Side effects of chemotherapy for advanced bladder cancer

summary

Bladder cancer is a malignant tumor of the bladder. The most common bladder cancer cells come from the inner surface of the bladder mucosa and epidermis. Like other cancers, bladder cancer has no obvious symptoms in the early stage. Once the patient's body has obvious reactions, most of them are advanced bladder cancer, and the advanced bladder cancer is difficult to be cured by the existing medical technology, So we can only do chemotherapy to inhibit the metastasis and proliferation of cancer cells. What are the side effects of advanced bladder cancer chemotherapy? Now let's take a look.

Side effects of chemotherapy for advanced bladder cancer

The first is the decline of immune function. Chemotherapy drugs can damage the patient's immune system, leading to immune dysfunction or decline. The indexes of immune function such as E-rosette test, CH50, C3 complement, T cell subsets, NK cell activity, IL-II, etc. all decreased in varying degrees after chemotherapy. Most anticancer drugs have immunosuppressive effect.

Second: digestive disorders. Loss of appetite, reduced diet, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation, etc. Many chemotherapy drugs cause the above symptoms by stimulating gastrointestinal mucosa.

Third: phlebitis. The vast majority of chemotherapy drugs are administered by intravenous drip, which can cause different degrees of phlebitis. The color of diseased blood vessels turns to dark red or dark yellow, local pain, and contact is like a cord. Severe cases can lead to thrombophlebitis, blood flow obstruction.

matters needing attention

1. Eat more food rich in folic acid.. If folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 are deficient in diet, the level of homocysteine in blood will increase, which will easily damage vascular endothelial cells and promote the formation of atherosclerotic plaque; Folic acid supplementation is important for reducing the incidence rate of coronary heart disease and stroke. 2. Take more natural anticoagulant and passive fat food. Eating this kind of food can help reduce myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. Auricularia auricula, which can inhibit platelet aggregation and prevent thrombosis, and pyrazine containing substances such as garlic, onion, green onion, chrysanthemum, Xiangru, Gracilaria lemaneiformis, strawberry and pineapple also have anticoagulant effects.