Cancer Chemotherapy and its side effects
Cancer chemotherapy is a treatment method useful in the treatment of cancer cells by anticancer drugs. This chemotherapy is described as a routine treatment. The drug is administered as tablets or injected directly into the blood continued intravascular injections. The drug enters the blood and destroys cancer cells in the location of the tumor. Chemotherapy is useful in the treatment of both benign and malignant tumors. The drugs that we supply is to kill cancer cells rare side effects due to over-dose or improper use. Chemotherapy attacks the cancer cells by preventing their unusual growth. The nature of cancer cells were in the normal state, introduced by controlling the divisibility cells. These drugs are transported in the blood to kill, destroy all cancer cells in a short time. drugs used in cancer chemotherapy can be administered in hospital or at home. Using this medicine may be daily, weekly or monthly, depending on the stage of cancer and immune system of the body. Chemotherapy is considered the basis of age, sex, drug toxicity and body weight. The dosage and ease of use should be carried out under proper supervision. Currently on the market are drugs of more than 50 cancer in terms of usability. The anti-cancer drug used to treat many cancers. The use of these drugs is different in that place. • Series of combined drug or chemotherapy for the treatment of various cancers. • Use of one drug for the treatment process, which started as monotherapy • After chemotherapy with other treatments such as radiotherapy, surgery and active surveillance. The drug can be made in various ways such as: • tablet form or as tablets (oral) •
Through the injection (intravenous or intramuscular) • Injection into the spine (intrathecal) chemotherapy not only attacks cancer cells but also damage the life cycle of natural cells in the bone marrow, reproductive system, gastrointestinal tract and hair follicles. Most cancer patients experienced many side effects caused by the body to reverse the action. Side effects of chemotherapy drugs used to: • Hair loss: Hair loss during the use of chemotherapy may be controlled by a cold compress on the entire scalp. This side effect may have occurred to very few of them. • nausea and vomiting: Nausea and vomiting can be controlled through the use of anti-sickness drugs. This side effect is more common among all cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. • mouth ulcers increased: Because the body temperature by anti-cancer drugs this adverse reaction occurs. So, with this side effect of drugs mouthwash can be easily avoided. • Fatigue: Fatigue is due to weak immune system. Most of them deal with this problem during this treatment. So you try to do your daily activities slowly and never go for jobs and overwork. • To reduce the blood picture: During chemotherapy, patients are anemic. Thus, avoidance of blood transfusions this side effect. • infections: chemotherapy destroys white blood cells and cancer cells. white blood cells often useful in the treatment of infections so by reducing the number of white blood cells of our body exposes many infections. Thus, applications of antibiotics may be useful in the treatment of this side effect. The chemotherapy drugs in the treatment of cancer diseases following helpful: colon cancer thyroid cancer skin cancer rectal prostate cancer ovarian cancer pancreatic cancer mouth cancer melanoma leukemia, cancer kidney, lung, head and neck cancer, gynecological cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, eye cancer, endometrial cancer Bone cancer Brain cancer chemotherapy and bladder side effects generally depend on the type cancer and the number of drugs are used. Side effects of treatment itself remains temporary and disappears after treatment.