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ITP and High Fever

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8 years 1 month ago #62956 by aubreyty
ITP and High Fever was created by aubreyty
Hi, My son, now 11 years old, has chronic ITP todate (3 years). His platelet levels were below 10K mostly last year but improved late last year to current at about 30K-40K. He currently has high fever and since we can't administer Neurofen or Ibuprofen (similar to Anvil/Aspirin), wondering what your advice is on handling ITP with High Fever for children? I do think it is virus rather than bacteria as his brother has a viral infection last week. Any advice or we should go back to the hospital for this. :(

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  • ITP since 2014. Retired nurse. My belief is empower patients to be involved as much as possible in their care. Read, read, read & ALWAYS question medics about the evidence base they use.
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8 years 1 month ago - 8 years 1 month ago #62958 by mrsb04
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Can he take Paracetamol? That should help reduce his fever.

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8 years 1 month ago #62959 by momto3boys
Replied by momto3boys on topic ITP and High Fever
Yep, I agree with Anne. Growing up as a child with ITP I was always given only Tylenol/Acetaminophen/Paracetamol for fevers or pains and it always worked fine for me without a platelet crash. Everyone tells me how much better Ibuprofen works for pains, but I've literally never had it because of my ITP, so I don't know what I'm missing :)

I hope he feels better soon!

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