Miasthenia - the disease is very dangerous and often phrase «Death delay like» in relation to myasthenia should be understood literally. When the last word in the treatment of this disease remains for the surgeon? A few cases from practice.
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Igor Levchenko Miastehenic Center, director, does not understand where rumors are taken from allegedly fabulous treatment in the center. For the first cautious question about whether he agrees to take Nastya for treatment, Igor Ivanovich replied: I agree?! Yes, I asked to bring a girl to us, and the sooner - the better. Phrase «Death delay like» in relation to myasthenia should be understood literally. What money can we talk about if the child simply needs to save life? We do it, and do it for free.
Fortunately for such patients today there are miasthenic centers, and they already have valuable developments to which decades are spent.
Igor Levchenko Miastenia was engaged even when it was believed that we have no such disease. He had a chance to break the powerful wall of resistance, proving that there is such a disease and convince high medical instances that a specialized clinic needs.
External symptoms arise due to the defeat of two important systems of the body: immune and endocrine. Igor Ivanovich hundreds of times explained to his students a scheme of illness. Muscle must perform certain functions. It goes to her nerve that transmits the command: to cut or relax. Between them there is a kind of transformer that translates these commands to the muscles-understandable language. But sometimes the immune system suddenly begins to produce substances devoted to «transformer». As a result of His «Fault» Muscle is no longer able to keep tone. The most terrible thing is that breathing muscles amazed. If the disease is not treated, a person threatens death from suffocation. BUT «Mutit water» Tiny fork iron, which is in a dangerous neighborhood with a heart.
Twenty years ago, the young Surgeon Levchenko, who had just finished the medical institute, was drawn to the resuscitation department of the regional hospital. One day during the duty, a 14-year-old boy Kolya was brought. The boy did not breathe, and no one could understand why. Tried everything, and baby died. Doctors understood it, but came up. Then the most «green» Highway Levchenko ran to the head physician and said: «This is Miasti. It can be saved» - «Are you going to do a heart surgery?» - Amazed looked at him colleague. - «However, it will die», - answered Levchenko.
Until now, remembering the operation made by trembling hands, Igor Ivanovich is terrified: now he is quite aware of how dangerous «catch» millimeter gland on pulsating heart. But Kolya survived! Since then, Igor Levchenko has been devoted to the medical career in a duel with this disease, severely despising her for meanness. After all, myasthenia is striking young - up to twenty years, especially does not spare women and children.
The disease is laid at the genetic level and is waiting for its o'clock. Any stress can serve as a signal - hormonal (frequent cases of postpartum Miasthenia), immune (banal flu), mental (surrendered nerves on the exam) and even physical (the guy for half a year decided to become Van Damm).
We talked with Volodya on the third day after surgery. From his face it was not surprised and happy smile. Probably, only the one who once looked at death in his eyes, can be fully understood this euphoria. A year later, Volodya will be able to return to exercise sports, and the only reminder of the disease will remain a small scar of the chest.
The main thing is not to miss the moment, "says Igor Ivanovich. - The earlier the treatment started, the better the forecast. True, such forms of the disease or such a launched state that a person even after removing the fork gland has to maintain himself with medications. But what is the two tablets per day, if life is won! And you can work, laugh, love, give birth to children.
Lyudmila suffered an operation six years ago. Now this beautiful young woman gets married. But before I decided to consult in the center. Igor Levchenko gave people «good». And he is not from those doctors who are considered necessary «feed» Patient semi-trial. His patients, even the smallest, know that Synonym for the Word «Miasthenia» - «death». But he proves to them that it is worth fighting.
The conservative treatment of Igor Ivanovich prefers operation, believing that there is nothing in vain to dilute the time and resources of the body. Anyway, because the last word remains for the surgeon. The technique of operation he developed himself. In this invention - 20 years of combating myasthenia, its scientific works, doctoral... More than 700 operations have been made in his center. And it means, as many saved people.
