The word brisa means breeze in Spanish or Portuguese.In French, it means it broke. (verb briser, to snap or break).
Some things can affect how well the bone marrow can produce platelets. When not enough platelets are made, the platelet count in your blood is too low. Chemotherapy and some radiation therapy can cause this temporarily. These cancer treatments can slow the production of platelets in the bone marrow. Another cause of a low platelet count is cancer of the bone marrow. Other conditions can result in a low platelet count as well.
Detailed list of causes of Low blood platelet level. The list below shows some of the causes of Low blood platelet level mentioned in various sources: 1  Albers-Schonberg disease -- malignant recessive form-low blood platelet level. 2  Aplastic anemia-low blood platelet level.