07.20
Yesterday night, 2 friends, Kwan, Thomas and I were at a friend’s wife home town in Malacca as his (Uncle Lim) wife’s mother has passed away due to leukemia. As we were talking about this topic, our freind, uncle Lim told us that his mother in law was having a very low platelet count, below 20,000 when she was dignosed having the leukemia. Thomas and I straight away pop up this question to him, ” What is the platelet count for a normal person ?” . He stared at us for a while and said he did not know….Thomas contiunued to said that we are not like normal uncles and autie who just accept it without seeking more information. Hahaha…..At the end, we could not get the answer.
I told them I will find out from the internet when I free. After all, it is another knowledge that we must have in our daily life since chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in our society.
The normal platele count is 150,000 to 400,000/mm3, If the count is below the normal reading, some of the the causes are due to cancer chemotherapy, leukemia, massive blood transfusion. If the count is above the reading, some of the causes are due to anemia, certain malignancies and etc. I found this Medline Plus is able to provide with simple yet easy undestanding information for us, as a layman.
So guys, as promised, I am here to give you the basic information. Remember, we are not young anymore, balance work and life is very important if we want to live longer.
Spend more quality time with your love ones……
