Low Platelets: Diagnosis to be confirmed

I highly advise a 2nd opinion. Contact an specialist immediately! Have them run an AdamsT13 blood test, it will surely point to iTTP. I was in a coma for 4 days (blood loss) doctors ran every test imaginable- finnaly, an hematologist saw that I had no platelets and started plasma exchange.

Wishing you the best, keep us updated. “praying”

Welcome, @kristiann1123. I moved your message to this existing discussion that @rockitman recently started.
- Low Platelets: Diagnosis to be confirmed: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/low-platelets-1/

I did this so you can read the previous posts and connect with members like Rockitman, @loribmt @hlmcneely @elenarey77 @lulujuice @emcdanie2006

Kristian, has your cousin considered getting a second opinion to help find the underlying cause?

The 17 is 17,000. If you look at your CBC it will not include the thousand.
The CBC will list normal at 140-440. It is actually 140,000 to 440,000.
Hope this explains it better.
Best wishes to you, hope all goes well for you.

Hope you get results that are good. My energy level drops and comes back I have same diagnosis

My cousin (31 year old female) has had a very low blood platelet count for over 2 months now. She got down to 6k and was hospitalized for 3 days and they are not telling her anything other than it could be chronic or a one time thing. She has taken steroids to boost her levels back up but the moment she stopped, they dropped back down to 26k within a matter of a few days. She has had numerous labs and testing and they aren't fixing her problem and seem to not even have an inkling as to what is really going on with her. Any thoughts or ideas on what we should do next?

I was in Mayo yesterday getting my Bone Marrow aspiration. I really don't have any firm diagnosis yet.
I have Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) -low grade and Anemia, Hemoglobin has made a big drop in the last few days. Makes me very tired and have minor headaches. I won't have a treatment prescribed until the final biopsy reports are in, two to 10 days. I just went for the quick and easy Biopsy, but it was no problem at all. Also had to get a platelet transfusion while there and also talked with my Dr. for quite a while. If nothing shows up on the final biopsy reports, he seems very optimistic I can get through this with some chemotherapy.
I'll let you know more when I know more.
My best wishes to elenarey77.

Hi @elenarey77 Welcome to Mayo Connect! Thank you for sharing your experience with Aplastic Anemia. That’s a very serious disease where the bone marrow isn’t producing blood cells…not just red cells but white blood cells and platelets too, as you experienced. So it’s very positive and encouraging to hear that you’ve had success with the medications!
Will you be on these for life or has it reversed the disease completely?

Hi @rockitman. Thought about you this morning with your bone marrow biopsy. I know it takes several days for all the aspects of the biopsy to get analyzed. Hope it all went well. Did you try the pleasant slumber option? 🙂

It turned out I had severe aplastic anemia. My platelet count was at 16. Other cell counts really low too. I was treated with. ATGAM, cyclosporine, and Promacta.
Good Luck and best wishes!

Nov 1st@ 8:30am. Jacksonville, FL.
Thanks for the insight and info, as always, a pleasure to hear from you.
I'll let you know how it all goes.
Stay well.