The word brisa means breeze in Spanish or Portuguese.In French, it means it broke. (verb briser, to snap or break).
Some things can affect how well the bone marrow can produce platelets. When not enough platelets are made, the platelet count in your blood is too low. Chemotherapy and some radiation therapy can cause this temporarily. These cancer treatments can slow the production of platelets in the bone marrow. Another cause of a low platelet count is cancer of the bone marrow. Other conditions can result in a low platelet count as well.
Causes of Low Platelets listed in Disease Database: More Information About Low Platelets. List of 161 causes of Low Platelets. This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Low Platelets in our database from various sources.