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Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?

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Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?
« on: 18/03/2021 13:33:36 »
Professor Roger Seheult, MD. (of Medcram) reported individual patients who had bleeding in some parts of the body and clots in other parts. The timing of this in vaccinees may suggest spike debris after it has been attacked by the immune system.
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Re: Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?
« Reply #1 on: 18/03/2021 15:05:35 »
Quote from: set fair on 18/03/2021 13:33:36
The timing of this in vaccinees may suggest spike debris
How big do you think this "debris" is?
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Re: Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?
« Reply #2 on: 18/03/2021 20:08:07 »
Another theory now being investigated is that the vaccine may be affecting people with low platelet count due to antibodies against platelets.
- Platelets cause clotting
- Normally, low platelets cause bleeding
- But platelets with antibodies attached are more sticky, and may cause clotting
- We know that SARS-COV2 infection can cause problems with clotting in some people - could this be related?
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_thrombocytopenic_purpura
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Re: Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?
« Reply #3 on: 19/03/2021 07:33:50 »
Low platelets can actually be a symptom of "clot" formation: because blood thrombus presents a sticky surface to which platelets can adhere, if you end up with a big intravascular thrombus, you have a sink capable of sucking in your platelets and depleting the count in circulation.
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Re: Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?
« Reply #4 on: 19/03/2021 08:37:06 »
Quote from: evan_au on 18/03/2021 20:08:07
could this be related?
The EMA doesn't seem to think so.
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Re: Clots and low platelet count - is there a connection with disease?
« Reply #5 on: 19/03/2021 16:05:44 »
Quote from: Bored chemist on 18/03/2021 15:05:35
Quote from: set fair on 18/03/2021 13:33:36
The timing of this in vaccinees may suggest spike debris
How big do you think this "debris" is?

I was thinking these fragments may mimic or block the bodies protein messengers.
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