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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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How Steroids Affect Platelets

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Dr.  Shoaib Khan MD

given iv platelets or blood.Worried about taking steroids. ...Low Platelet Count . Lukemia and cancer ruled out from bone marrow test. Has been put on steroids ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shoaib Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.    Mohammed Taher Ali MD

donated platelets 5 times since Oct 14 and today when I went for donation, doctor in-charge after observing my blood sample, informed me that my WBC count is in excess because Foracort contains steroids and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Jyothi B L MD

this is when one's body attacks one's platelets. My grandson is undergoing four rounds of treatment which are large doses of steroids . He may have to have his spleen removed. Thank you for your help ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jyothi B L ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr.  Shafi Ullah Khan MD

I have ITP sense 5 years old I m now 48 years old,about 20 years my platelets went down to the single digits , steroids were the first option ,had to stop taken them due because of the side effects ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

I have ITP sense 5 years old I m now 48 years old,about 20 years my platelets went down to the single digits , steroids were the first option ,had to stop taken them due because of the side effects ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)

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Dr.   S. Samanta MD

. platelets were given along with high dose iv steroids. came up to 6000wasn t given anymore platelets till sunday and platelets went to 3000. gave 1 more day of steroids and 1 more... View answer

Answered by : Dr. S. Samanta ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. MD

My platelets were 32000 in Nov. of 2013 and I was diagnosed with Thrombocytopenia. I was on heavy steroids until January 2014. My platelets are now 280000. I m having sharp pain in my left side and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Payman Hajiazim MD

Hi, I wanted to know the success ratio of curing Immune thrombocytopenic purpura with steroids like ... , each a day. During first dose, platelets are also transfused parallely when checked after few hours ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Payman Hajiazim ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

with immune destruction of platelets He is discharged from hospital with one lac plus platelets (they ... on oral steroids ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Kirti Bhise MD

more units of platelets and more steroids. By Monday morning his platelet count was 3800. They wanted ... test. His platelets were at 3000 so they admitted him to I C U. The gave him 10 units of... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kirti Bhise ( General & Family Physician)