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17 month old recovering from bad stomach virus. blood platelets were 73 5 days ago, 83 yesterday with wbc count of 4000. can this be related to virus?

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Yes: Bone marrow suppression with viral illness is common. Sounds like counts are coming up. Very unlikely to be serious.

Dr Seibert and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/29/2016

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