What is the rarest blood type?

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AB negative

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I'm a bit worried because my platelet count is at 1.2 lakh per cubic millimeter. Is this harmful? Should I be considering any kind of treatment for this?

Its significant Thrombocytopenia repeat the test after 1 week if its still the same visit Genral Physician for evaluation and appropriate management

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I've been having some pretty bad allergy symptoms lately, and while they seemed to calm down after a few days, I'm worried because my blood work showed high levels of mpv at 13.2, pdw at 19, and plcr at 51. Plus, these red boils are popping up all over my body and then disappearing. It's really unsettling. Can you help me figure out what's going on?

Patient is advised tab augmentin 625 mg ,orally, thrice daily for 7 days, tab levocetrizine 10 mg bedtime for 5 days and syrup salbutamol 10 ml thrice dailly for 7 days .

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I'm a bit worried because I just got my blood test results back, and my PDW is 25.5. The report says the normal range is between 9.6 and 15.2. What should I do next? Should I be concerned about this?

hardly matters. No external effort needed, body cop up it's own ok.take LIQUIDS, light diet,rest. That's all.ok.

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