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Having a high platelet count may result to thrombosis, meaning, blood clot formation in the blood vessels. This is quite dangerous since there may be a chance that this blood clot (called thrombus) maybe dislodged (now called, embolus). The embolus (emboli-plural) now circulates in your system and may get stuck in an artery causing obstruction in blood flow. This is dangerous if the emboli obstructs a major artery, depending on the organs involve, it may lead to myocardial infarction (heart attack)congestive heart failure, renal failure, cerebrovascular accident (stroke), etc.
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∙ 11y agoThe platelet count will also increase when a relatively large amount of body tissue is damaged either intentionally following surgery or after an accident.
This is part of your natural defence mechanism to ensure adequate clot formation and prevent fatal bleeding.
Some cancers can cause a high platelet count either by causing damage to tissues, causing blood loss (for example from the bowel) or by erroneously producing a response from the immune system that stimulates the bone marrow to produce platelets.
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Low platelet count?
platelet count
What is consider a high platelet count?
A normal platelet count in a healthy individual is between 150,000 and 450,000 per microliter. Ninety-five percent of healthy people will have platelet counts in this range.
How do platelet clumps affect the WBC and platelet counts?
If the platelet clumps are large enough, an automated blood analyzer may mistake them for WBCs, causing a falsely high WBC count. The platelet count will be decreased if there is a lot of clumping.
What is the Platelet Count Test?
What is the Platelet Count Test?
Does splenectomy cause a high platelet count?
Yes, My platelet count was 421 thousand before my splenectomy. One week after removal it was at 2.1 million. Two weeks after my platelet count was at 2.4. My doctors are hoping that it will come down on it's own, but as it looks right now I will have to be on medication to reduce my platelet count. They are expecting it to always be at an elevated level, but they did not expect such high numbers.
What factors can cause high platelet count?
Factors that can cause a high platelet count are conditions like cancer, iron-deficiency anemia, inflammatory bowel disease, kidney disorder, pancreatitis, tuberculosis, and certain medication. When high platelet counts are high, the medical term for this condition is thrombocytosis.
What is the significance of a low platelet count?
A low platelet count generally puts an individual at high risk of bleeding, or hemorrhage. The underlying cause of a low platelet count could be several diseases ranging from a something benign to HIV or leukemia.
What causes high Platelet count?
Having a high platelet count is called thrombocytosis. This can be caused by cancer, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, and use of birth control pills.
What happens if platelet count downs to 8?
You'll be very susceptible to infection
What are some of the potential diagnoses when a 4 olds person has a high platelet count approximately 600 000?
This case had a unknown fever for 7 days and then have be well , but now he have a high platelet count about 613 000.
Failure to gain weight high wbc high platelet count what could this mean?
it means you have a high metabolisim
Is 52000 platelet count normal in dengue fever?
Is a platelet count of 134 with protein in urine normal
