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A high platelet count can be caused by cancer, infections, anemia, and inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. A high platelet count can lead to excessive, dangerous blood clotting if left untreated. The medical term for a high platelet count is thrombocytosis, a condition in which bone marrow cells produce too many platelets. Thrombocytosis can be either reactive or essential. Reactive thrombocytosis means that a high platelet count is a reaction to inflammation, infection, injury, anemia, or cancer, and essential thrombocytosis indicates that genetic conditions or hormone imbalances are causing irregular platelet formation.
Thrombocytosis is the medical term used to describe the display of elevated platelet count. The higher end for normal platelet count range may vary from lab to lab, but is typically around 350 to 450 Ã 109 / L. Doctors can detect thrombocytosis during routine blood tests.