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I have anemia and low blood Platelets due to previous drinking.
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Nov 24, 2023 | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
I'm ready worried as I had a pin prick size spot on my finger and I must have caught it during sleep it took me 1 and a half hours to stop it! It was literally dripping! I'm going to call my gp first thing Monday as if this had been a large cut or something internal I would have died. I am putting pics up of just a little of the blood..I'm totally lost as to what to do.
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Hi Cheryl! Just wanted to pop in to check on you. I know you’d planned to call your doctor first thing Monday. Were you able to get in right away? Sending a hug!
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Cheryl, this is not normal. I’m not trying to scare you any more than you are now, but Please get to your doctor ASAP. Don’t wait until Monday morning! Honestly, if this were me, I’d be heading to the ER because there is something serious going on. Your platelet levels could be dangerously low. You may need a platelet infusion and admittance to the hospital.
This constitutes an emergency, my friend.
Your platelets results were low from previous tests but they were taken some time ago. If you’re bleeding this much through your nose, gums and now this pin prick on your finger you need to be seen as quickly as possible! Call your adult children and have one of them take you to the ER. That is the place for you to start.
I know our medical systems are different here in the US than in the UK, but frequent extreme bleeding that won’t stop constitutes an emergency in any country.
Wishing you well from across the pond… hugs.