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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Risk Of Infection While On Chemo

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Dr. Dipanjan Majumder MD

infection before the cancer takes him. This is his second chemo. ...My husband has had cisplatin& pemetrexed (spelling?) chemo. His temperature spiked at 39.4 & has ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dipanjan Majumder ( Oncologist)
Dr. Monish De MD

Fever and low white blood count on chemo after 3 rounds of oxyplatin and raltitrexed . Dr cannot find cause of infection so can this be treated as sepsis ? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Monish De ( Oncologist)
Dr. Ivo Ditah MD

chemo therapy and has concerns of infection??? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Deepak Sundriyal MD

chemo + Herpecin + radiation + Arimidex. My concern is having chemo when I have no spleen. Is the risk of critical infection worth it? Other pertinent info: I have Myasthenia Gravis , currently... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepak Sundriyal ( Oncologist)
Dr. Sudhir MD

Hello: In December my wife was diagnosed with AML. She is 70, has had 2 courses of Chemo and has ... are now concerned of whether she should take anlther round of consolidation Chemo. We anticipate that ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

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Dr.  Ganesh MD

diverticulitus and infection in it. I waited for infection to subside before chemo #5, after #5 the chemo just amped up the pain. the chemo caused all of this in my opinion is that yours... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ganesh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Amit Kumar MD

well as her gallbladder. Could the chemo be the cause of her infection? ...My grandaughter is 9 months old and has been getting chemo for 3 months and is now being diagnosed ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Amit Kumar ( Pediatrician)
Dr. SAMEEN BIN NAEEM MD

bladder infection off and on for the last 6mos. I never had a bladder infection till chemo. Is it possible ... normal. I have recently gone through chemo for breast cancer. A/C and taxol for... View answer

Answered by : Dr. SAMEEN BIN NAEEM ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

. As her doctor said the infection reached upto intestine her entire lever also infected. She has take almost eight chemo in all. Her face turned into deep yellow along with her both eyes. We have decided to ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Jay Indravadan Patel MD

recently had chemo and radiation for breast cancer and c-diff infection 3X treated with antibiotics and aspirgillious spelling?) am 80 years of age. wondering if the chemo or??? is related ... View answer

Answered by : Jay Indravadan Patel ( Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist)