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MFK Hospital














            |  HEALTH FEATURE


                 By Dr. Frauke Kawooya


        Chronic Pain Management


        Infiltration therapy and why
        we should all know what that is

           HE MZEE has unbearable back pain   spine. This condition is very common in elderly
        Tradiating into his legs. After trying out several   but can even hit younger people in their late 40s.
        methods of reducing it including oral pain killers,
        therapeutic massages, physiotherapy and   Dr. Mike Kawooya explains every image taken
        changing life style as recommended by the GP   and after a thorough examination advises to
        the pain never reduced to a level that he can   undergo an infiltration therapy. Infiltration therapy
        move normally nor find a position how to sleep   is a medical technique where a substance,
        at night. Then a friend told him about this new   such as a medication or anaesthetic, is injected
        Orthopedic Hospital in Muyenga and the doctor   directly into a specific tissue or area. The primary
        with the “magic hands”...           goal is often to provide localized relief from pain
                                            or to treat a specific condition. For Mzee this
        This is how he came to see Dr.med. Mike   location are the lower back spine joints and their
        Kawooya, a Senior Consultant Orthopedic   surrounding tissue. The treatment takes place
        and accidental Surgeon at MFK Orthopedics   outpatient in three consecutive sessions in one
        & Paediatrics Kisugu-Muyenga. The German   week, usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
        trained doctor and his wife, Dr.med. Frauke
        Kawooya, a Senior Consultant for Child and
        Adolescent Health, have returned to Uganda after
        20 years of studying and working in Germany to
        offer a unique service not to be found elsewhere
        in Uganda and big parts of East Africa so far:
        Effective Management of chronic backpain using
        a nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure
        called infiltration therapy. The old man sees Dr.
        Mike Kawooya for a consultation on what causes
        his pain, diagnostic measures including lab and
        X-rays (all services are offered within the facility)
        show the problem: He suffers from arthritis of the
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