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How Can Platelet Count Be Increased?
my mother is suffering from low platelet count 20000-24000-9000-blood transfusion-1.10 lacs-75000-2000-98000-3000 in the order of tests. She is having mild fever after blood transfusion but no bleeding and no severe pain anywhere. What can it be. please reply at the earliest.
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
Hi welcome to the health care magic
The cause for thrombocytopenia should be treated...
If no active bleeding occurs than no need for transfusion
Sometime autoimmune hemolytic anemia or ITP like cases leads platelet destruction and so count not increasing
Hence, PS, reticulocyte count, platelet functional analysis , bone marrow aspiration like investigation done to look for cause
According to cause further specific treatment given
If needed and ongoing bleeding going on than platelet transfusion like SDP can be prescribed
Take care
Consult physician or hematologist for examination and further work up
The cause for thrombocytopenia should be treated...
If no active bleeding occurs than no need for transfusion
Sometime autoimmune hemolytic anemia or ITP like cases leads platelet destruction and so count not increasing
Hence, PS, reticulocyte count, platelet functional analysis , bone marrow aspiration like investigation done to look for cause
According to cause further specific treatment given
If needed and ongoing bleeding going on than platelet transfusion like SDP can be prescribed
Take care
Consult physician or hematologist for examination and further work up
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