TRAUMA: AN IMPORTANT EXCITING CAUSE OF CANCER
TRAUMA: AN IMPORTANT EXCITING CAUSE OF CANCER
A teenager got his left hand’s finger traumatised while cutting vegetable with a kitchen knife. After some time, a big hard swelling developed on his left upper arm. Doctors in a govt. hospital diagnosed it to be a case of caner and advised the parents of the amputation of the arm. The parents did not agree to the advice. They took the boy to a quack. He is said to have incised the swelling and sprinkled a mixture of some toxic ingredients on the wound.
Subsequently, either due to the action of toxic substance or the spread of the disease, the whole limb got enormously swollen and oozed abnormal serous discharge, the arm looking like mummy. Meanwhile, the parents consulted physicians of other alternative system of medicine but of no use. The progress of the disease after the incision was so rapid that the development of hard nodular swelling itself was an indication of advanced stage of the disease pathology. The boy died within 6 months after inflicting injury to his finger.
Another teenager, while driving a motor cycle, was suddenly stopped by some lads in a city market to offer him “Sharbat” on a religious day. He could not control the vehicle and fell down. His visceras were severely traumatised. Splenectomy was performed. He had bled profusely and could be saved by giving heavy blood transfusion only.
About 10 years after the said incident, the boy developed a pain like that of Appendicitis and got his appendix removed by a private surgeon. After that a couple of months of the appendectomy, there appeared to be a big nodular swelling of lymph node on the right side of the neck of the patient. On detailed investigations, doctors found carcinoma of right kidney as the cause. Nephrectomy was done at a medical college hospital, after which the swelling subsided but ultrasound report showed infiltration in the surrounding visceral lymph nodes and the liver.
The patient started having low-grade fever some time after nephrectomy, which could not subside even by antipyretics prescribed by the concerned doctors. The other day, temperature rose to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. The patient also felt cramping pain in the belly. The attendant consulted doctors of alternative system of medicine who though brought down the temperature and pain but the patient meanwhile developed severe Jaundice, Ascites, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. For tapping of ascetic fluid, the patient got admitted in the hospital quite often. Meanwhile, the patient became very weak and remained in moribund condition for some days and then died.
Mr. Rajja Pahalwi, the late Shah of Iran, some time after his deportment developed cancer. He seemed to have got a severe shock, rather traumatised due to the manner, he was dethroned and deported to an alien country as a refugee. In spite of the best available treatment which the Shah might have got, he died of cancer.
(As reported in media)
Begum Nusrat Bhutto, widow of the former Pak P.M. Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto, developed cancer soon after her husband was hanged to death. She might have been tormented during her husband’s trial and hence got traumatised. Soon after the ailment was diagnosed as cancer, she was treated successfully. She had been very much active in public life until a few years ago and is still leading a normal life.
(As reported in media)
The late cine artist, Sanjeev Kumar (Hari Bhai Jariwala, Mumbai, India) was a bachelor whole life. He was very much attached to his mother, who always wished him to marry. But Sanjeev Kumar could not find the lady of his choice. His mother died without her cherished desire being fulfilled to see her “Bahu”. Mr. Kumar might have got a shock on 2 counts, first he could not fulfil his mother’s wish and 2, he could not marry the woman whom he loved most. This mental trauma could have been the cause for Kumar developing cancer. He died despite the best available treatment, which he might have received.
(As reported in media)
Then there is a case of a lady who was of 50+ age. She was suspected cancer of bowel but could not be diagnosed so as she refused to undergo the biopsy test for confirmation. Instead of going in for pathological investigation, she chose for an alternative system of medicine. As luck would have been, she got right kind of treatment, at the right time and was saved from becoming an actual cancer patient and certain death as a result thereof. Her story goes thus:
Mrs. Y.K. was a mother of 3 grown up daughters. 2 of them were well off, the third an engineering graduate and of marriageable age. Her husband was a gazetted officer in the state govt. service. The lady once suffered from loose motions. She consulted an allopath postgraduate degree holder but could not be cured. Rather the disease took chronic course of dysentery. The attending physician ultimately referred the patient for biopsy examination, suspecting her a case of bowel malignancy. As referred earlier, instead of biopsy test, she consulted the writer.
On the basis of presenting symptoms as narrated by the patient, she got relief with the very first prescription in the beginning but the symptoms subsequently got relapsed. Once her husband came alone and reminded me about the history of cancer in the family, which in fact, I had missed to take cognizance of. On her next visit, I examined the case afresh.
She was a gentle looking and mild natured, fair in complexion, medium built and a graduate. She told me that she had no worry or tension of any kind except that her husband least talked to her whenever he is at home. He on the other hand, was very talkative and friendly with their daughters as well as whoever came to their house. Her only grievance was that she sacrificed her education for the sake of the family’s welfare but her husband never paid the due attention she deserved.
