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Antiemetic activity of ginger in childrenreceiving cancer chemotherapy | ||
| Annals of the College of Medicine, Mosul | ||
| Article 2, Volume 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-110 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2009.8851 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mazin M. Fawzi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACTObjective: To evaluate the antiemetic effect of ginger versus metoclopramide in children receiving cancer chemotherapy.Methods: A sample of 50 patients aged 6 – 14 years attending the Haematooncology unit in Ibn Al – Atheer Children's Teaching Hospital in Mosul city and receiving chemotherapy for their malignancies were included. They were randomly subdivided into 2 groups and received different types of treatment including ginger and metoclopramide. Results: The study showed that cancer was more common in female than in male with male to female ratio 0.85/1. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia was the most common type of cancer and constituted 60% of the cases and it revealed that response rate was higher in those treated by ginger compared to metoclopramide (72% and 32% respectively); response was found to be higher in males than in females (86.6% and 50% respectively). Conclusions: Nausea and vomiting are common problems in children receiving chemotherapy. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) appears to be promising in controlling these problems. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ginger; antiemetic; vomiting | ||
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