It’s said in many texts about this (possible) problem, but I don’t understand how serious blood clots and low levels of blood platelets can go together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platelet: “Platelets […] are a component of blood whose function […] is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.”
Do most platelets for these patients end up in clots, and is production stopped? Are there other cell types or mechanisms that can cause clotting? Can anybody enlighten me?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platelet: “Platelets […] are a component of blood whose function […] is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.”
So, I would expect low platelet counts to be associated with excessive bleeding, not excessive clotting (and indeed it is. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombocytopenia)
Do most platelets for these patients end up in clots, and is production stopped? Are there other cell types or mechanisms that can cause clotting? Can anybody enlighten me?