- 41. Lactose intolerance
- (Lactose intolerance)
- ... treatments. If you have received radiation therapy for cancer in your abdomen or have intestinal complications from chemotherapy, you have an increased risk of lactose intolerance. Start by ...
- 42. Mesothelioma
- (Mesothelioma)
- ... doctors to use higher doses, since they won't need to worry about protecting your lung from damaging radiation. Chemotherapy Chemotherapy uses chemicals to kill cancer cells. Systemic chemotherapy ...
- 43. Menopause
- (Menopause)
- ... have hot flashes and other menopausal signs and symptoms. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy. These cancer therapies can induce menopause, causing symptoms such as hot flashes during the course ...
- 44. Meningioma
- (Meningioma)
- ... chemotherapy has not proved valuable, but some drugs, such as hydroxyurea (Droxia, Hydrea), are sometimes used. Other drugs are being tested as well, such as those that inhibit the formation of blood vessels ...
- 45. Membranous nephropathy
- (Membranous nephropathy)
- ... system, such as a calcineurin inhibitor, or a combination of corticosteroids with a chemotherapy drug. (Corticosteroids alone rarely work in people with membranous nephropathy.) These drugs are effective ...
- 46. Melanoma
- (Melanoma)
- ... nodes. Additional treatments before or after surgery may also be recommended. Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy can be given intravenously, in pill form ...
- 47. Vaginal atrophy
- (Vaginal atrophy)
- ... therapy for cancer After chemotherapy for cancer As a side effect of breast cancer hormonal treatment Vaginal atrophy due to menopause may begin to bother you during the years leading up to menopause ...
- 48. Atelectasis
- (Atelectasis)
- ... a small area of your lung may subside without treatment. If there's an underlying condition, such as a tumor, treatment may involve removal or shrinkage of the tumor with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation. ...
- 49. Aspergillosis
- (Aspergillosis)
- ... the lungs through your bloodstream to your brain, heart, kidneys or skin. This occurs only in people whose immune system is weakened, commonly from chemotherapy. Signs and symptoms depend on which organs ...
- 50. Male infertility
- (Male infertility)
- ... improve after adopting a gluten-free diet. Certain medications. Testosterone replacement therapy, long-term anabolic steroid use, cancer medications (chemotherapy), certain antibiotics, some ulcer ...
