“Does radiotherapy make your bones ache?”
After getting radiotherapy I have bone pain. Is it normal? What should I do?
3 Answers
No. Your bone pain is not related to your radiation treatment. Bone pain can be related to the cancer or related to medications you take for cancer. Let your oncologist know so he or she can do more investigation or explain to you what causes it.
Hello,
I am assuming that you received radiotherapy as a therapy for bone metastasis from cancer that has spread and is presumably causing pain. Radiotherapy is very good for controlling pain caused by this condition. Generally the pain subsides after a few days of radiation, but sometimes it persists. Generally oral pain medicines or analgesic creams are effective. It is important to discuss this problem with your treating doctors for their advice and prescriptions for the pain.
Good luck.
I am assuming that you received radiotherapy as a therapy for bone metastasis from cancer that has spread and is presumably causing pain. Radiotherapy is very good for controlling pain caused by this condition. Generally the pain subsides after a few days of radiation, but sometimes it persists. Generally oral pain medicines or analgesic creams are effective. It is important to discuss this problem with your treating doctors for their advice and prescriptions for the pain.
Good luck.
Radiation therapy is a very powerful anti-inflammatory therapy. It typically relieves bone pain in most cases. On occasion, bone pain can be seen especially if areas of bone marrow were involved in the treatment and these regions are regrowing.
