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Aside from making sure to get enough B12 and folate, focus on
generally eating an unprocessed, balanced diet to raise
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immunity against viruses or infections and help your organs
detoxify your body of chemicals you encounter. Fresh fruits and
vegetables are especially important for meeting your nutrient
needs, includin: leafy greens, berries, cruciferous vegetables,
fresh herbs and spices.
Heavy drinkers are at a higher risk for having low platelet counts
since alcohol slows the production of platelets. According to a
report in the journal Alcohol, Health and Research World, heavy
alcohol consumption can cause generalized suppression of
blood cell production and the production of structurally
abnormal blood cell precursors that don’t function properly to
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infections. Thrombocytopenia affects up to 43 percent of
alcoholics who eat normally and up to 80 percent who do
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not. (3)
Everyone responds to drinking alcohol differently, so you need to
consider your unique situation and medical history to know how
much alcohol your body can tolerate without complications. A
general recommendation for healthy adults is to have no more
than one to two drinks per day (one for adult women, two for
men), so those with low platelets should have even less.
Avoiding sugary, processed drinks is also helpful since these
tend to have lots of chemicals that can also disturb normal
platelet production, including artificial sweeteners like
aspartame, synthetic colors and preservatives.
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4. Decrease or Stop Using Painkilling Drugs
They might not work as quickly, but you can help manage pain
naturally by improving your diet and lowering inflammation.
Exercise and anti-inflammatory supplements also help,
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Aside from vitamin B12 and folate described above to help
prevent deficiencies, and anti-inflammatories for controlling
pain, there’s evidence that people with low platelet counts can
also benefit from taking or consuming more of the following:
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For people who already have been diagnosed with low platelet
counts, avoiding injuries and infections is important, since both
can worsen autoimmune reactions, spleen enlargement and
trigger excessive bleeding. Be careful to avoid injuries related to
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It’s possible that some people have ITP (the type of low platelets
that’s an autoimmune disease) in their systems and aren’t
aware of it until something triggers bleeding and raises
suspicion, leading to them visiting their doctor — at which point
they receive a diagnoses.
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Bone marrow is the sponge-like tissue inside the bones, which
contains very valuable cells called stem cells. Stem cells mature
and develop into various types of blood cells, including red
blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Someone who
experiences damage to stem cells inside the bone marrow isn’t
able to make the necessary blood cells and platelets needed to
properly clot blood. People with normal blood platelet counts
have between 150,000–450,000 platelets per microliter of
circulating blood, but those with low counts can have much
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Low platelet counts occur when circulating platelets either:
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• aren’t released by the spleen normally (the spleen can hold
on to them or they can become trapped)
• aren’t produced in high enough amounts by the bone
marrow to begin with
• are produced normally by bone marrow, but then there’s an
increased destruction of platelets
• some combination of these factors above occur
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normal blood platelet counts include: (8)
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• Enlarged spleen: The spleen helps fight infections and
clean the blood, so illnesses that cause an enlarged spleen
can cause too many platelets to become trapped inside
while the body tries to fight off bacteria or a virus. In healthy
people, around one-third of the body’s platelets are held in
the spleen, but conditions like liver disease/cirrhosis
prevent scarring, which keep platelets harbored inside.
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• Aplastic anemia: When the bone marrow stops making
enough new blood cells, called aplastic anemia, it causes a
low platelet count.
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