Patient's question:
4-year-old boy with low platelet count of 50, how should I lower the platelet count? Fever-induced low platelet count of only 50, re-examined at Hai'an People's Hospital in Jiangsu Province, previous treatment and outcomes: no allergies, what assistance is needed: how can I lower the platelet count to normal?Doctor's answer:
The normal range of platelets is 100-300. If it is higher than 50, it is necessary to go to the hospital for a thorough examination to determine whether it is a blood system disease, an immune system disease, whether many oral medications have been taken recently, or whether there is splenomegaly, and to identify the cause for symptomatic treatment.For dietary management of thrombocytopenia, a high-protein diet should be provided, including foods such as milk, lean meat, fish, eggs, and beans. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that blood heat leads to uncontrolled bleeding, and when skin breakdown is due to heat, foods with a cooling property should be used. Cool or neutral vegetables and fruits are generally beneficial for topical applications and can be incorporated into dietary nutrition plans, especially foods like water chestnuts, lotus root, chrysanthemum greens, black fungus, pears, and fresh jujubes.