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Chemotherapy and Radiation – Overview & Side Effects

Side Effects of Chemotherapy

During chemotherapy treatment, various side effects are likely to set in from the use of these drugs. Chemotherapy drugs sap your body of energy, and you’re likely to feel tired most of the time, even if you’ve had enough sleep and rest.

Hair loss in some people is evident since chemotherapy also destroys normally rapidly dividing cells, such as those of the hair follicles. Other side effects of chemotherapy include nausea, anemia, constipation, diarrhea, and some others. [4]