What is terminal cancer?
An emotional video of father and son is going viral. The father is suffering from terminal cancer and in his last message he is explaining important things to his merely 4 to 5 year old son. Taking proper care of mother and sisters…that helpless father explained many such things to his son. It is being told that the helpless father was suffering from terminal cancer. Here we are going to tell you what is terminal cancer? How is the treatment process in this? Is it possible to prevent this?
Experts say that terminal cancer… is the end stage of this serious disease. After reaching this stage, doctors or hospitals do not focus on eliminating the patient’s cancer. Rather, we try to provide a comfortable life to the patient. Know everything about it from experts…
What is terminal cancer?
Manish Saini (Consultant Cancer Surgeon, Kailash Deepak Hospital) says that there are terminal cancers and other cancers are not the same. Today, in case of lung, breast or other cancer, treatments are given to eliminate them. Experts say that we call it terminal cancer when the patient is not getting any beneficial effect from the treatment or the disease is progressing. Apart from this, there is no benefit in giving further treatment. In such a situation, our only motive is to provide a comfortable life to the patient and not for cure.
Why does cancer become terminal?
This happens when cancer grows so much over time that it spreads to other parts of the body or the available treatment stops responding to it. In some cases, cancer returns or continues to grow even after treatment. At the same time, the physical condition of some patients becomes such that they are unable to tolerate further treatment. In such a situation, it is not possible to cure the disease completely, hence our aim is to provide relief to the patient from pain and discomfort, control the symptoms and give them as comfortable and dignified quality of life as possible.
symptoms of terminal cancer
There are also symptoms which indicate that the condition has reached terminal cancer. This includes body fatigue, loss of appetite or confusion, worsening sleep pattern, difficulty in swallowing food, weight loss, difficulty in breathing or sometimes BP fluctuations. Experts say that in such a situation, it becomes the responsibility of all of us to provide a comfortable life to the patients and provide an end-of-life care.
How to prevent it
One of the main reasons for its prevention is that we should follow some proper preventive measures. For example, smoking and alcohol should be avoided in your lifestyle. In our diet, we should consume less processed meat, spicy food or salted food and use more proper green vegetables, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Keep these things in mind
Proper health screening, such as those related to breast cancer or those related to colon and lung cancer, should be followed. Regarding cervix cancer, we can prevent cervix cancer through vaccination protocol. Screening at the right age is equally important.
Secondly, people who have a strong family history of cancer, such as breast cancer, ovarian or colorectal cancer, should consult a proper genetic counselor or doctor and start timely screening at an early age.
