Ive suffering from polysythemia vera and I was told I have increase
red blood cells.
2006-09-03 14:25:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Your bone marrow is a blood cell factory that makes red blood cells, white blood cells (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes,and monocytes), and megakaryocytes. Megakaryocytes produce little bitty cells called platelets. These cells will aggregate and form a platelet plug to help blood clotting, which is good. They also adhere to the site of vascular damage and plaque which can make the plaque bigger and is not good. If you have polycythemia vera you may be making more of all the cells produced by the bone marrow not just RBCs. Because of the platelets ability to form clots, your doctor may advise an antiplatelet drug like aspirin or plavix.
2006-09-03 16:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platlets are part of the plasma that helps clot blood. Polycythemia is an excessive amount of red blood cells. The problem with polycethemia is that it makes the blood sluggish, or thick the heart has to work over time to push it thought the body. Sometimes your platelet count will be low because the bone marrow is too busy making red cells to make white cells or plasma.
2006-09-03 15:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by PSL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platelets are cells in the the blood that play a role in clotting.
2006-09-03 14:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by Drogba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platelets are a type of blood cells helps in clotting.
2006-09-03 16:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
platelets are the cells that initiate clotting in the blood
2006-09-03 14:46:16 · answer #5 · answered by KingRichard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for blood clotting
2006-09-03 14:31:29 · answer #6 · answered by karla_duhrla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are what makes your blood clot...
2006-09-03 14:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by mysticalmoon1975 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