Managing Symptoms & Side Effects

Tel Aviv Medical Clinic has the best department of hemato oncology in the country, which is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. Thanks to the use of the latest treatment methods, we are approached by patients not only from parts of Israel but also from around the world. The patients of our clinic can be confident in the quality of the services provided. All our medical staff have international certificates and great practical experience.

Cancer treatment is often accompanied by side effects, which can be both moderate in strength and short-lived, and more substantial. Side effects depend on the treatment method. You can only manifest yourself some of the effects described herein. About possible side effects, related to treatment, doctors or nurses will tell you. There are various ways to treat cancer. You may be assigned as one, and several of the listed types of treatment:

• Surgery – removal of tumor and its surrounding cancers cages.
• Chemotherapy – treatment using antitumor drugs to destroy cancer cells.
• Radiotherapy – exposure to a tumor with rigid X-ray radiation.
• Hormone therapy – effects on the way hormones are produced in the body and their actions.
• Targeted therapy – the destruction of cancer cells at the expense of the immune organism systems.

For each person, the treatment acts differently. Below are the most described common side effects of cancer treatment, as well as some ways of fighting them.

Side effects

In practice, not all types of chemotherapy cause hair loss. This complication is characteristic of a narrow range of drugs, many patients do not encounter it. During the action of the drug, the activity of renewing cells of the body may decrease, due to which the nails and hair stop growing, hair loss occurs, the hematopoietic system is suppressed. After a course of chemotherapy, a recovery period is needed, during which the body returns to normal. Pronounced complications are not observed in all patients, but their risk increases with increasing duration of treatment. The following side effects are common after drug therapy:

• hair loss, nail fragility;
• nausea, vomiting;
• impaired appetite, change in taste;
• anemia, bleeding;
• violation of immunity;
• diarrhea;
• infertility, sexual and reproductive impairment.

Most complications can be corrected, with the correct treatment, many of them can be prevented or stopped at the first occurrence. Severe complications can cause increased intervals between chemotherapy courses.