Yesterday, I asked a question at the end of the column that If we are unlucky to try to avoid and do our best. but still can't escape "Osteoarthritis" what to do? Where to go for treatment? How much money?
Today we try to find the answer that
When people realize that they have osteoarthritis and feel pain…what do most of them do?
The first thing, of course, is to see a doctor.
Which has both going to the ancient doctor
and a famous monk in treating various bone diseases
which we found that our ancient subjects using some herbal medicine
Or blowing a spell directed down with some
May help in the treatment of bone fractures, broken bones until the bone can be connected fairly successfully.
But for osteoarthritis, it is often found that traditional methods are rarely curable.
Causing many cases to change their minds to see the current doctor
or orthopedic doctor
According to various hospitals, most of the time
Seeing modern medicine from the beginning
with pain will help a lot
because if we are not much
Your doctor may have a treatment method and give advice on how to act.
which may help pay off
If you do not get better.
Your doctor will prescribe pain medication.
or anti-inflammatory drugs according to symptoms
and as needed by the body
including changing shoes
Using various knee braces to help
To the end, if not really
It may require surgery.
This is an innovation discovered in the past 20 years.
But this method would have to cost from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
Ultimately, it's a state hospital.
or private hospital
For example, through the public relations channel through the website of a famous private hospital.
Tell the cost in the package that
“1 knee replacement, 4 nights in hospital, price 220,000 baht”
Next, another line writes the text that says "Change 2 items, sleep 5 nights, 399,000 baht"
However, this message
Belongs to a middle class private hospital
But if it is an A or A+ level hospital, the cost of treatment will probably vary in a higher way according to the grade of that hospital.
But "poor people" do not be upset because just a few days ago there was a report from Bang Pa-In Hospital.
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province
who can treat people with osteoarthritis with surgery, revealing that anyone who has a "gold card" can receive treatment without having to pay anything else
It was also reported that
Surgery for artificial knee replacement at the hospital will cost about 50,000 to 100,000 baht, which can use the treatment rights of the gold card.
(Maticon, Thursday, March 30, page 12)
However, the issue that always arises is the more "waiting" because there are not enough knee surgeons.
Waiting in line for surgery in government hospitals may take quite a long time.
There is a report from Siriraj Hospital that the queue for surgery from any doctor may have to wait from 6 months to 1 year, and if Dr. Keerati
Head of the department and is the "1st hand sword" in knee surgery may have to wait up to 1 year ++ even
The number of 6 months to 1 year is likely to be the latest number in which the shortage of "bone doctors" has started to subside somewhat.
But going back 20 years ago...patients in other provinces waiting in line at Siriraj had to spend up to 3 years.
In this issue, Dr. Keerati Charoenchonvanich once told the media at that time that
“Many patients give up.
Some of them even cried, stopped the treatment, suffered because they could not wait.
and most importantly, traveling from distant provinces to Siriraj
It is very difficult and costly.”
“Can we do better…how can we go out and help those underprivileged brothers and sisters?” The doctor asked himself many times.
How did Dr. Keerati finally decide? and what have you done Don't forget to continue reading tomorrow.
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