lennonsgirl Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 my mom has an infection (stage 3b although not a definite diagnosis). they kept her overnight and may keep her for the next few days (until her regular oncologist gets back from vacation). the fill-in doctor is giving her broad antibiotics as he doesn't know if this is tumor fever, side effect of chemo (she's on cisplatin/etoposide), or from the blood transfusion. did any of you experience infection from your chemotherapy treatment? she was to get her last dose of the cisplatin/etoposide yesterday which is being put off until they find the cause of the infection. thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda661 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 As far as I know, chemotherapy itself doesn't cause an infection, but it does put a person at increased risk for infection because the immune system is depressed during treatment. That's why folks are told to take extra hygiene precautions (wash those hands!) and to stay away from folks who are ill (colds/flu/etc.). Infections (and the fever associated with it) from blood transfusions generally show up within 12-24 hours of the transfusion (so we were told when my mom had her transfusions). Hope this helps, Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 It's very common for patients to get infections and pneumonia from the blood counts going down after chemo. The antibiotics will help get whatever the bug is. I hope she is home soon and doing better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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