Radiation Enteritis
What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?
Acute symptoms of radiation enteritis occur during and right after radiation therapy to any cancer of the abdomen or pelvis. They include:
nausea with vomiting
cramping pain
watery diarrhea
These symptoms may worsen even after the radiation is completed. With
treatment, these problems subside.
Chronic symptoms occur many months or years after treatment. They include:
diarrhea
cramping pain
severe weight loss
loss of appetite
Sometimes an intestinal obstruction will form that will cause severe nausea and vomiting. A fistula, or abnormal opening from one part of the bowel to another organ, may also occur.
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