Herbal Health

Surgery is a good way of tackling a few particular types of pain due to cancer. For example, pain due to a blockage of the bowel or kidney can sometimes be relieved by removing the responsible growth or bypassing the blockage. Pain due to a fracture through cancer in a bone, can often be most quickly relieved by putting a metal pin or plate in the bone. The bone is most likely to remain pain free if this surgery is followed up by radiation treatment.

Even chemotherapy is sometimes recommended for people who have painful cancer growths. The pain will be relieved only if the growth is shrunk, so consider this method of pain relief only if you have a type of cancer which is very likely to be sensitive to the chemotherapy.

If you do decide to seek pain relief by tackling the responsible cancer itself, you will still need painkillers in the meantime. The fact that your pain may be relieved by radiotherapy or surgery later doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be getting relief with painkillers right now. The following section is important for all of you with cancer pain — those who are having anti-cancer treatment as well as those who are not.

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Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, has occupied a lot of interest recently, not only for its effect in preventing the common cold but because of its actions generally in human nutrition.

Vitamin Ñ is widely distributed through many foodstuffs. The green vegetables, citrus fruits and potatoes contain considerable quantities.

This vitamin is necessary for the proper development of connective tissue in the body, especially the coverings of blood vessels.

Lack of ascorbic acid produces scurvy, with bleeding in the gums and other soft tissues, failure of wound-healing, and poor resistance to infection.

Infantile scurvy is seen in children artificially fed without a Vitamin Ñ supplement.

There are groups who believe that large doses of Vitamin Ñ are beneficial to health and indeed can treat or prevent a large number of illnesses.

Orthodox medical and nutritional experts do not accept this.

If you eat a proper diet, it is not likely that you’ll suffer from a Vitamin Ñ deficiency.

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