Patients with leukemia should try not to exercise during bone marrow transplant treatment, especially if they have low platelets and low hemoglobin, and try to be bedridden. Activity should be reduced especially if there are bleeding symptoms.
But patients with leukemia can do some bedside exercise or outdoor walking as much as they can while they are recovering, but they should not do strenuous activities. The best activity is indoors. Outdoor exercise may lead to cross-infection or infection from exposure to cold.
If the patient’s blood levels return to normal, the patient is advised to get up and move around. The patient should be able to adapt to the needs of daily life.
Patients with leukemia are bedridden for long periods of time because of the disease, and if they do not pay attention to exercise, they may experience muscle atrophy, joint ankylosis, and degeneration of organ tissues, so it is necessary for patients to exercise appropriately and regularly.