AFTER CANCER: QUESTIONS ABOUT SKIN
Posted by adminWhat If My Skin Is Sensitive to Light?
Your skin may be extra sensitive to light because
•some chemotherapy causes sun sensitivity that lasts for a few weeks to months after completion of the therapy
•some medications, such as certain antibiotics, cause sun sensitivity
• radiated skin can become extra sensitive to the damaging effects of the sun
What If I Get Many Rashes Now, Although I Never Had Rashes Before?
You may tend to get rashes because of
• current medications
• changes in your immune system from your cancer or cancer treatments that make you react to
yourself
• changes in your immune system from your cancer or cancer treatment that make you more
• emotional nervousness
What Can Cause Skin to Change Color?
Your skin may appear to have a different hue because of
• medication effects
• effects of change in diet
• effects of certain vitamins
• hormonal changes
• radiation effects to exposed area
What If Little Cuts and Bumps Take Long to Heal?
If your skin is more fragile, you may bruise or cut yourself more easily. Bruises and cuts may take longer to heal because of residual changes in your immune system that take months to normalize. In some cases, you are healing as fast as you did before your treatments, but you are more sensitive to changes in your body. Close monitoring of your cuts and bumps makes the healing process seem slow (“A watched pot never boils”).
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