Prevention of diarrhea

While not every cancer patient experiences diarrhea, for people taking certain chemotherapy medications, complete prevention of diarrhea may not be possible. You should ask your health care provider if your chemotherapy medication, or combination of medications, is likely to trigger diarrhea, so that treatment can be planned if this happens.

It is important to understand that diarrhea, once its cause is understood, can be effectively treated in people with cancer, even if prevention may prove difficult.