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Tips on How to Manage Oral Side-Effects
Most cancer treatments, whatever the kind, come with a series of side effects that can affect the patient’s mouth, teeth, and salivary glands. These side effects can make it difficult to eat, talk, chew, or swallow.
Various cancer therapies have side effects that affect a patient’s mouth, teeth, and salivary glands. Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells, but they may also harm normal cells, including cells in the mouth. To reduce, prevent, and treat some of these side-effects, Dr. Singhal recommends Mouthwash Cranberry, an amazing mouthwash by our partner Cleure. For mouth sores, mucositis, or difficulty swallowing due to chemotherapy or radiation, use Healios by Enlivity.