Platelets

[mully]

Hi could anyone offer some advice please My platelets were slightly raised after a routine blood test 425, I believe the upper normal limit is 400 My Gp requested a repeat blood test and my platelets were 411 so lower but not completely normal My GP has written No further action, My INR is in range,Should I be concerned?

[HollyHeski Administrator]

My platelets go up when I have iron defiency, or I have a virus.I'm glad your GP repeated the tests, did he check B12 and iron? I don't think you need to be concerned but certainly ask for the tests to be repeated in few months? If you are worried your GP is the best person to talk to.

If you have any symptoms you are worried about, go back and discuss with your GP.

[MaryF Administrator in reply to HollyHeski]

I agree with this, most GP's are keen to sort out Iron or at least monitor it, having gone myself recently plus taken another relative. MaryF

[GinaD]

At one point, some years before my symptoms were finally diagnosed as APS, my platelet count was 800! No doctors offered any explanation. I was slightly anemic, but I had been anemic since age 4. They did say that the body monitors blood particles to maintain a certain level. So, when red blood count goes down, the body will produce more white cells. This makes since because when I finally went gluten free my red blood cells AND white blood cell counts became normal.

[GillyA]

I find it interesting when you have an FBC. There are some parts where the Consultant will immediately call even if it’s marginally out. Others they seem to shrug their shoulders and not be worried about. Guess that’s why they are doctors: we can only go by information we find and don’t really know when to worry. My hemocrit is regularly slightly high, you can scare yourself slightly silly when you read on the internet, she shrugs her shoulders and says she’d only worry if it were much higher 🤷‍♀️