In fact, she needed caressing which she might have been getting during her unmarried and early married life, and which normally is not possible in the advanced age. In other words she was being traumatised and proceeding towards cancer of the bowel or the rectum. The medicine was selected on the basis of her mental state and not only her physical ailment of dysenteric stools became all right but her mental trauma also got cured. Later, she was given a medicine based on her family history to get removed her cancer diathesis. Thereafter no relapse of the said disease occurred. She is hale and hearty even after 10 years now.
The above noted causes of cancer fall mainly in 2 categories so far the disease pathology is concerned: (1) The reversible and (2) the irreversible stages of the disease. The patient who respond to any kind of treatment, medicinal or surgical, and remain okay for a long time belong to reversible stage of the disease pathology. Those who do not respond to any kind of treatment and ultimately die due to the disease, belong to irreversible stage of the disease pathology.
ABOUT CANCER
One need not be surprised to learn that cancer is not a disease in itself but is the outcome of some kind of internal disturbance that takes place at the mental/physical or both the planes as a result of trauma whether physical, mental, or both and “where there is perverted attempt of the natural healing of the body. Actual disease is already the whole systemic trouble and the body tries to localize the condition which is the so called cancer”.
(Dr. W.E. Jackson, M.D.)
Some of the cancer cases mentioned above were treated successfully while a few could not be. These are only a handful cases out of innumerable cases which the physicians of all systems of medicine encounter day today. Although each case seems different from one another depending upon the age, sex, and cell-tissue, organ involved, there are many common features in cancer patients such as unbearable pain, anxiety-restlessness, fear of death, protracted illness, cancer cachexia, etc. Most of the cancer patients have one thing very common; that is their stamina or the endurance to tolerate all above noted sufferings.
It can be safely concluded that cancer is the outcome of the exciting cause; the trauma and the greater bearing power of the person concerned. In other words, we can say that the cancer is the ailment affecting those whose body did not suffer much physically or mentally in the past and thus reacts more vigorously to any kind of exciting or triggering factor; the trauma. Ask any cancer patient, you will come to know that he/she was the person who had had rarely suffered from any kind of trauma previously. Had their trauma bearing power involved as in the case of other people who suffer from one or other kind of the traumatic effects, their trauma bearing mechanism would have been well adapted.
“The law of causation teaches that no internal effect can arise without any external cause and that effect itself may in turn become a cause of further changes.
(Further) “The law of vis-inertie (internal constitution) teaches that all changes of bodies in nature are the result of an external cause for without this all bodies would remain in the same state in which they are placed.
“Disease resulting from mental or physical trauma occurs as a result of toxic chemical or physical changes that take place in the fluid or tissue of the body through medium of nervous system which react to the morbid impression of a violent or long continued mental emotion in the same way that it reacts to any other dynamical disturbance”.
(Dr. Stuart Close, M.D.)
After studying 16 different cases of cancers, Dr. James Hamilton concludes that in all cases there were psychological symptoms resulting from mental tension before the development of the cancer. He also noted that symptoms of cancer worsened when there was severe emotional stress.
“Most purveyors of health care will declare the cause of the cancer is not known, which is outright untruth. The only cause is faulty metabolism of the whole body of the host, but the underlying factors may be and usually are multiple and can be numbered in the billions.”
(Dr. W.E. Jackson, M.D.)
Genetic research has identified some cancer genes in every cell of the body of every person termed as ‘oncogenes’ or cancer producing genes. These oncogenes remain dormant until these are first activated and then undergo mutation by any kind of trauma so as to trigger the body mechanism leading to abnormal and independent growth of cancer.
But the fact is that all those who are traumatised do not always become cancer patients. Here comes the role of individuality or peculiarity of the person concerned. The individuality of any person depends upon many things; the nature or temperament, body build-up or constitution, liking, and disliking, habits, body resistance or immunity, susceptibility, family history or heredity, the age, the sex, food and drinks, environment, the way one performs anything, etc., etc. To support my viewpoint, I would like to explain some of the common cancers.
Cancer of the Gallbladder develops in patients who are already suffering from cholelithiasis i.e. gall stones. Constant irritation caused by the stones on the inner lining of the gallbladder has been attributed as a cause of cancer. Not a single case of cancer of gallbladder has been detected without the presence of gall stones till date amply justifies this presupposition.
Cancer of the Prostate is found mostly in the old age. “Rather it has been observed that incidence of prostate cancer is increasing due to longevity of the males.” (Dr. S.K. Sharma, M.D.)
