Thread: Platelets drop 50% in two days?
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Old Tue Jan 31, 2012, 10:37 AM
wilmasdaughter wilmasdaughter is offline
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Question Platelets drop 50% in two days?
My mom has MDS Int 1, age 89. Co-morbidities = hypertension, CHF, interstitial lung disease. She is in hosp right now recovering from bad stomach flu. When she was admitted Saturday, her platelets were 58,000. Today(tuesday) her platelets dropped to 27,000; that is lowest she has ever been. They were going to send her home but found fluid on her lungs so keeping her in. What causes platelets to drop in half over 4 days, from low to lower? BTW, she is also has low rbc and wbc. Could the drop in platelets be causing the fluid on lungs or is she now at risk for pneumonia? Thanks.
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Jil, dtr of Wilma age 90; dx May 2011; MDS refractory cytopenia IPSS Int 1; platelets 35, WBC 3.5 & RBC 3.06
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