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What causes low blood platelets, and what can one do to raise them?
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Depends: There are many causes of low platelets including self: auto-immune (ITP), and exogenous such as drugs reactions, chemotherapy, etc. So, how to raise them depends on how they got low.
Answered 6/29/2017
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