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<K@.not> wrote in message news:1puaj1litnr65veis0i8o2lmodttdk5gvj@xxxxxxxxxx
> 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.)
Medical students can't do surgery.
A truss won't hurt him, and if it decreases the discomfort, he should get
one. No, the hernia won't go away without surgery.
HMc
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