Curcuma was proven to my patient

Doctors’ feeling are often affected by their patients’ condition. A doctor will feel happy if the patient can be recovered from his medicine. It’s the greatest happiness to become a doctor. On the contrary, a doctor will feel sad if the patient doesn’t heal and become worse after taking the medicine. It’s the hughest sadness of a doctor. I always feel the experience too since becoming a doctor two years ago.

This morning, July 11th 2008, I met a patient, just call him Syamsuddin, with little liver dysfunction. The laboratorium value of his liver were 116 U/L for SGOT and 136 U/L for SGPT on June 27th 2008. It should be under 40 U/L for the best result and under 60 U/L to continue his job in a mining company.

He had been under treatment for 2 month for this liver. From general physician until internist. But the liver didn’t get better. He was almost frustrated. He came to me as the last doctor. If a patient had met a speciality doctor, I always had an uncomfortable feeling to him. A speciality doctor was incapable to cure him, how could I do? But I shouldn’t give up.

Knowing his result still bad, he begged me to help him to manipulate the result. He said he had been almost 2 month cant get his previous job because of this. He had a family to feed. Of course I rejected his request. I told him that the rule was made for the workers’ goodness. The high level meant the liver was not good to take for work. The work, especially mining work, need a good liver. If the liver was forced to work, the liver will get worse. Then it will need more money to treat the damage.

He understood what I encouraged. He would follow my advice. I felt pity toward him. But I thought I had done the right thing. I advise him to take a total rest. Not to do weight activities. Avoid eating and drinking chemical contained food. And I gave him a hepatoprotector medicine, Curcuma to repair his liver function.

After 2 weeks, he came again to check his laboratorium value. Actually I advised him to take a medication for 1 month. But he had came in 2 weeks. Ok, It’s his right to make a laboratorium check.
Alhamdulillah, the result was better. The value had decreased to 58 U/L for SGOT and 56 U/L for SGPT. More than 50 % better. I was so happy to know that. It’s just like myself getting better health. Even though it’s not really normal, I was glad to know that the man can work again in his company.

What he said next make me happier. “I am so happy, doctor. I want to cry to heard this news. Thanks doctor.”

Dr. Amrizal Muchtar
Sangatta, July 11, 2008

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