TCH burning feeling in face Help

Princesswaffle · 11-06-2010, 02:05 PM

I just finished my 5th round of TCH one week ago. A few days ago I developed red blotchy cheeks that looks like a sun burn, but it is not. The skin is very warm to the touch, red and the worst part is it us burning!! I was wondering if anyone else has had an effect like this and if so what was done to help in this situation? Any idea what is causing this? Thank you!!

PinkGirl · 11-06-2010, 02:31 PM

Hi
I had this with each Taxol treatment. My chemo nurse would give me
benydryl by IV and it lessened the redness. She gave me the benydryl
right before the taxol. Hope this helps.

Chelee · 11-06-2010, 04:36 PM

Princess,
I had the same problem except it happened after my 1st cycle of TCH. I blame it on the Taxotere! My face was fire engine red...it looked and FELT cooked. It was like one of the worse sunburns I'd ever had. It was so hot to the touch...it really hurt. The only thing my onc would tell me is to put a cold compress on my face and see if that helped.

I took a small towel and got it wet....put ice cubes in a bag and wrapped it up inside the towel and layed in on my face. It did help to take the fire out of it. Also you might try some aloe vera gel. Try to find some that is mainly pure aloe vera...it does help.

At first my chemo nurse, and onc thought since my skin was so fair that it was just the decadron making it look worse then normal. Everyone was shocked when they felt how hot my face actually was. I can tell you it did get better as time went on. It wasn't as hot...it's like my body adjusted to it. You only have one more cycle to go so hang in there. There is another women on here Ellie that experienced this also...she will probably chime in too. Try the cold compresses...it really does feel good.

Chelee

Ellie F · 11-07-2010, 06:01 AM

Hi
I had exactly the same on both my face and a patch on my arm! One of the things I noticed was that even slight sun exposure made it much worse.
The treatment that made it better was a topical anti-histamine cream. Whilst it didn't totally disappear it was much improved and less burning.Chelee's tips are very helpful also.
Ellie

Delaney · 11-07-2010, 08:07 AM

I had this while on taxotere. I took an anti histamine ( doctor suggested it) and it went away in less than 2 days. I then took an anti histamine before the next administration of taxotere and I never had the hot red face again. hope this helps.