Pulmonary sarcoidosis: what you need to know about the disease?
The cost of treating pulmonary diseases in Ukraine is quite high, while the services of domestic medical institutions are far from what the medicine of Europe or Israel offers. Lack of modern equipment often does not allow Ukrainian pulmonologists to diagnose at early stages even very common pulmonary diseases, not to mention sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unclear etiology. There are several versions of what causes the disease. This is an infection, genetic or autoimmune causes, bad ecology. In patients with sarcoidosis, rounded granulomas are formed in the lung tissue without a clear outline. Unlike tuberculosis tubercles, they do not have caseous necrosis.
It is very difficult to diagnose sarcoidosis, since it is accompanied by symptoms typical for many other diseases. People with sarcoidosis usually experience shortness of breath, fatigue, coughing fits, loss of appetite and, as a result, weight loss. At a later stage of sarcoidosis, the lymph nodes enlarge, the body temperature rises, and deformities of the joints appear. But even this symptomatology will not allow a doctor with insufficient experience and without modern high-precision equipment to make the correct diagnosis and draw up an adequate program for the treatment of sarcoidosis.
Diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis in Israel, the cost of services
Understanding that the capabilities of domestic medicine are far from ideal, more and more Ukrainians decide to use the services of Israeli doctors. Despite the fact that the cost of examination and therapy in Israel is higher, but in comparison with Europe, the cost of treatment in Tel Aviv is much lower. At the same time, consultation with the best Israeli specialists gives a chance for a quick diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis with the most modern drugs.
In Israeli pulmonary clinics, patients are provided with comprehensive services, in addition to being examined by a doctor, the diagnosis of sarcoidosis includes such procedures as:
- X-ray;
- MRI;
- CT;
- bronchoscopy;
- biopsy and histological examination of tissues;
- blood test;
- pleural puncture;
- Kveim test.
In this case, the patient undergoes all diagnostic tests in one clinic as soon as possible. After the diagnosis is made, the doctor draws up a treatment course, which is based on the most modern techniques and the most effective drugs available today.
In the case of the terminal stage of sarcoidosis, accompanied by severe irreversible impairment of respiratory function, they resort to surgical intervention. At the service of Israeli surgeons - the most modern equipment that allows manipulations with minimal damage to healthy tissues.
The cost of treating sarcoidosis in Israel
Despite the fact that Israeli medicine is recognized as one of the most developed in the world, the cost of services in clinics in Tel Aviv and other cities of the country is much lower than in Europe. Therefore, if you abandoned the idea of diagnosis and treatment in an Israeli clinic due to high prices, then you made a mistake. Our company, which is an intermediary between patients from Ukraine and Israeli doctors, is ready to choose a clinic, the prices for the services of which will be most acceptable for you. The price of sarcoidosis treatment in Israel depends on the stage of the disease, the general condition of the patient's body and the drugs used.