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General description of the disease
This is a painful condition during which the level of platelets in the blood falls below normal (less than 150 per milliliter of blood). Due to this decrease, bleeding increases and there can be serious problems with stopping the bleeding.
Causes and forms of thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia happens congenital and acquired character. The most common form of the disease is acquired.
Acquired form diseases are of different types, which are distinguished depending on the causes of occurrence. Thus, thrombocytopenia can be:
- immune (the most common type in which antibodies are passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus);
- formed by inhibition of cells located in the bone marrow;
- thrombocytopenia of consumption, which occurs in the presence of thrombosis and due to extensive type of hemorrhage;
- thrombocytopenia resulting from the transformation of the bone marrow into a tumor;
- a decrease in the level of blood clots, which occurs due to mechanical damage to platelets, which occur with hemangioma.
To the hereditary form include diseases with abnormal damage (defects) of platelet membranes, due to which violations in their functioning occur.
The main factors contributing to the development of thrombocytopenia are: allergy to drugs (allergic or drug thrombocytopenia), infections and intoxication of the body provoke the development of symptomatic thrombocytopenia (the causes of development include HIV, herpes, hepatitis, mononucleosis of an infectious nature, influenza, acute respiratory infections, rubella, chickenpox , systemic lupus). In addition, Gaucher disease can cause low platelet counts.
There is also an idiopathic type of this disease. In this case, the cause of thrombocytopenia cannot be identified.
Thrombocytopenia symptoms
The main signs of this problem are bleeding gums, constant and profuse bleeding from the nose, bruising on the body and limbs for no apparent reason, difficult to stop bleeding after tooth extraction or with minor skin lesions, blood streaks in the discharge, when urinating or bowel movements, the presence of severe bleeding in women during menstruation, a rash on the body and legs (the rash appears in the form of small red dots).
Also, hemorrhages may appear on the face and lips. This may indicate a cerebral hemorrhage.
Useful foods for thrombocytopenia
No specific diets have been developed for thrombocytopenia. You need to eat correctly, that is, the body must receive the right amount of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and all macro- and microelements, vitamins. With anemia, it is useful to eat foods containing iron (buckwheat, nuts, corn, beef liver, barley porridge, oatmeal, peas, dogwood, sprouted wheat).
If there is a risk of bleeding in the stomach or intestines, you need to follow a sparing diet, you should not eat or drink excessively hot and spicy foods.
It is useful to drink freshly squeezed juice from raspberries, strawberries, strawberries, apples, beets, cabbage leaves and black radish.
If you suffer from bleeding gums, then you need to eat currants, drink teas from twigs and leaves of currants and blackberries.
Traditional medicine for thrombocytopenia:
- To improve the condition of the blood with increased bleeding, you should drink decoctions of nettle, yarrow, rowan fruits (especially black chokeberry), chicory, rue, rose hips, strawberries, medicinal verbena, water pepper.
- Sesame oil has excellent platelet control and blood clotting properties. For treatment, you just need to add 10 milliliters of this oil to food several times a day.
- To increase hemoglobin levels, you need to eat three walnuts a day with a teaspoon of honey.
- For the purpose of prevention and safety, it is necessary to abandon dangerous sports and outdoor activities. Children should only be allowed out on the street under the supervision of adults and it is imperative to wear knee pads, elbow pads and a helmet. Such a child should be told about the characteristics of his body.
Dangerous and harmful foods for thrombocytopenia
- fatty, salty, spicy foods;
- products with all kinds of dyes, additives, impurities;
- smoked meats, sauces, seasonings;
- fast food restaurant dishes;
- semi-finished products;
- pickled vegetables and fruits;
- pickle and all vinegar-containing dishes;
- alcohol;
- all foods that can cause allergies.
Also, it is strictly forbidden to adhere to vegetarianism. You should also refuse to take medications that thin the blood. These include “aspirin”, “ibuprofen”, “noshpa”, “voltaren”, “acetylsalicylic acid”. This entire list disrupts the functioning of platelets.
Attention!
The administration is not responsible for any attempt to use the information provided, and does not guarantee that it will not harm you personally. The materials cannot be used to prescribe treatment and make a diagnosis. Always consult your specialist doctor!