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Neutropenic diet
Very good article Marlene!
Since I had severe neutropenic fever after three infections 2007 I always live like I have neutropenia even when my WBC are normal ecxept that i have a persian cat and flowers in my apartment. I control my temp every evening.
I never eat soft ice cream, soft cheeses, cold meat, fish etc or nuts that are not boiled. I like yogurt and probiotics.
The latest 7 years I have had neutropenic fever twice - once when I started to take Thalidomide and my WBC decreased and once when I had got a severe intestinal infection in my summer house when the mice had moved in for the winter.
I think that all three infections were caused by my own throat bacteria - they never found the focus but the fever decreased at once with antibiotics.
Then our neutrophils have different quality - mine are dysfunctional like my platelets. When I came to the ER the second time my neutrophils were 0.6. That is really not very low but at that time I was taking Prednisone too that decreased my ability to fight infections.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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