[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Stay Safe during Surgery” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%2301b5c0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Preparing for your surgery correctly limits potentials complications and ensures higher success rates. Thus, it is important to understand the most common screenings that are usually conducted before most surgeries, and discuss them with your surgeon beforehand.
The most common screenings include:
- Chest X-rays to diagnose abnormal heart, breathing, and lung sounds.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) to show abnormal rhythms, finds heart muscle damage and helps find the cause of chest pain.
- Urinalysis to diagnose kidney and bladder infections, and diabetes. Also, certain types of urinalysis can find out illegal drugs in the body.
- White blood count to diagnose certain fevers and infections, and also reveals if a person is using medicines that affect white blood counts.
Blood tests are also widely required pre-surgery; they include:
- Glucose to measure your blood sugar levels.
- Potassium to measure the amount of potassium, sodium, and other electrolytes in your blood. These chemicals help regulate heart rhythms and other body functions.
- Complete blood count (CBC) to check for (anemia) and infection.
- Coagulation studies (PT/PTT) to find out how well your blood clots.
Your doctor may request all the above screening and tests, or some of them, or more. In all cases, you must talk transparently to your doctor about your medical history, do all required tests, and follow the instructions on nutrition and medicine regulation before and after surgery to avoid any surprises.
If you still have questions or concerns about an upcoming surgery, whether it will be conducted at Al Safwa or any other hospital, you can always book an appointment with our specialized Anesthesia Department to consult on all necessary preparations.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Be FAST, Save a life
” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%2301b5c0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A stroke is a medical condition that describes a time when your brain isn’t getting the blood it needs. This condition needs immediate treatment chances of brain damage, disability, or even death. You need to be familiar and attentive to warning signs in order to act right and FAST if you or your loved ones were faced with such a situation.
Warning Signs:
Although a stroke tends to be gradual, one or more of the below sudden symptoms are likely to happen:
- Numbness or weakness in your face, arm, or leg, especially on one side
- Confusion or trouble understanding other people
- Difficulty speaking
- Trouble seeing with one or both eyes
- Problems walking or staying balanced or coordinated
- Dizziness
- Severe headache that comes on for no reason
If you or anyone near you have these symptoms, head directly to the nearest Emergency Room, even if you’re not sure that this is a stroke.
The treatment works best when it is given within 3 hours of when the symptoms started. Depending on the stroke type, doctors may prescribe a powerful clot-busting medicine, or if the stroke was caused by a burst blood vessel, doctors will try to stop the bleeding as fast as possible.
Although brain strokes are severely dangerous, prompt action, accurate diagnosis, and proper medical care significantly reduce its severity, and can even lead to a full recovery.
Because every minute matters, Al Safwa Hospital is currently building a specialized Stroke Unit to respond better and faster to each case.
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Mohammed’s story started with a back injury confined him in bed for a year, during which he gained immense weight that gradually kept him in bed for 7 more. He reached the weight of 450Kg, and was completely paralyzed before he decided to go on TV seeking medical help to treat his condition.
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We decided to step up, putting all our medical knowledge and nursing expertise at the hands of Didamouney in response to his call. After conducting necessary special preparation to receive the case safely and efficiently, he was moved to our premises at 6th of October to undergo a very challenging Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery that could possibly save the rest of his life. The whole operation, pre and post care were conducted on compassionate basis.
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Didamouney and his family were hosted for a whole month at Al-Safwa to prepare him for the surgery through nutrition and overall health management, then for another month to follow up after the surgery. 9 doctors from different specializations supervised his case, and ensured impressive success without any complications. Afterwards he was moved to a specialized rehabilitation hospital to regain muscle strength and body function.
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The operation was by all means successful, but the true success we are seeking is seeing Didamouney enjoying his normal, healthy life once again. Thus, we followed up with him this month, 2 years post-surgery to find out about “real results”. We were delighted to find him leading a healthy life and maintaining normal weight. Although “the fattest man in Egypt” was a nickname he gained by accident, “the most hopeful and determined man in Egypt” is another one Didamouney deserved with his faith and patience.
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