ITP affects about 5 people per 10,000. It can be associated with other conditions that are hematologic (leukemia) or ...

What can you tell me about the cause and treatment of immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? I am a 71-year-old male, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

Isolated thrombocytopenia is a condition where your platelet levels are low, but other blood cell levels are within a typical range. It’s rare and potentially dangerous. Thrombocytopenia is also known ...

Multiple myeloma causes an overgrowth of cancerous plasma cells in your bone marrow. When these cancerous cells crowd out the healthy cells in your bone marrow, thrombocytopenia can occur. Multiple ...

A panelist discusses how bleeding risk assessment depends on platelet count levels (highest risk below 20,000), requiring careful medication history review to avoid drugs that impair platelet function ...

More than half of patients with myelofibrosis and low platelets treated with Vonjo saw platelets rise 58% and hemoglobin levels improve. More than half of patients with low platelets (thrombocytopenia ...

Results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that treatment with rilzabrutinib resulted in a rapid and durable increase in platelet count in patients with heavily pretreated ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • My brother is 71 and is having a very difficult time with an extremely low blood platelet count (20). He was ...