Hello! I work as a doctor for 21 years. My name is George O. Sapego. This article will tell you about it, if cancer patients can be dangerous to others.
Can. This applies to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
After the scandal with cancer patients children who would be evicted from an apartment house, in the network there are different stories about the contagiousness of cancer or at the same time about the safety of the treatment.
Cancer is not contagious. Children evict impossible. This is stupidity. But people are following chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be dangerous to others. It's a different story.
Radiation therapy
In most cases, radiation therapy - a gamma-ray emission. This radiation does not stay in the body of the patient. After that, the patient can not be a source of radiation.
There are other options radiotherapy, when radiation source is placed inside the patient's body.
Everyone has heard that thyroid tumors treated with radioactive iodine. After that, any time the patient releases into the environment of radioactive isotopes.
There are many ways to radioactive iodine quickly stood out in the urine, saliva and intestinal contents. The patient is able to offer each hour drink a glass of water, use of laxatives and dissolve sour candies to stimulate the work of the salivary glands (about slyunogonnuyu diet I have a separate article).
Sometimes it's just a radioactive implant to which the patient will be some time to walk. He then for a few months can be a source of radiation.
If someone from the family will have radiation therapy, some will question your doctor for details.
For example, sometimes after the implantation of radiation sources in a while to keep the ban in the hands of children and young pets or approach to pregnant women.
Chemotherapy
Typically, chemotherapy drugs remain in the body of the patient 1 - 2 days. During this time, the chemistry is excreted in body fluids (mostly urine and feces). If the home to care for the sick, that at this time it is desirable to use gloves and wash your hands well.
Men in the 48 hours after chemotherapy is recommended to use condoms.
In most cases, nothing wrong from such patients is not so wacky antics neighbors need to stop immediately and jointly.
You are faced with such situations?
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