What is the cause of low platelet count in children?

As parents, we should pay attention to the causes of low platelet count in children, including aplastic anemia or other inflammations, congenital genetic defects, and abnormal platelet counts, all of which may cause low platelet counts.

1. Aplastic anemia, acute leukemia, radiation sickness, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune thrombocytopenia, hypersplenism, etc.: patients have a tendency to bleed, such as petechiae, erythema or unexplained nosebleeds on the skin.

2. Inflammation, taking sulfa drugs, blood diseases and congenital genetic defects, etc.: but most of the causes are unknown.

3. Abnormal platelet count: It is often accompanied by abnormal platelet function, such as thrombasthenia and giant platelet syndrome, which are typical diseases of low platelet function. However, in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia), diabetes, tumors and surgical operations, increased platelet function is an important cause of thrombosis.

4. The simplest way to understand whether there are abnormalities in the platelets in the body is to do a routine blood test, which can find out whether the number of platelets is normal and make a preliminary judgment on its function based on the platelet count results. Further examination of platelet function. For the symptoms of low platelets, Chinese medicine can be used for treatment. For example, the Selaginella purpura recipe. The treatment was relatively thorough and had no side effects.