What are the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy? How can I stop side effects from occurring?

The specific reaction is related to the location of the lesion, and the corresponding reaction of the adjacent organs around the lesion is mainly manifested.

For example, near the gastrointestinal tract will cause nausea and vomiting, near the bladder will have frequent urination and urgency, most people do not respond, only a small number of people are more sensitive to radiation and will react. Most people can continue radiotherapy after symptomatic treatment according to the situation, and if the reaction is severe, the patient can rest for a few days before recovering.

The main causes of chemotherapy include fatigue, anemia, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, mucosal reactions, allergic reactions, impaired heart, liver and kidney function, and abnormal test results. Generally, drugs to prevent adverse reactions will be used at the same time during chemotherapy, and most people can successfully complete chemotherapy, and a small number of reactions are more obvious, which need to be strengthened to strengthen the symptoms**, and then will recover.

Different people have different sensitivities to chemotherapy, and the adverse reactions are also different, and the adverse reactions are also related to the regimen of the drug. The adverse reactions of chemotherapy are now more obvious in the gastrointestinal tract during the course of medication, and will gradually recover after stopping the drug, and the bone marrow suppression is generally more obvious about a week after chemotherapy.

Mainly loss of appetite, fatigue, dizziness, headache, insomnia, some may have indigestion, nausea and vomiting, you can eat less meals, light exercise.

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be carried out at the same time, and the two can play a synergistic role, but the number of patients is also increasing; Generally speaking, radiotherapy is smaller than chemotherapy, because radiotherapy is local, and the side effects it causes are usually related to the specific radiotherapy site; Chemotherapy belongs to the whole body**, using cytotoxic drugs, which have a killing effect on normal cells and tumor cells, and may cause more serious systemic reactions.

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy cannot be given at the same time; The radiotherapy will cause a smaller one, which can effectively inhibit the growth of the tumor and reduce the pain of the patient, and in recent years, the equipment of radiotherapy has been greatly improved, and the tumor cells can be shot by X-rays.

It can be done at the same time. The *** of both methods is relatively large, which should be judged according to the patient's condition, if it is sensitive to drugs, then the lethality of chemotherapy will be stronger.

Chemotherapy can be given at the same time as radiotherapy, and chemoradiotherapy can be given at the same time for advanced lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and unresectable solid diseases**. Most chemotherapy drugs such as platinum and paclitaxel have sensitizing effects, and the two can play a synergistic role.

However, in some patients, the efficacy and side effects increase at the same time, such as choking and pain in swallowing after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophagitis, so it is not recommended for older or poorly tolerated patients to do it at the same time. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is not recommended for early-stage and late-stage diseases. For example, small cell undifferentiated carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer and esophageal cancer can be treated with chemoradiotherapy**.

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy should take into account both efficacy and side effects, and if the patient has more complications or is intolerant, sequential treatment can be adopted**. i.e., all chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, or total radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy**. The specific decision should be made according to the patient's disease type, physical condition and type of drug.

Generally, the systemic effects of chemotherapy are more severe, and radiotherapy is only localized, which is relatively mild and tolerable. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are two different means of ** tumor, radiotherapy is a local ** means, *** is relatively small, and the adverse reactions and *** brought by it are closely related to the radiotherapy site, such as head and neck radiotherapy, the most common adverse reactions are acute ** reactions and oral mucosal reactions, such as lung tumors.

Chemotherapy is a systemic method, and adverse reactions involve various systems of the body, the most common including hair loss, leukocyte decline, diarrhea and other reactions. Radiotherapy is a local means, which only brings the relevant adverse reactions of the radiotherapy site, while chemotherapy is a systemic means, and the adverse reactions include all systems of the body, so it is generally believed that the systemic effect of chemotherapy is more serious, and radiotherapy and surgery are the same, only acting locally, which is relatively mild and tolerable. Radiotherapy is local**, and the side effects it causes are related to the specific radiotherapy site, usually the side effects of radiotherapy in the chest and limbs are very mild, and the side effects of brain and abdomen may be somewhat severe, but after proper drug treatment, most patients can tolerate it.

Chemotherapy is a systemic**, which has a killing effect on both normal cells and tumor cells, and may cause more serious gastrointestinal reactions.

Therefore, the *** of radiotherapy is relatively small.

