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I have severe anemia, high platelets and high potassium.what should i do?

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Anemia and high K: Your high potassium (k) could be due to your elevated platelet (p) count. It is due to k being liberated in the test tube from the p. Your anemia is another issue and needs evaluation by a physician (p). You are on iron supplements and patients that are iron deficient have high p counts. You need medical help to find the cause(s) of your anemia, which could be blood loss, among others. See a p.

Answered 5/13/2016

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Blood loss: Anemia high platelets could be bone marrow disease some form of cancer affecting platelets cell line and the potassium is inside the plat or you have got gut bleeding causing you to bleed without seeing occult bleeding with increased platelets as a response from the body to clot the site of bleeding and with the reduced kidney functions from decreased kidney perfusion could raise your potassium or.

Answered 1/28/2014

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