For clinicians

Platelets (thrombocytes)

Unit: 10^3/μL

What is Platelets (thrombocytes)?

Platelets are the tiny cells that help your blood clot and your wounds heal. They rush to a cut and seal it: like a repair crew for small leaks. A value within range means your blood is well balanced between clotting and flowing.

What moves this value?

A period of inflammation, iron deficiency or recent recovery can make the number fluctuate temporarily.

This is mainly a marker to follow; a varied diet and recovery support healthy production. Discuss a strongly unusual value with your doctor.

The colour zones are personal: they depend on age, sex, risk and history, and appear in the patient's own report.

Insights to discuss with the patient, not a diagnostic instrument.

Developed and reviewed with the Synapse medical advisory board.