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  2. Cancer and nausea - Wikipedia

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    The avoidance of environmental stimuli, such as sights, sounds, or smells that may initiate nausea. [11] Patients who have become conditioned to feel nauseas after chemotherapy by treatment setting, sights, sounds, or smells associated with chemotherapy can be treated (albeit with varying levels of effectiveness) by introducing a new flavor or ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. Always Feeling Nauseous? Doctors Explain When to Worry. - AOL

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    Call your doctor if you have nausea along with other symptoms such as abdominal pain, fever, sweating, increased work of breathing, chest pain, shortness of breath, bloody vomit or stool, weight ...

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

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    Cancer drug shortages, including cisplatin and carbonplatin, impact Americans with cancer. Doctors, patients hope for a solution to the chemotherapy shortage He has stage 4 cancer with no cure.

  7. Cancer pain - Wikipedia

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    Some patients – particularly those who are terminally ill – may not wish to be involved in making pain management decisions, and may delegate such choices to their treatment providers. The patient's participation in their treatment is a right, not an obligation, and although reduced involvement may result in less-than-optimal pain ...

  8. ‘Doctors Dismissed My Chronic Cough As Allergies. It Was ...

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    The packages contained basic items that people could use during treatment—for example, a pre-tied turban for people who lose their hair and can’t tie one themselves, ginger candies for nausea ...

  9. ABVD - Wikipedia

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    Patients will often receive a combination of 5-HT 3 receptor antagonists (e.g. ondansetron), corticosteroids, and benzodiazepines before chemotherapy to prevent nausea. These medicines are also effective after nausea develops, as are phenothiazines. Each person's sensitivity to nausea and vomiting varies.