Know Your Risk: (quiz) low white blood cell count/infections during chemo

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Know Your Risk and Take our Risk Assessment Test.

Your answers to a few questions will help estimate your risk for developing a low white blood cell count (a condition called neutropenia) and infections during your chemotherapy.  This risk is highest when your white blood cell count is at its lowest.

Click on the appropriate link below to take the test:

• Patient
• Caregiver
• Healthcare Provider

 Know the Actions You Can Take to Protect Yourself
Since a fever may be your body's only sign of an infection,
it's very important that you call your doctor immediately
if you have a temp of 100.4 F or higher for more than 1 hour, or a
one-time temp of 101 F or higher.

Learn More

 

  www.preventcancerinfections.org