← Return to Low Platelets with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)

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@loribmt

Hi Sharyn, with your MDS, your immune system is weakened. So, having an abscess and a UTI is compounding your misery in part because of your immune system being compromised.
I’m concerned when you mention that you have a abscess and also a UTI because both can become very serious quite quickly if not taken care of with antibiotics. I’m not sure where your abscess is located but even in the mouth these can go systemic and need to be treated. You may have a lower white blood count which means your infection fighting cells are low…that leads to these infections.

Yes, please call either your primary care physician or hematologist and explain what’s happening. You should have some bloodwork run and treatment started for your two infections. You also deserve find out if your MDS is progressing. If your hematologist is hard to track down, do you have an option of getting a second opinion?

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Thankyou for your kind words, I started antibiotics yesterday but still feel very sick. I saw my blood dr last week and that’s when he told me my platelets had dropped again to 64000, he has given me a slip to get bloods every month for 6 months. But I have no idea what sort of MDS I HAVE but my platelets are dropping. So is he going to wait until they are 10,000 which is dangerously low, I have no idea. Do u know what category of MDS MOVES VERY QUICKLY.