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ITP after chemotherapy for Leaukaemia

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11 years 8 months ago #43534 by kanebilly8
ITP after chemotherapy for Leaukaemia was created by kanebilly8
My 17 year old son has had ITP for nearly 2 years during his treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. he finished treatment in may this year and his platelets have gone from 32 to 40.He is waiting to have knee surgery and has had ivig which took 10 hours and resulted in no change.

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11 years 8 months ago #43585 by Vdeutsch85
Replied by Vdeutsch85 on topic ITP after chemotherapy for Leaukaemia
Kanebilly,

Strangely I was in the hospital when first diagnosed getting IVIG ( my count was 4) my friends dad was in hospital during chemotherapy struggling to get his platelet counts up, so there does seem to be a chemotherapy connection. Unfortunately I don't know the outcome of his counts because he passed away from pneumonia a week later. I'm sorry for the very sad story.

What do the doctors want his count to be for surgery? Are they going to try steroids prior to surgery?

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