Cancer of prostate develops due to insidious but repeated effect of trauma to prostatic part of the urethra while performing (faulty) coition consciously or unconsciously. In forceful sexual act prostatic part of the urethra strikes over the hard bony pelvis time and again and is thus gets hurt. Moreover, routine sexual activity during and post climacteric period not only causes profound mental and physical exhaustion but also soreness of the body particularly the head. As a result, there may be loss of scalp hair (due to synthesis of Dehydrotestosterone) and work hypertrophy of the prostate gland in males and at times metaplegic (precancerous) and neoplegic (cancerous) condition.
Similarly, glans penis may also get traumatised if the cervix of the female is hard enough and strikes to the soft glans penis during coition. This is possible where the depth of the vagina despite its flexibility is short as compared to the length of the penis.
Contrary will be the result, if cervix is soft and is hurt repeatedly by glans penis during coition, parturition, and DNC’s.
Breast cancer is common occurrence in elderly females. Breasts play dual role in the life of females. These are mainly meant for the secretion and ejection of the milk i.e. lactation. At the same time, female breasts are secondary or accessory sex organs since these help in attracting the opposite sex and to arouse sexual instinct in them. The breasts are also instrumental in arousing sexual desire in female on stimulation.
When the act of stimulation is faulty like the physical assaulting, it leads to trauma to the breast tissues. As a result there develops nodes or lumps in the breasts. These nodes or lumps may be soft or hard depending on the intensity and duration of the tissue mass. These may exist for a short or long time depending on the healing process.
In young and healthy females the repair process is spontaneous and rapid owing to rich blood supply. But the same (repair) gets slowed or stopped totally when female reaches to the menopausal age which varies from 35 to 55 years. This is due to the early or late withdrawal of the female sex hormones, oestrogen the main, resulting deficient blood supply and in turn dwindling i.e. subinvolution of the breasts. The effect of trauma may persist in the form of nodes, nodules, or lumps of varying sizes depending upon the area involved, which may sometime mat or coalesce with each other and become bigger in size and more harder in consistency. At times, caking of the whole breast takes place with acute pain on mere touch and pressure or without touch. The pathological investigation by FNAC may term the condition as cancerous.
In view of the exciting cause (trauma) and the effect (cancer), the best way is to take precautionary measures either by teaching the general public especially the young married couples to handle their sex organs, both primary as well as the secondary or accessory in the most sophisticated manner so that these are not injured in any way consciously or unconsciously while frolicking or performing or performing coition. The tissues of these organs are prone to undergo transformation i.e. metataplasia and then to cancer or neoplasia in due course of time. In case any person is unable to mend his/her ways, he/she should consult the doctor for the right kind of advice and medicine help, which would help to eliminate the traumatic effect if already set inn and prevent any such future occurrences.
Here, I would like to quote a case of quite healthy lady whose husband also a robust person, consulted me nearly 15/16 years ago for some kind of ailment. He had then narrated about his wife’s unabated desire for sexual intercourse. Before marriage she might have been gratifying her sexual desire either through masturbation or by doing so with someone else. The lady had become mother of 4 grown-up children when she developed cancer of cervix at +40 age. The family consulted me at the last stage of the disease after having her treatment from big hospital. By that time the cancer had metastasized to surrounding area and the left thigh. While preparing her history sheet, her husband’s elder brother also told me about her being of excessively sexy nature. The patient was given palliative medicinal help. She remained bedridden for some time in a very pathetic condition and ultimately died.
“There should be no hesitation about pointing out clearly that cancer can be the result of people’s behaviour – including certain sexual as well as the pollution of the environment and its effects on the body itself.”
(Pope John Paul II links sex with cancer)
Cancer of lips, mouth, tongue, oesophagus, stomach, larynx, trachea, lungs have been attributed to any thing chewed, eaten or smoked that constantly irritate/injure the mucous membrane of the organ concerned. Intake of too much of cold food or drinks have immediate effect, where the mucous lining gets peeled off or deadened. But the same gets repaired through normal physiological process inn due course. In case the lining membrane has insidiously and frequently been traumatised, the result shall be transformation of the injured tissue and slowly it may turn into the cancer growth as elaborated earlier.
“Wrong eating and drinking habits are among the major causes of the cancer of the food pipe.” ( Dr. Satish Jain, M.D.)
“In case of bowel cancer, constipation, which is, otherwise, a slowing of the transit time of the waste matter through bowel, is certainly an underlying factor and does produce injury to these tissues.” (Dr. W.E. Jackson, M.D.)
It is, therefore, imperative to keep the bowel free from constipation in order to avoid the possibility of occurrence of bowel cancer.
