How to Use blood platelet in a Sentence

blood platelet

noun
  • His blood platelet count was so low that even a slight bump to his body could trigger a lethal brain bleed.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Lab tests showed anemia, low blood platelets, and a buildup of bilirubin (which occurs when red blood cells break down).
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Five years after Bravo, their blood platelet levels had still not returned to normal.
    — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Denmark reported two cases of blood clots and low blood platelet counts after the vaccine; one of the cases was fatal.
    — Angela Dewan, CNN, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Zinc interacts with blood platelets to help with blood clotting, so getting enough zinc is crucial for the healing of scrapes and cuts, says Gorin.
    — Christine Byrne, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Side effects of the treatment include vomiting, nausea, liver injury, fever and low blood platelet counts.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • Key Takeaways Erythritol can make blood platelets more active, a new study finds, increasing the risk of blood clots.
    — Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The Red Cross also stressed a high demand for blood platelet donations often needed by cancer patients.
    — Andee Erickson, Time, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Thrombocytopenia means a low blood platelet count, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2018
  • She was hospitalized several times, given transfusions of platelets twice, and treated with high doses of the steroid prednisone, which can raise the blood platelet count.
    — Robert A Norman, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2011
  • Nicholas was born with a rare disease called thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome, which is characterized by missing bones and a low blood platelet count.
    — Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, also found erythritol made blood platelets easier to form a clot.
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 16 May 2023
  • Lately Rigel has seen big sales increases for a few of its drugs, notably Tavelisse, which combats a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its own blood platelets.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike anticoagulant drugs, which interfere with clotting factors in the blood, aspirin works by stopping blood platelets from sticking together to form clots that can block an artery.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Additional lab and animal research presented in the paper revealed that erythritol appeared to be causing blood platelets to clot more readily.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The rare clots, which proved fatal in one case, appeared in people's brains, abdomens and arteries, and were associated with low blood platelet counts, and occasionally bleeding.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Despite the gravity of her condition — dengue fever had reduced her blood platelet count to a dangerous low — the health clinic in the region of Gama could do little to accommodate her.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Additional lab and animal research presented in both papers revealed erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to clot more readily.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 June 2024
  • Another, from a regional branch of the American Red Cross, celebrates his donations to a blood platelet program.
    — Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 18 June 2024
  • The food and drug monitoring agency, however, cautioned against the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for people with a low blood platelet count and blood clotting disorders.
    — Niniek Karmini, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The combination of clots and low blood platelet counts is the same condition reported in dozens of people in Europe who had received the AstraZeneca vaccine.
    — Angela Dewan, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Others with more severe cases can develop kidney failure, breathing difficulty or thrombocytopenia, which causes a low blood platelet count.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The guidelines include a table that helps teams assign patients to one of four priority groups based on assessments that include a range of factors from blood platelet count oxygenation to gauge the functioning of vital organs.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • When tested against regular sugar, those who ingested the substitute experienced a rise in their blood platelet aggregation, which increased likelihood of blood clotting.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The research suggested both sugar alcohols might make blood platelets stickier and therefore more susceptible to clotting and blocking veins or arteries, in turn contributing to heart attacks and strokes.
    — Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • One report details the case of a Virginia woman in her 40s who passed away after a clot formed in her brain several days after receiving the single-shot vaccine and was diagnosed with low blood platelet counts.
    — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) scalp injections use growth factors, proteins found in blood platelets that signal tissue generation, to help encourage hair growth in men and women.
    — Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The American Red Cross and blood banks throughout the Chicago area say there’s a blood platelet shortage and is asking those eligible to consider donating in the coming days and weeks.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2019
  • During the outbreak, 17 people were hospitalized due to the foodborne illness and one person developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a condition that can cause anemia, kidney failure, and a low blood platelet count.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Dec. 2017

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