Refer to a disorder in which there is a relative decrease of thrombocytes, commonly known as platelets, present in the blood. A normal human platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood.
Symptoms:
Easy or excessive bruising (purpura)
Superficial bleeding into the skin that appears as a rash of pinpoint-sized reddish-purple spots (petechiae), usually on the lower legs
Prolonged bleeding from cuts
Bleeding from your gums or nose
Blood in urine or stools
Unusually heavy menstrual flows
Fatigue
Enlarged spleen
Jaundice
Preliminary plan:
General practitioner appointment
Complete blood count (CBC)
Reticulocyte count
Urinalysis
Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
Blood test:
Latent iron-binding capacity
Iron
Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
Transferrin
Ferritin
Folic acid (folates)
Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
Urea (BUN)
Creatinine
Glucose
Cholesterol
Triglycerides
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Alanine transaminase (ALT)
Bilirubin (total, direct)
Histological examination of bone marrow biopsy fragment