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Are The Rashes On Chest, Stomach After Chemotherapy Due To Iron Deficiency?

My sister has been on chemo for nearly 20 months... pill form for 18 months and IV every two weeks for the last two months. She recently finished radiation as she has an inoperable brain tumor that is cancer. She broke out into a rash that is non itchy, non raised, and almost looks like flat blood blisters. They cleared up some and came back this morning, only now much bigger on her chest and all around her stomach, back and shoulder. Could this be more than just an iron deficiency?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
Rash on chest and other part is not due to iron deficiency. Iron deficiency never cause rashes. It may be due to radiotherapy or coagulation problems. You should go for platelet count and complete coagulation profile test. Then you should take treatment accordingly.
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Are The Rashes On Chest, Stomach After Chemotherapy Due To Iron Deficiency?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Rash on chest and other part is not due to iron deficiency. Iron deficiency never cause rashes. It may be due to radiotherapy or coagulation problems. You should go for platelet count and complete coagulation profile test. Then you should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.