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Does Smoking Cause High Blood Platelets Count?

I just received some blood test results. My platelet count is high, 531. What would cause this? Also my MCV & MCH is also high but Dr says this is because I m a smoker. Is this true? I can t find anything that says anything about smoking causing this.
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Warm welcome to Health care magic family .
I have evaluated your concern in depth .

@ Smoking cause high blood platelet counts .
@ Mechanism for the same :

$ Smoking -- formation of Thromboxane A2 -- activate newly
produced platelets in blood & increase platelet
aggregation .
-- decrease prostacylin ( which stops platelet aggregation )

Hope this will help you surely .
Feel free to ask any future health related question .
Thanks for evaluating my answer thoroughly .
Regards dear .
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Does Smoking Cause High Blood Platelets Count?

Hello dear Warm welcome to Health care magic family . I have evaluated your concern in depth . @ Smoking cause high blood platelet counts . @ Mechanism for the same : $ Smoking -- formation of Thromboxane A2 -- activate newly produced platelets in blood & increase platelet aggregation . -- decrease prostacylin ( which stops platelet aggregation ) Hope this will help you surely . Feel free to ask any future health related question . Thanks for evaluating my answer thoroughly . Regards dear .