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What is the treatment for low red blood count anemia low platelets and fever in dogs?
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∙ 16y ago
Treatment options are usually low, however, you may be able to get a blood transfusion at a vet clinic.
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Can lyme disease affect your blood count such as low platelets red cells and hemoglobin?
YES! IT CAN!!! Before I started treatment, my doctor took a baseline hemoglobin and such test, and as you get treatment, the number increases back to normal amount and that's supposedly how you know you are cured.
What is the medical term meaning abnormal reduction in the number of blood cells?
hematocytopenia is a abnormally low count of red blood cells or reduction in the number of blood cells.
What is Nucleated Cell Count?
red blood cells that have not lost their nucleus.
What is the function of hemocytometer in cell count?
A hemocytometer is a device with a small, precise grid for which the area and depth are known. It is used to count cells, though was originally used for counting blood cells. By counting the number of cells in a given sample space, a generalization can be made about the population, or entire sample.
Why do blood cells have to be so small?
Red blood cells are small in the most common type of anemia (iron deficiency anemia, which leads to a condition called microcytic hypochromic anemia), but they are not small in all types of anemia. For example, a deficiency in vitamin B12 or folic acid leads to a type of anemia called megaloblastic anemia, a form of macrocytic anemia, so named because of the characteristic large red blood cells.
Is low platelets a sign of leukemia?
No, low blood cell count is not a symptom of leukemia, it is a symptom of anemia.
Red blood count?
Your question needs clarification. What do you want to know about red blood cell count?
What is normal blood count for anemia?
I have just been told by my new physician that my iron count in 450. He is contacting a hospital to start my treatment. How serious is this count?
What should be platelet count?
A platelet count is a test to measure how many platelets you have in your blood. Platelets help the blood clot. They are smaller than red or white blood cells. Normal Range between - 150,000 - 400,000 platelets per microliter (mcL).
Why do patients with leukemia have tendency to bleed?
Lupus patients often have thrombocytopenic anemia, either because the immune system attacks and destroys platelets or the immune system interferes with the manufacture of platelets in the bone marrow. Platelets are the part of the blood that cause the blood to clot. If the blood does not clot, people bleed.
What is a low platelets count?
A low platelet count, called thrombocytopenia, causes the blood to fail to clot easily. A healthy platelet count should be between 150,000 and 450,000 platelets per micro liter of blood. A level lower than 150,000 platelets indicates thrombocytopenia.
What happens when the platelets count is 5000?
A blood transfusion is usually ordered.
What does platelet aggregation mean?
High platelets means a condition in which the blood contains more platelets than normal. Platelets are small blood cell fragments that assist in blood clotting. In a healthy person, there are usually 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. A high platelet count can be identified through routine blood tests.
What is hemocytometer?
Hemocytometer-- An instrument used to count platelets or other blood cells.
What happened if RBC count is low?
If the red blood cell count is low, the patient has anemia. Anemia can cause fatigue by leading to inadequate oxygenation of the tissues.
What does an anemia profile show you?
An anemia profile shows if you have an unusually low haemoglobin count in your red blood cells.
What do they check in a full blood count?
In a CBC or complete blood cell count they measure 3 kinds of blood cells red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
