تعريف

Chemotherapy is a treatment used to kill cancer cells. It involves taking medicines that are toxic to fast-growing cells like cancer cells.

أسباب هذا الإجراء

Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer. The goal is to reduce the number of cancer cells or decrease the size of tumors.

Side Effects

Many types of chemotherapy drugs not only damage the cancer cells but can also damage some of your normal cells. This can create side effects. Side effects will vary between chemotherapy treatments. Your doctor will review a list of possible side effects for your treatment type. Some side effects of chemotherapy include:

  • الغثيان و/أو القيء
  • Diarrhea or constipation
  • Appetite loss
  • تساقط الشعر
  • Low red blood cell count —anemia
  • Weakened immune system and increased infections
  • تعب
  • Easy bruising and/or bleeding
  • Mouth sores
  • Numbness and tingling sensation in the hands and/or feet, or weakness due to nerve damage
  • تلف الكلى
  • Damage to the heart muscle
  • العقم
  • Interruption of the menstrual period

You and your doctor will talk about options to help relieve some of these side effects.

ما يمكن توقعه

قبل الإجراء

You may be asked to take some pre-medicines such as:

  • منشطات
  • Allergy medicines, such as an anti-histamine
  • Anti-nausea medicines
  • Sedatives
  • مضادات حيوية

وصف الإجراء

Your doctor will talk to you about the best way to deliver the medicine(s). Chemotherapy drugs may be given by:

  • Mouth
  • Injection into a muscle or vein (IV)
  • Catheter tube into the bladder, abdomen, chest cavity, brain, spinal cord, or liver
  • Application to the skin
 العلاج الكيميائي

كم من الوقت سيستغرق ؟

How long it will take depends on the method used, the number of medicines, and the amount of each medicine. A session may be as brief as the time it takes to swallow a pill. It could also take several hours or last overnight. Some types of chemotherapy can be given as a continuous infusion through a portable pump.

هل سيكون هناك ألم؟

ال treatment may cause a number of uncomfortable side effects. The delivery of the chemotherapy usually does not hurt.

متوسط ​​الإقامة في المستشفى

Most often, you can leave after the medicine is delivered. Some chemotherapy regimens will require a stay in the hospital. This may be about 2-3 days.

Your doctor may choose to keep you in the hospital if you have complications, such as severe vomiting.

رعاية ما بعد العملية

في المستشفى

You may be given any of the following:

  • Medicines to take at home, such as anti-nausea medicine
  • Injections of an immune-system or blood cell boosting drug
  • Other drugs, including steroids, allergy medicines, sedatives, and antibiotics

في البيت

عند عودتك إلى المنزل، قم بما يلي للمساعدة في ضمان التعافي بسلاسة:

  • Get a lot of sleep.
  • Try to do some physical activity each day. Exercise can help to reduce fatigue.
  • Try to eat a healthy diet.
  • Drink lots of fluids to avoid dehydration.
  • Use special mouth rinses to avoid or treat mouth sores.
  • Administer post-chemotherapy shots if they are prescribed by your doctor. These will help to keep your blood count stable.
  • Try to avoid people with diseases that can be spread easily, including children. Chemotherapy will likely weaken your immune system. Viral illnesses, such as thecold or flu, can have serious effects.
  • تأكد من اتباع تعليمات طبيبك.

Your doctor may order any of the following tests to check the progress of your treatment:

  • Tests of your bodily fluids may be done with:
  • Pictures of your bodily structures may be done with:
    • الأشعة السينية
    • الموجات فوق الصوتية
    • تصوير الرنين المغناطيسي
    • الاشعة المقطعية
    • Bone scans

استدعاء الطبيب

بعد مغادرة المستشفى، اتصل بطبيبك إذا حدث أي مما يلي:

  • علامات الإصابة, بما في ذلك حمى وقشعريرة
  • Sores in your mouth, throat, or lips
  • White patches in your mouth
  • Difficulty/pain with swallowing
  • Diarrhea or constipation
  • Vomiting that prevents you from holding down fluids
  • Blood in your vomit
  • كدمات سهلة
  • Nosebleeds, bleeding gums, new vaginal bleeding
  • Blood in your urine or stool
  • Burning or frequency of urination
  • سعال أو صعوبة في التنفس أو ألم في الصدر
  • Severe weakness
  • Shortness of breath or cough
  • Calf pain, swelling, or redness in the legs or feet
  • Abnormal vaginal discharge, itching, or odor
  • New pain or pain that you cannot control with the medication you were given
  • Numbness, tingling, or pain in your extremities
  • Joint pain, stiffness, rash, or other new symptoms
  • Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or a pimple at the site of your IV
  • Headache, stiff neck
  • Hearing or vision changes
  • Ringing in your ears
  • Exposure to someone with an infectious illness, including chickenpox
  • Weight gain or loss of 10 pounds or more

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