eli5: Why cant they anesthetize chemo patients so they don’t feel the pain from chemotherapy?

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eli5: Why cant they anesthetize chemo patients so they don’t feel the pain from chemotherapy?

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Chemo is basically poison that kills cancer cells, but also kills normal cells along the way. The meds don’t really cause acute pain. It is just your body reacting to getting poisoned.

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