Question

A patient is receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer. You are providing important education about infection risk. Which of the following statements might you make to your patient?

	a.	Cough, productive sputum, and high fever will be your first symptoms if you develop pneumonia. It's easier to see pneumonia on chest x-ray when you are on chemotherapy, since lung infections that develop during it are so severe.
	b.	Chemotherapy often impairs the production of erythrocytes by bone marrow, and this puts you at risk for infection.
	c.	You should immediately report a fever. A low grade temperature elevation might be the only sign of a serious developing infection.
	d.	The drug allopurinol can be used to boost your body's production of neutrophils, which are important immune cells. Neutrophils play a critical role in fighting infection.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option A that is Cough, productive sputum, and high fever will be your first symptoms if you develop pneumonia. It's easier to see pneumonia on chest x-ray when you are on chemotherapy, since lung infections that develop during it are so severe because it is a very high chance of developing pneumonia after lung Chemotherapy.

B is wrong because erythrocytes does not fight with infection.

Option C is wrong because as the white blood levels are also down there will be a high fever and not a low grade fever..

Option D is wrong because allopurinol is used to lower the Neutrophils not boost the Neutrophils.