Ahhh, the immune system, the second most complex thing in the universe after the brain (source, the Human Brain).

Used to be called Idiopathic. I have itp. They usually hang out at around 75k.

This video is the most understandable breakdown of ITP that i've seen. I've got ITP and this is a massive help. Thankyou.

Concise and very informative.

Just to emphasise that if a patient is bruising ,you need to generally consider thrombocytopenia (due to ITP, marrow replacement from leukaemia or infiltration of the marrow), coagulation causes (anticoagulants, haemophilia), and problems with the vascular bed- as in senile purpura or steroid induced pupura.

this would have been so useful for my exam last week, but hey hopefully I'll pass

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Beautifully presented !

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Amazing thank u

Thank you most informative

i failed my oral exam for internal because of ITP. my professor asked me about the pentad of TTP and i had no idea

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My brother was diagnosed with this August of 2025, he was under doctor’s care. He passed away January of 2026 because of a brain bleed. He had it for 6 months with his platelets going from extremely high to almost none. He never had cancer, not a drinker or smoker, relatively healthy. I wonder what caused it.

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I have ITP and usually hang around 49,000. Steroids help boost me immediately, but the side effects suck. I did some kind of trial years ago. It was kind of like a chemo treatment and unfortunately it didn't work. Now that I'm getting older, I find that fatigue inability to concentrate and brain fog really stagger my life. I'm glad it is I that have this condition rather than my children and I always know that it could be worse. I've learned to understand the condition and recognize my body's symptoms and know when to put myself on steroids. It's just a part of who I am.

As someone with the rare inherited version of chronic ITP, I think this video largely does a good job explaining ITP. However, I want to note that petichiae, nose bleeds, and heavy m menstruation can and do occur in the 50-60 X 10^9/liter range, which is the range I'm usually in when healthy.