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Mom's ITP

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15 years 11 months ago #5076 by hlk321
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My mom was diagnosed with ITP after having many test done including a bone marrow. Her current count is 92,000. Her hematologist has not recommended any type of treatment for her. She was just recently diagnosed with melanoma stage 3 and will soon have Interferon as a treatment. Does anyone have experience with this? Will this treatment affect her count levels? Is there something else that should be done?

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  • Sandi Forum Moderator Diagnosed in 1998, currently in remission. Diagnosed with Lupus in 2006. Last Count - 344k - 6-9-18
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15 years 10 months ago #5085 by Sandi
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Your Mom's count is quite good. I don't know how Interferon will affect her counts, but I do remember it being used for ITP a few times (not very often). Most people can tolerate counts above 30,000 pretty well without treatment, so she's doing well right now in that regard.

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  • I am 27 years old from Australia and I have T.A.R Syndrome. My email address is not showing on my profile for some reason so it is blossom_242@hotmail.com for anyone who wants to send me an email.
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15 years 10 months ago #5130 by Angel85
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92,000 is an awsome count, It's hard to know what medications and treatments will affect the platelet count, i guess it is just trial and error really, hope they do manage to stay up cause if they are that high, she won't really need treatment at all.

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