As some of you already know i suffer from a very rare blood disorder called ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune thrombocytopenic purpura).
It is essentially a platelet disorder it is classified as an autoimmune disease. In an autoimmune disease the body mounts an attack toward one or more otherwise normal organ systems. In ITP, platelets are the target. They are marked as foreign by the immune system and eliminated in the spleen, or sometimes the liver.
Platelets (thrombocytes) are blood cells, just like red cells and white cells, and they are responsible for blood clotting. If there are not enough platelets, cuts and bruises bleed longer and don’t heal as well as they should. Platelets are also involved in storing serotonin, a brain neurotransmitter that is responsible for sleep/wake cycles, appetite and mood regulation. Thus, a decrease in platelet count may affect these functions.
This means that i bruise easily, my blood doesn’t clot well, i’m more
susceptible to infection as well and it takes me longer to get over any bugs and i’m tired all the time….just for starters i won’t go on.
I’ve been doing a lot of research into my condition and also alternative treatments as there is no cure for it.. So imagine my surprise when i came across this… http://www.mediprimer.com/Hematology/itp/5.html
Check out the bottom alternative treatment…. :groucho::groucho::groucho:
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