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What Causes Deranged Thrombocyte Count While Suffering From Salmonella?

Hi, I'm 21 years old, and about two months ago I had salmonella. I didn't take any drugs for that, doctor only recomended me a diet. But during the time I was ill, my trombocites went to 19, then they rose to 86-7 when I got out of the hospital, where they held me for 7 days. I did another blood test, and my trombocites were 134, but now they're back to 124. I'm 176m tall, and around 60kg, if that is relevant, and I never had these problems before. My pressure is 90/60, usually it is 110/90, but I don't think that is something unusual. Could this point to some serious problem? Everything else in the blood test was normal, except leucocites where a little bit above normal: 8,25. Many thanks, D
Fri, 13 May 2016
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The thrombocyte count may vary significantly with infection. The count may go high, know as thrombocytosis or low as in your case. The low count may suggest that the infection was very serious hence your admission. Your counts seem to be normalizing (meaning you responded) and since you completed treatment (or still on it), I'm sure they will settle down soon.
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What Causes Deranged Thrombocyte Count While Suffering From Salmonella?

The thrombocyte count may vary significantly with infection. The count may go high, know as thrombocytosis or low as in your case. The low count may suggest that the infection was very serious hence your admission. Your counts seem to be normalizing (meaning you responded) and since you completed treatment (or still on it), I m sure they will settle down soon.