Hi Deb,
Neutropenic fever is fever you can get when your neutrophils are low - many patients manage well almost without neutrophils (lower than 0.5) but I don't belong to them.
When your neutrophils are low (less than 1.5) you can control your temperature at least every night - perhaps in the morning too. If it is high you have to go to the ER. They will take a lot of tests and X-ray of the lungs to try to find the infection. They often cant´t find it but they have to start treatment at once and hope that they have choosen an effectiv antibiotic drug otherwise you can get sepsis.
Remember that infections are very dangerous for MDS patients.
Very good with a class about Vidaza
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Kind regards
Birgitta- A