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Platelet transfusion
Platelet transfusions are used to treat patients with severe bleeding due to decreased platelet production or abnormal platelet funcitoning.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 32-year old asked:
What could cause my aunt to be denied a platelet transfusion?
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A 73-year old male asked:
AML. platelet transfusion pltls = 48. 24hrs later plt down to 24, then 8. Another transfusion. Plts = 60. 48hrs later, plts at 30. now 21. Prognosis?
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A 35-year old female asked:
A family member is currently undergoing targeted therapy for cancer. I've read therapy-related thrombocytopenia can be treated with platelet transfusions and injections such as Neupogen. How exactly do the injections work?
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A 54-year old female asked:
25 son holiday - egypt - persistent nose bleed. Hospital; platelets 12. Platelet transfusions. Now cortisol. Medevac back to uk to see haematologist?
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A 54-year old female asked about a 24-year old male:
My 25 years old son went on a holiday to egypt. He got a persisitent nose bleed and had to go to a hopsital. His platelet count got reduced to 12 and the doctors did a platelet transfusion. Now, he is taking cortisol. Should he bemedically evacuated to uk
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A female asked:
What could possibly cause purple dottie rash all over the body and extreme weight loss, depletion of platelets? Also depletion of blood causing a need for both blood and platelets transfusions and a low grade fever! something is depleting everything my s
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A 47-year old asked:
When do you give plasma and platelets in transfusion?
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A 37-year old male asked:
How can we increase the platelets count (no blood transfusion) in a cancer patient? Are there any natural solutions (food, vitamin complex etc)? Thx
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A 41-year old asked:
What does it mean to transfuse single donor platelets?
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A 38-year old female asked:
My Ana hep-2 test came back positive, my platelets are averaging at 52 after transfusion only went up to 66 what could be going on?
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A 65-year old female asked:
What can happen if you need a blood transfusion due to low platelets during cancer and you refuse to have the transfusion?
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A 47-year old female asked:
My platelets are 457. They are continuously high due to blood transfusions for bleeding ulcers. Last transfusion was 2 yrs ago. Platelets still high?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Is MDS end stage when hgb is 5, platelets 7, after 2 years of treatment/transfusions? Has been on chemo for quite awhile. Labs worsening over past 5 weeks?
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A 19-year old male asked:
If someone has platelet count of 33000 due to dengue.will he need blood transfusion?do juice of papaya leaves helps?
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A 39-year old male asked:
What could be causing high platelet count of 900, anaemia after iron infusion 4 weeks ago and two blood transfusions two weeks ago. ?
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A 54-year old female asked:
Dengue,platelets were low 7000, now improved after transfusion 18000, not recovery naturally, 60 f, liver infection, swoolen face, what are the chances of getting better?
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A 68-year old female asked:
My platelet count is very high (825). I'm taking 25mg Teva-Hydrochlorothiazide tablets & ASA 8mg baby Aspirin tablets. Would these medications help lower it? I get tested every 3 months & it keeps rising. Also, would a blood transfusion help?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My TIBC is 467, UIBC 457, Iron 10, Iron Saturation 2%, Ferritin 5, Vitamin D 9.7, Hemoglobin 7.5, WBC 11.7, Hematocrit 28, Platelets 543.... Is this indicative of needing a transfusion?
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A 49-year old male asked:
Is it normal having higher blood pressure after platelet transfusion caused by hemorrhagic fever? My BP is now 140/80. Which I never had, it is usually 110/80
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A 33-year old female asked:
I have high blood pressure / anemia, I recently had blood and platelet transfusion after giving birth. I have horizontal ridges on 10 hand nails?
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A 48-year old male asked about a 44-year old :
My husband in last stage off liver failure and hep c. He is bleeding out had many blood transfusion,platelets.cancer. how long for test see what stage?
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A 47-year old asked:
My relative had a blood transfusion during the surgery. So could i be able to donate blood/platelets?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are some possible transfusion reactions?
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A 44-year old asked:
What does clumped platelets mean?
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A 63-year old male asked:
IGG. Transfusion for m-GUS disease?
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A male asked:
How to naturally increase platelets?
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A 27-year old male asked:
My platelets count is 175 is that normal?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Is there any medicines to reduce platelets?
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A 24-year old female asked:
My platelets count is 119, should I be worry?
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A 35-year old asked:
What does a high mean platelet volument signify?
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