Aromatherapy in a carcinoma patient with Malignant Fungating Wounds :a case report

Abstract

Abstract Malignant Fungating wounds is caused by tumor growth ,which give rise to skin damage, micro vascular rupture and tissue necrosis. The patient frequently suffer from pain, foul smell, functional impairment, bleeding as well as cataclysm due to necrosis and microbial contamination. Malignant Fungating wounds of patients can't heal definitely, Despite the symptom management and wound management strategies will improve quality of life and maintain personal dignity .Aromatherapy as an adjuvant treatment is used to relieve pain, remove odor and alleviate psychological distress on end-of-life care. The case is aim to analysis of a patient retrospective date using aromatherapy to deal with the symptoms of pain, bleeding and infection caused by Fungating Wounds. it was found that wound infection and pain were alleviated, psychological pain was relieved significantly and the patient's malignant wound was surprisingly healed by aromatherapy, which met patient’s hope of last stage .