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

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    He adds that the most common medications that tend to cause nausea are antibiotics, antidepressants, aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, medicines used to treat cancer (chemotherapy), opioid pain ...

  7. 9 Weird Symptoms Cardiologists Say You Should Never Ignore

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    Blood clots are a medical emergency in their own right—and can lead to heart attack and stroke—so if you notice these changes, seek treatment right away, she urges. Jaw or neck pain with exertion

  8. Cancer pain - Wikipedia

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    Most chronic (long-lasting) pain is caused by the illness and most acute (short-term) pain is caused by treatment or diagnostic procedures. However, radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy may produce painful conditions that persist long after treatment has ended.

  9. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading. [7] Because many symptoms of cancer are gradual in onset and general in nature, cancer screening (also called cancer surveillance) is a key public health priority. This may include ...