Guest guest Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hi my daughter has a blood disorder called ITP and they have tried using steroids and removing her spleen and both of these methods have failed to solve this problem or even keep the levels up at a safe level. For those that don't know what ITP is it means they don't know what causes it, low platelets and bruising. She gets bleeding and exhaustion when the platelet level goes below 50 thousand. A regular persons platelet levels are over 250 thousand. Her count has been as low as 2000. She is only 20 years old. The steroids caused her to gain almost 40 pounds in 3 months she went from size 1 to size 9. She has a huge scar from having her spleen removed since November her life has come to a full stop. On top of that she is challenged because she has had to cope with FAS and ADHD. Since we brought her home at 18 months she has over come many challenges and graduated high school with honors. If there is anything you can suggest that would help boost her immune system and help with her platelet levels we would be very grateful. She is a very determined little lady and she is not ready to check out yet she wants to live a long and happy life but we are very worried. - Tracy Petley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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