Side Effects of Chemotherapy
The following side effects have been identified with cancer treatment by Chemotherapy. If you associate with any of the following side effects, follow the link to discover how health professionals can assist in their treatment.
Side effects related to a persistent feeling of physical, emotional, or mental tiredness or exhaustion. This type of fatigue is different than other types of fatigue because it interferes with a person’s usual functioning, does not reflect their level of activity, and does not improve with rest.
Side effects related to a state of physical, emotional, or mental lack of well-being or physical, emotional, or mental uneasiness that ranges from mild discomfort or dull distress to acute often unbearable agony, may be generalized or localized. It produces a reaction of wanting to avoid, escape, or destroy the causative factor and its effects.
Side effects related to spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, leukocytes and neutrophils.
Side effects related to conscious intellectual activity such as thinking, reasoning, remembering, imagining, or learning.
Side effects related to prostate, testes, ovaries, ducts and glands.
Side effects related to mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Side effects related to mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Side effects related to body chemistry, hormones and glands.
Side effects related to the circulation of blood through the body including the heart, arteries and blood vessels.
Side effects related to bone and bone marrow.
Side effects related to the form, support, stability, and movement to the body including bones of the skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints, and other connective tissue that supports and binds tissues and organs together.
Side effects related to the skin, and skin derivatives such as hair, nails, glands and receptors.
Side effects related to inhalation of oxygen and the exhalation of carbon dioxide, including maintenance of body temperature and elimination of excess water from the body.
Side effects related to the central and peripheral nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and nerves connected to the spinal cord.