Bladder Cancer - Home Treatment
The side effects of bladder cancer treatment can be serious. Healthy habits such as eating a balanced diet and getting enough sleep and exercise may help control your symptoms. Your doctor may also give you medicines to help you with certain side effects.
- Home treatment for nausea or vomiting includes watching for and treating early signs of dehydration, such as having a dry mouth or feeling lightheaded when you stand up. Eating smaller meals may help. A little bit of ginger candy or ginger tea can help too.
- Home treatment for diarrhea includes resting your stomach and being alert for signs of dehydration. Check with your doctor before you use any nonprescription medicines for your diarrhea. Be sure to drink enough fluids.
- Home treatment for constipation includes making sure that you drink enough fluids and eat fruits, vegetables, and fiber every day. Do not use a laxative without first talking to your doctor.
Other problems that can be treated at home include:
Understanding Bladder Cancer -- Diagnosis and Treatment
To diagnose bladder cancer, your doctor completes a thorough medical history and examination, often following with a referral to a urologist, a doctor who specializes in managing diseases of the bladder. The first test the urologist may perform is an intravenous pyelogram (IVP), followed by a cystoscopy. During a cystoscopy, the bladder can be viewed through a fiber-optic lighted tube known as a cystoscope. The urologist will pass the cystoscope through the urethra into the bladder. A urine sample...
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- Sleep problems. If you have trouble sleeping, some tips for managing sleep problems may help.
- Fatigue. If you lack energy and become weak easily, try ways to help your fatigue.
- Hair loss may be unavoidable. But you can decrease irritation of your scalp by using mild shampoos and avoiding damaging hair products.
- Stress. Cancer and its treatment can be stressful. But there are many steps you can take to manage stress.
- Pain. Bladder cancer rarely causes pain, and not all forms of cancer treatment cause pain. But if you do have pain, there are many home treatments that can help.
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