What to do if your platelets are below 10



Platelets less than 10 first need bed rest, then identify the cause of the disease, treatment and symptomatic platelet supplementation therapy for the cause.

1. Platelets less than 10 first need bed rest and minimize activity, because the risk of bleeding may occur with high activity. It may cause serious consequences of internal bleeding, such as intracranial hemorrhage, which is life-threatening. If there is a tendency to bleed, it can be treated with hemostatic drugs such as hemostatic minerals and hemostatic aromatic acid under the guidance of a doctor, and if the condition is serious it may need to be treated with platelet transfusion.

2. It is necessary to clarify the cause of the disease and treat the cause: if it is immune thrombocytopenia, glucocorticoids should be used; if it is caused by chemotherapeutic drugs, it is necessary to use thrombopoietin or interleukin-11 and other treatments.

Platelets as low as 10 is a serious reduction in the number of platelets, should be timely to the regular hospital consultation, by the doctor according to the specific cause of the disease to give timely and correct treatment.