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26 Ιουλ 2023 · Neuropathy from chemo can cause tingling and numbness in the hands and feet. It is a side effect of the chemotherapy drug that a person uses in their cancer treatment.
23 Αυγ 2022 · Peripheral neuropathy — a nerve disorder that can cause weakness, numbness, pain, and tingling or a “pins and needles” feeling — is a common side effect of chemotherapy treatment. Sometimes described as “chemo feet” and “chemo hands,” chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) affects the body in what is called a sock-and ...
CIPN generally affects both sides of your body the same way. Symptoms are likely to begin in your toes but can move to your feet, legs, hands, and arms. Symptoms range from mild to severe.
22 Μαΐ 2023 · The symptoms of neuropathy can range from mild pins and needles to losing all feeling and control of your hands and feet. It can be caused by cancer treatment, but doctors don’t have a way to treat it. We’re helping some of the world’s best scientists change that.
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves that carry messages between the brain, the spinal cord and the rest of the body. Different things can cause peripheral neuropathy, such as diabetes, injury, cancer and some cancer treatments.
Some of the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy are medicines used to treat cancer. When this happens, it is called chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The risk of CIPN depends on the type of chemotherapy and dose given, and increases with each cycle of chemotherapy.
Side effects depend on which peripheral nerves (sensory, motor, or autonomic) are affected. Damage to sensory nerves (nerves that help you feel pain, heat, cold, and pressure) can cause: tingling, numbness, or a pins-and-needles feeling in your feet and hands that may spread to your legs and arms
