41. Insufficient platelet counts often cause severe bleeding. 42. In HIT, the platelet count in the blood falls below the normal range, a condition called thrombocytopenia. 43. Platelet count can be low or high.44. The platelet count is very low. 45. Blood tests revealed a low platelet count _ a possible symptom of leukemia, other cancers or other maladies. 46. One other thing got Cashen hooked : " I have a particularly high platelet count , " she said. 47. Neumega is used to increase depressed platelet counts to a higher level to promote protection against bleeding episodes. 48. One common definition of thrombocytopenia that requires emergency treatment is a platelet count below 50, 000 per microliter. 49. "Why, then, the low platelets count ? 50. It is recommended that neonates be followed with serial platelet counts for the first few days after birth .,
