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Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP): What helps?
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Diagnosed with ITP 5 months ago, age 80, was physically active prior to finding platelet count was 10, hospitalized with injections of everything to bring my count up, dropped to 2 and has been as high as 90 , tried Doppelt with major hives, changed to Promactive with little results, bumped up to 750 and are seeing some improvement-read some talk of itching especially after shower or bath, found some relief with a lotion with oatmeal
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Our 24 year old son was also diagnosed with ITP 5 months ago. Symptoms first appeared as Immune Hepatitus showing liver enzymes were off the charts high and platelets were consistently below 5. This condition revealed itself to be Aplastic Anemia. He had a Bone Marrow Transplant on August 4th and is now on day +3. Eltrombopag has been a game-changer.
Recovery is slow ; migraines, nauseau and fevers persist but we are hopeful.
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Welcome, @yrag. I moved your post about ITP to this active discussion:
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I'm glad you found some relief from the itching with with oatmeal lotion and are seeing some improvement in your platelet count with Promacta (eltrombopag). How are you feeling generally?