Caring for the Patient With Cancer at Home
TOPICS
- Caring for the Patient With Cancer at Home: A Guide for Patients and Families
- Anxiety and fear
- Appetite, poor
- Blood counts
- Blood in stool
- Blood in urine
- Confusion
- Constipation
- Depression
- Diarrhea
- Exercise
- Falls
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Fluids and dehydration
- Grooming and appearance
- Hair loss
- Hiccups
- Infection
- Itching
- Leg cramps
- Mouth, bleeding in
- Mouth dryness
- Mouth sores
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pain
- Prostheses
- Scars and wounds
- Seizures
- Sexuality
- Shortness of breath
- Skin color changes
- Skin dryness
- Skin (pressure) sores
- Sleep problems
- Steroids and hormones
- Stomas (or ostomies)
- Swallowing problems
- Sweating
- Swelling
- Treatment at home
- Tubes and IV lines
- Weakness
- Weight changes
- When death is approaching
- To learn more
- References
Infection
Please see the section called "Fever."
Last Medical Review: 03/24/2011
Last Revised: 08/11/2011