Testicular Cancer Chemotherapy Long Term Side Effects

A common side effect is nausea and vomiting though anti sickness drugs can help prevent this.

Testicular cancer chemotherapy long term side effects. These side effects can include. 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. When chemotherapy is given for longer the side effects can be more severe. In testicular cancer patients cisplatin based.

However the standard chemotherapy includes cisplatin which has a wide range of long term side effects one of which can be nephrotoxicity. However the standard chemotherapy includes cisplatin which has a wide range of long term side effects one of which can be nephrotoxicity. 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. Infertility low testosterone lung scarring hypertension coronary artery disease metabolic syndrome and secondary cancers.

In testicular cancer patients cisplatin based.