For people diagnosed with cancer, chemotherapy can be seen as a lifesaver. This is because it destroys cancer cells by stopping them from growing and multiplying. Unfortunately, chemotherapy often has side effects. One of them is chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, otherwise referred to as CINV CINV – chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
Chemotherapy can bring on nausea and vomiting by injuring the stomach cells that start the process of nausea and vomiting. Some chemotherapies can directly activate the area of the brain responsible for producing nausea and vomiting. And several chemotherapies can cause nausea and vomiting in both ways.
The amount and timing of CINV can vary. Some chemotherapies cause nausea and vomiting mostly within the first few hours of getting your treatment (acute nausea and vomiting). Others cause acute nausea and vomiting followed by another period of nausea and vomiting a day or more after chemotherapy has been given (delayed nausea and vomiting).
