On 07/16/19 My Platelets Were Elevated At 675,000. On 08/09/19

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Question : On 07/16/19 my platelets were elevated at 675,000. On 08/09/19 my platelets increased further to 829,000. Also on this date my WBC was elevated to 14.5, RBC to 5.89 and RDW to 17.4. On 08/16/19 my platelets decreased to 772,000, WBC to 12.4, RBC 5.59, RDW 16.8. Also of note on that date ANP was elevated to 9,126, MCH 24.7, MCV 77.1. All other values of the CBC were within normal range. Please detail your impressions. Thank-you for your time.

Answered by Dr. Hardik Sanghvi (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please give me your clinical details.

Detailed Answer:
Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.

Your platelets count and wbc count is slightly high but it can be seen in simple infection or many other condition. Please tell me about your symptoms. So that I can further guide you.

Please send me your all test reports also.

I will wait for your reply. Thanks for using health care magic.
Wish you a very good health.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Hardik Sanghvi (14 hours later)

My symptoms are: 1) Bleeding gums when brushing, although occasionally just spontaneously. 2) Upon waking I have a brown, sticky film on my tongue with brown saliva. After brushing my teeth this goes away and does not return again until the next morning. 3) Also upon waking I will cough up phlegm that is sticky and yellow in color. This will reoccur two or three times per day, but when it does the color is most often clear or grey 4) I have diarrhea two or three times per week. 5) I have been unusually tired. This has been occurring for approximately three months. Unfortunately I'm not able to send any lab results as the information I have already shared was relayed to me over the phone.

Answered by Dr. Hardik Sanghvi (53 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
From symptoms it looks like some infection.

Detailed Answer:
Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.

Your cough and diarrhea with tiredness can be due to some infection. Moreover your total count and platelets count is high so it also favours infection. Your bleeding gums are not serious and mostly due to vitamins deficiency.

You should take antibiotics as well as symptomatic treatment. From your provided reports it looks like non serios condition. So don't worry about that. Just be relaxed. Repeat your complete blood count after a week.

Hope I have answered your question. If you have any doubts then feel free to ask me. I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic.
Wish you a very good health.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad