Eliminating the bacteria has helped increase platelet count in some people, but the results for this therapy are inconsistent and need to be studied further.

CNN: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

The bruises came and went but by the summer of 2006, when she was 9, Zoe was getting splitting headaches, fatigue and rashes that pointed to a low platelet count.

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Is my platelet count dangerously low?

CNN: Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)