What are the dangers of chemotherapy drugs for prostate cancer

What harm do chemotherapy drugs do to prostate cancer? Prostate cancer patients need to undergo chemotherapy, and a variety of drugs are used during the chemotherapy process. These drugs will cause some adverse effects and harm to the patient's body. Let us look at the harm of chemotherapy drugs to prostate cancer.

The harm of chemotherapy drugs to prostate cancer patients:

Certain drugs can affect fertility and cause teratogenesis. During prostate cancer chemotherapy, male patients should practice birth control, and female patients should terminate or avoid chemotherapy if they become pregnant. Generally, fertility can be restored after stopping the drug.

The second harm of chemotherapy drugs to prostate cancer patients:

Some chemotherapy drugs are toxic to the cardiovascular system, and severe cases may cause heart failure. Therefore, electrocardiograms should be checked before and during medication. If abnormalities are found, the drug should be stopped immediately and treatment should be given in a timely manner. For patients with heart disease, chemotherapy drugs that are toxic to the heart should be avoided.

The three hazards of chemotherapy drugs to prostate cancer patients:

It can damage liver cells to varying degrees, resulting in increased alanine aminotransferase, increased bilirubin, hepatomegaly, pain in the liver area, jaundice, etc. Severe cases can cause cirrhosis, coagulation disorder, etc. Therefore, before and during medication, liver function should be checked to detect and resolve problems in a timely manner, and prostate cancer chemotherapy should be stopped if necessary.

Chemotherapy drugs are harmful to prostate cancer patients:

Inhibits the bone marrow hematopoietic system, mainly the decrease of white blood cells and platelets. Before each chemotherapy, a blood test should be done. If the white blood cell count is lower than (2.53)×109/L and the platelet count is (5080)×109/L, chemotherapy should be temporarily stopped and blood cell-raising drugs should be used according to the doctor's instructions. In addition to the original shark liver alcohol, lecithin, nucleotides and vitamin B, and traditional Chinese medicine treatments for invigorating qi and nourishing blood, some colony stimulating factors produced by genetic recombination engineering in recent years have the function of significantly promoting blood cell proliferation. Only if these drugs are used in time after chemotherapy, the white blood cell count will not decrease significantly.

Chemotherapy drugs are harmful to prostate cancer patients:

Chemotherapy drugs that are toxic and have adverse reactions to the respiratory system can cause acute chemical pneumonia and chronic pulmonary fibrosis, and even respiratory failure. Therefore, when using pulmonary toxic drugs (i.e., chemotherapeutic drugs that are toxic to the respiratory system), such as bleomycin, the lungs should be checked regularly during medication, and follow-up should be paid attention to after stopping the drug. If pulmonary toxicity is found, chemotherapy should be stopped immediately and hormone treatment should be used.

The harm of chemotherapy drugs to prostate cancer patients:

Not all patients will experience hair loss and skin reactions, but even if they do, there is no need to worry too much, because after patients stop taking the medicine, the lost hair will grow back, and the skin erythema, rash and pigmentation will improve or disappear.

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Among the systemic reactions of chemotherapy, the toxic effects and adverse reactions of the digestive system are the most troublesome for patients, such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, oral mucosal ulcers, pharyngitis, etc.

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The toxic effects and adverse reactions of the urinary system are manifested by proteinuria, oliguria or anuria, and hematuria in some cases. In order to clearly understand the kidney function, regular examinations should be conducted before and during medication, and problems should be found and treated in a timely manner. During treatment, drink more green tea and take diuretic and stranguria-relieving Chinese herbal medicines to keep the daily urine volume between 2000 and 3000 ml. Experience has shown that this can reduce the toxic effects and adverse reactions of the urinary system.

Chemotherapy drugs are harmful to prostate cancer patients:

When intravenously injecting chemotherapy drugs, careless leakage of the drug solution can cause local tissue necrosis and thrombophlebitis. Therefore, medical staff must be very careful and take precautions seriously.