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Hi,
I know someone with an inguinal hernia. It is very visible,
but isn't binding yet and hasn't started down into the
scrotum. He can't afford surgery, and doesn't have
insurance. He must be active in order to work. He has
heard that a truss is not a good thing, but wouldn't that
be better than nothing? He says it's slowly getting larger,
so wouldn't a truss at least slow growth down significantly
by keeping the weight of the intestine from constanty
pushing and ripping the torn muscle?
If he can figure out how to get surgery somehow, would
the muscle grow back together? If so, why wouldn't it
grow back together by itself if a truss were worn to keep
the intestine from pushing the tear apart? Would it try
to grow back, and then get torn, and then try again, and
get torn again...etc?
What about trying to let a student practice on him? Are
there medical students who would want to do surgery
like that for the practice? If so, how to find out about
that?
Thanks for any help or advice!
K
(PS: I'll ask about that last issue in another post about
the possibility of free or cheap surgery by students, or
something similar. I apologise if anyone is offended
by that somehow.)
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