What is Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

What is Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Reduced blood platelets causing visible skin blemishes from bleeding or bruising.
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Thrombocytopenia occurring in the absence of toxic exposure or a disease associated with decreased platelets. It is mediated by immune mechanisms, in most cases IMMUNOGLOBULIN G autoantibodies which attach to platelets and subsequently undergo destruction by macrophages. The disease is seen in acute (affecting children) and chronic (adult) forms.
  Source - Diseases Database

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, or a subtype of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Introduction

Types of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura:

Types of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura:

• Idiopathic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura - of unknown cause.
• Secondary Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura - caused by some other condition.
• Acute thrombocytopenic purpura - usually temporary
• Chronic thrombocytopenic purpura - lasting more than 6 months.
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Broader types of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura:

• Autoimmune diseases
• Blood conditions
• Purpura
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How many people get Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

Prevalance of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: rare.

Who gets Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

Patient Profile for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Acute ITP more common in children, often after a virus. Chronic ITP more common in adults.

Gender Profile for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Acute ITP equally boys or girls; chronic ITP more common in women 2-1 than men.

How serious is Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

Prognosis of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Acute ITP: 85% of children recover within 1 year and have no remissions.
Complications of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: see complications of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

What causes Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

Causes of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: see causes of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

What are the symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

Symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: see symptoms of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Complications of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: see complications of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Can anyone else get Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?

Contagion of autoimmunity: generally not; see details in contagion of autoimmune diseases.

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Hematologists ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
Treatments for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: see treatments for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Research for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: see research for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Organs Affected by Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura:

Organs and body systems related to Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura include:

• Blood

Name and Aliases of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Main name of condition: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Class of Condition for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: autoimmune

ITP

Werlhof disease, Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Source - Diseases Database

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune, Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)