Xeloda hand and foot syndrome
Common Questions and Answers about Xeloda hand and foot syndrome
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From your description, your mother seems to be suffering from hand-foot syndrome, which is a common adverse effect of Xeloda. Hand-foot syndrome is a condition where the palms of the hands and soles of the feet become reddish, swollen and develop pain and tingling sensations. Sometimes, rash or peeling of the skin in the palms and soles also occur. Reducing the dose of Xeloda can help decrease this side effect.
Hi Judi,
This sounds like the "red hand and foot syndrome" you get with Xeloda (another chemo treatment). Does it get hot and itch?
I found that using cold packs from the freezer when it was itching/burning helped to relieve the symptoms.
As for the skin peeling I used Shea Butter. Just the shea butter without any additives (like perfume). It is expensive but I shopped on ebay (wonderful place!
My body smply could not tolerate the drug and while taking Xeloda I lost more than one pound per day, snd had relentless nausea and terrible pain in my hands and feet. After one three-week cycle my doctor discontinued the Xeloda. I was able to complete treatment with the oxiliplatin. This was in 2004 and I am cancer free today. Ask your mother's doctor for something else. If possible she should not stop chemo until her doctor is certain no trace of cancer remains in her lymph system.
then i woke then next morning I have redness, burning and tingling in both hands. It was time to see my podiatrist for athletes feet he said this 2 foot 1 hand syndrome it inot infectious or contagious it will resolve once you get rid your athletes feet. well I have family & id ont want effect them. Help anybody??
ya...but it seems mom has two different cells one is in breast and other in liver (some he3+, i guess) ,for oncolet the breast cells are being controlled but not the liver cells ,thats why disease has reoccured in liver ,is what the reply the doctor gave me,so in order to control both,mom needs to take oncolet and xeloda together....
i am scheduled to get an injection tuesday however this afternoon i started feeling leg and foot tingling again on the same side that i had all the pain on before. the doctor seems to think that it is caused from the facet or si joint. I dont believe that i re herniated my disc but at this point no one will give me another mri to make sure or anything. the pain started on the right side which i had no pain to begin with on that side and is located in the butt.
will xeloda given alone treat both tumours in chest wall with mestases in liver.
I have a daughter who has CP she is doubly incontinant 2 weeks ago she started with a rash small red pin ***** size on her thighs and bottom then it spread to her right foot and now its spread to her right hand the rash looks angery and purple in colour and peeling on her foot bottom and thighs, ive seen 3different DRs and a nurse all have given her different steriods and creams e45 dotocort cream anti fungi cream and thrush tablet allso nystantin which none have worked she has now been given a
For the past two years, my right foot gets swolen, when compared to my left foot. My regular physician, and she is an excellent one, had an ultrasound and mri done along with xrays. I also had an EKG done as part of my physical. She informed me that she didn't find a problem; I should accept it as part of the growing old process. (All my life, my right foot has always been bigger (!) than my left foot). I am still concerned.
I would appreciate your advice. Thank you.
I was back at work (desk job in FedGov) two weeks later, but the 24/7 pins/needles/weakness remained and I developed severe thalamic pain syndrome affecting my right fingers/hand/arm, right side of my face is VERY sensitive to even slight breeze, the right side of my scalp hurts when I take a shower under a very night water spray, and my right knee and foot cause pain, esp. the bottom of my foot feels like the skin/muscles are bowing out/away from my body.
The she started getting hand to foot syndrome and everything I have read says the chemo may need to be adjusted. She says her dr wanted to stay on track with the chemo and it would go away after chemo. The more we question her I now know that she has 64 lesions. Is this a large number or is this a small number? My sisters and I are trying to figure out just how bad this is... we are not comfortable with what my mom is actually telling us... PLEASE HELP!!!
i mite have messed my foot up by running alot before my recent pregnancy but now that ive had it for a few years its happening more frequently,,,,for example if i stand on that foot and tippie toe and will stiffen up and its practically unbarrable...it hurts alot i think it feels like a very bad cramp. i know something is wrong i just dony know if i should see a foot doctor before this condition gets worse. write back if you hear anything.
Yes, intervertebral disc herniation in the cervical an lumbosacral region can cause these symptoms in hands and feet due to compression of exiting nerve roots at the cervical level and lumbar level, responsible for hand and foot pain respectively. Cervical disc compression if severe or associated with spinal canal stenosis can lead to symptoms in the feet also. You need a neurologist to examine you clinically, ask for an MRI spine to check the exact levels and evidence of spinal stenosis.
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If your symptoms are confined strictly to your left foot and your left hand, this would unlikely to be related to your C5-C6 herniated disc. A herniated disc at that level would possibly explain your left hand symptoms, but would not also cause symptoms just in your left foot.
If your symptoms involve your whole left arm and left leg (or the entire left side of your body) one possibility is that the problem is in the brain rather in the spine or the peripheral nervous system.
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