[BLACKRiVAL]

Originally Posted by fordday

Doctor advised me to undergo few blood tests suspecting Vitamin deficiency. Did the tests in a renowned but not high class hospital here, but the cost of these tests surprised me. Am I being taken for a ride here? Rates alongside the test names.

Lipid profile = 900
Vitamin B12 = 2070
Liver Function test plus CGT = 1300
Total Vitamin D = 3500
Creatinine Serum = 260
Complete Blood count = 440
Peripheral Smear Examination = 270

Can the doctors here please comment?

Health packages of top labs like metropolis, thyrocare would have costed way lesser (1000 to 1500rs) with all the above tests plus some additional ones.

[Aditya_Bhp]

Originally Posted by fordday

Can the doctors here please comment?

This is a question to be asked to the businessmen and not the doctors.

[im_chandan]

Originally Posted by BLACKRiVAL

Health packages of top labs like metropolis, thyrocare would have costed way lesser (1000 to 1500rs) with all the above tests plus some additional ones.

I have done similar test online from Healthians, costed 599/-
Total 88 tests including LFT, KFT etc
Was fully satisfied by there service and would recommend the same.

[fordday]

Originally Posted by im_chandan

I have done similar test online from Healthians, costed 599/-
Total 88 tests including LFT, KFT etc
Was fully satisfied by there service and would recommend the same.

Okay, seems like I have been overcharged to put it mildly. And assuming they haven't made a mistake.

This is Malathi Manipal Hospital in Jayanagar. Publishing their name so that it helps others to be careful.

Wrote a feedback to their COO. Lets see what he has to say.

[callvvijay]

We recently got to know that my 8yo son has got long-sight (power at 3+ in both the eyes) and he has started wearing specs for past 1 week.

He has already been doing eye exercises for quite sometime now. The eye exercises are regular ones like staring, blinking, eye-rotation, focusing near and far objects alternatively etc.,

Question (silly it might sound) is: Now that he has specs, should these exercises be done with the specs or can be done without?

On a side-note: This came as a surprise to us and the doctor told that it is hereditary as my wife also had been wearing specs from her young age.

The lock-down resulted in all the school and activities happening via iPad/laptop which didn't require him to see distant objects. If it was normal school, either he himself or his teachers would have complained about his inability to see the board.

My suggestion to fellow-BHPians who are parents to young kids: Do a simple eye-test for your kids at home. And, if you see something suspicious, take the kid to a doctor soon.

Thanks!

[casnov]

Can someone here please point me to a psychiatrist in Bangalore who specializes in ADHD ? I don’t want to Google since then I’ll only get the best SEO doctor and not necessarily the best.

[KL01toKA03]

My son (6yr old) is grinding his teeth during sleep. We got a guard made for his teeth, which he used for 2 months, during which time holes formed in the guard. We got another set made, but the habit of grinding teeth is still continuing. We are trying to avoid all kinds of stress to the child. Is there anything else that could be done?

[eyedocgb]

Originally Posted by callvvijay

We recently got to know that my 8yo son has got long-sight (power at 3+ in both the eyes) and he has started wearing specs for past 1 week.

Sir, it's probably shortsightedness and not as you have mentioned. In our terminology, referred to as myopia and is quite common in this age group. Kindly get him checked for convergence excess ,which I do for my patients, as a Pediatric Ophthalmologist. He should continue with his exercises and limit his screen time (we as parents and caregivers are their role models-if they see us glued to laptops and mobiles, they will happily do the same while keeping house peaceful). Please get his eyes checked yearly-every year in his birthday month-easy to remember.

Thanks.

[casnov]

Originally Posted by KL01toKA03

My son (6yr old) is grinding his teeth during sleep.
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Is there anything else that could be done?

I have a dentist friend ; you can call her up and check; you can DM me for her phone number

[KL01toKA03]

Originally Posted by casnov

I have a dentist friend ; you can call her up and check; you can DM me for her phone number

Thank you. I am not able to send you a private message, since you are a new member. I have sent you an email with my contact details.

[callvvijay]

Originally Posted by eyedocgb

Sir, it's probably shortsightedness and not as you have mentioned. In our terminology, referred to as myopia and is quite common in this age group. Kindly get him checked for convergence excess ,which I do for my patients, as a Pediatric Ophthalmologist. He should continue with his exercises and limit his screen time (we as parents and caregivers are their role models-if they see us glued to laptops and mobiles, they will happily do the same while keeping house peaceful). Please get his eyes checked yearly-every year in his birthday month-easy to remember.

Thanks.

Thank you, Doctor! Looks like I wrote it wrongly. Yes, he is unable to see distant objects clearly. As I had mentioned, had it been normal school, this, probably, could have been detected earlier.

On the screen-time - yes, we have limits set for this (even prior to getting to know about his eye-condition). And also happy to say that he understands and cooperates with us on this - be it on limited screen-time or on the daily eye-exercise routine. He is an avid book-reader (just like us) - and so, lesser screen-time

Can you also answer on the question that I had posted - should the eye exercises be done with the glasses on?
Secondly, is there any other eye-care / exercises that he should be doing?

Thanks again for your detailed post.

[eyedocgb]

Originally Posted by callvvijay

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Sorry for the late reply. Your son should continue the currently advised exercises with his glasses on. Infact try to make it a family exercise to make it interesting.
He should get his eyes checked atleast once a year, preferably birthday month-makes it easy to remember.
Please do feel to get in touch with me for any further information.
Thank you

[Jaguar]

A question to the dentists

I went to get a cheek/mouth pain checked and a cavity was discovered in an upper wisdom tooth. I could see the cavity in the mirror but I didn't feel any pain when the dentist tapped and poked that tooth or gum. The dentist is suggesting I get the tooth extracted since the root canal for a wisdom tooth is not easy and expensive. Is that the correct approach? I remember reading somewhere that one should try to preserve the real tooth and extraction should be the last option. So asking here.

[condor]

Originally Posted by Jaguar

The dentist is suggesting I get the tooth extracted since the root canal for a wisdom tooth is not easy and expensive. Is that the correct approach? I remember reading somewhere that one should try to preserve the real tooth and extraction should be the last option. So asking here.

Take a second opinion ! Logic, and dentists too would opt for extraction as the last option. Where in BLR are you based out of ?

[Jaguar]

Originally Posted by condor

Take a second opinion ! Logic, and dentists too would opt for extraction as the last option. Where in BLR are you based out of ?

I would have gone to my trusted dentist only. Just that he practices in Manipal and I am not sure if I should go there during Covid. The crowd there is still the same apparently. I stay in South East Bangalore.