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Chemotherapy Side Effects
Cancer is the second largest cause of mortalities in the
western World, behind heart failure. Yet hundreds of millions around
the globe live under the shadow of being diagnosed with this cruel disease.
The reasons are simple. Dying of heart failure or a heart attack can
be sudden and sometimes without pain. On the other hand succumbing to
cancer can be a very long drawn process. This involves great suffering
not only for the patient, but for their loved ones who can only look
on in anguish as the disease takes hold.
The sad fact is that although conventional medicine does ostensibly claim to have a cure for cancer, however most people are just as afraid of the treatment as of the illness itself. Treating cancer usually involves some form of surgery to remove the cancerous tumor, followed by a course of chemotherapy to remove any cells that may have spread into other parts of the patient's body. Chemotherapy treatment carries with it many side
effects, the most prominent one being baldness. There can be no more
a tragic sight than a young woman who is undergoing chemotherapy and
who loses all the hair on her head. This is almost a badge to say "I
have cancer and it may claim my life." This is the most physically
obvious side effect of chemotherapy treatment. Patients who are due
to undergo chemotherapy are advised well in advance to purchase a wig
which is as close to their natural hair color as possible, so as to
reduce the shock, especially if they are the mother to young children.
However the sad fact is that while baldness caused by chemotherapy treatment can be distressing for the cancer patient it is neither painful or causes discomfort. There are other side affects that do. One of them is the constant nausea experienced by most cancer sufferers undergoing chemotherapy, as well as sores inside the mouth which can eventually be blisters or ulcerate. These are terribly painful as well as making it increasingly difficult for the cancer sufferer to eat solid foods. Another side effect of chemotherapy that most patients suffer from is fatigue, caused instrumentally by the effects of the drug on the patient's system, as well as the fear and uncertainty that they will be going through. It is no wonder that more and more people, who have been
diagnosed with cancer, choose not to be treated through conventional
medicine. Many have become aware of the alternatives that holistic methods
of treatment have to offer them. Statistics increasingly show that homeopathic medicine
provides the cancer sufferer with at least an equal chance of surviving
cancer in all its forms. Many people, even some who were diagnosed as
being in a terminal state by practitioners of conventional medicine,
have been completely cured by
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