Diarrhea is one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy or immunotherapy treatments, and if it’s severe it can affect your continued treatment. So it’s important to be very detailed in the description of your condition when you contact your care team, says Melissa Culligan, a thoracic surgery nurse at the University of Maryland Medical Center. So what can you do to manage it?
Doctors often recommend drinking more water, clear broth or decaffeinated fluids to replace the fluids and electrolytes you lose and avoiding certain foods that trigger or worsen diarrhea like milk, spicy or fatty foods. Other suggested recommendations include eating low-fiber foods, trying probiotics and eating five to six small meals a day.
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