Clinical colds may cause thrombocytopenia.
This is because colds are caused by respiratory viral infections, which, when followed by respiratory viral infections, cause immune responses in the body. These immune reactions may cause immune destruction of platelets, thus causing a decrease in platelet count.
The decrease in platelet count caused by colds is a mild decrease, not a serious decrease, and the patient will not have obvious bleeding symptoms.
After the cold condition improves, the reduced platelets will gradually return to normal. If the patient belongs to thrombocytopenic purpura, aplastic anemia, leukemia and other diseases, it may also lead to thrombocytopenia, and need to be treated in a timely manner, such as acute myeloid leukemia patients need to be treated with cytarabine and other drugs such as chemotherapy.
If the platelets still do not rise after recovering from a cold, it is recommended to go to the hematology department of the hospital in time for examination and diagnosis and treatment under the guidance of the physician according to the examination results.