low blood coutn plateletes 147

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For your information, bleeding tendency and symptoms occur only when the platelet count is very ‎‎low. The normal platelet count is 1.5 - 4.5 lakhs per cmm.

Just a platelet count, which is just at the borderline, does not indicate that you can get cancer. A low platelet count could be often a lab error, in which case, a retest can be done. For proper diagnosis of the underlying condition, a complete hemogram, a peripheral blood smear and coagulation profile will be needed. In addition, a bone marrow examination might also be done to confirm the diagnosis.

There are no specific ways to increase platelet counts, other than platelet transfusions. But such ‎‎transfusions are done only when the platelet counts are very low (less than 20,000 platelets /cmm).

Once a person recovers from the underlying condition causing platelet destruction or reduced ‎production, recovery proceeds in a slow manner. With time, the bone marrow expands , and increases ‎the ‎production of platelets, in required amounts. But in some cases, the counts will still be lower, due ‎to ‎anti-platelet antibodies, which may destroy the newly produced platelets. ‎

Over time, as complete recovery occurs, your platelet count will normalize.