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Cancer and cancer treatment often cause drops in blood count levels. The problems caused by low blood counts depend on which type of blood cell is affected.
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Cancer and its treatment weaken your child's immune system by affecting the white blood cells that protect us against disease and germs.
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Cancer and cancer treatments can lower the number of platelets in your blood.
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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) cause low blood counts, which can be found on blood tests, sometimes even before symptoms appear.
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Many cancer treatments and cancers can cause changes in your blood counts. A low white blood cell (WBC) count can put you at higher risk of infection.
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Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, stem cell or bone marrow transplant, steroids, or the cancer itself can suppress or weaken the immune system.
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To have a transfusion means to get blood or some part of it. Learn more about how blood transfusions are used for people with cancer here.
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For many patients with MDS the main goal of treatment is to prevent the problems caused by blood cell counts.
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Bleeding in the mouth is generally caused by mouth sores, gum (periodontal) disease, or by a low platelet count (cells that help the blood to clot).
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For many patients with CMML, the main goal of treatment is to prevent the problems caused by low blood cell counts.