Dear Dr. Roach: My wife was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver a little over a year ago. She never consumed any alcohol. I am concerned because her platelet count is very low — it should be 130 to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

ITP affects about 5 people per 10,000. It can be associated with other conditions that are hematologic (leukemia) or ...

Shining a little light on bone marrow cells may be the key to curing a common blood disorder involving low blood platelet count. Low blood platelets can cause serious health complications, such as ...

How low can a platelet count get before you suspect heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? —Higinio R. Lopez, MD, Newark, Del. During heparin therapy, any unexplained decrease that reduces the ...

Patients with systematic lupus erythematosus who have a low platelet distribution width (PDW) are more likely to have lupus nephritis than those with a normal or high PDW, a study found. Platelet ...

How Does Doptelet Work in Thrombocytopenia? Thrombocytopenia is when your blood has too few platelets (also called thrombocytes). Platelets are blood cells made in the soft, spongy tissue inside your ...

HIV-positive women with low blood platelet counts face significantly higher risk of death compared to women with normal counts, according to a study presented today at the 46th Annual Meeting of the ...

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated that platelet count (PLTc) and function have an important role in promoting spontaneous closure of the PDA in animal models. Aimto evaluate whether ...

Sheryl Stein lay in a Northern Virginia hospital, terrified that whatever was attacking the platelets in her blood might kill her before doctors figured out what was wrong. Alone late at night after ...

What can you tell me about the cause and treatment of immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? I am a 71-year-old male, and after lab results showed a low ...