Sleep affects platelet count by increasing your platelet sACT and sAGG count in people with OSA.
Platelets can increase in one day and in fact the bone marrow creates millions of platelets in each and every day.
The platelets can only live in the body for 10 days so the bone marrow needs to create more of those platelets each day.
The drinks that are bad for platelets are spirits, beer and wine and other alcohol based drinks which can suppress the bone marrow and lower your platelet count.
Doctors treat low platelets through use of medications and by replacing lost blood through blood transfusions of packed red blood cells or platelets.
Severe thrombocytopenia can also cause bleeding into your brain which can be fatal.
Low platelets does sometimes mean lymphoma or even leukemia.
However having low platelets does not always mean you have lymphoma or leukemia as it can be other blood disorders.
Foods to avoid if you have low platelets are foods with white refined sugar or fructose, corn syrup, honey and other sweeteners and also limit fruit and fruit juice.
You should be worried about low platelets when your platelet counts are too low as it can cause dangerous bleeding and can also be an indicator of cancer such as leukemia or other blood disorders.
Normal platelet counts range from 150,000 to 450,000.
A platelet count that is below 50,000 is low and a platelet count below 20,000 is severe thrombocytopenia.
When your platelet count is too low then it can cause dangerous internal bleeding.
The 2 conditions that can cause low platelets thrombocytopenia are certain types of anemia and leukemia and other types of cancers.
Other conditions that can cause low platelets thrombocytopenia include.
Viral infections, such as hepatitis C or HIV.
Chemotherapy drugs and radiation therapy.
Heavy alcohol consumption.
A low platelet count does sometimes mean leukemia although not always.
Low platelets can lead to leukemia and having low platelet counts can mean you have leukemia although it can also be a result of other conditions.
Leukemia on a blood test will look like abnormal levels of white blood cells and abnormally low red blood cell or platelet counts which can indicate leukemia.
You can live with leukemia for a few months to a few years without knowing it.
If you suspect leukemia you should get tested so that if you do have leukemia you can get treatment as soon as possible.
You can have leukemia and not know it as most people with leukemia don't have any symptoms at first or even for a year or longer.
The main symptoms of leukemia are breathlessness, weakness, pale complexion, anemia and tiredness.
Leukemia bruises appear on the hands, legs and the back.
The blood disorders that come before leukemia are myelodysplastic syndrome which is a group of related disorders that cause abnormal blood forming cells to develop in your bone marrow.
In the beginning these blood forming cells interfere with the production of your normal blood cells and later the blood cells become cancerous and turn into leukemia.
The red flags of leukemia are bone pain, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, night sweats, headaches, shoulder aches, shortness of breath, abdominal pain and possible unexplained weight loss.
The bone pain with leukemia is felt in the long part of your legs bones and can also be felt in the long part of the arm bones as well.
Leukemia bone pain is also sometimes felt in the breastbone and the ribs.
With leukemia the joint pain and swelling of your large joints such as your shoulders and hips also sometimes begins several weeks after the initial bone pain with leukemia begins.
A leukemia headache will feel like a banging headache where you can most often also hear your heartbeat in your ears and it will feel like your head is throbbing.
Headaches caused by leukemia are most likely to happen and occur frequently and are most often long lasting and severe headaches.
Leukemia bone pain will feel like a sharp pain in the bone or it can also be a dull constant ache in one or more bones.
The part of the body that leukemia affects is the soft, inner part of your bones also known as the bone marrow.
However the leukemia can move quickly into your blood and then spread to other parts of your body which can include the central nervous system, liver, spleen, lymph nodes and other organs.
The leukemia red spots will look like tiny red spots on your skin and are called petechiae.
On fair to light skin tones the tiny red spots with leukemia can appear as red dots and on darker skin tones the leukemia red spots can appear darker than the surrounding skin and be less noticeable.
Leukemia on a CBC or complete blood count will look like abnormal levels of white blood cells and also abnormally low red blood cells or platelet counts.
The skin with leukemia will look like bumps or nodules and skin lesions which looks like red-brown to purple firm bumps and or nodules which represents the leukemia cells depositing in your skin.
The skin conditions of leukemia are bruising and/or a rash of the skin.
With leukemia various types of rashes can occur such as a purpura rash or a petechiae rash that can appear when small blood vessels break under your skin.
Some of the rashes with leukemia also involve nodules, papules or bumps on the surface of your skin.
The symptoms of leukemia in adults are increased bruising and bleeding, tiredness, and or anemia, (pale complexion, breathlessness and weakness, repeated infections, mouth sores, sore throat, sweats, fevers, coughing, boils, infected cuts and scratches and frequent passing of urine with irritation.
The age that leukemia is most common is the ages of 65 to 74 years of age.
Even kids can get leukemia or anyone of any age although adults that are between the ages of 65 to 74 years of age are at the highest risk of developing leukemia.
A doctor diagnoses leukemia through a blood test and blood sample and through a microscopic evaluation of your blood using flow cytometry.
Blood tests are essential to the accurate diagnosis of leukemia as the blood tests can show if you have leukemia cells or abnormal cells in the blood.
Silent leukemia is a type of leukemia cancer that is harder to diagnose because with silent leukemia the symptoms don't manifest or show until the later stages of the leukemia.
The 3 crucial leukemia symptoms are persistent fatigue, persistent weakness and severe or frequent infections.
Fever and chills are also common with leukemia.
The two late stage symptoms of leukemia are slow breathing with long pauses, noisy breathing with congestion and cool skin which can turn bluish, dusky color which also occurs especially in the feet and hands.
Other late symptoms or end stage symptoms of leukemia are dryness of mouth and lips, decreased amount of urine, loss of bowel and bladder control and restlessness or repetitive, involuntary movements.
The leukemia symptoms are increased bruising and bleeding, tiredness, and or anemia, (pale complexion, breathlessness and weakness, repeated infections, mouth sores, sore throat, sweats, fevers, coughing, boils, infected cuts and scratches and frequent passing of urine with irritation.
Leukemia cancer can sometimes be cured through chemo or other cancer treatments to keep it from spreading although it may come back.
The sooner you get treatment for Leukemia the higher chance you have at being cured.
If the leukemia is caught and treated soon enough then you can in most cases be fully cured of Leukemia.
Although it still has a slight chance of coming back.
AML Leukemia is a deadly cancer.
If not treated the AML leukemia can spread and be fatal.
The 5-year survival rate for people 20 and older with AML is 26%.
For people younger than 20, the survival rate is 68%.