Jakarta, has a family or close friends who have cancer must have brought concerns. But you should not get too close or hug a cancer patient who just do chemotherapy, at least for a week. Why should we?
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment technique to slow or destroy the growth of cancer cells. Chemotherapy is an effective treatment in overcoming cancer and relieve symptoms of cancer.
"Let's not get too close to cancer patients after chemotherapy, especially for infants and children under the age of 6 years. If you want to visit just shake it, do not have to embrace," said dr Fielda Djuita, Sp.Rad (K). Onk.Rad, Medical Staff Functional Installation Dharmais Radiotherapy Cancer Hospital, in layman's counseling program "Current Radiation Method In Cancer Patients' Hospital Dharmais, Tuesday (21/09/2010).
dr Fielda explained, patients who had just chemotherapy will issue a gas containing chemicals from chemotherapy through the windpipe, either through the mouth or nose. This gas can interfere with peripheral blood penjenguknya who are toddlers and have a low immunity.
The effect, according to dr Fielda, people affected by the delivery of white blood cells and platelets in the body will be damaged in a long time (about 10 years later) and can lead to leukemia (blood cancer).
"At least for a week after chemotherapy do not go near it with cancer patients, especially infants and young children. Adults with weakened immunity could also be affected," explained the doctor who was born 58 years ago this.
According to Dr. Fielda, infants and children under 6 years of age have cells that are young and have not developed completely. While the weak-bodied people who have a weak body cells as well.
Therefore, if those people close to the cancer patient who had just chemotherapy, the gas containing the chemical from the chemotherapy can affect cells in the body and the most vulnerable are the peripheral blood. Damage to peripheral blood is what will trigger the blood cancer.
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