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Q: Is there any good medicine or treatment for Colon Spasms?
I think I may have IBS because I get REALLY bad colon spasms at random times of the day.

A: In Homeopathy system you got remedies. But it needs thorough investigations and total symptoms. Consult a good physician. You need to maintain a good diet – easily digestible one

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A: Oh they make you feel just marvy. lmao.

Q: If someone has colon cancer and the only options are chemo or removal of the colon, can they deny treatment?
Would family and friends be shocked if they refused treatment? If it’s so bad the colon needs to be removed, won’t some people prefer just to die from the cancer?

The whole stoma thing… I couldn’t do it.

A: Chemotherapy alone is not going to bring the cure. Nobody can/will force you to have an operation if you don’t want it. But remember that having a segment of the colon doesn’t necessarily mean that you will have a stoma. Often the two ends of the bisected colon are simply anastomosed together. Most people who actually have a stoma live a happy life with it. Given the choice between a stoma and death, most people will chose the stoma.Unfotunately some alternative practitioners exploit peoples predjudices/fears and offer them worthless treatments.

Q: What is the best treatment for colon inflammation?
Is it diet ? is it by medicine ? is it by reducing stress? many doctors could mot solve the problem?

A: Usually steroids.

Q: Why did Placido Domingo choose to have colon cancer treatment in the failed USA health care system?

A: Because he would be dead and buried before he could have gotten treatment in countries with Government health Care like we will be getting. Emergency surgery takes several months in Canada – same in Europe.

Q: What is a good at home treatment for a colon cleanse?
I have heard to help lose weight one should do a colon cleanse to get rid of toxins. I just want to know what I can do with out spending lots of money.

A: Visit this site, if you want to know how to get colon cleanse benefits for your body just for couple bucks

http://best-colon-cleanse-benefit.blogspot.com/

Colon cleanse is great for people who are serious about feeling healthier and losing weight.

Q: What is the best treatment for Colon cancer stage 4?
Wheter surgery or chemotherapy?

Else suggestion, please?

Thanks
some how there is a puncture in the liver
Thanx a lot ;)
Thank you for the answer Grizzler….. I appreciated it much.
What is the % chances of success in Colon Cancer Treament?
Thanks heckkon…. :)
Thank you Yagen :)

A: The below suggestions highlight why internet searches can be harmful to people. Unfortunately, the likelyhood is that with stage 4 (Dukes D) colonic cancer, there will be no curative treatment. It has spread to other organs, most commonly the liver, but also the lungs and potentially the bones. The latter two are less common, but are more common in rectal cancers.

Treatment options. Most of the time the primary bowel tumour will be removed, mainly to prevent the chance of obstruction of the bowel, which can obviously cause major problems. At the operation, the extent of the liver mets will also be assessed, sometimes using intra-operative USS, other times just manually feeling the liver. If there is a solitary lesion, or multiple lesions in one lobe of the liver, then there is a chance of curative treatment.

An MRI will usually be performed as it gives finer detail of the liver and ensures there are no other smaller mets not visible on CT or other modes of imaging. Post bowel surgery, normally give chemotherapy (several regimens available) and then re-scan to see if the liver disease has changed in the interval. If it is still deemed operable, then hepatectomy may be possible if there is enough residual liver left.

If as is most often the case, liver surgery is not possible, then post resection chemotherapy will be offered, with the hope of improving the survival.

If bowel surgery is not an option, then palliative chemotherapy will be offered, sometimes with radiotherapy depending on the site of the tumour, and the symptoms.

Q: what is a good at home treatment for a colon cleanse?
I have heard to help lose weight one should do a colon cleanse to get rid of toxins. I just want to know what I can do with out spending lots of money.

A: I love questions like this. There are hundreds of books out there that say something like “death begins in the colon” and “cleanse the toxins” and other rubbish.

While there is truth to poor diets causing ill health (Americans eat a lot of fat and have a very high incidence of colon cancer), there’s a lot of myths too.

