I have two, unrelated medical questions (I don't need advice) out of curious!
Question: I have two, unrelated medical questions (I don't need advice) out of curiousity!.
1!. My dad had to have a colonoscopy last year and had to take some stuff to "flush out" everything!. He said that the enema effect gave him bad gas pains!. What causes the pain and the "enema" effect in these oral enema thingys!?
2!. Is copper used in cancer treatments and if so, how are they used!? I saw a news story today on the news that copper was stolen from a medical center in my town and some cancer patients skipped their treatments because of this!.
Thanks!Www@Answer-Health@Com
2!. Is copper used in cancer treatments and if so, how are they used!? I saw a news story today on the news that copper was stolen from a medical center in my town and some cancer patients skipped their treatments because of this!.
Thanks!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Well!.!.!. Copper is a part of Chemotherapy, all around!.
A way way older method (like late 1800's) of attacking cancer was to use a copper/borax mixture that probably killed way more patients then it ever cured haha!.!.!. So um we don't use that anymore!.
These days copper I think is more like a kind of side-issue!.!. a specialized type of Chemotherapy that tries to prevent the tumor from being able to create cells called Tetrathomolybdate, depletes (among other things lol) the body's supply of copper!.!. At a low enough point the tumor itself is the body's main supply of copper in the bloodstream, as they are copper hoarders!. Once the TUMOR is made copper deficient!.!.!. It starts to prevent the tumor from performing cellular mass production (angiogenesis)!.!. so!.!. goodbye tumor lol!.
Hopefully!.
In other types of Chemo, copper is also one of the depleted resources cancer patients can get either from the Chemotherapy reducing their ability to absorb vitamins and minerals!.!. Or from being prescribed huuuge amounts of Vitamin C to combat the Chemo's effects on the rest of the body (which then reduces the body's supply of copper)!.
In this case though!.!. I don't think ppl ripping off the copper is related to copper used in treatment, it was PROBABLY from the copper cooling pipes from the huge radiation units!.!. They generate so much heat!. Ugh people are awful, how can you steal from a hospital!?
Oh also!.!. that stuff they gave your dad was probably Barium (or at least something like that)!.!. what it does is provide X-Ray image-relief!.!. basically!.!. it like!.!. let's them see better on the X-Rays!. There's a link at the bottom that explains it all!.!.
But it also let's them see better by clearing everything out!.!.!. Basically how it's clearing out your dad's system lol!.!. Is deactivating the sodium pumps (Na-K-ATPase) in the lining of his intestines!.!.!. This in turn drives water into the bowels and flushes everything though like a river!. It's like!.!. sneakily using our body's natural ability to try and rid itself of detected viruses/bacteria/parasites!. Normally those nasties would trigger the Mass Evactuaion lol by fitting the right receptor sites for the antibodies working in your immune system!.
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*Edit: lol if you were wondering how it works!.!. I had to look it up!. Ok so to remove the copper from your body, basically the Tetrathiomolybdate forms a stable non-metabolizing compound with any copper naturally found in the food you eat, and um also with any copper in your bloodstream!. Then!.!. lol!.!. I guess it would just be passed through the body like waste product!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
A way way older method (like late 1800's) of attacking cancer was to use a copper/borax mixture that probably killed way more patients then it ever cured haha!.!.!. So um we don't use that anymore!.
These days copper I think is more like a kind of side-issue!.!. a specialized type of Chemotherapy that tries to prevent the tumor from being able to create cells called Tetrathomolybdate, depletes (among other things lol) the body's supply of copper!.!. At a low enough point the tumor itself is the body's main supply of copper in the bloodstream, as they are copper hoarders!. Once the TUMOR is made copper deficient!.!.!. It starts to prevent the tumor from performing cellular mass production (angiogenesis)!.!. so!.!. goodbye tumor lol!.
Hopefully!.
In other types of Chemo, copper is also one of the depleted resources cancer patients can get either from the Chemotherapy reducing their ability to absorb vitamins and minerals!.!. Or from being prescribed huuuge amounts of Vitamin C to combat the Chemo's effects on the rest of the body (which then reduces the body's supply of copper)!.
In this case though!.!. I don't think ppl ripping off the copper is related to copper used in treatment, it was PROBABLY from the copper cooling pipes from the huge radiation units!.!. They generate so much heat!. Ugh people are awful, how can you steal from a hospital!?
Oh also!.!. that stuff they gave your dad was probably Barium (or at least something like that)!.!. what it does is provide X-Ray image-relief!.!. basically!.!. it like!.!. let's them see better on the X-Rays!. There's a link at the bottom that explains it all!.!.
But it also let's them see better by clearing everything out!.!.!. Basically how it's clearing out your dad's system lol!.!. Is deactivating the sodium pumps (Na-K-ATPase) in the lining of his intestines!.!.!. This in turn drives water into the bowels and flushes everything though like a river!. It's like!.!. sneakily using our body's natural ability to try and rid itself of detected viruses/bacteria/parasites!. Normally those nasties would trigger the Mass Evactuaion lol by fitting the right receptor sites for the antibodies working in your immune system!.
Haha!.!. The More You Know, brought to you by your local Geokitty ^_^
*Edit: lol if you were wondering how it works!.!. I had to look it up!. Ok so to remove the copper from your body, basically the Tetrathiomolybdate forms a stable non-metabolizing compound with any copper naturally found in the food you eat, and um also with any copper in your bloodstream!. Then!.!. lol!.!. I guess it would just be passed through the body like waste product!.Www@Answer-Health@Com