Eye Trouble

[thechairman18 174]

I have the eye condition, known as Glaucoma, and have had it for over 20 years.

It is under control, and insert Xalytan drops, every day.

I live in the UK, and have a yearly check up at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

I am hoping to move out to live in Thailand, most likely Pattaya.

I am quite prepared to fly back to the UK, for an annual eye check, as the Manchester Royal, has all my records going back 20 years.

Does any BM, with this condition, know where I might continue to be treated, without flying back to the UK?

I am a registered patient at Bangkok-Pattaya, but to be honest, the treatment I have received, ( not for Glaucoma ), I was not all impressed with.

 

thechairman18

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Does any BM, with this condition, know where I might continue to be treated, without flying back to the UK?

thechairman18

 

I don't suffer from glaucoma, but I have a colleague who does. When he was transferred to Bangkok, he contacted his doctor in the U.S. who was able to refer him to a qualified specialist at a hospital in Bangkok. Unfortunately, I don't know the details. But the national medical associations in most Western countries can point you in the right direction. They usually have on file the names of qualified specialists abroad or can at least give you the contact details of a local medical association which would have further information.

 

Another possibility is to ask at the U.K. embassy in BKK. Embassies often keep lists of local specialists in case of emergencies involving either staff members or visiting nationals.

 

Evil

 

[ozijeff 9]

try the major hospital in Bkk... Buva , buma, Bather something.

they must have a website. people travel from all over the world to get fixed there. the place even has a msdonalds and a starbucks. i talked to an american doctor last time in Bkk and he had nothing but praise for the place.

Edited May 2, 2007 by ozijeff

[MC_Ldop 40]

try the major hospital in Bkk... Buva , buma, Bather something.

they must have a website. people travel from all over the world to get fixed there. the place even has a msdonalds and a starbucks. i talked to an american doctor last time in Bkk and he had nothing but praise for the place.

 

Bumrungrad Hospital

[thechairman18 174]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your quick responses, looks like I will be able to treated here, instead of going home.

Thanks again, any more contacts ?

 

thechairman18

[johnb 0]

Without question, Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok is the best eye care facility in Thailand, and one of the best anywhere. They are located in the Asoke area off Sukhumvit road. Just google them and you'll get directions, etc.

[Shilo 371]

Thanks for starting the thread

 

I have Glaucoma in my right eye. I take two drops... Travatan and Cosopt . Does anyone know if I'll have a problem getting drops in LOS or might I have to try some type of online method?

 

Thanks again,

 

Shilo (9 more months)

[biggles 509]

I also have very severe glaucoma in my left eye. I use Xalatan XE and tymoptol 0.5%. they are both readily available over the counter in boots pharmacy in Royal garden plaza.

[redwood13 56]

Without question, Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok is the best eye care facility in Thailand, and one of the best anywhere. They are located in the Asoke area off Sukhumvit road. Just google them and you'll get directions, etc.

 

Agreed!

 

Easy access from the Phetchaburi subway station.

 

http://www.rutnin.com/html/c_about.html

 

-redwood

[Eneukman 1]

I've had a couple of eye infections since I retired here 2 years ago and have gone to the Bangkok Pattaya hospital for treatment. They have eye specialists there.

 

The first eye infection I got, the doctor eventually decided that he would have to scrape the mucus from my eye. He showed me a before and afer picture on his PC. An anaesthetic (spelling?) was applied to the eye beforehand and I felt fuck all during the procedure.

 

Alan

[yogibear 0]

I don't have first hand knowledge, but have been told that the lens replacement treatment available at the Bangkok Pattaya hospital for around 200,000B is an alternative to living with glaucoma. I know 2 people who have had this surgery and were golfing within one week. Success rate is similar to LASIC. I suggest you visit the hospital and decide if this is for you.

[Dirk_Diggler 0]

I have uveitis and was not impressed with the Bangkok pattaya check up I had...they did not put drops in to increase the pupil size to make for better checking nor did she give the old "Look left, up, down....." etc routine that I had become used to in the UK...at the end of the day she just re-prescribed me my drugs I had got in the UK..also I saved about 1200 baht on the cost of my drugs by buying them from Fascino on Pattaya Nua instead of the hospital

[jacko 8,766]

I don't have first hand knowledge, but have been told that the lens replacement treatment available at the Bangkok Pattaya hospital for around 200,000B is an alternative to living with glaucoma. I know 2 people who have had this surgery and were golfing within one week. Success rate is similar to LASIC. I suggest you visit the hospital and decide if this is for you.

This treatment is for cataracts.....glaucoma cannot be treated this way.

[joekicker 53]

Without question, Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok is the best eye care facility in Thailand, and one of the best anywhere. They are located in the Asoke area off Sukhumvit road. Just google them and you'll get directions, etc.

 

Yes! Absolutely. Nothing better, arguably in the world.

[biggles 509]

glaucoma is caused by the deterioration of the nerves due to pressure and, to the best of my research, is not treatable.

[MC_Ldop 40]

I wonder if Thai doctors give out medical marijuana for glaucoma.

[sabaidii2 171]

glaucoma is caused by the deterioration of the nerves due to pressure and, to the best of my research, is not treatable.

 

Glaucoma is treatable (admittedly, only within the last few decades). The treatment is to use eye drops to lower the pressure of the fluid within the eye.

 

This is accomplished by reducing the rate of fluid that gets created and/or by increasing the natural drainage of that fluid. Think of it like a bathtub where the faucet is filling the tub while the water is simultaneously draining.

 

Note that this strategy only treats the symptom. The underlying problem (i.e., the deterioration of the optic nerve) is not being treated. It is unclear why the optic nerve is being damaged (sometimes even with normal pressure there is still damage).

 

The reason I know about this is that I also have glaucoma. No big deal so long as the condition is monitored (and the eye drops are used).

[biggles 509]

Sorry sabaiid2, I meant not "curable". I also have the eyedrops and they work very well. I also had a trebelectomy (sp?) about 6 years ago. they cut a flap in your eye (like a little trapdoor) which lets the fluid out and prevents the pressure buildup, very successful but unfortunately I had already lost about 60% of my peripheral vision. ( Use the drops in the other eye to treat the cause but would love to be able to cure the "bad" eye.