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recently diagnosed with ITP.

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13 years 4 months ago #29916 by 2lacks
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I am 39 and have recently been diagnosed with ITP. I am awaiting another blood draw to decide if platelets have come up, but in the mean-time, I am extremely short of breath, feeling like I have an elephant on my chest. I have been to the ER twice and PCP all say nothing is wrong. Can ITP cause shortness of breath, cannot seem to get any answers from anyone.

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13 years 4 months ago - 13 years 4 months ago #29920 by Sandi
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No, but Prednisone or anxiety can cause SOB. Are you treating?

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13 years 3 months ago #30123 by plustig
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So sorry you are having such a hard time with shortness of breath. I hate the Prednisone. It makes me jittery and tired at the same time. I sleep 3 hours and then wake up for 3 hours then go back to sleep for 3 hours. You could be anxious over the disease. What are you counts? You may want to try meditation and talking with a therapist. Best of luck.

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13 years 3 months ago #30179 by Vdeutsch85
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I can not sleep on prednisone so my hematologist suggested ambien until h Nplate kicks in and I can lessen the prednisone

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