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Wang Yanyong, 51, who lives in Shandong, is a contractor. In order to make the family's life better, he is often busy socializing and participating in various activities, just to get a few more projects. Although Wang Yanyong is very tired, every time he comes home, he still feels warm and feels that his days are full of hope.
On March 25, 2019, when Wang Yanyong was having a meeting at the construction site, he suddenly felt a buzzing sound in his ears.
Since then, he has occasionally experienced dizziness and tinnitus, but he thought it was caused by not resting well and being too tired, so he didn't take it to heart.
On May 17, 2019, when Wang Yanyong got up in the morning, he suddenly found that his nose was blocked, and he also had symptoms of headache and dizziness.
After taking the medicine for a few days, Wang Yanyong felt much better, and thought that it was not too much, so he stopped the medicine. Since then, however, he has suffered from hearing loss, and every time his wife calls him at home, he has to shout several times before he can react. Every time his wife laughs at him, he is old and confused at this age, and he will have it in the future. Wang Yanyong thought that he had not recovered from the last cold, thought that he was in the recovery period, and did not worry much, thinking that his body would get better after a while.
On September 21, 2019, when Wang Yanyong was running in the community, he suddenly felt a feeling of dizziness in his head, buzzing in his ears, and dizziness. He thought he was running too fast, so that he was a little short of oxygen, but after resting under the tree for half an hour, his symptoms still did not subside, and his head hurt and his nose felt a little itchy. He blew his nose and suddenly noticed that there was blood in his nose.
Wang Yanyong's eyes widened, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. He remembered where he seemed to have seen blood in his nose as a symbol of disease. Now he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly took a taxi to the hospital for treatment.
When he arrived at the hospital, when the doctor gave him a physical examination, he found that Wang Yanyong could see a nodular mass on the parietal and posterior wall of the nasopharynx, with a smooth surface, pale red in color, covered with more purulent discharge, and the size was about 1cm x 2cm in size. In addition, there was a painless lump on his neck, which Wang Yanyong himself did not notice at all.
Combined with clinical experience, the doctor believed that the probability of malignant transformation of the condition was very high, so he suggested that Wang Yanyong go for a pathological biopsy. Wang Yanyong looked at the doctor's face and vaguely guessed that the result might not be very good, but he was lucky, thinking that he had no symptoms and should not be a big problem.
It didn't take long for the pathological examination results to come out, and Wang Yanyong was finally diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. The moment he got the checklist, Wang Yanyong only felt like someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head, and he suddenly felt cold. His face was pale, and his whole body was a little incredulous. How could he have been diagnosed with cancer all of a sudden?
The doctor told him that the incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer in men is extremely high, and it is common in the age group of 40~50 years old. It may not cause any symptoms in the early stage, but as the disease progresses, patients will experience tinnitus, headache, facial numbness, hearing loss, etc., and nasopharyngeal carcinoma is generally related to Epstein-Barr virus infection, genetics and environmental influences. In recent years, the risk of environment-induced nasopharyngeal cancer has increased greatly, such as long-term exposure to dusty places, poor ambient air quality, or second-hand smoke, which will also increase the probability of disease.
Wang Yanyong suddenly realized that the doctor advised him to treat as soon as possible to control the development of the disease in time. Wang Yanyong thought of his wife and two daughters, and he felt a pang in his heart, and he didn't even dare to tell them the news.
It didn't take long for Wang Yanyong to undergo radiation therapy on the advice of his doctor. Clinically, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is different from other cancers, and surgery is generally not the first choice of treatment. Radiotherapy is the only curative treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer, which is the preferred treatment because nasopharyngeal cancer is very sensitive to radiotherapy.
Early nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be cured with radiation therapy alone. However, patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma often need to choose a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy to achieve better efficacy.
Regrettably, Wang Yanyong's nasopharyngeal cancer is already in the middle and advanced stages, and the treatment effect is not good. Not only that, but he also had various side effects of radiotherapy, and in just a few months, the whole person visibly lost weight, his body became very weak, and he also had symptoms of loss of taste.
