Is Food Poisoning Caused Due To Low Platelet Count?

Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2014

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Question : last blood work my platelet count was low 50,000 on thursday night had either a quick bout of the stomach flu or food poisoning as I threw up and had diareta for 3 or so hours could this account for this?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer: No,, Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for your query. Its less likely that the gastrointestinal symptoms you had could have resulted in the low platelet count. Low platelet count is usually encountered in viral infections. I suggest you to get complete blood work to rule out such viral infections. Also the stomach symptoms you had could be secondary to the viral infection. Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar