Nervous breakdown isn't a medical term, however, nor does it indicate a specific mental illness. But that doesn't mean it's a normal or a healthy response to stress. A nervous breakdown may indicate an underlying mental health problem that needs attention, such as depression or anxiety.ervous breakdown isn't a medical term, however, nor does it indicate a specific mental illness. But that doesn't mean it's a normal or a healthy response to stress. A nervous breakdown may indicate an underlying mental health problem that needs attention, such as depression or anxiety.
This is the side effect of chemotherapy; myelotoxicity, the slowdown of bone marrow function to produce white blood cells, red blood cells and plasma cells, is caused by almost all anticancer drugs. A patient hardly realizes that s/he has the myelotoxicity, unless s/he suffers such complications as infections and bleeding. However, once complications occur, the patient will fall into a critical condition and be vitally at risk.
This handbook contains self-check sheets to fill in the values of your test data and subjective symptoms. The handbook also explains about myelotoxicity, states the signs and points of attention of leukopenia (decrease in white blood cells), thrombocytopenia (decrease in platelets), and anemia, and provides how to respond to them.