ABOUT DIAGNOSIS
Keeping in view the most probable exciting cause of the cancer and its pathology, the diagnosis of any node, nodule, or lump should, therefore, be done in such a harmless method that no further injury is caused to the already traumatised cell-tissue of any organ or part of the body. At present there is no such device available through which cell-tissue could be examined for the suspected cancer growth without causing trauma to them. Hence both FNAC, and tissue biopsy procedures become faulty since they involve direct mechanical injury to the tissues during the process of aspiration or separation of the tissues from the organ concerned and in turn there is every possibility of acceleration of cancer towards more irreversible stage of the disease pathology.
In the interest of safety from cancer, it is not always advisable to undergo for the pathological diagnosis in every suspected case, especially when there is a definite history of trauma suffered recently or in the past and where there is history of cancer in the family. “It is also true that the diagnosis once confirmed through any of the above noted procedures results in serious emotional trauma to the patient as also to the family owing to the inevitable going to happen.” (Dr. Archana Sood, M.D.)
ABOUT TREATMENT:
The existing modes of the treatment of cancer patients in hospitals under the modern system of medicine is also faulty in so far as it is against the principle of cure as postulated by Hippocrates, the father of the medicine, since neither principle of ‘Similia, nor Contraria’ are involved in the treatment process.
Whether it is chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation there always occurs further trauma to the already traumatised cell-tissue, organ or part of the body having growth. Rather, such methods of treatment generate further symptoms like fever, pain, anxiety, restlessness, fear of death, loss of appetite, cancer cachexia etc. There is no drug available with the modern system of medicine that can eliminate any of these symptoms for all times to come.
“Use of narcotics for alleviating pain, invite structural changes through slowing down the recuperating process.” (Dr. H.A. Robort, M.D.)
“It is thus clear that current modes of treatment of the local evidence (of cancer growth) depends on destroying the end result but paying no attention to the cause.”
(Dr. W.E. Jackson, M.D.)
PREVENTION
After having understood the basic mechanism of activation and the resultant mutation of the oncogenes as after-effects of trauma of whatever nature coupled with other underlying factors, we are unable to foretell about the probable occurrence of the cancer. Hence, the following points ought to be known as preventive measures especially by those who want to led a cancer-free life.
All persons have cancer producing genes within the body cells; the oncogenes. Normally these genes remain dormant or inactive.
These inactive or sleeping genes first get activated and then undergo mutation due to some kind of trauma either physical, mental or both.
Various mental traumas are: shock, grief, stress, and strains, guilt and shame, anxiety-tension, helplessness, frustration, worries, confusion, depression, disgust, humiliation, suicide attempts, jealousy, fear, love-hate, disappointment, brooding over the past events and inability to forget, perverted love, lack of love, etc.
The physical traumas are: injuries, fall, contusion, concussion, physical shock, blows, hurt, irritation, consuming too hot or cold food stuff, alcoholic drinks, synthetic preparation, etc., smoking of bidis, cigarettes, cigar, chutta, chilam, etc., getting burns, exposure to radiation, x-rays, et.
Cancer is mainly a disease of human beings as no other species of the world suffers from it. It is because human beings do not follow laws of nature strictly.
Hence, man should act and behave in the most natural ways. Those who go against the nature always suffer.
INFERENCE:
I would neither recommend nor forbid any one suspected to be a cancer patient, from going for diagnosis and treatment being adopted presently all over the world under the modern system of medicine but would like to stay that patient concerned and his/her family members must be made aware of all pros and cons in doing so
I would also like to add that medicines available in the alternative system of medicine based on the principle of similia, must prove suitable for the treatment/cure of all diseases, even the cancer or any other disease where the cause has been ascertained without doubt. This is possible only if the attending physician has sound knowledge of disease pathology and therapeutic application both.
The very important aspect of cancer treatment, on which physicians of all systems of medicine have unanimity; is that any suspected case of cancerous growth in the form of anything abnormal being felt or noticed in any organ or part of the body, must consult the doctor in the ‘very early stage’ of the problem. This would really be beneficial in nipping the problem in the bud itself particularly in context to cancer.
The ‘very early stage’ is precancerous stage when there is only functional disturbance. Even if structural changes in the cell-tissue organ, or part of the body have already taken place, these should be in the reversible stage of pathology. But, once the disease is confirmed as cancer on the basis of pathological investigations, it always points to irreversible structural changes in the cell-tissue, organ, or part of the body.
Lastly, I would conclude by saying; the doctors are there to treat as the medicines are a
Dr. P.S. Rawat
B.Sc., B.H.M.S.
Place: Chandigarh M.D.(Homoeo)Scholar
Date: August 15, 2010 Cum Clinical Researcher
Formerly:- Professor & Principal-cum-officer incharge Research,
H.M.C & Hospital Chandigarh and
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vailable to cure, but it is luck of the patient concerned (which may or may not favour him/her) to get the right kind of treatment, at the right time and from the right physician.