Side effects vary from patient to patient based on factors like the type of medications used the dosage and the length of treatment.
Testicular cancer chemotherapy side effects.
Possible side effects of chemotherapy for testicular cancer treatment include.
Increased chance of infection.
Testicular cancer cells can spread to the lymph glands that run alongside the major blood vessel in the tummy abdomen the aorta.
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.
A common side effect is nausea and vomiting though anti sickness drugs can help prevent this.
In testicular cancer patients cisplatin based.
When chemotherapy is given for longer the side effects can be more severe.
Feel sick in your stomach.
The cancer can also spread to the lungs.
Have problems with your kidneys lungs or nerves your doctor has ways to ease these side effects.
They felt a bit tired lost their appetite for a day or two and experienced some nausea and change in taste.
What are the side effects of chemotherapy for testicular cancer.
However the standard chemotherapy includes cisplatin which has a wide range of long term side effects one of which can be nephrotoxicity.
About 41 of patients who received one cycle of chemotherapy had one or more serious side effects during treatment such as an increased risk of infection sepsis or vomiting but only 2 6 had.