Saturday, March 1, 2008

How to prevent chemotherapy-induced anemia

Cancer chemotherapy drugs cause bone marrow suppression of the extent of drug dose and bone marrow reserve capacity are closely related. Before medication liver, spleen, hypersplenism, or past use of radiotherapy or chemotherapy, especially once appeared leukocyte or platelet-poor, causing more obvious bone marrow suppression, continuous drug-induced bone marrow suppression and more serious, sustained a longer period of time. Whole blood is a serious reduction in complications, less see, has found applications in Central nitrosourea drugs mitomycin C or after. Some patients simply relying on blood transfusion, there was still no increase in hemoglobin, after the switch to Chinese medicine, to Jianpi Yiqi, nourishing liver and kidney, not only to restore appetite, mental improved, but blood is gradually restored. The general Qi-fill method, commonly used Chinese medicine bge, ginseng, angelica and longan meat, the Health cultivated jujube, Ejiao, plastic turtles, Lujiaojiao, medlar, Ligustrum lucidum, Placenta, the effect is good. The reconstruction of bone marrow function, which should play an active role in medicine reinstated. Blood decline can be applied acupuncture or electro-acupuncture treatment, the main point optional Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, the sea of blood, Qu pools.

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