Regina doctor's trial of new pain relief method sees success for those taking part
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A Regina doctor’s trial of a new pain relief method is helping people like Cassandra Azmann live a normal life.
A Regina doctor’s trial of a new pain relief method is helping people like Cassandra Azmann live a normal life.
Azmann has spent years in doctor’s offices seeking relief for her Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome (LPHS).
“Seven years of laying in bed, seven years of progressively going downhill, to the point where even small things like sitting here in a chair was unfathomable even five days ago,” she told CTV News.
LPHS is an incurable disease, which causes pain around the kidneys. While the pain is located around the kidneys, medical experts are still unsure what causes this pain, making it particularly difficult to find solutions.
However, Azmann has found hope, here in Regina, in the office of Dr Bhanu Prasad, who has spent years seeking to help those living with LPHS live a normal life.
“We had patients coming back to us and saying they were able to do scuba diving, they were able to [skydive], or even going on vacations, lifting their kids, which they couldn’t before,” explained the nephrologist. “I think that’s incredibly gratifying,”
Dr. Prasad is currently finishing up a trial of his pain relief method, which is seeing astounding success.
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