low platelets

Are diabetics more likely to have a low platelet count? In June my count
was 145 with 140-415 being normal. I have more petechiae on my legs now
tho. They said in 2001 my count was only 165. I think Nispan could be
causing the problem.

Dunno about diabetics but a young friend of ours (19 years old) got a sudden
unstoppable nosebleed a few weeks ago. Two days later the petechiae on the
legs. His mum took him to the doc and got a blood test and within a couple
of hours the doc rang and said get to the hospital immediately, his platelet
count was 1!

In his case it is presumed it was the alcohol he has been drinking. They
gave him prednisone immediately and he was up to 30, then they let him home
on oral prednisone. It went up to 69 and has hovered in that area for nearly
two weeks. They also think he has been running low for quite some time.

Its a wait and see for him at the moment but the docs aren't suspecting
leukemia.

I know it doesn't answer your question but as you are aware, there is more
than one cause for low platelets - I have never heard anything about
diabetics being more prone..

The doctors are amazed it got so low without any symptoms L'il Elvis wrote:
>> Are diabetics more likely to have a low platelet count? In June my
>> count was 145 with 140-415 being normal. I have more petechiae on my
>> legs now tho. They said in 2001 my count was only 165. I think
>> Nispan could be causing the problem.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:10:53 +1000, Ozgirl posted:

>Dunno about diabetics but a young friend of ours (19 years old) got a sudden
>unstoppable nosebleed a few weeks ago. Two days later the petechiae on the
>legs. His mum took him to the doc and got a blood test and within a couple
>of hours the doc rang and said get to the hospital immediately, his platelet
>count was 1!

What units are those? When my wife was undergoing plasmapheresis for
TTP, her count was (if I remember correctly) somewhere under 100,000.
Normal was considered somewhere around 400,000, I think.

She is on warfarin (coumadin) for life.


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Oleg Lego wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:10:53 +1000, Ozgirl posted:
>
>> Dunno about diabetics but a young friend of ours (19 years old) got
>> a sudden unstoppable nosebleed a few weeks ago. Two days later the
>> petechiae on the legs. His mum took him to the doc and got a blood
>> test and within a couple of hours the doc rang and said get to the
>> hospital immediately, his platelet count was 1!
>
> What units are those? When my wife was undergoing plasmapheresis for
> TTP, her count was (if I remember correctly) somewhere under 100,000.
> Normal was considered somewhere around 400,000, I think.
>
> She is on warfarin (coumadin) for life.

I beleive that 1=1 million and so on.