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Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) and viruses
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Dec 13, 2023 | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
Hello there, I was diagnosed with ET in the summer of 2022. My platelet count was over 700 at that time. My hematologist/oncologist put me on 500 HU and a baby aspirin per day. This brought my platelets down to 500. My oncologist then put me on 1000 MG’s of HU and one baby aspirin per day and this brought it down to 420. My husband and I caught Covid. After five days my husband tested negative and did not feel that bad. It took me two weeks to test negative with Covid, and I felt much worse than he did. I am very tired each day and have some dizziness. I did take the Covid vaccine and booster prior to developing ET. I am now reading and looking at some studies on the Covid vaccine. These studies are showing that the vaccine will cause platelets to change. There are many articles about Covid vaccine and platelets if you Google it. Can anyone relate to this Connection between Covid vaccine and change in your platelets. This is so very upsetting.
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Hi there my son is only 25 and has been diagnosed with ET and IBD that at started after his second Pfizer vaccine. He had never been to that doctor and started to feel weak and tired after the second does I too have read up in this but doctors say no.
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Yes, I believe that the same thing happened to me. My high platelets were discovered in July of 2022. My primary doctor tested me every 3 months. Platelets kept increasing from 500's to 600's. That's when I was sent to a Hematologist/Oncologist and diagnosed with ET in Dec. 2022. The weird thing is that my Dermatologist said that she has noticed an increase in the number of her patients who have blood disorders and weird rashes.
I think there is a correlation from the vaccine and ET, but how can we prove it? The vaccine supposedly is some type of gene therapy.