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Chemotherapy is a treatment used to kill cancer cells. It involves taking medicines that are toxic to fast-growing cells like cancer cells.

পদ্ধতির কারণ

Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer. The goal is to reduce the number of cancer cells or decrease the size of tumors.

Side Effects

Many types of chemotherapy drugs not only damage the cancer cells but can also damage some of your normal cells. This can create side effects. Side effects will vary between chemotherapy treatments. Your doctor will review a list of possible side effects for your treatment type. Some side effects of chemotherapy include:

  • বমি বমি ভাব এবং/অথবা বমি
  • Diarrhea or constipation
  • Appetite loss
  • চুল পরা
  • Low red blood cell count —anemia
  • Weakened immune system and increased infections
  • ক্লান্তি
  • Easy bruising and/or bleeding
  • মুখ ঘা
  • Numbness and tingling sensation in the hands and/or feet, or weakness due to nerve damage
  • Kidney damage
  • Damage to the heart muscle
  • বন্ধ্যাত্ব
  • Interruption of the menstrual period

You and your doctor will talk about options to help relieve some of these side effects.

কি আশা করছ

পদ্ধতির আগে

You may be asked to take some pre-medicines such as:

  • স্টেরয়েড
  • Allergy medicines, such as an anti-histamine
  • Anti-nausea medicines
  • Sedatives
  • অ্যান্টিবায়োটিক

পদ্ধতির বর্ণনা

Your doctor will talk to you about the best way to deliver the medicine(s). Chemotherapy drugs may be given by:

  • Mouth
  • Injection into a muscle or vein (IV)
  • Catheter tube into the bladder, abdomen, chest cavity, brain, spinal cord, or liver
  • Application to the skin
 কেমোথেরাপি

এতে কতক্ষণ সময় লাগবে?

How long it will take depends on the method used, the number of medicines, and the amount of each medicine. A session may be as brief as the time it takes to swallow a pill. It could also take several hours or last overnight. Some types of chemotherapy can be given as a continuous infusion through a portable pump.

এটা আঘাত করবে?

দ্য treatment may cause a number of uncomfortable side effects. The delivery of the chemotherapy usually does not hurt.

গড় হাসপাতালে থাকার

Most often, you can leave after the medicine is delivered. Some chemotherapy regimens will require a stay in the hospital. This may be about 2-3 days.

Your doctor may choose to keep you in the hospital if you have complications, such as severe vomiting.

পোস্ট-প্রক্রিয়া যত্ন

হাসপাতালে

You may be given any of the following:

  • Medicines to take at home, such as anti-nausea medicine
  • Injections of an immune-system or blood cell boosting drug
  • Other drugs, including steroids, allergy medicines, sedatives, and antibiotics

ঘরে

আপনি যখন বাড়িতে ফিরে আসবেন, একটি মসৃণ পুনরুদ্ধার নিশ্চিত করতে নিম্নলিখিতগুলি করুন:

  • Get a lot of sleep.
  • Try to do some physical activity each day. Exercise can help to reduce fatigue.
  • Try to eat a healthy diet.
  • Drink lots of fluids to avoid dehydration.
  • Use special mouth rinses to avoid or treat mouth sores.
  • Administer post-chemotherapy shots if they are prescribed by your doctor. These will help to keep your blood count stable.
  • Try to avoid people with diseases that can be spread easily, including children. Chemotherapy will likely weaken your immune system. Viral illnesses, such as thecold or flu, can have serious effects.
  • আপনার ডাক্তারের নির্দেশাবলী অনুসরণ করতে ভুলবেন না।

Your doctor may order any of the following tests to check the progress of your treatment:

  • Tests of your bodily fluids may be done with:
    • রক্ত পরীক্ষা
    • প্রস্রাব পরীক্ষা
    • Bone marrow biopsies
  • Pictures of your bodily structures may be done with:
    • এক্স-রে
    • আল্ট্রাসাউন্ড
    • এম.আর. আই স্ক্যান
    • সিটি স্ক্যান
    • Bone scans

আপনার ডাক্তারকে কল করুন

আপনি হাসপাতাল ছেড়ে যাওয়ার পরে, নিম্নলিখিতগুলির মধ্যে যেকোনটি ঘটলে আপনার ডাক্তারের সাথে যোগাযোগ করুন:

  • জ্বর এবং ঠাণ্ডা সহ সংক্রমণের লক্ষণ
  • Sores in your mouth, throat, or lips
  • White patches in your mouth
  • Difficulty/pain with swallowing
  • Diarrhea or constipation
  • Vomiting that prevents you from holding down fluids
  • Blood in your vomit
  • সহজ কালশিরা
  • Nosebleeds, bleeding gums, new vaginal bleeding
  • Blood in your urine or stool
  • Burning or frequency of urination
  • কাশি, শ্বাসকষ্ট, বা বুকে ব্যথা
  • Severe weakness
  • Shortness of breath or cough
  • Calf pain, swelling, or redness in the legs or feet
  • Abnormal vaginal discharge, itching, or odor
  • New pain or pain that you cannot control with the medication you were given
  • Numbness, tingling, or pain in your extremities
  • Joint pain, stiffness, rash, or other new symptoms
  • Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or a pimple at the site of your IV
  • Headache, stiff neck
  • Hearing or vision changes
  • Ringing in your ears
  • Exposure to someone with an infectious illness, including chickenpox
  • Weight gain or loss of 10 pounds or more

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