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What Causes Low Platelets?
my father has a history of low platelets, over the past few months they have been dropping down to 44,000 everything else seems to be fine, had an upper gi done and they found a bleeder could this cause low platelets and can dehydration cause this as well. thanks
Mon, 21 Jul 2014
Hi,
you have definitely low platelet count. There are many causes of low platelet. simply viral infection can leads to that.and many other causes are there. And your low platelet count are not due to bleeding. but vice versa your bleeding may be due to low platelet count. So you need to consult your physician. Because it may leads to life threatening bleeding if platelet count goes down further.so consult your doctor and take treatment accordingly.
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you have definitely low platelet count. There are many causes of low platelet. simply viral infection can leads to that.and many other causes are there. And your low platelet count are not due to bleeding. but vice versa your bleeding may be due to low platelet count. So you need to consult your physician. Because it may leads to life threatening bleeding if platelet count goes down further.so consult your doctor and take treatment accordingly.
Thanks for using health care magic.
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