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Abdullah Al-Badri

Abdullah Al-Badri

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الأسئلة المجابة 11916 | نسبة الرضا 97.5%

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Her platelet is not increasing they are ...

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Her platelet is not increasing they are giving platelets & nextday it will increase little & another day it will decrease again why doctor like this
Doctor's Assistant: Have you seen a doctor about this yet? What medications are you taking?
She is getting ambisome inj meronem inj vincrstine & peg already she had inj mitoxantrone now they hold chemo because of fever
Doctor's Assistant: Anything else in your medical history you think the doctor should know?
No medical history

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Abdullah Al-Badri

Abdullah Al-Badri

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الأسئلة المجابة 11916 | نسبة الرضا 97.5%

what about the drugs that i am taking ?
  1. ambisome injection is an antifungal drug ( amphotericin b ) that fights fungal infection 
  2. meronem is a broad spectrum antibiotic to fight for the bacterial infection 
  3. vincristine is a drug that is used to be taken to treat cancer as a chemptherapy 
  4. mitoxantrone is a drug that is used to treat cancer and it serves as an antineoplastic agent 

what caused the fever during the chemo course ?
its usually casued by what so called neutropenic fever post the chemotherapy and it casues the white blood cells to decrease in number and its treated by the antibiotics such as meronem and belomycen and if a fungal infection is suspectred then the doctor might add an antifungal drug such as ambisome and an antipyretic aget such as acetaminophin 
what is the treatment of the low platelate count in patient with cancer that underwent chemo ?
the treatment is by transferring the platelates if the platelates count are lower than 20000mm3 and this is the onley valid indicatin for the treatment of low patelate count in case of chemotherapy otherwise the treatment isnt indicated 
what are the causes of the low platelate count in patients with chemotherapy ?
a chemotherapy by itself is the casue of the low platelate count and the cancer by itself also is a cause of low platelate count
what are the required tests for the dignosis of low platelate count and the fever in patients with cancer and chemo ?
the doctor at  first is going to exam you clinically and take your past medical history, do a CBC count to check for the platelate count and the white blood cell count, do a blood culture in case of an infection is suspected plus the exam of the urine and chest x ray in case if an urinary tract infection or a chest infection 
what is the advice ?
we advice you to follow up with the oncoligist and the internal medical doctor for the right diagnosis and the correct treatment

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