Alopecia occur when a person experience baldness or hair loss in any part of the body and alopecia occur when a person follicles is attacked by the person immune system.
Who has esophageal cancer and is to undergo radiation therapy?
- Radiation therapy to treat breast cancer is no small matter, but the problem is that many patients do not really understand the importance of such a procedure and also the effects it will have on their skin, and underlying tissues, while it tries to fight back the tumor.
- The skin, which is one of the first, and most, affected tissues of all the body when radiation therapy is used can be easily inflamed and further damaged if the wrong pre-radiation, and post-radiation measures are taken by a patient, and hearing one say that they will apply pressure to the site of radiation to prevent bleeding is definitely a reason to intervene and restate a few things about care.
- The patient needs to understand that No pressure must be applied on the spot where the therapy will be applied as it will rather cause more harm than do any good.
- If the nurse provides teaching about radiation therapy to a client who is concerned about developing alopecia. The client statement that indicates that additional instruction is required is:
- I will reduce sun exposure to one hour daily
- I will apply moisturizer with a cotton tipped applicator for itching
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