Low Blood Platelet Count - Articles
Platelet Count Too Low
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Jamie Donaldson
We picked Kozmo up yesterday evening hoping that his huge mass would be removed. It turns out that he couldn't even have surgery because his platelet count was at a low level. Platelets help in clotting and if they proceeded with the surgery, he could of bled to death. So instead they ran even more tests to see if he has an auto-immune di ...
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Blood Counts
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ffong
ANC 1.2 WBC 1.7 HGB 10.6 PLT 43,000 Jaylon went in for a blood test this afternoon. His counts look good overall. The platelet counts are low but the doctor expects it to go back up. He has several bruises on his leg due to the low platelet counts. Jaylon is scheduled to go back on Thursday for chemo.
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Investigators Recruiting Participants with MS for Studies of Alemtuzumab
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imicsome
... wo to three cycles of the annual infusion. However, dosing was temporarily suspended due to the occurrence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a rare condition in which low blood platelet counts can lead to abnormal bleeding. After the first cases of ITP occurred, one of which was fatal, Genzyme implemented a patient safety monitoring program ...
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Reporting in
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Susan May
... James, Janet Evanovich, or Linda Howard these are just a few of the people I’m hanging out with.Note on Nick. Platelet count was up to 125,000.!!!!!Great news. Cyco level was low so they went up on it a little. He will have blood work again next week.
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Low Red Blood Cell Count
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Karen
Nurse Amy, whom I think is awesome, was my nurse yesterday. I got Easy Chemo as planned, but in addition I also got an Aranesp injection to boost my red blood cell (hemoglobin) count. My HGB was 9.8 when it should be 12 to 15.5. When Nurse Amy came over with the injection, I thought she was trying to give me the Neulasta injec ...
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Chemo Facts
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Nathan L.
... So chemotherapy eliminates not only the fast-growing cancer cells but also other fast-growing cells in your body, including, hair and blood cells. Some cancer cells grow slowly while others grow rapidly. As a result, different types of chemotherapy drugs target the growth patterns of specific types of cancer cells. Each drug has a different way ...
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The LUPUS checklist
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Romelette L.
... umb or painfulDuring one of my lupus flare in 2004.3. Sores in your mouth or nose that lasted more than five days, or sores on your skin that would not heal.Nope.4. Anemia, a low white blood cell count, or a low platelet count.Yes, I had two blood transfusion during my first year of diagnosis and another one on my second year.5. Redness or rash in ...
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Platelet dreams/Brooklyn screams
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Sandi W.
... ffered nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, constipation, severe decrease in blood cell counts, signs of serious infection, seizures, brown urine, blackened skin, yellowing skin, purple skin spots. I have not had tingling/burning/numbness of hands/feet/legs, though I had itching that is a result of the disease, which I'm taking another med ...
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Low white blood counts = Neupogen injections
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Beth Morton
... hospital this morning on how to give myself an injection - once a day for 5 days for each cycle of this chemo. These injections stimulate the bone marrow to create more white blood cells. Side effects can be aching bones, and sometimes nausea. Here's hoping for no side effects since I'm still pretty weak from last chemo... Chemo is evil.
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