Kerala Health Tours

Allopathy & other allied systems of medicine

The various specialties of relevance to Health Tourism are as follows:

Kerala Health Tours has provisions to make arrangements for management of medical ailments coming under various specialties in Modern Medicine. The doctors and the medical institutions in Kerala with which we are tied up are highly reputed and equipped with state of art equipment. They have provisions to manage the highly complex medical conditions employing the expertise of highly qualified doctors and paramedical personnel, utilizing the state of art equipment and instruments.

Allopathy

Some medical dictionaries define the term Allopathy or Allopathic medicine as the treatment of disease using conventional evidence-based medical therapies, as opposed to the use of alternative medical or non-conventional therapies. The term allopathic, an adjective, is used in medicine to distinguish one form of medical practice, medical tradition, or medical profession from another. The term was coined by the founder of homeopathic medicine, and was used through the 19th Century as a derogatory term for the practitioners of orthodox medicine.

Allopathic System of Medicine or Modern Medicine in the present day, is the most popular treatment system recognized the world over. With the advancement of medical science and invention of well-researched medicines and equipment, this system has become the most established treatment system in the world today. Leading medical institutions in Kerala are well equipped to handle all types of medical problems.

The various specialties of relevance to Health Tourism are as follows:

• Plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Eye care
• Kidney related diseases
• Psychiatry
• Ear Nose and Throat
• Heart Care
• Gynecology & Obstetrics
• Digestive Diseases
• General Surgery
• Diseases of the bones and joints – Orthopedics
• Cancer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Cosmetic surgery aims to change your appearance by altering parts of your body that function normally but make you unhappy. If you're dissatisfied with your appearance, you may be interested in cosmetic surgery not only to look better, but also to feel better.

Some disfigurations which can be corrected include facial wrinkles as seen in aged face (face lift, cosmetic eyelid surgery, brow lift, sub-metal lipectomy for double chin etc.), breast size problems (implants, surgery to reduce excess), excess fat tissue in certain areas (lipsuction, fat transplant etc.), hair related problems (hair implants, hair flaps, and scalp reductions), poor shape of the nose (rhinoplasties to reshape and re-contour of the nose), protruding or ugly lookingears (otoplasty), deformed chin, lips, cheeks and facial bones (orthognathic surgery).

High quality and affordable Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery can be carried out in various centers of excellence in Kerala.

Eye care

There are several premier medical institutions in Kerala that are well equipped with facilities for the complete examination, diagnosis, and treatment of all ocular diseases in both pediatric and adult patients.

Kidney related diseases - Nephrology

Common diseases like diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulo-nephritis can lead to permanent loss of renal functions - with dialysis and renal transplantation being the frequent outcome. Several centers in Kerala are specialized in treating such diseases. Several ISO certified major hospitals in India have departments of Nephrology and Organ Transplant equipped with the latest computerized dialysis machines, reverse osmosis water plant to provide pure and trace element-free water supply, as well as state-of-the-art facilities in the operating rooms and Transplant Intensive Care Units.

Psychiatry

In India, as in other parts of the world, the traditional approach to the care of the mentally ill during the last 200 years was custodial rather than therapeutic. This approach to psychiatric care delivery system was transplanted in India from contemporary Britain. Mental hospitals were constructed in isolated areas with the aim of segregating those who, by reasons of insanity, were considered troublesome and dangerous to their neighbors.

In general, psychiatric treatments have improved significantly over the past several decades, beginning with the advent of modern psychiatric medications. In the past, psychiatric patients were often hospitalized for six months or more, with a significant number of cases involving hospitalization for many years. Today, most psychiatric patients are managed as outpatients. If hospitalization is required, the average hospital stay is around two to three weeks, with only a small number of cases involving long-term in-patient care. Kerala has several good psychiatry centers providing solutions for all types of psychiatric disorders.

Ear,Nose and Throat

The specialty of ENT (ear, nose and throat) or otolaryngology is focused on disorders/conditions that range from extremely minor (such as a sore throat) to very complex (such as cancer). The Otolaryngologists (ENT specialists) in Kerala are well equipped and trained in diagnosing, managing and treating all conditions and diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Our specialists and physicians treat a wide spectrum of ear, nose and throat-related disorders, such as hoarseness, hearing loss, snoring and sinusitis. We also treat disorders related to the head and neck region, such as tumors and trauma.

