What causes body pain after chemotherapy for gastric cancer?

Body pain after chemotherapy for gastric cancer may be caused by side effects of chemotherapy, bone marrow suppression, decreased immunity and other complications. Timely medical treatment is needed to clarify the causes and treatment, and attention should be paid to rest and diet. In addition, personalized regimens should be formulated for special groups, which can be supplemented with adjuvant therapy. Body pain after chemotherapy for gastric cancer may be caused by a variety of reasons, including: 1. Side effects of chemotherapy: Chemotherapy drugs may cause damage to the body, causing neuritis, muscle pain, etc. 2. Bone marrow suppression: chemotherapy may inhibit bone marrow hematopoietic function, leading to white blood cells, platelets, resulting in body pain. 3. Immunity decline: chemotherapy will reduce the body's immunity, easy to infect viruses or bacteria, causing body pain. 4. Other complications: Other complications may occur after chemotherapy for gastric cancer, such as intestinal obstruction, liver and kidney function damage, etc., which may also cause body pain. If body pain occurs after chemotherapy for gastric cancer, seek medical attention promptly, conduct relevant examinations, clarify the cause of pain, and treat it under the guidance of a doctor. At the same time, patients should pay attention to rest, maintain a good mentality, and eat reasonably to help relieve body pain. In addition, chemotherapy may bring greater risks and side effects to elderly patients, frail patients or patients with other underlying diseases. Before chemotherapy, the doctor will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the patient and formulate an individualized treatment plan according to the patient's specific conditions. Patients and family members should pay close attention to physical changes during treatment and inform the doctor if there are abnormalities.

At the same time, patients can receive some adjuvant treatments under the guidance of doctors, such as traditional Chinese medicine conditioning, nutritional support, etc., to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and improve the quality of life.