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Hi my name is Matt, I've suffered with aggressive ITP (an autoimmune disease that kill off my platelets) for a long time now so hope this answers your question.

Normal measurement techniques can only go so far, so is slightly tricky to answer definitively

I had a platelet count of 1k or 1 per 1ml of blood the other day (rushed straight to hospital) which I was told is the minimum the lab could measure. I am still alive, however leaning on things, tight clothes, scratching skin, rubbing eyes all leads to bleeding, so an accident of any type could prove fatal due to a hemorrhage (especially the brain) which wouldn't stop without any platelets. Technically you could survive with a few to none platelet if you could guarantee no bursting of any blood vessels, which is almost impossible given our fragile bodies.

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