Labstories
Labstories exists to help you understand your labs and optimize your health. Because of the direct-to-consumer lab movement, there are now thousands of health conscious people who have their results, but don't what they mean or how to make them better!
If that's you, welcome to Labstories, where we help you understand your labs and optimize your health.
This podcast will tell stories about the CBC, CMP, A1c, testosterone, estrogen, cortisol, urinalysis, adrenal hormones, and much more!
In each episode we bring a lab to life with a story, clarify the most common abnormalities, teach you what matters, what doesn't, and show you how to move from the red to the black.
I'm your host Dr. Tom Schexnaildre. Let's go!
Labstories
Labstories Ep. 5: Platelet Brothers Plumbing! Platelets explained using a crazy story...
What are platelets? What do they do? In this episode of Labstories, I'm going to use a really fun city emergency story to teach you all about platelets! These are audio tracks from the corresponding YouTube video, which you can find linked below. It has graphics, charts, and more text to help you understand all about platelets!
Let me know what you think about this format, and let's connect on social media!
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0:00 Intro
0:13 Story About Platelet Plumbers
1:03 How Platelets Cause Problems
1:50 What are Platelets?
2:30 What do Platelets Do?
2:36 Platelets vs. RBCs vs. WBCs
3:37 Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) Explained
5:00 Causes of Low Platelets
6:22 Causes of HIGH Platelets
7:06 Video Recap
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