Posted by alexandra_k on April 15, 2021, at 19:09:29
In reply to Re: Why Did ASTRA ZENECA change name to Vaxzevria? » alexandra_k, posted by Phillipa on April 13, 2021, at 18:02:24
> Testing showed he had absolutely no platlets so I don't think they knew how to treat him then.
You give him platelets if you have got platelets to give him. That is to say a blood transfusion. There are different blood products... But there's definately a blood product that contains platelets. To be given to people who are very very low on platelets. Even regular blood. For blood transfusion. Would have platelets in it.
> He was supposed to have some treatment to try and restore his platlets but he died that night a few days later.
I see. That's sad. Finding he has NO platelets is... The main complication of no platelets (or very very low platelets) is bleeding into the brain. Something like that could have happened. I don't know how quickly things set in. How much time there is for a medical intervention to be effective. I don't know how widely available blood transfusions or platelet replacement therapy is for people if they present like that to the ER.
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