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Post a new topicby JR33 on Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:34 am

Over the past few years I have had a few "spots" removed, which were confirmed as basal cell carcinoma, so when ;ast January I was referred to a dermatologist about a patch behind my ear which refused to heal, I was not surprised when she suggested it was the same again. She also noticed another spot on my neck, which was newer, but begining to behave in the same way. An appointmnet was made for surgery on both areas.
However, the date chosen was only a week before I was going on a cruise holiday, and the doctor decided that the spot behind the ear could not be operated upon because it covered a fairly large area, and would not be healed before I left. They felt they needed to monitor the spot after treatment until it was clear that healing was going well. The smaller spot was removed, and confirmed as BCC.
I was a little unhappy about going away with an unsightly scab behind my ear. Somewjat naively I reasoned that the scab was protein, proteins can be broken down by enzymes and saliva contains enzymes. I therefore started a simple regime of gently rubbing saliva into the scab. I did thes several times a day. For the first few times this caused a little bleeding (which happened before as bits of scab broke off). Within a couple of days the bleeding stopped, a small portions of the scab came away each day. Within a week the bulk of the scab had disappeared and normal healing was in progress. Within a month there was no visible sign of any probelm in the effected area. This was confirmed by a GP (who also did some dermatoly work in the local hospital, so my follow-up appointment was canacelled.
The above might be written off as one of those things, but I also had a spot near my ankle, which had refused to heal for over 12 months. However, this often seemed to be healing normally; it was just tyhat whenever a scab came off the whole process restarted. Following my "sucess" with the patch behind my ear, I began the same procedure on my ankle. The results were not as dramatic this time, but within a few weeks things seemed to settle down and the area has now healed.
As a layman, I wonder if there just might be something in saliva which attacks some types of BCC, and if this might be useful (and very cheap) as a first stage treatment of suspect areas.
The trouble is that I cannot seem to interest any GP within my practice, and without some sort of medically contolled trial, there is no chance of spreading the word.
I wonder if any doctor who happens to read this would be interested in taking it further (I am sure the site would give my email address or pass on a message)? Alternatively other people who are suspected of haveing a BBC spot might like to try it themselves; it seems a relatively safe thing to try whilst waiting for tests etc., and if it works for othe rpeople then the medical establishment might take an interest.
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