For decades, chemotherapy has been connected to the side effects of serious nausea and vomiting. While these side effects are a common result of chemotherapy, not all chemotherapy medications are known to cause vomiting and nausea. Additionally, not all people experience these side effects to the same degree from cancer medications. Drugs used to treat are powerful and many can result in adverse side effects ...
People who are diagnosed with various cancers including mesothelioma are more likely to develop blood clots because these individuals can have more platelets or cells that are likely to cause the blood to clot in the person’s blood as opposed to how clotting normally occurs. Additionally, these individuals might be debilitated and not get up or around enough. In many blood cases, blood cases end ...
Constipation is a common side effect that happens when people are taking certain pain medications or undergoing chemotherapy treatment. A factor that contributes to this element is if you are less active and perhaps do not eat as well as you regularly would. It’s critical to drink an adequate amount of fluids as well as to take in a high-fiber diet including nuts, vegetables, fruits, ...
People with mesothelioma sometimes experience pain and we currently have various new types of medications that can reduce the degree of pain that a person experiences. The Types of Pain Pain is classified as acute which means that it comes on suddenly and ends in a short period or chronic pain that lasts for months or even years and requires adequate management as changes in ...
Shortness of breath (SOB) is a common type of mesothelioma. An individual experiences shortness of breath when the tissues located in that person’s body require more oxygen to sufficiently function. The requirement for oxygen leads to an individual experiencing the need to breathe faster which can result in anxiety. What Shortness of Breath Means Sometimes referred to as breathlessness or dyspnea, shortness of breath is ...
When you ask people how they are doing, once you get past the pleasantries, most people will tell you that they are tired. No matter your age, it has probably been years since you met someone who truly felt well-rested. Children and teenagers are tired because of school days that start early in the morning and evenings and weekends taken up with extracurricular activities. Parents ...
Almost every piece of news you hear about your health after a cancer diagnosis or during treatment opens up a new world of uncertainty. The results of tests, whether they are bloodwork or imaging scans are rarely a simple “yes” or “no;” rather they are points on an ever-expanding flowchart of possibilities. Every result is some combination of “you still have cancer” and “you are ...
The process of testing before doctors arrive at a diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is long and exhausting. Once you begin treatment, you will probably feel a combination of fear and relief. You might find it reassuring to monitor your response to the treatment; the lab tests can show you that there is less cancer in your body than there was before even if you do ...
Anyone who says that you should not make major decisions when you are under a lot of emotional stress has never had to deal with a cancer diagnosis. Finding out that you have cancer is stressful enough, but deciding which cancer treatment you want to undergo is even more distressing. It is like being trapped in a room and having to choose to escape from ...
Long before the word “mesothelioma” was even in your vocabulary, you probably had vitamin supplements or some other kind of dietary supplement (such as fish oil or echinacea) in your house. You might have seen a statement on the pill bottles to the effect that the product is not meant to diagnose, prevent, or cure any disease. These are alternative and complementary therapies. They are ...
