![]() Patient should talk to their physician about the degree and duration of immunocompromise. Some patients have very little if any immunosuppression, while others can have a compromised immune system for weeks or even longer. Patients experience a wide spectrum of immunosuppression with cancer treatment. How long after chemotherapy is a person’s immune system recovering or compromised? At that point it will “hit bottom” and then begin to recover, usually in time for the next cycle of chemotherapy. It varies depending on the person and the type of chemotherapy, but for a typical patient who receives immunosuppressive chemotherapy, we see the immune system become more and more impaired over the next four to seven days. ![]() ![]() How does chemotherapy affect a person’s immune system? Attribute to: Christopher George, MD, hematology and oncology at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |