Things to note when breast cancer patients are undergoing chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is one of the treatments for breast cancer, but while chemotherapy has good therapeutic effects, it is often accompanied by side effects of varying degrees. If patients can pay attention to the following matters during chemotherapy, it will help reduce side effects and the pain of chemotherapy.

1. During chemotherapy, patients should frequently massage the blood vessels at the extremities, such as rubbing the backs of their hands and feet, and participating in qigong exercises. This can increase local blood circulation and vascular elasticity, and better protect local blood vessels, but be careful not to apply hot compresses on your own.

2. If you feel pain or any abnormal sensation during chemotherapy injection, you should tell the nurse in time and do not endure it reluctantly to avoid complications caused by strong local irritation of the drug or accidental leakage of the drug.

3. It is best not to take a hot bath within 24 hours after the injection to avoid scalding the local skin where the injection was made. In addition, you should also avoid using too hot water when washing your hands. If the local skin reacts or hurts, you should apply ice compresses in time under the guidance of a nurse, and apply local medication if necessary.

4. Since patients need to use antiemetics during chemotherapy, most patients will experience discomfort symptoms such as abdominal distension or constipation. Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and getting out of bed as much as possible after the infusion will greatly help alleviate the discomfort.

5. During chemotherapy, you should drink more water, such as chrysanthemum rock sugar water, red dates and wolfberry water, tangerine peel rock sugar water, etc., to increase the amount of water you drink and reduce renal toxicity.