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If for any reason your blood platelet count falls below normal, the condition is called thrombocytopenia. Normally, you have anywhere from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of circulating blood. Because each platelet lives only about 10 days, your body continually renews your platelet supply by producing new platelets in your bone marrow.

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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 does low blood platelets mean?

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.


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.


What do i have if i have low potassium low platelets low red blood count?

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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 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 :)


Is low platelets a sign of leukemia?

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How does the human body close a cut?

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What are low blood palates?

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