Stomach pain after chemotherapy for lung cancer is usually related to the side effects of chemotherapy drugs as well as the failure of chemotherapy to control the lung cancer, leading to abdominal metastasis. Gastrointestinal diseases cannot be ruled out either.
1. Side effects of chemotherapeutic drugs: the common chemotherapeutic regimen for lung cancer patients often contains platinum agents such as cisplatin and carboplatin, whose most common side effects are digestive reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal bleeding in serious cases.
2. Abdominal metastasis: In the late stage of lung cancer, chemotherapy often fails to control the disease, and when the cancer metastasizes to the abdominal cavity, it is very easy to have obvious abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. In addition, abdominal metastasis will also cause pressure of mass on intestines, leading to intestinal obstruction, which will make stomach pain more intense.
3. Gastrointestinal diseases: if the patient has stomach pain after chemotherapy for a period of time, or has a history of unclean diet, etc., we can not exclude the possibility of gastrointestinal diseases, such as acute gastroenteritis, constipation, intestinal obstruction.
When stomach pain occurs after chemotherapy, it is recommended to reflect it to the attending physician in time, and relief and treatment will be carried out under the doctor’s professional guidance.