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AVN left femoral head
Namaste,
I live in France.
I've been diagnosed an AVN on the left hip a year ago, and in France they only propose a total Joint replacement .
I'm 54, I used to practice yoga and be rather sportive, and I must say I have a hard time accepting this surgery...
I recently discovered what an « ayurveda panchakarma treatment » can do for this disease of the femoral head bone.
I can send you by email copy of my latest MRI so you can appreciate at which stage I am and if such a treatment can stil
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I don't feel that Ayurveda can help you in AVN.
Mainstay is to identify the stage and act accordingly. Try to find the cause of avascular necrosis. Treatment focuses on avoiding weight bearing over the diseases segment of bone or decompression in early stages. Late stages require THR especially when joint in involved perse.
Share xrays or MRI.
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Need staging of disease
No idea about panchkarma
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Dr. K Shanmuganandan
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37 yrs exp
Chennai
Pl send mri reports along with x rays
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Dr. Rajinder K Sharma
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43 yrs exp
Chandigarh
Send photo of mri film report consult thru practo alternate is there
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