Question
I’ve been feeling a nose ache recently, and it’s been bleeding. After a hospital check-up, I was diagnosed with nasal cancer and underwent surgery. Then I received radiation therapy. However, since the radiation therapy, my throat has been extremely painful, and I’m not sure what to do?
Answer
Radiation therapy indeed has significant side effects. During the period of radiation therapy, due to the heat-toxin effect of the radiation, patients often consume yin and jing (body fluids) in the body, leading to symptoms such as dry mouth and chapped lips, red tongue with little coating, weakened taste and smell, and decreased appetite. It is advisable to simultaneously take anti-tumor traditional Chinese medicine to alleviate the side effects of radiation therapy, while also improving immunity and strengthening the body constitution, effectively preventing recurrence and metastasis. Complementing with traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies can reduce the side effects of radiation therapy drugs.