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Can Low Platelet Count Lead To Brain Damage In New Born?

My great nephew was just born with low platelet count. Dr s said that it is rare, as the mother s platelet is incompatable with the baby? Can the baby be brain damaged? He had a frontal bleed, and is jaundiced. Please advise. Thank you. Elise Ouellette
Tue, 7 Jul 2015
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Hi, I had gone through your question and understand your concerns. You should be worried but not too much. Her bleeding is not that high to be very worried. Brain of child is very plastic and usually they don't have prints of bleeding in future. Thrombocytopenia is transitory statement in 75% of the neonates. Only a small number of these infants have immunological disorders or coagulopathy; the majority of newborns with thrombocytopenia are born prematurely after pregnancies complicated by placental insufficiency and/or fetal hypoxia . These pre-term infants can be delayed in their development, but first years only.
I suggest you to check MRI of brain after 1-2 months to be confident that baby does not problems
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Can Low Platelet Count Lead To Brain Damage In New Born?

Hi, I had gone through your question and understand your concerns. You should be worried but not too much. Her bleeding is not that high to be very worried. Brain of child is very plastic and usually they don t have prints of bleeding in future. Thrombocytopenia is transitory statement in 75% of the neonates. Only a small number of these infants have immunological disorders or coagulopathy; the majority of newborns with thrombocytopenia are born prematurely after pregnancies complicated by placental insufficiency and/or fetal hypoxia . These pre-term infants can be delayed in their development, but first years only. I suggest you to check MRI of brain after 1-2 months to be confident that baby does not problems