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  2. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a common side-effect of many cancer treatments. Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment-related side effects for cancer patients and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that patients receiving chemotherapy ranked nausea and vomiting as the first and second most ...

  3. Cancer and nausea - Wikipedia

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    Cancer and nausea are associated in about fifty percent of people affected by cancer. [1] This may be as a result of the cancer itself, or as an effect of the treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other medication such as opiates used for pain relief. About 70–80% of people undergoing chemotherapy experience nausea or vomiting.

  4. Chemoreceptor trigger zone - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy is a major cause of emesis, and often can cause severe and frequent emetic responses. This is because chemotherapy agents circulating in the blood activate the CTZ in such a way as to cause emesis. [13] Patients receiving chemotherapy are often prescribed antiemetic medications.

  5. He has stage 4 cancer with no cure. His treatment ended due ...

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    They ended up diagnosis it as bile duct cancer.” Doctors performed surgery to remove the tumor and two-thirds of his liver. After some recovery time, he started chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

  6. Cancer pain - Wikipedia

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    People with cancer may not report pain due to costs of treatment, a belief that pain is inevitable, an aversion to treatment side effects, fear of developing addiction or tolerance, fear of distracting the doctor from treating the illness, [51] or fear of masking a symptom that is important for monitoring progress of the illness.

  7. 11 Reasons Why You May Feel Sick After You Eat ... - AOL

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    Causes of nausea after eating “Nausea is a symptom that can occur due to many underlying root causes, but if it specifically occurs after eating, it likely is due to abnormalities in the ...

  8. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't ... - AOL

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    Common symptoms of food poisoning include stomach aches and pain, nausea, fever, vomiting, diarrhea and headache. "Those most at risk for severe foodborne illness include children under 5 ...

  9. Causes of cancer pain - Wikipedia

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    Cancer of the kidneys and spleen produces less pain than that caused by liver tumor – kidney tumors eliciting pain only once the organ has been almost totally destroyed and the cancer has invaded the surrounding tissue or adjacent pelvis. Pressure on the kidney or ureter from a tumor outside the kidney can cause extreme flank pain. [7]