The side effects of chemo drugs are not immediate.
Aggressive chemotherapy for breast cancer side effects.
Chemotherapy also may cause other side effects that are less common but more serious.
Easy bruising and excessive bleeding diarrhea dry mouth mouth sores fatigue a fever hair loss a loss of appetite nausea vomiting weight loss pain from nerve damage infections anemia constipation neuropathy lymphedema memory problems.
Immunotherapy side effects happen when the immune system that has been prompted to act against the cancer also acts against healthy cells and tissues in the body.
Some anti cancer drugs damage ovaries.
One possible side effect that may not go away is infertility.
Learn about the types of side effects that immunotherapy might cause and where to go for more information.
Success is found in the ability to balance cancer cell destruction with preserving as many healthy ones as possible.
This comes with fast and hard pounding heartbeat heart palpitations shortness of breath dizziness exertion and fatigue.
Researchers said these symptoms were manageable.
What side effects and when they start and end will vary based on a number of things including which drugs you will be taking and how often.
The drug is not yet available kalinsky said.
Because of this the side effects of chemotherapy include.
Hair loss nail changes mouth sores loss of appetite or weight changes nausea and vomiting diarrhea.
Chemotherapy affects people in different ways and two people having the same drugs may feel completely different to each other during the course of their treatment.
Certain chemotherapy drugs for breast cancer can cause long term side effects including.
Some of the most common possible side effects include.
Blood transfusions are given for patient to continue on with their chemotherapy treatment.
In my case it was usually not until 2 3 days after the infusions before i started to feel crappy.
Some of the drug s side effects included nausea diarrhea and a drop in white blood cells.
Risk of blood clots.
Bone loss osteoporosis heart problems vision eye problems.
Too much chemotherapy can kill the patient.
This may cause menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
Chemo also destroys red blood cells causing anemia.
Side effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer.