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The systems of the body most affected by chemotherapy drugs include visual and semantic memory, attention and motor coordination and executive functioning. [9] [10] These effects can impair a chemotherapy patient's ability to understand and make decisions regarding treatment, perform in school or employment and can reduce quality of life. [10]
The mechanism of how exercise affects chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is not completely understood but may be related to maintaining muscle strength during treatment and/or increase ...
All study participants participated in 12 to 24 weeks of aerobic exercise — 28 participants started the exercise program at the same time as initiating chemotherapy, while the other 29 started ...
Therapy that includes regular physical exercise can be recommended for the treatment of cachexia due to the positive effects of exercise on skeletal muscle but current evidence remains uncertain as to its effectiveness, acceptability and safety for cancer patients. [16]
End organ damage is severe impairment of major body organs due to systemic disease. Commonly this is referred to in diabetes, high blood pressure, or states of low blood pressure or low blood volume. [1] This can present as a heart attack or heart failure, pulmonary edema, neurologic deficits including a stroke, or acute kidney failure. [2]
Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. Several different heart conditions fall under the umbrella term for heart disease.
Cancer pain can be associated with continuing tissue damage due to the disease process, or the treatment (i.e. surgery, radiation, chemotherapy). There is always a role for environmental factors and affective disturbances in the genesis of pain behaviors, However these are not usually the predominant etiologic factors in patients with cancer pain.
I’m home before 8 and we’re Frisbee golfing, riding our bikes, going for a walk or doing something,” she says. Ramos made slow and steady progress and went from a size 24 to a size 10 in pants.