Is Food Poisoning Caused Due To Low Platelet Count?

Posted on Sat, 25 Jan 2014

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Sat, 25 Jan 2014 Answered on

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Question : last blood work my platelet count was low 50,000 on thursday night had either a quick bout of the stomach flu or food poisoning as I threw up and had diareta for 3 or so hours could this account for this?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer: No,, Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for your query. Its less likely that the gastrointestinal symptoms you had could have resulted in the low platelet count. Low platelet count is usually encountered in viral infections. I suggest you to get complete blood work to rule out such viral infections. Also the stomach symptoms you had could be secondary to the viral infection. Regards,

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