Side effects of chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer

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Air pollution is serious. More and more people are suffering from lung cancer. My cousin is suffering from lung cancer. She is only 35 years old this year, but she is suffering from such a serious disease. The doctor said that it may also be caused by second-hand smoke. Let's talk about the side effects of advanced chemotherapy for lung cancer!

Side effects of chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer

First of all: in the advanced stage of lung cancer, chemotherapy does have certain side effects, but it can also contain cancer cells. The side effects of chemotherapy include hair loss and abnormal skin. The degree of hair loss is usually related to the concentration and dose of the drug. If there is hair loss, don't worry too much. After drug withdrawal, the hair will grow again, and the erythema and rash on the skin will be improved and disappeared.

Second, the side effects of chemotherapy are gastrointestinal toxicity. Because most lung cancer chemotherapy drugs can cause gastrointestinal reactions, but also appear dry mouth and loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting symptoms, sometimes constipation, and even bleeding and abdominal pain symptoms.

Finally: side effects of chemotherapy can lead to symptoms of liver injury. Chemotherapy drugs for lung cancer can damage liver cells in varying degrees. The liver reaction can be acute and transient liver damage, or chronic liver damage due to long-term use of chemotherapy drugs for lung cancer. Therefore, liver function should be checked regularly.

matters needing attention

Patients during chemotherapy must pay attention to proper diet, balanced nutrition is the most important, do not eat spicy food, patients in the process of treatment must cause great attention, must not ignore these side effects, if a little careless will cause greater harm to the body.