How to treat testicular cancer itching

Testicular cancer is a malignant tumor disease that occurs in the testicular tissue. If you have testicular cancer, you must not be ashamed to see a doctor. You must seek early treatment to get rid of the torture of the disease as soon as possible. Some testicular cancer patients may experience symptoms of testicular cancer itching. So how should testicular cancer itching be treated effectively? Next, I will introduce to you the treatment methods for testicular cancer itching.

There are three main treatments for testicular cancer pruritus:

First, chemotherapy for testicular cancer. Chemotherapy is a method of killing cancer cells throughout the body through anticancer drugs. Chemotherapy is generally used after surgery to kill the remaining cancer cells after surgery. This method is called adjuvant therapy. If the cancer is in the late stage, chemotherapy can also be used as the initial treatment. Most anticancer drugs are injected directly into the vein. Chemotherapy is a systemic therapy, which means that the drugs flow through the body with the blood and affect both cancer cells and normal cells throughout the body. The side effects of this treatment usually depend on the type and dose of the drug used. Common side effects include nausea, hair loss, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, chills, cough, mouth pain and rash. It also includes dizziness, numbness, poor reflexes, and hearing loss in both ears.

Second, surgical treatment for testicular cancer. The method of removing part of the testicle through the groin is called terminal inguinal orchiectomy. Patients who receive this treatment may worry that removing one testicle will affect their sexual ability and may cause infertility. However, men with only one healthy testicle can still have normal erections and produce sperm. Therefore, surgical removal of one testicle will not make the patient impotent or infertile. In addition, during the operation, the doctor can place an artificial testicle in the scrotum. The weight and feel of this artificial testicle are the same as normal testicles, and people who don't know it can't distinguish between an artificial testicle and a natural testicle by appearance.

Third, radiotherapy for testicular cancer. Radiotherapy is a method of using high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink the tumor. Radiotherapy is a local therapy that only affects cancer cells in the treated area. When treating testicular cancer, the doctor uses an accelerator outside the patient's body to send high-energy rays to the abdominal lymph nodes. Spermatogonia are very sensitive to radiation. Non-spermatogonia are not sensitive to radiation, so radiotherapy is generally not used for patients with non-spermoma cancer. Radiotherapy should be used after orchiectomy. Radiotherapy not only affects cancer cells, but also normal cells.

The above content provides a detailed summary of the treatment measures for testicular cancer itching. Once you are tortured by testicular cancer, this terrible malignant tumor disease, you cannot delay the treatment time. You must seek treatment and care early to stay away from testicular cancer and get rid of the torture of testicular cancer.