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Are Flu-like Symptoms Consistent With An Aggressive Cancer?

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Posted on Sat, 8 Aug 2015
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I had flu-like symptoms, especially fever, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, headache, sore throat, vomiting and nausea when I had oesophageal cancer (2004). I realize now that the conditions were consistent with an aggressive cancer. I was wondering how does the medical community explain the flu-like symptoms?
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Answered by Dr. Monish De (10 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Weaking of the immune system of the body causing infections very easily

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Flu like symtoms like fever, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, headache, sore throat, vomiting and nausea occur in esophageal cancer

These type of symtoms occur as the cancer cells causes weakening of the immune system of the body causing infections very easily

In flu after taking a week course of antibiotic the symptoms go away on its own but in esophageal cancer symptoms like sore throat does not get better even when antibiotics are used

Regards

DR DE

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
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Follow up: Dr. Monish De (10 hours later)
So what I understand from what you are saying is that the medical view is that the flu-like symptoms are considered to be the flu and attributed to a weak immune system. I have a different explanation. I'd like to know what you think.

Three emotional conditions can create flu-like symptoms.
The presence of fear and anger if present (used to make a person fight more aggressively and hence faster growing cancer) raise the metabolism. Worry, which is circular thinking lowers the metabolism.

Fear and anger give rise to high energy states hence fever.

The three together cause spontaneous sweating and cold limbs.
Spontaneous sweating because each time the metabolism goes cyclically from low to high repeatedly, so it triggers the sweating mechanism.

Fear and anger through SNS give signals to the heart to go fast and worry through actions of PNS give signals to go slow. The heart muscles become adversely affected and the heart becomes ineffective as a pump. So the blood circulation is not good enough to bring enough fuel materials to the extremities.

nausea because the stomach is conflicted. Fear deactivates digestion while PNS, which facilitates thinking and resting metabolism, activates digestion.

vomiting due to fear and deactivated digestion so if severe enough will expel the stomach contents.

headache because the person is involved in thinking excessively in a state of fear usually and it can be subconsciously expressed so high activity may affect brain supporting structures as they have pain receptors.

That leaves the sore throat, which is due to inflammation. This means that ideas/ beliefs relating to some problem in the throat, eg a person hassled in the office by toxic co-workers may be given the suggestion of "ramming it down my thoat". That idea can be conveyed with mental images of something being pushed into the person's throat. Hence an unnecessary immune response. Commonly seen in cancer.

None of these can be treated with antibiotics because none is due to any microorganism.

Also consider a tumor expresses receptors on the surface and the creation of a micro environment including deactivation of T cells, not unlike that of a placenta attachment between mother and child (which is non-self with respect to the mother). Why? In my observations it is because there is a perception, in most people subliminal but if you have meditational experience can be brought to consciousness, of a theatre of war in the body fighting some alien force. This is because cancer is an attempt to build a protective barrier. A bad solution and one attempted only because the person is blindsighted.
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Answered by Dr. Monish De (3 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Inhibition of adrenocorticotropic hormone

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I do not agree with your view

Flu like symptoms are mainly caused by inhibition of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) resulting in lowered cortisol levels which weakens the immune system causing viruses to attack the body easily.

Whereas in esophageal cancer cells in the esophageal region start to grow out of control.

Cancer cell growth is different from normal cell growth. Instead of dying, cancer cells continue to grow and form new, abnormal cells.

Cancer cells can also invade other tissues which normal cells cannot do

Regards

DR DE
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E
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Follow up: Dr. Monish De (53 minutes later)
Your view is of course the official medical view but I found this is not true. When I resolved some issues with trespassers onto my property, who I realized were involved in the foul game play, I was shocked at how quickly the flu-like symptoms disappeared.. from arguing on the street with them outside my house till I walked back inside my house about 4mins the flu-like symptoms that had plagued me for three weeks were gone. And I was able to effect cancer remission.
Anyway thanks for your reply.
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Answered by Dr. Monish De (6 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Your views are not scientifically proven.

Detailed Answer:
Hi

There may be some truth in your view but it is not scientifically proven.

If you have no more clarifications then please rate the answer and close the thread

Thank you and Regards

DR DE
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E
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Are Flu-like Symptoms Consistent With An Aggressive Cancer?

Brief Answer: Weaking of the immune system of the body causing infections very easily Detailed Answer: Hi Flu like symtoms like fever, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, headache, sore throat, vomiting and nausea occur in esophageal cancer These type of symtoms occur as the cancer cells causes weakening of the immune system of the body causing infections very easily In flu after taking a week course of antibiotic the symptoms go away on its own but in esophageal cancer symptoms like sore throat does not get better even when antibiotics are used Regards DR DE