Ovarian cancer is a serious condition, and it’s best left to the health care practitioners to treat. However, you always have the chance to expand your health care team to include a Western medical doctor, a Traditional Chinese medical doctor and a nutritionist. The combined knowledge from these three areas can go a long ways to helping reduce your symptoms.

In the past, people thought that acupuncture was only good for pain control. Acupuncture does make a big difference in the pain that cancer patients have by increasing the production of endorphins in the body; it’s also been found to influence the neurology and endocrinology of the body.

With ovarian cancer, you may have had medical treatments such as surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy, which can cause many negative side effects that linger for months and sometimes years. These include nausea, vomiting, muscle pain, fatigue, low red and white blood cell counts, low platelets, and neuropathy. Why not use a proven method that can help with these symptoms?

Acupuncture has been used for over 1000 years to eliminate the side effects of chemotherapy, such as the nausea and vomiting or the extreme fatigue, constipation and/or diarrhea. Your best chances of fighting these side effects comes with starting acupuncture before you are too weak and febrile. There are certain life-threatening dangers that come with cancer treatments, including low blood cell counts, but acupuncture has been found to boost immunity. Another commonly experienced symptom is neuropathy. This is where there is a tingling sensation or numbness or even pain in the hands and feet. Acupuncture is effective at helping this type of condition. If you have ovarian cancer, schedule an appointment with an acupuncturist. It could make all the difference in the world.