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In addition, neutropenia may affect your next round of chemotherapy. Particularly if your neutrophil level doesnât return to normal quickly enough. Your doctor may postpone chemotherapy or lower the dose. For neutropenia with a fever, your doctor may prescribe white blood cell growth factors.
Fever, the critical symptom. Chemotherapy often leads to a reduced white blood cell count, called neutropenia. This condition causes the patientâs body to be less effective at fighting off infection. Neutropenic fever is common in chemotherapy patients. Fever can indicate infection. And in patients with a weakened immune system, infections need to be treated before they cause greater complications.