Chemotherapy weakens your immune system, so a symptom that would be minor for anyone else can turn serious fast. Select what you're experiencing right now and this free checker tells you whether to get care immediately, contact your oncology team today, or monitor at home.
Select every symptom you are currently experiencing, then tap "Check My Symptoms." There's no wrong answer, and nothing is stored unless you choose to share your result with us. If you are already having a medical emergency, don't wait for this tool - call your oncology team or go to the nearest emergency department now.
"Because chemotherapy weakens the immune system, an infection can escalate to sepsis quickly - every hour matters once a feverish chemo patient reaches care."
Well-established oncologic emergency and urgent-care warning signs during chemotherapy - fever/infection signs, breathing and heart symptoms, digestive symptoms, bleeding, skin and port-site changes, and other red flags - sorted into three clear action tiers.
Anyone currently receiving chemotherapy who wants a fast way to decide whether a symptom needs emergency care, a same-day call to their oncology team, or can be monitored at home for now.
Emergency-tier results direct you straight to urgent care. Contact-today results give you a one-tap WhatsApp line to a HubPharm pharmacist who can help coordinate with your oncology team the same day.
Nigeria oncology context: Nigeria ranks second in Africa and first in Sub-Saharan Africa for cancer disease burden, with 269,109 new cases registered in 2022 and breast and prostate cancer the most common diagnoses (IARC/GLOBOCAN; JCO Global Oncology, 2023). This checker's emergency criteria are drawn from published oncologic-emergency guidance including Cleveland Clinic's fever-in-cancer-patients guidance, OncoLink's neutropenic fever resource, and the CDC's "Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients" guide. It is a HubPharm-built educational triage tool, not a substitute for your oncology team's evaluation.
Everything patients and caregivers ask us before using the chemo symptom checker.
Email UsChemotherapy can lower your white blood cell count, weakening your ability to fight infection. A fever during this window can signal febrile neutropenia, which can progress to sepsis quickly. That's why a single reading of 38.3°C, or 38.0°C sustained over an hour, is always treated as a medical emergency - regardless of how you otherwise feel.
No - "Contact Today" means reach your oncology team or a HubPharm pharmacist the same day, not the next one. These symptoms usually aren't immediately life-threatening, but they can worsen or signal something that needs same-day attention, like an infection risk or medication side effect that needs adjusting.
Yes. Your selections are used only to sort your result in your browser. Nothing is stored or shared unless you choose to contact us via WhatsApp or email afterward.
Yes. Fatigue, mild nausea, hair loss, and taste changes are common, expected chemo side effects worth monitoring but not usually urgent. Still, check your temperature if you feel unwell, and contact your oncology team about anything that's new, worsening, or doesn't feel right to you - you know your body best.
Yes. HubPharm's oncology pharmacy team supports patients with specialty medication sourcing, adherence tracking, and coordinated care alongside your oncology team. Chat with us on WhatsApp to get connected with a pharmacist who understands chemo side-effect management.
No. This tool is a quick triage aid to help you decide how urgently to act - it cannot examine you or replace your oncology team's judgment. If you're ever unsure, or if something feels seriously wrong, contact your oncology team or go to the emergency department rather than relying on this checker alone.