What are the side effects of chemotherapy for lung cancer? Five things to note

When treating lung cancer, many people choose chemotherapy, but chemotherapy may also have side effects, such as nephrotoxicity, liver damage, immunosuppression, and even lung toxicity and bone marrow suppression, etc. Therefore, in the process of choosing chemotherapy, it is best to actively use Chinese medicine treatment to achieve the effect of controlling the disease.

In the process of treating lung cancer, chemotherapy is currently a common method. Although chemotherapy can also be very effective, there are always many side effects. In order to effectively ensure the effect of chemotherapy, you should still pay attention to nursing measures in your daily life. Don’t ignore lung cancer too much. So what are the side effects of chemotherapy for lung cancer?
1. Nephrotoxicity <br/>When choosing chemotherapy for lung cancer, some people will choose chemotherapy drugs, but they don’t know that these chemotherapy drugs will cause kidney damage, obvious tubular dilatation, and obvious necrosis of tubular epithelial cells. If the situation is more serious, not only will renal failure occur, but it will also cause proteinuria, or abnormal urine test, etc.
2. Liver damage <br/>Although chemical drugs have certain effects, they can also cause significant damage to liver cells during the treatment process, leading to a gradual increase in bilirubin, jaundice, and even significant pain in the liver area. Therefore, long-term use of chemical drugs will naturally lead to fatty degeneration and may cause chronic liver damage.
3. Immunosuppression <br/>Chemotherapy is a common method for treating lung cancer. However, when choosing chemotherapy, most people choose immunosuppressant drugs. This type of drug will actually have a lot of inhibitory effects on the human immune function. If the human immune function enters a stage of rapid decline, it will also lead to the tumor being unable to be controlled at all.
4. Pulmonary toxicity <br/>Because a small number of drugs may cause patients to experience acute pulmonary toxicity symptoms. The most common symptoms are dry cough or fever, and there will also be a significant increase in granulocytosis. If not effectively controlled, it may even cause respiratory failure.
5. Bone marrow suppression <br/>In fact, many chemotherapy drugs may cause obvious bone marrow suppression in people with lung cancer. At the earliest, granulocytopenia will occur. However, if the situation is more serious, it will also lead to a rapid decrease in hemoglobin and platelets. At the same time, the patient will also have a series of symptoms, such as easy bleeding, fatigue, or a gradual decrease in resistance.