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Suggest Treatment For ITP In Kid

my sister's son who is 4 yrs old has suffered from ITP. He passed stool with traces of blood in it.we quickly took him to hospital where they checked his platelet count.His platelet count was 2000.same kind of situation had hapeened 8 months back when we noticed dark blue spots on his body and face.That timehiscount was1000.this whole thing has made us very nervous as we dont know the cause and remedies for ITP.please help us in knowing the cause for ITP also what can we do to prevent it
Mon, 22 Dec 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
ITP is immuno thrombocytopenic purpura. In ITP there is immune mediated destruction of platelets and it leadds to low platelets count and bleeding.
Mainnstay of treatment is immunosupressive drugs like steroids. He can also take immunoglobulins. Consult your doctor and start steroid treatment accordingly.
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Wish you a very good health.
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Suggest Treatment For ITP In Kid

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. ITP is immuno thrombocytopenic purpura. In ITP there is immune mediated destruction of platelets and it leadds to low platelets count and bleeding. Mainnstay of treatment is immunosupressive drugs like steroids. He can also take immunoglobulins. Consult your doctor and start steroid treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.