A slightly high hematocrit is a slightly high percentage of the total platelet volume in the peripheral blood, which often suggests that the body may have certain diseases, such as dehydration, inflammation, primary diseases, and so on.
1. Organic dehydration: It is common that the platelet volume is slightly high due to the increase of blood concentration, such as severe vomiting, diarrhea and other cases of organic dehydration. Positive rehydration treatment should be given in time, and the elevated hematocrit will usually drop to normal after treatment.
2. Inflammation: When there is inflammation in the body, inflammatory substances can stimulate the platelet count to rise. After treatment, it will gradually return to the normal level.
3. Primary diseases: It is common to see high hematocrit caused by primary thrombocythemia, which requires the application of platelet separator to separate the excessive platelets or the application of drugs such as hydroxyurea tablets to reduce the number of platelets.
In addition to the above factors, it can not be ruled out due to infection, hemolysis, surgery and other factors, the patient should be under the guidance of the doctor to do the next step of examination and treatment.