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Effects Of Chamomile In The Treatment Of Oral Mucositis Among Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy And Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review

T. Supraja, Sindhu R., Rajmohan M, Bharathwaj Vv, Dinesh Dhamodhar, Sathiyapriya S, Prabu D

Abstract


Background:  The Most common inflammatory condition seen among patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy and in patients receiving hemopoietic stem cell transplant is Oral Mucositis. Many treatments were introduced to prevent oral mucositis where chamomile is one among them where it shows anti-inflammatory properties.

Aim: To assess the efficacy of chamomile in the treatment of oral mucositis when compared to other treatments.

Methods: A literature review search was performed using mesh terms like oral mucositis and chamomile in Cochrane, Science direct, PubMed, Scopus, Lilacs. Among them a total of 430 articles were screened among which the full text articles are 8 and articles taken for qualitative analysis are 5 articles. PRISMA guidelines are used to report this review article. And five randomized controlled trails were considered for this review process.

Results: All the studies showed positive results in the treatment of oral mucositis by using chamomile.

Conclusion: In the available literature reviews, Oral Mucositis among patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy was found to be  treated effectively using  chamomile .


Keywords


Oral Mucositis, Chamomile, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Cryotherapy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/rrjols.v12i3.3531

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