Some chemotherapy drugs, pain relief medicines and anti-nausea drugs can affect the lining of the digestive system and cause constipation or diarrhoea. In case you missed my latest post you can find ino here about Diarrhoea during Chemotherapy here.

My best advice during your chemotherapy treatment is let your doctor or nurse know if you experience consitpatin, keep in mind your medicine may be changed or another meidcation given to relive the constipation.

  At first diarrhoea can be treated with medication at home. If the diarrhoe is sever, it may cause dehydration and you may need to be admitted to hospital.

If you have diarrhoea, it’s important to return to a balanced diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables and wholegrain bread and pasta afer the diarrhoea has cleared up.

Not everyone feels sick (nauseaous) after chemotherapy. If nausea does occur, it usually starts a few hours after chemotherapy treatment and may last many hours. If you still feel nauseous after a few days, contact your doctos.

Changes to what you can eat are to be expected. Sometimes you may not feel ungry, or you may not enjoythe foods you used to like. Try to catch up on days when you are hungry. Eat small frequests meals or snacks if your appetite is poor.

Be flexible about your meals. If you happen to feel ungrier at breakfast time, have your main meal then and a ligh meal (such as breakfaast cereal) at the time when you feel less olike eating. Eating well will help you coper better with treatment side effects and to recover sooner.

Anti chemotherapy nausea medication can help. It may be taken as tablets before treatment or added to the drip before and during chemotheraphy treatment. If nausea is likely, you will be given anti-nausea tablets to take at home. There are best taken regularly. Several anti-nausea medications are available. It may take some time before you find the meidcation that is righ for you, but keep trying. Anti nausea suppositoriers are sometimes useto help control nausea or vomiting. These are placed in the black passage, where they dissolve. Anti-nausea wafers dissolver under the tongue may also help during your during chemotherapy nausea problem.