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How To Ease Numbness, Burning And Tingling In Hands After Chemo For Matastic Cancer?

ho, my name is lgv iam dealing with matastic cancer iam takeing chemo this is one of my most bad side effects tingling in hands left and right hands and also numbness and burning my chemo iam on started this iam in bad pain it wakes fohme out of my sleep I am takeing aleive r it but it not working too good and also putting ice on it. .
Wed, 21 May 2014
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You have not mentioned the name of chemotherapy drug you are taking.
The condition you are experiencing is called CIPN (chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy). It is due to toxic effects of chemotherapy on peripheral nerves.

If the toxicity is so debilitating that you cannot sleep, chemotherapy drug responsible should be stopped and changed.
There is no real treatment for it. Stopping the drug sometimes improves symptoms. Use of vitamin E, calcium supplements, vitamin B12 and GABA analogues also improves symptoms in certain cases.
You need to discuss it with your treating oncologist.
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How To Ease Numbness, Burning And Tingling In Hands After Chemo For Matastic Cancer?

You have not mentioned the name of chemotherapy drug you are taking. The condition you are experiencing is called CIPN (chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy). It is due to toxic effects of chemotherapy on peripheral nerves. If the toxicity is so debilitating that you cannot sleep, chemotherapy drug responsible should be stopped and changed. There is no real treatment for it. Stopping the drug sometimes improves symptoms. Use of vitamin E, calcium supplements, vitamin B12 and GABA analogues also improves symptoms in certain cases. You need to discuss it with your treating oncologist.