Low platelets can lead to rectal bleeding and bleeding in the digestive tract, so it's important to take precautions against constipation and hemorrhoids. Straining during a bowel movement not only leads to hemorrhoids, it can actually increase pressure around the brain, leading to risk of hemorrhage as well. Make sure the person in your care is:
- Eating a diet with plenty of fiber, such as whole grains and fruit
- Taking a fiber supplement, if necessary, to boost fiber intake
- Avoiding coarse, raw vegetables the could injure his digestive tract
- Drinking eight to ten glasses of water daily
- Taking a laxative, if still necessary after all of the above, to avoid constipation
My platelet level recently dropped very low as a side effect from chemotherapy. This is the first time in my five months of chemo. So this article was very helpful to to me on how to manage the problem. Thank you!
My platalet count is now 75,000, it has been going down every time I take a blood test, I DO NOT HAVE INTERNAL BLEEDING NOR HAVE I EVER HAD CANCER. I did have prostate cancer in Nov 1992 and opperated on complete removal of prostate. My reading PSA IS O.1 EVER SINCE Nov 1992.. My Red Blood Cells is in a normal range, same with hgb, hct, mymcv is on the high side a little. My iron levels is normal. Question; What medicatioin is available for treatrment. If a person has a normal spleen can it entrap platalets. What about infusion into the bone marrow. Is their a blood available to see just where the platalets is going?
I NEED A REMEDY FOR LOW PLATELETS.WHAT TYPE OF MEDS. SHOULD I TAKE.PREDISONE IS NOT ANSWER. IN THE PAST ,PROCRIT,RETUXIN. DANASOL,CELLCEPT.
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