Posts Tagged ‘Nausea’
Chemotherapy disrupts the development of fast-growing cancer cells, but can also affect some healthy cells. Before you apply chemotherapy to treat cancer, many basic tests are performed to evaluate the functioning of the heart, kidneys, lungs, eyes, ears and organs prior to treatment. Certain types of chemotherapy can affect the functioning of these organs during treatment or months or years after treatment. Some treatments can affect fertility. There are other potential side effects, among which include: …read the rest of this entry»
Symptom and Description Nausea (feeling queasy or sick to your stomach) and/or vomiting (throwing up) may happen from many causes with cancer, and may be worse if you are getting chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Nausea and vomiting may come on slowly or very quickly with cancer-related problems. Your doctor will treat the problem causing the nausea and vomiting, and treat the nausea and vomiting, too.
Learning Needs Nausea and vomiting are very unpleasant. Either or both may be barely noticeable or may be severe and cause you to be unable to do things that are important to you. In addition, if you vomit a lot you can get dehydrated and have other problems from losing body salts.
You should call your doctor or nurse if:
- You have nausea that lasts for more than a few days, or if nausea keeps you from doing things that are important to you.
- You vomit more than once or twice a day for 2 days. …read the rest of this entry»
