Natural Treatment For Low Platelet Count

Natural Treatment For Low Platelet Count

Here are some tips on how thrombocytopenia can be prevented and treated:

The most common cure for low blood platelet count is prescribed medication like prednisone and immunoglobulin. These are often administered intravenously or through injections. Prednisone dosage for adults varies based on individual health.

Blood transfusions can also be used to increase a person’s platelet counts.

Avoid alcohol.

Medicines that were the cause of your low blood platelet level should also be avoided if these are not that necessary for you to take. You can ask your doctor to give you alternate medication.

Kiwi fruit may helps increase platelet count along with sweet lime juice and juice of papaya’s stem.

Consume a lot of healthy food. This includes fresh and organic foods. This will help in stimulating the body’s internal mechanism and increase your platelet count.

Ensure that you thoroughly wash you wash raw food before consuming them as helminthes, parasites and viruses are known to cause a fall in the platelet count.

Use cod liver oil or flax seed oils. They strengthen the immune system, reduce inflammation, improve circulation and increase your ratio of HDL (High Density Lipoproteins) to LDL (Low Density Lipoproteins).

Tomatoes and berries are loaded with vitamins and minerals and have strong anti-oxidant qualities which will help you increase platelet count.

Consume a lot of green and leafy vegetables. It increases the hemoglobin level of blood and helps tackle the underlying cause of low levels of platelet count.

Vitamin and mineral supplements taken regularly, will also enhance your immunity and ability to fit diseases that may aggravate fall in platelet count.

Take a lot of vitamin C supplements. You can obtain vitamin C from fruits and vegetables.

Because vitamin C is water soluble, it can be easily absorbed by the body and will immediately help in restoring the body’s platelet count.

Herbal medications are also helpful in restoring platelet count. Pound the herb with pestle and mortar to extract the juice. Although the juice is very bitter and requires a lot of effort downing them, it is worth it. Most people even add sugar to the juice to make it more palatable and easy to drink.

However, the most common home remedy is to drink the bitter extract from a papaya leaf. Two leaves without the stalk can yield approximately two tablespoons of the extract.


Avoid all refined food stuffs including sugars, saturated fats, processed foods and grains, aerated drinks. These foods are known causes of platelet count fall.

ps- this is only for information, always consult you physician before having any particular food/ medication/exercise/other remedies.

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