Side effects of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

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My uncle is now undergoing chemotherapy treatment, because he suffered from pancreatic cancer. At that time, he had an operation and removed the tumor. The operation was very successful. Now he is in the stage of chemotherapy, but now she has some side effects after chemotherapy. I believe the patients who are going to receive chemotherapy want to know what the side effects are. Now let me share them with you!

Side effects of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

First of all, chemotherapy can cause physical weakness, immune function decline, patients can appear whole body fatigue, mental depression, sweating, sleepiness and so on. Immune function decline: chemotherapy drugs can damage the immune system of patients, leading to immune function defect or decline. 　　

Secondly, chemotherapy will also appear bone marrow suppression and loss of appetite symptoms, performance for white blood cells and platelets decreased, even red blood cells, hemoglobin decreased. Digestive disorders: loss of appetite, reduced diet, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation, etc. Many chemotherapy drugs cause the above symptoms by stimulating gastrointestinal mucosa.

Finally, the symptoms of inflammation, such as fever, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and sore tongue, will appear during the chemotherapy of pancreatic cancer. The physical reaction of chemotherapy is a lot of hair loss, vomiting, low back pain, poor appetite, etc. at this time, nutrition is indispensable, but also to take ginseng, improve body immunity, anti-cancer and anti-cancer.

matters needing attention

The nursing of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer should also pay attention to the reasonable collocation of diet, pay attention to the proportion of carbohydrate, fat and protein, mainly carbohydrates, the amount of fat and protein should be appropriate, and eat protein that should be digested and absorbed, such as lean meat, eggs and fish. Reasonable cooking methods should be adopted, such as boiling, stewing, boiling, steaming, sliding and frying, instead of frying and frying To prevent the adverse consequences caused by too much food fat.