My fiancee's tonsils swell on and off all the time, and he gets two-week-long strep throat sessions 2 or 3 times a year. When he was little, he got tonislitis 6 times in 6 months, and insurance required he get it 7 times in 6 months to qualify to get them taken out. We have no insurance right now, and they're at him again, it's driving him nuts!
Is it possible to get them done in Mexico, and how expensive is it? My grandmother gets all her dental work done in Mexico, she rents a hotel room for a couple days and brings a ton of bottled water.
Or anyone know how we can get it done cheap here in the states with no insurance?
2006-07-28 17:55:23 · 8 answers · asked by Ember 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
As one who has family in Mexico i suggest you stay away from that idea.....it may be way cheaper, but you better know the doctor you are gonna choose for that kind of surgery because if you don´t you might end up regretting it. Don´t just choose any hospital or doctor make sure that the doctor and hospital is reputable....preferably in a well known city. Dental work is not the same as surgery on a gland near a major artery, so try (i know it is hard, but try) to forget about the insurance for a while and measure your benefits for both sides. Not many associations recommend mexican hospitals, not all of them are bad but a majority of them aren´t very good....but with these warnings do what you think is best.
2006-07-28 18:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by natelements 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your local hospital if they have a plan for persons w/o insurance in need of a procedure. Almost all (if not all) do have something set up for the non-insured population. I would NOT recommend going to Mexico as their sanitation standards are lower than ours and surgery (no matter how minor) can be risky once infection gets involved. Also, if there is a problem later on (continued infection, etc,) The doctors and hospitals in Mexico will not care, they don't have liablity laws like the USA. I'd guess a tonsilectomy cost about $10k. Good luck!
2006-07-28 18:23:20 · answer #2 · answered by SadToday22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before getting his tonsils removed, he could see if he is having an intolerance reaction to something in his diet. Milk is very often the culprit. If it is food intolerance, and he has the tonsils removed, you haven't really solved the problem, Things may settle down for a while and then he could get some other reaction. I would suggest seeing a naturopath to get his diet checked out. If it is food intolerance, it must be something he's eaten all his life if he's had the problem since he was little.
Tonsils are there to protect you from invading bacteria, so if you have them removed that's one line of defence less to keep you healthy. You can save money and get fitter by finding out what the problem is and fixing it. If it's food intolerance and you track it down and eliminate the food, his overall health will also improve. (because, for one thing, his tonsils will be strengthened)
2006-07-28 18:15:24 · answer #3 · answered by survivor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to get them removed in Mexico, I would recommend you to do it in a good hospital, and that would be as expensive as if you did it in the states.
Also I've heard that is not really good to remove them, there's got to be something else to do instead, try another doctor, he may find the cause of the tonsillitis and probably just give medication.
2006-07-28 18:04:44 · answer #4 · answered by agia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was supposed to but if I remember (I was 6 or something) the doctors said it could affect my speech and that I had to leave them in. The did hurt for a couple of years. I still have them but they don't hurt anymore now. Everytime a doctor sees my tonsils he says 'wow those are some huge tonsils'
2016-03-16 08:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come to Australia.
We do it for nothing here!
I had mine out when I was about 4; that was 50 years ago.
But it's always been free, as I know!
2006-07-28 18:00:47 · answer #6 · answered by dr c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive gotten many different procedures dont to me in mexico.bone surgery,dental,my grandfather had heart surgery there too.everything came out to be cheaper than the same procedures here in the U.S. and we never had any sort of side effect what so ever.best suggestion....go to mexico
2006-07-28 18:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best Doctors are in the U.S.Why take the chance.
2006-08-04 01:44:27 · answer #8 · answered by Rather be dead than red... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES GO TO MEXICO THEY WILL DO THAT FOR CHEAP!!!!
2006-08-01 18:51:07 · answer #9 · answered by MaRiAh D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