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Suggest Diet And Medication To Improve Platelet Count

hi,I have been seeing my doctor for over four months with two hostipal doctors seen has well when i frist went to my gp he gave me movicol to take after about 4 to 5 weeks i had to go to AE has my beely was full of wind and they put 2 tablets into my backside and after about 40 minutes i went to the tolilet which worked and help clear my belly of wind but since then i have charged my diet has told to do and i am going to have a endoscopic examination in two weeks time but also i have put on a stone in 5 weeks and my blood test are ok apart from what they call the platlets are a bit low,Please advise has this is getting me very down Thank You
Tue, 2 Jun 2015
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Hi i did review your concern.
Can you please send us the complete blood report to comment more on your platelet count. Low platelet counts can be due to many reasons like a recent infection, or idiopathic (ITP) or immunological destruction or low production or bone marrow infiltration by any process.
We need to have a look at your report and if it is below 1 lakh/cumm then a bone marrow aspirate is advised to see if it is megakaryocytic or not. Then there is treatment available to increase platelet count in form steroids or splenectomy or romiplostim and so on but it depends on diagnosis.


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Suggest Diet And Medication To Improve Platelet Count

Hi i did review your concern. Can you please send us the complete blood report to comment more on your platelet count. Low platelet counts can be due to many reasons like a recent infection, or idiopathic (ITP) or immunological destruction or low production or bone marrow infiltration by any process. We need to have a look at your report and if it is below 1 lakh/cumm then a bone marrow aspirate is advised to see if it is megakaryocytic or not. Then there is treatment available to increase platelet count in form steroids or splenectomy or romiplostim and so on but it depends on diagnosis. i hope this helps. Wish you all the best. Thank you for using healthcaremagic.