Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways Low platelets can occur when your bone marrow doesn’t make enough platelets ...

Thrombocytopenia is the condition when you don’t have enough platelets in your blood. Platelets are small blood cells that clot your blood after you get any cut or scrape that bleeds or a bigger ...

Dear Doctor Roach: I’m 80. Over the past 26 years, I’ve had low blood platelet counts. (In 1998, one reading was 168,000, and in 2026, the reading was 117,000.) I have an enlarged spleen (16.1 ...

My friend's 6-year-old son suddenly burst into itchy rashes during a picnic. We took him to a doctor who conducted blood tests, which revealed blood platelets at 5000 & haemoglobin was 7. After ...

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 ...

Dear Doctor Roach: I’m 80. Over the past 26 years, I’ve had low blood platelet counts. (In 1998, one reading was 168,000, and in 2026, the reading was 117,000.) I have an enlarged spleen (16.1 ...

Dear Doctor Roach: I’m 80. Over the past 26 years, I’ve had low blood platelet counts. (In 1998, one reading was 168,000, and in 2026, the reading was 117,000.) I have an enlarged spleen (16.1 ...

Pregnancy-induced thrombocytopenia is a blood condition that occurs during pregnancy and reduces the amount of oxygen your blood can carry. It’s due to increased fluid from pregnancy. Share on ...

A low platelet count may lead to easy bruising and excessive bleeding. Without enough platelets, your body may have trouble stopping bleeding. Reasons for low platelet count include nutritional ...