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What does a low mpv mean
A 42-year-old female asked:

Dr. Dimitri Novitzkyanswered
Thoracic Surgery 53 years experience
Reduced MPV: A hematologist should provide the answer. The best I found as far MPV is as Follows, the rest is normal
Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a machine-calcul... Read More
1.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old male asked:

Dr. Tarik Hadidanswered
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology 19 years experience
Depends!: The low MPV does not usually have any significant importance. I tend to ignore it most of the time. The slightly elevated WBC can be due to many thing... Read More
4.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 27-year-old female asked:

Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 50 years experience
Need more info: All laboratory results need to be interpreted in the clinical context and the doctor who ordered the tests is usually in the best position to do that.... Read More
4.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:

Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 45 years experience
I'm not concerned: These are all just very slightly out of the reference ranges, present no health hazard, warn of nothing, and if you're feeling healthy, go home thankf... Read More
3.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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A 38-year-old female asked:

Dr. Louis Cooperanswered
Pediatrics 49 years experience
More information nee: Low mpv--means the the patient has smaller platelets. This may be associated with some family history of smaller platelets or with some syndromes. H... Read More
4.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 34-year-old female asked:

Dr. Matthew Feroanswered
Medical Oncology 32 years experience
Small platelets: MPV stands for Mean Platelet Volume and is a measure of the size of the platelets in your blood. Platelets are cellular elements that help initiate bl... Read More
3.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 38-year-old female asked:

Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 47 years experience
Hard to say: To even begin to sort this out the history, exam & actual lab values (numbers) would be required. From the meager data described she could have se... Read More
164 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 24 years experience
No worry: Nothing you should worry about. I do not thing that the low mpv has anything to do with your bruising and bony aches. Brusing can be caused by differe... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 24-year-old female asked:

Dr. Louis Cooperanswered
Pediatrics 49 years experience
No problem: The MPV means the size of the platelets. Size of platelets can be hereditary. Occasional syndromes have low MPV and larger MPV can be associated w... Read More
3.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 52-year-old female asked:

Dr. Steven Ginsberganswered
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology 38 years experience
Please elaborate: Can you send your entire blood count and something about your health? This would be very helpful.
4.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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