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- Delma Aurélia da Silva Simão, Elenice Dias Ribeiro de Paula Lima, Raíssa Silva de Souza, Tiago Vitervo Faria, and Geraldo Fernandes Azevedo.
- Curso de Graduação e Enfermagem Pós-Graduação em Gestão de Serviços de Saúde, Faculdade de Minas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. enfdelma@yahoo.com.br
- Rev Bras Enferm. 2012 Mar 1; 65 (2): 374-8.
AbstractThe study was aimed at reporting a case of a patient who developed Hand-Foot Syndrome (HFS) grade 3 due the use of capecitabine and for which massage was used with aqueous-based moisturizer, aloe vera. The patient's functional capacity was assessed using the ECOG Performance Scale and the lesions were photographed during nursing appointment that occurred at intervals of ten days, totaling forty days of monitoring. There was significant improvement in tissue integrity, with total regression of symptoms, an important gain in quality of life, and immediate return to chemotherapy. It is believed that aloe vera can be an important component in nursing care in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy.
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