We all know that when a person has cancer, CHEMOTHERAPY is a must for patients if the person wants to fight cancer. BUT is this true??

Do you know what is CHEMOTHERAPY and how it works on the body to fight cancer??

So here all these things are for you to know about CHEMO.

First of all, we all have to know what is CANCER?

So it is a disease in which the body cells become abnormal and divide uncontrollably and destroys the body tissue. These abnormal tissues spread to the other body parts too.

CHEMOTHERAPY

It is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill these fast-growing abnormal cells. This treatment works on the abnormal cancer cells from growing, dividing, and spreading to other body parts.

It is a systematic medication therapy that travels through the bloodstream and reaches all body parts.

All the cells go through the cell cycle to mature. Cancer cells go faster than normal cells. CHEMOTHERAPY attacks a specific part of the cell cycle.

As this goes with the bloodstream, it attacks healthy cells too. So the person has its side effects.

GOAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY

  • CURE – AS THE PRIMARY TREATMENT
  • CONTROL – BEFORE AND AFTER OTHER TREATMENTS
  • PALLIATION – TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF CANCER AND RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS

Now as we know what is chemotherapy, we should know about the side effects or how it affects our quality of life.

The general side effects we know are – Hair loss, weakness, and nausea.

SIDE EFFECTS:

  • Hair loss
  • Loss of appetite
  • Fatigue
  • Tiredness
  • Pains – headache, muscle pain, pain due to nerve damage, stomach pain
  • Diarrhoea
  • Constipation
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Sore throat
  • Mouth ulcers
  • Blood disorders – like –
    • If RBCs are low – fatigue, dizziness
    • If WBCs are low – prone to infections
    • If PLATELETS are low – Thrombocytopenia or Bleeding disorders
  • Sexual and Reproductive system issues
  • Heart problems
  • Changes in memory and thinking process
  • Effects on the nervous system –
    • Burning
    • Tingling sensation
    • Weakness/numbness in the hands, feet
    • Stiffness in the neck
    • Weak or achy muscles
    • Problems in hearing, seeing, walking

Now we have to go through these symptoms as per Ayurveda.

As these goes in RASAVAHA SROTAS VIKARA – RASA PRADOSHAJA VIKARA –

The treatment is – रसजानाम् विकाराणाम् सर्व लङ्घनम् औषधम् |

  • LANGHANA is fasting according to body type or need
  • DEEPANA
  • PACHANA
  • ANULOMANA
  • AND OTHER AS PER THE LAKSHANA – SYMPTOMS

So, when you are going for the CHEMOTHERAPY – must know the need, effects, and side effects caused by it.
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