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Having a high platelet count may result to thrombosis, meaning, blood clot formation in the blood vessels. This is quite dangerous since there may be a chance that this blood clot (called thrombus) maybe dislodged (now called, embolus). The embolus (emboli-plural) now circulates in your system and may get stuck in an artery causing obstruction in blood flow. This is dangerous if the emboli obstructs a major artery, depending on the organs involve, it may lead to myocardial infarction (heart attack)congestive heart failure, renal failure, cerebrovascular accident (stroke), etc.
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In a Hematology test what is PLT for?
In a hematology test, PLT stands for platelet count. Platelets are small cell fragments in the blood that help with clotting and preventing excessive bleeding. Abnormal platelet counts can indicate various medical conditions such as thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) or thrombocytosis (high platelet count).
What is the Platelet Count Test?
What is the Platelet Count Test?
What is consider a high platelet count?
A normal platelet count in a healthy individual is between 150,000 and 450,000 per microliter. Ninety-five percent of healthy people will have platelet counts in this range.
How do platelet clumps affect the WBC and platelet counts?
If the platelet clumps are large enough, an automated blood analyzer may mistake them for WBCs, causing a falsely high WBC count. The platelet count will be decreased if there is a lot of clumping.
Does splenectomy cause a high platelet count?
Yes, My platelet count was 421 thousand before my splenectomy. One week after removal it was at 2.1 million. Two weeks after my platelet count was at 2.4. My doctors are hoping that it will come down on it's own, but as it looks right now I will have to be on medication to reduce my platelet count. They are expecting it to always be at an elevated level, but they did not expect such high numbers.
What is the significance of a low platelet count?
A low platelet count generally puts an individual at high risk of bleeding, or hemorrhage. The underlying cause of a low platelet count could be several diseases ranging from a something benign to HIV or leukemia.
What happens if platelet count downs to 8?
You'll be very susceptible to infection
What causes high Platelet count?
Having a high platelet count is called thrombocytosis. This can be caused by cancer, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, and use of birth control pills.
What are some of the potential diagnoses when a 4 olds person has a high platelet count approximately 600 000?
This case had a unknown fever for 7 days and then have be well , but now he have a high platelet count about 613 000.
Failure to gain weight high wbc high platelet count what could this mean?
it means you have a high metabolisim
Is 52000 platelet count normal in dengue fever?
Is a platelet count of 134 with protein in urine normal