Fiber is the key. Instead of looking for miracle cures, adapt a healthy lifestyle. Eat whole-fiber, low fat foods and read labels. (While you’re at it, cut down on the salt too). Just reaching the FDA’s recommended allowance of fiber daily can be a challenge. (No more fast food!) Also, drink plenty of water. You can’t flush out the bad if it’s stuck like a rock inside of you. (Constipation hurts). Finally, exercise. Along with all the other health benefits (and burning calories, duh) regular exercise will promote peristalsis (the regular movement of stuff through your insides).

Seriously though, it takes some work to keep yourself healthy. Keep at it. And please stay away from people who are going to shove stuff where it doesn’t belong and “flush you out”. That’s really not good for you. Also, stay away from laxatives unless your doctor suggests it. They can have very bad side effects.

Just eat right and exercise.

Footnote: Enemas and Go-Lytly are not good! You can severely imbalance your sodium and postassium levels! (read: heart failure) Don’t stick things up there unless a doctor (a real doctor) tells you to!

Q: What factors should drive treatment choices within the range of options to address adenomatous colon polyps?
There appears to be a range of discretion in the medical literature about treating a proliferation of precancerous (“adenomatous”) colon polyps – from periodic surveillance colonoscopy with polectomy, to surgery to remove some or all of the colon? What are the factors and considerations a patient and doctor should consider in determining an appropriate course of treatment within this range of options?

A: What kind of medical literature are you reading?
I have no idea what a polectomy is, but there is no reason to remove part of the colon simply because you had polyps..

Q: How bad is it when doctors use radiation as treatment for stage 4 colon cancer?
My best friend has stage 4 colon cancer. She’s only 24 years old. She told me that they are going to start radiation, what does that mean? I read about how they do it, but how bad does it have to be before they do radiation?

A: Just as the poster before me, they do radiation even for Stage 2 cancers. I have to get radiation for Stage 3B Breast Cancer I was officially diagnosed as cancer free but I have still have to go thrut he radiation as a safety measure. All Stage 4 cancer is bad but that does not mean that she can’t beat it–people beat statistics all the time. Keep a positive attitude and my thoughts and prayers are with you and her and the family during this difficult time.

Q: Thinking of getting colon Hydrotherapy treatment any word of advise?

A: Don’t do it!

Those “colonic irrigation” people are shysters, pure and simple. They prey on the innocent, trying to tell them they need to “clean out” their colons. Nature itself does that cleaning out very well, by itself, whenever you have a bowel movement. Don’t fall for that trap. It’s just a money-making scheme. And furthermore, their hoses could injure your intestines and you’d have to go into the hospital for surgery to repair the injury. They are trying to hoodwink you. Don’t fall for it.

And besides — you’ll find that the intelligence level and educational level of persons who run those “colonic irrigations” are VERY low. They’re just out to make a buck. Don’t give them the time of day.

Q: Could there be a connection between colon cancer treatment and massive stroke?
It happened to Gwenyth Paltrow’s dad…he had colon cancer, overcame it and then passed from a massive heart attack. The same thing happend to my grandfather. Does anyone else know of a similar circumstance?

A: Having cancer puts a person in a hypercoagulable state meaning that they are more prone to forming blood clots. Many cancer patients develop deep vein thromboses and pulmonary emboli. They can also form clots that travel to the brain causing strokes or CVAs and clots to the heart such as a heart attack or MI.

Q: Effectiveness of Xeloda and Avastin Combo As Primary Treatment for colon cancer that has spread to liver?
Xeloda tablets daily and Avastin 2xmonth intervenous. How effective is this as a primary treatment for colon cancer that has matastized to the liver. Cancer is inoperable and also harsher chem/radiation regimens are not possible due to poor health and severe renal problems. Cancer was operated on some time back so it is not present in the colon. Just the liver.

