Posts Tagged ‘Chemotherapy’
Does Sex You Can Go Normally?
Cancer if it is a serious but we must remember that is cured in a high percentage of cases. And it can be prevented. Early diagnosis is one of the keys to winning the battle. Today we’ll talk about cancer patients and the practice of sex. Does sex can be practiced normally, even during chemotherapy treatment? The specialists will answer all our questions about sex when a couple one member has cancer.
What about sex? Can you play normally?
Sex can be practiced almost all circumstances, despite the diagnosis of cancer and chemotherapy. Women who have had a gynecological tumors, such as the ovaries or uterus itself, except in the immediate postoperative period of a month, for example. However, this should consult with a physician.
All women who had the rule before starting cancer treatment should use contraception throughout the treatment, whether they still have rules or not, because they remain fertile. If you become pregnant while receiving chemotherapy, hormone or radiation therapy to the lower body, the probability of severe malformations in the fetus is very high.
Chemotherapy Tips
Chemotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for cancer, but rather unpleasant side effects for the patient, such as nausea and vomiting. These often cause discomfort and concern, but you can find various methods to control them.
Generally, the major episodes of nausea and vomiting occur after the first session of chemotherapy. It is normal that these attacks are causing a reaction to the drugs used or smell that is enhanced after treatment.
To control these episodes, it’s best to relax, pamper yourself with food, and try not to eat foods high in fat or too sweet, exercise and seek alternative therapy and general relaxation method.
While there are some medications that help control nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy sessions, patients often have an aversion to them. However, you can find some options outside of conventional medicine to address this issue.
For example, some people recommend the use of methods from traditional Chinese medicine such as acupressure, acupuncture and other relaxation techniques using breath, music and meditation. Moreover, although in many countries and regions, its use is forbidden, it is recommended to use medical cannabis as an effective method to control vomiting and nausea.
The best in these cases of discomfort is to relax, unwind and be patient. Remember that although they are unpleasant side effects are the results of a treatment that will help them greatly improve their quality of life.
The Miracles of Medicine
Before transplantation of stem cell, the patient underwent chemotherapy, which destroyed most of immune cells, and took immunosuppressant drugs to prevent rejection of new stem cells.
Antiretroviral therapy was applied the day of transplantation, with patients receiving a second stem cell transplant thirteen days after the first.
If healing was achieved in this patient, there is the possibility of investigating a cure for HIV with stem cells. The researchers believe the findings show the importance of eliminating the production of the gene CCR5 cells, either by transplantation or gene therapy.
If the attempts prove successful, the researchers say that therapy should be reserved for people with no choice of treatment the bone marrow transplant or stem cell.
Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer (Part 2)
When the tumor is blocking the bile duct or duodenum, the surgeon may do the patient a sort of ‘bypass’.
A ‘bridge’ that will allow fluids normally think through the digestive system and relieves the symptoms of jaundice and pain resulting from the blockage.
Similar results can be obtained without resorting to ‘bypass’. Simply insert a biliary stent in the buffer zone, a small mesh that keeps the tubes open.
Most operations require that patients remain hospitalized in the hospital for several days to recover, except in cases of biliary stents after placement of which improvement may be rapid and even ir the patient can go home the next day.
In all other cases, it is normal that the patient is tired and weak in the days immediately following, and most need to be at least a month of rest at home after leaving the hospital.