Fever Therapy as Used In Cancer Treatment
Fever Therapy and Cancer
A brief history of fever therapy
The idea of using fever as a curative method for various diseases dates back to thousands of years ago. Essentially, this method was used to treat a number of different diseases that were chronic at the time, like tuberculosis. The idea behind the method is simple. Fever of the body is seen as a natural means that the body uses to fight invading bacteria, fungi and other disease-causing microorganisms. Therefore, by stimulating fever, the body of an individual can manage to fight a number of diseases by simply slowing down the rate of growth of the microorganisms that are causing the disease. Stimulation of fever in patients was by use of special preparations.
Coley’s toxins as Alternative cancer treatment
Currently, fever therapy in cancer treatment is applied in the form of Coley’s Mixed Bacterial Vaccine. This is a form of treatment that is administered to patients intravenously. When administered to a patient, the vaccine causes a number of reactions that are prove to be beneficial after some time. First, a patient experiences high fever in the form a rise in body temperature, feelings of being nauseated and pain in some parts of the body. The symptoms that a patient experiences after it is administered are similar to those experienced in the classical case of a fever.
The most important observation that one makes when this treatment is used against cancer is that the location of the cancer becomes tender suddenly. This tenderness is an indication of the effect that the fever is having on the cancer cells. Usually, cancer cells are easily killed by heat as compared to healthy body cells. Therefore, the high body temperature that arises from fever is an effective means of killing them. This explains the feeling of tenderness at the place where the tumor is located that one experiences after this treatment is administered.
After the softness in the tumor region, a patient usually observes a drastic reduction in the extent of swelling at the area. Tumors are represented by swellings as a result of the uncontrollable division of cancerous cells. Therefore, the heat from the fever is able to kill the majority of cancer cells within the region, thus leading to a reduction in the size of the swelling.
How Coley’s toxins works as an Alternative cancer treatment
The observations that one makes when using this treatment are a reflection of complex biochemical activities that take place within the body of a patient. These are explained as follows. First, the ability of this treatment to reduce the extent of growth of cancer cells has been attributed to its ability to alter the functioning of the immune system. This happens in several interrelated ways. For example, the treatment has been known to stimulate the production of specific hormones that have been known to boost the way the immune system works in general. Since cancer thrives comfortably in an environment that is characterized by a weak immune system, boosting the overall strength of the immune system is an effective means of combating the rate of growth and development of cancer cells. This is one of the things that use of Coley’s Mixed Bacterial Vaccine achieves in the body of a patient.
Secondly, the efficacy of this treatment against cancer cells is as a result of its role in promoting the activities of lymphoid tissues in the body of a patient. The lymphoid tissues play a key role in stimulating the way the immune system works. Therefore, when the vaccine is administered to a cancer patient as part of alternative cancer treatment therapy, it triggers a fever which in turn stimulates the lymphoid glands to produce specific hormones like Interleukin2 that work to undermine progression of cancer in the body.
Lastly, Coley’s Mixed Bacterial Vaccine has been known to combat the growth and progression of cancer by accelerating the processes by which body cells remove toxic waste products. Since cancer develops in an environment in which there is a buildup in toxins such as lactic acid within the cells, this treatment reduces the possibility of further cancer development by ensuring that the cell environment is free of such toxins.
Side effects of Coley’s toxins as Alternative cancer treatment
Although Coley’s Mixed Bacterial Vaccine has been successfully used as part of a standard regimen for the treatment of different types of cancer, its use is not without side effects. There have been cases of patients experiencing headaches and pain in some parts of the body such as the back and chest. Practice however, has indicated that the side effects do clear with time.
Another important thing to note about this treatment is that it is possible for it to interact with some other forms of therapies that may be used. Therefore, it is important for the person administering it to understand possible interaction between this therapy and other forms of therapy such as use of drugs.
Coley’s toxins therapy as an alternative treatment for cancer is available at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Centre in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Together with other forms of therapy, it is used as an alternative treatment for cancer in patients. Dr. Dalal Akoury has been in the practice of treating cancer patients using alternative and complementary therapies for years now. Contact her today for highly personalized and effective care.
Fever Therapy and Cancer
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