze izimbobo ezimnyama, ezibonisa indawo engasigxina okanye eyingozi ye-myelin kunye nomonakalo we-axon. Uphando lubonisa ukuba izimbobo ezimnyama zihambelana nokukhubazeka kwe-MS. Ngamanye amaxesha izilonda ziphilisa kwaye zizilungise ngokwabo (kwaye zide zinyamalale).

Kutheni i-Contrast ingahle iyalwe ngu-Neurologist yakho

Ekugqibeleni, i-neurologist yakho iyakucwangcisa kuphela ukungafani ukuba unikezwe nge-MRI yakho xa ekhankanya ukuba isifo sakho sisebenzayo-esithetha ukuba uphinde wabuya (ubunzima okanye ubunzima beempawu ze-neurological) okanye usandul 'ukuphindaphinda.

Ukuba ungena kwi-MRI yakho yexesha ukujonga ukuba isifo sakho siphuthuka njani, ngoko ke ukungafani akuqhelekanga. Kule meko, ugqirha uya kubona ukuba i-MRI yakho ibonisa imisebenzi engaphezulu ye-MS, oko kuthetha ngokuthethelelekileyo kunye nezilonda ezingaphezulu.

Ngalesi sihlandlo, ugqirha wakho unokubonisa ukuba utshintshe unyango lwakho lokuguqula isifo , nangona le nto iphikisana. Kunoko, ezinye izazi ze-neurologists zikhetha ukutshintsha imithi yomntu kuphela xa engenakuxhomekeka kwimiphumo emibi okanye iimpawu zabo ziba zibi kakhulu (izigqibo ezisekelwe kumfanekiso klinikhi jikelele womntu kunokuba i-MRI ibonisa).

ILizwi

Nangona kulungile ukuqonda ubuchopho bakho kunye nomsila we-MSIs, zama ukungaxhoxiswa kwinani okanye indawo yezilonda zakho okanye amabala. Kunoko, kungcono ukugxila ekuphuculeni iimpawu zakho, uzive kakuhle, kwaye uzigcine uzivuyile kwaye unempilo ngokusemandleni. Hlala unolwazi ngesifo sakho kunye nezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa ukufikelela kuyo, ngokukodwa i-MRIs, eziba zininzi kwaye zibanceda ngakumbi.

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National Society of MS. Ukujonga umfanekiso weMagnetic Resonance.