HEAT THERAPY TO PREVENT CANCER
Heat therapy has long been used throughout history by both doctors and holistic healers. It has shown some promising results in treating brain, breast, head, neck and skin cancer.
Heat therapy is still highly controversial and should not be undertaken without the guidance or direction of a qualified medical practitioner or therapist.
It involves the application of heat to cancerous tissues and cells, by a variety of different methods. The most common method of heat therapy, brought about by the body’s natural defense mechanisms, is a fever. This heats up the body’s internal environment, making it difficult for cancerous cells to survive. Fever is a spontaneous form of healing, enhancing the body’s natural defense proteins.
Most of us try to suppress fevers. By doing this we are suppressing our body’s natural healing response. This may cause the bacteria or virus to be suppressed, allowing it to manifest itself later in a more serious condition. The body in all its magnificence has some amazing healing mechanisms designed to restore harmony and balance.
Cancer cells become damaged at 42 degrees Celsius to 43 degrees Celsius. This intense heat may lead to the self-destruction of tumours and may also slow down the growth of malignant cells and their oxygen respiration. Heat goes selectively to cancerous tissue. The major problem with heat therapy is how to gain access to cancerous cells in the body without severely harming other parts of the body. Skin cancers are the easiest to treat, as they are easily accessible on the outside of the body. It becomes difficult to obtain access to internal organs.
Today, practitioners use a modified food-warming oven consisting of a chamber that produces radiant heat up to 40 degrees Celsius. Using heat therapy in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiation therapy may enhance the effectiveness of these orthodox cancer treatments.
Other new heat therapy techniques includes laser light via needles, radio waves, believed to induce tumour regression, scan focused ultrasound systems and interstitial ferromagnetic seed implants.
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