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Will Motrin cause bleeding if you have low platelets or a platelet problem?
Motrin (ibuprofen) and other medications in the class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) affect platelet aggregation (decrease the ability of platelets to clump together and form clots). Therefore, Motrin can cause bleeding if you have low platelets or your platelets don't function properly.
Can aides cause low platelets?
AIDS is a syndrome. HIV is the infection. Yes it can cause low platelets.
How do you feel if you have low platelets?
Platelets are the small cells in your body that stick to the wall of a blood vessel following injury. They clump together and prevent bleeding. If you have low platelets in your blood, or thrombocytopenia, your ability to form clots and stop bleeding may be impaired. Therefore, there are some things you should know about living with low platelets.
Will nicotine patches cause low blood platelets?
yes
What is wrong if you have a low platelet count?
Thrombocytopenia, or thrombopenia, is defined as the abnormally low presence or absence of platelets in blood. Platelets are small cell fragments found in blood that are essential for hemostasis and formation of clots. A normal platelet count for an adult is 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microlitre of blood. However, there are always anomalies where people may have exceedingly high or low levels of platelets and still be perfectly healthy. However, when platelet counts drop to levels below 50,000 platelets per microlitre, a patient is generally defined as having clinic thrombocytopenia. Symptoms of thrombopenia include bruising that does not go away (purpura), small haemorrhages on skin and mucous membranes, blood filled bubbles in mouth, nosebleeds and bleeding gums. People may feel generally ill, with fatigue and weakness. Severe thrombopenia leads to spontaneous bruising on body. These symptoms occur because platelets serve to clot broken blood vessels. Clotting is a mechanism where platelets are sent to a broken are of vein, artery, or capillary, where they congeal into a mass that staunches bleeding. When one does not have enough platelets, the body is unable to stop bleeding in an efficient manner. Symptoms include bruising that does not go away (purpura), small hemhorrages on skin and mucous membranes, blood filled bubbles in mouth, nosebleeds and bleeding gums. People may feel ill, with fatigue and weakness. Clotting is a mechanism where platelets are sent to a broken are of vein, artery, or capillary, where they congeal into a mass that staunches bleeding. When one does not have enough platelets, the body is unable to stop bleeding in an efficient manner
Why can't pregnant women take aspirin?
Aspirin causes the platelets in our blood to become "slick" and can inhibit or affect our blood's clotting ability. Pregnant women should not take aspirin due to the fact that she could hemmorhage during spontaneous abortion or delivery.
What kind of cancer can cause abnormally large platelets and low platelet count?
Leukemia
Is it serous can you die with low platelets?
Yes because if you get a cut you won't stop bleeding your your blood will clot too slowly and you will die of blood loss
Why do patients with leukemia tend to bleed?
because leukemia is cancer of the blood :)
Can low hemoglobin cause a person to vomit black stuff?
It's the other way around. The black stuff is termed "coffee grounds emesis", and is the result of intestinal bleeding. It is the bleeding that is the cause of the low hemoglobin.
What does low blood platelets mean?
Thrombocytopenia, the name for low blood platelets, results in your blood not clotting, or not clotting as well as it should. It has several causes, and a person whose blood is not clotting as it should needs to see a doctor so the cause can be determined.
What are blood clotters in your body?
Blood clotters in your body are substances called platelets that help blood form clots to control bleeding. They are activated when there is damage to blood vessels, and they stick together to form a plug at the site of injury. This clotting process is essential for wound healing and preventing excessive bleeding.
