Patient's question:
My dad has a hernia, should he go to the hospital to get treated? Because I feel that this disease is not very serious. I'm thinking whether I should buy some medicine myself from a pharmacy and give it to him to take at home, so we can treat it ourselves without having to go to the hospital. After all, hospitals involve a lot of costs.Doctor's answer:
The current condition of the elderly male patient is that he suffers from a hernia, which is a common benign disease that recurs in the inguinal region. The recurrence is related to the weakness of the abdominal wall muscles in the elderly. Specifically, it includes indirect inguinal hernias and direct inguinal hernias. If the surgery is performed in a tertiary hospital, the limited range of expenses is around 2,000. If the surgery is performed in a tertiary hospital under promotional standards, the fee is not uniform, and appropriate diet should be maintained after the surgery to ensure smooth bowel movements.