High Platelet Count?
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I am slightly perplexed after a visit to my GP on Thursday. I had taken a blood-test at my local hospital and the next day I was contacted by my local surgery who wished to make an appointment with one of the practice doctors for the very next day, I managed to get an appointment with my named doctor and as usual I requested a print out of my results (not all to do with PMR). He said my CRP was 5 (normal range 0 – 7.5) and my ESR was also 5 (normal range 1 – 30) so all well on the inflammatory front. But under the ESR was the Platelet count of 565 (normal range 150 – 400). I might also say it was 640 in July 14 just a couple of weeks into starting preds and has been ‘high’ ever since. He was stumped as to what caused this ‘high’ for 2 years and noted that he would contact a haematologist to query!! The white cell count is up slightly - 11.9, and neutrophil count - 8.6?
I spend 5 minutes on the web only to discover one cause is steroids?
Inflammation – chronic conditions such as Crohn’s disease, or other inflammatory processes. PMR?
Drugs/medication – e.g. corticosteroids can stimulate platelet production
Reaction to certain medications, including steroids
Is there anyone else who has a high platlet count with steroids?
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tina-uk_cwall Oregonjohn-UK
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EileenH Oregonjohn-UK
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Honestly though - as soon as I read the title and without seeing who was posting I was ready to ask were you on steroids. Where do they leave their brains? One of the GPs at my Durham practice admitted to me one of his colleagues (the one that recognised PMR as it happened) had taught him how to use google to look up such things...
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