Changes in your taste and smell can make it hard to eat or drink enough. These changes can cause unwanted loss of appetite, low body weight, poor quality of life, and diminished well-being.3However, there arestrategies that can helppeople to cope with taste changes until they return to no...
Patient reactions to alopecia vary and may be dependent on the individual importance of hair, prognosis, degree of expected hair loss, the amount of information and preparation given, and physical and psychological coping mechanisms. Nurses play an important role in assisting the patient to cope ...
Hair loss can be a psychologically devastating adverse effect of chemotherapy, but satisfactory management strategies for chemotherapy-induced alopecia rem... R Paus,IS Haslam,AA Sharov,... - 《Lancet Oncology》 被引量: 99发表: 2013年 Supplementary material : Pathobiology of chemotherapy-induced hai...
Chemotherapy and hair loss Your hair grows out of tiny skin structures called hair follicles. Chemotherapy damages these follicles, causing hair to fall out. Depending on the drug, you might have hair loss or thinning just on your head, or also on your eyebrows, eyelashes, armpits, arm and ...
Coping can involve strategies like doing one thing at a time or slowing down. In most cases, chemobrain symptoms improve over time. Infertility Loss of fertility after chemotherapy is primarily a concern for younger people with cancer. Infertility following treatment varies with the dose and type ...
There was no significant difference in the level of anxiety and depression between the two genders. The most common physical problems faced by the participants were hair loss, fatigue, nausea and vomiting. The main themes of coping strategies used for physical problems were medication, rest and ...
To cope with depression, it's important for cancer patients to prioritize their mental health. Speaking with a mental health professional who specializes in cancer care can help patients process their emotions and develop coping strategies. Therapy, meditation, and mindfulness prac...
Management is centered around patient education, coping strategies, and decreasing the duration and amount of hair loss experienced. Patient education should focus on the natural course and likely reversibility of hair loss as well as daily preventative measures including grooming strategies and hair ...
Knowledge of permanent chemotherapy-induced alopecia, an under-reported adverse event, should lead to optimized pretherapy counseling, anticipatory coping techniques, and potential therapeutic strategies for this sequela of treatment. AlphaMed Press 2018.doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0184...
Other novel strategies, such as intermittent fasting, may also protect against chemotherapy side effects and sensitize cancer cells to the effects of chemotherapy (Lee, Raffaghello 2012; Lee 2011; Raffaghello 2010; Naveed 2014; Safdie 2012). These developments, along with other advancements in the...