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Can Vitamin D Deficiency Cause Low Blood Platelet Count?
Question: can Vitamin D Deficiency cause mlow blood platellets
Brief Answer:
not a known cause
Detailed Answer:
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Vitamin D deficiency is not typically associated with low platelets.
There are some causes of low platelets that are due to abnormalities of the immune system. Since vitamin D has the potential as an immune modulator (can affect the immune response), it can help in these types of low platelet disorders but low vit d does not cause low platelet count.
Causes of low platelet are:(1) infections- there are a number of infections that can cause low platelet counts
(2)chemotherapy
(3)alcohol use
(4)deficient vitamin b12 or folate
(5)side effect of medication
(6)immune diseases
(7)diseases of the spleen
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
not a known cause
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using healthcare magic
Vitamin D deficiency is not typically associated with low platelets.
There are some causes of low platelets that are due to abnormalities of the immune system. Since vitamin D has the potential as an immune modulator (can affect the immune response), it can help in these types of low platelet disorders but low vit d does not cause low platelet count.
Causes of low platelet are:(1) infections- there are a number of infections that can cause low platelet counts
(2)chemotherapy
(3)alcohol use
(4)deficient vitamin b12 or folate
(5)side effect of medication
(6)immune diseases
(7)diseases of the spleen
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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