Blood Work Shows Occasional Gaint Platelets. Should I See A

Posted on Mon, 16 Dec 2019

Question: Blood work shows occasional gaint platelets. Should I see a hemetalogist

Answered by Dr. Shailja Puri (36 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Giant platelets are young platelets in blood after stress condition.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic.
Presence of occasional giant platelets can be due to recent viral infection, response to statins (drugs used for high cholesterol) to name a few.
Presence of giant platelets is indicative that bone marrow is in regenerative phase.
Giant platelets are actually young platelets released in blood in response to stress conditions like viral infections.
You may get complete blood count and peripheral blood smear examination within two - four weeks.
If giant platelets still persist then you may need to see a hematologist.

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Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri

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