Fungating malignant wounds are a distressing problem for a significant numbers of patients with advanced cancer prognosis. They may develop during the last few months of life or be present for a number of years. Fungating wounds rarely heal and often requires palliative management in treating patients with these types of wounds.
With the goal being improving the quality of life to the patient while also maintaining symptom control. Many cancer patients live with knowledge that their cancer is both progressive and incurable. For a significant group in the minority of these patients, the reality may be ever present in the form of a malodorous, exuding, necrotic skin lesion.
Which is a constant physical reminder of the disease progression in the form of a Fungating wound. Many of these lesions have a predominately proliferative growth pattern, while others develop into a nodular “fungus” or cauliflower lesion. Fungating wounds tend to develop in elderly patients (>70 years) with metastatic cancer who are terminally ill.
While approximately 62% of Fungating wounds developing in the breast area like my father’s did, 24% develop in the head and neck area. Fungating wounds can arise any where in the body and are more frequent in patients with advanced stage cancer. However, it is possible for patients to live many years with a Fungating wound if the disease is localized.
For many a patient, however, the healing of the wound can be unlikely unless it is surgically excised and will also continue to deteriorate over time. While commonly having a devastating effect on the patient’s physical and emotional well being. Therefore, in treating patients with fungating wounds the goal is to promote comfort, confidence and improved quality of life.
With in the Alternative Medicine Sector of cancer treatment whom think outside the box. A lot of times. patients elect to use cannabis oil for healing while others see the importance of essential oils as well. In my father’s case, I personally seen improvement using Frankincense around the perimeter of the wound …not directly applied.
Other items a person may want to consider: lavender and castor oil packs, with a comfrey – marshmallow combination. Calcium Sulfate Cell Salts and Colloidal Silver and Black salve has shown to have significant healing effect while being a great bacteria buster. Bacteria Buster is 100% Comfrey, which comfrey is know to kill MRSA, anthrax and cancerous tumors.
With Comfrey containing 18 amino acids and the amino acid lysine being most abundant. Comfrey Root contains Allantoin which is a cell proliferant agent, which stimulates healthy tissue formation. The Allantoin that’s also present in Comfrey Root aids in the healing of wounds that are infected or slow in healing.
While another consideration Aloe Vera Latex/Juice, rather being applied to the skin or ingested orally. Most people use Aloe Vera topically for, burns wounds and other skin conditions. Some chemicals in the gel seemingly aids circulation in the tiny blood vessels in the skin as well as kill bacteria and is considered a great component to any healing protocol.
Besides Aloe Vera Juice internally, one should consider a gentle detox e.g. Flor Essence with its eight herb formula. Along with Milk Thistle that protects the liver from contamination and red clover which also keeps your bowels moving to get unwanted toxins out. While considering ingesting a few drops Frankincense Oil and consuming cleansing super foods which promotes wound healing.
Another great healer of any open sore is SILICA. Silica is a cleanser and eliminator in the body. It’s a deep acting remedy which helps the body throw off non functional organic matter that has arrived as a point where nature needs to eliminate it from the system. Silica does aid in the healing process by promoting separation, breaking up pathological accumulation, cancerous lesions, abscess and boils.
Silica is known as the body’s true surgeon…. it has the ability to go in and cut away all material the body does not need and help bring it to the surface of the skin. It helps in the removal of tumors and cysts from the body. With Systemic Enzymes also being another very important thing to take during wound healing. Enzymes help digest toxic cells and will aid your body in the elimination of dead cells while helping to aid in pain relief.
While in some incidences activated charcoal has shown to bind volatile odour causing molecules, while preventing their escape from the localized wound area. These include: plain activated charcoal cloth (Clini Sorb) or charcoal cloth combined with other dressing material (Carboflex, Lyofoam, or impregnated with silver e.g. Acti Sorb Silver 2200).
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