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I would take a ChatGPT diagnosis with a grain of salt at this point. The AI can often string together sentences that sound good, but aren't necessarily correct.
I would take a ChatGPT diagnosis with a grain of salt at this point. The AI can often string together sentences that sound good, but aren't necessarily correct.
I didn't really understand. I am wondering if anyone can very how accurate the info was.
I only understand bone marrow biopsies and language, because my mother had aplastic anemia. In the meantime, I taught myself all kinds of info about bone marrow diseases.
On the other hand,sStroke language - other than the very basics - and I am very confused. I cannot understand neurological reports well. I just cannot get my head around them.
So, two years after my mother has her stroke, I finally learned that her 20000 platelet count was not the cause of her brain bleed. It would have only contributed to making it worse, if it did (I imagine it did indeed).
My mother did not have hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or heart disease. She had no other comorbities except for aplastic anemia. She developed said disease about 7 months before her stroke.
Any other insights from anyone? I would really be grateful. I got very little info from doctors, etc after her stroke. We were simply told she had a hemorrhagic stroke (17/42 on Stroke Severity Scale), and that low platelets played a role, or something. (thrombocytopenia). That was it!
Lacunar infarcts are tiny splotches in the brain tissue seen on ct or mri scans. They represent "micro-infarcts" (small strokes) that probably don't give symptoms like paralyis, loss of speech, etc seen with larger strokes. They're usually seen in bunches and it's easy to blame them (without proof) when an older pt shows some gradual, nonspecific deterioration in strength, co-ordination, mentation.
It's good to have normal platelet counts and coagulation factor levels so that when we bleed, it stops quickly. Having low levels don't "make you bleed," they prevent you from clotting quickly when you do bleed.
In your Ma's case, there's two problems- why were her platelets low, and why did she bleed? It's a good guess she bled from the combination of brittle, arteriosclerotic blood vessels + elevated BP (at least temporarily)....Various things can cause low platelet counts-- anything that suppresses the bone marrow, from ca, to liver or kidney disease to diseases of the marrow/blood itself.
...and I commisurate with you about talking to doctors. My 94 y/o mother was recently hospitalized. I left a message with the "message center" (nobody gets to talk directly with the office anymore) for the doc to please call Dr. Lamoto (I'm a reired physician)..and it STILL took them 5 days to return the call, and then it was only the nurse. If professional courtesy is no longer important, there's no hope for a mere patient.
After all... Obummercare will still pay them whether or not the pt likes it.
What is a "'pt"?
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