Sometimes you just go for a routine blood test and you are told that your platelet count is abnormally low. The doctor may ask you whether you have easy bruising, red dots on your skin (petechiae), delayed blood clotting or spontaneous bleeding. You may or may not have these problems. What actually cause your platelet to be low? Platelet is one of the 3 major types of blood cells produced in the bone marrow, besides red blood cells and white blood cells. Platelet is important in the process…
