OVARIAN CANCER

GENERAL

Clinical Manifestations
  • Epithelial ovarian cancer: This is the most common type of ovarian cancer. It begins in the cells on the surface of the ovary or in the fallopian tubes.
  • Germ cell ovarian cancer: This is an uncommon type of ovarian cancer. It begins in egg-producing cells of the ovaries. This type of cancer is more common for young women (ages 10-29)
  • Sex cord-stromal ovarian cancer: This is a rare form of ovarian cancer that develops in the connective tissue cells that hold the ovaries together and make female hormones.
  • Early-stage ovarian cancer rarely causes any symptoms. Advanced-stage ovarian cancer may cause few and nonspecific symptoms that are often mistaken for more common benign conditions, such as constipation or irritable bowel.
  • Signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer may include:
    • Abdominal bloating or swelling
    • Quickly feeling full when eating
    • Weight loss
    • Discomfort in the pelvis area
    • Changes in bowel habits, such as constipation
    • A frequent need to urinate
    • Fatigue
    • Indigestion
    • Back pain
    • Pain with intercourse
    • Menstrual cycle changes
Treatment Principle
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BLOOD STAGNATION

Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Fixed, palpable masses
  • Bleeding with clots
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Purple, possible purple or red spots
    Red purple if there is Heat
    Blue purple if there is Cold
  • C: White
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy
Treatment Principle
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Break up Stagnation
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TOXIC DAMP-HEAT

Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Concentrated, dark urine
  • Local redness, swelling and pain
  • Maybe fever and chills
  • Abdominal distention and discomfort
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Lassitude
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
  • Pruritis vulvae
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve toxicity
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Reduce swellings
  • Promote urination
  • Eliminate Damp-Heat
  • Inhibit the growth of cancer cells
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Ying Stage Heat

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Blood Heat

Clinical Manifestations
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Blood Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations
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Blood Dryness

Clinical Manifestations
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Blood Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations
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Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations
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Fire or Heat Toxin

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Toxic Heat and Dampness

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Liver and Kidney Deficiency

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Disharmony of the Chong and Ren Channels

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