There are many types of chemotherapy, such as nausea, vomiting, hematological white blood cell decline, hemoglobin decline, platelet decline, and some patients also have hair loss reactions, neurotoxic reactions, hand numbness, foot numbness and other reactions, so it depends on the specific reduction of side effects. To alleviate nausea and vomiting, we should adjust our diet and try to eat light, easy-to-digest, high-protein foods, including meat, eggs, milk, fish, etc.

For the decline of white blood cells, platelets, and red blood cells, in fact, we should also emphasize the intake of nutrition, you can consciously ingest pig liver, pig blood to replenish red blood cells, appropriate oral iron, folic acid, or appropriately increase the intake of meat, eggs, and milk. Some patients can also take oral astragalus boiled water or increase the intake of legume protein, which can reduce the side effects of blood count decline by enhancing nutrition.

For patients with neurotoxicity, neurotrophic agents such as methylcobalamins may be used appropriately. However, neurotoxicity is cumulative, meaning that the more chemotherapy you have, the greater the neurotoxicity. Patients can also reduce neurotoxicity by massaging or soaking their hands and feet in hot water every morning and evening.

However, the real reduction of neurotoxicity can only be gradually reduced after the end of the whole chemotherapy treatment.

If you want to alleviate the *** after chemotherapy, especially to reduce the gastrointestinal reactions after chemotherapy, you should pay special attention to eating easily digestible foods in your diet and avoid overeating. To allow patients to eat small and frequent meals, they can eat more foods rich in high-quality protein, such as protein powder, sea cucumber, silkworm pupa, lean meat, eggs, milk, etc., so as to speed up the patient's recovery from chemotherapy and receive the next chemotherapy treatment in a basically normal body.

In addition to protein intake, post-chemotherapy patients should eat more vitamin-rich vegetables, fruits, and appropriate oral fiber-based foods, such as sweet potatoes. The intake of these foods can help improve the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract, play a laxative role, and can reduce constipation after chemotherapy.

Chemoradiotherapy not only kills cancer cells, but also kills cells in normal tissues non-selectively. Cancer is a wasting disease, the body's nutrition will decline, the body's immunity will also decline, in the correct anti-tumor** at the same time, cancer patients should often eat foods that improve immunity. Dietally, patients can take Yuanqi UP orally, the main ingredient of which is wheat fermented extract, which is conducive to activating the activity of phagocytes by binding to TLR4 receptors on the surface of phagocytic cells, thereby promoting the balance of immune function in the small intestine.

When the body's immune system is balanced, it is conducive to enhancing the body's ability to resist viruses. On the basis of ensuring daily nutrition, proper supplementation is also helpful for poor appetite. It is necessary to pay attention to regular follow-up examinations to prevent tumors**.

I believe that in our daily life, many people have heard of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but many people know more about chemotherapy than radiotherapy drugs, so many people do not know what radiotherapy does. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are very harmful to our human body, and it will become very large, there are often people who have lost appetite and vomiting after chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and the vast majority of people will lose hair, lose teeth and ** laxity. So how long will the *** caused by radiotherapy last?

How can I reduce the number of radiotherapy causes?

Radiotherapy usually lasts for 7 to 10 days, during which the patient's mental state will collapse every day. Because their bodies will be very seriously damaged after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, they will easily feel very tired during eating and even talking to people, and they will also have indigestion after eating.

There are many people who choose to give up the fight against cancer in the process of radiotherapy or chemotherapy because they can't persevere, so many people do not encourage the patient's family to force the patient to undergo radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The principles of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are actually different, but the purpose and effect are very different, mainly through chemicals or chemicals to kill the body's cancer cells, and kill the cancer cells at the same time will also destroy the body's healthy cells.

In the process of cancer**, many people will find it very difficult, and after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the body's immunity will decline sharply, so we must eat more foods that can enhance immunity, and turn these foods into easily digestible items, so that the patient's body can gradually recover, if it has not improved, then it can only be carried out the next step of radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

Everyone's physique is different, so the duration is also different, and the general duration is about 10 days. Be sure to adjust your state, and also have a normal diet, so that you can reduce ***.

This is uncertain, different people's physical conditions are different, and the impact is also different, cooperate with the doctor in life, pay attention to diet, so that you can reduce.

It may last for a week. Be sure to pay attention to your eating habits, eat lighter, eat more vegetables and fruits, and also drink milk and eat eggs.