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Severe hand, foot, mouth--possibly related?
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Severe hand, foot, mouth--possibly related? 6 years 9 months ago #57201

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Our 20-month old daughter has Had ITP for last six weeks starting with a count of 1 and continuing with numbers mostly below 10, until last week, when she had a count of 69--woohoo! Just two days after that, though, she came down with hand, foot, and mouth that her pediatrician says is "the worst she's ever seen." She also had a 24-hr fever of 104 about 10 days before. While I know it could be coincidence, and that's what our docs are saying, I just thought I'd see if anyone else had experienced poor immunity to colds and other things alongside ITP. Thanks!

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Severe hand, foot, mouth--possibly related? 6 years 9 months ago #57203

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ITP does not cause poor immunity or cause people to get sick more often.

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Severe hand, foot, mouth--possibly related? 6 years 9 months ago #57214

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Do you suppose the doctors, nurses, or health care folks, who were around your daughter, could have accidentally transferred the hand-foot-mouth virus?

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Severe hand, foot, mouth--possibly related? 6 years 9 months ago #57216

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Possibly, or the other kids she has been around. Thx for the ideas.

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