The Effects of Cancer Treatment
“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.” Cancer Treatment can have a variety of side effects, but a positive attitude and state of mind is an amazing strength. The three main effects of Cancer Treatment on the body are; Nausea, Fatigue, and Hearing/Hair loss.
Nausea is a very common symptom of Cancer Treatment and may not seem bad, but if not taken care of can lead to severe problems. “Nausea is when you feel sick to your stomach, as if you are going to throw up. Vomiting is when you throw up. Controlling nausea and vomiting will help you to feel better and prevent more serious problems such as malnutrition and dehydration”(Side Effects). Nausea is caused by the Cancer Treatment and is very common. …show more content…
“Chemotherapy and radiation therapy can bring it on, and so can the anemia that often comes with treatment”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). Seven out of Ten Cancer patients suffer from severe Fatigue. The Cancer Treatment causes this, along with Anemia most oftenly. “Those with cancer find their fatigue is not relieved by rest, and it can often interfere with daily activities. Nonetheless, patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment can try to take on a lighter workload, maintain a proper nutritious diet, exercise daily and rest if they feel tired. It may help patients to remember that fatigue does not mean the cancer is getting worse or the treatment is not working, the National Cancer Institute says”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). For most the Fatigue can not be fixed with traditional methods such as sleeping, but instead by; taking it easy, maintaining a proper diet, exercising, and resting if tired. It also helps by just maintaining a positive state of …show more content…
Hair loss is fixable, while hearing is sadly not. “Progressive, irreversible hearing loss can result from radiation therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy drugs such as carboplatin and cisplatin. The drugs damage the hair cells of the inner ear, making the ear less responsive to sound”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). “Some types of chemotherapy cause the hair on your head and other parts of your body to fall out. Radiation therapy can also cause hair loss on the part of the body that is being treated. Hair loss is called alopecia”(Side Effects). Hair Loss is very common due to Chemotherapy and Radiation treatments in selected spots. Hair loss is also caused by the Chemotherapy medicine. The medicines also have risk to cause hearing loss, and make the ear less responsive to certain waves of sound. “Chemotherapy drugs aim to kill all rapidly dividing cells in the body, which means they can destroy hair roots. Some patients lose not only the hair atop their head, but any part of the body can loss hair due to treatment. This usually occurs about one to three weeks after the initial
“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.” Cancer Treatment can have a variety of side effects, but a positive attitude and state of mind is an amazing strength. The three main effects of Cancer Treatment on the body are; Nausea, Fatigue, and Hearing/Hair loss.
Nausea is a very common symptom of Cancer Treatment and may not seem bad, but if not taken care of can lead to severe problems. “Nausea is when you feel sick to your stomach, as if you are going to throw up. Vomiting is when you throw up. Controlling nausea and vomiting will help you to feel better and prevent more serious problems such as malnutrition and dehydration”(Side Effects). Nausea is caused by the Cancer Treatment and is very common. …show more content…
“Chemotherapy and radiation therapy can bring it on, and so can the anemia that often comes with treatment”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). Seven out of Ten Cancer patients suffer from severe Fatigue. The Cancer Treatment causes this, along with Anemia most oftenly. “Those with cancer find their fatigue is not relieved by rest, and it can often interfere with daily activities. Nonetheless, patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment can try to take on a lighter workload, maintain a proper nutritious diet, exercise daily and rest if they feel tired. It may help patients to remember that fatigue does not mean the cancer is getting worse or the treatment is not working, the National Cancer Institute says”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). For most the Fatigue can not be fixed with traditional methods such as sleeping, but instead by; taking it easy, maintaining a proper diet, exercising, and resting if tired. It also helps by just maintaining a positive state of …show more content…
Hair loss is fixable, while hearing is sadly not. “Progressive, irreversible hearing loss can result from radiation therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy drugs such as carboplatin and cisplatin. The drugs damage the hair cells of the inner ear, making the ear less responsive to sound”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). “Some types of chemotherapy cause the hair on your head and other parts of your body to fall out. Radiation therapy can also cause hair loss on the part of the body that is being treated. Hair loss is called alopecia”(Side Effects). Hair Loss is very common due to Chemotherapy and Radiation treatments in selected spots. Hair loss is also caused by the Chemotherapy medicine. The medicines also have risk to cause hearing loss, and make the ear less responsive to certain waves of sound. “Chemotherapy drugs aim to kill all rapidly dividing cells in the body, which means they can destroy hair roots. Some patients lose not only the hair atop their head, but any part of the body can loss hair due to treatment. This usually occurs about one to three weeks after the initial