Flushing

What is flushing?

Flushing Is a temporary redness of the face and neck caused by dilation of the blood capillaries. Flushing is due to a variety of causes such as certain chemotherapy drugs. Carcinoid tumors can also cause flushing as part of carcinoid syndrome. Other causes are alcohol and other drugs.

• Several chemotherapy drugs are associated with this flushing such as: asparaginase, bleomycin, carboplatin, carmustine, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, dacarbazine, diethylstilbestrol, docetaxel, doxorubicin, fluorouracil, lomustine, paclitaxel, plicamycin, procarbazine, and teniposide.
• Biologic therapies associated with flushing include interleukin-2.

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