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Old Sat Apr 9, 2011, 04:25 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Platelets

Hi Neel,
The criteria for platelet transfusions are not fixed. Many patients with MDS (like me) have dysfunctional platelets and need platelet transfusions if the platelets are lower than 30 000. Other patients with "good" platelets manage with much lower counts.

I get bleedings and blood blisters in the mouth, bruising and small nose bleedings when my platelets are lower than 30 000. Then there is a risk of brain bleedings so I have got a few platelet transfusions May-June 2010. Then I started to take Thalidomide and Prednisone. After 4 weeks my platelets increased from 22 to 43 and are now 112.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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