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Could Chemo Cause Twitching On Left Side Of Face And Eye?
Does chemo cause left side of face and eye to twicthes? I a 52 and have put on weigth. Now am at 161lbs and have adenocarcinoma of the left lung. Using taxol and carboplentin along with zofran, pepcid and benedril intravenously. Also on forty 2mg tablets of steroids.
Tue, 7 Apr 2015
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No, chemotherapy drugs can not cause twitching of left side of face and eyes.
Adenocarcinoma of lung is very notorious in spread.
And brain is common organ to involve in cancer spread.
So possibility of brain metastasis is there in your case.
Left sided face and eye twitching can be the early symptoms of brain metastasis (especially right sided hemisphere).
So my suggestion is to get done MRI brain first, to rule out brain metastasis.
No, chemotherapy drugs can not cause twitching of left side of face and eyes.
Adenocarcinoma of lung is very notorious in spread.
And brain is common organ to involve in cancer spread.
So possibility of brain metastasis is there in your case.
Left sided face and eye twitching can be the early symptoms of brain metastasis (especially right sided hemisphere).
So my suggestion is to get done MRI brain first, to rule out brain metastasis.
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