While discussing the after effects or side effects of chemotherapy during cancer, hair loss and nausea are what comes to our minds most often. But there is more to it and therefore it is worth knowing that other than the above two there are many other side effects to chemotherapy. It can cause and result in the problems in the mouth like, mouth sores, infections, dry mouth, bleeding in the lining of the mouth and gums etc. During chemotherapy eating and swallowing food may also become difficult for the patient, which can cause nutritional deficiencies also. Also, foods may taste different because the functioning of tongue and taste buds may have got affected due to high doses of medication.
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One of the ways to treat cancer is chemotherapy. While undergoing chemotherapy a patient may face certain side effects. Anemia is one of them. Chemotherapy leads to anemia and anemia reduces energy level and may affect the patient’s ability to get the maximum benefit from the cancer care and treatment that he/she is undergoing.
Anemia means to have lower-than-normal number of red cells in the blood. Red blood cells are important because of their role in carrying oxygen from the lungs to all the cells in the body. And since when cancer cells have started to multiply the RBC is not able to handle oxygen supply properly. Some of the primary signs of anemia are shortness of breath, generally feeling week and dull and fatigue, pain the chest, headache, inability to concentrate, dull skin, loss of sex drive etc.
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Zofran was the first drug of its kind to be approved by the food and drug administration and made available to the public, and it has since been approved to alleviate the nausea and vomiting caused by surgery. Zofran has become one of the top choices for anesthesiologists to prescribe in accordance with the prevention of the nausea and vomiting that are sometimes common after effects associated with surgical procedures.
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