The origin of the metaphor is the prohibition of putting a stumbling block before the blind (Leviticus 19:14). Geoffrey W. Bromiley calls the image especially appropriate to a rocky land like Palestine. In the Hebrew Bible, the term for stumbling block is Biblical Hebrew miá¸µÅ¡Ål (×Ö´×Ö°×©××Ö¹×).
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.
1 A dose of 1 random donor platelet concentrate per 10 kg body weight can be expected to increase the platelet count by 5000/uL in a non-refractory patient. 2  One random donor platelet concentrate is expected to increase the platelet count by 5000 to 10,000/uL in a 70 kg patient who is not refractory.