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Monday, July 10, 2017

Basic Information You Need About Laser Treatment

By Jennifer Phillips


Laser treatments use focused light tuned to a specific wavelength which is powerful enough to shape diamonds and cut steel. These allow surgeons work with high level of precision through focusing on small areas and damaging the surrounding tissue less. Less scarring, swelling and pain is experienced when compared to traditional surgery.

Treating nerve pains, destroying polyps, tumors and precancerous growths, improving vision and removing prostate parts and kidney stones are some of its uses. Another use that laser treatment Richmond Hill has at the early cancer stages such as penile, vaginal, vulvar, cervical and others. These can cauterize and seal body parts if needed.

Some treatments are not advisable, such as for the eyes and skin because it has the risk of aggravating the health conditions of some patients. A poor health overall would increase also the risk to have complications. A traditional surgery might be recommended basing on your age, healthcare plan and overall health including the expected expense with the procedure.

Before you undergo in this procedure, make sure in having enough time to recover after undergoing operation by planning ahead. Request someone in your family or even a friend to accompany you in going home as the anesthesia and medications may still be affecting you. Precautions days before the surgery is advised such as not taking medications that can affect it.

Laser treatments have different techniques depending on what the procedure would be or how it will be used. An example is when treating a tumor, an endoscope inserted in your body is used to view the tissues and aim the laser at the tumor, shrinking or destroying it. If it is a cosmetic procedure then it would be directly applied to the skin.

Different lasers are used also for different procedures like carbon dioxide ones which makes shallow cuts good for superficial cancers. Next is argon which can make shallow cuts also and activate drugs which photosynthesize at a photodynamic therapy which is used alongside chemotherapy to kill more cancer cells. Another is cold laser therapy used during minor surgeries and promotes tissue regeneration.

Some risks when undergoing a therapy of this kind are there such as infection, bleeding, scarring, pain and skin discoloration. The treatment might not get the permanent effect it intended, which makes repeated sessions a necessity. Some surgeries that uses general anesthesia put the patient at risk of having pneumonia, stroke, confusion, and heart attack.

Benefits of laser include more precision when compared with traditional surgical instruments and makes shorter and shallower cuts. The operations end sooner as well and staying the night at the hospital is not necessary anymore. A few hours only may be needed for recovery specially if using general anesthesia on your operation.

Recovery is just similar with typical surgeries needing a few days of rest and taking medication until the discomfort you feel will be gone. It also varies depending on the therapy type received and the number of affected body parts by the procedure. Follow the orders given by the doctor very closely so you could recover faster and can still do your daily routine normally while recovering.




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