Side Effects of Radiation:
Similar to Chemotherapy, there are also side effects of Radiotherapy. Not all experience side effects. Radiation is less painful as compared with Chemotherapy. Radiation involves high energy beams of X-ray which kills the residue cancer cells. Every individual has a different experience. Above all, breast cancer patients go through a lot in terms of emotional discomforts.
While Radiation is painless, it causes few side effects such as:
Long Term Side Effects:
Breast cancer will strike one out of every 8 women. It is the disease women dread the most. It can disfigure, mutilate and scar womanhood; and its therapy can impair quality of life. Yet there is no concentrated medical effort to prevent it. Physicians focus is on early detection. They simply do not counsel their patients on breast cancer prevention. This book provides clear strategies to reduce the risk of breast cancer - strategies that are not only based on the author's experience as an oncologist, but also on an extensive review of the scientific literature. These strategies consist of simple and natural measures: things to take and things to do, with little or no use of pharmaceuticals. This is a book for all women.
Keeping aBreast: Ways to PREVENT Breast Cancer :
While Radiation is painless, it causes few side effects such as:
- Redness of the skin
- Dryness of the skin
- Fatigue
- Sore mouth or dry mouth (sometimes)
- Low white blood cells
- Heart problems
- Lung problems
- Feeling of discomfort in the armpit area
- Swelling of chest area or breast area
- Feeling of tiredness
- Eat healthy diet
- Drink plenty of water.
- Do small amounts of exercises
- Do not scrub the affected area that is receiving radiation treatment.
- Do not wash with soap water.
- Do not shave the armpit area which is been operated.
- Do not apply ice or any cold thing to the affected area
- Understand that extremely hot and very cold can damage your skin.
- Avoid using deodorant, powder, creams, oils, ointments or any thing which contains chemicals to the treated area.
Long Term Side Effects:
- Radiation can cause a change in the look of your breasts.
- May harm heart and lungs.
- Lung tissue or cells may get swollen or inflamed.
- Greater risk is Lymphedema , i.e, swelling of hands and arms. (if you have lymph node dissected)
- Very rarely, there is a chance of occurrence of second cancer.
Breast cancer will strike one out of every 8 women. It is the disease women dread the most. It can disfigure, mutilate and scar womanhood; and its therapy can impair quality of life. Yet there is no concentrated medical effort to prevent it. Physicians focus is on early detection. They simply do not counsel their patients on breast cancer prevention. This book provides clear strategies to reduce the risk of breast cancer - strategies that are not only based on the author's experience as an oncologist, but also on an extensive review of the scientific literature. These strategies consist of simple and natural measures: things to take and things to do, with little or no use of pharmaceuticals. This is a book for all women.
Keeping aBreast: Ways to PREVENT Breast Cancer :
Keeping aBreast: Ways to PREVENT Breast Cancer by Khalid Mahmud
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