Will high platelet count cause a blood clot or stroke?

Hi,

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High platelet count will not lead to thrombosis in the body. Do not worry about that. High platelet is because of reactive thrombocytosis, and that can occur in bleeding, anemia, infection, inflammation, etc.

You have an ulcer in the colon, and it seems to be ulcerative colitis, for which, you have been prescribed Mesacol (Mesalamine). So, biopsy has to be taken from ulcer to rule out the exact cause. This inflammatory bowel disease is leading to high ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), CRP (C-reactive protein), and high leukocyte count in your case.

Specific treatment should be given as per the cause. Also, investigate with a stool culture. Take treatment only after consulting a gastroenterologist.

I hope this will help you. Take care.

Hi,

Welcome back to icliniq.com.

It is good that you have consulted a gastroenterologist for your condition.

The drug Mesacol is used in ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis is idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, and biopsy is beneficial for that. There are many causes for ulcerative colon lesion. I suggest you undergo biopsy, were only 0.2 to 0.3 inches tissue is removed during colonoscopy. This tissue is sent for histopathology examination.

So, by histopathological examination, any inflammation, infection, ulcerative colitis, or malignancy, can be ruled out. Here, the chances of malignancy are very nil, so do not worry.

By stool culture, the specific organism can be identified causing diarrhea, and accordingly medication for that can be suggested as per the culture report.

Take care. I hope your concern is solved. You can discuss all this with your gastroenterologist, and then let your gastroenterologist decide whether a biopsy is needed or not.