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What are the symptoms of breast cancer chemotherapy

BY Iris Wheatley 2020-07-23

   Breast cancer has become a disease that endangers people''s health and poses a serious threat to women''s lives. Now that medicine is constantly improving, it has certain help for the treatment of breast cancer. In the process of treating breast cancer, patients should also adjust their mentality, and also pay attention to physical changes in life to avoid the occurrence of other diseases, resulting in serious illness. menstruation (22).jpg

  Radiochemotherapy is a common way to treat breast cancer. Breast cancer is now a very common disease in our lives, but many patients will have complications after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, so to ensure the treatment effect of the disease, patients It should also be prescribed according to the symptoms and not treated blindly. Understand what are the symptoms of breast cancer chemotherapy? Look at the introduction below.

   1. Nausea, vomiting: Patients can take some medicines to treat nausea, eat less and eat more meals, eat more slowly, and listen to some relaxing music during meals. In order to avoid infection, patients must wash their hands frequently, pay attention to food hygiene, and try to eat cooked food.

   2. Diarrhea or constipation: patients should drink more water or eat a liquid diet and eat more easily digestible food; constipation can eat more high-fiber foods, fruits and vegetables and coarse grains.

   3. Hair loss: When organizing your hair, move gently, and do not use hair dye, gel or perm.

   4. Mouth ulcers: Patients pay attention to brushing their teeth after meals, using a soft-bristled toothbrush, and gargle with warm saline (a half tablespoon of salt in a glass of water) after each brushing. When the pain is severe, some broken ice may be included to relieve the pain. Get enough sleep. Soaking a hot bath or listening to some relaxing music before going to bed will help relieve fatigue and sleep.

   5. Sunburn-like spots: After radiotherapy, patients can wear loose clothing and take a bath with warm water, do not flush the water directly onto the breast, do not use irritating soap or bath liquid, use no Aromatic but moisturizing soap or body soap.

  In the process of treating breast cancer, patients should also adjust their mentality. Although breast cancer is a malignant tumor, this disease is not incurable. There are many treatments for breast cancer, and patients should also take the right medicine and choose the treatment that suits them.

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