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Old Wed Jul 7, 2010, 12:15 AM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
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Charles,

It sounds like the doctors are making educated guesses but that only further tests (and clues from your brother's medical history) will get them to a definitive diagnosis. There are many possible causes of low platelets (called thrombocytopenia by hematologists), from vitamin B12 deficiency to infections to bone marrow failure to side effects of drugs.

It's too soon for you to jump to conclusions so I hope it won't take the doctors much longer to narrow it down. Not knowing what's wrong can be worse than knowing what's wrong, because having no diagnosis leaves you imagining the worst while you wait.

Please let us know what they learn.
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