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High Platelet in blood?
I am 67 and a diabetic for almost 24 years and under oral medication.On a recent check up my platelet count is found to be 620000/Cmm.(RBC 3.91 mill/cmm.MCV 95.9.Haemoglobin 12.4%).On a peripheral smear test has shown thrombocytosis with including large and giant platelets.Basophils 3%.
I am taking aspirin daily.What are all the implications of this.Do I need to go for medication?I am told by my doctor to worry only if the PLT count exceeds 800000.
Maybe because you are on medication your body is producing more platelets at a fast rate, that’s why they are so large and so many 620×10^3 is a lot but your red cells and hgb is pretty normal. You doctor probably took into account that you are a diabetic and on medication and the increase platelets is an effect but not necessarily critical….really high like 800 could lead to thrombosis or blood clots and that’s why he told you not to worry until then.
It seems more like a response from your body so no medication would really fix it, your body is just trying to balance itself.
