What causes cold chills and high fever while undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer?
Patient: My best friend is 38 and she was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She has taken the first 2 treatments of chemo and she is on a steroid but she just recently started having major cold chills and high fevers. What could be causing these chills to be sooooo bad and the fevers to spike sooooo high? Doctor: your friend immediately needs medical attention. She must be in sepsis, that means infection. while on chemotherapy, immunity is low due to low blood counts and susceptibility to infections is high. She needs immediate medical attention and antibiotic coverage