Day 15 A Month of Teal : Chemotherapy Side Effects and Cold Caps

The chemotherapy women take to treat ovarian cancer may cause a number of side-effects including

• Nausea*
• Loss of appetite
• Mouth sores
• Increased chance of infection
• Bleeding or bruising easily
• Vomiting*
• Hair loss**
• Fatigue
• Constipation
• Diarhea

* ASCO recently released a guideline for prescribing anti-nausea medication called Antiemetics:ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update. You may read the full text here> http://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2017.74.4789 

**Recently, the FDA has approved a cold cap (DigniCap and Paxman cooling systems,) that can be worn during chemotherapy which prevents  hair loss. See this ACS page for more information.
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/physical-side-effects/hair-loss/cold-caps.html


Be sure to notify your doctor or nurse if you should experience any of these side effects.

I'll be back on Sept 18th to share more information with you. 

Dee
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