low Blood Platelets

[GirlfromTennessee]

what is the best way to raise Blood Platelets via Vitamins? Are Iron tablets good to raise them as well?

[GinaD]

Sorry. I have no idea. My problem in the past before diagnosis and warfarin was from sky high platelet count. One doctor told me that if red blood cells go down, platelets will go up, and vice versa.

[GirlfromTennessee in reply to GinaD]

A little low

[kiminabmw]

Do you know why your platelets are low? Are they within normal range, just at the low end of normal?

[GirlfromTennessee in reply to kiminabmw]

I’m told because of having APS.

[Byourownadvocate]

Hi TN from Illinois! My daughter lives in Knoxville. I have suffered from ITP for years and was suggested by alternative healthcare using arnica and tahini, didn’t help. Have learned to live with low counts. My new normal became 30-60,000. Not sure what your other treatments or diagnosis are, sadly not sure there is a fix. I learned to monitor by feeling, like a bad flu and can’t function usually signals lower than 30 get help…good luck to you!

[Thick_Blood]

mine are always right at the bottom of the normal range. Nothing to do about it.

Platelets last 12 months

[GirlfromTennessee in reply to Thick_Blood]

Same with mine as well

[Wittycjt]

mine are low and they think it’s from my plaquinil. Are you on plaquinil?

[GirlfromTennessee in reply to Wittycjt]

I am on plaquini .. have been for about 8.5 years. I just had a scratch & I bled for about 15 min. Also when I checked my INR blood squirted everywhere!!! First time this had ever happened.

[kiminabmw]

Gosh, I'm not sure. My nephew, had CAPS, and his platelets went very low. At the time, he was not on any blood thinner. He had a lot of treatments, Plaquenil, Cellcept, IVIG and Plasmapheresis. As well as high dose steroids, for months. He still has APS, but his platelets are now within the normal range, right in the middle of the range.

[MaryF Administrator]

Sometimes it can indicate low folate and B12, I would get thoroughly checked and then ask what to take, GP/Specialist advice, MaryF

[GirlfromTennessee in reply to MaryF]

My blood was rechecked it is still low. My B12 shows too high. Folate levels are normal.