If the person in your care gets a cut or a nosebleed, you'll want to stop the bleeding as quickly as possible; this can take much longer than normal when his platelet count is low.
For a cut or scrape, apply firm pressure with a clean cloth or bandage for at least five minutes, longer if necessary. If he gets a nosebleed, apply firm pressure just below the bridge of his nose for as long as it takes for the nosebleed to stop. If bleeding doesn't stop after more than ten minutes, call the doctor.
If he doesn't have a partner or live-in caregiver, it's a good idea to set up an alert system that he can set off if he injures himself. Since even minor bleeding can turn serious very quickly for someone with a low platelet count, he'll need to go to the emergency room for any injury that causes uncontrolled bleeding.
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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