Darkening of nails after chemotherapy for lung cancer is usually a side effect of chemotherapy. Chemotherapeutic drugs will cause damage to local blood circulation, nerve nutrition, etc., and may cause darkening of nails due to pigmentation, and some nails are dry, cracked, bleeding, oozing blood, broken, vesicles, blood blisters and so on.
Adverse reactions of chemotherapeutic drugs often manifest as hair loss, blood cell drop, nausea and vomiting, fatigue and other adverse reactions, which may also manifest as blackening of nails. There are many reasons for blackening of nails, such as being traumatized, poisoned, having poor peripheral circulation, metabolic disorders and so on.
After chemotherapy for lung cancer, if the adverse reaction is more serious or the patient’s physique is excessively weak, in this case, don’t force chemotherapy and communicate with doctor in time to avoid the side effects continue to increase.
Patients whose nails turn black after chemotherapy for lung cancer should actively consult doctors and reflect the situation with specialists, and patients should not do the treatment by themselves to avoid adverse results.