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.
- more types...»
Broader types of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura:
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.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
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:
Name and Aliases of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Main name of condition: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Class of Condition for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: autoimmune
Other names or spellings for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura:
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)
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