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Procedures To Treat Anemia
Maybe the doctor will prescribe medicine to increase the amount of red blood cells your body produces or treat the underlying cause of anemia.
Some of these medicines are:
* Antibiotics to treat infections
* Hormone Treatment for adult women and adolescents who have heavy menstrual bleeding
* A synthetic form of erythropoietin to stimulate the body to produce more red blood cells. This hormone carries certain risks. You and your doctor will decide whether the benefits of this treatment outweigh the risks.
* Medicines to prevent the immune system destroys its own red blood cells
* Chelation to treat lead poisoning. Chelation is used primarily for children, because children with iron deficiency anemia are more at risk for lead poisoning.
If your anemia is severe, you may need medical procedures to treat it. These procedures are blood transfusions and transplantation of blood stem cells and bone marrow.
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Ways to Andminister Chemotherapy
Like other medicines can be taken different ways, there are several ways to administer chemotherapy. In most cases, is given intravenously, into a vein. This method of administration is also called “IV”. For this, a tiny tube inserted into a vein through the skin. In general, treatment is performed in the arm. The tube is connected to a bag containing the drug. The medicine flows from the bag into the vein and enters the bloodstream. Once the medicine is in the blood can travel through the body and attack cancer cells.
Sometimes an IV is placed permanently under the skin in a larger blood vessel of the upper chest. Thus, a child can receive chemotherapy and other medicines through the catheter without the need to always use a vein in your arm. The catheter remains under the skin until it is completed cancer treatment. Can also be used for blood sampling and other treatments, such as blood transfusions, without the need for so many punctures.
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