If as a result of laboratory blood tests it turned out that the child has a low level of platelets, then this problem can not be ignored, because these small blood plates are responsible for hemostasis and thrombosis - important hematopoiesis. In newborns, the platelet count ranges from 100 to 420 * 109 / L, in children older than a year - from 180 to 320 * 109 / L.
Causes of low platelet count
If the child has low platelets, the causes of thrombocytopenia (the so-called disease) can be as follows:
- allergy;
- autoimmune insufficiency;
- infection;
- trans-immune penetration of antibodies from the mother through the placenta to the fetus;
- anemia.
When a child has reduced platelets, his blood does not fold well, becomes more fluid, which can provoke bleeding (in internal organs and sometimes even in the brain).
Treatment of thrombocytopenia
Treatment of this disease should begin immediately, if the platelet in the child "fell" is not the first time. The most important thing is to determine the cause that caused the disease. Eliminating the root cause, you will save the baby from thrombocytopenia. However, in a number of cases and
In the fight against thrombocytopenia, the following methods help:
- transfusion of platelet mass from donors;
- the introduction of an anti-rhesus serum D;
- immunoglobulin injections intravenously;
- glucocorticosteroid hormone therapy.
In critical situations, the child can be removed from the spleen. In this case, having lost a hemopoietic organ, more than 75% of small patients are completely cured.