Weight loss through medication

In recent months, the term “weight-loss injection” has become increasingly common on social media and news platforms. Some hail it as a miracle cure, others remain sceptical – but what exactly is it? These so-called “slimming injections” are actually GLP-1 agonists: medications originally developed to help people with diabetes, but now also proving remarkably effective in aiding weight loss. So, how do these treatments work in the body, who are they suitable for, and what are the benefits and risks? Dr Zsuzsa Szpaszkij, consultant endocrinologist at Dr Rose Private Hospital, answers the most important questions.

Rhinoplasty

The shape and size of the nose markedly determines the overall look of the face. As with the ears, this part of our body can grow throughout our lives, so if you have an already large nose, you may become even more dissatisfied with the overall effect as you age. This is because, as the fullness of the facial skin and connective tissue decreases with age, the nose becomes even more prominent. The nose’s deformities and irregularities can be corrected surgically.

Oncoplasty: unique in private healthcare

The oldest private hospital in the capital, Dr. Rose Private Hospital in the center of Budapest, is constantly being renewed and developed. The clinic, which serves almost 50,000 patients a year, recently completed an investment of more than 600 million HUF, which not only made the environment even more attractive, but also added an array of modern medical equipment, unique in international healthcare, to the existing range.

Dermapen

The dermapen treatment helps to remove the initial wrinkles that appear as the skin ages. It also improves skin texture and helps remove pigment spots that appear due to sun damage. Dermapen treatment is also used to improve acne, surgical or other types of scars, as it can help to reduce the size of skin pores, thus improving the skin’s texture.

Surgery

At Dr. Rose Private Hospital, both one-day and multi-day surgical procedures are available. Our general surgeries primarily include interventions for abdominal, proctological and endocrinological lesions. During the modernization of surgery, some of the earlier exploratory surgeries can now be performed endoscopically (using fiber optic devices), which is much less stressful for the patient and provides faster healing with fewer complications. The number of surgical areas that can be performed with endoscopic surgical techniques is constantly increasing: gallbladder removal, hernias, gastrointestinal surgery, etc.

Hematology

Hematology deals with diseases of the hematopoietic and lymphatic organs, and one branch of it deals with disorders of blood clotting. Fortunately, severe hematopoietic diseases are rare, but abnormalities in blood counts are very common during routine blood sampling. Complicating matters is the fact that in Hungary, blood tests mean one thing in an everyday sense and something different in a medical sense. According to the vernacular, ‘complete blood count’ is the collective term for all tests performed on blood samples. However, doctors only mean a certain test: an examination of the blood's components, such as white blood cells, red blood cells, a platelet (thrombocyte) count and a few other parameters that are mainly indicative of the condition of the blood (for example hemoglobin, the hematocrit level, or the distribution of white blood cells). Quantitative changes in any of these can disturb the functioning of the body, whether the amount is higher or lower than necessary. It is also possible for several different cellular elements to increase or decrease simultaneously.