Radiation Therapy and Manifestations
Radiation therapy is one of the common means of stopping the cancer cells from spreading and infecting other parts of the human body
. We know very well that cancer is an irregular growth of cells that affects the normal functions of the body and eventually invading other important boy parts. Prostate cancer, on the other hand, is an irregular growth of cells within the prostate gland, one of the organs included in the male reproductive organ.
Radiation therapy will then applied to the impacted cells so as not to further spread and damage other healthy cells within reach. As the term suggest, radiation therapy uses radiation to kill the cancer cells. However, during the process of the therapy, aside from the fact that the cancer cells are targeted, it also kills healthy cells in range. This is one of the complications of radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is employed depending on the severity of the cancer, and the response of the patient body toward it.
This article will be dealing more about the manifestation of
Prostate Cancer Radiation patients. It is subdivided into four major components; physical, mental, social, psychological and emotional manifestations.Physical effects during the radiation process include weight loss, dark spots in all parts of the body, hair loss, and sometimes, hormonal imbalance. Radiation therapy is not a simple process. It entails a lot of strength, resources, and a lot of determination to make it happen.
Sometimes, aside from the physical changes a patient will undergo within the process, it is the physical aspect that surrenders first. Most of the time, the human body is the one refusing the treatment. Although the patient is in his right mental state to let the treatment to happen, physically, he cannot handle the pain any longer. The manifestation of prostate cancer is painful just like any other cancers. Most of the time, it is the physical aspect that surrenders first.
The person's mental state is also affected. It causes mental stress. Just thinking of having a cancer is dreadful. How much more if you are subjected to a treatment without knowing if you will survive it or not? We keep o thinking about the logical and hypothetical reasons of the cancer, and it is not a good sign. We think of all possible outcomes. Normally, for cancers, the patient's mental note is dying. There is a certain connection between cancer and dying and the patient clings to that belief.
Social effect means deviating from the real world. Hiding from society is one of the manifestations of radiation therapy. If your body and mind is not in the normal state, would you have the guts to show yourself to people around you aside from your family and close friends? Most patients refuse to mingle and totally forget about their social obligation.
The patient's psychological/emotional state is also affected. If you think of dying, and you are not yet ready for it, say for example, you think you haven't fulfill your purpose yet, how will you feel? Although radiation therapy is means of eliminating the cancer, it is one kind of a hope for the patient, some patients do not think about it as a cure but a temporary remedy. Eventually they will die. However, the psychological and emotional shock is not that alarming if the patient will take it in a good way. However, if the patient will take it in a negative way, psychological and emotional state is thrown out of balance.
These are just some of the manifestations of
Prostate Cancer Radiation to prostate cancer patients. Although different types of person will take it depending on how they perceive cancer, this basic information will let us understand the burden patients have and we will understand their nature even more.
Radiation Therapy and Manifestations
By: scheygen smith
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