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Is Iron Deficiency The Cause Of Recurring Infections?

Hi Doc, My baby is now 4 months old and when she was born the hospital diagnosed her with thrombocytopenia. She was admitted to their special care nursery for 12 days and since they discharged her she s been in iron supplements. Her platelet count is still 124 but she recently recovered from Chikungunya so im wondering two things is that what lowered it again and how serious is her condition? She did an anaemia screen which showed ferritin levels of 10-124 so do you think it s an iron deficiency causing this?
Fri, 20 Feb 2015
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Thank for you query at health care magic.
from your history it seems you child had developed an infection at birth which caused low platelet count. that infection has been treated properly. if now platelet count is low it may be due to chikungunya infection.
but this count is not low that will cause any bleeding manifestation in your child. so there is no need to worry.
iron deficiency does not cause low platelet count, rather it may cause high platelets count.
Hope this information will help.
Regards
Dr Deepak Vaishnav
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Is Iron Deficiency The Cause Of Recurring Infections?

Thank for you query at health care magic. from your history it seems you child had developed an infection at birth which caused low platelet count. that infection has been treated properly. if now platelet count is low it may be due to chikungunya infection. but this count is not low that will cause any bleeding manifestation in your child. so there is no need to worry. iron deficiency does not cause low platelet count, rather it may cause high platelets count. Hope this information will help. Regards Dr Deepak Vaishnav