Platelets

[Univs]

Any advice for low platelets? Mine are at 71 and limiting my options. I am meeting with my MO tomorrow......suggestions on any questions I should ask appreciated......Thank you

[noahware]

Mine are also very low. Here is what I have read as far as possible self-help to possibly bring them up: papaya leaf extract, chlorella/spirulina (algae), wheatgrass, aloe vera, and melatonin. I do not know if any of these actually work, but I have just started taking a few. None would seem harmful in reasonable doses.

Things to avoid: alcohol, quinine, aspartame and cranberry. (Possibly also reduce consumption of "good" things that might help to hinder platelet aggregation, like ginger, garlic, onion and turmeric/curcumin.)

[Univs in reply to noahware]

Thank you.....also have developed a bleeding nose from time to time.

[noahware in reply to Univs]

I had a little of that myself. Also important to limit NSAIDS like ibuprofen, aspirin, etc. I have switched to Tylenol for now.

All those "good" things that help keep blood thinner to avoid stroke, heart attack, etc. are now risk factors for insufficient clotting.

I have also been taking vitamin K, and have reduced my D3 supplement to a very low dose, as I read a high dose may not be good for platelets.

[Univs in reply to noahware]

Good pts. Thank you.

[timmothysmith01]

Less than 150,000 platelets per microliter indicate a low platelet count. Having a low platelet count can make it difficult to stop bleeding. Your body can bleed internally, subcutaneously, or externally from the skin's surface.