What to eat for low platelets

Patients with low platelets should eat more of the following foods: First, high-protein foods, such as milk, lean meat, fish and eggs, can provide the body with the necessary protein and improve the body’s resistance. Second, patients should eat more vitamin-rich foods, including fruits, vegetables, cereals. Third, since patients with low platelets often suffer from various kinds of bleeding, resulting in iron deficiency anemia, patients can eat more iron-rich foods, such as animal liver, animal blood, egg yolk, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, etc. Fourth, they should eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi, such as red dates, peanuts, figs, raisins, etc. In addition to the above food treatment, the most important thing is to give medication to boost platelets. If the patient is diagnosed with primary immune thrombocytopenia, treatment is preferred to glucocorticoids, gammaglobulin, and also thrombopoietin and thrombopoietin receptor agonists.