Lung Cancer Treatment Side Effects Guide - lung cancer treatment side effects information
Lung Cancer Treatment Side Effects Guide
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Lung cancer treatment side effects can often be worse than the illness itself. Each person has a different response to the type of treatment given. The response of each person also depends on the type of treatment given and is very often different for each individual. Usually side effects are temporary and the best way of dealing with them is to treat the symptoms as they occur.
Surgery Related Side Effects - Surgery for lung cancer is a major process and problems include: Air and fluid collecting in the chest, patients usually need help coughing, breathing deeply, and turning themselves over to drain their chest, pain and weakness in the chest, side, and arm on the affected side, shortness of breath, patients usually need several weeks or months to get back to their usual strength and fitness levels, but very often this is never achieved.
Side Effects of Chemotherapy - Unfortunately, chemotherapy affects normal cells as well as the cancerous cells, and side effects depend largely on specific drugs and the amount of drug given.
Common side effects of chemotherapy include: Nausea, vomiting, hair loss, mouth sores, fatigue.
Radiation Therapy Related Side Effects - Similar to chemotherapy, radiation therapy affects normal cells as well as the cancerous cells. The side effects of radiation treatment depend mainly on the part of the body treated and also the treatment dose administered.
Common side effects of radiation treatment are: Dry sore throat, difficulty swallowing, loss of appetite, fatigue, skin changes at the site of treatment. Side effects for patients receiving radiation to the brain include: Headaches, skin changes, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, problems with memory and thought processes.
Photodynamic therapy has the following common side effects in those treated: Coughing, trouble swallowing, painful breathing or shortness of breath, the skin may become blistered, red, or swollen from time to time, the skin and eyes become sensitive to light for six weeks or more, and if patients go outdoors they must wear protective clothing, including sunglasses as results of lung cancer treatment side effects.
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