Radiation Therapy Side Effects
One of the most dramatic challenges an oral cancer survivor faces is the side effects of radiation therapy treatment. Many are familiar with the loss of hair due to radiation therapy however that is the least problem and is often recovered. Chronic dry mouth on the other hand is life long and extremely painful and debilitating. This radiation therapy side effect effects sleeping, speaking, eating, and any type of physical exercise.
Cancer radiation side effects has often been the least concern of recovery medicine and only now is attention being paid to the side effects of radiation therapy treatment.
Radiation side effects, particularly chronic dry mouth is the cause of the creation of the XEROS Dry Mouth Pump. The XEROS (derived from xerostomia, meaning dry mouth) is the only world-wide solution for chronic dry mouth side effects of radiation for cancer.