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Does Fever During Recovery From Cancer Need Medical Attention?

i have now had cancer 2 year in a row...just finished radiation treatment at the end of dec. had some blood work done but only got part of it back from lab saying my feritine levels were at 421 ,,do not know what my cbc came back as. yesterday i started to not feel so well and today i have been running fever 100.7 for most of the day....i am 39 female history of stg 4 colon cancer, should i seek medical att. today or is this more likely just a common bug a may of picked up
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Thanks for writing in.

Fever in a patient recovering from cancer is an important symptoms. It might be due to a trivial infection or is an indication of a systemic infection which might become severe if not treated on time.

In your case I suggest that you take paracetamol 500 mg after for every 6 hours and observe if the fever is under control. If the fever is persistent and increasing after 24 hours then you require to consult your doctor and get investigated for an infection that might require you to take a short course of antibiotics. Please have healthy food and keep yourself comfortable from extremes of temperature and drink adequate amount of water and fluids. Maintain a temperature chart for the day. Please do not worry.
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Does Fever During Recovery From Cancer Need Medical Attention?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Fever in a patient recovering from cancer is an important symptoms. It might be due to a trivial infection or is an indication of a systemic infection which might become severe if not treated on time. In your case I suggest that you take paracetamol 500 mg after for every 6 hours and observe if the fever is under control. If the fever is persistent and increasing after 24 hours then you require to consult your doctor and get investigated for an infection that might require you to take a short course of antibiotics. Please have healthy food and keep yourself comfortable from extremes of temperature and drink adequate amount of water and fluids. Maintain a temperature chart for the day. Please do not worry.