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acetaminophen, alcohol, Allergic reactions, anemia, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, babesia, Bactrim, band neutrophils, bands, basophil, bleeding, burn, cancer, CBC, CBC with diff, CBC with differential, Cell Fragments, Chronic infections, Clumping, eosinophil, h.pylori, heart attack, hemolytic anemia, heparin, Hepatitis C, HIV, infection, inflammation, inflammatory arthritis, iron deficiency, leukemia, lithium, lupus, lymphocytes, lymphoma, malignancy, megakaryocytes, mono, monocytes, naprosyn, neutrophil, NSAIDs, Pregnancy, quinine, Sepsis, steroids, sulfa drugs, Systemic Lupus, tagamet, Trauma, TTP, vancomycin, vasculitis, Vitamin B12 deficiency
Platelets are fragments of large cells called megakaryocytes that are involved in blood clotting.
High Platelet count are seen in:
– inflammatory diseases such as vasculitis, inflammatory arthritis
– Bleeding, iron deficiency, hemolytic anemia
– Trauma, burn, heart attack
– Chronic infections
– Allergic reactions
– Lymphoma, cancer
– Medications
Low Platelet count are seen in:
– Clumping. This results in falsely low platelet count
– Medications such as quinine, heparin, sulfa drugs such as Bactrim, antibiotics such as vancomycin, acetaminophen, NSAIDs like naprosyn, tagamet, cancer drugs
– Infections such as hepatitis C, HIV, Sepsis, mono, h.pylori, babesia
– Toxic such as alcohol
– Immune related such as in Systemic Lupus, Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, TTP,
– Vitamin Deficiency such as Vitamin B12 deficiency
– Pregnancy
– Cancer
