Testicular Cancer Chemotherapy Long Term Side Effects

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Testicular cancer chemotherapy long term side effects.

A common side effect is nausea and vomiting though anti sickness drugs can help prevent this. Hair loss mouth sores loss of appetite nausea and vomiting diarrhea increased chance of infections from having too few white blood cells easy bruising or bleeding from having too few blood platelets fatigue extreme tiredness often from having too few red blood. These side effects can include. Many men remembered a horrible metallic taste they had in their mouths which some said was due to cisplatin.

However the standard chemotherapy includes cisplatin which has a wide range of long term side effects one of which can be nephrotoxicity. This powerful combination routinely produces all the harsh side effects associated with chemotherapy but it can also lead to a litany of long term side effects. Obesity sensory nerve damage causing tingling numbness and or pain in the hands and feet ringing in the ears hearing loss raynaud phenomenon which causes decreased blood flow to the fingers and toes leading to numbness and feeling cold erectile. However the standard chemotherapy includes cisplatin which has a wide range of long term side effects one of which can be nephrotoxicity.

When chemotherapy is given for longer the side effects can be more severe.