Chemotherapy Side Effects
Adverse consequences
As healthy tissues also contain dividing cells like cancer cells, there is a clear possibility that chemotherapeutic agents will cause adverse effects by harming healthy cells. The fact that chemotherapy medications kill healthy cells that are dividing helps to explain why the treatment causes side effects. However, normal cells are able to repair and replace healthy cells damaged by chemotherapy, and the damage to healthy cells is not permanent. It is important to note that not every patient will experience every adverse effect, and that the severity of these side effects varies. The majority of adverse effects are temporary, and there are medications that can eliminate or mitigate them. In addition, the adverse effects begin to diminish once chemotherapy treatment is completed. Here is a description of the potential adverse effects of chemotherapy:
a lack of energy
Fatigue is one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy due to the drugs and the toll chemotherapy takes on the patient’s psyche and body. In addition, other physiological changes brought on by chemotherapy cause fatigue and general frailty without excessive exertion.
