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Acupuncture Treatment For Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops in the mesothelium. Mesothelium is a thin layer of tissue that wrap many internal organs. This type of cancer mostly develop at the mesothelium of lungs and chest wall. Other place that mesothelioma can originate are abdomen lining, heart sac or testicle sac.
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CONTENTS
SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
TREATMENTS
SYMPTOMS
Symptoms of mesothelioma including :
– Shortness of breath
– Swollen abdomen
– Pain at chest wall
– Cough
– Tired feeling
– Weight loss
CAUSES
Mesothelioma mostly cause by :
– Exposure to asbestos in working place or residential
– Chest or abdomen irradiation
– intrapleural thorium dioxide
– inhalation of other fibrous silicates
– simian virus 40
TREATMENTS
Related Acupuncture Points :
PC6, LI4, ST36 and KI3.
Acupuncture Treatment For Mesothelioma
Most of the time, cancer eventually will cause pain to the cancer patient. Escpecially when cancer had already spread to the other organ inside the body. This is also happen to Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a cancer that develop in thin layer that wrap many internal organs. If this cancer spread, then patient will feel so much pain. The acupuncture treatment is effective to treat pain that caused by the cancer. Treatment for reducing the pain will aim the acupoints of PC6, LI4, ST36 and KI3.
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Footnotes
- Mesothelioma – Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelioma
- Mesothelioma Symptoms – Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mesothelioma/basics/symptoms/con-20026157
- Mesothelioma: Symptoms and Causes – WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/lung/mesothelioma-causes-and-symptoms
- Acupuncture Alleviates Cancer Pain, Fatigue, And Anxiety – HealthCMi, http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1498-acupuncture-alleviates-cancer-pain-fatigue-and-anxiety