After the treatment of cancer: Everyone knows health tips

If you or someone you know has a history of cancer, it is important to know the potential effects on the health of cancer and its treatment. Often patients and their families are not aware or remember me not discussions that have taken place during the stress filled days after diagnosis of potential problems such as pain, infertility, depression and other physical and emotional changes. Regardless of whether temporary or permanent problems, most are administered.

First the diverse health needs of the long-term survivors of cancer, the American Journal of nursing (AJN) recently published a report, based on a symposium in July 2005, address provides strategies and recommendations.

"The late effects of cancer and treatment for survivors diagnosed poorly documented as adults, remain," said Pamela j. HAYLOCK, MA, RN, Symposium Co-Director, cancer care consultant and PhD candidate at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of nursing in GalvestonTX. "Up to 75 percent of the survivors have some deficits health in connection with their cancer and treatments." "Potential risks know and learn, and the use of the risk reduction strategies are important steps in the recovery of the survivors".

Nurses recommend that the following recommendations note cancer survivors: • incorporate regular exercise, stress management, a healthy diet and weight control as part of a healthy lifestyle.

• Planning regularly a health assessment check ups.

• Ask your Oncology team for a written summary of your diagnosis, treatments, tests and recommended follow-up after treatment is completed. Create a folder for the Organization of diagnostic and laboratory reports, and provide a copy for your records to your current health insurance.

• Ask your nurse or doctor for you and your healthcare providers to help you learn more about possible long-term effects of your cancer treatment and ways to prevent or minimize. Effects vary from person to person; Therefore, it is important to educate themselves.

• Know about your treatment of history, current medications and long-term effects of doctors and nurses, including infertility, early menopause, indigestion, dry mouth or taste thinking changes, constipation, diarrhea, insomnia, dry skin, fatigue, memory loss, changes, vision or hearing impairments occur, depression, relationship/sex questions, Fear, trust issues, pain, tingling, or numbness or swelling of the fingers and toes.

• Search for resources, provide you with all the physical, emotional, or financial problems that can occur.

Useful Internet addresses are www.acor.org, www.cancer.org and www.canceradvocacy.org.