How to Improve Low Platelet Count Naturally

Hello friends, you must have heard about platelets, whenever we get hurt, it helps to stop our blood. And maintaining their number is very important for our body. But sometimes they are reduced in our body due to some reason, so today, through this article; we will read in detail about platelets, what is platelets?  What are the causes of low platelets?

What are platelets?

Platelets are very important for our body. A bone marrow has produces 3 different type of blood cell 1. RBC, 2. WBC, 3. Platelets. Each one has its own function like RBC carry oxygen in blood. WBC help preventing infection. Platelets are tiny blood cell fragment that helps your body form clots to stop bleeding and bruising such as during an injury, by forming clots. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it will send signal to the platelets to form a clot and repair the damage. A healthy human body has between 150,000 to 450,000 platelets. Platelets are survived in the circulation of 5 to 10 days in our body. Thousands of platelets break down and build up in our bodies every day. There is a risk to the patient if the number of platelets is less than 50000 A normal platelets count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. Having more than 450,000 platelets is a condition called Thrombocytosis. Platelets are produced in the bone marrow from megakaryocytes and each megakaryocyte produces 1000 to 5000 platelets.

What is low platelets count?   

Thrombocytopenia which means low platelets is associated with a variety of conditions. Thrombocytopenia is defined as a platelet count below the lower limit of 150,000/ microliter. Platelets play a key role in hemostasis forming a temporary plug Therefore, if you have low platelets you are unable to for a temporary plug and tend to bleed more easily. A low blood platelet count is a blood disorder that has a long list of possible causes. Reduced platelet content in the blood is not always a serious problem. However, the condition affects the ability of the blood clot and the wound can be bleeding severely with this condition. When you don’t have enough platelets in your, your body cannot form clots. This can have serious complications in some cases. “A low level of platelets in the blood that predisposes to a risk of bleeding”.

You get the number of your platelets from a routine blood test called a complete blood count (CBC).

What are the causes of low platelets?

Due to the decrease in platelets is divided into three parts. You can understand the following reasons: –

1. Decreased platelets production.
2. Increased platelets destruction or consumption.
3. Increases splenic sequestration
4. Our bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside the bone. It’s where all the components of blood including platelets, are produced. If your bone marrow isn’t producing enough platelets, you’ll have a low platelet count.
5. Aplastic anemia: – Aplastic anemia can be congenital or due to medication or infection.
6. Iron deficiency: – Lack of iron in the body also results in loss of platelets.
7. Deficiency of Vitamin B12 and folic acid also reduces platelets production
8. Leukemia or Lymphoma: – Affect bone marrow and decrease thrombocyte production
9. Bacterial infection in blood
10. Chemotherapy: – Chemotherapy suppresses bone marrow and cause thrombocytopenia. Some other drugs rather than chemo drugs may also suppress bone marrow.
11. Viral infection which affects bone marrow like Dengue, HIV, Hepatitis C, Leptospirosis and Rubella, Chickenpox suppresses bone marrow.
12. Long term consumption of alcohol: – Long term alcohol can cause direct toxicity of the bone marrow.

What are the symptoms of low platelets?

When a low platelet count is caused by pregnancy, usually don’t cause any symptoms. There are several symptoms when the platelets are low: – Tiredness

1. Easy bruising
2. Bleeding from the gums,
3. Nose bleeding or
4. Dehydration.
5. Heavy menstrual bleeding
6. Blood in stool or urine
7. Internal bleeding
8. Rashes like red or purple dots, Fatigue
9. Serious symptoms like bleeding in brain. If you feel any symptoms of internal bleeding, go to the doctor immediately.
10. During the disease like dengue and malaria, the chances of plates being low are more.

Go to the doctor if the condition gets worse and do not take any type of medicine without consulting the doctor.

How to increase platelets with home remedies?

Platelets can be increased by adopting some changes in your lifestyle and some homes remedies and live a healthy life.

Here are some of the best foods to increase blood platelets naturally: –

Sesame oil: –

(Gingelly Oil) is produced by cold-pressing method and it’s amazingly helpful in including the production of blood platelets. Using sesame oil for cooking will increase blood platelets and Massage your body twice a week with oil.

Papaya

Take the juice of papaya leaves 2-3 times a day because it has high nutritious components. Papaya is used as a good medicine in many diseases as a fruit and its leaves are also very helpful in making medicine. Papaya leaves have the unique ability to increase platelets. Papaya contains a lot of vitamins and minerals. Papaya contains an enzyme called Papine Enzyme.

Beetroot

Beetroot is full of natural anti-oxide and hemostatic properties, If you drink 1 glass of carrot juice with half a glass of beetroot juice every day, Being high in natural antioxidant and hemostatic properties, beetroot can increase your platelets within a few days.

Kiwi

Easily digested fruit is kiwi which is a store of anti-oxide with many nutrients that help in increasing Kiwi platelets.

Giloy

Take two pinch of giloy extract with 1 teaspoon of honey twice a day and soak Giloy’s stem in water overnight and drink its filtered water in the morning. Platelets also grow faster than this map.

Pumpkin

Mix 1 teaspoon of honey in half a glass of pumpkin juice and drink it twice a day and eat it by cooking vegetables. It is rich in Vitamin A which is helpful in supporting proper platelet growth. It also regulates the protein in cells which are important for increasing platelet levels

Amla

Amla is also very helpful in increasing platelets, so eat 3 to 4 amla on an empty stomach every morning. These are popular Ayurvedic remedies to increase platelet count.

Spinach

Boil 4 or 5 leaves of fresh spinach in 2 cups of water, then after cooling it, add half a glass of tomato juice and drink it 2-3 times a day. Spinach is a good source of vitamin K, often used to help treat low platelets disorder. Vitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting. Thus, they reduce the risk of excessive bleeding.

Vitamins C

Vitamin C plays a vital role in the immune function and also help the platelets work correctly and enhances the body’s ability to absorb iron, to increase the number of platelets, you need to increase your intake of vitamins C. It is also called scorbic acid. Along with these, you should also include a vitamin C rich diet in your food like lemon, orange, tomato, and broccoli.

Drink plenty of water to grow platelets.

Apart from this, you should consume water as much as possible, as well as drink coconut water twice a day because blood cells are made of water and protein, when platelets are low so it is advisable to drink more water throughout the day and avoid drinking cold water as it can affect your digestive system and the body will not absorb nutrients properly

Vitamin B-12

Vitamin B-12 is necessary for the formation of red blood cells. Low level of B-12 in the body may also contribute to low platelets. According to the NH, people aged 14 and over require 2.4 mcg of vitamin B-12 daily. Pregnant and breastfeeding women require up to 2.8 mcg. Lean meals such as fish, chicken and turkey are rich in protein, zinc and vitamin B12 all of which help increase the blood platelets count. Dairy products are also containing vitamin B-12, vegetarian and vegan can get vitamin B-12 from: Fortified cereals, fortified airy alternatives, such as almond milk or soy milk.

How to avoid platelets getting low?

1. Do not eat raw vegetables, oily, fried, roasted, spicy, heavy, food,
2. Drink at least tea and coffee,
3. Stay away from alcohol and smoking,
4. Eat little by little, don’t eat too much together
5. Do not take too much stress.

Benefits of Home Remedies.

• Natural home remedies are cheap to buy and are made only from the items in the house
• More stable long-term results are achieved and your overall health is improved good, not just platelets.
• Home remedies have fewer chances of side effects
• You learn how to take better care of your health and owing to this, your overall health improves and even some of your other health problems can be improved or even resolved in the procedure.