Chemotherapy
As years go by, cancer patients have grown to a large number and come with different cancer stages. In the first stage, it only affects a small area and not yet reaching to other tissues and lymph nodes. In the second stage, cancer cells have not yet spread throughout the body but have already grown in size and amount. In the third stage, cancer becomes more prominent and has spread through the tissues, and finally, in the fourth stage (most severe,) it has already grown so much and has spread to other cells and organs of the body affecting their functions. Since cancer cases have risen more and more in the current years, medical experts have used chemotherapy as treatment for those who have acquired this disease, though chemotherapy was not intended to treat cancer during its development.
Chemotherapy has proven effective in many cases, but like any other medication, it has side effects. A few examples are fatigue, headaches, hair loss, muscle and body pains, sore throats, diarrhea, and nausea. In addition, after the treatment, patients usually experience “chemo brain fog,” characterized by the inability to be mentally sharp and quick.
