What is chemotherapy fever?

Chemotherapy fever is a relatively common phenomenon, generally caused by drug fever, infection and tumor fever, other factors.1. Drug fever Some chemotherapy drugs themselves may cause fever, which usually occurs within a few hours after medication, generally low fever to moderate fever, most of which can be relieved by themselves or after symptomatic treatment. 2. Infection chemotherapy may lead to decrease of immune cells such as white blood cells, decrease of body resistance, easy occurrence of various infections, such as lung infection, urinary system infection, intestinal infection, etc. After infection, fever will be caused, and often accompanied by symptoms of corresponding infected parts, such as cough, expectoration, urgency of urination, pain in urination, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. 3. Tumor fever tumor cells will release some heat source, causing body temperature rise, usually low fever, often without obvious fear of cold, chills and other performance.4. Other factors such as transfusion, infusion reaction may also lead to fever, in addition, if the patient has other diseases, such as autoimmune diseases, fever may also occur during chemotherapy. When fever occurs after chemotherapy, inform the doctor in time, and the doctor will conduct detailed examination and evaluation, such as blood routine, C-reactive protein, etiological test, imaging examination, etc., to clarify the cause of fever and take corresponding treatment measures. If fever is caused by infection, anti-infection treatment should be given according to the type and severity of infection; If it is tumor fever, symptomatic treatment may be given; if it is drug fever, chemotherapy regimen may need to be adjusted.

At the same time, patients should pay attention to rest, strengthen nutrition, supplement water, in order to enhance the body resistance, promote the body recovery.