Our holistic cancer care programs work in tandem to conventional cancer treatments. Our Toronto specialists design treatment protocols that support and even enhance the effectiveness of conventional treatments.
General cancer treatments like prescription drugs, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation help battle cancer’s dangerous effects – but can also come with sideeffects that are both uncomfortable and potentially harmful.
Common Side Effects Holistic Cancer Care Can Improve: 1. Pain: Different types of pain are all too common of a side-effect and can drastically interfere with your quality of life by making it difficult to sleep, eat, or socialize. Your pain can and should be treated. 2. Fatigue: This is one of the most common and disruptive side effects, especially as a result of chemotherapy. Patients report overwhelming tiredness, exhaustion, and weakness that doesn’t go away with sleep and rest. 3. Anemia: When there aren’t sufficient red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body, anemia develops. Dizziness, weakness, faintness, and racing of the heart and secondary symptoms. 4. Mouth problems: Anticancer drugs and radiation to the head and neck can damage your salivary glands and tissues in the mouth, throat, and lip. This can result in: a. Difficulty swallowing b. Changes in taste c. Dry mouth d. Infections in the mouth e. Mouth sores f. Tooth decay