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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.
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What does it mean to have thin bright red blood?
thin, bright red blood means that your platelets are low.
What do it mean when a woman is lying in a poodle of blood with low platelets?
That's one unhappy poodle..
Will nicotine patches cause low blood platelets?
yes
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.
What do i have if i have low potassium low platelets low red blood count?
Eat bannannas for potasium and eat red meat for red cells or get a blood transfusion.
What is a low platelets count?
A low platelet count, called thrombocytopenia, causes the blood to fail to clot easily. A healthy platelet count should be between 150,000 and 450,000 platelets per micro liter of blood. A level lower than 150,000 platelets indicates thrombocytopenia.
Why do patients with leukemia tend to bleed?
because leukemia is cancer of the blood :)
What is a low mean platelet volume?
The mean platelet volume measures the size of the platelets. This figure will be low when there is aplastic anemia, myelosuppression as a result of chemotherapy, in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, sarcoma of the bone since blood cells are manufactured in the bone marrow, and a couple of other conditions.
Is low platelets a sign of leukemia?
No, low blood cell count is not a symptom of leukemia, it is a symptom of anemia.
What does a low blood platelet count mean - Topix?
This is called Thrombocytopenia and means that the body is low on platelets, a type of blood cell that helps your blood to clot when damage occurs to blood vessels. Depending on how low the platelet count is, individuals with Thrombocytopenia may bruise easily and experience nosebleeds or bleeding gums.
How does the human body close a cut?
our blood has substances called as blood platelets. When blood is exposed to air, the platelets solidify and thus the blood from a cut gets stopped. Having low platelet count in the blood can be fatal even if you have a small wound...
What does it mean if you have a high WBC and Low platelets with a fever?
possible itp
