Suggest Diet To Increase Platelet Count Before Chemotherapy In A Liver And Lung Cancer Patient

Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2015

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Question : I have a friend with liver and lung cancer who can't have chemo tomorrow because her platelets are too low. We want to know how low they can go before being too low. Also what can we do to help bring them up. Should she be eating certain things

Answered by Dr. Monish De (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
papaya, pomegranate, leafy green vegetables.

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Platelets can go low as much as betweeen 50,000 to 90000 per microliter after chemotherapy.

She can eat food such as papaya, pomegranate, leafy green vegetables, garlic, liver, beetroot ,raisins, apricot and dates to increase her platelet count.

Regards

Dr DE

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar