Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked ...

The smear shows normochromic red blood cells and decreased platelets. More importantly, there is a spirochete in the right lower corner of the field with 12 loose coils consistent with Borrelia (5 to ...

How Does Doptelet Work in Thrombocytopenia? Thrombocytopenia is when your blood has too few platelets (also called thrombocytes). Platelets are blood cells made in the soft, spongy tissue inside your ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

Because leukemia is a blood cancer, it can affect a person’s platelet count. People with leukemia sometimes have a low platelet count. However, other conditions can also cause low platelets. Leukemia ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My brother has low blood platelets and anemia. He will be 73 this year and has had three back surgeries. What causes low blood platelets? Can anything be done to raise platelet count?

A high-fat diet may combat low platelet counts in the blood caused by chemotherapy, according to preliminary research, which suggests that a ketogenic eating plan may be a nontoxic, low-cost and ...

Thrombocytopenia occurs when your blood platelet levels are too low. Doctors use a grading system to determine the severity of your thrombocytopenia and its treatment. Thrombocytopenia is when the ...