Re: thrombocytopenia (low platelets) and risk of bleeding

[Guest guest]

Karl,

" Avoid or curtail activities that might result in injury, including

sexual activity. "

I guess it depends on wheat kind of activities we are talking about,

especially seeing that it comes right after the pointers about knives

and kitchen appliances

Seriously, thanks for all you do

On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:14 AM, karls@lymphomation wrote:

Here we added tips to help minimize risk of problems caused by low

platelets

- bleeding

And a link to a reference range for blood tests, which can vary by age

and

gender.

http://bit.ly/aRA4Ps

How low is too low? It depends on your clinical circumstance, such as in

treatment or after treatment . and also the type of treatment.

Scheduling a work up is prudent if you begin to bruise easily and it's

not

expected - such as when not undergoing treatment. Thrombocytopenia has

other causes, including lymphoma progression in the marrow, spleen

enlargment, but also from a type of autoimmunity called ITP - when the

immune system destroys the platelets.

All the best,

~ Karl

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