- Platelets or thrombocytes are about 20% the size of a red blood cell
- The physiological range for platelets is (150 – 400) × 103 per mm3.
- Platelets are produced in blood cell formation (thrombopoiesis) in bone marrow, by budding off from megakaryocyte
- Megakaryocyte and platelet production is regulated by thrombopoietin, a hormone usually produced by the liver and kidneys
- Each megakaryocyte produces between 5,000 and 10,000 platelets.
- Around 1011 platelets are produced each day by an average healthy adult.
- Reserve platelets are stored in the spleen, and are released when needed by sympathetically induced splenic contraction.
- The lifespan of circulating platelets is 5 to 9 days.
- Old platelets are destroyed by phagocytosis in the spleen and by Kupffer cells in the liver.
- Some people have genetic variants that can make them more susceptible to drugs like Warfarin or Heparin and so they will need less of these drugs so they do not cause problems with platelets.
This is two megakaryocytes in bone marrow Platelets budding off of a megakaryocyte
- For my body to make more platelets a series of things must happen but to make it really simple. Eat right, dark greens, berries, fresh vegetables, vitamin K, eggs, and fish, are good for protein. stay hydrated with room temperature water, get sleep, exercise in moderation, Be HAPPY.
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Hope you can stay positive and take good care of yourself. Hope you have those good foods available for you! Visualize yourself cancer-free and all this being over!
ReplyDeleteOh, do you ever have flying dreams? I've had really good ones, but a few bad ones when I was under stress (while working at the bank) and kept flying into and getting caught in telephone wires. Maybe try to visualize flying, or try to tell your mind you want to fly in your sleep. It can happen! Loves, K
ReplyDeleteI have had many dreams of flying, but almost all of them were when I was younger. I don't usually remember my dreams these days. But I like the idea of visualizing self flying and breaking free of pain, fear, cancer into a joyful flight. Flying a plane was something I always wanted to learn how to do. One thing I have on my list of fun things to do, is to fly in a fighter jet and take as many G's possible with our passing out. Very expensive though to do the fun stuff.
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