Minimal Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

Cancer treatment technology keep growing. However, based on international health standards, the treatment of cancer consists of chemotherapy action, surgery, and radiation. Unfortunately, those conventional methods are still not ideal because not all patients wasn't strong enough to face the side effects of the treatment.

In the past, China's treatment is identical with herbs, but now they are developing new methods that combine Western and Eastern medicine.

Chemotherapy are not only attacks cancer cells but also healthy cells. Most patients also have to struggle with side effects such as nausea, weakness and hair loss. Innovation in tumors treatment are enough to give  maximum result with minimal side effects.

China is the country that most aggressively developed the method. minimally invasive method is a method that attack only cancer cells in patient's body, so the side effects can be localized and only cause minor injuries.

Acupuncture can reduce complaints of Dry Mouth from Chemotherapy Patients

Treatment for cancer, whether through chemotherapy or radiotherapy, frequently cause side effects. Symptoms often appear some time after therapy are nausea, vomiting, or other discomfort. Chemoterapy can also cause xerostomia, dry mouth that caused by reduced production of saliva. Typically, xerostamia experienced in therapy for head and neck cancer.

About xerostomia, researcher Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D. of MD Anderson’s Integrative Medicine Program, said the lack of saliva is dangerous. Because, microbes will increase. This can cause bone infection, to nutritional deficiencies. Xerostomia also affects sleep, eating, and talking. Now, this dry mouth can be treated with acupuncture. Acupuncture therapy from China could minimize the occurrence of xerostomia in cancer patients. Acupuncture is done twice a week for the benefit of patients receiving chemoterapy or radiotherapy.