By Giovanna | Project leader
The last couple of months, 68 patients have received free medical treatment at the Unidad para el Paciente Reumatico (our treatment unit). The cost of this medication for Fundacion Maritere is $10,000 USD. The medical treatment, along with nutritional and psychological attention and physyotherapy, has important positive outcomes for patients. Karla, one of our patients, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, an autoinmune disease. This means that the inmune system (which usually fights infection) attacks the cells that line the joints by mistake, making the joints swollen, stiff and painful. Over time, this can damage the joints, cartilage and nearby bone. However, she has been constant in her treatment and the disease is under control. She receives monthly medication and is improving both physically and emotionally. To this day, she has been able to recover her daily routine and get back to work uninterruptedly. Her quality of life has improved definitely, thanks to our donors and the team at the Unidad para el Paciente Reumatico.
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