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Acupuncture Treatment For Hodgkin\'s Disease
Hodgkin’s Disease or Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma. It is a cancer of the lymph node. Hodgkin lymphoma may be treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell transplant. The choice of treatment often depends on how advanced the cancer is and whether or not it has favorable features.
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
TREATMENTS
SYMPTOMS
The symptoms of Hodgkin’s Disease are :
– Fever
– Night sweats
– Weight loss
– Enlarged lymph nodes.
– Feeling tired or itchy
– Unexplained weight loss
– Splenomegaly
– Hepatomegaly
– Hepatosplenomegaly
CAUSES
Hodgkin’s Disease is caused by following reasons :
– Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)
– Family factors
– HIV/AIDS
TREATMENTS
Related Acupuncture Points :
Li4, Lv3, Sp21, Ren15 and ashi points. GB30
Acupuncture Treatment For Hodgkin’s Disease
Traditional chinese method treat the patient by diagnosing the whole condition of the patient. It is important to know the disease pattern before an acupuncturist can perform treatment action. Hodgkin’s Disease is a considered as very serious illness. This disease have following disease pattern :
1) cold and phlegm congelation and stagnation;
2) qi depression and phlegm binding;
3) wind heat and blood dryness;
4) liver-kidney depletion and detriment; and
5) qi and blood dual vacuity
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Footnotes
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma – Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgkin%27s_lymphoma
- Signs and Symptoms of Hodgkin Lymphoma – American Cancer Society, https://www.cancer.org/cancer/hodgkin-lymphoma/detection-diagnosis-staging/signs-and-symptoms.html
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Hodgkin’s disease) Causes – Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hodgkins-lymphoma/basics/causes/con-20030667
- Chinese Medical Treatment of Malignant Lymphoma, http://acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=28009