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What Causes Low Hemoglobin And Blood Platelet Levels?

Good afternoon Doctor.My wife is normally having low Haemoglobin, around 9, and low Platelet counts over last one year (between 100K and 46K) In tests done in Dec 17, Jan 18 the counts were around 60K to 70 k. But in early Feb 2018 when tests were done, Platelet count was reported at 150K. After a few days, re-tests were done when the result was 94K and in March it came down to 61K. Is such wide fluctuation in Platelet in a month s time possible, specially when she had no other treatment or illness during this period.
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

First of all is important your wife age, anemia occurs often in reproductive females because of menstrual cycle. It should be excluded anemia cause of lack ferrous intake also. After that, your doctor will have an investigation ta find the cause of anemia.Low platelet count usually follows low hemoglobin,as in decreased production of platelets in bone narrow, increased breakdown in some imune disorders,viral infections etc or trapped platelets as in spleen disorders. To make the diagnosis contact your family doctor and he will require the necessary analysis to make a diagnosis.

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What Causes Low Hemoglobin And Blood Platelet Levels?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. First of all is important your wife age, anemia occurs often in reproductive females because of menstrual cycle. It should be excluded anemia cause of lack ferrous intake also. After that, your doctor will have an investigation ta find the cause of anemia.Low platelet count usually follows low hemoglobin,as in decreased production of platelets in bone narrow, increased breakdown in some imune disorders,viral infections etc or trapped platelets as in spleen disorders. To make the diagnosis contact your family doctor and he will require the necessary analysis to make a diagnosis. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.