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• Understanding Your Condition
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Changes in Appetite and Digestion

Face the challenge, nourish your body

Over the course of treatment, INTRON® A therapy may affect your appetite. You may experience:

• nausea and vomiting
• changes in taste or smell
• loss of appetite
• diarrhea

Remember these encouraging facts:

Side effects are very individual. They vary from person to person and not everyone has every possible side effect. Problems with eating may be related to treatment, but they can also come from fear and worry. It's possible that problems with eating and appetite may go away. Sometimes, treatment side effects decrease on their own over time. Most appetite and digestion-related side effects go away when treatment ends.

Don't let these uncomfortable side effects get in the way of nourishing your body, which is an important part of dealing with cancer and its treatment. Remember that drinking lots of fluid, especially water, is very important to your health, especially on days when you don't feel like eating. Read more about hydration (PDF).

Be sure to discuss these and other side effects with your health care team. There are medicines and other ways your doctor and health care team can help.