April 15-21 is the 30th National Cancer Prevention and Treatment Awareness Week. The reporter learned from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) that the oncology traditional Chinese medicine characteristic treatment outpatient clinic for tumors, which is specially designed to set up "whole process" diagnosis and treatment services, was opened and listed on April 15.
It is reported that the clinic will provide a variety of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapies such as scraping, fire dragon pot, thunder fire moxibustion, ear comprehensive therapy, acupoint dressing, acupuncture and acupuncture for various common symptoms of cancer patients, such as pain, fatigue, hair loss, bone marrow suppression, skin reaction, constipation, diarrhea, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, etc., to provide patients with comprehensive tumor services integrating health consultation, specialist nursing intervention, traditional Chinese medicine characteristic technology treatment, emotional conditioning, and chronic disease management.
Tumor survival, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of tumors has great benefits
"With the aging of the mainland population, one in three people over the age of 60 may get cancer, and 60%-70% of cancer patients are already at an advanced stage when they are discovered. Older patients have more comorbidities, including a cancer patient, and may also be a chronic patient with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease, or movement disorders. Professor Zhou Daihan, a master of traditional Chinese medicine and director of the Cancer Research Institute of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in an interview with reporters that according to clinical observation, the current common situation of cancer patients is that early tumors seek modern medical treatment, while middle and advanced tumors seek traditional Chinese medicine treatment. At present, one of the characteristics of TCM cancer treatment is "people-oriented, tumor-bearing survival", TCM and Western medicine have their own advantages in the treatment of tumors, and they should learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses, and the purpose is to maximize the benefits of patients. Therefore, in the strategy of Healthy China, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine is also advocated to treat tumors.
"Traditional Chinese medicine plays a very important role in alleviating the toxicity and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, prolonging the life of patients and improving their quality of life. Professor Lin Lizhu, director of the Lingnan Cancer Institute of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that Professor Zhou Daihan put forward the concept of survival with tumors very early. It is believed that through the "whole process" diagnosis and treatment service of the outpatient clinic of TCM characteristic treatment of oncology, it can bring better survival benefits and better quality of life to patients.
Cao Yang, director of the cancer center of the hospital, said that he hopes to give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the whole process and all-round participation in the treatment of tumor diseases, effectively reduce the cost of medical treatment for patients, improve the completeness of treatment, and provide a continuous closed loop for case management.
"Clinically, a considerable number of patients will have side effects due to taking drugs. Adverse effects of these drugs do not occur immediately after the drug is used, and often occur after hospital discharge. Chen Hanrui, deputy director of the fourth district of the hospital's cancer center, said that traditional Chinese medicine external treatment has a great effect on relieving such symptoms. For example, auricular acupressure, bloodletting and other comprehensive ear therapies have a good effect on the treatment of various pains and insomnia.
The master of traditional Chinese medicine shouted to the young man:
The "three-piece set of workers" is not scary, but don't eat instead of resting
The "three-piece set of workers" - pulmonary nodules, breast nodules, and thyroid nodules have been frequently talked about on the Internet recently, and have become the jokes of many young people in the workplace.
In this regard, Zhou Daihan, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, said in an interview with reporters that these nodules and gastrointestinal polyps have become common in physical examinations, which may be related to the improvement of relevant examination and diagnosis techniques, and on the other hand, many of them may be precancerous lesions or inflammatory problems, which do not directly represent cancer, and should be treated scientifically: "We should pay attention to tumors, and do not worry too much; we should treat them as soon as possible and avoid overtreatment." ”
However, Zhou Daihan reminded that modern life is fast-paced, stressful, the brain's memory and activity burden increases, young people often reverse day and night, irregular work and rest, less exercise, and eat instead of rest, these bad habits will cause young people's health quality to decline, should advocate self-improvement, dedication and gratitude at the same time, maintain a scientific and regular lifestyle.
Text, Picture | Reporter Lin Qingqing Correspondent Liu Yiting