Heart Care

There are numerous distinct disorders that relate to heart. These include arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis, angina, heart attack, and heart failure, arrhythmias, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, heart murmurs, rheumatic heart disease, valvular disease, mitral valve prolapse and high blood pressure or hypertension. When diet and exercise aren't effective enough, doctors may prescribe cholesterol-lowering medication as an addition to diet and exercise.

Kerala has several centers, which are well equipped to manage all types of cardiac problems ranging from the simple ones to most complex conditions that require complex surgical procedures. There are several leading Cardiologists and Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Kerala who have proven their mettle in the field of cardiac care.

General Surgery Procedures

General Surgery focuses on surgical treatment of abdominal organs, e.g. intestines including esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on the availability of head and neck surgery specialists) and hernias. General Surgeons in some of the leading hospitals in Kerala are highly qualified, trained and skilled to perform all types of general surgery procedures.

Diseases of the bones and joints – Orthopedics

Almost all hospitals in Kerala has orthopedic units where basic orthopedic procedures are carried out. Major hospitals have highly efficient orthopedic units where highly complex surgical procedures are carried out. Shoulder / hip replacement and bilateral knee replacement surgery using the most advanced keyhole (endoscopy) procedures and anthroscopy is performed in several leading Kerala hospitals.

Gynecology & Obstetrics

Leading Kerala hospitals with gynecology departments and women’s hospitals have facilities for the prevention and early detection of gynecological disorders. Many hospitals have women check-up programmes designed to detect the earliest signs of disorders of the breast and the organs of reproduction as well as catering to the contraceptive needs of women. A mammogram, an ultrasound of the pelvis and a pap smear of the cervix are an integral part of any good medical check-up for women. Specialist medical as well as surgical care is available for all types of gynecological problems like menstrual abnormalities, uterine prolapse, fibroids and tumors of the uterus and ovaries, ectopic pregnancies, ovarian cysts and tumors, endometriosis, tubal blocks and infertility. State-of-the-art gynaecological surgery is available with world-class equipment and expertise using minimally invasive techniques including laproscopy.

Infertility treatment - Several hospitals have the state-of-the-art IVF labs backed by highly experienced doctors who have been involved in the field of infertility and assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). A full range of diagnostic procedures is available for infertile couples. They include - treatment for the disorders of ovulation, controlled ovarian stimulation, Intra-Utrine Insemination (IUI), Intra-Fallopian Tubal Insemination (IFI), In Vitro Fertilization (VF) and Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT), Embryo Transfer (ET), Zygote Intra-Fallopian Transfer (ZIFT), sperm donation, freezing egg/oocyte donation, replacement of frozen embryos, full range of treatment of male infertility including micro-manipulation technology - Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and surrogacy. The emphasis is on optimizing each couple's chance of achieving a pregnancy by combining the best scientific and medical practice with the highest standard of care.

Digestive Diseases

Kerala has well-equipped hospitals with facilities for management of all types of digestive diseases both medically and surgically. The highly qualified and trained gastro-enterologists and GI Surgeons provide treatment of excellent quality utilizing the state of art equipment available.

Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity—the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue—and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for morbid obesity, not just gastric bypasses, which make up only one class of such operations. These procedures can also be performed in some of the leading hospitals in Kerala.

Cancer management

Cancer is the general term used to describe a group of diseases in which cells are aggressive (grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (invade and destroy adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastatic (spread to other locations in the body). These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited in their growth and do not invade or metastasize (although some benign tumor types are capable of becoming malignant). Cancer may affect people at all ages, even fetuses, but risk for the more common varieties tends to increase with age.] Cancer causes about 13% of all deaths.

Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy or other methods. The choice of therapy depends upon the location and grade of the tumor and the stage of the disease, as well as the general state of the patient (performance status). There are several hospitals in Kerala, which are well-equipped to manage complex cancer cases using the state of art treatment techniques ranging from medical management to complex surgical procedures and immunotherapy.