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No, low blood cell count is not a symptom of leukemia, it is a symptom of anemia.

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Q: Is low platelets a sign of leukemia?
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Why do patients with leukemia tend to bleed?

because leukemia is cancer of the blood :)


What causes a high white count and low platelets?

Liver cancer/ leukemia


What kind of cancer can cause abnormally large platelets and low platelet count?

Leukemia


Why do patients with leukemia have tendency to bleed?

Lupus patients often have thrombocytopenic anemia, either because the immune system attacks and destroys platelets or the immune system interferes with the manufacture of platelets in the bone marrow. Platelets are the part of the blood that cause the blood to clot. If the blood does not clot, people bleed.


What infections can cause low platelets in dogs?

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What is the blood disorder in which there is not enough platelets?

The medical term for platelet is "thrombocyte." If you have a decreased amount of platelets, the condition is "thrombocytopenia" or thrombopenia.


Why would a person with leukemia have low numbers of red blood cells normal white blood cells and platelets in the blood?

When people have Leukimia Their blood counts are low because their cells of blood cant reproduce quickly


Is metamylocytes a sign of leukemia?

NO


Can aides cause low platelets?

AIDS is a syndrome. HIV is the infection. Yes it can cause low platelets.


What is a common disease that causes abnormal white blood cells to be produced?

Leukopenia: an abnormally low WBC countLeukemia refers to cancerous conditions of WBC'sMyelocytic Leukemia involves myeloblast decendants - Eosinophils, Basophils, Neutrophils, Monocytes.Lymphocytic leukemia involves lymphocytes and platelets.


Can you have leukemia with low hemoglobin?

Yes, of course! Low Hemoglobin means anemia, and it is said that "there are not leukemia without anemia"


How low can platelets get?

Its over 9000!!