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13 years 11 months ago - 13 years 11 months ago #19420 by victoriah
Joint Pain was created by victoriah
Can someone tell me if joint pain is related to low platelets?
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13 years 11 months ago #19423 by milly
Replied by milly on topic Joint Pain
Hi victoriah,
I never really had joint pain due to ITP, I sure did have due to tapering prednisone though. Are you on any treatment at the moment? It could be due to that if you are.
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13 years 11 months ago #19426 by Sandi
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Theoretically, there isn't any real reason why joint pain would be a symptom of ITP. I never had joint pain when my counts were low. I did develop it when I started having Lupus symptoms.

Joint pain can be a side effect of some of the treatments, but your daughter hasn't taken any yet, right?

Some people have reported joint pain along with ITP, but I am not so sure it's caused by ITP alone.
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13 years 11 months ago #19437 by victoriah
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Sandi, she is still awaiting her blood smear test to diagnose the cause of low platelets. So hopefully we will know her results next week when she sees her hema again, so no treatment as of yet. she has beeen complaining of constant fatigue and leg pain. She did mention this to the hema but he is unable to give her anything until her results come through. Im trying to think positive but its very difficult. :(
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13 years 11 months ago #19441 by Sandi
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It is hard to wait for results. Hang in there.
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13 years 11 months ago #19810 by jess24
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I started getting the worst pain in my hips. My doctor said that the pred is so strong it acts as an anti-inflammatory and when you are tappering off them, it reveals any pain that the pred could have been easing. Prior to having the pred I didn't feel any pain in my hips, but apparently that can happen.
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13 years 11 months ago #19816 by Sandi
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Yes, that does definitely occur.
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