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Diagnosed With ITP, Intense Leg Pain, Unable To Maintain Platelet Count. Cure For Symptoms?

Hi, Doc, My mother been diagnosed with ITP just a month ago, so we been struggling to maintain her platelet counts even after she been through a platelet transfusion. But now my main worries is she can t catch some rest because she s suffering intense pain pain on her legs to feet . Please give advice so that i can be lil help on her suffering now. Thank you, Sincerely yours
Mon, 10 Jun 2013
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Hi ! The intense pain on her legs may or may not be related to ITP. If we corelate with the ITP, then she may be having this pain in case she has been given steroids to control the ITP which causes osteoporosis of bones. Also, a hematoma in the spinal canal with pressure on the nerves to her legs resulting in such pain may be excluded by an MRI after discussing with your family physician or the treating doctor. Till that your family physician may give her some anti inflammatory drug with a proton pump inhibitor drug. Wishing her an early recovery.
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Diagnosed With ITP, Intense Leg Pain, Unable To Maintain Platelet Count. Cure For Symptoms?

Hi ! The intense pain on her legs may or may not be related to ITP. If we corelate with the ITP, then she may be having this pain in case she has been given steroids to control the ITP which causes osteoporosis of bones. Also, a hematoma in the spinal canal with pressure on the nerves to her legs resulting in such pain may be excluded by an MRI after discussing with your family physician or the treating doctor. Till that your family physician may give her some anti inflammatory drug with a proton pump inhibitor drug. Wishing her an early recovery.