A: I don’t really know, but for what it’s worth, I’ve included you in prayers to Jehovah God that he portion out some Holy Spirit upon you to help you deal withwhat you’re going through.
God Bless and thanks for reading.

Q: what are the treatment or surgerys of colon cancer?
what are the names of treatments and surgerys for a patient who had colon cancer?

A: kellbell: I don’t know that I can’t tell you ALL the names and treatments for Colon CA, but I can tell you of my experience. 1). A colon CA might be discovered via a COLONOSCOPY….looking with a camera (no kiddin’) into one’s colon. Via the colonoscopy the MD’s might view a normal colon, or perhaps find POLYPS, a growth on the lining of the colon POSSIBLY indicating a Cancer related cell growth, or an actual TUMOR (again an abnormal growth of cells) and again, as I understand, possibly a CA or possibly not. Lab testing of specimen tissue ( a BIOPSY) determines a CA growth and the type of. Polyps can be removed during a colonoscopy for lab testing. Should these polyps or an actual tumor be found to be CA, then I believe a surgery is indicated. The surgeons will remove the parts of the colon necessary in an operation called a COLECTOMY. The colon, your “large bowel” which is connected to your small intestines at one end and your rectum at the other, is basically identified in 3 parts: the ASCENDING COLON, the TRANSVERSE COLON, and the DESCENDING COLON. Surgical removal of a section of the colon is called a HEMICOLECTOMY, removal of all the colon is referred to as a TOTAL COLECTOMY or a SUB-TOTAL COLECTOMY, Some persons who receive a colectomy are also fitted with a COLOSTOMY, a “hole” in the abdomen via which an exterior bag device is located to accept the fecal matter ( poop..you know..) the patient produces. Such a patient , as long as they have a colostomy will no longer pass feces rectally..only into the device, which obviously the patient changes/empties as necessary. P.S., I have known people with a Colostomy who have had such for 25 years and better…you could “look at them and never know ” they were wearing the device. In my case, I received a sub-total colectomy, I am basically without any colon save for a small remaining part near the rectum to which the distal end of my small intestines is attached. I do not have a colostomy. I attribute this to good luck and my surgeons’ skill. another P.S….my Kaiser surgeon has “saved” me twice now. How does one acknowledge such a person, and all the other staff as well? I do it by having fun every day. THANKS AGAIN KAISER!!! Colon CA might also be treated with a course of CHEMOTHERAPY…basically a medicine designed to “attack and kill fast growing type cells), whether they are CA or not I suppose, thus some of the side effects of Chemo..{fatigue, nausea amongst others). Hey, another P.S., all through Chemo I also tried to have fun, and sorta did..I was as active as I could be given the circumstances. Being on chemo is not “a nightmare”.
After a surgery for colon CA the MD’s will continue to follow a patient with follow up colonoscopies as well as other regular exams. I hope I have answered some of your questions, I know I have not stated “all the treatments existing for Colon CA”, just those I am familiar with and aware of. Here is what I think of CA, and my experience. Cancer is like a bully, twice you size and completely able to pummel you, but no matter how many times he punches you…you get up and say “F/U cancer”, whether you are going to get smashed again or not. F/U CANCER, and heres a big F/U for all those too ill to say it for themselves. Just as with all other bully’s, one day you are going to get your A** kicked too.

Q: Effectiveness of Xeloda and Avastin combo as a primary treatment for colon cancer that has spread to liver?
Xeloda tablets are taken twice daily and Avastin 2xmonth intervenous. How effective is this as a primary treatment for colon cancer that has matastized to the liver. The cancer is inoperable and also harsher chem/radiation regimens are not possible due to poor health and severe renal problems. The cancer was operated on some time back so it is not present in the colon. Just the liver.

Thanks for helping

A: We don’t know yet, hopefully it will be effective on my brother-in-law who just had the colon surgery when they found the lesions on his liver. I believe the combo is what his doctor recommended as well.

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