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I have leukemia but now in remission and i want to know if i can get and piercings or tattoos
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Thompsonanswered
Hematology and Oncology 22 years experience
Depends on labs: Universal precautions (clean needles, etc) should be used independent of leukemia status. You could get tattoos/piercings otherwise if your labs were ... Read More
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Dr. Michael Fisheranswered
Dermatology 34 years experience
Tattoos: The United States food and drug administration (fda) does not regulate tattoos leaving the burden of tattoo safety and regulations up to individual ci... Read More
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5.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Pedro Hernandezanswered
Geriatrics 42 years experience
Maybe not: There has been some concern of transmission of hepatitis b and c virus through tattoong. We cannot assume that all needles and paint in tattooing par... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A Verified Doctoranswered
31 years experience
Yes, assuming....: As long as you go to a reputable tattoo artist, assuming you haven't had any long term issues from your therapy 20 years ago, you would really be at n... Read More
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5.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Roy Arnoldanswered
Internal Medicine 49 years experience
Evaluation needed: Generalized lymph node enlargement in a person with a prior history of hematologic malignancy requires further evaluation. Please see your primary car... Read More
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3.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Zimonanswered
Internal Medicine 61 years experience
EVERY CASE: is DIFFERENT and many times when a disease like Leukemia recurs it does as a slightly different type. Besides that consideration COMPLICATIONS of THER... Read More
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737 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sewa Leghaanswered
Medical Oncology 52 years experience
Yes it usually does: Hyderea is commonly used to lower the WBC count. But it does not do much to the basic leukemia process. Have you considered a bone marrow transplant a... Read More
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5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Pierce what?: If you are in remission, you may pierce your body parts. However, some piercing are not good for even a fully healthy person. Even though you are an a... Read More
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1.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
D/w your oncologist: Technically speaking, yes- you can- as long as your white blood cells counts and platelet counts are normal. There is risk for infection and bleedin... Read More
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5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Nogaanswered
Medical Oncology 36 years experience
Difficult question: Part of this depends on the type of leukemia: acute or chronic. The standard thought is 5 years for acute leukemia. However, the risk of relapse is si... Read More
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6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Rubensteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 47 years experience
Depends on type.: The most common chronic leukemia is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). With initial treatment with the most aggressive treatments, such as fcr have ... Read More
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5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Goldanswered
Internal Medicine 46 years experience
It depends: It all depends upon the type of leukemia. Leukemia is not one disease and response rates vary according to the type of leukemia.
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