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When platelet levels drop to 8,000 per microliter (thrombocytopenia) in a patient with leukemia, it indicates a significantly increased risk of bleeding and bruising. This condition often arises due to the bone marrow's impaired ability to produce platelets, a common issue in leukemia. Immediate medical intervention is usually required to manage the risks associated with such low platelet counts, including potential blood transfusions or treatments to address the underlying leukemia. Monitoring and supportive care are essential in these cases.
What else can I help you with?
Why do patients with leukemia tend to bleed?
because leukemia is cancer of the blood :)
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 causes a high white count and low platelets?
Liver cancer/ 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 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.
What kind of cancer can cause abnormally large platelets and low platelet count?
Leukemia
What are leukemia stains?
Leukemia stains are done to diagnose and classify leukemia. Blood contains red cells, several varieties of white cells, and platelets. Cancerous overproduction of any one type of cell produces one of many types of leukemia.
Can dogs get Leukemia?
No. Feline Leukemia is only found in cats.
What infections can cause low platelets in dogs?
Thrombocytopenia can be caused by a variety of factors, including: Leukemia, Lymphoma, decreased platelet production, extreme blood loss due to a hemorrhage, and increased destruction of platelets in the body. These are just a few.
What is the count of platelets in hemophilia patient?
because there is only the defects in function of platelets in hemophilia and not reduction in number of platelets!
Are you in the terminal stage of leukemia when you have 2 blood transfusions and 2 platelets in 9 days?
You really need to have your doctors sit down and EXPLAIN everything to you.
Why would a person with leukemia have low numbers of red blood cells normal white blood cells and platelets in the blood?
A person with leukemia may have low red blood cells due to bone marrow being replaced by cancer cells, hindering normal red blood cell production. Low white blood cells and platelets may occur due to leukemia cells crowding out normal blood cell production in the bone marrow, leading to decreased production of white blood cells and platelets.
