Sabtu, 07 Mei 2016
Radiation therapy
Before radiation therapy sessions is mandatory produmyvetsya regimen. Doctor after its development can change it because of the weekly inspection results. But this can not happen in any case there is nothing wrong there, because adjustment is a normal phenomenon. Also, 1 time per week are made breast control shooting. In some cases, the control goes and via blood tests. As already mentioned, full breast radiation therapy is performed once a day, five days a week for 5-7 weeks. Partial breast radiation is usually performed twice a day for a week. The irradiation with radiation of metastases is done daily for 14-21 days. For best effect of radiation therapy should strictly follow a designated plan irradiation. Radiation therapy is very effective when it is carried out for a long time and is completely finished. If the patient is marked with too violent reaction of the skin to radiation, the doctor may for a few days to interrupt treatment.In addition, it is possible to skip radiation session if you can not come to the health center because of the bad weather. In this case, the missed days will be simply added to the main course. As a rule, in clinics, where treatment, try to do everything to make women feel comfortable during radiotherapy. It is largely the result will depend on its internal state. Typically, radiation therapy is conducted as follows. In a special room, where exposure will occur, you will be offered to undress from the waist up and remove, if any, jewelry (rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants and so on).
Next, you will need to lie on a special couch and throw your hands behind your head (if you need to take a different position of the body, the doctor will instruct you). In most cases, a woman's body during irradiation fixed by special apparatus. If you are receiving radiation therapy after a mastectomy, the doctor usually puts on the skin flat material similar to rubber, to improve the treatment effect. Then the doctor gently sets the linear accelerator for irradiation of certain areas of the breast. Most of the time during a session of radiation it takes to configure the machine for certain breast area. When the accelerator is directed at the desired area, the physician leaves the room. You may find that you are left alone, but it is not. The doctor monitors your condition through the video and see what's going on in the room, on the monitor screen. In addition, you can talk to him. Typically, the radiation itself is not there, so the only sign by which you will learn that the irradiation started - a noise machine.
The need to lie still and not to move, but not necessarily detain breath and even harmful for the irradiation time. Choose a breathing rhythm at which you would not feel the inconvenience and try to maintain it. The duration of exposure can range from 80 seconds to several minutes, depending on the type and dose of radiation. Upon completion of the session the doctor enters the room and moves the machine to the other breast irradiation field. Usually two different day irradiated breast region, but if it is also in need of radiation therapy adjacent lymph nodes, at a time can be added by one of three regions. Although each situation has its own differences, usually daily radiation therapy process takes 15-30 minutes. Since the doctor monitors the results of exposure, it can make adjustments to the treatment plan, if necessary, as it must inform you.
Keep in mind that in cases where the exposure is held in the area of metastases, sometimes in the course of treatment, you can feel much worse, but then unpleasant symptoms begin to subside. This is usually due to the fact that prior to the decrease in the size of metastases little swells. This swelling can irritate nerves and cause pain. In this case, your doctor may prescribe conventional painkillers or steroids. Please note that during the course of radiation therapy, your doctor may advise to avoid taking vitamins A, C, D and E. These vitamins can reduce the effectiveness of radiation therapy. All this is quite simply due to the fact that the radiation effect on living cells, so that the result that free radicals are formed. The above vitamins entering the body act as antioxidants, and fairly well with the neutralization of these radicals. After a course of radiation therapy, you can always begin taking a course of vitamins.
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