| Some doctors offer alternative cancer | | | | that he or she is aiding in the treatment of the |
| treatments to patients with cancer. The | | | | disease. |
| treatments often involve using the body to fight | | | | Individuals with cancer often feel anxiety, |
| the disease instead of drugs or radiation. They | | | | depression, fatigue, nausea and pain. Patients |
| work to build the immune system. Often vitamin | | | | often experience sleeping problems. Stress is a |
| C is administered through an IV to a cancer | | | | common problem for a person with cancer. A |
| patient. Vitamin C plays a role in aiding humans | | | | person who feels all of these things may not get |
| fight off infections. Alternative treatments also | | | | well as quickly as a person who is not |
| often include restoring balance in the intestines of | | | | experiencing these symptoms. |
| the patient. Liver detoxification is also often | | | | Alternative treatments for symptoms of |
| included in alternative cancer treatments. | | | | sleeplessness, stress, fatigue, nausea and pain |
| Some individuals chose to only seek alternative | | | | include exercise, hypnosis, yoga, massage |
| methods of treatment to treat cancer and they | | | | therapy, acupuncture and meditation. |
| often do not work alone; therefore, it is often a | | | | Exercise can help a person feel less depressed. |
| good idea to mix alternative treatments with | | | | Hypnosis can help an individual relieve stress. |
| other treatment methods. | | | | Acupuncture might help an individual feel less pain. |
| Often individuals who have cancer feel hopeless | | | | Massage therapy might help a person alleviate |
| or helpless. Cancer patients often feel that they | | | | pain and stress. Yoga might help a person alleviate |
| are helpless in aiding their own recovery. Seeking | | | | fatigue and sleeplessness. Yoga might also help an |
| alternative treatments can help an individual feel | | | | individual build self esteem and fight depression. |