Chemotherapy for patients with breast cancer after listening to major deterrent is to make a treatment method, because it would feel some impact machine, in particular the more active the proliferation of cells affected by even greater.
Chemotherapy can cause systemic adverse reactions multiple systems, starting with bone marrow suppression, is caused by leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and even some suffered from anemia.
The second aspect is the reaction of the gastrointestinal tract, which is to enable patients to complete chemotherapy or unwilling to maintain an important reason is that a strong nausea and vomiting, the patient uncomfortable, and can not eat.
The third aspect, chemotherapy can cause some inflammation of oral mucosa, and some oral ulcers, mucosal ulcers. There are hair loss. The fourth area, hair loss, some patients began after two cycles of chemotherapy, hair loss, especially for some young women, one heard the hair to be lost, into a bald, is very difficult to withstand this, one may be right chemotherapy resistance.
Of course, there are many ways to deal with hair loss, including those abroad, put on ice cap during chemotherapy to reduce some of metabolism. Of course, such hair loss is not permanent hair loss, after the end of the chemotherapy, the majority of patients can also be regenerated hair. The fifth area of concern is the damage the liver and kidney function, according to different drugs, it is not the same degree of damage that can occur, elevated aminotransferases, jaundice, severe when it comes to produce acute renal function failure. Sixth is the heart of the toxicity, in particular anthracycline cardiac toxicity is relatively obvious.
Patients may appear flustered, chest tightness, and even cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac ischemic changes. Seventh, is the allergic reaction, and some chemotherapy drugs can cause allergies, allergies can also be divided into two categories, one ultra-rapid allergic reactions, there is a chronic allergic reaction. Acute allergic reactions more common in super-taxane, but also just talking about a more effective chemotherapy drugs, such as docetaxel, as well as paclitaxel, these drugs is a more serious allergic reactions.
The eighth aspect is a number of peripheral nerve damage, such drugs, in particular just said taxane, such side effects are quite pronounced. After chemotherapy, the patient felt hands and feet made of wood, numb, and some even feel more sluggish, need to beware of burns, because this time his hands grab some hot stuff, and she feels bad (slow), will cause burns.
Another is that some patients can cause diarrhea, some patients shortly after chemotherapy, diarrhea, pull a 10-20 times a day, are thin watery stools, stool tests can be done to identify. There is a systemic immunity, and endocrine effects, particularly young women, chemotherapy may result in ovarian function are affected, and some on the menopause, and some early menopause. In addition, some may affect her reproductive capacity, while some chemotherapy drugs may also cause teratogenic.
The last one, the tenth point, when the chemotherapy, if the drug extravasation can cause the skin, subcutaneous tissue, some of the necrosis, chemical substances to stimulate the veins, can cause phlebitis, or vein thrombosis. In general, chemotherapy is not only beneficial to have disadvantages as a method of treatment. Therefore, the time in the development of treatment programs, especially for some elderly patients, we have to weigh the benefits and disadvantages of chemotherapy, to decide to do or not do chemotherapy.
