Chemotherapy and Completely Different Things

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Many people are diagnosed with different types of diseases.Once the person is diagnosed with a disease, it takes time so it can be treated. There are many types of treatments for various diseases. Chemotherapy is an advanced treatment with many combinations of drugs. Chemotherapy saves many lives, but also has negative side effects. Ultimately, in the end, Chemotherapy does more help than harm. Fatigue is the most common side effect when receiving chemotherapy. Patients become tired, because the significant drop of red blood cells that are being destroyed by chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs like vinblastine may cause depression. These types of drugs work by fighting the cancerous and non-cancerous cells, but they can also affect healthy cells. If this chemotherapy drug affects the central nervous system in the brain, it may result in depression. Another side effect is anxiety, which regularly you acquire before chemo process. Many patients have anxiety problems, because it can involve fear of not knowing what to expect or fear of knowing what to expect. Chemotherapy causes hair loss. Hair loss is one of the most feared side effect people dread. Hair loss can start between 10 to 14 days of chemotherapy treatment. Depending on the drugs in chemotherapy, your hair will start to thin until you lose it all or you will lose all your hair at once. Nausea and vomiting will usually happen at the same time, but are two completely different things. Chemotherapy is a powerful treatment. Chemotherapy transmits parts of the brain and stomach that detect toxins. Therefore, the body tries to protect itself by vomiting to get rid of the toxins. Chemotherapy is usually injected through the veins, so it cannot be vomited, so the chemo stays to treat the cancerous or non-cancerous cells. Both chemotherapy and radiation therapy have many side effects that can cause anorexia, such as nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. The chemo patients will start to feel...
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