Serious and sometimes fatal infections may occur during treatment with bcg.
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After the third treatment patients usually start to experience bladder irritation pain or burning during urination joint pain fatigue and flu like symptoms that can last a few days.
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Painful urination severe or continuing.
Fast forward to having over 30 infusions and i can say that every time is different.
Frequent urge to urinate.
This may be a sign of infection.
The main bcg side effect is flu like symptoms such as fever chills and fatigue.
Increased frequency of urination.
My husband has had 3 infusions of bcg with hardly any side effects.
Most symptoms and side effects can be treated with over the counter pain medicines.
We expected that he would have burning irritation frequency.
Fever chills fatigue a burning sensation in the bladder urinary urgency or frequent urination blood in the urine.
If your fever does not respond to medicine contact your doctor.
Sometimes pain fatigue fever chills blood and tissue in urine etc.
But there can be a few side effects such as.
It is common for people to experience flu like symptoms such as chills fever and fatigue for 2 3 days following the treatment.
Unless you are unable to urinate or have severe pain i d say most side effects fall into the normal category.
Call your doctor at once if you have.
You may not notice any reaction after the first few bcg treatments.
Almost no side effects other than a slight stinging when urinating.
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction.
Swelling of your face lips tongue or throat.
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Muscle or joint pain pain or swelling of the testes unusual tiredness fast or pounding heartbeat shortness of breath cough vision changes redness swelling pain in the eye eye sensitivity to light severe stomach or abdominal pain or.
Side effects requiring immediate medical attention.
