Low neutrophil count after chemotherapy

I believe that most patients have experienced chemotherapy and are well aware of its side effects. Due to long-term chemotherapy, the drugs will inhibit bone marrow hematopoiesis when acting on the patient's body for treatment, which can easily lead to low blood counts, especially a decrease in neutrophils, which will increase the patient's risk of serious infection and even be life-threatening in severe cases. So let’s take a look at what to do if your neutrophil count is low after chemotherapy!

1. What should I do if neutropenia occurs after chemotherapy ? Neutropenia refers to a neutrophil count below 2.0, and when the neutrophil count is below 0.5, it is considered neutropenia. This condition usually occurs within 7-12 days after chemotherapy and lasts for about two weeks. Of course, different patients have different conditions and the chemotherapy regimens they use are also different. Therefore, the specific situation of neutropenia also varies from person to person. When neutropenia occurs, there are generally no particularly obvious symptoms. In the early stages, patients will feel a little fatigue, but if it reaches the later stages, patients will be very susceptible to infection.

2. Improvement methods 1. For patients with mild neutropenia, they can take some drugs to increase white blood cells orally. If the patient's white blood cell count is lower than 1, it is recommended to immediately inject white blood cell-raising drugs to stimulate factors to increase cells. 2. Appropriate Chinese medicine intervention and conditioning during chemotherapy is also a good way to increase neutrophils and improve blood counts. It can also enhance the patient's own immunity, which is conducive to better subsequent treatment for the patient.

3. For patients with neutropenia and no improvement , we all know that they are prone to infection. Fever is generally a sign of infection. Some patients may also experience symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, sore throat and cough. In order to avoid infection, patients should do the following in their daily lives. 1. Pay attention to hygiene, especially hand hygiene. Patients should wash their hands frequently, especially with soap before meals and after defecation. Attention should also be paid to the cleanliness of the patient's living environment. Good indoor ventilation is the most effective way to reduce bacteria in the air. Even in winter, the rooms should be ventilated in turn, for more than 30 minutes each time. 2. The patient's skin hygiene needs to be taken seriously. In order to avoid colds, the patient should wash his hair and take a bath regularly, change clothes frequently, and in sunny weather, drying bedding in the sun is also an effective way to kill bacteria. 3. Oral hygiene is also very important. You should rinse your mouth and brush your teeth after meals, especially brushing your teeth before going to bed. This is very important, which not only cleans the mouth, but also effectively prevents tooth decay. 4. The hygiene of the anal and perineal areas cannot be neglected. Take a sitz bath with 3% boric acid solution or a sitz bath with 1% saline solution every day. After defecation, wash the area with warm water (cooled boiled water) or saline.

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