Red blood cells carry oxygen, white ones fight infections, and platelets clot your blood to stop bleeding. Most people with polycythemia vera have too many red blood cells. But it can also cause ...

such as a complete blood count (CBC). A CBC checks for red and white blood cell counts, platelet levels, and other markers of blood health. Blood tests like mean corpuscular volume (MCV ...

Other potential causes include: medications exposure to toxins inherited genetic changes Aplastic anemia can also affect white blood cell and platelet production. In addition to a low red blood ...

including white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. They are found in bone marrow – the soft tissue inside bones – or in the blood of a donor. To turn these stem cells into red blood ...