To help your physician (or genetic counselor) understand your condition and make the proper diagnosis, below are some tools to record and track your family's health history:

If you suspect a cause of low platelet counts in you or your family member, speak to your hematologist about a referral to medical genetics, or to a hematologist who specializes in inherited thrombocytopenias. If you are not sure who specializes in inherited thrombocytopenias in your area, contact us at pdsa@pdsa.org

Heredity – The study of measurable changes that can be passed on to future generations.