Why do chemo patients look pale?!
Question: Why do chemo patients look pale.?
I was just wondering, no harm intended. Just that when I see chemo patients on televison on health channels theyre so pale. Does the skin pigment just "go away". Thanks for answering. :]Health Question & Answer
Answers:
It is because when you have chemotherapy they kill everything- even the good bacteria so you a sicker a weaker for a while. It is a bit like when you are sick- you don't have rosy cheeks but your pale. It is like that for the chemotherapy patients except they are constantly sick.Health Question & Answer
It is a combination of the low red blood cells, the loss of facial hair (my friend's daughter has allopecia and she has lost all of her facial hair - she looks really pale too.), and the nausea/exhaustion they have constantly. Health Question & Answer
In my opinion, if somebody falls or something during cancer, they usually get loads of meds. And I think the meds makes them more ill. They should make something that doesn't make them weak or pale or anything.Health Question & Answer
A few guesses: they don't feel very well from the chemo, their red counts are low from chemo, and/or lacking eyebrows/eyelashes tends to make you look a bit more sickly too.Health Question & Answer
they're sick and fragile. when you get really sick im sure you get pale/green too. take your sickness times like 1,000. Health Question & Answer