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Can Receiving Blood Transfusion Due To Myelodysplastic Syndrome Cause Fatigue Or Breathlessness?
Myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed. I have an employee who receives blood transfusion treatment (outpatient) once every 4 weeks. The employee reports feeling fatigue and breathlessness prior to blood transfusions. What risk strategies need to be considered to ensure the workplace does not have a detrimental effect on the employee s medical condition. Employee works as an educator in a secondary school setting - partially performing administrative duties and teaching responsibilities. Any advice on appropriate reasonable adjustments to enable the employee perform her duties and remain at work is appreciated.
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
hello there!
Myelodysplastic syndrome is a bone marrow eating condition with all blood counts to the minimum. And the fatigue and breathlessness before transfusion is due to all that anaemic status.
The only thing you can do in your work place environment is to reassure the work place environments hygiene and make sure that the infections are early and aggressively treated as defense systems of MDS are fried and it needs external care,. Plus care for bleeding tendencies, simple task not heavy and demanding, rest and compliant medicine use with constant surveillance of blood profile.
Good Luck
S khan
Myelodysplastic syndrome is a bone marrow eating condition with all blood counts to the minimum. And the fatigue and breathlessness before transfusion is due to all that anaemic status.
The only thing you can do in your work place environment is to reassure the work place environments hygiene and make sure that the infections are early and aggressively treated as defense systems of MDS are fried and it needs external care,. Plus care for bleeding tendencies, simple task not heavy and demanding, rest and compliant medicine use with constant surveillance of blood profile.
Good Luck
S khan
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