Well the WBC's are an obvious sign of infection. The platelets could be because you are prone to DVT or blood clots. U need to be evaluated and potentially placed on a blood thinner, as well as an antibiotic for infection depending on symptoms

In most cases, this depends on the tolerance levels of the patient both physically and emotionally. Each course of chemotherapy weakens the immune system and general energy reserve for each organ and system affected. That is why repeated courses of therapy are usually cycled with off-periods of weeks to months, to allow recuperation of the patient without significant re-growth of the cancer (hopefully). The only exception are the "red meds," like doxorubicin or daunorubicin. these tend to have lifetime limits of 400mg per patient due to the cumulative cardiac toxicity on the heart.

Chemotherapy hair loss is called Alopecia. Drugs which are used during chemotherapy are very powerful that directly attack cancerous cell. The problem is that healthy, normal cells get killed, too. Hair follicles are vulnerable cells that tend to die off during chemo, although they do regrow after chemotherapy ends.

The advantages of chemotherapy is that it helps to cure cancer by destroying the cancerous cells. Although the medication also detroys any other fast dividng cells in the body including bone marrow and hair follicules etc., the medication may stop you from dieing from cancer

how long do you have to wait to get a perm after chemotherapy? It has been almost 8 months since my mothers last treaatment.

Bolus is a round soft mass formed in the mouth after chewing

no, I don't think so but i am not completely sure. I think you should ask a doctor.

Chemo and Radiation, in short actually mean CHEMOTHERAPY and RADIOTHERAPY respectively.Commonly Chemotherapy indicates the treatment of malignant diseases by using different natural or synthetic chemical compounds either by oral,topical or intravenous route.Mode of action of these agents are bit complicated but in short,they target the rapidly dividing tumor cells and destroy them sparing the normal ones.primarily the site of action is intra cellular nucleas where the chromosomes,containing DNA molecules,reside.few commonly used Chemotherapy agents are:CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE,METHOTREXATE VINCRISTINE,VINBLASTINE,DOXORUBICIN etc.few agents areaalso used in non-malignant conditions also e.g.METHOTREXATE is also used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis By the term Radiotherapy,generally the therapeutic appraoch by high frequency electro-magnetic waves,usually by gama-rays of any radioactive element is meant. By applying those radiation,the tumor cells are destroyed usually in malignant diseases with distant spread.Radiotherapy can be given to the patients from a machine(TELECOBALT,TELECESIUM etc),placing tiny pieces of radioactive agents in the body(BRACHYTHERAPY). In few occassions,radioactive agent are used in nonmalignant conditions as in GRAVES DISEASE where 131-iodine is used. As therapeutic practice,both the modalities are used to treat malignant condition with or without distant spread,either single or in combination when surgery shows no promise.

yeah, they shouldn't affect each other in anyway.

Leukemia is usally in the blood and it can somtimes take off all your hair depending on how serious it is but what it is that it is usually in the blood cells and it attacks your body it may sound disgusting but it is ture !!!

Another answer:

Your body produces red blood cells and other blood cells from stem cells in your bones. Your entire body needs blood. When you have Leukemia, your body stops producing red blood cells. Leukemia means white blood. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of your body. Without oxygen you die.

Today Leukemia is treated by using radiation to kill the infected stem cells. Then new stem cells are injected into the body to replace them. The new stem cells produce red blood cells.

Chemotherapy is usually given in cycles, and the amount of cycles and length of each depends on the type of cancer or disease the chemotherapy is being administered for. It can last anywhere from a one-time treatment to commonly one year. This time may increase as the diagnoses changes, disease progresses or the response to chemotherapy fluctuates.

The physical administration of chemotherapy may not be very long at all. Taken orally and through direct injections it only lasts as long as the act while an IV drip may take a few hours.

Able to change shape; sacs of microbe-digesting enzymes present in some types.

One of my best friends is on her fifth round of chemo, and she says it feels like your dead. She said it's like being a zombie. It's so sad... Yes, chemo can make you feel very, very ill. I had six rounds of chemo and was VERY fortunate to have almost none of the symptoms usually associated with it (nausea, weight loss, etc.). I was just extremely tired and had no energy whatsoever, and all of my hair fell out. On the upside, I have been cancer-free for over a year!

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Terminal illness is a state of illness from which one is not expected to recover. The expectation is that the illness will take the person's life.

CHEMOTHERAPY: The treatment of illness or disease by chemicals. The compounds used are known as chemotheraputic agents. PASTEURIZATION: The process of heating milk and other liquids to destroy microorganisms which can cause spoilage or disease. STERILE FILTRATION: The process of filtering heat liable substances like enzymes and some drugs. The filter used can filter out microorganisms e.g. HEPA filter. VACCINATION: A prepration of either killed microoganism; living, weakened microorganism; or inactivated bacterial toxins, when adminstrated to induce development of the immune response and protect the individual against a pathogen or a toxin is called vaccination. RADIATION: The treatment of illness or disease like cancer by radiations lide magnetic radiations is called radiation therapy.

1) The introduced molecules Shut-Down carcinomas; and/or

2) the introduced therapeutic molecules shut-down the carcinoma's blood-supply; and

3) treatments are becoming more and more specific.

You can receive dissability benefits for cancer, but not for chemo treatments. Depending on what state you live in you can receive medicaid or medicare and you can receive reimbursement for travel expenses to your chemo treatments.

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Germany and other countries have much more effective and safe methods for treating cancer, although not covered by insurance.

to prevent the occurrence of cancer