I just found this, and is significant for the High Platelet count for a person infected with Tick borne diseases.
"Secondary or reactive thrombocytosis
This can be secondary to a number of conditions. It is an exaggerated physiological response to a primary problem, such as an infection. The trigger factor (eg, infection) results in the release of cytokines which mediate an increase in platelet production. It is often a transient phenomenon which disappears when the underlying cause is resolved."
Except that this category involves pediatric cases of infants under 4 months of age.
So, Primary thrombocytosis is left then....and many of those symptoms are symptoms I've presented about
halfway into my years of infection. Including my odd tendencies to both bleed like a stuck pig with a tiny scratch, get ridiculous amounts of bleeding under the skin at just the littlest bump, but also blood clots on the other extreme.
"The clinical features can relate to an increased bleeding tendency and, rather oddly, an increased tendency to thrombosis. The mechanisms that cause these two phenomena are poorly understood but are thought to relate to a decrease in aggregation, hyper-aggregation, and the presence of high molecular weight von Willebrand factor multimers (substances released by tissue when coagulation is required)."
Post Edited (julymorning) : 2/21/2017 4:13:09 PM (GMT-7)