Seeing her husband's current appearance, the wife couldn't help but redden. After visiting various experts abroad to no avail, she finally decided to turn to traditional Chinese medicine. After several turnovers, his wife asked someone to find a relationship and hung up on the number of Professor Li Zhong, a clinical expert in traditional Chinese medicine oncology.
Professor Li Zhong has been engaged in the clinical work of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of malignant tumors for a long time, and he is not only familiar with the latest developments in traditional Chinese and Western medicine research, but also has accumulated rich clinical experience in the treatment of malignant tumors using integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy, and has in-depth research on the prevention of recurrence, metastasis and cancer pain treatment after tumor surgery.
After the consultation, Professor Li Zhong adopted a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine according to Wang Yanyong's condition. On the basis of the anti-cancer prescription, "stomach soup" and other decoctions that nourish yin and stimulate the sense of taste are added. After three months, Wang's sense of taste began to recover, other symptoms began to ease, and he gained significant weight. One year later, Wang Yanyong's symptoms have been greatly improved, and all physical indicators have gradually returned to normal. This case shocked even the clinical doctors, and it was a miracle in the medical world.
However, Professor Li Zhong was not satisfied with this, and he began to think about another question: on the basis of cancer treatment, modern medicine will emphasize individualized comprehensive treatment, which coincides with the syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, but how can we combine the essence of the two to achieve the best treatment and protective effect? It can not only cure cancer, but also prevent cancer, and he put forward "four key and three principles" for this......
The principle of TCM treatment is mainly to dispel evil and remove causes, and to correct and consolidate the roots. Through the use of various medicinal herbs, we can coordinate the functions of the internal organs and meridians of the body, correct the prosperity and decline of yin and yang, and restore the body to the normal state of yin and yang balance.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human body is generally caused by the imbalance of yin and yang in the body, so the syndrome differentiation and treatment, according to the patient's yin and yang prosperity and decline, so that the principle of treatment can be determined, and the state of yin and yang imbalance can be corrected, so that the patient can recover his health.
The four keys are: improving the soil, cultivating good seeds, eradicating poisonous roots, and maintaining homeostasis. Improving the soil is worth regulating the body's own physique, the human body is like a fertile land, when the body is sick, then the land will become barren, so first of all, we must improve the physique, cultivate good seeds, eradicate the root of the poison refers to the body's internal immunity to improve, we must first eradicate the "bad seeds" in the body, such as the primary focus of cancer, various toxins and harmful substances.
Through exercise, diet, sleep, etc., the body functions are regulated, blood circulation is promoted, and the body is restored to health. Maintaining homeostasis refers to maintaining a healthy physical state, and through methods such as supporting the body's righteous qi, regulating the heart and calming the nerves, warming the yang and dissipating the cold, etc., it can invigorate the yang qi, regulate the heart and liver function, so as to promote the elimination of toxins in the body, achieve the purpose of harmony between yin and yang, qi and blood, and achieve the effect of anti-cancer and anti-cancer.
The three principles refer to "elimination, support, and supplementation", which is also the principle of medication. "Elimination" is to eliminate the lesions, change the internal environment of the tumor, and restore the balance of various functions of the body through traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine surgical treatment. "Support" is to reduce the toxicity of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and enhance the body's anti-cancer ability. "Supplement" lies in the use of traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate, so as to play the role of pulling out poison and inhibiting cancer, and comprehensively improve the quality of life of patients.
Therefore, only when the overall anti-cancer and individual anti-cancer are combined can the problem of cancer be gradually overcome. Only by improving the patient's own immune function can we fundamentally prevent the recurrence and metastasis of cancer, improve various clinical discomfort symptoms, promote the postoperative recovery of patients, and improve the quality of life of cancer patients.
In addition, quitting smoking and drinking, maintaining a happy mood, avoiding staying up late, paying attention to a balanced and nutritious diet, and developing a good lifestyle will also help prevent cancer and promote good health.