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what are the side affects of chemotherapy ?
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Answers (3) to: "what are the side affects of chemotherapy ? "
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chemotherapy is injecting poison to the body that destroys all dividing cells at the moment. because cancerous cells usually multiplying very fast- they are harmed more then rest of the body. but you lose a fare share of your healthy cells..which cause horrendous side effects. here is a link to a video talking about it:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chemotherapy/CA00089
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Well, the answer above was informative although a bit extreme. There are many kinds of chemotherapy, and the side effects depend both on the type and the dose of chemotherapy. They may include hair loss, ulcers of the mouth, nausea (which has quite effective treatment), diarrhea and the most problematic: damage to the blood-cells producing tissue in the bone marrow that may lead to infection.
Other side effects may occur only months or years later, but are usually type-specific.
It's a vast subject, so you may ask about specific drug or read more here:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancerchemotherap...
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And one more thing - this list of side effects may sound frightening, but eventually these drugs are given because they were found to eventually giving the patients better life than when they were left untreated, so in most of the cases, it's worth it.
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