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didlems - 22 Nov 2004 13:46 GMT

hello everyone,
i know this is a very broad question....but what might a 'low platlet
count' indicate ?
i am over one year out of chemo.
my best wishes to
you all.
kathleen

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Tim Jackson - 22 Nov 2004 15:47 GMT

> hello everyone,
> i know this is a very broad question....but what might a 'low platlet
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> you all.
> kathleen

Bone marrow problem?
Chemotherapy can cause it, but not usually permanently.
Is it associated with other symptoms, eg uncontrolled bleeding?

Tim Jackson

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J - 22 Nov 2004 16:37 GMT

> i know this is a very broad question....but what might a 'low platlet
> count' indicate ?
> i am over one year out of chemo.

Maybe it depends how low ???
there's a range mentioned here
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_diagnostic/unit02_lab_tests.html

and Medline mentions (some) possible causes
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000586.htm
Then a general "Drugs (very rare)"

Are you taking something else?
J

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Sandy L - 23 Nov 2004 03:06 GMT

> hello everyone,
> i know this is a very broad question....but what might a 'low platlet
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> you all.
> kathleen

It could be sluggish production--a bone marrow problem--or overlay rapid
destruction as with hypersplenism (an enlarged spleen) or an immune process
attacking them as with idiopathic thromboctytopenia purpura.

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Big Dick - 23 Nov 2004 12:56 GMT

>> hello everyone,
>> i know this is a very broad question....but what might a 'low platlet
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> destruction as with hypersplenism (an enlarged spleen) or an immune
> process attacking them as with idiopathic thromboctytopenia purpura.

I've had that and the doc gave blood transfusions - saying that mets were
crowding out the bone marrow which produces blood cells.

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