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What Causes Swelling And Soreness After Chemotherapy?

im 19 years old and im going through chemotherapy for hodgkins lymphoma. i received chemo last monday and ever since, my port site has been red, swelled, EXTREMELY sore, tender, sensitive and hot to touch. it seems to be getting worse. i saw the day that i received chemo that the chemo had leaked but my doctor keeps dismissing this idea telling me this is impossible. what do you think?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
You are mostly having thrombophlebitis at injection site.
Chemotherapy drugs are highly irritating in nature. You said, chemotherapy drug leaked through the port. This is the reason for thrombophlebitis.
These drugs, when extravasate in skin , can cause local inflammatory reaction.
So patient feels extreme pain, redness, swelling and hot on touching the site.
So better to change the port for next chemotherapy.
Apply thrombophob ointment and anti inflammatory drugs for symptomatic relief.
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What Causes Swelling And Soreness After Chemotherapy?

Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your situation and problem. You are mostly having thrombophlebitis at injection site. Chemotherapy drugs are highly irritating in nature. You said, chemotherapy drug leaked through the port. This is the reason for thrombophlebitis. These drugs, when extravasate in skin , can cause local inflammatory reaction. So patient feels extreme pain, redness, swelling and hot on touching the site. So better to change the port for next chemotherapy. Apply thrombophob ointment and anti inflammatory drugs for symptomatic relief.