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WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY: This Patient-To-Patient Community is for discussions relating to Bleeding Disorders. There are many types of blood disorders, including: bleeding disorders, platelet disorders, hemophilia and anemia.

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Chronic Low white blood cells (Neutropenia)

alexandrajstauber

My health problems came out of nowhere. In December of 2016, I started having mouth ulcers. In March of 2017, I had a perforated intestin...

Need opinions or advice...blood work?

RHART85

Hello to all!! I recently had to have some blood work and a contrast CT done because of some stomach pain that came on very suddenly. I w...

Very high MPV

Uiga

I had a CBC last week. Everything is normal, except for the MPV. I got MPV 15.5, but my platelet count is normal. I'm so worried. Does it...

High Globulin levels

emadrid331

For the past year, I have been treated for iron defient anemia and received my 2nd iron infusion last week. Before the infusion my test r...

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High MPV - does it mean anything?

LosingHope86

I've suffered from a myriad of of odd symptoms the past 5 or so years - most annoying is urinary urgency/frequency. I've also had fatigue...

Repeatedly low MPV, what does that mean?

Spartan114

So I’ve had a number of CBC’s in the past several months. Every time they have come back completely normal except occasionally mildly low...

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