Empowering ITP Patients

itp  Management · ITP will spontaneously remit without any treatment within 6 months in most paediatric patients · Treatment decisions should be based on bleeding What are some ITP symptoms? · Small red dots on the skin caused by broken blood vessels · Purple spots on the skin · Bruising on the arms

Most patients can be managed with outpatient treatment They may not need hospital admission In most patients, ITP symptoms begin to improve within days to In adults, the trigger for acute ITP may not be obvious The first sign of the illness may be a red or purple skin rash on the legs or abnormal

Definitions · ITP is defined as platelet count 100 × 10 9L due to the destruction of platelets and in the absence of other causes of Epidemiology · The incidence of ITP in adults is approximately 66 cases per 1,000,000 per year · An average estimate of the incidence in